Dan Hitchcock, Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Professor: Coastal Water Resources, Ecological Engineering, Vegetative Treatment Systems

Email: dhitchc@clemson.edu
Office: 1-843-546-1013 Ext. 236
Fax: (843) 546-6296 

Office Address:
Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science
P.O. Box 596
Georgetown, SC  29442-0596

Education:
Ph.D. Biological and Agricultural Engineering - University of Georgia - 2001
M.S. Environmental Health - University of Georgia - 1996
B.S. Zoology - University of Tennessee – 1993

Service at Clemson University:
Assistant Professor, 2006-Present
Extension Specialist, 2004-2006

Responsibilities:
75% Research, 25% Extension

Other Related Experience:

Adjunct faculty member, Masters of Environmental Studies program, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, January 2003 – present

Affiliate faculty member, Faculty of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, April 2003 – present

Research Hydrologist/Postdoctoral Associate, USDA Forest Service Center for Forested Wetlands Research, Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC, Sept 2001-May 2004

Research Technician, University of Georgia Marine Institute, Sapelo Island, GA, July 1993-January 1995

Research Interests:
Ecological engineering, coastal development impacts, water quality, pollution prevention, vegetated treatment systems (constructed wetlands, buffers, phytoremediation), low impact development (LID)

Professional Societies:
American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES)
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS)

Recent Publications, Proceedings, and Outreach Documents:

• Hitchcock, D. R., W. H. Conner, S. Esswein, C. Post, T. M. Williams, A. D. Jayakaran, B. Song, E. Mikhailova, and E. R. Baldwin. 2008.  Creating Digital Coastal Watersheds:  The Remote Data Acquisition Network at Bannockburn Plantation (PDF file, 460 KB), SC Water Resources Conference, Charleston Area Event Center, N. Charleston, SC, Oct. 14-15, 2008.
• Amatya, D. M., T. M. Williams, A. E. Edwards, N. S. Levine, and D. R. Hitchcock.  2008.  Application of SWAT Hydrologic model for TMDL Development on Chapel Branch Creek Watershed, SC (PDF File, 140 KB), SC Water Resources Conference, Charleston Area Event Center, N. Charleston, SC, Oct. 14-15, 2008.
• Hitchcock, D. R., and M. C. Smith. 2008. Assessing Spatiotemporal Nutrient Patterns for the Optimization of Wastewater Treatment Wetland System Performance (PDF File, 115 KB). Proceedings of the 2008 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 29 – July 2, 2008. Paper No. 084973.
• Hayes, J. C., C. S. Sawyer, and D. R. Hitchcock. 2008. Developing Stormwater Educational Programs for Rapidly Urbanizing Areas (PDF File, 69.2 KB). Proceedings of the 2008 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 29 – July 2, 2008. Paper No. 085131.
• Hitchcock, D. R., and C. B. Sawyer. 2007.  Education Programs for Stormwater Professionals and Community Associations in Coastal South Carolina (PDF File, 26.2 KB), Proceedings of the 2007 Coastal Zone Conference, Portland, OR, July 23-26, 2007.
• Hitchcock, D. R., and T. M. Williams. 2007. Reducing Stormwater Impacts from Coastal Development Using Ecological Strategies (PDF File, 82.4 KB). Proceedings of the 2007 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 17-20, 2007. Paper No. 077081.
• Strosnider, W. H., D. R. Hitchcock, M. K. Burke, and A. J. Lewitus. 2007.  Predicting Hydrology and Nitrogen Dynamics in Wetlands Designed for Coastal Stormwater Management (PDF File, 1.04 MB).  Proceedings of the 2007 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 17-20, 2007.  Paper No. 077084.
• Williams, T. M., D. M. Amatya, D. R. Hitchcock, N. Levine, E. N. Mihalik. 2007. Chapel Branch Creek TMDL development: Integrating TMDL Development with Implementation (PDF File, 292 KB). Proceedings of the 2007 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 17-20, 2007. Paper No. 072042.
• Halfacre, A., Hitchcock, D. R., and J. A. Shuler.  2007.  Community Associations and Stormwater Management:  A Coastal South Carolina Perspective (PDF File, 8.18 MB).  Water Quality Improvement and Community Enhancement Series, Urbanization and Southeastern Estuarine Systems (USES) Project, 78 pp.
• Halfacre-Hitchcock, A., and D. R. Hitchcock.  2005.  Critical Line Buffer Ordinances:  Guidance for Coastal Communities (PDF File, 4.11 MB).  Water Quality Improvement and Community Enhancement Series, SCDHEC-OCRM, 72 pp.
• Hitchcock, D.R., Barton, C. D., Rebel, K. T., Singer, J., Seaman, J.C., Strawbridge, J. D., Riha, S. J., and Blake, J. I.  2005.  A Containment and Disposition Strategy for Tritium-Contaminated Groundwater at the Savannah River Site, SC USA (PDF File, 907 KB).  Environmental Geosciences, v. 12, n. 1, pp. 17-28.
• Hitchcock, D. R., Rebel, K. T., Barton, C. D., Seaman, J. C., and S. J. Riha.  2004.  Tritium Phytoremediation at the Savannah River Site, SC USA:  Water Management, Remediation, and Hydrological Research.  Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering (ICHE), Brisbane, Australia, May 28-31, 2004.
• Hitchcock, D. R., McCutcheon, S. C., and M. C. Smith.  2003.  Using Rotifer Population Demographic Parameters to Assess Impacts of the Degradation Products from Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Phytoremediation. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, v. 55, n. 2, pp. 143-151.

State in which registered:
South Carolina, Professional Engineer (Category A)
Georgia, Engineer-In-Training (E.I.T.)

Program web site:
Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science - http://www.clemson.edu/baruch