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:

Affiliate faculty member, Masters of Environmental Studies (MES) 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 and design, sustainable environment, water resources, vegetated treatment systems (constructed wetlands, buffers, phytoremediation), low impact development (LID), green infrastructure, coastal hydrology, climate change

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

Relevant Publications, Proceedings, and Outreach Documents:

  • Amatya, D. M., M. Jha, A. E. Edwards, T. M. Williams, and D. R. Hitchcock. 2011. SWAT-Based Streamflow and Embayment Modeling of Karst Affect Chapel Branch Watershed, SC, (PDF File, 2.66 MB). Transactions of ASABE, 54(4):  1311-1323.
  • Amatya, D. M., T. M. Williams, A. E. Edwards, and D. R. Hitchcock. 2011. Hydrology and Water Quality of Chapel Branch Creek Watershed with Karst Topography, SC. ASABE Paper No. 1110485, St. Joseph, Mich: ASABE.
  • Hitchcock, D. R., 2011.  "Imitation - The Sincerest Form of Flattery", In:  Tibbetts, J. H., Ed., Coastal Heritage (publication of the SC Sea Grant Consortium), Summer issue, v. 25(4):12-13.
  • Edwards, A. E., D. M. Amatya, T. M. Williams, and D. R. Hitchcock. 2011.  A Water Quality Study Recommends Protection of a Karst Watershed in the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina, National Speleological Society (NSS) News, April edition, v. 69, n.4, pp. 17-19.
  • Hitchcock, D. R., D. L. White, A. D. Jayakaran, T. M. Williams, K. Giacalone, J. Calabria, C. B. Sawyer, and G.W. Eidson. 2010.  Green Infrastructure Assessment Tools for Varying Scales in Coastal South Carolina, (PDF File, 858 KB). In: Eidson, Gene W., and Calvin B. Sawyer (ed.), Proceedings of the 2010 South Carolina Water Resources Conference.
  • Eidson, G. W., C. B. Sawyer, D. R. Hitchcock, J. Calabria, B. Putman, V. Chanse, C. J. Post, J. O. Hallstrom, D. L. White, S. T. Esswein, C. Bellamy, and R. Shealy.  2010.  Sand River Headwaters Green Infrastructure Project, City of Aiken, South Carolina:  A Collaborative Team Approach to Implementing Green Infrastructure Practices, In: Eidson, Gene W., and Calvin B. Sawyer (ed.), Proceedings of the 2010 South Carolina Water Resources Conference.
  • Rogers, D. M, D. R. Hitchcock, A. D. Jayakaran, and T. M. Williams. 2009. A Study of Coastal Headwater Stream Hydrology: Bannockburn Plantation, Georgetown County, SC, (PDF File, 496 KB). ASABE Paper No. 096220, St. Joseph, Mich: ASABE.
  • Jayakaran, A. D., S. M. Libes, D. R. Hitchcock, J. T. Bennett, and K. J. Owens. 2009. Sediment Loading in Low Gradient Coastal Plain Watersheds. ASABE Annual International Meeting. Reno, NV.
  • Gemmill, J., G. E. Eidson W. H. Conner, S. Esswein, O. Flite, J. Hallstrom, J. C. Hayes, D. R. Hitchcock, T. Howard, S. Klaine, C. Post, C. Sawyer, K.-C. Wang, and D. L. White,  2008.  Cyberinfrastructure for Preservation of Stream and River Ecology.  In:  Eidson, Gene W., and Calvin B. Sawyer (ed.), Proceedings of the 2008 South Carolina Water Resources Conference, ISBN: 978-0-615-25592-7, 3 pp.
  • Hallstrom, J., R. Geist, D. R. Hitchcock, B. Song, and J. Steele.  2008.  It’s a Small World:  Enhancing Human Cognition through Virtual Dioramas.  In:  Eidson, Gene W., and Calvin B. Sawyer (ed.), Proceedings of the 2008 South Carolina Water Resources Conference, ISBN: 978-0-615-25592-7, 2 pp.
  • 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.
  • Hitchcock, D. R., M. L. Cabrera, and M. C. Smith.  1999.  LAND Model:  A Simulation Tool for Estimating the Nutrient Dynamics from Land Applied Animal Waste. Proceedings of the 1999 American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) Annual International Meeting, Sheraton Toronto Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 18 21, 1999.
  • Hitchcock, D. R., M. L. Cabrera, and M. C. Smith.  1999.  LAND Model:  A Simulation Tool for Estimating the Nutrient Dynamics from Land Applied Animal Waste (PDF File, 622 KB). Proceedings of the 1999 Georgia Water Resources Conference at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, March 30 31, 1999.
  • Hitchcock, D. R., Law, S. E., Wu, J., and P. L. Williams. 1998. Determining Toxicity Trends in the Ozonation of Dye Wastewater Using the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 34, pp. 259 264.
  • Hitchcock, D. R., Black, M. C., and P. L. Williams. 1997. Investigations into Using the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans for Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Toxicity Testing. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 33, pp. 252 260.
  • Law, S. E., J. Wu, D. R. Hitchcock, and M. A. Eiteman. 1996.  Ozone decolorization of cotton dyehouse wastewater. ASAE Paper No. 96-1016 (microfiche), St. Joseph, MI., 1996.

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