James Fisher, PE

Water Resources Engineer at Tulare Irrigation District
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Visalia, California, United States, US

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Credentials

  • Professinal Engineer (PE)
    California Department of Consumer Affairs
  • Professional Geologist in Training (GIT)
    California Department of Consumer Affairs

Experience

  • Tulare Irrigation District
    • United States
    • Civil Engineering
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Water Resources Engineer
      • May 2021 - Present

      𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 Dual responsibilities between Tulare Irrigation District (TID) and the Mid-Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency (MKGSA). Primary responsibilities contribute to monitoring, planning, securing, and managing groundwater sustainably in the Kaweah Subbasin: a critically over-drafted drainage in the Central Valley, California. 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 Dual responsibilities between Tulare Irrigation District (TID) and the Mid-Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency (MKGSA). Primary responsibilities contribute to monitoring, planning, securing, and managing groundwater sustainably in the Kaweah Subbasin: a critically over-drafted drainage in the Central Valley, California.

  • Idaho Power
    • United States
    • Utilities
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Water Resources Engineer II
      • May 2017 - May 2021

      𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 Lead relicensing and compliance projects related to the Hells Canyon Complex, the largest hydroelectric project comrising 67% of IPC's hydropower. Specific duties include programming scripts to analyze point clouds (bathymetric data), developing 1D and 2D hydraulic models for flow, water quality, aquatic habitat suitability, and use these models to map flood-prone areas in dam breach studies. For field work, assisted with bathymetric and topographic surveying, utilizing low-cost stream gauges and pressure transducers, and measuring streamflow via an acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP). Show less

  • Boise State University
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant - Hydrologist
      • Aug 2014 - May 2017

      𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 Selected as a graduate student to lead and execute a comprehensive 3-year, $440,000 study on Idaho Power Company’s cloud seeding program for precipitation enhancement. Applied ultra trace chemistry on snow samples and analyzed historical weather trends to test the cloud seeding program’s overall efficacy and to address environmental concerns with the program, including silver toxicity and altering precipitation patterns. News article overview here: https://www.boisestate.edu/coas/2016/04/27/51162/ Show less

  • Illinois Department of Transportation
    • United States
    • Truck Transportation
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Civil Engineering Intern
      • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

      𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 Worked under two PE's on the 216 foot bridge on northbound I-57 over Langan Creek (mile marker 299). My duties included surveying, concrete and soils testing, calculating expense reports, ensuring design specifications and procedures were adhered to by contractors, and assessing progress. 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 Worked under two PE's on the 216 foot bridge on northbound I-57 over Langan Creek (mile marker 299). My duties included surveying, concrete and soils testing, calculating expense reports, ensuring design specifications and procedures were adhered to by contractors, and assessing progress.

  • Olivet Nazarene University
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Teaching Assistant
      • Jan 2013 - May 2014

      𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 Teaching assistant for 9 semester-long laboratory classes. Performed pre-lab lectures and graded in 7 Physical and Historical Geology labs. I also worked as a teaching assistant in 2 upper division classes: Structural Geology and Field Methods and Physics II (electrical physics). Daily duties for these 9 lab sections included setting up labs, tutoring students during and outside classroom hours, and grading assignments. 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 Teaching assistant for 9 semester-long laboratory classes. Performed pre-lab lectures and graded in 7 Physical and Historical Geology labs. I also worked as a teaching assistant in 2 upper division classes: Structural Geology and Field Methods and Physics II (electrical physics). Daily duties for these 9 lab sections included setting up labs, tutoring students during and outside classroom hours, and grading assignments.

Education

  • Boise State University
    MS, Hydrologic Science
    2014 - 2017
  • Olivet Nazarene University
    BS, Geological Engineering
    2010 - 2014

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