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Katelyn Johnson
Position: Lecturer (Civil Engineering and Hydrology)
Discipline: Hydrology
Centre: Centre for Water Resources Research (CWRR)
School: School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Campus: Agriculture Campus
Room no./Building: Rabie Saunders Building
Telephone: +27 33 260 7185
Email: johnsonk1@ukzn.ac.za
Biography
Katelyn Johnson is a lecturer in the School of Engineering, specialising in Fluid Mechanics and Engineering Hydrology since 2017. She is completing her PhD working in an interdisciplinary space that combines engineering hydrology, hydrometeorology and climate change. She has 4 years’ experience working in industry in the fields of water engineering, hydrology and hydraulics.
Qualifications
BSc Engineering (Civil), UKZN– 2012
MSc Engineering (Civil), UKZN– 2015
PhD Engineering, UKZN – current
Current Research Projects
- WRC Project Number C2022/2023-00773: Development of a Toolbox for Design Flood Estimation: Accounting for Non-Stationary Data in Design Rainfall Estimation [2022-2023]
- Integrating knowledge systems in flood-risk modelling for sustainable solid waste management and flood resilience in urban informal settlements in South Africa [2023-2024; collaboration with INR, funded by JNCC/DEFFRA UK]
Five recent publications
- Johnson, KA, Smithers, JC and Schulze, RE. 2021. A review of methods to account for impacts of non-stationary climate data on extreme rainfalls for design rainfall estimation in South Africa. Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering 63 (3): 55-61. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2309-8775/2021/v63n3a5
- Johnson, KA and Smithers, JC. 2020. Updating the estimation of 1-day probable maximum precipitation in South Africa. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 32 (2020): 1-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2020.100736.
- Johnson, KA and Smithers, JC. 2019. Methods for the estimation of extreme rainfall events. Water SA 45 (3): 501 -512. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/wsa/2019.v45.i3.6747