Director, Passaic River Institute
Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave., Montclair, NJ 07043
phone: 973-655-7117 fax: 973-655-4390
email: kirk.barrett@montclair.edu
web: http://www.csam.montclair.edu/pri
· Research, teaching and practice of environmental science and engineering
· Surface hydrology, hydraulics and water quality, especially wetlands and estuaries
· Ecological engineering and restoration, especially wetlands and rivers
· Environmental monitoring and modeling
· Research management and administration
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PhD, Civil/Environmental Engineering,
Northwestern University,
Dissertation: Two-dimensional modeling of flow and transport in treatment wetlands: Development and testing of a new method for wetland design and analysis
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MS, Computer Science,
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BS, Chemical Engineering,
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Professional Engineer,
· Professional Wetland Scientist, Society of Wetland Scientists
CURRENT AND SELECTED
PAST POSITIONS
Director, Passaic River Institute,
Research Director, Meadowlands Environmental Research
Institute,
1999 – 2004. Concurrent Appointments:
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Research Assistant Professor, Center for Information Management, Integration and
Connectivity,
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Associated Faculty, Department of Earth and
Environmental Sciences,
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Adjunct Faculty,
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Member, Institute for Marine and Coastal
Science,
Water resources engineer, The Bioengineering Group, Inc., Salem, Mass., 1997-1999. Design, construction supervision, and monitoring of bioengineering treatments of streambanks, shorelines and wetlands, focusing on erosion control and water quality functions. Responsibilities include business development, proposal writing, project management, environmental permitting, cost estimating, and report writing.
Hydrologic and water quality research engineer, Wetland
Research, Inc. and Hey and Associates, Inc., Chicago, 1988-1992. Designed, implemented and supervised
collection of hydrologic, meteorological and water quality data, including
managing the equipment and other staff at the Des Plaines River Wetlands
Demonstration Project in northeastern
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Lecturer, Institute for Environmental Studies,
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Lecturer,
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Instructor and Graduate Teaching Assistant,
REVIEWED JOURNAL AND SYMPOSIA PUBLICATIONS
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Barrett, K. R., and M. A. McBrien. 2007. A Chemical and biotic assessment of a degraded
brackish marsh in the Meadowlands of northeastern NJ. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. v 124, pp 63-88.
· Barrett, K. R., W. Goldsmith and M. Silva. 2006. Integrated Geotechnical and Bioengineering Treatments for Streambank Stabilization along a Landfill. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. v 61, n 3 (May/June 2006) pp 144-152.
· Weis, P., Barrett, K. R., T. Proctor, and R. Bopp. 2005. Studies of a contaminated brackish marsh in the Hackensack Meadowlands of northeastern New Jersey: An assessment of natural recovery. Marine Pollution Bulletin. v50, p 1405–1415.
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Artigas, F. J., K. R. Barrett, and R. Holowczak.
2001. Digital Meadowlands: A Web-Based Decision Support System for an Urban,
Estuarine Watershed. Proceedings of the Integrated Decision-Making for
Watershed Management Symposium: Processes and Tools. Virginia Tech Publishing.
pp 1-8.
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Barrett, K. R.
1999. Ecological engineering in water resources: The benefits of
collaborating with nature. Water International, Journal of the International
Water Resources Association. v 24, p182-188.
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Barrett, K. R., R. Holowczak and F.
J. Artigas. 1999. A database of environmental documents about an urban
estuary, with a WWW-based, geographic interface. Proceedings, Symposium on
Water Resources and the World Wide Web. American Water Resources
Association. CD-ROM publication.
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Hey, D. L., K. R. Barrett and C. Biegan. 1994.
The hydrology of four experimental constructed marshes. Ecological Engineering.
v 3, pp 319-343.
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Hey, D. L., A. Kenimer and K. R. Barrett. 1994.
Water quality improvement by four experimental wetlands. Ecological
Engineering. v 3, pp 381-397.
BOOK CHAPTERS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PAPERS
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Bragin, A. B., J. Misuik, C. A. Woolcot, K. R.
Barrett, R. Jusino-Atrensino. 2005. A
Fishery Resource Inventory of the
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Barrett, K. R., K. Reinhart and W. Goldsmith.
2003. Soil Bioengineering Stabilization of an Eroding Streambank along a
Sanitary Landfill, Mill Creek,
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Barrett, K. R.
2000. Urban stormwater management and nonpoint source pollution control.
Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health and Technology (J. Lehr,
ed.) McGraw-Hill. pp 9.42-76.
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McBrien, M. A. and Barrett, K. R. 2000. Wetlands. Standard Handbook of
Environmental Science, Health and Technology, J. Lehr, editor. McGraw-Hill.
pp 19.20-19.47.
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Barrett, K. R. 1998. Two-Dimensional Flow and
Transport Modeling for Hydraulic Design and Analysis of Treatment Wetlands.
Water Resources Engineering 98: Proceedings of the 1998 International Water
Resources Engineering Conference (S. Abt, et al, editors), American Society of
Civil Engineers. pp 520-525.
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Barrett, K. R. and W. Goldsmith. 1998.
Bioengineered wetlands and ponds in an existing stream channel for stormwater
management and ecological enhancement. Engineering Approaches To Ecosystem
Restoration: Proceedings of the 1998 Wetlands Engineering & River
Restoration Conference (Donald F. Hayes, ed). ASCE. CD-ROM publication.
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Goldsmith, W., K. R. Barrett, M. Larson and W.
Lattrell. 1998. Stabilization and restoration of an urban incised channel:
Design, construction and monitoring. Engineering Approaches To Ecosystem
Restoration: Proceedings of the 1998 Wetlands Engineering & River
Restoration Conference (Donald F. Hayes, ed). ASCE. CD-ROM publication.
SELECTED ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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Invited seminar speaker at numerous universities
including
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Galster, J; Feng, H. and Barrett, KR. 2008 Identifying
the source of excess fine-grained sediments in
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Barrett, Kirk R. and Seth Kwaku Xeflide. 2007.
Effects of Urbanization on Stream Baseflow in NJ. Abstracts, Meadowlands Symposium,
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Barrett, Kirk R. and
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Barrett, Kirk. R., and M. A. McBrien. 2005. A
Chemical and biotic assessment of a degraded brackish marsh in the Meadowlands
of northeastern NJ. Abstracts, Annual
Meeting of the Estuarine Research Federation,
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Liu, L. and Barrett, K. R. 2004. Effects of
Seasonal and Harmonic Variations on Hydraulic Behavior in a Tidal Marsh. World
Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2004,
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Konsevick, E., K. R. Barrett and C. C. Hobble.
2002. Effects of drought on water quality in the lower
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Barrett, Kirk. R., A. Mizra and R. Holowczak.
2002. An automated data validation and
alert system for a continuous environmental monitoring system. National Water Quality Monitoring Conference.
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Barrett, Kirk. R. 2002. Flow and Transport
Modeling for Hydraulic Design and Analysis of Treatment Wetlands. Abstracts, Annual Conference of the Society
of Wetlands Scientists.
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Barrett, Kirk. R. 2001. Using Technology to
Teach Sustainability: Digital Meadowlands. Education for Sustainability.
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Barrett, Kirk. R. 2001. An On-Line, Continuous
Monitoring System of Hydrology and Water Quality of an Urban Estuarine System.
EMAP Symposium 2001.
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Barrett, K. R.
2000. Adding value to continuous, WWW-based environmental monitoring
data. Abstract, Proceedings, Annual Conference of the American Water Resources
Association.
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Barrett, K. R. 2000. Towards Sustainable
Transportation On And To College Campuses.
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Mitsch, W. J., R. H. Kadlec, D. L. Hey, K. R.
Barrett and M. S. Fennessy. 1991. Chemical mass balances of constructed
riverine wetlands: The role of hydrologic and seasonal conditions. Symposium on
Biogeochemistry of Wetlands.
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Dry-weather pollution from storm drains into the
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Master plan for stormwater and wastewater
management for
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Co-Investigator.
Identifying the source of excess fine-grained sediments in
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Co-Principal Investigator.
· Principal Investigator. Effects of Urbanization on Stream baseflow on Rural, Urbanizing Watershed: A historical empirical analysis. US Dept. of Agriculture. 2005-2008. $47,000.
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Co-
Principal Investigator. Invasive Plant
Species in wetlands along the
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Co- Principal
Investigator. Summer Program in Environmental Science and Computer technology
for 7th and 8th graders from
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Principal Investigator. Phosphorus and Sediment Investigations of
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Principal Investigator. Trail maps and brochure for Essex County
Reservations.
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Principal Investigator. Trail maps and brochure for South Mountain
Reservation.
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Co- Principal
Investigator. Summer Program in Environmental Science and Computer technology
for 7th and 8th graders from
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Co-Investigator. Meadowlands Environmental
Research Institute.
· Co-Investigator. Ecological Risk Assessment of Contamination of Wetlands in the Hackensack Meadowlands District. USEPA. 2002-2003. $97,000.
· Co-Investigator. Workshops on Advanced Technologies in Real-time Monitoring and Modeling of Drinking Water. USEPA. 2002. $75,000.
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Co-Principal Investigator. Urban River
Restoration: Confronting the Challenge of Multiple Objectives under Multiple
Constraints.
· Principal Investigator. Applicability of TABS-MD for modeling flow and transport in treatment wetlands. US Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station. 1992. $2500.
Pending
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Principal Investigator. Characterization of
· Co-Investigator. "Meso-Scale Testing of the Effectiveness of Sediment Amendments to Dechlorinate Dioxins and PCBs. NJ Sea Grant. $195,000
· Infrastructure Fellowship. US Department of Education, 1989, 1990.
· Walter P. Murphy Fellowship for Graduate Study in Environmental Engineering. Northwestern University, 1988.
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Named “Man of the Year” by the South Orange (NJ)
Lions Club, 2003 for efforts to rehabilitate the
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2006 Essex County Executive Volunteer Award,
presented by Joseph N. DiVincezo, Jr., Essex County (NJ) Executive,
· Nasser Mansoor, PhD student, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, Rutgers U-Newark, 2006
· Gina Mongiello, Masters Student, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State U, 2008
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Co-Chair,
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Chair, Mid-Atlantic
Conference of the American Water Resources Association. “Stream Restoration and Protection in the
Mid-Atlantic”. June 2006.
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Chair, Meadowlands
Symposium. October, 2003. Sponsored by
Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute,
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Co-Chair, Annual Conference of the Society of
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Hudson-Delaware Chapter. 2002. Two day conference. Held
over two days at the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission,
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Chair, Annual
Conference of the American Water Resources Association,
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Organizing Committee
Member and Master of Ceremonies for Workshops of Advanced Technologies in
Real-Time Monitoring and Modeling for
Drinking Water Safety and Security, June 2002 and December 2002. Sponsored by Rutgers CIMIC and funded by
USEPA.
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Technical reviewer for
the following journals: Water Resources Research; Ecological Engineering; Water
Environment Research; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Environmental
Engineering Science; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
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Proposal reviewer for
the New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute and USEPA Office of
Research and Development Urban Watershed Management
Branch
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American Water
Resources Association (member and former Chair of Wetlands Technical Committee)
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Environmental and
Water Resources Institute (control member, Wetlands Committee)
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Society of Wetland
Scientists (former web master for Mid-Atlantic chapter; program committee
member for 2002 annual conference)
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Water Environment Federation (Helped organize
and presented at wetlands sessions at the annual meeting of the New England
Water Environment Association. Organizing committee for a conference on
constructing wetlands.)
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Member, American Society
for Ecological Engineering, American Geophysical Union, Estuarine Research Federation,
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, American
Society for Engineering Education
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Vice Chair,
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· Technical advisory committee on water resources, Highlands Council 2004-
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Technical advisory committee,
· Technical advisory committee, Morris County Water Balance Study, 2004-
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Member and former chair, Rahway River
Rehabilitation committee,