Neil Deeds, PhD, PE
Senior Engineer
512-425-2025
ndeeds@intera.com
PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Texas, 1999
MS, Civil Engineering, University of Texas, 1997
BS, Environmental Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1994
Neil Deeds' experience is primarily in modeling and analysis of hydrologic systems, including water availability, flow, and transport. He has experience with codes such as MODFLOW and its variants, SWAT, NUFT, UTCHEM, SWIFT II, and UTSTREAM for fluid-flow modeling and GTFM/nSights for well test analysis. He has considerable experience in uncertainty, importance, and risk analyses as applied to physical modeling studies. He has developed and worked with many uncertainty analysis and optimization codes, such as PEST, UCODE, paCalc, and GoldSim. Dr. Deeds has 10 years of experience working with geographic information systems (GIS) software, including ArcGIS and GRASS. Over the past nine years, Dr. Deeds has been involved in countless modeling projects, and has taken a lead role in several water resources modeling studies, including Texas groundwater availability models (GAMs). He has also served as a technical manager or technical lead in such areas as recharge, hydraulic conductivity, and surface water/groundwater interaction on regional and sub-regional groundwater modeling projects. Dr. Deeds has been the technical lead in data management and organization for several water resources projects, and has developed data models. These models have been either internally designed or from client specifications and included FDGC compliant metadata in XML format. From various water resources projects, including work for the Texas Water Development Board, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), region water planning groups and groundwater conservation districts, Dr. Deeds has significant experience in preparing communication materials and interacting personally with interested stakeholders in Texas. His skills in technical communication and teaching technical topics are demonstrated in his position as an Adjunct Professor of Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Deeds has performed uncertainty and sensitivity analysis in such contexts as regional water resources modeling and nuclear waste repository performance assessment. He has co-taught several courses on modeling under uncertainty for private and public organizations, such as the LCRA, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, project personnel at the Nevada Test Site, and project personnel of the Yucca Mountain Project.
