Prof. James Ball

University of Technology Sydney

Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

My Profile

About

James Ball is an academic in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney. His primary research interest is in the development and application of catchment modelling systems and particularly in urban environments. Prior to joining UTS, Professor Ball obtained experience at a number of Universities, Consulting Organisations, and in a Government Authority. He is a past Vice-President of IAHR, a corresponding member of the IAHR and IWA Joint Committee on Urban Drainage, a past member of the IAHR/IWA/IAHS Committee on Hydroinformatics, and a co-opted member of Engineers Australia’s National Committee on Water Engineering. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of River basin Management, a member of the editorial boards for the Urban Water Journal, Journal of Hydroinformatics, Hydrology, Water, and an Editor for Water Science and Technology and Water Supply. Finally, James was appointed by Engineers Australia as the Technical Editor responsible for the latest revision to Australian Rainfall and Runoff.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Water engineering Urban drainage Hydroinformatics Water quality Catchment modelling

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Hydroinformatics
Committee on Water Resources Management
IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Urban Drainage
Committee on Ecohydraulics
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Committee on Flood Risk Management
Committee on Education and Professional Development
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
IAHR Council	Editor	2021-07-07	2022-12-31
JRBM Editorial Board	Editor	2017-01-01	2022-12-31
IAHR Hydro-Environment	Chair	2015-09-01	Now
IAHR Council	Vice President	2015-08-01	2019-09-30
Committee on Flood Risk Management	Member	2015-07-15	2017-10-30
Asia and Pacific Division	Member	2015-01-01	2019-01-01
IAHR Council	Member	2011-01-20	2015-08-01

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Practical Flooding Risk Assessment for Development Projects	2024
Adequate Balance Between Water's Withdrawal and Rivers' Environmental Protection	2023
Climate Change and Its Influence on Design Flood Estimation	2019
A Classic Hydroinformatic Problem-Floods	2018
A message from the Editor-in-Chief, James Ball	2017
Urban Flood Modelling - Process or Regression?	2017
Uncertainty of Gauged Data and Its Impact on the Prediction of Design Flood Flows	2016
Daily Rainfall Disaggregation for Flood Estimation	2015
Parallel and Distributed SWMM for Individual Computation in a Genetic Algorithm	2015
Testing New Design Flood Estimation Techniques for Catchments Across Australia	2015
Design Flood Estimation for a Vietnamese Catchment	2014
Flood Estimation Under Changing Climates	2014
Flow Structure Around Two Rows of Cylindrical Rods in Vegetated Floodplain of a Compound Channel	2014
Design Flood Estimation – a Hydroinformatic Problem	2013
Managing a National Design Flood Estimation Project	2013
Study of Blockage Effect on Scouring Pattern Downstream of a Box Culvert Under Unsteady Flow	2013
Use of Two Dimensional Hydraulic Models to Estimate Hydraulic Hazard	2013
Statistical Analysis of Temporal Vector Angle Variations and Its Characteristics in Turbulent Flow	2012
Stochastic Modelling of Bursting Process at Threshold Conditions	2011
Estimation of Design Flood Flows Considering Climate Change	2009
Instantaneous Shear Stress on the Bed in a Turbulent Open Channel Flow	1995
Mixing of Pollutant Constituent in a Compound Channel	1995

My Videos

Title	Year
James Ball - Interview 2023	2023
[Day5] Water Resources Management I - 3rd iahrYPCongress	2023
James E Ball - AUSTRALIAN WATER RESOURCES – FROM DROUGHT TO FLOOD	2017

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date
Honorary Membership Award	2023