PhD Candidate
Whiting School of Engineering
Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
[email protected]
Julie’s research focuses on adaptation to climate change risks and the accompanying issue of deep uncertainty, with a particular focus on water infrastructure systems. She aims to address the question of how highly uncertain climate change projections can be incorporated into long-term management of natural and engineered water systems. She is interested using systems engineering methodologies, including risk and decision analysis, optimization, simulation, and statistical modeling, to address these issues.
Julie has six years of professional experience as an engineer working on groundwater contamination and as a consultant for the United Nations Environment Program on disaster preparedness. She holds a B.S. from U.C. Berkeley in Environmental Engineering Science and an M.S.E. from JHU in Geography and Environmental Engineering.
Research Interests
Methodological: Risk analysis, statistical modeling, data analytics, stochastic simulation and optimization, non-probabilistic uncertainty
Application areas: Climate change adaptation, water infrastructure planning, disaster preparedness and impacts assessment, coupled natural-human systems
Journal Publications
• Shortridge. J.E., Guikema, S.D., and Zaitchik, B.F. Robust decision making in data scarce contexts: addressing data and model limitations for infrastructure planning under transient climate change. Submitted to Climatic Change in March 2016 [under review].
• Shortridge. J.E., Aven, T., and Guikema, S.D. Risk assessment under deep uncertainty: a methodological comparison. Submitted to Reliability Engineering and Safety Science in January 2016 [under review].
• Shortridge, J.E., Guikema, S.D, and Zaitchik, B.F. Empirical streamflow simulation for water resources management in data-scarce seasonal watersheds. Accepted for publication in Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences in May 2016.
• Shortridge, J.E., and Guikema, S.D. Scenario discovery with multiple criteria: an evaluation of the robust decision making framework for climate change adaptation. Accepted for publication in Risk Analysis in November 2015.
• Shortridge, J.E., Falconi, S.M., B.F. Zaitchik, and Guikema, S.D. (2015). Statistical prediction of undernourishment using non-linear regression and data mining techniques. Journal of Applied Statistics. 42(11), 2367-2390.
• Shortridge, J. E., and Guikema, S. D. (2014). Public health and pipe breaks in water distribution systems: analysis with internet search volume as a proxy. Water Research. 53(15), 26-34.
Conference Presentations
• Identifying and addressing infrastructure vulnerabilities under climate in data-scarce regions: the role of conservation.
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 2015
• Non-linear regression and machine learning for streamflow prediction and climate change impact analysis
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 2015
• Robust climate change adaptation under deep uncertainty: incorporating multiple criteria.
Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA. December 2015
• Multi-objective scenario discovery for climate change adaptation.
Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. November 2015
• Multi-criteria decision support within the Robust Decision Making framework with an application to climate change adaptation in Lake Tana, Ethiopia
Universities Council on Water Resources Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV. June 2015
• Multi-criteria decision support within the Robust Decision Making framework with an application to climate change adaptation in Lake Tana, Ethiopia
World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Austin, TX. May 2015
• Risk assessment under deep uncertainty: a methodological comparison
Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. December 2014
• Public health and pipe breaks in water distribution systems: analysis with internet search volume as a proxy
Universities Council on Water Resources Annual Conference, Medford, MA. June 2014
• Public health and pipe breaks in water distribution systems: analysis with internet search volume as a proxy
Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. December 2013
• Food security, climate and development: assessing risk and vulnerability through the use of predictive, non-linear regression tree methods
Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 2012
• The effects of climate change and variability on food insecurity: a statistical analysis
Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. May 2012
Honors and Awards
• Supported participant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rising Stars workshop for early career female researchers in civil and environmental engineering, 2015
• Semi-finalist, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) 2015 Annual Meeting poster competition, 2015
• Student travel award, Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, 2014
• Supported participant, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Advanced Study Program Summer Colloquium on Uncertainty in Climate Change Research, 2014
• Student Travel Award, Universities Council on Water Resources Conference on Water Systems, Science, and Society Under Global Change, 2014
• Student Merit Award Finalist, Society for Risk Analysis, Engineering and Infrastructure Specialty Group, 2013
• Fellowship, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2013 – 2016
• Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship, 2013
• Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Water, Climate and Health Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), 2012 – 2013
Teaching and Instructional Experience
• Instructor, 500.111: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies (Fall 2015)
Designed, planned and taught a freshman seminar introducing students to climate change impacts and adaptation in various engineering sectors with a focus on research being conducted at JHU.
• Grader/Teaching Assistant, 570.497: Risk and Decision Analysis (Fall 2014 and Fall 2013)
Conducted weekly review sessions for class of 38 graduate and upper-level undergraduate students. Taught two lectures when professor was unavailable. Graded assignments and provided feedback.
• Trainer, Debre Markos University, Ethiopia (May 2013)
Trained graduate students on the use of field equipment for agricultural and meteorological monitoring for joint NSF-funded project with JHU.
• English Language Instructor, Nuremburg, Germany (2008-2009)
Taught business/professional English to classes of 10-40 adult and college students.
• Tutor, Oakland, California (2004-2005)
Provided individual tutoring in math and science for high-school students.
• Physical Science Instructor, Summerbridge of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA (2004)
Designed, planned and taught physical science to middle-school students in a summer academic-enrichment program.
• Exhibit Facilitator, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, California (2002-2004)
Presented demonstrations and led interactive activities for museum visitors and student groups.