Rate My Professor Roderick Lammers

Dr. Roderick Lammers is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Engineering within the School of Engineering and Technology at Central Michigan University, a position he assumed in 2021. He obtained his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Colorado State University in 2018, where his dissertation work centered on modeling the water quality impacts stemming from stream channel erosion. He also earned an M.S. in the same field from Colorado State University in 2015. Lammers completed his undergraduate studies at Purdue University, receiving B.S. degrees in Ecological Engineering and Ecological and Evolutionary Biology in 2012. Before joining CMU, he held roles as a postdoctoral associate and research scientist at the University of Georgia. Additionally, he has professional experience as an engineering consultant focused on environmental remediation and water management projects.

Lammers' scholarly pursuits involve the application of computer modeling to elucidate and solve intricate water resources challenges. His research specializations encompass urban stormwater management, stream channel restoration, flood risk assessment and mitigation, control of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, and the implementation of natural infrastructure solutions. He instructs a variety of courses at CMU, including Water Resources Engineering, Water Quality Management, Solid Waste Engineering, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, and Fluid Mechanics. Throughout his career, Dr. Lammers has published extensively in prestigious journals. Key publications include: Selsor H., Bledsoe B.P., and Lammers R.W. (2023) "Recognizing flood exposure inequities across flood frequencies" in Anthropocene; Buhr D.X., Lammers R.W., and Bledsoe B.P. (2022) "Global sensitivity analyses of key riparian nitrogen models" in Environmental Modelling & Software; Cohen S. et al. (2022) "Spatial trends and drivers of bedload and suspended sediment fluxes in global rivers" in Water Resources Research; Lammers R.W. et al. (2021) "Prediction models for urban flood evolution for satellite remote sensing" in Journal of Hydrology; and Lammers R.W. and Bledsoe B.P. (2017) "What role does stream restoration play in nutrient management?" in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science & Technology. These contributions highlight his impact on advancing sustainable water management practices.