Steven William Harvey Hoagland

Research Assistant Professor ● Tennessee Water Resources Research Center

University of Tennessee, Knoxville ● hoagland@utk.edu 

600 Henley St, UT Conference Center Bldg, Suite 311, Knoxville, TN 37996

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Steven W.H. Hoagland is a research assistant professor with the Tennessee Water Resources Research Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Hoagland manages technical assistance and training projects that aid small and rural water and wastewater utilities across the state of Tennessee. Since 2023, Dr. Hoagland has been a principal investigator (PI), or co-PI, on eight grants while at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, receiving more than $2.1 million from federal agencies including the United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Dr. Hoagland has four published manuscripts in peer reviewed journals including J. Hydrologic Engineering, J. Water Resources Planning and Management, J. Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, and J. Geomorphology, with two additional articles in preparation. One manuscript has also been accepted for reprint as a book chapter in an upcoming book from World Scientific on coastal disasters. Dr. Hoagland has teaching experience in academic and industry settings. He was the instructor of record at Virginia Tech for CEE3304 Fluid Mechanics for CEE for the spring 2023 semester, and the instructor of record at the Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, for CE391 Water Resources I, for the spring 2024 semester. Before starting his doctoral work at Virginia Tech in 2019, Dr. Hoagland received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky and worked as a consulting engineer for Tetra Tech, focusing on water resources, civil site design, and hydraulic modeling projects.

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

GRANTS ($2.2 million for Hoagland since 2021)

1. Appalachian Community Technical Assistance and Training Program (ACTAT). U.S. Department of Agriculture (distributed through Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service), Oct. 2025 - Sep. 2026. PI: Garner, E.; CoPIs: Orner, K., Garvey, K., Prinzo, L., Hoagland, S.W.H., Schwartz, J., Ormsbee, L, Yost, S., Byrne, D., McNeil, D., Cohen, A., and Krometis, L. Award Amount: $429,381.70 ($68,220 for Hoagland and Schwartz).
2. Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Water Quality and Enable Small Public Water Systems to Provide Safe Drinking Water (EPA-OW-OGWDW-24-04) National Priority Area 1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jan. 2026 - Dec. 2027. Lead: University of New Mexico; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville PIs: Hoagland, S.W.H., Schwartz, J. Award Amount: $7,000,000 ($240,000 for Hoagland and Schwartz).
3. Training and Technical Assistance for Rural, Small, and Tribal Municipalities and Wastewater Treatment Systems for Clean Water Act Prevention, Reduction, and Elimination of Pollution (EPA-OW-OWM-24-01), Priority Areas 1 and 2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jan. 2026 - Dec. 2028. Lead: University of New Mexico; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville PIs: Hoagland, S.W.H. and Schwartz, J. Award Amount: $10,740,000 ($629,016 for Hoagland and Schwartz).
4. Appalachian Community Technical Assistance and Training Program (ACTAT). U.S. Department of Agriculture (distributed through Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service), Oct. 2024 - Sep. 2025. PI: Garvey, K.; CoPIs: Orner, K., Garner, E., Prinzo, L., Schwartz, J., Hoagland, S.W.H., Ormsbee, L, Yost, S., Byrne, D., McNeil, D., Cohen, A., and Krometis, L. Award Amount: $443,000 ($68,179 for Schwartz and Hoagland).
5. Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Water Quality and Enable Small Public Water Systems to Provide Safe Drinking Water (EPA-OW-OGWDW-24-01). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Oct. 2024 - Sep. 2026. Lead: University of New Mexico; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville PIs: Schwartz, J., Hoagland, S.W.H. Award Amount: $6,200,000 ($235,305 for Schwartz and Hoagland).
6. Preparing New Entrants to the Workforce for Sustainable Careers in the Water Sector in Central Appalachia. U.S. Department of Labor, Oct. 2023 - Sep. 2026. PI: Garner, E.; CoPIs: Schwartz, J., Hoagland, S.W.H., Orner, K., Prinzo, L, Kemp, M., Byrne, D., McNeil, D., Yost, S., Ormsbee, L., Krometis, L.A. Award Amount: $1,448,793 ($345,000 for Schwartz and Hoagland).
7. Statewide University-Utility Partnership for Technical, Managerial, and Financial Assistance to Wastewater Systems in Rural Tennessee. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Oct. 2023 - Sep. 2026. PI: Schwartz, J.; CoPIs: Hoagland, S.W.H., Upendram, S., Datta, T., Moore, L. Award Amount: $1,042,991 ($518,769 for Schwartz and Hoagland).
8. Appalachian Community Technical Assistance and Training Program (ACTAT). U.S. Department of Agriculture (distributed through Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service), Oct. 2023 - Sep. 2024. PI: Garvey, K.; CoPIs: Orner, K., Garner, E., Prinzo, L., Hause, J., Schwartz, J., Hoagland, S.W.H., Ormsbee, L, Yost, S., Byrne, D., McNeil, D., Cohen, A., and Krometis, L. Award Amount: $459,200 ($70,250 for Schwartz and Hoagland).
9. Coupling Barrier Island Evolution with Coastal Restoration Practices and Socioeconomic Impacts. Virginia Sea Grant (distributed through the Graduate Research Fellowship Program), Sep. 2021 - Aug. 2023. PIs: Hoagland, S.W.H., and Irish, J. $80,000.

PUBLICATIONS

Summary:

• Metrics (from Google Scholar Page):

• Total Citations: 119
• h-index: 6
• i10-index: 5

• Publication Numbers:

• Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 4 published; 2 in preparation
• Book Chapters: 1 accepted
• Theses and Dissertations: 2
• Conference Papers: 3
• Conference Abstracts, Posters, and Presentations: 8

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Hoagland, S.W.H., Irish, J., Weiss, R., and Vitousek, S., Modeling Decadal Evolution of a Mid-Atlantic Barrier Island Under Sea Level Rise and Management Scenarios, In preparation.
2. Hoagland, S.W.H., Irish, J., and Weiss, R., Comparability of global sensitivity analysis methods applied to a long-term coastal morphodynamics model, In preparation.
3. Hoagland, S.W.H., Irish, J., and Weiss, R., Morphodynamic and modeling insights from global sensitivity analysis of a barrier island evolution model, Geomorphology, Vol. 451, 109087, 2024.
4. Hoagland, S.W.H., Jeffries, C., Irish, J., Weiss, R., Mandli, K., Vitousek, S., Johnson, C., Cialone, M., Advances in Morphodynamic Modeling of Coastal Barriers: A Review, Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 149(5), 03123001, 2023.
5. Ormsbee, L., Hoagland, S.W.H., Hernandez, E., Hall, A., Ostfeld, A., Hydraulic Model Database for Applied Water Distribution Systems Research, Water Resources Planning and Management, 148(8), 2022.
6. Ormsbee, L., Hoagland, S.W.H., & Peterson, K., Limitations of TR-55 Curve Numbers for Urban Development Applications: Critical Review and Potential Strategies for Moving Forward, Hydrologic Engineering, 25(4), 1–7, 2020.

Book Chapters (1 accepted)

1. Hoagland, S.W.H., Jeffries, C., Irish, J., Weiss, R., Mandli, K., Vitousek, S., Johnson, C., Cialone, M. “Advances in Morphodynamic Modeling of Coastal Barriers: A Review.” (Reprinted from J. Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 149(5), 2023), Coastal Disasters, Y. Kim (eds), World Scientific, In preparation.

Other Publications

1. Hoagland, S.W.H., Barrier Island Morphodynamic Insights from Applied Global Sensitivity Analysis and Decadal Exploratory Modeling, Doctoral Dissertation, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2024.
2. Hoagland, S.W.H., Ermer, K.L., Strobel, J., Lucas, V.A., Byrd, K., Allman, S., Water Workforce Challenges in Tennessee, AWRA, UCOWR, & NIWR 60th Anniversary Joint Water Resources Conference, St. Louis, MO, Sep 30 - Oct 2, 2024.
3. Hoagland, S.W.H., Technical Assistance for Rural Water and Wastewater Systems in Tennessee, Presentation at TN Sustainability Conference Stormwater Workshop, Tennessee Stormwater Association, Gatlinburg, TN, 21-23 Aug, 2024.
4. Hoagland, S.W.H., Jeffries, C. R., Irish, J. L., Weiss, R., Mandli, K., Vitousek, S., Johnson, C.M., & Cialone, M. A. Projecting long-term barrier island change. Center for Coastal Studies, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 2023.
5. Hoagland, S.W.H., Jeffries, C. R., Irish, J. L., Weiss, R., Mandli, K., Vitousek, S., Johnson, C.M., & Cialone, M. A. Projecting barrier island storm erosion. Center for Coastal Studies, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 2023.
6. Hoagland, S.W.H., Irish, J., and Weiss, R., Barrier Island Modeling Insights from Applied Global Sensitivity Analysis.” In Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023, pp. 2875-2882, 2023.
7. Hoagland, S.W.H., Barrier Island Evolution and Applied Global Sensitivity Analysis, Presentation at America’s Conference on Wind Engineering, Lubbock, TX, May 17-19, 2022.
8. Hoagland, S.W.H., NHERI Graduate Student Council Professional Journey, Panel discussion at America’s Conference on Wind Engineering, Lubbock, TX, May 17-19, 2022.
9. Hoagland, S.W.H., Irish, J., and Weiss, R., Insights from a Morphodynamic Model into Barrier System Sensitivities, Poster [# EP25D-1353] presented at 2021 Fall Meeting, AGU, 6-17 Dec., 2021.
10. Hoagland, S.W.H., Irish, J., Evaluating Coastal Restoration Alternatives in a Holistic Socioeconomic Framework, Poster presented at 2021 YCSEC-A, Myrtle Beach, SC, Oct. 29-31, 2021.
11. Hoagland, S.W.H., Irish, J., and Weiss, R., Uncertainty in Long-Term Projections of Barrier Island Morphology Considering Impacts of Coastal Restoration Practices, Poster [# OS037-0011] presented at 2020 Fall Meeting, AGU, 1-17 Dec, 2020.
12. Ormsbee, L., Evans, S., Hoagland, S.W.H., and Hernandez, E., Ten Management Challenges in Operating Small Water Distribution Systems, Presentation at World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Pittsburgh, PA, May 18-23, 2019.
13. Hernandez, E. Hoagland, S.W.H., and Ormsbee, L., Water Distribution Database for Research Applications, Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, West Palm Beach, FL, May 22-26, pp. 465-474, 2020.
14. Hoagland, S.W.H., Transient-Based Risk Analysis of Water Distribution Systems, Civil Engineering Theses and Dissertations, University of Kentucky, 2016.
15. Hoagland, S.W.H., Schal, S. Ormsbee, L., and Bryson, S. Classification of Water Distribution Systems for Research Applications, Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Austin, TX, May 17-21, pp. 696-702, 2015.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Academia

Consulting and Non-Profit Workshops

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE (selected projects)

HONORS & AWARDS

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING

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