Fiona Paton

Fiona Paton
  • Qualifications

    2014: Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering at the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia. Thesis Title: Frameworks for Assessing and Improving Urban Water Supply Security Planning under Climate Change.

    2012: Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Wildlife at the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia.

    2008: Bachelor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia. Awarded first class honours.

  • Awards & Achievements

    Best Paper Award for "Sensitivity of estimated urban water supply security based on various global circulation models and SRES emission scenarios" by Fiona L. Paton, Graeme C. Dandy and Holger R. Maier, Practical Responses to Climate Change National Conference 2010, September 29-October 1, Melbourne, Australia, 2010.

    Student Paper Commendation from the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, 2009.

    Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering (SSEE) National Student Environmental and Sustainability Award, 2009.

    Hydrological Society of South Australia's Ian Laing Prize, 2009.

    Finalist in the Australian Water Association's Hodgson Award for South Australia, 2009.

  • Research Interests

    Environmental Science:

    -      Ecology and management of the Coorong, South Australia;

     

    -      Effects of fire and drought on biota of Ngarkat Conservation Park, South Australia;

    Environmental Engineering:

    -      Risk-based performance assessments of urban water supply systems;

     

    -      Sustainable urban water supply system management incorporating non-traditional sources;

     

    -      Impacts and modelling uncertainty of climate change on water resources;

     

    -      Incorporation of greenhouse gas emissions in urban water supply system planning;

     

    -      Multi-objective optimisation using evolutionary algorithms;

  • Publications

    Book Chapters

    Maier H.R., Paton F.L., Dandy G.C. and Connor J.D. (2013) Impact of drought on Adelaide's water supply system: Past, present, and future. In K. Schwabe, J. Albiac, J.D. Connor, R.M Hassan and L.M. Gonzalea (Eds.) Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective, Springer, 41-62.

    Journal Papers

    Paton, F. L., H. R. Maier, and G. C. Dandy (2014), Including adaptation and mitigation responses to climate change in a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm framework for urban water supply systems incorporating GHG emissions, Water Resour. Res., 50, 6285-6304, doi: 10.1002/2013WR015195.

    Paton F.L., Dandy G.C. and Maier H.R. (2014) Integrated framework for assessing urban water supply security of systems with non-traditional sources under climate change, Environmental Modelling and Software, 60(10), 302-319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.06.018.

    Beh, E.H.Y., Dandy G.C., Maier H.R. and Paton F.L. (2014) Optimal sequencing of water supply options at the regional scale incorporating alternative water supply sources and multiple objectives, Environmental Modelling and Software, 53, 137-153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.11.004.

    Paton F.L., Maier H.R. and Dandy G.C. (2013) Relative magnitudes of sources of uncertainty in assessing climate change impacts on water supply security for the southern Adelaide water supply system, Water Resources Research, 49(3), 1643-1667, doi: 10.1002/wrcr.20153. 

    Refereed Conference Papers

    Paton F.L., Gibbs M.S., Maier H.R. and Dandy G.C. (2012) Impacts of climate change downscaling method on rainwater tank yield. HIC 2012 - 10th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Hamburg, Germany, July 14-18.

    Paton F.L., Dandy G.C. and Maier H.R. (2010) Sensitivity of estimated urban water supply security based on various global circulation models and SRES emission scenarios, Practical Responses to Climate Change National Conference 2010, September 29-October 1, Melbourne, Australia.

    Paton F.L., Baulis J.P., Staniford B.S., Maier H.R. and Dandy G.C. (2009). Considering sustainability in the planning and management of regional urban water supply systems: A case study of Adelaide's southern system, in Anderssen, R.S., R.D. Braddock and L.T.H. Newham (eds) 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand and International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, July 2009, pp. 3357-3363. ISBN: 978-0-9758400-7-8.

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Entry last updated: Thursday, 23 Oct 2014