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Publications

Pesantez Research Group

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Publications (Peer-reviewed journal articles)

  1. Pesantez, J. E., González, L., & Li, B. (2025). Exploring the predictive capabilities of neural networks and state space models on hourly water demand forecasting. Journal of Hydrology, 133317.

  2. Alvisi, S., Francini, M., …, Pesantez, J.E., …, and Zou, J. (2025). The Battle of Water Demand Forecasting (BWDF). Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.

  3. Vizanko, B., Karrenberg, C., Pesantez J. E., & Berglund, E. (2025). A Genetic Algorithm Framework for Rehabilitation and Analysis of Intermittent Networks: Application for the Battle of the Intermittent Water Supply System Network. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.

  4. Pesantez, J. E., Vizanko, B., & Berglund, E. (2024). Modeling a game to shift peak water demands: WaterTime leaderboard. Journal of Cleaner Production, 143241.

  5. Pesantez, J. E., Li, B., Lee, C., Zhao, Z., Butala, M., & Stillwell, A. S. (2023). A comparison study of predictive models for electricity demand in a diverse urban environment. Energy, 129142.

  6. Pesantez, J. E., Wackerman, G. E., & Stillwell, A. S. (2023). Analysis of single-and multi-family residential electricity consumption in a large urban environment: Evidence from Chicago, IL. Sustainable Cities and Society, 104250.

  7. Pesantez, J.E., Behr, A., and Sciaudone, E. (2022) Importance of pre-storm morphological factors in determination of coastal highway vulnerability. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10081158.

  8. Fasaee, M.A.K., Pesantez, J., Pieper, K., Ling, E., Benham, B., Edwards, M., and Berglund, E. (2022) Developing Early Warning Systems to Predict Water Lead Levels in Tap Water for Private Systems. Water Research, 118787.

  9. Berglund, E., Buchberger, S., Cunha, M., Faust, K., Giacomoni, M., Haxton, T., Goharian, E., Kaminsky, J., Kleiner, Y., Lee, J., Ostfeld, A., Pesantez, J., Saldarriaga, J., Shafiee, E., Spearing, L., van Zyl, K., and Yang, E. (2022). Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on water utility operations and vulnerability. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 148(6), 04022027, Editor’s Choice Collection Paper Award, June 2022.

  10. Daniel, I., Pesantez, J., Letzgus, S., Fasaee, M.A.K, Alghamdi, F., Mahinthakumar, K., Berglund, E., and Cominola, A. (2022) LILA: A High-Resolution Pressure-Driven Method for Leakage Identification and Localization in Water Distribution Networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 148(6), 04022025.

  11. Pesantez, J.E., Alghamdi, F., Sabu, S., Mahinthakumar, G., and Berglund, E. (2022) Using a Digital Twin to Explore Water Infrastructure Impacts During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainable Cities and Society, 77, 103520.

  12. Ramsey, E., Pesantez, J., Fasaee, M.A.K., DiCarlo, M., Monroe, J., and Berglund, E.Z. (2020) A Smart Water Grid for Micro-Trading Rainwater: Hydraulic Feasibility Analysis. Water, 2020, 12, 3075.

  13. Berglund, E.Z., Pesantez, J.E., Rasekh, A., Shafiee, M.E., Sela, L., and Haxton, T. (2020) Review of Modeling Methodologies for Managing Water Distribution Security. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 146(8), 03120001, Editor’s Choice Collection Paper Award, August 2020.

  14. Pesantez, J.E., Berglund, and E., and Mahinthakumar, G. (2020) Geospatial and Hydraulic Simulation to Design District Metered Areas for Large Water Distribution Networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 146(7), 06020010.

  15. Berglund, E.Z., Monroe, J.G., Ahmed, I., Do, J., Khaksar, M., Noghabaei, M., Pesantez, J.E., Bardaka, E., Han, K., Proestos, G.T., and Levis, J. (2020) State-of-the-Art Review Smart Infrastructure: A Vision for the Role of the Civil Engineering Profession in Smart Cities. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 26(2), 03120001.

  16. Pesantez, J.E., Berglund, E.Z., and Kaza, N. (2020). Smart meters data for modeling and forecasting water demand at the user-level. Environmental Modelling & Software, 125, 104633.

  17. Pesantez, J.E., Berglund, and E., Mahinthakumar, G. (2019) A Multi-Phase Procedure to Design District Metered Areas for Water Distribution Networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 145(8), 04019031.

 

Publications (Peer-reviewed conference proceedings)

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  1. Pesantez, J. E., DiCarlo, M., Pasha, F., & Berglund, E.Z., (2024). Predictive Model for Short-Term Water Demand Forecasting and Feature Analysis in Urban Networks. In WDSA/CCWI Joint Conference Proceedings (Vol. 3) MDPI Engineering Proceedings.

  2. Pesantez, J. E., Maldonado Alfaro, A., Ramesh, S., & Stillwell, A. S. (2024). Unlocking Water Demand Patterns and Outdoor Consumption Insights for Targeted Conservation Strategies. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2024 (pp. 1075-1086).

  3. Pesantez, J. E., Toledo Salazar, A., Pasha, F., & Ostfeld, A. (2024) Clustering Analysis in Water Distribution Systems for Enhanced Metering Infrastructure Retrofitting. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2024 (pp. 1285-1294).

  4. Pesantez, J. E., & Berglund, E. Z. (2018, July). Automatic Approach to Design District Metered Areas for Water Distribution Systems:(186). In WDSA/CCWI Joint Conference Proceedings (Vol. 1).

  5. Pesantez, J. E., Berglund, E. Z., & Kaza, N. (2018, July). Modeling and Forecasting Short-Term Water Demand Reported by Smart Meters:(187). In WDSA/CCWI Joint Conference Proceedings (Vol. 1).

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Publications (Peer-reviewed reports)

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  • Salazar, A. T., Medrano, M., Medina, M. D., Roa, J., & Pesantez, J. E. (2024). Enhancing Evacuation Warning Responsiveness: Exploring the Impact of Social Interactions through an Agent-Based Model Approach. DOI: 10.31979/mti.2024.2356.

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