Jonathon Bulkley is the Peter M. Wege Professor of Sustainable Systems, and he holds a joint appointment with the College of Engineering.

Teaching efforts are concentrated in water policy, risk-benefit analysis, and case studies in natural resources. Research concentrates on the development and application of both quantitative and qualitative means to help policy makers and decision makers attain improved planning, evaluation, and management of natural resources, especially water resources. Recently, research interests have expanded to include curriculum development for effective teaching of sustainale systems concepts to a wide range of disciplines. In addition, preliminary concepts are being explored that would result in a small team of graduate students having a water resources field experience in a third world area as part of their graduate studies.

Awards and Grants:
Dr. Jonathan W. Bulkley, James C. Bean, Gregory A. Keoleian, and Marc H. Ross were awarded an additional $149,127 by the National Science Foundation for further research on The "Life Cycle Optimization of Vehicle Replacement". With this amendment, the total award is $444,137 and will expire April 30, 2003. In May 2006, Professor Bulkley received the Service to the Profession Award from the Planning and Management Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Research Interests:
Research concentrates on the development and application of both quantitative and qualitative means to help policy makers and decision makers attain improved planning, evaluation, and management of natural resources, especially water resources to achieve sustainability. Recently, research interests have expanded to include curriculum development for effective teaching of sustainability concepts to a wide range of disciplines. Specific research interests include multi-objective analysis and risk analysis application.

Current/Recent Research:
Serve as CO-Director, the Center for Sustainable Systems located in the School of Natural Resources and Environment. The mission of the Center is to develop life cycle based models and sustainability metrics to evaluate the performance and to guide the continuous improvement of systems for meeting societal needs. The center promotes sustainability by providing these tools and knowledge so that diverse stakeholders may make better informed decisions. Selected as an AT&T Industrial Ecology Fellow with research support from the AT&T Foundation (1993-95). Multi-objective planning techniques and risk reduction concepts serve as the basic orientation for my research efforts. Served as a member of the Michigan Environmental Science Board (1992-95). Serve as a Monitor for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for three water pollution cases. Serve on the International Upper Great Lakes Study of the International Joint Commission (February 2007-) Served as a Member, Vice-Chair, and Chair of the Environmental Advisory Board, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army (1995-1999).

Teaching Interests:
My teacjhing is concentrated in two cross-listed courses. Water Policy (NRE %*/CEE 587) is a fall term class; Risk benefit Analysis (CEE 589/NRE 595) is a winter term class.

Selected Publications:
"The State of Michigan's General Storm Water Discharge Permit: An Innovative Approach Contributing to Watershed Planning and Management," In Proceedings: Living Downstream in the Next Millennium: Reconciling Watershed Concerns with Basin Management. August 2000. UCOWR, New Orleans, LA.

"Watershed Planning and Management: New Processes and Procedures," with Sari Sommarstrom, In Proceedings, World Water & Environmental Resources Congress, EWRI, Orlando, Florida. May 20-24, 2001.

"Risk Assessment/Critical Infrastructure," presented at the Workshop on Critical Infrastructure: Needs in Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Training, sponsored by the NSF and OSTP. White House Conference Center, Washington, D.C. June 14 and 15, 2001.

"Political Dynamics: Public Interest Articulation for Water Resources Management," in Proceedings, Decision Support Systems for Water Resources Management. American Water Resources Association and Universities Council on Water Resources. Snowbird, Utah June 27-30, 2001

"Collection Systems: USA, Policies, Regulations, and Programs," Invited Paper for the International Seminar on Innovative Management for Sewer Systems, co-sponsored by the Environmental Management Corporation and the Ministry of Environment, Seoul, Korea. April 23, 2002.

"The State of Michigan's General Storm Water Discharge Permit: An Innovative Approach Contributing to Watershed Planning and Management (Part 2)," presented at the Transboundary Water Conference, sponsored by the Universities Council on Water Resources. Traverse City, MI. July 23-26, 2002.

"Diversion and Consumptive Uses of Great Lakes Waters: A Framework for Decision Making," with Steven J. Wright, Civil and Environmental Engineering. Presented at the Great Lakes Workshop, University of Michigan. November 5, 2002

"Sustainable Water Systems: A Key Component for Sustainable Places," presented at the Business, Environment, Learning, and Leadership Conference. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. July 17-19, 2003.

"Universities Undertaking Water Resources Security Research: Issues for Consideration," Presented at the Special Joint Conference Sponsored by UCOWR, NIWR, and EWRI entitled Water Security in the 21ST Century. July 30-August 1, 2003. Washington D.C.

"Sustainable Water resources: Issues for Consideration." The Confluence of Water, Society and Ecological Design, Workshop Sponsored by the City of Chicago a Th University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. June 9-10, 2004. The Illini Center, Chicago, IL.

"Watershed Planning and Management: Institutional Realities," with Sari Sommarstrom. In Proceedings: Watershed Management & Operations Management 2000. June 2000. EWRI and ASCE Ft. Collins, CO. (in press).

"The State of Michigan's General Storm Water Discharge Permit: An Innovative Approach Contributing to Watershed Planning and Management," In Proceedings: Living Downstream in the Next Millennium: Reconciling Watershed Concerns with Basin Management. August 2000. UCOWR, New Orleans, LA.

"Measuring Progress: Developing Standard Campus Performance Metrics," with Ben Nicholson and Greg Keoleian, in Campus Ecology Connection, Vol. 11, Issue 1, National Wildlife Federation, Spring 2000.