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Lyles College of Engineering

Jorge E. Pesantez

Assistant Professor

Civil Engineering

jpesantez@mail.fresnostate.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2021
  • M.S. Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2017
  • Master in Construction Management, University of the Armed Forces (ESPE), Ecuador, 2014
  • B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Cuenca, Ecuador, 2010

Courses Taught

  • CE 128 Hydraulics
  • CE 129 Hydraulics Lab
  • CE 161 Construction Engineering I
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Dr. Pesantez joined the California State University Fresno Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering in August 2022. He graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Cuenca, Ecuador (2010), and obtained a Master in Construction Management at the University of the Armed Forces (ESPE), Ecuador (2014). He holds an M.S. (2017) and a Ph.D. (2021) in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. Before joining Fresno State, Dr. Pesantez worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Pesantez teaches water resources engineering- and management-related courses, including Hydraulics, Hydraulics Lab, and Engineering Construction I. His scientific contributions have been recognized as the Editor's Choice of the Month by the American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.
  • Water Distribution Systems (WDS) Analysis
  • Demand Management Models
  • Machine Learning for Urban Infrastructure Analysis
  • Leak Detection in WDS
  • Hydraulics of Piped Systems
  • Pesantez, J. E., Wackerman, G. E., & Stillwell, A. S. (2022). Analysis of single-and multi-family residential electricity consumption in a large urban environment: Evidence from Chicago, IL. Sustainable Cities and Society, 104250.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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