BRUCE M. HANNON

Jubilee Prof., Liberal Arts and Sciences, Professor Geography

Affiliate Professor:

National Center for Supercomputing Applications Illinois Natural History Survey, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Bioengineering, Campus Honors Program

Vita: http://www.geog.uiuc.edu/people/hannon.html

On-Line Modeling Credit Course: http://www.dynamicmodeling.uiuc.edu

Example Models: http://blizzard.gis.uiuc.edu/

Modeling Urban Development: http://www.rehearsal.uiuc.edu/projects/leam/

Education:

University of Illinois B.S. Civil Engineering, 1956
University of Illinois M.S. Engineering Mechanics, 1966
University of Illinois PhD. Engineering Mechanics, 1970  

Relevant Publications:

1. Spatial Discounting, Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 2005, 3:605-612.

2. A Dynamic Model of the Spatial Spread of an Infectious Disease: The Case of Fox Rabies in Illinois, with Brian Deal, Cheryl Farello, Mary Lancaster, Thomas Kompare, Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 2000, 5:47-62.

3. Spatial Discounting: Endogenous Preferences and the Valuation of Geographically Distributed Environmental Externalities, with C. Perrings (first author), Journal of Regional Science, 41-1:23-38, 2001.

4. Dynamic Modeling of Business Strategies, w/P. Gorman, T. Nelson and H. Thomas, in: Statistical Models for Strategic Management, M. Ghertman, et al, eds., 1997, Kluwer Acad., Netherlands, 1997, 159-183, 1997.

5. The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital, Nature, with R. Costanza, et al 1997, 387:253-260.

6. Energy and Land Use, in: R.W. Burchell, D. Listokin, eds., Energy & Land Use, Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers, 1982, pp. 189-213.

7. Energy Flow in Peasant Agriculture, in: W.J. Mitsch, R.W. Bosserman, J.M. Klopatek, eds., Energy and Ecological Modelling, Elevier 1981, pp. 737-744.

Books

Dynamic Modeling, w/Matthias Ruth, Springer-Verlag, 1994. 2nd edtion, 1999.

Dynamic Modeling of Economic Systems, w/ M. Ruth, first author, Springer-Verlag, 1997.

Dynamic Modeling of Biological Systems, w/M. Ruth, Springer-Verlag, 1997.

Dynamic Modeling for Business Management, w/B. McGarvey, Springer-Verlag,2003

Dynamic Modeling of Pestilence, w/M. Ruth, Springer-Verlag, 2004. In press.

Synergistic Activities:  

1. Jubilee Professorship, given to faculty that exhibit broad research and teaching interests, by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

2. Co-PI on the dynamic spatial urban growth model with colleagues from Urban and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture, Geography, Architecture.

3. The wide range of journals in which I have published ranging from engineering journals, Ecology, Theoretical Biology, Ecological Economics, Primatology, Input-Output economics, etc.

4. Headed an energy research group (economics and engineering) for 15 years.

5. Courses and books on dynamic ecological and economic modeling and on spatial dynamic modeling, attracting students from nearly every discipline on our campus over the last 21 years, spawning many publication, particularly in the arena of spatial dynamic modeling.