CEVE 543: Statistical-Physical Methods for Hydroclimate Extremes and Catastrophes

This is the course website for the Fall 2025 edition of CEVE 543, Statistical-Physical Methods for Hydroclimate Extremes and Catastrophes, taught at Rice University by James Doss-Gollin.

Course Information

  • Details on the class and course policies are provided in the syllabus.
  • The course schedule is available in the schedule.

Instructor

Dr. James Doss-Gollin is an assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University. His research integrates Earth science, data science, and decision science to address challenges in climate risk management, water resources, and energy system resilience. He also teaches CEVE 421/521 (Climate Risk Management).

Software Tools

  • This course will use the Julia programming language. Julia is a modern, free, open source language designed for scientific computing.
  • No prior knowledge of Julia is required. Some prior programming experience is helpful, but not required.
  • Assignments will be distributed using GitHub Classroom.

Acknowledgements

The layout for this site was inspired by and draws from Vivek Srikrishnan’s Environmental Systems Analysis course at Cornell, STA 210 at Duke University, and Andrew Heiss’s course materials at Georgia State.