Lt Col Justin D. Delorit, Ph.D., P.E.
Program Chair and Assistant Professor of Engineering Management
Education
BS, Civil Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 2005
MS, Engineering Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2012
PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2018
Awards
ACADEMIA & PROFESSIONAL
Best Reviewer, J. Water Res. Planning and Mgt., American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018
Arthur S. Flemming Award, Basic Science Category, United States Air Force, 2018
Federal Engineer of the Year Award, National Society of Professional Engineers, 2018
James R. Villemonte Excellence in Research Award University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2018
K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2018
Air Force Institute of Technology Faculty Pipeline Scholarship, 2015
Federal Engineer of the Year Award, Air Force Education and Training Command, 2014
Major General Minton Award Nominee for Most Outstanding Article, AF CE Magazine, 2014
Lance P. Sijan USAF Leadership Award, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2013 - 2014
Society of American Military Engineers Bliss Medal, Kittyhawk Post, 2013
Professor Ezra Kotcher Award, The Civil Engineer School, 2013
Course of the Year, Defense Education and Training Network, 2013
Outstanding Performer, Squadron Officer School, May 2013 – Jul 2013
National Honorary and Professional Management Fraternity (Sigma Iota Epsilon), 2010
Top Graduate, Air and Space Basic Course, Mar 2006 – Apr 2006
MILITARY
Field Grade Officer of the Year, 8th Mission Support Group, 2018
Field Grade Officer of the Quarter, 8th Fighter Wing, Oct 2018 – Dec 2018
Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, Team Wright-Patterson, Jan 2014 - Mar 2014
Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron, Jul 2012 – Sep 2012
Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, Headquarters 2d Air Force, Jan 2010 – Mar 2010
Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, 81st Civil Engineer Squadron, Jan 2008 – Mar 2008
Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, 81st Civil Engineer Squadron, Sep 2008 – Dec 2008
Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, 81st Civil Engineer Squadron, Jul 2007 – Sep 2007
Major General Lupia Military Manager of the Year, 81st Civil Engineer Squadron, 2007
Company Grade Officer of the Year, 81st Civil Engineer Squadron, 2006
Publications
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Delorit, J. D. and Block, P. J., On the robustness of forecast option value: testing agricultural use of
season-ahead water allocation and crop prices to guide water market transactions Journal Article, Madison,
Wisconsin. (in review), 2019
Delorit, J., Parker, D., and Block, P. J.: An agro-economic approach to framing perennial farm-scale water
resource management for water rights markets, Agricultural Water Management, 218:68-81, 2019.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2019.03.029
Delorit, J. D. and Block, P. J., Water market-scale forecast-informed option contracts. Journal of Water
Resources Planning and Management, Volume 125, Issue 5, 2019
DOI: https://10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001068
Delorit, J. D. and Block, P. J., Promoting competitive water resource use efficiency at the water-market
scale: An inter-cooperative demand equilibrium-based approach to water trading. Water Resources
Research, 54(8), 5394-5421, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2017WR022323
Delorit, J., Gonzalez Ortuya, E. C. and Block, P. J., Evaluation of Model-Based Seasonal Streamflow and
Water Allocation Forecasts for the Elqui Valley, Chile. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 21(9): 4711–4725., 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4711-2017
Delorit, J., Racz L., Evaluation of Activated Sludge for Biodegradation of Propylene Glycol as an Aircraft
Deicing Fluid, Water Environment Research, Volume 86, Number 4, April 2014, pp. 366-371(6)
BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS
Badiru, A., Racz, L., Delorit, J., Measurements of Land, Handbook of Measurements: Benchmarks for
Systems Accuracy and Precision, CRC Press, 2016
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Delorit, J., Hydroclimactic prediction to guide robust water market-scale agricultural water resource
decision-making for semi-arid, water rights managed basins: application to the Elqui Valley, Chile,
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2018. (Sponsors: United States Air Force,
$36,030). https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9912481845602121
Delorit, J., Burwinkle A., The Safe Jobsite, Air Force Civil Engineer, Vol. 22 No. 2, 2014
https://www.afcec.af.mil/Portals/17/documents/About-Us/AFCE-Magazine/AFD-141103-038.pdf
Delorit, J., Evaluation of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Activated Sludge for Biodegradation of
Propylene Glycol as an Aircraft Deicer, Master of Science Thesis, Air Force Institute of Technology,
March 2012. (Sponsors: US Environmental Protection Agency, $34,300; Air Force Institute of Technology
Faculty Research Council, $12,300). https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a556371.pdf