Dr. Stuart Echols

Biography

Stuart Echols is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Pennsylvania State University, where his research interests focus on integrated areas of stormwater design as both utility and amenity. His research on the utility side emphasizes creating stormwater management systems that restore hydrology within natural landscapes by replicating predevelopment evapotranspiration, infiltration, and runoff processes. On the amenity side, his research examines strategies that integrate stormwater management into site design to create rich landscapes centered around rainwater. By addressing stormwater issues through landscape design, he aims to eliminate reliance on end-of-pipe facilities and instead restore natural hydrology. With the emergence of new federal regulations discouraging large centralized stormwater systems, Echols has developed advanced Split-Flow theory which recognizes the importance of landscape in stormwater management systems. He holds degrees from Texas A&M University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, and has authored several influential publications in the field of landscape architecture.

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