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Cristina Poindexter

Cristina M. Poindexter

Faculty Affiliate


Email: cristina.poindexter@owp.csus.edu

Associate Professor

Department of Civil Engineering, California State University, Sacramento, 2021–present; Assistant Professor, 2015–2021

Faculty Affiliate

Office of Water Programs, California State University, Sacramento, 2017–present

  • Reviews dam breach inundation maps
  • Sizes woodland buffer for wave height reduction at a levee
  • Evaluates the effects of climate change on design storm runoff in small watersheds

Water Resources Engineer

Stetson Engineers, Inc., San Rafael, CA, 2002–2007

  • Modeled evapotranspiration to determine irrigation water requirements
  • Supported stream flow monitoring network
  • Numerically simulated flooding in rivers and creeks

Professional Interests

Dam breach inundation simulation tools, wetland restoration for subsidence reversal, flow measurement, engineering/science education