Nicole Novembre, PE

Nicole Novembre, PE is a hydrologist and specializes in probabilistic flood hydrology for dam safety risk analyses. She has experience in stochastic rainfall-runoff modeling methods and statistical hydrological methods. She is an expert in variable dam operations and incorporating future climate projections into hydrological hazard studies. Ms. Novembre has served as Hydrology Subject Matter Expert for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Level 2, 3, and 4 Risk Analyses. She is a licensed professional engineer in Colorado and serves on the Committee on Hydraulics and Hydrology for the US Society on Dams. 

During her tenure with the Bureau of Reclamation Technical Services Center Flood Hydrology group, Ms. Novembre developed hydrologic loadings and participated in risk analyses for Reclamation and other federally owned dams. She started Brava Engineering, a private consultancy, focused on developing hydrologic hazards for dam owners such as BC Hydro, Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric, the City of Seattle, and the City of Tacoma.

Ms. Novembre joined RTI in early 2025 as part of the Center for Water Resources’ growth as leaders in probabilistic flood hazard analysis (PFHA).