Associate Professor
- Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
- PhD (1998)
The Pennsylvania State University - Science 1, 166,
(607) 777-4588
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Research
Interests:
Teaching
Activities: The courses that I teach support the Environmental Geology portion of the Geology Department's curriculum and the interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Program. SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGY This course provides an introduction to surface and subsurface
hydrology for future policy makers, lawyers, ecologists, environmental
chemists, and other students of environmental sciences. Topics include:
global and local hydrologic budgets; the processes by which water moves
through the environment including weather and precipitation, infiltration,
stream and river systems, groundwater flow, evaporation and plant transpiration;
an overview of the chemistry of natural and polluted waters and case studies
of contamination and remediation. HYDROGEOLOGY Examination of the hydrologic cycle, the physical characteristics
of aquifers, fluid flow through porous media, groundwater flow to wells,
the geology of groundwater occurrence, groundwater chemistry and contamination. COMPUTER MODELING OF GROUNDWATER FLOW AND CONTAMINANT
TRANSPORT Overview of computer modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant
transport. Topics include: (1) conceptual model development, (2) governing
equasions for flow and transport through porous media, (3) physical meaning
and mathematical representation of hydrologic boundaries, (4) finite difference
and finite element methods, (5) appropriate model selection, (6) model
calibration, verification, and sensitivity analysis, (7) issues of accuracy
and uncertainty in modeling. Extensive, hands-on experience emphasized.
The
Campus Watershed Project
- Research and Teaching: A National Science Foundation grant to Prof. Joe Graney and myself provided funding to purchase and install hydrologic and environmental monitoring equipment in the campus watershed. Students are currently using the equipment for classes and independent research projects related to examination of the hydrology, geology, and geochemistry of the watershed. Possibilities for future projects are many and varied, and can involve hydrogeology, geology, geochemistry, and geophysics, depending on the particular student's interests and the research questions that they want to focus on answering. For more information, see: The Campus Watershed Project
Questions or comments:
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