Groundwater Flow and Transport

Students in this course will develop a fundamental understanding of groundwater flow and transport processes. They will derive and apply mathematical models used in aquifer evaluation, aquifer testing, regional flow assessment, and solute transport predictions. Students will be introduced to state-of-the-art groundwater flow and transport simulators. A major portion of the course will be devoted to a team project in which students will use available geologic, hydrologic, and geochemical data from a selected site to develop, implement, and apply an aquifer model to address a real-world subsurface contamination problem.