Former Graduate Students

Hydro Group Graduate Students - Since 1968

Professor Irwin Remson led the Hydro Group from 1968 through 1988.  He remained active until 1995.  

Between 1988 and 1995 the Hydro Group transitioned to Steve Gorelick.  

1969

• Leland Turk
  "Hydrogeology of the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah"
• Maurice Veatch
  "Ground-water occurrence, movement and hydrochemistry within a complex stratigraphic framework, Jefferson County, Nebraska"

1970  

• George Hornberger
  "Numerical Studies of Composite Soil-Moisture Ground-Water Systems"
  Professor, University of Virginia
• Frederick Molz
  "A Model Study of Moisture Flow to Plant Roots"
  Professor, Clemson University

1971

• Eduardo Aguado
• Mary Anderson
  Professor, Univ Of Wisconsin Madison
• Janet Ebert

1972  

• John Dohrenwend
• Stewart McGee
• Melvin Zucker
  Professor, Skyline College

1973

• Stephen Egemeier
  "Cavern Development by Thermal Waters with a Possible Bearing on Ore Deposition"

1974  

• Mary Anderson
  "Numerical Studies of Linked Soil-Moisture and Groundwater Systems"
  Professor, Univ Of Wisconsin Madison
• John Reeder
  Alaska Div Geol & Geophy Survey,
• Edward Shanahan
  President, Shanahan Consulting
• Peter Shanahan
• Daniel Stephens
  Hydrologist, Daniel B. Stephens and Associates, Inc.

1975  

• John Dohrenwend
• Jeffrey Gilman
  "Hydrogeology of northern Mercer County, North Dakota"
  Senior Consulting Hydrogeologist, MFG, Inc.
• Nicholas Sitar
  "Optimization of dewatering schemes"
  Professor, University of California-Berkeley

1976

• William Alley
  "Numerical Simulation of Transient and Steady State Optimal Pumping from Artesian Aquifers"
• James Baker
• Mark Howland
  "Hydrogeology of the Palo Alto baylands, Palo Alto, California : with emphasis on the tidal marshes"
  Corduroy Charitable Trust,
• Thomas Nicholson
  "Geomorphology and hydrogeology of Wild Horse Valley, Foothills Park, Palo Alto, California"
  Senior Technical Advisor, US NRC

1977

• Steven Gorelick
  Professor, Stanford University
• David Stonestrom
• Manuel Varela-Sanchez
  Ministerio De Medio Ambiente,

1978

• Beverly Herzog
  Director, Env. Geoscience Center, Ill State Geological Survey

1979

• Eduardo Aguado
  "Optimization techniques and numerical methods for aquifer management"
• Rene Barker
  "Computer simulation and geohydrology of a basalt aquifer system in the Pullman-Moscow Basin, Washington and Idaho"
  Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey
• Shirley Dreiss
  "An Application of Systems Analysis to Karst Aquifers"
• Ali Ghenaw
• Julianne Levings
  c/o National Nuclear Security Administration, Program Manager
• David Morgan
  "Hydrology of the Stillwater Geothermal Area, Churchill County, Nevada"
  US/GS,
• Nicholas Sitar
  Professor, University of California-Berkeley

1980

• Richard Iverson
  "Processes of accelerated pluvial erosion on desert hillslopes modified by vehicular traffic"
  Research Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey

1981  

• Tarin Davies
  "A ground water model for analysis of the Amador subbasin of the Livermore Valley, California"
• Steven Gorelick
  Professor, Stanford University
• Richard Iverson
  Research Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey
• Richard Iverson
  Research Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey
• Uzo Okereke
  President, Okerenson Corporation
• Joseph Poland
  "The occurrence and control of land subsidence due to ground-water withdrawal with special reference to the San Joaquin and Santa Clara valleys, California"
• John Reeder
  "Experimental studies of the effects of ephemeral stream-flow depths on infiltration"
  Alaska Div Geol & Geophy Survey,

1982

• James Butler
  "The Automated Hydrogeologic System : description and application"
  Senior Scientist, University of Kansas Geological Survey
• Barbara Evans
  "Statistical techniques for subsurface reservoir management"
• Eric Reichard
  "Reconstruction of water availability along the San Luis Rey River in southern California"
  Research Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey
• Eve Schauer
  "Hydrogeology and water resources of the Salt River Indian Reservation and related portions of the Salt River Valley Maricopa County, Arizona"

1983

• Eric Hvolboll
  Partner, Price, Postel & Parma
• Steven Ingebritsen
  "Evolution of the geothermal system in the Lassen Volcanic National Park area"
  Branch Chief, United States Geological Survey
• Lynne Preslo
  "Hydrogeologic testing at Elk Ridge No. 1 Borehole, Paradox Basin, Utah"
  President, GeoEco
• John Reeder
  Alaska Div Geol & Geophy Survey,
• Elizabeth Thomson

1984

• Dorothy Atwood
  "Management of contaminated groundwater with aquifer simulation and linear programming : the development of a hydraulic gradient control procedure"
  Consultant,
• Peter Davies
  "Deep-Seated Dissolution and Subsidence in Bedded Salt Deposits."
  Deputy Director, Sandia National Laboratories
• Hedeff Essaid
  "A quasi-three dimensional finite difference model for the simulation of fresh water and salt water flow in a coastal aquifer system"
  Hydrologist, U S Geological Survey
• Barbara Evans
  "Mine Capacity Utilization During Recessionary Periods: Operating Strategy in the Domestic Copper Industry."
• Julie Galton
  "Magnitude and frequency of suspended sediment transport in four tributary streams of Lake Tahoe"
• Richard Iverson
  "Unsteady, Nonuniform Landslide Motion: Theory and Measurement."
  Research Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey

1985

• Jean Bahr
  "Hydrostratigraphic Interpretation and Ground Water Flow Modeling of Sedimentary Deposits in the Vicinity of the Gloucester Landfall, Ontario, Canada."
  Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Kenneth Belitz
  "Hydrodynamics of the Denver Basin: An Explanation of Subnormal Fluid Pressures."
  United States Geological Survey,
• Eric Reichard
  "The Influence of Hydrologic Factors on the Benefits of Groundwater Management in Areas of Irrigated Agriculture"
  Research Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey
• Margot Sherr
  "An analysis of the economics of petroleum extraction on the continental shelf of eastern China"
• Stephen Walbridge
  "Optimal well field designs for the rehabilitation of the Gloucester special waste site near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"

1986

• Linda Bond
  "Origins of seawater intrusion in a coastal aquifer : a case study of the Pajaro Valley"
• Wesley Danskin
  "Hydrologic optimization techniques used to evaluate management policies for a surface-water / ground-water system near Livermore, California"
  Hydrologist, US Geological Survey
• James Davis
  "Potential pollution loading to natural waters as a function of land use : a methodology applied to a coastal plain in Spain"
  Vice President, Power & Energy, Enviance
• Steven Ingebritsen
  "Vapor-Dominated Zones Within Hydrothermanl Convection Systems: Evolution and Natural State."
  Branch Chief, United States Geological Survey
• Yvonne Meeks
  Geologist, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
• Brian Wagner
  "A statistical methodology for estimating transport parameters for aquifers and streams : applications to one-dimensional systems"
  U S Geological Survey,

1987

• Jean Bahr
  "Applicability of the Local Equilibrium Assumption in Mathematical Models for Groundwater Transport of Reacting Solutes."
  Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• James Butler
  "Pumping Tests in Nonuniform Aquifers: A Deterministic/Stochastic Analysis."
  Senior Scientist, University of Kansas Geological Survey
• Hedeff Essaid
  "Fresh Water - Salt Water Flow Dynamics in Coastal Aquifer Systems: Development and Application of a Multi-Layered Sharp Interface Model."
  Hydrologist, U S Geological Survey
• Yvonne Meeks
  "Hydrogeology of the Twin Cities Basin with Numerical Emphasis on the Mount Simon-Hinckley Aquifer."
  Geologist, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
• David Stonestrom, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA

1988

• Lizanne Avon
  "A contaminant transport model of trichloroethylene movement in groundwater at Castle Air Force Base, California"
  Evaluation Ofcr./Pesticide Modeler, Pest Management Regulatory Agency
• Jaime Gomez-Hernandez
  "Dynamic network design for estimation of groundwater flow and mass transport in a one-dimensional aquifer using the Kalman filter"
  Professor, Universidad Politecnica
• Robert Greenwald
  "A planning model for groundwater plume removal with cleanup time as a management variable "
• L. Lefkoff
  "The Hydrologic and Economic Effects of Water Marketing on an Irrigated Stream-Aquifer System Subject to Salinity Degradation."
  Principle Analyst, University of California-Davis
• Michael Pinto
• Stuart Rojstaczer
  "The Response of the Water Level in a Well to Atmospheric Loading and Earth Tides: Theory and Application."
  Professor, Duke University
• Brian Wagner
  "Optimal Groundwater Quality Management Under Uncertainty."
  U S Geological Survey,

1989

• Constance Travers
  "The Effects of Groundwater Circulation on Heat Flow at Cajon Pass, California."
  Environmental Scientist, Stratus Consulting

1991

• Scott Brogan
  "Aquifer remediation in the presence of rate-limited sorption"
  CSS Ltd.,
• Gregory Carroll
  "Hydrogeologic analysis of the Santa Clara Valley Groundwater Basin"
  Hydrogeologist, Bechtel
• Robert Coontz
  "Simulation of groundwater flow at the Bemidji, Minnesota, crude-oil spill site, and implications for advective transport of dissolved contaminants"
  Deputy News Editor, Science Magazine
• Robert Gailey
  "Design of Cost-Effective, Reliable Remedial Pumping Schemes: Application to the Gloucester Landfill Groundwater Contamination Problem"
• Jaime Gomez-Hernandez
  "A Stochastic Approach to the Simulation of Block Conductivity Fields Conditioned upon Data Measured at a Smaller Scale."
  Professor, Universidad Politecnica

1992

• Charles Harvey
  "Interpreting parameter estimates obtained from slug tests in heterogeneous aquifers"
• Leah Rogers
  "Optimal Groundwater Remediation Using Artificial Neural Networks and the Genetic Algorithm"
  c/o University of California, Software Licensing Executive
• Claire Tiedeman
  "Optimal hydraulic containment designs under parameter uncertainty for a vinyl chloride plume in southwest Michigan"
  Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey

1993

• Leslie Dillard
  "Multiphase Flow Modeling of a Crude-oil Spill Site Using Geostatistical Simulation of Soil Hydraulic Properties"
• Roy Haggerty
  "Design of multiple contaminant remediation in the presence of rate limitations"
• David Hyndman
  "Estimating spatial patterns of aquifer parameters using seismic and tracer data"
  Associate Professor - Hydrogeology, Michigan State University
• Carl Renshaw
  "Modeling Fluid Migration Through Physically-Based Fracture Networks."

1994

• Christine Koltermann
  "Geologic Modeling of Spatial Variability in Sedimentary Environments for Groundwater Flow Simulation"
  Principal/Hydrogeologist, Pegasus Geoscience
• Charles Philbrick
  "Optimal conjunctive management of coupled surface water and groundwater systems using gradient dynamic programming"
  AREVA T&D Inc,
• Alicia Wilson
  "Evaluation of pumping strategies for managing land subsidence in the Santa Clara Valley, CA " 
  Now Professor at the University of South Carolina

1995

• Robert Abrams
  "Long-range buoyancy-driven oil migration in the Illinois basin"
  Research Scientist, Stanford University
• Rahul Gandhi
  Ascend Capital
• Stephen Hedberg
  "The effects of hydraulic conductivity heterogeneity on the remediation performance of an in-well volatile organic compound (VOC) vapor stripping system: a simulation perspective"
• David Hyndman
  "Inferring aquifer properties using seismic travel times and tracer concentrations"
  Professor - Hydrogeology, Michigan State University

1996

• Roy Haggerty
  "Aquifer Remediation in the Presence of Rate-Limited Mass Transfer"
• Charles Harvey
  "Solute transport in spatially heterogeneous aquifers: mapping large-scale structures and modeling small-scale effects"

1997

• Charles Philbrick
  AREVA T&D Inc,

1998  

• Erik Wahlstrom
  "Insular scale hydrologic response: Kaho?olawe, Hawaii"

1999

• Robert Abrams
  "A compartmentalized approach to simulating redox zones in contaminated aquifers"
  Research Scientist, Stanford University

2000

• Anona Dutton
  "Process-based simulations of near-surface hydrologic response for a forested upland catchment: the impact of a road"

2001

• Frederick Day-Lewis
  "Using radar tomography, tracer experiments and hydraulic data to characterize fractured rock flow systems"
  Hydrologist, US Geological Survey
• Rahul Gandhi
  "Bio-enhanced in-well vapor stripping for the remediation of trichloroethylene contamination"
  Ascend Capital
• Michael Pinto
  "Analysis of in-well vapor stripping : an integrated approach"
• Iris Stewart-Frey
  "Development of a type transfer function approach for modeling non-point-source vadose-zone pesticide leaching at the regional scale"
  Santa Clara University

2002

• Trayle Kulshan
  "Analysis of saltwater intrusion in the West Coast and Central Los Angeles basins"
  Watsan Cordinator - Afghanistan, Action contre la Faim; Now in Dubai
• Laura Leist
  "Simulation and analysis of Arsenate and Arsenite adsorption/desorption onto iron (hydr)oxide minerals under static and dynamic flow conditions"
• D'Artagnan Lloyd
  "A multivariate statistical analysis of soil and geologic data from the Pearl Harbor Basin, Oahu, Hawaii"
• Leigh Soutter
  "Nonpoint source groundwater contamination : hotspots in regional-scale plumes"
  President, Physics Logic LLC

2004

• Christopher Addams
  "Water resource policy evaluation using a combined hydrologic-economic-agronomic modeling framework : Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico"
  Formerly at:  Valmont Industries, Omaha
• Nicholas Martin
  "Efficient simulation of surface flow in rivers and streams"
  Hydrologist, Clearwater Hydrology

2005

• Kamini Singha
  "Hydrogeophysical estimation of groundwater tracer concentrations from field-scale electrical resistivity tomography"
  Colorado School of Mines

2006

• Steven Loheide
  "Innovative methods for determining natural groundwater discharge in riparian environments"
  University of Wisconsin

2008

• Jacob Bauer
  "Regional Groundwater Flow Simulation of Sonoma Valley Including a New Model for Recharge and Three Future Scenarios"
• Michael Ronayne
  "Understanding Groundwater Dynamics in Structurally Heterogeneous Aquifers" Colorado State University
• Veena Srinivasan
  "An integrated framework for analysis of water supply strategies in a developing world city: Chennai, India," ATREE, Bangalore, India

2010

• Kevan Moffett
  "Groundwater - vegetation - atmosphere interactions in an intertidal salt marsh" UT Austin now at Washington State University

2013

• Laura Erban
  "Groundwater exploitation and arsenic occurrence in the Mekong Delta system" US EPA, Rhode Island
• Mandy McLean
  "Remote sensing-based quantification of agricultural water use in the Zhangye basin, northwestern China, in light of rapidly increasing seed cord production", Science teacher, San Francisco
• Irwin Remson (1923-2013)

2015

• Jim Yoon (MS toward PhD)
• James Dennedy-Frank (MS toward PhD)

2017

• Jim Yoon
  "Evaluation of water security in Jordan using a multi-agent using a multi-agent hydroeconomic model"

2018

•  James Dennedy- Frank
  "Effects of land-cover change on streamflow: analysis of watershed simulations from around the world"

2019

• Ellen Ward
  "Hydrologic Change and Muskrat Population Dynamics in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada."

2020

• Philip Womble
  Water Rights Markets in the 21st Century: Transaction Costs and Optimal Environmental Water Portfolios in Colorado, USA."