GEOL 625: Applied Ground Water ModelingSyllabus, Spring 2005Q: Who is the instructor? What is the time of class? Where? A. Dr. H. Zhan, Dept. of Geol. & Geophys., office: Halbouty 273, phone: 862-7961, email: [email protected], web: http://geoweb.tamu.edu/Faculty/Zhan/Zhan.html.In case of emergency, call my mobile phone: (979) 574-4819. 3 credit hours, time: TR 12:45-2:00, Spring, 2005, HALB 174 and 308.Q: Why should I take this course? A: One of the most important required courses for groundwater engineers and scientists, hydrogeologists, engineering geologists, and environmental engineers. It is an important component for your career in environmental consulting industry or in hydrogeology and environmental engineering related academic institute. Q: What can I learn from this course? A: - Basic knowledge of numerical modeling, Finite Difference and Finite Element method, numerical dispersion, artificial oscillation.- Basic strategy of designing fluid flow and contaminant transport model. This course focuses on hand-on practice of modeling software including: - Visual MODFLOW. This software is particularly useful for modeling groundwater movement, contaminant migration, environmental remediation design, particle tracking, and water resource and water budget evaluations - Aquifer Test, a pumping and slug test interpretation software for different field scenarios. - WHI UnSAT Suite Plus, 1D Unsaturated Zone Modeling Combining Visual HELP, SESOIL, VLEACH, VS2DT and PESTAN, dealing with landfill environmental problems,and pesticide and fertilizer contamination problems.- HYDRUS-2D, or Visual Sutra, a density-dependent transport software, particularly used for studying density-dependent groundwater flow, particle tracking, contaminant transport, heat transport, and sea water intrusion problems.- Using MATLAB in groundwater modelingQ: What is the prerequisite? GEOL 410:Hydrogeology or permission from the instructor. Q: What is the requirement? 1GEOL 625: Applied Ground Water ModelingA: Attendance is required. Homeworks and project reports, no exams.Q: How does the instructor evaluate my performance?A: Grade is evaluated based on homework and attendance. - Homework and report: 85%- Attendance: 15%Homeworks and reports can be accepted late occasionally within one week of the due day if you have aspecial reason, but the grade will be reduced 25% for that assignment. Assignments CANNOT beaccepted one week after the due day.Q: What is the textbook of this course?A: There is no textbook, but there are two interesting reference books listed below. The primary source is the class notes.Q: Are there any references for this course?A: The references are:- Anderson, M.P. and W.W. Woessner, 1992, Applied Groundwater Modeling: Simulation of Flow and Advective Transport, Academic Press, 381 p. - Zheng, C., and G. D. Bennett, 2002, Applied Contaminant Transport Modeling Second Edition, Wiley, New York, 621