Education

Ph.D., Hydraulic Engineering, Istanbul Technical University

Current Role

Surface and subsurface hydrology, hydrogeology, mathematical modeling of surface and subsurface systems

Capabilities

• Superfund projects, Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III environmental assessments and design.
• Assessment of hydrogeologic, hydrologic, and geochemical environment with particular emphasis on groundwater hydrology and contaminant hydrogeology.
• Preparation of environmental impact assessments for hazardous waste disposal facilities.
• Technical support to multidisciplinary projects including hazardous waste investigations and feasibility studies, remediation of contaminated groundwater including LNAPLs and DNAPLs, permitting studies, and mining projects.
• Numerical and analytical modeling for flow and contaminant transport in groundwater (in porous and fractured media) and surface water systems.
• RCRA/CERCLA site remedial investigation/feasibility studies (RI/FS) and remediation projects including data analysis, in-house model development, development of modeling studies ranging from simplified analytical models up to complex three-dimensional numerical groundwater flow and contaminant transport models.
• Site drainage (surface drainage, canals, ditches, and culverts; erosion protection, gravity sewer systems).
• Waste disposal facilities (solid waste dry disposal areas, ponded disposal facilities such as evaporation ponds and ash ponds, lining systems including geomembrane, clay, concrete and composite liners).
• Landfill permitting and design (site selection studies; design, plans, and specifications; liner and cap design).
• Design and seepage analysis of levees.
• Hydraulic design of water tunnels and piping and canal systems.
• Various applications of soil mechanics.
• Familiar with the use of numerous publicly-available computer codes for groundwater and surface water systems.
• Experience working with lawyers on various projects.
• Group management, project management, technical management, and mentoring.

Career Highlights

• University professor involved in teaching (in the areas of ground water hydraulics and hydrology, and surface water hydraulics) and research activities, as well as Department Head.
• Associate editor for the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) and reviewer for various scientific journals.

Publications

• Author of multiple papers published in internationally-recognized journals such as Groundwater, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Journal of Hydrology, and Water Resources Research.
• Author of two books entitled Aquifer Hydraulics: A Comprehensive Guide to Hydrogeologic Data Analysis (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 727 pp., 1998) and Applied Flow and Solute Transport Modeling: Fundamental Principles and Analytical and Numerical Methods (CRC Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, 667 pp., 2006). 
• A book entitled Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics is in preparation process.
• ResearchGate