Faculty Bio
  Michel Boufadel, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Phone: 215-204-7871
Email: boufadel@temple.edu
Website: http://www.temple.edu/environment
   
 

Degrees

  • Ph.D Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1998
  • M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1992
  • B.S. Civil Engineering, Hydraulics, Jesuit University at Beirut, Lebanon. 1988

Selected Publications

  • Boufadel, M.C., M.T. Suidan, and A. D. Venosa, "Density-dependent flow in one-dimensional variably-saturated media", J. of Hydrology, Vol. 202, p 280_301, 1997.
  • Boufadel, M. C., M. T. Suidan, C. H. Rauch, A.D. Venosa, and P. Biswas, "2-D variably-saturated flow: Physical scaling and Bayesian estimation", J. of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 3, p 223-231, 1998.
  • Boufadel, M. C., "Unit hydrographs derived from the Nash model", Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol 34, p 167-177, 1998.
  • Boufadel, M. C., M. T. Suidan, A. D. Venosa, and M. T. Bowers, "Steady seepage in trenches and dams: Effect of capillary flow", J. of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 125, p 286-294, 1999.
  • Boufadel, M. C., M. T. Suidan, and A. D. Venosa, "A numerical model for density-and-viscosity-dependent flows in two-dimensional variably-saturated porous media", J. of Contaminant Hydrology, Vol. 37, p 1-20, 1999.
  • Boufadel, M.C., P. Reeser, M.T. Suidan, B. A. Wrenn, J. Cheng, X. Du, and A. D. Venosa, "Optimal nitrate concentration for the biodegradation of n-heptadecane in a variably-saturated sand column", Environmental Technology, Vol. 20, p 191-199, 1999.
  • Boufadel, M. C., M. T. Suidan, and A. D. Venosa, "Numerical modeling of water flow below dry salt lakes: Effect of capillarity and viscosity", J. of Hydrology, Vol. 221, p 55-74, 1999.
  • Boufadel, M. C., "Estimation of the HEC1 loss parameters for routing the probable maximum flood", J. of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 36, p 1-11, 2000.
  • Boufadel, M. C. "A mechanistic study of nonlinear solute transport in a groundwater-surface water system under steady-state and transient hydraulic conditions", Water Resources Research, Vol. 36, p 2549-2566, 2000.
  • Boufadel, M. C., S-L. Lu, F. J. Molz, and D. Lavallee, "Multifractal scaling of the intrinsic permeability", Water Resources Research, 36, 3211-3222, 2000.
  • Boufadel, M. C. and V. Peridier, "Exact analytical expressions for the piezometeric profile and water exchange between streamwater and groundwater during and after a uniform rise of the stream level", Water Resources Research, submitted, 2001.
  • Boufadel, M. C., B. A. Wrenn, A. D. Venosa, C. Ahn, and M. T. Suidan, Mathematical modeling of the biodegradation of hydrocarbons in variably-saturated media, Biodegradation, submitted, 2001.
  • Naba, B. (Graduate student), M. C. Boufadel, and James Weaver, The role of capillary forces in steady-state and transient seepage flows, Ground Water, submitted, 2001.
  • Tennekon, L. (Graduate student) and M. C. Boufadel, Multifractal anisotropic scaling of the hydraulic conductivity, Water Resources Research, submitted, 2001.
  • Tennekon, L. (Graduate student), and M. C. Boufadel, An improved Singularity Analysis method for estimating multifractal properties of geophysical fields, in preparation.
  • Boufadel, M. C., "Nutrients Transport in a Beach Mesocosm", Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) approved by the U.S. EPA at Cincinnati, April 1998.
  • Boufadel, M. C. and M. Kupferle, "Optimal Nitrate Concentration for the Biodegradation of Oil", Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) approved by the U.S. EPA at Cincinnati, October 1998

Projects

  • Project Title: "Comparison of dispersant effectiveness". US Environmental Protection Agency. 03/2000-12/2000 Principal Investigator, 100% effort.
  • Project Title: "Evaluation of methods to incorporate wave effects in oil spill models". US Environmental Protection Agency. 10/2000-09/2001 Principal Investigator, 100% effort.
  • Project Title: "Evaluation of the effect of dissolved solutes on the capillary forces in porous media". Temple University. 04/2000-09/2001 Principal Investigator, 100% effort.
  • Project Title: "Numerical investigations of surface water-groundwater flows in natural systems" Temple University. 04/2000-09/2001 Principal Investigator, 100% effort.
  • Project Title: "Scaling down of mixing energy at sea to the laboratory-scale". US Environmental Protection Agency. 09/2001-12/2002 Principal Investigator, 100% effort.
  • Project Title: "Quantification of the effects of waves on the transport of oil and dispersants at sea: A numerical-experimental approach". US Enviro nmental Protection Agency. 09/2001-09/2003 Principal Investigator, 100% effort.
  • Project Title: "The role of geomorphology in solute transport in streams" US Department of Agriculture 08/2002-09/2005, Pending

Present Teaching (Spring 2008)

  • MATHEMATICAL MODELING