Faculty Bio
 

Sergio Serrano, Ph.D.
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Phone: 215-204-6164
Email: sserrano@temple.edu
Webpage: http://astro.temple.edu/~sserrano

   
 

Degrees

  • Ph.D. University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Department of Civil Engineering, 1985
  • M.S.Sc. University of Guelph, Canada, Ontario, Canada, School of Engineering, 1982
  • B.Sc. Xavier University, Department of Civil Engineering, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1977

Research Interests

  • Surface and Subsurface Hydrology
  • Water Resources Engineering
  • Physics and Modeling of Pollutant Transport
  • Stochastic Systems
  • Stochastic Differential Equations
  • Non-linear Engineering Systems

Selected Publications

  • Serrano, S.E., 1998. Analytical Decomposition of the Non-Linear Infiltration Equation. Water Resources Research, American Geophysical Union, 34(3):397-407
  • Serrano, S.E., and Workman, S.R., 1998. Modeling Transient Stream/Aquifer Interaction with the Non-Linear Boussinesq Equation and its Analytical Solution, Journal of Hydrology, 206:245-255
  • Serrano, S.E., and Adomian, G., 1996. New Contributions to the Solution of Transport Equations in Porous Mathematical and Computer Modeling, 24(4):15-25.
  • Serrano, S.E., 1996. Hydrologic Theory of Dispersion in Heterogeneous Aquifers. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers., 1(4):144-151. 
  • Serrano, S.E., 1996. Towards a Non-Perturbation Transport Theory in Heterogeneous Aquifers. Mathematical Geology., 28(6):701-721. 
  • Serrano, S.E., 1995. Analytical Solutions of the Non-Linear Groundwater Flow Equation in Unconfined Aquifers and the Effect of Heterogeneity.  Water Resources Research, American Geophysical Union, 31(11):2733-2742. 
  • Serrano, S.E., 1995. Forecasting Scale Dependent Dispersion from Spills in Heterogeneous Aquifers. Journal of Hydrology, 169:151-169. 
  • Serrano, S.E., 1992. The Form of the Dispersion Equation Under Recharge and Variable Velocity. and Its Analytical Solution.  Water Resources Research, 28(7):1801-1808.
  • Serrano, S.E., 1990. Stochastic Differential Equation Models of Erratic Infiltration.  Water Resources Research, 26(4):703-712.
  • Serrano, S.E., 1997. Non-Fickian Transport in Heterogeneous Saturated Porous Media. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers, 123(1):70-76.

Projects

  • Serrano, S. E., "Mathematical and Stochastic Analyses of Non-Linear Dynamics of Flow and Transport in Porous Media," Research Contract HydroScience Inc.
  • Serrano, S. E., "The Hydrology of Dispersion in Regional Aquifers: The Influence of Transient Boundary Conditions and Recharge," 1997 - 2002, National Science Foundation, Environmental Engineering Program (BES 9710587).
  • Serrano, S. E., "Investigación Filosófico-Matemática de Pensadores Españoles de la Antiguedad," Research Fellowship for Non-National Hispanics, Scientific and Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Relations, Spain, PES.
  • Serrano, S. E., "Propagation of Nonlinear Flood Waves in Rivers,"
  • Serrano, S. E., "MSPA: Mathematical Analysis and Modeling of Nonlinear Fluid Systems," National Science Foundation.
  • Serrano, S. E., "Solute Transport Under Non-Linear Sorption, Non-Linear Decay, and Non-Linear Non-Equilibrium Reactions," 2004-2006, U.S. Department of Energy.