Michel Boufadel, Ph.D., P.E.

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Professor and Chair
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Phone: 215-204-7871
Email: boufadel@temple.edu
Webpage: 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

 

Teaching expertise

  • Hydraulic Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental
  • Hydrology and Hydraulics, Solute transport in multimedia

Professional Affiliations:

  • American Society of Civil Engineers, American Geophysical Union, American Institute of Hydrology.

Invited Talks

  • Center for Advanced Information Processing, Distinguished Speaker Series, Rutgers University, April 13, 2011.
  • Henry Rowan’s Distinguished Speaker Series, Rowan University, April, 5th, 2011
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, March 2011.
  • Germantown Jewish Centre, Philadelphia, October 26th, 2010.
  • Philadelphia Chapter of the American Water Resources Association, October 21st , 2010.

Committee Service:

  • Panelist, National Research Council of the National Academies. Committee on “The Deep Well Horizon oil spill impacts on the Gulf Ecosystem Services”, 01/2011-03/2011
  • Member, Science Advisory Board for the EPA Hydrofracturing Study, 01/2011-01/2014
  • Panelist, National Science Foundation, Water Sustainability and Climate (Earth Science Division), 2010.
  • Panelist, National Science Foundation, Water Resources and Soils (Environmental Engineering Division), 2010.
  • Member, Operation Science Advisory Team for the Deep Well Horizon oil on the shorelines (OSAT2). A committee of the Unified Command (for dealing with the Gulf Spill) in charge of providing recommendations to the Unified Command regarding the cleanup activities, 11/2010-present.
  • Member, Water Quality Committee, American Geophysical Union (2006-present).
  • Vice President, Groundwater Quality Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers. (2010-2012).

Five Journal Publications

  • Li, H. (Postdoctoral Fellow), M. C. Boufadel, Long-term persistence of oil from the Exxon Valdez spill in two-layer beaches, NATURE geosciences, 3, 96-99, 2010.
  • Abdollahi-Nasab (Graduate Student), A., M. C. Boufadel, Li, H., and J. W. Weaver, Saltwater flushing by freshwater in a laboratory beach, Journal of Hydrology, 386,1-12, 2010.
  • Xia, Y.(Graduate Student), H. Li., and M. C. Boufadel, Factors affecting the persistence of the Exxon Valdez oil on a shallow bedrock beach, Water Resources Research, Vol. 46, W10528, 17 p, 2010.
  • Boufadel, M. C., Y. Sharifi, B.Van Aken, B. A. Wrenn, and K. Lee, Nutrient and oxygenconcentrations within the sediments of an Alaskan beach polluted with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Environmental Science and Technology, 44 (19), p 7418–7424, 2010.
  • Guo, Q. (Graduate Student), H. Li., M. C. Boufadel, and Y. Sharifi, Hydrodynamics in a gravel beach and its impact on the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 115, C12077, 2010.

Collaborators Over Past 48 Months

  • Lee, K. (Fisheries & Oceans, Canada), Michel, J. (RPI), Short, J. (NOAA), Suidan, M. (University of Cincinnati), Venosa, A. (USEPA), Weaver, J. (USEPA), Wrenn, B. (U. of Washington, St. Louis).

Other

  • Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania. Professional Hydrologist (Groundwater), American Institute of Hydrology. Fluent in English, French, and Arabic.

    Reviewer for: Environmental Science and Technol., ASCE J. Env. Engrg., Journal of Hydrology, National Science Foundation.