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Dr. Philip Bedient's PhD Graduates
 
  • Borden, Robert, “Influence of Adsorption and Oxygen Limited Biodegradation on the Transport and Fate of a Creosote Plume: Field Methods and Simulation Techniques,” Ph.D., 1986.

 

  • Chaing, Chen, “Numerical Simulation of Groundwater Contaminant Transport on a Supercomputer with Injection-Pumping Networks Using the Modified Moc and Mfe Method,” Ph.D., 1986.

 

  • Newell, Chuck, “Oasis: A Hydrogeologic Database and a Graphical, Hypertext Decision Support System for Groundwater Contaminant Modeling,” Ph.D., 1989.

 

  • Rifai, Hanadi, “Numerical Techniques for Modeling In Situ Biorestoration and Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants in Groundwater,” Ph.D., 1989. Full Professor University of Houston.

 

  • Chang, Chi-Chung, “Multiphase Unsaturated Zone Contaminant Transport Model for Source Term Definition in Groundwater,” Ph.D., 1990.

 

  • Hamed, Maged, “Reliability-based Uncertainty Analysis of Groundwater Contaminant Transport and Remediation,” Ph.D., 1996.

 

  • Hopkins, Loren, “A Statistical Investigation of Ozone Exposure Assessment By Direct and Indirect Measurement,” Ph.D., 1999.

 

  • Characklis, Gregory, “The Impacts of Rising Salinity and Market Inefficiencies in Water Allocation in the Lower Rio Grande,” Ph.D., 1999. Full Professor UNC Chappel Hill.

 

  • El-Beshry, Manar, “Evaluating the Predictive Capabilities of a Three-Dimensional Simulator (VENT3D) Against the Performance of a Field-Scale Soil Vapor Extraction Operation,” Ph.D., 1999.

 

  • Glenn, Stephanie, “Groundwater Modeling Using NEXRAD-Generated Data and MODFLOW: Evaluating the Parameters of Rainfall and Recharge in a GIS Framework,” Ph.D., 2002.

 

  • Benavides, Jude, “Advanced Methods for Improving the Lead-time and Accuracy of a Flood Alert System in an Urban Watershed,” Ph.D., 2004. Professor ?

 

  • Capiro, Natalie L., “Evaluation of fuel ethanol releases in a pilot-scale aquifer tank: Source dynamics, NAPL migration and microbial community response,” Ph.D., 2007.

 

  • Fang, Zheng N., “A Dynamic Hydraulic Floodplain Map Prediction Tool for Flood Alert in a Coastal Urban Watershed Considering Storm Surge Issues,” Ph.D., 2008. Full Professor at UT Arlington.

 

  • Teague, Aarin, “Development of a Distributed Water Quality Model Using Advanced Hydrologic Simulation,” Ph.D., 2011.

 

  • Christian, Jason, “Assessing Coastal Vulnerability: Advanced Modeling Methods and Dynamic Hydraulic Characteristics of Gulf Coastal Systems,” Ph.D., 2012.

 

  • Torres, Jacob, “Novel Computational and Probabilistic Methods for Characterizing Joint Flood Hazards under Extreme Cyclone Events,” Ph.D., 2016.

 

  • Juan, Andrew, “Evaluating the Hydrodynamic Performance of Green and Gray Infrastructure in Urban Watersheds for the Greater Houston Region,” Ph.D., 2016.

 

  • Sebastian, Antonia, “Quantifying Flood Hazard and Risk in Highly Urbanized Coastal Watersheds,” Ph.D., 2016. Assistant Professor at UNC Chappel Hill.

 

  • Bass, Benjamin, “Improvements to the Characterization of Tropical Cyclone Flood Risks with Advanced Statistical and Numerical Methods,” Ph.D., 2018.

 

  • Anarde, Katherine, “Transformation and Morphological Impact of Low-Frequency Waves during Hurricane Attack,” Ph.D., 2019. Assistant Professor at NC State.

 

  • Garcia, Matthew, “Novel Urban Floodplain Modeling Methods for Applications in Coupling Surrogate Machine Learning Methods,” Ph.D., 2023.

 

  • Furrh, Jacob (True), “title,” Ph.D., 202x.

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