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Ross Bagtzoglou - Group Leader
Professor Bagtzoglou is an Associate Professor of Water Resources and Environmental
Engineering. Before joining academia he has held research and development positions
first as a post-doctoral associate (1990-91) at the University of California under
funding from the US Department of Energy (US DOE), and then as a research engineer
(1991-1993) and senior research engineer (1993-96) at the Southwest Research Institute
under funding from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US NRC). Prior to joining
UConn, he has also served as Assistant Professor of Water Resources and Geoenvironmental
Engineering at Columbia University (1997-2002). He has held Associate Editor positions
for the journals Groundwater (1994-1997) and Water Resources Research (1999-2004) and
currently serves as Editor for the Journal of Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Advances
in Remediation Technology (2004-) and as Associate Editor for Ground Water Hydrology
for the Journal of the American Water Resources Association (2003-). He is also member
of the editorial board for the journal of Environmental Forensics. He is a member of
several national and international professional organizations, the AGU Hydrology Section
Groundwater Technical Committee, the ASCE Groundwater Hydrology Committee, the IAEG
Commission 14 (Underground Disposal of Waste), the DOE Subject Expert Panel, and the
Long Island Sound Study Science and Technical Advisory Committee.
Email: acb@engr.uconn.edu
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Sandrine Baun - Graduate Student
I studied at the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Rennes, France for five years
and obtained my Master of Science degree in Engineering Physics in 2000. After graduation
I worked for JDS Uniphase as R&D optical engineer for three years. Realizing that I wanted
my career to be focused more on academics, I joined the environmental engineering program
at Uconn in January 2003 under the supervision of Dr. Bagtzoglou.
Today, my work as a graduate student involves direct/inverse modeling and optimization and
its application to various topics. One side of my research focuses on the development of an
efficient algorithm to enhance the quality of ground-based radar data so they can be used
for quantitative hydrologic applications, such as rainfall estimation, flood prediction
and/or water management. The other part of my research addresses issues related to one of
the most challenging problems in the field of hydrologic inversion: pollution source
identification. The same mathematical method is used to perform the backtracking of the
spatial and temporal profile of a plume in a two-dimensional domain.
In my life outside school, I spend a good amount of time enjoying outdoors' activities.
The love of an active lifestyle is a significant part of me and I practice sports such
as backpacking, snowboarding, and mountain biking.
Email: sbaun@engr.uconn.edu
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Eric Kenney - Graduate Student
I am from Westtown, in Orange County, NY. I attended Worcester
Polytechnic Institute where I recieved my BS in Civil Engineering with an
Environmental concentration and minors in both Spanish and International
Studies. At WPI I balanced my academics with involvement in the Cross
Country, Indoor and Outdoor track teams, as well as Zeta Psi Fraternity.
Here at UConn I am working on applying a 2-D optimization program to a
conventional footprint method of air pollution source identification.
If all goes according to plan, I will be graduating in the Spring of
2005, at which time I will look to find employment on the East Coast that
provides an opportunity for international travel.
When I'm not working, I enjoy running, reading and spending time out
with my friends.
Email: edk03007@engr.uconn.edu
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Farhad Nadim - Graduate Student
I was born and raised in Tehran Iran. I have studied different fields of engineering.
My first degree in engineering is the Masters of Architecture from Tehran University.
I received a Post Graduate Diploma in Hydraulic Engineering from the International institute
of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering in Delft, the Netherlands in 1986. After receiving
the diploma from Delft I returned to Iran and lectured various courses in the Water and Power
University for three years. I moved to the United States in September of 1989.
In the States I studied Environmental Engineering at the University of New Haven in Connecticut.
In January of 1991, I graduated with a Masters degree and started working in the Crop Protection
Laboratories of the Uniroyal Chemical Company in Middlebury, Connecticut. In January of 1992 I was
admitted to the Ph. D. program in Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut.
In 1995, I finished the requirements for a Masters degree and accepted a job position in the
Environmental Research Institute at the University of Connecticut. In January of 2003, I
decided to return to the Ph. D. program and finish the unfinished job. Now I am continuing
my Ph. D. studies under the supervision of Dr. Ross Bagtzoglou in the Civil and Environmental
Engineering program at the University of Connecticut. I hope to be graduated by the end of
Spring-2005 semester.
My research interests are in situ remediation of sites contaminated with hazardous chemicals,
numerical simulation of ground water flow and transport of organic pollutants in the environment,
management of watersheds and water resources, regional and international environmental planning.
My hobbies include but are not limited to skiing, hiking, swimming, basketball, playing classical guitar,
and following major sport events.
Email: Fnadim@eri.uconn.edu
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Dan Cornacchiulo - Graduate Student
I was born and raised in Bellport, Long Island, NY. In 1998 I received my BS
degree in Geology and Environmental Studies from SUNY at Binghamton. I
received my MS degree in Civil Engineering from Columbia University in 2000
and currently am a PhD candidate.
My research at Columbia University involves numerical modeling of pollution
source identification by using the Marching-Jury Backward Beam Equation
(MJBBE) and the Quasi-Reversibility methods. The research includes stability
analysis of backwards time methods, applying real life conditions such as
sampling densities and uncertainties, and developing an efficient computer
code using an algorithm developed specifically for the MJBBE. I also study
the applicability of geostatistical approaches to the efficient
reconstruction of ground resistivity profiles.
From 1998 to present, I have also been working in the environmental
consulting field for Environmental Assessment and Remediation (EAR). At EAR
I am involved in hydrogeologic investigations, remediation system designs,
drilling services, and groundwater sampling.
Email: DanGraceEinstein@nyc.rr.com
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Elsa Loehmann - Graduate Student
Elsa Loehmann graduated from Montana State University in 1999 with a Bachelor's degree in
Civil Engineering, and in 2002 with a Master's degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Her research interests include the transport and fate of organic pollutants, the role of
microorganisms in pollutant degradation, and the effects of soil structure and composition
on subsurface remediation. Elsa's husband is a Unix Administrator; they have one daughter.
Elsa is currently pursuing her Ph.D., investigating the enhancement of subsurface remediation
through the use of chaotic advection.
Email: elsa@furthertech.net
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Andrei Novikov - Graduate Student
Andrei was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 4, 1969. In September of 1986, he
entered the Civil Engineering Department of the St. Petersburg State University of Railway Engineers.
Upon completion of the first year of the undergraduate studies, he was drafted into the Russian Army,
where he reached a rank of a sergeant commanding a 16-men telecommunication platoon. He returned to
his university in 1989, and, in 1990, having completed his sophomore year, he immigrated to the
United States. In 1993 he completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering (cum laude)
and in 1994 he received his Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from the University
of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
His professional experience includes a Project Engineer position in Arkansas Soil and Water
Conservation Commission working on a variety of research projects that involved protection of
water resources from nonpoint source pollution; two years as a Project Engineer in Warren & Panzer
Engineers, P.C., where he provided technical, consultant, and project management support to meet
clients' objectives in the area of hazardous materials abatement; and six years of the project
management expertise working with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, where he leads
and provides technical direction on a variety of environmental engineering projects. Andrei is a
licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New York.
In 1999, Andrei was accepted in the Doctorate of Science degree program in the Department of Civil
Engineering and Engineering Mechanics of Columbia University. In April of 2004, he successfully
defended his dissertation 'Chaotic Advection in Tidally-Dominated Estuarine Systems and its Potential
for Water Quality Restoration.'
Andrei's present research focuses on the practical application of the tools and principles of chaos
theory to the field of environmental engineering.
Andrei is married and his daughter was born in April 2004.
Email: anovikov@panynj.gov
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