Instructor:  Prof. Tad W. Patzek (patzek@patzek.berkeley.edu)

Teaching Assistant:  Ran Holtzman (holtzman@berkeley.edu)

Fall 2006 Semester, Tuesdays-Thursdays: Lecture, 406 Davis, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:00-2:30 pm, Thursdays  3-5 pm,  425 Davis Hall 

Course format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion  per week.

Prerequisites: Math 1AB, 53, 54; Calculus, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra; Fluid Mechanics (CE100 or equivalent); MATLAB (E77 or equivalent). Senior or graduate standing in engineering or science

Grading:

Assignments and quizzes 40%

Midterm 25%

Final 35%

Homework assignments due in two weeks.  No late assignments graded.

Brief Course Description: Mixture of physical understanding, mathematical theory and hands-on development of numerical and engineering skills. MATLAB is preferred as the computing environment for the coursework. Continuum transport equations; semi-analytic models of contaminant transport and data inversion; numerical approximations of boundary-value problems for the Convection-Dispersion-Adsorption equation.

Sponsoring Department:  Civil and Environmental Engineering

Required text:

• Schwartz, F. W. and Zhang, H., "Fundamentals of Groundwater" John Wiley & Sons, 2003.

Suggested Reading:

• Freeze, R. A. and Cherry, J. A., "Groundwater", Prentice Hall, Inc., 1979 (On reserve Eng. Library).
• J. Bear, Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media (Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1972).
• De Marsily, G., "Quantitative Hydrogeology - Groundwater Hydrology for Engineers", Academic Press, Inc., 1986 (On reserve Eng. Library).