Schedule

Module 1: Solute transport in saturated media

Week 01

Jan 14: Field trip - No class
Jan 16: Field trip - No class

Lecture slides: [None]

Week 02

Jan 19: No class (holiday)
Jan 21: Conservative solute transport: Pore-scale controls, macroscopic formulation, governing equations, BCs, 1D Taylor-Aris dispersion
Jan 23: Conservative solute transport: Pore-scale controls, macroscopic formulation, governing equations, BCs, 1D Taylor-Aris dispersion

Lecture slides: PDF(no annotation), PDF(w annotation)

Homework 1: PDF, Jupyter Notebook

Week 03

Jan 26: Conservative solute transport: Analytical solutions, breakthrough curves.
Jan 28: No class (Bo traveling)
Jan 30: No class (Bo traveling)

Lecture slides: PDF(no annotation), PDF(w annotation)

Week 04

Feb 2: Conservative solute transport: Analytical solutions, breakthrough curves.
Feb 3: Special lecture: Conservative solute transport: Analytical solutions, breakthrough curves.
Feb 4: Non-conservative solute transport: retardation, kinetic/equilibrium adsorption
Feb 5: Homework due; Due HW 1: Solute transport 1
Feb 6: Non-conservative solute transport: Analytical solutions, breakthrough curves.

Lecture slides (Feb 2, 3, and 4): PDF(no annotation), PDF(w annotation)

Lecture slides (Feb 6): PDF(no annotation), PDF(w annotation)

Homework 2: PDF, Jupyter Notebook

Week 05

Feb 9: Non-conservative solute transport: Analytical solutions, breakthrough curves.
Feb 10: Special lecture: Non-conservative solute transport: Analytical solutions, breakthrough curves.
Feb 11: Pore-scale fluids distribution (capillary tubes).
Feb 13: No class (Bo traveling)

Lecture slides (Feb 9 and 10): PDF(no annotation), PDF(w annotation)

Lecture slides (Feb 11): PDF(no annotation), PDF(w annotation)

Module 2: Pore-scale controls and macroscopic description of variably saturated flow

Week 06

Feb 16: Pore-scale fluids distribution (capillary tubes)
Feb 18: Pore-scale fluids distribution (capillary tubes)
Feb 19: Homework due; Due HW 2: Solute transport 2
Feb 20: Macroscopic descriptions of air/water distribution

Lecture slides (same as Feb 11): PDF(no annotation), PDF(w annotation)

Homework 3: PDF, Jupyter Notebook

Week 07

Feb 23: Macroscopic descriptions of air/water distribution
Feb 24: Macroscopic descriptions of air/water distribution.
Feb 25: Macroscopic descriptions of air/water distribution.
Feb 27: No class (Bo traveling)

Lecture slides (Feb 23): PDF(no annotation), PDF(w annotation)

Lecture slides (Feb 24 & 25): PDF(no annotation), PDF(w annotation)

Module 3: Steady-state and transient variably saturated flow

Week 08

Mar 2: Two-phase flow and Richards Equation.
Mar 4: Two-phase flow and Richards Equation.
Mar 5: Homework due; Due HW 3: Pore-scale fluids distribution, macroscopic description, and Richards assumption
Mar 6: Steady-state 1D unsaturated flow.

Lecture slides (March 2): PDF(no annotation), PDF(w annotation)

Lecture slides (March 4): PDF(no annotation), PDF(w annotation)

Lecture slides (March 6): PDF(no annotation), PDF(w annotation)

Week 09

Mar 9: No class: Spring break
Mar 11: No class: Spring break
Mar 13: No class: Spring break

Week 10

Mar 16: Steady-state 1D unsaturated flow.
Mar 18: Transient 1D unsaturated flow. Scenario analysis.
Mar 20: Midterm exam (oral)

Lecture slides (March 16 - no annotation used): PDF

Lecture slides (March 18 - no annotation used): PDF

Week 11

Mar 23: Transient 1D unsaturated flow. Simplified models (Green-Ampt, Philip’s models).
Mar 25: Transient 1D unsaturated flow. Simplified models (Green-Ampt, Philip’s models).
Mar 27: Transient 1D unsaturated flow. Numerical solutions of Richards equation.

Lecture slides (March 23): PDF

Lecture slides (March 25 & 27): PDF

Homework 4: PDF, Jupyter Notebook

Week 12

Mar 30: HYDRUS-1D recorded video tutorial and exercise (no lecture)
Apr 1: In-class HYDRUS-1D exercise.
April 2: Homework due; Due HW 4: Richards equation and unsaturated flow
Apr 3: Inverse modeling using HYDRUS-1D

Lecture slides (March 30): PDF

Week 13

Apr 6: Inverse modeling using HYDRUS-1D
Apr 8: Unsaturated flow in multidimensions.
Apr 10: Solute transport with unsaturated flow.

Lecture slides: PDF

Module 4: Risk assessment of contaminant transport in the vadose zone and groundwater

Week 14

Apr 13: Transport of pesticides/nutrients in the vadose zone.
Apr 15: Transport of pesticides/nutrients in the vadose zone.
Apr 16: Homework due; Due HW 5: Use Hydrus-1D to understand unsat flow
Apr 17: Transport of pesticides/nutrients in the vadose zone.