Prof. David P. Ahlfeld, CEE, UMass Amherst
Dr. David P. Ahlfeld,
Professor, P.E.
College of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Box 35205
Marston Hall 12A
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-5205
E-Mail: ahlfeld@ecs.umass.edu
Office Phone: (413) 545-2681
Office FAX: (413) 545-2202
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 1987, Princeton University
- M.A. in Civil Engineering, 1985, Princeton University
- B.S. in Environmental Resources Engineering, 1983, Humboldt State
University, Arcata, California.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004 - present.
- Program Coordinator and Environmental Engineering Graduate Program Director, 2000 - 2004.
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Massachusetts, December 1997 - 2004.
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Connecticut, September 1994 to December 1997.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of
Connecticut, January 1988 to August 1994.
- Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering and Operations Research,
Princeton University, Spring semester 1987 and Spring semester 1988.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Environmental fluid dynamics
- Water resources engineering
- Systems analysis, mathematical modeling and numerical methods
- Groundwater flow and contaminant transport
- Design of groundwater remediation systems
RESEARCH WEB SITE:
"MODOFC - MODFLOW Optimal Flow Control"
"Remediation of acid
mine drainage sites"
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Barlow, P.M., D.P. Ahlfeld, and D.C. Dickerman, “Conjunctive-Management
Models for Sustained Yield of Stream-Aquifer Systems”, Journal of Water
Resources Planning and Management (in press).
D.P. Ahlfeld and W.R. Dripps, “Groundwater Issues”, (in press) chapter in
Water Resource Issues, Challenges and Opportunities, editors, R. Lawford,
H. Hartmann, and D. Fort, American Geophysical Union.
Mulligan, A. E., and D. P. Ahlfeld, “A new interior point boundary
projection method for nonlinear optimization problems”, Operations
Research, July-August 2002, Vol. 50, No. 4.
Mulligan, A. E., and D. P. Ahlfeld, 2001, “Optimal plume capture design in
unconfined aquifers”, J. Smith and S. Burns, eds., Chapter in
Physicochemical groundwater remediation, Kluwer Academic, p. 23-44.
Ahlfeld, D. P., and A. E. Mulligan, 2000, "Optimal Management of Flow in
Groundwater Systems", Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
R.A. Marryott, G.P. Sabadell, D.P. Ahlfeld, R.H. Harris, G.F. Pinder,
“Allocating Remedial Costs at Superfund Sites with Co-Mingled Ground Water
Contaminant Plumes”, Environmental Forensics, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 2000,
pgs 47-54.
Karatzas, G.P., G.F. Pinder and D.P. Ahlfeld, "Computer-Facilitated
Groundwater Remediation Design", Technology: A Journal of Science Serving
Legistative, Regulatory, and Judicial Systems (Formely Journal of the
Franklin Institute), Vol.6, pp. 453-473, 1999.
A.E. Mulligan and D.P. Ahlfeld, “Advective Control of Contaminant Plumes:
Model Development and Comparison to Hydraulic Control”, Water Resources
Research, Vol. 35, No. 8, August 1999, pgs 2285-2295.
R.G. Riefler, B.F. Smets and D.P. Ahlfeld, “A Respirometric Assay for
Biofilm Kinetics Estimation: Parameter Identifiability and
Retrievability”, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Vol. 57, pgs 35-45,
1998.
D.P. Ahlfeld, Antigoni Zafirakou, R. Guy Riefler, “Solution of the
groundwater transport management problem by sequential relaxation”,
Advances In Water Resources Vol. 21, No. 7, 1998, pgs 591-604.
D.P. Ahlfeld, "Interpretation of the Dual Program for Optimal Groundwater
Hydraulic Control", Journal of the American Water Resources Association,
Vol 34, No. 1, February, 1998.
D.P. Ahlfeld and M.P. Sprong, “Presence of Non-Convexity in the
Groundwater Concentration Response Function”, ASCE, Journal of Water
Resources Planning and Management, Vol 124, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1998, pgs 8-14.
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