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Dr. David W. Ostendorf. P.E.

Professor

College of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst
18C Marston Hall
130 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
E-Mail: ostendorf@ecs.umass.edu
Phone: (413) 545-5395
Fax: (413) 545-2202

 

Full Curriculum Vitae
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Research Interests

  • Groundwater hydraulics
  • Subsurface contamination
  • Environmental fluid mechanics
  • Hazardous waste site remediation
  • Hydrology

Education

Sc.D. in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980.
S.M. in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978.
B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, 1972.

Registration

Registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, #32786-C

Professional Experience

  • Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1997-present
  • Director, Environmental Technology Program Consortium, 1994-1999
  • Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1986-1997
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Robert S Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, 1988-1989
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1980-1986
  • Hydraulic Engineer, Environmental Division, Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation 1973-1975
  • Professional Engineer, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • Forty hour OSHA Hazardous Waste Site Management Training Course Certificate

Classes Taught

Engin 111 Introduction to Engineering
CEE 240 Statistics
CEE 357 Fluid Mechanics
CEE 473 Groundwater
CEE 560 Hydrology
CEE 660 Subsurface Hydraulics
CEE 661 Subsurface Pollution

Papers Published

Ostendorf, D.W., Rotaru, C., and Hinlein, E.S. (2008), “Steady Groundwater Transport of Highway Deicing Agent Constituents from an Infiltration Basin,” Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, in press.

Ostendorf, D.W., Rotaru, C., and Wisdom, B.K. (2007), “Monod Kinetics for Aerobic Biodegradation of CMA in Soil Microcosms from a Highway Shoulder,” Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2016, pp. 121-126.

Ostendorf, D.W., DeGroot, D.J., and Hinlein, E.S. (2007), “Unconfined Aquifer Response to Infiltration Basins and Shallow Pump Tests,” Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 338, pp. 132-144.

Ostendorf, D.W., Schoenberg, T.H., Hinlein, E.S., and Long, S.C. (2007), “Monod Kinetics for Aerobic Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Unsaturated Soil Microcosms,” Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 41, pp. 2343-2349, doi:10.1021/es062313l.

Ostendorf, D.W., DeGroot, D.J., and Dunaj, P.J. (2007), “Water Hammer Dissipation in Pneumatic Slug Tests,” Water Resources Research, Vol. 43, W02413, doi:10.1029/2005WR004817.

Ostendorf, D.W., Hinlein, E.S., Ahlfeld, D.P., and DeJong, J.T. (2006), “Calibrated Models of Deicing Agent Solids, Pavement Texture, and Specific Conductivity of Highway Runoff,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 132, pp. 1562-1571.

Ostendorf, D.W., Hinlein, E.S., Rotaru, C., and DeGroot, D.J. (2006), “Contamination of Groundwater by Outdoor Highway Deicing Agent Storage,” Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 326, pp. 109-121.

Nevin, K.P., Holmes, D.E., Woodard, T.L., Hinlein, E.S., Ostendorf, D.W., and Lovley, D.R. (2005), “Geobacter bemidjiensis sp. nov. and Geobacter psychrophilus sp. nov., Two Novel Fe(III) Reducing Subsurface Isolates,” International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Vol. 55, pp. 1667-1674. 

Ostendorf, D.W., DeGroot, D.J., Dunaj, P.J., and Jakubowski, J. (2005), “A Closed Form Slug Test Theory for High Permeability Aquifers,” Ground Water, Vol. 43, pp. 87-101.

Ostendorf, D.W., Rees, P.L.S., Kelley, S.P., and Lutenegger, A.J. (2004), “Steady, Annual, and Monthly Recharge Implied by Deep Unconfined Aquifer Flow,” Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 290, pp. 259-274.

Ostendorf, D.W., DeGroot, D.J., Shelburne, W.M., and Mitchell, T.J. (2004), “Hydraulic Head in a Clayey Sand Till over Multiple Time Scales,” Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 41, pp. 89-105.

Ostendorf, D.W., Hinlein, E.S., Lutenegger, A.J., and Tehrany, J.P. (2003), “A Simple Model of Soil Gas Concentrations Sparged into an Unlined Unsaturated Zone,”  Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation, Vol. 23, pp. 73-83.

Conference Proceedings

Ostendorf, D.W. and Kilbridge, C.J. (2008), "Roadside Aquifer Impact Case Study: A Mass Balance Sampling Network for the White Lodge Wellfield of the Dedham-Westwood Water District", Proc. 127th Annual Conference, New England Water Works Association, Burlington, VT., in press.

Ostendorf, D.W., Wisdom, B.K., and Rotaru, C. (2007), “Oxygen Demand of an Alternative Deicing Agent in Soil Microcosms from a Highway Infiltration Basin,” Fourth Conference on Watershed Management to Meet Water Quality Standards and TMDLs, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, San Antonio, TX, pp. 433-438.  

Ostendorf, D.W., DeGroot, D.J., Mitchell, T.J., and Hinlein, E.S. (2006), “Groundwater Dispersivity Induced by Stormwater Runoff,” Proceedings Annual International Meeting, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Portland, OR, CD-ROM.

Ostendorf, D.W., Rotaru, C., and Hinlein, E.S. (2006), “Groundwater Plume from an Infiltration Basin,” Proceedings World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers, Omaha, NE, CD-ROM.

Ostendorf, D.W., Rees, P.S., and Dorner, S.M. (2006), “The New England Coastal Basins Observatory-Documentation of Hydrologic Transport Processes,” Proceedings World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers, Omaha, NE, CD-ROM.

Dunaj, P.J., DeGroot, D.J., and Ostendorf, D.W. (2006), “High Frequency Data Acquisition System for Field Measurement of Hydraulic Conductivity in a Sand Aquifer,” Proceedings GeoCongress 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers, Atlanta, GA, CD-ROM.

Poirier, S.E., DeGroot, D.J., and Ostendorf, D.W. (2004), “Field Measurement of Hydraulic Conductivity of a Clayey Sand Drumlin,” Proceedings 57th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Quebec City, Canada, in press.

Mitchell, T.J., DeGroot, D.J., Lutenegger, A.J., and Ostendorf, D.W. (2003), “Direct Push Electrical Conductivity Detection of Groundwater Contamination from Deicing Agents,” 12th Panamerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ISSMGE, Boston, MA, pp. 269-274.

Research Contracts Funded

“Highway Deicing Agent Remediation Program,” Executive Office of Transportation ISA, 2008-2011, $4,755,403.  D.W. Ostendorf (PI), CoPI D.J. DeGroot.

“Salt Remediation Program,” Massachusetts Highway Department ISA 38721, $5,969,432, 2005-2008.

“Highway Deicing Agent Impacts on Soil and Groundwater Quality,” Massachusetts Highway Department ISA 9775, $1,926,519, 2003-2005.

“Evaluation of Highway Deicing Agents,” Massachusetts Highway Department ISA 1MS 9130, $588,500, 2001-2003.

“Salt/Premix Storage Practices and Groundwater Quality,” Massachusetts Highway Department ISA 7721, $4,468,827, 1996-2003.

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