RECENT GRADUATE STUDENT PROJECTS
Yi-Chang Lin (Taiwan), Conjunctive surface-subsurface flow and solute transport modeling, Ph.D.
Giorgio Cassianti (Italy), Incorporating auxiliary geophysical data into groundwater flow parameter estimation, Ph.D.
Weihan Liu (Taiwan), Integrating optimization methods with solute transport models to evaluate remediation alternatives, Ph.D.
Ted Mew (University of Denver), Cost-effective monitoring strategies to estimate mean water-table depth, Ph.D.
De-Mei Meng (Taiwan), Laminar and turbulent solute transport modeling in a cavernous Florida aquifer, M.S.
RESEARCH DESCRIPTION
Miguel A. Medina Jr. has conducted funded research in hydrologic and water quality mathematical modeling. His current research focuses on integrating contaminant transport prediction models within a decision-analysis framework for risk assessment.
He was selected a Fulbright Scholar for 1984 at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He conducted post-graduate intensive courses on urban hydrology for UNESCO in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, and Panama in 1985 and 1986. In 1987, he was awarded an NSF travel grant to establish links between U.S. and Argentine hydrologists and water professionals.
Dr. Medina is a former President of the Universities Council on Water Resources Inc., and the North Carolina Section of the American Water Resources Association. He is a consultant to the Environmental Protection Agency, the World Health Organization, the Research Triangle Institute of North Carolina, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Pan American Health Organization, the Ministries of Water Resources in Venezuela and Spain and the Technical Advisory Service for Attorneys. He is Chairman of the International Technical Advisory Committee of the International Ground Water Modeling Center (Colorado School of Mines and Delft, The Netherlands).
In 1989, the governor of North Carolina appointed Dr. Medina to the Environmental Management Commission. Dr. Medina is Director of the International Honors Program of the School of Engineering and Co-Director of the School's joint masters degree program with the Fuqua School of Business. He has been a registered Professional Hydrologist, American Institute of Hydrology (Minnesota) since 1983 and currently its Vice-President for Institute Development.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Cassiani, G., and M.A. Medina, Jr., "Incorporating Auxiliary Geophysical Data into Groundwater Flow Parameter Estimation," Ground Water, 35(1) 79-91 (1997).
Mew, H.E., Jr., M.A. Medina, Jr., R.C. Heath, K.H. Reckhow, and T.L. Jacobs, "Cost-Effective Monitoring Strategies to Estimate Mean Water-Table Depth," Ground Water 35(6) 1089-1096 (1997).
Jacobs, T.L., M.A. Medina, Jr., and J.T. Ho, "A Chance Constrained Model for Reliability-Based Design and Rehabilitation of Stormwater Systems," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 123(3) 163-168 (1997).
Piver, W.T., T.L. Jacobs, and M.A. Medina, Jr., "Evaluation of Health Risks for Contaminated Aquifers," Environmental Health Perspectives, 105(1) 127-143 (1997).
Medina, M.A., Jr., T.L. Jacobs, W. Lin, and K.C. Lin," Groundwater Solute Transport,Optimal Remediation Planning and Decision-making Under Uncertainty, Water Resources Bulletin 32(1), 1-12 (1996).