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Basics in Groundwater Hydrology

Intended Audience: for hydrologists, civil engineers, hydraulic engineers, highway engineers, geotechnical engineers and environmental engineers.

Created byHarlan Bengtson, PhD, PE
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Basics in Groundwater Hydrology

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand the occurrence and movement of groundwater and its role in subsurface investigations.
check_circleLearn how to plan and manage groundwater investigation and modeling studies.
check_circleExplore field investigative methods and computer modeling techniques for groundwater flow.
check_circleGain insights into the interactions between surface water and groundwater systems.

About This Course

Knowledge of groundwater hydrology is useful for a variety of subsurface investigations and groundwater related work. This course provides basic information about the occurrence and movement of groundwater, planning a groundwater investigation and modeling study, field investigative methods, computer modeling of groundwater flow, and about the interactions between surface water and groundwater.

Topics: • Introduction to Groundwater Flow • Occurrence and Movement of Groundwater • Project Management • Planning a Groundwater Investigation and Modeling Study • Field Investigative Methods • Computer Modeling of Groundwater Flow • Interaction Between Surface Water and Groundwater.

Intended Audience: for hydrologists, civil engineers, hydraulic engineers, highway engineers, geotechnical engineers and environmental engineers. 

Publication Source: US Corp of Engineers

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Harlan Bengtson, PhD, PE
Harlan Bengtson, PhD, PE
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Dr. Harlan Bengtson is an online PDH course provider of continuing education courses for professional engineers. Dr. Bengtson is a graduate of Iowa State University with B.S. and M.S. degrees and of the University of Colorado with a PhD. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Missouri. Dr. Bengtson has spent 30 years in engineering education in teaching and administrative positions, including six years as Dean of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Dr. Harlan H. Bengtson, PE 33 Grainey Drive Glen Carbon, IL 62034 Phone: (618) 406-6892 E-mail: hnkbengtson@yahoo.com PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Dr. Bengtson is a graduate of Iowa State University with B.S. and M.S. degrees and of the University of Colorado with a PhD. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Missouri. He has spent 30 years in engineering education in teaching and administrative positions, including six years as Dean of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. His areas of expertise are environmental engineering, hydrology and hydraulics, engineering science and renewable energy systems. He has done regular consulting work while holding the academic positions. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Bengtson worked for Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing as a Product Development Engineer and for E. I. duPont deNemours as a Process Development Engineer. Dr. Bengtson has authored numerous publications, presentations and technical reports. He is currently active as a freelance technical writer, author of continuing education courses for Professional Engineers, and is the founder of www.engineeringexceltemplates.com and www.EngineeringExcelSpreadsheets.com, sites with the objective of providing inexpensive, easy to use Excel spreadsheets for a variety of engineering calculations.

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