GLY 530LLB - Applied Groundwater Flow Modeling

This course will focus on the fundamentals of groundwater flow modeling from developing a conceptual model to building and calibrating numerical groundwater flow models. The governing equations for groundwater flow will be solved using a finite difference approach and will center on using the groundwater flow code MODFLOW. In class we will learn how to set up and solve practical problems relating to groundwater flow using numerical models. Students are not expected to know a programming language coming into this class. However, as part of this class we will develop basic skills to solve simple problems in Excel and Mat lab(Python is also available). At the completion of this course students will be able build and calibrated groundwater flow models as well as conduct flow path and travel time analysis.

Credits: 3

Requisites: Pre-Requisite: GLY 514. OR Co-Requisite: CIE 541.