• High Resolution 3D Imaging of Porous Media Systems
• Groundwater Modeling
• Small-Scale Physical Modeling of Flow and Sediment in the Mississippi River Delta
  

• National Science Foundation, Hydrologic Sciences, "Pore-scale Abiotic and Biotic Mass Transfer"
• LA Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Restoration Division, “Physical and Numerical Modeling of River and Sediment Diversions”
• Ascension Parish Drainage Board, "Hydrologic Analysis of East Ascension Parish"

Recent Funding

• National Science Foundation, Hydrological Sciences, “SGER: Hydrological, Chemical, and Microbial Data Related to the Hurricane Katrina Flooding”
• American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, “Correlation of Multiphase Fluid Properties with Pore Geometry and Topology”
• LA Board of Regents, Pilot Funding for Research Program, "Numerical Modeling of River Diversions"
• LA Board of Regents, LEQSF Enhancement Program, “Development of a fluid-structure-soil interaction laboratory”

Education

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1997
• M.S. in Environmental Health Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1994
• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1985
   

• Registered Professional Engineer, State of Louisiana

• 1999-2000 Tiger Athletic Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 2000 LSU Student Chapter ASCE Outstanding Faculty Member
• Walter L. and Reta Mae Moore Graduate Fellowship in Water Resources Engineering, 1992-94, 96, The University of Texas at Austin
• The Trigg and Fannie Twichell Centennial Endowed Presidential Fellowship, 1995-1996, The University of Texas at Austin
• Engineering Foundation Fellowship, 1991-1992, The University of Texas at Austin

• American Society of Civil Engineers
• Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
• American Geophysical Union
• National Ground Water Association

• CE 2200 Fluid Mechanics
• CE 2250 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
• CE 3200 Hydraulics
• CE 4250 Groundwater
• CE 4320 Introduction to Coastal Engineering
• EVEG 3100 Water Distribution and Wastewater Collection
• EVEG 4780 Computer Modeling and Design of Environmental Systems
• CE 7700/7701 Groundwater Pollution and Contaminant Transport
• CE 7265 Advanced Groundwater Flow and Transport
• CE 7275 Groundwater Modeling

· Rahman, A., F. T-C. Tsia, C.D. White, and C.S. Willson, 2008, Coupled Variogram Uncertainty of Hydrogeological and Geophysical Date on Capture Zone Uncertainty Analysis, J. Hydrologic Eng., 13(10), 915-925.

· Thompson, K.E., C.S. Willson, C.D. White, S. Nyman, J.P. Bhattacharya, and A.H. Reed, 2008, Application of a new grain-based algorithm to mictomography images for quantitative characterization and flow modeling,  J. Soc. Petroleum Eng. 13(2), 164-176

· Yuan, Q., K.T. Valsaraj, D.D. Reible, and C.S. Willson, 2007, A Laboratory Study of Sediment and Contaminant Release during Gas Ebullition,  J. Air and Waste Management 57(9), 1103-1111.

· Thompson, K.E., C.S. Willson, and W. Zhang, 2006, A Grain-Based Algorithm for Reconstructing Granular Porous Media from High-Resolution Binary Volume Data, Powder Technology 163(3), 169-182.

· Han, J., Jin, Z. and C.S. Willson, 2006, Virus Retention and Transport in Variably Saturated Heterogeneous Porous Media, Envir Sci Technol, 40(5), 1547-1555.

· Willson, C.S., J.W. Weaver, and R.J. Charbeneau, 2006, A Screening Model for Simulating DNAPL Flow and Transport in Porous Media: Theoretical Development, Envir. Model. Software, 21(1) 16-32.

· Al-Raoush, R.I., Willson, C.S., 2005, A Pore-scale Investigation of a Multiphase Porous Media System, J. Contam. Hydrology . 77 (1-2), 67-89.

· Al-Raoush, R.I., and C.S. Willson, 2005, Extraction of Physically-Representative Pore Network from Unconsolidated Porous Media Systems Using Synchrotron Microtomography, Journal of Hydrology 300 (1-4),  44-64.

· Ham, K. Hua, J., Al-Raoush, R.I., Xie, X, Willson, C.S., Byerly, G.R., Simeral, L.S., Rivers, M.L., Kurtz, R.L., Butler, L.G., 2004, Three-Dimensional Chemical Analysis with Synchrotron Tomography at Multiple X-ray Energies: Brominated Aromatic Flame Retardant and Antimony Oxide in Polystyrene, J. Chemistry Materials 16 (21), 4032-4042.

· Richardson, S., C.S. Willson, and K. Rusch, 2004, Use of Rhodamine Water Tracer in the Marshland Upwelling System, Ground Water 42(5), 678-688.

· Al-Raoush, R., K. Thompson, and C.S. Willson, 2003, Comparison of Network Generation Techniques for Unconsolidated Porous Media, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67, 1687-1700.

· Willson, C.S., O. Pau, J.A. Pedit, and C.T. Miller, 2000, Mass transfer rate limitation effects on partitioning tracer tests, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 45(1/2), 79-97.

· Vidrine, W.K., C.S. Willson, and K.T. Valsaraj, 2000, Emulsions in Porous Media, 1. Transport and Stability of Polyaphrons in Sand Packs, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physiochemical and Engineering Aspects, 175(3), 277-289.

· Willson, C.S., J.L. Hall, P.T. Imhoff, and C.T. Miller, 1999, Factors Affecting Bank Formation During Surfactant-Enhanced Mobilization of Residual NAPL, Environmental Science and Technology, 33, 2440-2446.