Bios - Dean

Research Interest

My primary research interests focus on mathematical modeling of physical systems that usually include surface or ground water flow and water quality. Secondary research interests include studies of levee damage during floods and water resource planning issues.

Education

B.A. (Cum Laude): Notre Dame University, 1957 Liberal Arts
B.A. (Cum Laude): Notre Dame University, 1958 Civil Engineering
M.S.: Univ. of California/Berkeley, 1959 Sanitary Engineering
Ph.D.: Stanford University, 1964 Civil Engineering

Non-degree programs:
Mexico City College, Mexico City, 1955 (Summer) Spanish
University of Wyoming Law College, 1966 Water Law

Academic Experience

1986-present - Professor of Civil Engineering; Director, Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute (1986-87); Coordinator of Environmental Engineering Program (1987-92); Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

1980-1986 - Visiting Professor (l980-8l) and Professor (1982-86) of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

1967-1982 - Associate Professor (1967-73) and Professor (1973-82) of Civil Engineering; Director of the Environmental Engineering Program (l974-79); University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

1973-1974 - Visiting Professor of Civil Engineering, Princeton, NJ.

1964-67 - Assistant Professor of Sanitary and Water Resources Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Courses

During my career I have taught courses that included statics, dynamics, strength of materials laboratory, elementary fluid mechanics, fluid mechanics laboratory, water law and economics, advanced hydraulics, hydrology, air pollution control, air pollution control laboratory, environmental engineering principles, environmental simulation, water institutions and policies, water supply and wastewater treatment, water distribution and wastewater collection, unit operations and processes, unit operations and processes laboratory, water chemistry, water chemistry laboratory, public health engineering, ground water, advanced ground water, advanced ground water hydrology and hydraulics, water quality modeling and simulations, quantitative water quality management, design of wastewater management systems, and a number of special topics courses.

List of Recent Publications

Adrian, D.D. and Sanders, T. G., “Dissolved Oxygen Sag Equation for Second-Order BOD Decay,” Water Research, March 1998, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp.840-848.

Wang, Menglou and Adrian, D. D., “Wetland Loss in Coastal Louisiana, USA,” International Journal of Sediment Research, March 1998, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp.1-10.

Bailey, Susan E., Olin, Trudy J., Bricka, R. Mark, and Adrian, D. D., “A Review of Potentially Low-Cost Sorbents for Heavy Metals,” 1999, Water Research, Vol. 33, No. 11, pp. 2469-2479.

Oppenheimer, Seth F., Adrian, D. D. and Alshawabkeh, Akram N., “A River Quality Model for time Varying BOD Discharge Concentration,” 1999, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Vol. 5, pp. 193-221.

Adrian, D. D., Sanders, T. G. and Roider, E. M., “ Oxygen Sag Equation for Three-halves Order BOD Reaction,” Journal of American Water Resources Association, October 1999, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 1191-1200.

Dean Adrian

Biography

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