Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 1.72 (Fall 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Groundwater Hydrology 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Civil and Environmental Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Charles Harvey 
• Course Introduction:
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  1.72 Groundwater Hydrology
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a complete set of lecture notes, as well as videos from the Cape Cod Field Trip and a page describing the work of the Harvey Research Group and their Bangladesh Case Study.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course covers fundamentals of subsurface flow and transport, emphasizing the role of groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, the relation of groundwater flow to geologic structure, and the management of contaminated groundwater. The class includes laboratory and computer demonstrations.

  
  
  

  Special Features

  
  
  

  • Class field trip video

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .rm, .xls, .m, and FEFLOW® software. FEFLOW® (Finite Element subsurface FLOW system) is a 3-D groundwater modeling software, developed by WASY, a German consulting firm.

  
  

  *Some translations represent previous versions of courses.