As part of my position at Virginia Tech, I teach several upper-division undergraduate courses and one graduate course focused on soil-water interactions and soil physical processes. These courses are:
CSES 3634 (ENSC 3634): THE PHYSICS of POLLUTION
OFFERED FALL SEMESTERS
Physical processes that control the fate of pollutants in our land, air, and water resources. Types and sources of pollutants, physical processes in the soil-water-atmosphere continuum controlling the dispersion and deposition of pollutants, the movement of pollutants, including radionuclides, by surface and subsurface water flow in soils, and physics of disturbed soils.
CSES 3614 (ENSC 3614): SOIL PHYSICAL and HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES
OFFERED SPRING SEMESTERS
Soil physical and mechanical properties and the physical processes controlling soil water retention and flow in agronomic and natural settings. Grain size distribution, weight-volume relationships, specific surface, electrical charge density, consistency, stress, compaction, rainfall runoff, water retention, steady/non-steady water flow in saturated/unsaturated soil, infiltration, bare soil evaporation, and soil water balance.
FREC 5144: WATERSHED HYDROLOGY
OFFERED SPRING SEMESTERS
Physical concepts of hydrological processes that affect age, origin, cycling, and flowpaths of water within watersheds. Analysis of
current and historical research methods. Hydrological science as an interdisciplinary topic.
CSES 3634 (ENSC 3634): THE PHYSICS of POLLUTION
OFFERED FALL SEMESTERS
Physical processes that control the fate of pollutants in our land, air, and water resources. Types and sources of pollutants, physical processes in the soil-water-atmosphere continuum controlling the dispersion and deposition of pollutants, the movement of pollutants, including radionuclides, by surface and subsurface water flow in soils, and physics of disturbed soils.
CSES 3614 (ENSC 3614): SOIL PHYSICAL and HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES
OFFERED SPRING SEMESTERS
Soil physical and mechanical properties and the physical processes controlling soil water retention and flow in agronomic and natural settings. Grain size distribution, weight-volume relationships, specific surface, electrical charge density, consistency, stress, compaction, rainfall runoff, water retention, steady/non-steady water flow in saturated/unsaturated soil, infiltration, bare soil evaporation, and soil water balance.
FREC 5144: WATERSHED HYDROLOGY
OFFERED SPRING SEMESTERS
Physical concepts of hydrological processes that affect age, origin, cycling, and flowpaths of water within watersheds. Analysis of
current and historical research methods. Hydrological science as an interdisciplinary topic.