DAVID L. FREYBERG |
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Education:
| Stanford University, 1976-1981
Ph.D., 1981 (Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Hydromechanics) | |
| Dartmouth College, 1967-1972
A.B., 1972 (Engineering Science) |
Employment History:
| 1988 - present | Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University | |
| 1988 - 1992 | Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, School of Engineering, Stanford University | |
| 1980 - 1988 | Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University | |
| 1972 - 1975 | Engineer, Project Engineer, and Project Manager, Water Resources Management Department, | |
| Anderson-Nichols and Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts |
Teaching Experience:
Stochastic Hydrology; Watershed Hydrology; Soil Moisture and Groundwater; Hydrologic Modeling; Water Resources Development; Introductory Fluid Mechanics; Hydrology & Water Resources; Multiphase Flow in the Subsurface; Environmental & Water Studies Design; The Nature of Engineering.
Research Experience, Grants, and Contracts:
Principal investigator
(with one other), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Diffusional
Rate Limitations in Heterogeneous Porous Media: Model Structure,
Scale, and Geologic Characterization," 1995-1998.
Principal investigator, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, "Watershed
Data Structure" and "Grid-Network Hydrologic Model,"
1992-93. Investigation of the application of GIS data structures
and algorithms to hydrologic modeling of rainfall-runoff processes.
Principal investigator (with 4 others), San Francisco
Estuary Project (EPA), "Freshwater Flows in the San Francisco
Estuary: Impact of Variability upon Estuarine Fluid Dynamics and
Some Ecological Processes," 1991-1992.
Principal investigator (with one other), California Water
Resources Center, "Adaptive Grid Refinement for Groundwater
Contaminant Transport Simulation", 1989-91. Development,
analysis, and testing of adaptive numerical techniques forsimulating
transport of reactive contaminants in groundwater.
Principal investigator (with one other), Electric Power
Research Institute, "FASTCHEM Applications and Sensitivity
Analysis", 1989-1991. Testing of complex reactive contaminant
transport package, studies of parameter sensitivity, and development
of auxiliary data analysis tools.
Principal investigator, NSF Presidential Young Investigator
Award, "Mathematical Modeling of Groundwater Transport in
Complex Environments", 1985-1990. Studies of parameter
uncertainty, spatial variability, and complex solution chemistry
in groundwater transport modeling.
Co-principal investigator, U.S. - Spain Joint Committee
for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, "Water Resources
Management for Reducing Environmental Pollution", 1984-1989.
Studies of multicomponent mass transport in groundwater and
water quality sampling network design.
Co-principal investigator, U.S. EPA Cooperative Agreement
"Evaluation of Ground Water Contamination Risks Resulting
from Hazardous Waste Disposal", 1981-85. Studies of contaminant
transport in spatially variable porousmedia and the experimental
validation of mathematical transport models.
Dissertation: "Models of Surface-Subsurface Flow Interaction
in an Ephemeral Channel."
Consulting Experience:
Flood Levee Failure, Pajaro, CA; Sea Water Intrusion and Water Supply, Marina, CA; Groundwater Contamination Studies, Santa Clara Valley, CA and Glen Avon, CA; Flood Insurance Studies; Flood Plain Information Reports; Basin-wide Flood Hydrology, Delaware River Basin; Systems Analysis of Reservoir Flood Damage Mitigation, Susquehanna River Basin; Nonstructural Flood Plain Management Techniques
Honors and Awards:
A.B., Magna Cum Laude, with Distinction in Engineering
Science
Sigma Xi
Tau Beta Pi
Presidential Young Investigator, 1985-1990
Stanford Tau Beta Pi Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching,
1993
Bing Teaching Fellowship Award, 1994
Professional Memberships, Service, and Registration:
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Geophysical Union
Associate Editor, Water Resources Research,
1988-1990
Member, Langbein Lecture Committee, 1995-98
Member, Horton Award Committee
Member, Groundwater Committee, 1988-1990
Member, Hydrology Section Executive Committee, 1994-present
American Water Resources Association
National Ground Water Association
American Society for Engineering Education
National Research Council
Water Sciences and Technology Board, 1991-1997,
Chair, 1994-1997
Committee on Ground Water Modeling
Assessment
Committee on National Water Quality
Assessment
Board on Engineering Education, 1991-1994
Engineer-in-Training, Massachusetts
Thesis Supervision:
O. Yoloye, A Model
for Synthetic Rainfall Generation in West Africa, Engineer,
1986.
V. Hromadko, Vertical Gradients Induced by Injection
Through Multiple Partially Penetrating Wells in an Unconfined
Aquifer, Engineer, 1986.
T. C. Black, Concentration Uncertainty for Stochastic
Analysis of Solute Transport in a Bounded, Heterogeneous Domain,
Ph.D., 1988.
T. D. Scheibe, Characterization of the Spatial Structuring
of Natural Porous Media and Its Impacts on Subsurface Flowand
Transport, Ph.D., 1992
A. D. Ronan, Velocity Uncertainty Estimation for Groundwater
Transport Prediction, Ph.D., 1993.
A. V. Wolfsberg, Efficient Simulation of Contaminant
Transport in Groundwater with Local Adaptive Grid Refinement,
Ph.D., 1993.
T. R. Green, The Roles of Moisture-Dependent Anisotropy
and Landscape Topography in Soil-Water Flow and Groundwater Recharge,
Ph.D., 1994.