William W. Woessner Regents Professor Hydrogeology Department of Geosciences Contact: william.woessner@umontana.edu Full Vita (.pdf) Link to a list of current and completed graduate theses and disertations. Research and Current Students

Areas of Teaching and Research Interest:
Basic and applied hydrogeology.

Courses: GEOL 420 (4cr.) Hydrogeology GEOL 572 (3cr.) Advanced Hydrogeology GEOL 581 (3cr.) Groundwater Modeling GEOL 573 (3cr.) SW-GW Interactions GEOL 585 (3cr.) Groundwater Remediation

Areas of Teaching and Mentoring:
Research concentrates on quantifying flow systems in intermountain valleys, resource analysis, pharmaceuticals, and ground water - surface water interactions, characterization of hazardous wastes and contaminant transport including virus transport, and the use of groundwater flow models to evaluate conceptual models and make predictions.

Examples of Current Areas of Personal and Graduate Student Research:

Research and Current Students

Mary Sutherland, M.S.	Lithologic controls on MTBE migration	Completed 2009
Anthony Farinacci, M. S.	Groundwater and River Exchange during initial stages of a dam removal	Completed 2009
Jane Madison, M. S.	Forecasting river depletion from groundwater extraction in mountain basins	In progress
Tabetha Lynch, M. S.	Occurrence, transport and fate of pharmaceuticals in a coarse grained aquifer	In progress
Rya Hawks, M.S.	Heat dissipation in groundwater and soil at a MTBE remediation site	In progress
Shandin Pete, Ph.D.	The exchange of heat between rivers and the associated riparian areas and associated groundwater systems	In progress
Antony Berthelote, Ph.D.	Impact of dam removal on river and valley groundwater systems	In progress
James Swierc, Ph.D.	Vadose zone transport of stormwater in a gravel dominated system	In progress
Dale Engstrom, Ph.D.	Preferential groundwater flow in floodplain and gravel bars of braided river systems	In progress