Michel Boufadel
Michel Boufadel
Distinguished Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
274 Tiernan Hall (TIER)
About Me
Expert in water technology and resources. Provided solutions to major oil spills in the USA (Exxon Valdez and BP Spill). Currently works on water and energy.
Education
Ph.D.; University of Cincinnati; ; 1998
M.S.; University of Cincinnati; ; 1992
B.S.; Jesuit University at Beirut, Lebanon; ; 1988
M.S.; University of Cincinnati; ; 1992
B.S.; Jesuit University at Beirut, Lebanon; ; 1988
Website
2025 Spring Courses
CE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CHE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CE 491 - RESEARCH EXPER-CIVIL ENGR
CE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
ENE 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
ENE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERT & RES
CE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CHE 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
ENE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 490 - CIVIL ENGR PROJECTS
CE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 727 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH III
CHE 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
ENE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
ENE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
CE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
ENE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CHE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CE 491 - RESEARCH EXPER-CIVIL ENGR
CE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
ENE 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
ENE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERT & RES
CE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CHE 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
ENE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 490 - CIVIL ENGR PROJECTS
CE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 727 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH III
CHE 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
ENE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
ENE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
CE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
ENE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
Teaching Interests
Environmental Engineering and Science. Water resources and hydraulics.
Past Courses
CE 320: FLUID MECHANICS
CE 322: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
CE 621: HYDROLOGY
CE 702: ST:MATH MOD OF ENG SYSTEMS
ENE 485: ST: HONORS PHYS PROCESS OF ENV SYS
ENE 630: PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF ENV SYST
ENE 672: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
ENE 702: ST:PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CE 322: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
CE 621: HYDROLOGY
CE 702: ST:MATH MOD OF ENG SYSTEMS
ENE 485: ST: HONORS PHYS PROCESS OF ENV SYS
ENE 630: PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF ENV SYST
ENE 672: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
ENE 702: ST:PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Research Interests
Sustainability. Environmental Engineering and Science. Water resources and hydraulics.
Journal Article
D Schmidt Etkin, D French-McCay, J Rowe, J Michel, Michel Boufadel, H Li. “Development of a practical methodology for integrating shoreline oil-holding capacity into modeling.” .
Michel Boufadel. “Exxon Valdez Trustee Council Project No. 11100836.” .
Mark Gabriel, Michel Boufadell. “Jay SUMM R SPECIALTY OXWFSE.” .
H Li, Q Zhao, MC Boufadel, AD Venosa. “Optimal nutrient application strategy for bioremediation of oil-polluted beaches. Volume 1.” .
E Wickley-Olsen, MC Boufadel, T King, Z Li, K Lee, AD Venosa. “Regular and breaking waves in wave tank for dispersion effectiveness testing. Volume 1.” .
Michel Boufadel. “Exxon Valdez Trustee Council Project No. 11100836.” .
Mark Gabriel, Michel Boufadell. “Jay SUMM R SPECIALTY OXWFSE.” .
H Li, Q Zhao, MC Boufadel, AD Venosa. “Optimal nutrient application strategy for bioremediation of oil-polluted beaches. Volume 1.” .
E Wickley-Olsen, MC Boufadel, T King, Z Li, K Lee, AD Venosa. “Regular and breaking waves in wave tank for dispersion effectiveness testing. Volume 1.” .
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Conference Proceeding
“Effects of waves on subsurface flow and solute transport in a laboratory beach”
“Bayesian Multi-Head Convolutional Neural Networks with Bahdanau Attention for Forecasting Daily Precipitation in Climate Change Monitoring”
Proceedings of the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD 2022), September 2022.
“The biodegration model of the NOAA oil spill software ADIOS3, in proceedings of the Artic and Marine Oil Spills”
2015.
“A graphical user interface approach for the biodegradation of oil on the USA shorelines”
International Oil Spill Conference 2014, 2014.
“A numerical model to simulate the fate and transport of diluted bitumen products in marine environment”
International Oil Spill Conference 2014, 2014.
“Bayesian Multi-Head Convolutional Neural Networks with Bahdanau Attention for Forecasting Daily Precipitation in Climate Change Monitoring”
Proceedings of the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD 2022), September 2022.
“The biodegration model of the NOAA oil spill software ADIOS3, in proceedings of the Artic and Marine Oil Spills”
2015.
“A graphical user interface approach for the biodegradation of oil on the USA shorelines”
International Oil Spill Conference 2014, 2014.
“A numerical model to simulate the fate and transport of diluted bitumen products in marine environment”
International Oil Spill Conference 2014, 2014.
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Other
“Priorities, Methods, and Costs for Restoration of Lingering Subsurface Oil from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska”
EVOS Trustee Council, 2015.
“Modelling and Computation in Engineering”
CRC Press, 2010.
“Spoilt beauty”
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP 75 VARICK ST, 9TH FLR, NEW YORK, NY 10013-1917 USA, 2010.
“ESTIMATION OF THE HIEC1 LOSS PARAMETERS FOR ROUTING THE PROBABLE MAXIMUM FLOOD1”
Wiley Online Library, 2000.
“UNIT HYDROGRAPHS DERWED FROM THE NASH MODEL1”
Wiley Online Library, 1998.
“Discrete Nash model to simulate continuous unit hydrographs”
1992.
EVOS Trustee Council, 2015.
“Modelling and Computation in Engineering”
CRC Press, 2010.
“Spoilt beauty”
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP 75 VARICK ST, 9TH FLR, NEW YORK, NY 10013-1917 USA, 2010.
“ESTIMATION OF THE HIEC1 LOSS PARAMETERS FOR ROUTING THE PROBABLE MAXIMUM FLOOD1”
Wiley Online Library, 2000.
“UNIT HYDROGRAPHS DERWED FROM THE NASH MODEL1”
Wiley Online Library, 1998.
“Discrete Nash model to simulate continuous unit hydrographs”
1992.
Chapter
Z Chen, CS Zhan, K Lee, Z Li, Michel Boufadel. 2008. “Modelling of oil droplet kinetics under breaking waves.” pp. 221–236. Springer Netherlands, 2008.
MC Boufadel, H Li, C-H Zhao, AD Venosa. 2008. “Optimal Nutrient Application Strategies for the Bioremediation of Tidally-Influenced Beaches.” pp. 181–182. Springer Netherlands, 2008.
Z Li, K Lee, P Kepkay, T King, W Yeung, MC Boufadel, AD Venosa. 2008. “Wave tank studies on chemical dispersant effectiveness: dispersed oil droplet size distribution.” pp. 143–157. Springer Netherlands, 2008.
K Lee, Z Li, T King, P Kepkay, MC Boufadel, AD Venosa. 2008. “Wave tank studies on formation and transport of OMA from the chemically dispersed oil.” pp. 159–177. Springer Netherlands, 2008.
MC Boufadel, H Li, C-H Zhao, AD Venosa. 2008. “Optimal Nutrient Application Strategies for the Bioremediation of Tidally-Influenced Beaches.” pp. 181–182. Springer Netherlands, 2008.
Z Li, K Lee, P Kepkay, T King, W Yeung, MC Boufadel, AD Venosa. 2008. “Wave tank studies on chemical dispersant effectiveness: dispersed oil droplet size distribution.” pp. 143–157. Springer Netherlands, 2008.
K Lee, Z Li, T King, P Kepkay, MC Boufadel, AD Venosa. 2008. “Wave tank studies on formation and transport of OMA from the chemically dispersed oil.” pp. 159–177. Springer Netherlands, 2008.
Technical Report
“Multifractal characterization of geologic noise for improved UXO detection and discrimination”
DTIC Document, 2008.
DTIC Document, 2008.