Research and Teaching Interests
Dr. Mayer’s research involves field and laboratory studies, mathematical modeling, and systems analysis of groundwater flow and chemical transport. Most recently, Dr. Mayer has been focusing on research and educational issues related to sustainable water management. He is leading the formation of the Michigan Tech Water Initiative, whose purpose is to provide the multidisciplinary perspectives and tools to manage water-related problems of local, regional, and international interest. Dr. Mayer also is playing a leading role in the Institute for Water Management in Sonora, a university-government consortium that has formed to resolve the severe water crises facing the state of Sonora, Mexico. Dr. Mayer has taught a wide range of courses at Michigan Tech, including fluid mechanics, survey of environmental engineering, groundwater hydrology, groundwater remediation, and mathematical modeling. Dr. Mayer regularly gives lectures in local elementary and secondary schools on the environment and has contributed to statewide, environmental curriculum development efforts.
Geographical Interests
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Sonora, Mexico
Bangladesh
Related Activities
Director, several US-Mexico student and faculty exchange projects
Editorial Board, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
Member, Groundwater Management Committee, American Society of Civil Engineering
Hydrology consultant to public interest groups
Selected Publications
Endres, K. and A.S.Mayer, “Using Remediation Time As an
Optimization Variable in Groundwater Remediation Systems,” Computational
Methods in Water Resources XII, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Holland, 378-384, 2004.
Bau, D.A. and A.S. Mayer, “Analysis of the Impact of Layered
Soil Heterogeneity on Optimal Policies for Groundwater Remediation,” Computational
Methods in Water Resources XII, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Holland, 301-309, 2004.
Mayer, A.S. and S.M. Hassanizadeh, Contamination of Soil and
Groundwater by Nonaqueous Phase Liquids (NAPLs), American Geophysical Union
Water Resources Monograph, 2004, in press.
Zhong, L., Mayer, A.S., and G. Pope, “The Effects of Surfactant
Formulation on Nonequilibrium NAPL Solubilization,” Journal of Contaminant
Hydrology, 60, 57-74, 2003.
Mayer, A.S., Kelley, T., Miller, C.T., “Optimal Design
for Problems Involving Flow and Transport Phenomena in Subsurface Systems,” Advances
in Water Resources, 25, 1233-1256, 2002.
Erickson, M., Mayer A.S., and J. Horn, “Multi-objective
optimal design of groundwater remediation systems: Application of the Niched
Pareto Genetic Algorithm (NPGA),” Advances in Water Resources, 25,
51-65, 2002.
Zhong, L., Mayer, A.S., and R.J. Glass, "Visualization
of Surfactant Enhanced NAPL Mobilization and Solubilization in a Two-Dimensional
Micromodel," Water Resources Research, 37, 523-537, 2001.
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