October 23-26, 2006 | Torino, Italy A Case-Study Based Course Featuring Natural Attenuation, Bioremediation, MT3DMS, RT3D, ART3D, BTEX Degradation, Dechlorination, and Basic Concepts of Biogeochemical Modeling. EMS-I will award 2.8 CEUs to each participant who successfully completes this course.   QUICK LINKS   Course Description Course Objectives Instructors Course Schedule Cost Location/Accommodations Transportation Registration

Course Description

The training course is sponsored by EMS-I and Politecnico di Torino. The four day course will consist of one day of instruction on model conceptualization and flow modeling with MODFLOW, and three days of instruction on contaminant transport modeling using MT3DMS, RT3D, and ART3D. The transport modeling discussions will include natural attenuation, bioremediation, BTEX degradation, and dechlorination.

The course includes lectures and hands-on computer workshops using the Groundwater Modeling System (GMS). The workshops include step-by-step tutorials illustrating how to develop transport models in a GIS-based graphical software environment. The latter part of the course will also include a series of workshops where attendees will apply actual data from a set of case studies to build advanced flow and transport models. Further, participants are invited to bring project data to the course for a chance to work on it with assistance from the experts.

Course attendees will have many opportunities to use the GMS software in this course. Attendees must bring a laptop computer to the course. Instructors will install the GMS software and enable each computer for the course.

Course Objectives

A series of lectures and hands-on tutorials will be presented covering the following topics:

• Simulate natural attenuation at field sites with state-of-the-art groundwater flow and solute transport models.
• Develop theoretical background and skills to evaluate bioremediation system design.
• Obtain hands-on experience with the analytic transport model, ART3D.
• Apply MT3DMS and RT3D to analyze real-world sites to gain advanced insight to solute transport modeling.
• Obtain training on powerful graphical modeling software for quantifying the role of natural attenuation and designing bioremediation systems.
• Interact with and learn directly from the authors who developed the models and software tools featured in the course.
• Discover how to go beyond basic transport/particle tracking and use sophisticated reactive transport models.

Instructors

R. Jeffrey Davis, P.E., Vice President of EMS-I. Jeff worked as a lead developer of the GMS software for 8 years at Brigham Young University’s Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory before coming to EMS-I as a lead groundwater modeling consultant. He has considerable experience in the practical application of GMS to modeling problems and has taught numerous groundwater modeling courses worldwide.

Dr. Massimo Rolle Researcher at Polytechnic University of Turin. He is an Environmental Engineer, registered P.E. (Provincia di Torino). His research interests focus on the modelling of the fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface, natural attenuation, bioremediation of organic pollutants and environmental geochemistry. During his PhD, Dr. Rolle worked on biogeochemical modelling of organic contaminants in groundwater. He spent research periods at Auburn University (Alabama, USA) working with Prof. T.P. Clement and at University of Tuebingen (Germany), visiting the hydrogeochemistry group of Prof. P. Grathwohl. He has been involved in international (e.g. CORONA, confidence in forecasting of natural attenuation, EU funded) and national research projects in the area of bioremediation and natural attenuation modelling. He also collaborated with a consultants company working in the field of characterization and remediation of contaminated sites.

Course Schedule

DAILY SCHEDULE

DAY 1

A.M.
Course/Instructor Introduction
Groundwater Concepts
Getting Started with GMS
Geostatistics
Site Characterization

P.M.  
3D Solids using Horizons Approach
MODFLOW

DAY 2

A.M.
MODFLOW Conceptual Modeling
MODPATH
Transport Concepts
MT3DMS

P.M.
Reactive Transport
Sorption Simulation
Dual-domain Modeling

DAY 3

A.M.
Bioremediation Concepts
ART3D
RT3D
Instantaneous Reactions

P.M.
First-order Reactions
Sequential Decay
BTEX Degradation
User-defined Reactions

DAY 4

A.M.
Introduction to Biogeochemical Modeling
RT3D Case Studies
 
P.M.
RT3D Case Studies - continued
RT3D Conclusions
Bioremediation Course Conclusions

Cost

The cost of the 4-day course is $1,500.00 (USD) for pre-registration made at least 30 days prior to the course, and $1,600.00 (USD) thereafter. Registration includes the following:

Complete course notes
Case study notes & data
GMS Software CD containing software (Demo), exercises, and documentation
Catered lunch each day
A 25% discount (up to $500) on a GMS software purchase

Location/Accommodations

The GMS course will be held in Torino, Italy at the Villa Gualino - see the following link for more information about the course venue:
http://www.villagualino.net/data/content/eng/default.html

Rooms have been reserved at the Hotel at the Villa Gualino for the training course group. Contact the hotel to make reservations and identify yourself as an attendee of the course.

Villa Gualino scarl
10133 Torino (TO)
Viale Settimio Severo, 63
Ph. 011.6603555
Fax 011.6603535
email: info@villagualino.net

Transportation

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