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Daniel L. Gallagher
Title : Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Program Area : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Address : Durham 409
E-mail : dang(at)vt.edu
Telephone : (540) 231-5889
Professional Registration : North Carolina (PE)

Alternate URL for this homepage : http://www.cee.vt.edu/people/gallagher.html
 
Areas of Interest :
 
  • Environmental statistics and data analysis, risk assessment, food safety, contaminant fate and transport, environmental modeling and simulation
 
Education :
 
  • B.S. Civil Engineering, Drexel University, 1979
  • M.S. Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, 1981
  • Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986
 
Professional Honors, Awards, and Recognitions :
 
  • National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator
 
Courses Taught :
 
  • Surface Water Quality Modeling
  • Environmental Monitoring and Sampling
  • Introduction to Environmental Engineering
  • Soil and Groundwater Pollution
  • Computer Applications in CEE
 
Selected Research Projects :
  • Interactive Web-based Learning for Ground Water Transport and Contamination : VT Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
  • Ecological Risk Reduction for Copper-Based Crop Protectants: A Comparison of Plasticulture Without and Without Sedimentation Control.: Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • Treatment Technologies for Removal of Copper from Process Waters Used in Shellfish Aquaculture : CFAST
  • Evaluation of Pollutants in Source and Process Waters Used in Shellfish Aquaculture : Virginia Sea Grant
  • Investigation of Mined Land and Abandoned Mined Land Influences on Aquatic Ecotoxicology and Water Quality : American Electric Power
 
Selected Publications :
  • Robinson, M., and D.L. Gallagher, "A Model of Ground Water Discharge from an Unconfined Coastal Aquifer",
    Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, in press.
  • Robinson, M., D.L. Gallagher, W.R. Reay, "Field Observations of Tidal and Seasonal Variations in Ground Water
    Discharge to Tidal Estuarine Water", Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, pp. 83-92, Winter, 1998.
  • Merkle, P.B., W.R. Knocke, D.L. Gallagher, and J. Little, "Dynamic Model for Soluble Mn2+ Removal by
    Oxide-Coated Filter Media", J. Environmental Engineering Division, ASCE, 123(7):650-658, July, 1997.
  • Merkle, P.B., W.R. Knocke, D.L. Gallagher, "Method for Coating Filter Media with Synthetic Manganese Oxide", J.
    Environmental Engineering Division, ASCE, 123(7):642-649, July, 1997.
  • Merkle, P. B., W.R. Knocke, D.L. Gallagher, J. Junta-Rosa, and T. Solberg. "Characterization of Filter Media Mineral
    Coatings: Implications for Filtration Theory and Practice." J. American Water Works Association, 88(12):62-73,
    December, 1996.
 
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