FACULTY
Dr. Philip B. Bedient (click here for research)
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| Address | Rice University Dept of Environmental Science and Engineering - MS 317 6100 Main Street P.O. Box 1892 Houston, TX 77005-1892 |
| Phone | 713/348-4953 |
| Fax | 713/348-5203 |
| bedient@rice.edu |
B.S., Physics, University of Florida, 1969
M.S., Environmental Engineering, University of Florida, 1972
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida,
1975
Surface and Ground Water Hydrology: contaminant transport mechanisms in ground water; aquifer remediation strategies and modeling; geographical information and decision support systems; flood control and water quality strategies, and modeling. Most recently, Dr. Bedient's group has developed a Flood Alert System for the Texas Medical Center.
Dr. Bedient is the author or co-author of over 100 articles and five textbooks related to surface and groundwater hydrology and contaminant transport. Dr. Bedient's text with Wayne Huber, "Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis," is used in over 70 universities in the U.S. He has been continuously supported by federal research grants for the past 20 years at Rice University. He held the Shell Distinguished Chair in Environmental Science from 1988-1993 and has directed the development and application of the BIOPLUME II program for modeling aerobic biodegradation of organic contaminants in ground water. He has overseen the monitoring, modeling, and remediation studies at more than 20 hazardous waste sites nationwide, including United Creosote in Texas, Brio Superfund in Houston, the U.S. Coast Guard base at Traverse City, MI and three U.S. Air Force bases in Florida, Arizona, and Utah. He is currently working on a grant from the EPA entitled, "Design Manual for the Extraction of Contaminants from Unconsolidated Subsurface Environments," a grant sponsored by the City of Brownsville, Texas, entitled, "Resaca Water Quality Study," and a grant sponsored by the Texas Medical Center entitled, "Flood Prediction System for the Texas Medical Center." He has directed 40 research projects valued at over 9 million dollars since coming to Rice University in 1975.
Dr. Bedient teaches Hydrology and Watershed Analysis, and Ground Water Hydrology.
Bedient, P. B. and W. C. Huber, Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis, 2nd Ed. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., New York, NY, 1992, 692 pages.
Bedient, P. B., H. S. Rifai, and C. J. Newell, Ground Water Contamination: Transport and Remediation, Prentice-Hall Publishing Co., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1994, 540 pages.
Charbeneau, R. J., P. B. Bedient, and R. C. Loehr, Groundwater Remediation, Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., Lancaster, PA 1992, 188 pages.
Bedient, Philip B., Baxter E. Vieux, "Rice University - Texas Medical Center: Flood Prediction Manual for Brays Bayou," Rice University, Houston, TX, February, 1998.
Bedient, Philip B., A.W. Holder, C.G. Enfield and A. L. Wood, "Field Testing of Innovative Subsurface Remediation and Characterization Technologies," submitted to the American Chemical Society Symposium Series Volume based on Field Testing of Innovative Subsurface Remediation Technologies, April 6, 1998.
Characklis, G.W., R.C. Griffin and P.B. Bedient, "Improving the Ability of a Water Market to Efficiently Manage Drought," submitted October 1997, accepted for publication by Water Resources Research.
Vieux, Baxter E. and P.B. Bedient, "WSR-88D Rainfall Estimates for Flash Flood Prediction: 17-18 October 1994," submitted April 12, 1997, accepted for publication to the Weather and Forecasting American Meterological Society.
Bedient, P.B., "Hydrology and Transport Processes," Subsurface Restoration, C.H. Ward, J.A. Cherry and M.R. Scalf, editors, Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, MI, 59-73, 1997.
Hamed, M.M. and P.B. Bedient, "On the Performance of Computational Methods for the Assessment of Risk from Ground-Water Contamination," Ground Water, 35(4), 638-646, July-August 1997.
Hamed, M.M., P.B. Bedient and J.P. Conte, "Numerical Stochastic Analysis of Groundwater Contaminant Transport and Plume Containment," Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 1996, 24 pp.
Hamed, M.M., P.B. Bedient and C.N. Dawson, "Probabilistic Modeling of Aquifer Heterogeneity Using Reliability Methods," Advances in Water Resources, 19(5), 277-295, 1996.
Rifai, H.S. and P.B. Bedient, "A Review of Biodegradation Models: Theory and Applications," Groundwater Models for Resources Analysis and Management, CRC Press, Inc., Chapter 16:295-312 (1995).
Rifai, H. S., C. J. Newell, P. B. Bedient, F. S. Shipley and R. W. McFarlane, The State of the Bay, The Galveston Bay National Estuary Program, Webster, TX, 232 pp. (1994).
Bedient, P. B., F. W. Schwartz, and H. S. Rifai, "Hydrologic Design for Groundwater Pollution Control," Handbook of Hydrology, McGraw Hill, with , pp. 29.1-29.47 (1993).
Research
"Design of Extraction of Contaminants from Subsurface Environments," Environmental Protection Agency, 1994-1999. $4,500,000
"Flood Prediction System for the Texas Medical Center," Texas Medical Center, 1997-1999, $162,000.
"Flood Control Study of the Resaca System - Brownsville,
Texas," City of Brownsville, Texas, 1997-1999, $80,000.