Dr. Tom Ballestero

• Professor of Civil Engineering

Development, utility, and effectiveness of hydrologic field methods for measurement of parameters (velocity, dispersion, transmissivity, storage, etc.). Movement, monitoring, and biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in soils, groundwater, cold regions, and salt marshes. Innovative well construction methods for assessment of contaminated sites. Hydrology and hydraulics of liquid and solid waste management practices: land application of sludge, landfill leachate recirculation, mounding under large septic system leach fields.
 

Selected Publications

Fowler, Lloyd C., et al., 1996. Chapter 5 Groundwater, in Hydrology Handbook 2nd edition, ASCE Task Committee on Hydrology Handbook, ASCE, New York, NY.

Ballestero, T.P. and E.M. Douglas, 1996, Comparison Between the Nitrogen Fluxes from Composting Farm Wastes and Composting Yard Wastes, Transactions of the ASAE, Vol. 39(5), pp. 1709-1715. St. Joseph, MI.

Ballestero, T.P., L.K. Brannaka, S.R. Nerney, P.E. Currier, and B. Koenen, 1995, "Utility of Small Diameter Wells for Investigation of Ground Water Conditions: Contamination, Permafrost, and Hydraulic Characteristics", Invited Paper in Proceedings of the Conference on Models for Cold-Regions Contaminant Hydrology: Current Uses and Future Needs, Anchorage, AK, August 22-23.

Ballestero, T.P., J.P. Marrone and D.M. Trottier, 1993, "Effects of Transportation Structures and Ice on Salt Water Marsh Hydrology and Hydraulics", in Hydraulic Engineering `93, V. 1, Hsieh Wen Shen, S.T. Su, and Fang Wen eds., ASCE, New York, NY, pp. 150-155.

Teaching Interests

Hydrology and water resources engineering, as exemplified by the following courses: Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow, Engineering Hydrology, Design of Water Transmission Systems, Coastal Engineering, Groundwater Engineering, Hydrologic Monitoring (field course), River Mechanics, and Advanced Groundwater Topics