Below you will find a listing of Plan B Research Project Reports (developed in fulfillment of a M.S. degree on a non-thesis option), M.S. theses, and Ph.D. dissertations in Hydrogeology (G. Robbins, major advisor). Youmay obtained copies of theses and dissertations by contacting the UCONN library or by going to the UCONN Digital Commons
Contact Professor Gary Robbins to obtain copies of Plan B reports.
Plan B Research Project Reports
1992
Wade Thomas
Applicability of Empirical Permeability Estimation Techniques in Glacial Deposits and Evaluation of the Permeability Distribution of Recompacted Stratified Drift Samples
1994
Bruce Olmstead
Determination of In-Situ Soil Air Permeability-Values Utilizing Soil Gas Surveying Techniques
John Bondos
Macroscopic Scale Anisotropy Assessment For Glacial, Alluvial and Coastal Plain Geologic Sediments
1997
Remo Mondazzi
Streambed Scour Processes Including a Level II Analysis of a Select Bridge Site in Somers, Connecticut
2005
David Lehnus
An Assessment of Field and Empirical Methods to Determine True LNAPL Thickness
Kathy Lehnus
The Effects of Potassium Permanganate Injection on Chlorinated Hydrocarbons and Groundwater Quality Parameters: A Case Study
Robert Sernoffsky
Use of the In-Situ Troll 9000 to Locate Fractures Contributing to Ground Water Flow in Bedrock Wells
2010
Lee Suarez
Evaluation of Turbidity Acidification During Sampling and Analytical Preparation as the Cause of Observed Manganese Anomalies in Drinking Water Wells
2011
Balint Lengyel
Sustainable Methods in Desalination
2015
Judy Benson
2016
Eric Henry
M.S. Theses
1988
John Griffith
A New Method for Field Analysis of Soils Contaminated with Aromatic Hydrocarbon Compounds
1991
Robert Bristol
Site Characterization and Groundwater Sampling Studies at an Underground Gasoline Storage Tank Facility
James Martin-Hayden
Fracture Evaluation with Down-Hole/Down-Hole and Down-Hole/Surface Resistivity Surveys
1992
Gordon Binkhorst
Evaluation of Slug Test Methods for Determining Hydraulic Conductivity in Unconfined Aquifers
1994
Aaron Green
Hydrogeologic Characterization of a Contaminated Bedrock Aquifer in Ashford, Connecticut
1995
Brendan Deyo
Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Soil Gas Composition at a Gasoline Underground Storage Tank Release Site
1996
Joanna Jasiorkowski
Systematic Variations in Relative Abundance of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes in Gasoline-Contaminated Ground Water
David McCabe
Evaluation of a Method for Obtaining Multilevel Hydrogeologic Data from Ground Water
Monitoring Wells
Christine Troskosky
Evaluation of the Processes Influencing the Three-Dimensional Contaminant Distribution of Gasoline in Ground Water
1997
Marya A. Butler
Multilevel Ground Water and Soil Sampling at Underground Storage Tank Sites
Karen Billick
A Proportionate Mixing Method for Conducting Soil Gas Surveying Using Total Organic Vapor Detectors
1999
Edward J. Gilbert
A three-dimensional evaluation of mass removal and remediation effectiveness at a leaking underground storage tank site
2001
Chistopher Ryan Goad
An evaluation of post-remediation MTBE contamination at a service station site
2002
Richard Brainerd
A stepwise discharge tracer dilution method for deriving fracture properties in crystalline bedrock wells
2003
Stephen Bartlett
Comparison of Hydraulic Conductivity Determinations in Direct Push and Conventional Wells
2005
Benjamin Cagle
Fracture Hydrogeology of Two Wells in Crystalline Bedrock Located In A Glacial Upland In Connecticut
Rebecca Budja
A Field Study of Ground Water Monitoring Well Purging and Sampling
2006
Meredith Metcalf
Investigating the Influence of Purging on Long-Term Remediation Compliance Monitoring
2010
Alejandra Aragon-Jose
A Method for Determining Hydraulic Conductivity from Monitoring Wells Using Low-Flow Sampling Data
2011
James Cassanelli
Salt Contamination of Ground and Surface Water in Connecticut: A Compilation and Synthesis of Historic Data and Local Scale Testing
Helen Spera
A Development of an Approach to Evaluate Fractured Crystalline Bedrock Water Resource Supply and Sustainability
2012
Jill Libby
An Unsteady State Tracer Dilution Method for Characterizing Water Contributing Fractures in Crystalline Bedrock Wells
2013
Dariusz Chlebica
Modifying Borehole Dissolved Oxygen Levels as a Tool in Deciphering Fracture Flow Conditions
2014
Graham Stevens
Determining the Dissipation Half-Life of MTBE by Studying the Effects of the Connecticut Ban on MTBE
2017
Neil Flahive
A Single Packer Method for Characterizing Water Contributing Fractures in Crystalline Bedrock Wells
2018
Stephanie Phillips
Comparison Of Approaches To Characterize Flow Conditions In Bedrock Wells
2019
Ryan Ordung
Characterizing Groundwater Quality and Bacterial Community Composition in Chloride Impacted Drinking Water Wells in Sherman, CT
Julie Webb
Monitoring Hydrologic Factors Influencing Bog Turtle Persistence at a Site in Connecticut
Ph.D. Dissertations
1994
James Martin-Hayden
Influences of Mass Balance, Averaging, and Transport on the Accuracy of Groundwater Quality Samples
1997
Gordon Binkhorst
Delineation and Weathering of Gasoline Contamination in Three Dimensions Using Multi-level Soil and Ground Water Samples
2012
J. Jeffery Starn
Assessing Uncertainty in Predictions Made Using Ground-Water Models
2013
Meredith J. Metcalf
Deciphering Hydrogeologic Conditions in Fractured Bedrock Using Domestic Well Data and GIS
2017
Sarch A. Vitale
Advanced Applications of the Dissolved Oxygen Alteration Method
2021
Mark Higgins
Evaluating Sources of Arsenic, Nitrate, And Road Salt in Domestic Wells Using Bacteria Community and Spatial Analyses