The purpose of the Laboratory is to promote teaching and scientific research in the field of geoenvironmental engineering and hydrological engineering, as well as to contribute to the knowledge groundwater management and flood management through collaborative research projects. In parallel with the teaching of the courses, the purpose of the Laboratory is the practical training on groundwater flow and mass transport simulation models and optimization models as well as on surface water models and the elaboration of undergraduate and postgraduate theses of the students and the conduct of basic and applied research independently or in the framework of funded research projects.
The research activities of the Geoenvironmental Laboratory (GEL) focus on the following:
● Subsurface hydrology and contaminant transport
● Groundwater management
● Subsurface remediation techniques
● Saltwater intrusion management
● Global optimization techniques
● Numerical simulation in porous media
● Surface water modeling and floods
● Flood management
● Modeling methods to assess flood hazard areas
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