Theses and Dissertations

Below you will find a listing of Plan B Research Project Reports (developed in furfillment of a M.S. degree on a non-thesis option), M.S. theses, and Ph.D. dissertations in Hydrogeology (G. Robbins, major advisor). You
may obtained copies of theses and dissertations by contacting the UCONN library. 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

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

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

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