Stephen E. Silliman
Professor and Associate Chair, Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
(574) 631-5332
silliman.1@nd.edu
Geographic focus: Africa (Bénin and Uganda), Haiti, and the United States
Thematic interests: Groundwater (flow and chemical quality); water resources in developing countries; international, interdisciplinary collaboration on water resource characterization and protection
Current interests: Management of salt-water intrusion in coastal regions of Bénin; management of groundwater quality in rural regions of Bénin; probabilistic / risk analyses in managing groundwater resources; groundwater hydraulics in the vadose zone
Selected publications: “Reconsidering Identification of Wellhead Protection Areas: Mass Transport, Fault Trees, and Probabilistic Risk Analysis,” in Advances in Water Resources (co-authored, forthcoming, 2011); “Potential for Establishing Non-vertical Flow within the Vadose Zone,” in Vadose Zone Journal, (coauthored, 2011); “Overview of a Multifaceted Research Program in Bénin, West Africa: An Interntional Year of Planet Earth Groundwater Project,” (co-authored) in International Year of Planet Earth Commemorative Volume, (Springer Publishing, forthcoming, 2011); “Issues of Sustainability of Coastal Groundwater Resources: Bénin, West Africa,” in Sustainability, 2 (coauthored, 2010); “Engineering Academic Programs for Hydrophilanthropy: Commonalities and Challenges,” Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, (coauthored, 2010); “Assessing Experiences of International Students in Haiti and Bénin,” in IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, (2009); “Community-based Groundwater Quality Monitoring: An Initial Discussion,” in Sustainable Groundwater Resources in Africa: Water supply and sanitation environment, ed. Xu and Braune (CRC Press, 2009); “Alternatives in Sampling Strategies and Methods for Estimation of Parameters of Groundwater Quality in Rural Regions of Developing Countries,” in Ground Water, (coauthored, 2009).
