Personal Statement

"Human interactions with water are and will continue to be the source of injustice and conflict around the world. This is especially critical for lesser developed countries, but we must be aware of how water shapes our social, political and economic climate in the industrialized world. Our success in resolving these problems will be achieved through further understanding of science and engineering of water, but, more importantly, through political and social solutions. Why can't we all work together...?"

Research Focus

• Feasibility of arsenic contamination mitigation via in situ ferric hydroxide immobilization
• Optimization of groundwater remediation systems: consideration of uncertainty and tradeoffs
• Integrated water resources management, especially as applied to Sonora, Mexico
• Combining science and public involvement in watershed management

• Undergraduate and graduate classes in engineering, science, and policy aspects of water resources
• Development of curriculum for Michigan middle school students
• Exchanges and training of undergraduate and graduate students in North American aspects of water resources management

Current Projects TIES - MTU-UNISON Linkage: Training a Core of Water Resource Experts Sponsor: Association Liaison Office/US Agency for International Development 02/2003 - 08/2006 ExCit: Expanding Cities - People, Water and Infrastructure Sponsor: US Dept. of Education 10/2003 - 08/2006 ExCit Project Brochure

• Endres, K. and A.S.Mayer, "Using Remediation Time As an Optimization Variable in Groundwater Remediation Systems," Computational Methods in Water Resources XII, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Holland, 378-384, 2004.
  
• Bau, D.A. and A.S. Mayer, "Analysis of the Impact of Layered Soil Heterogeneity on Optimal Policies for Groundwater Remediation," Computational Methods in Water Resources XII, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Holland, 301-309, 2004.
  
• Mayer, A.S. and S.M. Hassanizadeh, Contamination of Soil and Groundwater by Nonaqueous Phase Liquids (NAPLs), American Geophysical Union Water Resources Monograph, 2005.
  
• Zhong, L., Mayer, A.S., and G. Pope, "The Effects of Surfactant Formulation on Nonequilibrium NAPL Solubilization," Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 60, 57-74, 2003.
  
• Mayer, A.S., Kelley, T., Miller, C.T., "Optimal Design for Problems Involving Flow and Transport Phenomena in Subsurface Systems," Advances in Water Resources, 25, 1233-1256, 2002.

• Director, several US-Mexico student and faculty exchange projects
• Editorial Board, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
• Hydrology consultant to public interest groups
• Fulbright Scholar at the Technical University of Delft, 2000-2001
• Visiting Professor, University of Sonora, 1995-6

Favorite Water Pictures