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Mustafa M. Aral

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Articles

  1. Chuljin, P., Telci, I. Kim, S-H, Aral, M. M. (2012) “Designing Optimal Water Quality Monitoring Network for River Systems Using Constrained Discrete Optimization via Simulation,” Engineering Optimization, Vol. , No. , pp. (in print)
  2. Aral, M. M., Guan, J. and Chang, B. (2012) “A Dynamic System Model to Predict Global Sea-Level Rise and Temperature Change” ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp237- 242, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000447.
  3. Maslia, M. L., Aral, M. M. et al.(2011) Discussion on: ‘‘Complexities in Hindcasting Models—When Should We Say Enough Is Enough,’’ by T. Prabhakar Clement, Groundwater, v. 49, no. 5: 620–629.
  4. Goktas, R. K. and Aral, M. M. (2011) “Integrated Dynamic Modeling of Contaminant Fate and Transport within a Soil–Plant System,” Vadose Zone Journal, Vol. 10, 1130-1150.
  5. Ilker, T. T. and Aral, M. M. (2011) "Contaminant Source Location Identification in River Networks Using Water Quality Monitoring Systems for Exposure Analysis," Journal of Water Quality, Exposure and Health, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 205-218.
  6. Aral, M. M. (2011) “Editorial: Surgery was Successful but the Patient Died,” ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 91-92.
  7. Aral, M. M., Guan, J., Maslia, M.L. (2010) “Optimal Design of Sensor Placement in Water Distribution Systems,” ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 136, N0.1, pp.5-18.
  8. Anderson, B. A., Maslia, M.L., Caparoso, J. L., Ausdemore, D. and Aral, M. M. (2010) "Stochastic Analysis of Pesticide Transport in the Shallow Groundwater of Oatland Island, USA," Journal of Water Quality, Exposure and Health, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 47-64.
  9. Ilker, T. T., Nam, K., Guan, J. and Aral, M. M. (2009). “Optimal Water Quality Monitoring Network Design for River Systems,” Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 90, pp. 2987-2998.
  10. Maslia, M.L., Aral, M. M., Faye, R.E., Suárez-Soto, R. J., Sautner, J.B., Wang, J., Jang, W., Bove, F.J. and Ruckart, P.Z.(2009). "Reconstructing Historical Exposures to Volatile Organic Compound-Contaminated Drinking Water at a U.S.Military Base," Journal of Water Quality, Exposure and Health, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 49-68.
  11. Aral, M. M. (2009). “Water Quality, Exposure and Health: Purpose and Goals,” Journal of Water Quality, Exposure and Health, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-4.
  12. Kilic, G. K. and Aral, M. M. (2009). “A Fugacity Based Continuous and Dynamic Fate and Transport Model for River Networks and Its Application to Altamaha River,” Journal of Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 407, No.12, pp. 3855-3866.
  13. Jang, W. and Aral, M. M. (2008). “Multiphase Flow Fields in In-Situ Air Sparging and It’s Effect on Remediation” International Journal on Transport in Porous Media, 76, pp. 99-119.
  14. Park, C-H. and Aral, M. M. (2008). “Saltwater Intrusion Hydrodynamics in a Tidal Beach,” ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 13(9): pp. 863-872.
  15. Kilic, G.S. and Aral, M. M. (2008). “Probabilistic Fugacity Analysis of Lake Pontchartrain Pollution after Hurricane Katrina”, Journal of Environmental Management, 88(3): pp. 448-457.
  16. Jang, W. and Aral, M. M. (2008). “Effect of Biotransformation on Multi-species Plume Evolution and Natural Attenuation” International Journal on Transport in Porous Media, 72(2): pp. 207-226.
  17. Guan, J., Kentel E. and Aral, M. M. (2008). “Genetic Algorithm for Constrained Optimization Models and Its Application,” ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 134(1): pp. 64-72.
  18. Ayvaz, T., Karahan, H. and Aral, M. M. (2007). “Aquifer Parameter and Zone Structure Estimation Using Kernel-Based Fuzzy C-Means Clustering and Genetic Algorithm,” Journal of Hydrology, 343 (3-4): pp. 240-253.
  19. Jang, W. and Aral, M. M. (2007). “Density Driven Transport of Volatile Organic Compounds and Its impact on Contaminated Groundwater Plume Evolution,” Journal of Transport in Porous Media, 67(3): pp. 353-374.
  20. Park, C-H. and Aral, M. M. (2007). “Sensitivity of the Solution of Elders Problem to Density, Velocity and other Numerical Perturbations,” Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 92: pp.33-49.
  21. Kentel, E. and Aral, M. M. (2007). “Risk Tolerance Measure for Fuzzy Health Risk Assessment,” International Journal for Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment (SERRA), 21: pp. 405-417.
  22. Kentel, E. and Aral, M. M. (2007). “Fuzzy Multi-Objective Decision Making Approach to Evaluate Pumping Demands in Coastal Aquifers: A Case Study for Savannah Georgia”, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, March 12(2): pp. 206-217.
  23. Guan, J., Aral, M. M., Maslia, M. L. and Grayman, W. M. (2006). “Identification of Contaminant Sources in Water-Distribution Systems Using Simulation-Optimization Method: A Case Study,” ASCE, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, July 132(4): pp. 252-262.
  24. Gunduz, O. and Aral, M. M. (2005). “A Dirac-Delta Function Notation for Source/Sink Terms in Groundwater Flow,” ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 10(5): pp. 420-427.
  25. Guan, J. and Aral, M. M. (2005). “Remediation System Design with Multiple Uncertain Parameters using Fuzzy Sets and Genetic Algorithm,” ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 10(5): pp. 386-394.
  26. Maslia, M.L., Reyes, J.J., Gillig, R.E., Sautner, J.B., Fagliano, J.A. and Aral, M. M. (2005). “Public Health Partnerships Addressing Childhood Cancer Investigations: Case Study of Toms River, Dover Township, New Jersey, USA,” International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 208: pp. 45-54.
  27. Kentel, E. and Aral, M. M. (2005). “2D Monte Carlo versus 2D Fuzzy Monte Carlo Health Risk Assessment,” International Journal for Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment (SERRA), 19: 86-96.
  28. Gunduz, O. and Aral, M. M. (2005). “River Networks and Groundwater Flow: Simultaneous Solution of a Coupled System,” J. of Hydrology 301(1-4): 216-234.
  29. Aral, M.M., Guan, J., Liao, B., Maslia, M.L., Sautner, J., Williams, R. and Reyes, J.J. 2004. “Optimal Reconstruction of Historical Water Supply to a Water-Distribution System: B Applications”, Journal of Water and Health, 2:137-156.
  30. Aral, M. M., Guan, J., Liao, B., Maslia, M.L., Sautner, J., Williams, R. and Reyes, J.J. (2004). “Optimal Reconstruction of Historical Water Supply to a Water-Distribution System: A. Methodology”, Journal of Water and Health, 2:123-136.
  31. Kentel, E. and Aral, M. M. (2004). “Probabilistic-Fuzzy Health Risk Modeling,” International Journal for Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment (SERRA), 18: 324-338.
  32. Zhang, Y. and Aral, M. M. (2004). "Solute Transport in Open-Channel Networks in Unsteady Flow Regime." Environmental Fluid Mechanics 4(3): 225-247.
  33. Park, C. H. and Aral, M. M. (2004). "Multi-objective optimization of pumping rates and well placement in coastal aquifers." Journal of Hydrology 290(1-2): 80-99.
  34. Maslia, M. L. and Aral, M. M. (2004). "ACTS - A Multimedia Environmental Fate and Transport Analysis System." ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive waste Management-Asce 8(3): 181-198.
  35. Guan, J. B. and M. M. Aral. (2004). "Optimal design of groundwater remediation systems using fuzzy set theory." Water Resources Research 40(1): 1-20.
  36. Jang, W. Y. and Aral, M. M. (2003). "Concentration evolution of gas species within a collapsing bubble in a liquid medium." Env. Fluid Mechanics 3(3): 173-193.
  37. Maslia, M. L., Sautner, J. B. and Aral, M. M. (2002). "Using water-distribution system modeling to assist epidemiologic investigations." Epidemiology 13(4): S86-S86.
  38. Aral, M. M. and Liao, B. (2002). "Effect of groundwater table fluctuations on LNAPL thickness in monitoring wells." Environmental Geology 42(2-3): 151-161.
  39. Aral, M. M. and Guan, J., et al. (2002). "Optimal reconstruction of hydraulic management of a water distribution system." Epidemiology 13(4): S86-S86.
  40. Aral, M. M. and Guan, J. B. , et al. (2002). "Closure to "Identification of contaminant source location and release history in aquifers" by Mustafa M. Aral, Jiabao Guan, and Morris L. Maslia." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 7(5): 400-401.
  41. Aral, M. M. and J. B. Guan, et al. (2001). "Identification of contaminant source location and release history in aquifers." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 6(3): 225-234.
  42. Maslia, M. L., Sautner, J. B. and Aral, M. M., et al. (2000). "Using water-distribution system modeling to assist epidemiologic investigations." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management-Asce 126(4): 180-198.
  43. Liao, B. S. and Aral, M. M. (2000). "Semi-analytical solution of two-dimensional sharp interface LNAPL transport models." Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 44(3-4): 203-221.
  44. Aral, M. M. and Zhang, Y., et al. (2000). "Application of relaxation scheme to wave-propagation simulation in open-channel network - Closure." Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-Asce 126(1): 91-91.
  45. Aral, M. M. and Liao, B. S. (2000). "LNAPL thickness interpretation based on bail-down tests." Ground Water 38(5): 696-701.
  46. Liao, B. and Aral, M. M. (1999). "Interpretation of LNAPL Thickness Measurements under Fluctuating Groundwater Table Conditions." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 4(2): 125-134.
  47. Guan, J. B. and Aral, M. M. (1999). "Progressive genetic algorithm for solution of optimization problems with nonlinear equality and inequality constraints." Applied Mathematical Modelling 23(4): 329-343.
  48. Guan, J. and Aral, M. M. (1999). "Optimal remediation with well locations and pumping rates selected as continuous decision variables." Journal of Hydrology 221(1-2): 20-42.
  49. Aral, M. M. and Zhang, Y., et al. (1998). "Application of relaxation scheme to wave-propagation simulation in open-channel networks." Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-Asce 124(11): 1125-1133.
  50. Maslia, M. L., Aral, M. M., et al. (1997). "Exposure assessment Using Analytical and Numerical Models: A Case Study." Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management-ASCE 1(2): 50-60.
  51. Maslia, M. L. and Aral, M. M., et al. (1996). "Use of computational models to reconstruct and predict trichloroethylene exposure." Toxicology and Industrial Health 12(2):139-152.
  52. Aral, M. M. and B. Liao. (1996). "Analytical Solutions for Two-Dimensional Transport Equation with Time Dependent Dispersion Coefficients." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 1(1): 20-32.
  53. Aral, M. M. and Maslia, M. L., et al. (1996). "Estimating exposure to volatile organic compounds from municipal water-supply systems: Use of a better computational model." Archives of Environmental Health 51(4): 300-309.
  54. Maslia, M. L., Aral, M. M., et al. (1994). "Exposure Assessment of Populations Using Environmental Modeling, Demographic-Analysis, and Gis." Water Resources Bulletin 30(6): 1025-1041.
  55. Aral, M. M. and Maslia, M. L., et al. (1993). "Groundwater Remediation Using Smart Pump and Treat - Discussion." Ground Water 31(4): 680-681.
  56. Tang, Y. and Aral, M. M. (1992). "Contaminant Transport in Layered Porous-Media .2. Applications." Water Resources Research 28(5): 1399-1406.
  57. Tang, Y. and Aral, M. M. (1992). "Contaminant Transport in Layered Porous-Media .1. General-Solution." Water Resources Research 28(5): 1389-1397.
  58. Ratzlaff, S. A. and Aral, M. M. (1992). "Optimal-Design of Groundwater Capture Systems Using Segmental Velocity-Direction Constraints." Ground Water 30(4): 607-612.
  59. Maslia, M. L.and Aral, M. M., et al. (1992). "Evaluation of Groundwater-Flow Regime at a Landfill with Liner System." Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part a-Environmental Science and Engineering & Toxic and Hazardous Substance Control A27(7): 1793-1816.
  60. Aral, M. M. and Tang, Y.(1992). "Flow against Dispersion in 2-Dimensional Regions." Journal of Hydrology 140(1-4): 261-277.
  61. Zakikhani, M. and Aral, M. M. (1989). "Direct and Boundary-Only Solutions of Multilayer Aquifer Systems .B. Unsteady-State Solution." J. of Hydrology 111(1-4): 69-87.
  62. Zakikhani, M. and Aral, M. M. (1989). "Direct and Boundary-Only Solutions of Multilayer Aquifer Systems .A. Steady-State Solution." Journal of Hydrology 111(1-4): 49-67.
  63. Aral, M. M. and Yi , T. (1989). "A Boundary-Only Procedure for Transient Transport Problems with or without 1st-Order Chemical-Reaction." Applied Mathematical Modeling 13(3): 130-137.
  64. Aral, M. M. (1989). "Waste Stabilization in Multilayer Aquifers by Optimal Hydraulic Control." Ground Water 27(4): 517-523.
  65. Aral, M. M. (1989). "Semianalytic Boundary Element Solution of Groundwater Seepage Problems." Water Resources Research 25(7): 1495-1503.
  66. Aral, M. M. and Tang, Y. . (1988). "A New Boundary Element Formulation for Time-Dependent Confined and Unconfined Aquifer Problems." Water Resources Research 24(6): 831-842.
  67. Aral, M. M. and Tang, Y. . (1988). "A Boundary Only Procedure for Time-Dependent Diffusion-Equations." Applied Mathematical Modelling 12(6): 610-618.
  68. Aral, M. M. (1987). "An Unsteady Regional Multilayered Aquifer Model for Microcomputers." International Journal for Microcomputers in Civil Engineering 2(3): 197-206.
  69. Aral, M. M. (1986). "A Regional Multilayered Aquifer Model for Microcomputers." International Journal for Microcomputers in Civil Engineering 1(1): 69-78.
  70. Aral, M. M. (1985). "Aquifer Parameter Prediction in Leaky Aquifers." Journal of Hydrology 80(1-2): 19-44.
  71. Aral, M. M. and Maslia, M. L. (1984). "Unsteady Seepage Analysis of Wallace Dam - Closure." Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-Asce 110(5): 671-673.
  72. Aral, M. M. and Maslia, M. L. (1983). "Unsteady Seepage Analysis of Wallace Dam." Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-Asce 109(6): 809-826.
  73. Ozsoy, E. and Aral, M. M., et al. (1982). "Coastal Amplification of Tsunami Waves in the Eastern Mediterranean." Journal of Physical Oceanography 12: 117-126.
  74. Maslia, M. L. and Aral, M. M. (1982). "Evaluation of a Chimney Drain Design in an Earth-fill Dam." Ground Water 20(1): 22-31.
  75. Aral, M. M. and Sturm, T. W. (1982). "Groundwater Pumping from Shallow Axisymmetric Ponds." Journal of the Hydraulics Division-Asce 108(12): 1469-1485.
  76. Aral, M. M. (1981). "A One Dimensional Mass-Transport Model for Natural Rivers." Journal of Environmental Systems 11(2): 139-154.
  77. Aral, M. M. (1980). "Steady Jet Impingement on Straight and Curved Surfaces." Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 13(3): 349-368.
  78. Aral, M. M. and Gulcat, U. (1977). "Finite-Element Laplace Transform Solution Technique for Wave-Equation." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 11(11): 1719-1732.
  79. Aral, M. M. and Isilgan, N. (1973). "Seepage Through Earth Dams: A Finite Element Solution." Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 6(2): 185-194.
  80. Martin, C. S. and Aral, M. M. (1971). "Seepage Force on Interfacial Bed Particles." Journal of the Hydraulics Division-ASCE 97(HY7): 1081-1101.

Books

  1. Aral, M. M., “Groundwater Management Closure,” Chapter 14 in Groundwater Quality and Quantity Management, Editors Aral, M. M. and Taylor, S., ASCE, pp. 560-568, ISBN-978-0-7844-1176-6,2011.
  2. Jang, W. and Aral, M. M., “In-Situ Air Sparging and Thermal Venting in Ground Water Remediation,” Chapter 11 in Groundwater Quality and Quantity Management, Editors Aral, M. M. and Taylor, S., ASCE, pp. 530-575, ISBN-978-0-7844-1176-6, 2011.
  3. Aral, M. M. and Taylor, S., “Groundwater Quality and Quantity Management,” ASCE, 573p, ISBN-978-0-7844-1176-6, 2011.
  4. Aral, M. M., “Environmental Modeling and Health Risk Analysis,” Springer Publishers, Berlin, 487p, 2010.
  5. Aral, M. M. , “Saltwater Intrusion Management in Urban Area Aquifers - A Case Study for Savannah, Georgia,“ The Effects of Urbanization on Groundwater: An Engineering Case-based Approach for Sustainable Development, Editor, Ni-Bin Chang, ASCE/EWRI publication, pp. 51-89, 2010.
  6. Aral, M. M., Brebbia, C., Maslia, M., and Sinks, T., (Editors), “Environmental Exposure and Health,” Proceedings of the st International Conference on Environmental Exposure and Health, Atlanta Ga. USA, WIT Press, 502p, 2005.
  7. Aral, M. M. and Gunduz, O., Large-Scale Hybrid Watershed Modeling, Section 2 in “WATERSHED MODELS,” CRC Press, 2005, Ed. Dr. Vijay Singh, 75-95pp.
  8. Aral, M. M. and Gunduz, O., Scale Effects in Large Scale Watershed Modeling, Chapter 11 in “ADVANCES IN HYDROLOGY”, Ed. by V. Singh and R. N. Yadava, 2003.
  9. Aral, M. M. and Maslia, M. L., Application of Monte Carlo Simulations in Analytical Contaminant Transport Modeling, Chapter 13, pp. 305-315, in ASCE book on “Groundwater Quality Modeling and Management Under Uncertainty,” Ed. by Srikan Tamishra, 2003.
  10. Aral, M. M. and Guan, J., "Genetic Algorithms in Search of Groundwater Pollution Sources," NATO Adv. Study Inst. on Ground Water Pollution Control and Remediation, Kluwer Acad. Publ., pp. 347-369, January 1996.
  11. Aral, M. M., Shea, C., and Al-Khayyal ,F. , "Optimal Design of Pump-and Treat Well Networks," NATO Adv. Study Inst. on Ground Water Pollution Control and Remediation, Kluwer Acad. Publ., pp. 307-333, January 1996.
  12. Aral, M. M., Editor, Recent Advances in Ground-Water Pollution Control and Remediation, NATO Adv. Study Inst., Kluwer Acad. Publ., 609p, January 1996.
  13. Aral, M. M., Shea, C., and Al-Khayyal, F., "Optimization Methods in Ground Water Management," Review Paper in Volume 8, "Applications of Management Science: Network Optimization Applications," JAI Press Inc., pp. 213-246, 1995.
  14. Aral, M. M., Ground Water Modeling in Multilayer Aquifers - Unsteady Flow, Lewis Publ. Inc., 1990.
  15. Aral, M. M., Ground Water Modeling in Multilayer Aquifers - Steady Flow, Lewis Publ. Inc., 1990.

Proceedings

  1. Aral, M. M., Guan, J. and Chang, B., “Climate Change and Sea Level Rise,” ASCE, EWRI Water Resources Congress, Palm Springs California, May 25-30, 2011.
  2. Maslia, M. L., Aral, M. M. and Faye, R., “Impact of Historical Contaminant Source Uncertainty Analysis and Variability on Human Health Risk,” ASCE, EWRI Water Resources Congress, Palm Springs California, May 25-30, 2011.
  3. Guan, J., Maslia, M. L. and Aral, M. M. ,“Reconstruction of Groundwater Contamination History in Hadnot Point Area of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Using Linear Stochastic Model,” ASCE, EWRI Water Resources Congress, Palm Springs California, May 25-30,2011.
  4. Park, C., Kim, S.H., Telci, I. and Aral, M. M., “Designing Optimal Water Quality Monitoring Networks for River Systems and Application to a Hypothetical case”, Proceedings of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference, Austin, TX. (invited).
  5. Aral, M. M., “Resilience Analysis of Climate Change Effects on Water Quality,” NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Climate Change and Health, Izmir, Turkey, 2010.
  6. Guan, J. Jang, Maslia, M. L. and Aral, M. M., “Historical Reconstruction of Groundwater Contamination at Contaminated Sites and Uncertainty Analysis,” ASCE, EWRI Water Resources Congress, Rhode Island, May 25-30, 2010.
  7. Jang, W., Maslia, M. L. and Aral, M. M., “The Effect of Atmospheric Chemical Release on the Reduction in Groundwater Pollution by CVOCs,” ASCE, EWRI Water Resources Congress, Rhode Island, May 25-30, 2010.
  8. Aral, M. M., Guan, J. and Maslia, M. L. , "Reconstructing Groundwater Contamination History: A Control Theory Based Approach," Water and Public health, American Public Health Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 7-11,2009.
  9. Guan, J., Maslia, M. L. and Aral, M. M., "A Novel Methodology to Reconstruct Groundwater Contamination History with Limited Field Data," World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2009, American Society of Civil Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, May 17-21,2009.
  10. Jang, W. and Aral, M. M., "Modeling of chlorinated VOCs transport under dual bioreactions," World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2009, American Society of Civil Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, May 17-21,2009.
  11. Suarez-Soto, R. J., Anderson, B. A., Maslia, M. L. and Aral, M. M., “A Comparison Between Biochlor and the Analytical Contaminant Transport System (ACTS) for a Case Study in Coastal Georgia,” Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 12-16, 2008.
  12. Maslia, M.L., Faye, R.E. , Aral, M.M., Bove, F.J. and Jang, W., “Historical reconstruction of single-specie and multispecies PCE-contaminated drinking water, U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina,” World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2008, American Society of Civil Engineers, Honolulu, HI, May 13-16,2008.
  13. Jang, W. and Aral, M. M., “The Effect of Oxygen Transport on Biotransformation of Trichloroethylene in the Subsurface,” Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 12-16, 2008.
  14. Aral, M. M., Guan, J. and Maslia, M. L., “A Multi-objective Optimization Algorithm for the Solution of Water Sensor Placement Problem in Water Distribution Systems,” Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 12-16, 2008.
  15. Guan, J. and Aral, M.M., “Identification of Contaminant Sources in Aquifers under Uncertainty,” Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 12-16, 2008.
  16. Telci, I. T., Nam, K., Guan, J. and Aral, M.M., “Real Time Optimal Monitoring Network Design in River Netwroks,” Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 12-16, 2008.
  17. Suarez-Soto, R., Wang, J., Faye, R. E., Maslia, L. M., Aral, M.M. and Bove, F. J., “Historical Reconstruction of PCE-Contaminated Drinking Water Using Probabilistic Analysis at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina,” Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 12-16, 2008.
  18. Ayvaz, T., Karahan, H. and Aral, M.M., “Determination of Aquifer Parameters and Parameter Structures with Genetic Algorithm,” National Hydrology Congress, Middle East Technical University, September 5-7, 2007 [CD-ROM].
  19. Kentel, E. and Aral, M.M., “Groundwater Flow Simulation with Imprecise Parameters” National Hydrology Congress, Middle East Technical University, September 5-7,2007 [CD-ROM].
  20. Park, S-H., Wei S., Mizaikoff, B., Taylor, A. E., Aral, M. M. and Huang C-H., “ Mechanistic Insight for the N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Formation Potential of Amine-Based Water Treatment Polymers,” Proceedings of the 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007.
  21. Wang, J. and Aral, M. M., “The Effect of Historical Supply Well Schedule Variation on PCE Arrival Time,” Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE, Tampa, FL, May 15-19, 2007.
  22. Nam, K. and Aral, M.M., “Optimal Sensor Placement for Wind-Driven Circulation Environment in a Lake,”Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE, Tampa, FL, May 15-19, 2007.
  23. Rogers, S. W., Guan, J., Maslia, M. L. and Aral, M. M., “Nodal Importance Concept for Computational Efficiency in Optimal Sensor Placement in Water Distribution Systems,” Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE, Tampa, FL, May 15-19, 2007.
  24. Nam, K. and Aral, M.M., “Optimal Sensor Placement for Wind-Driven Circulation Environment in a Lake,”Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE, Tampa, FL, May 15-19, 2007.al, M.M. “Optimal Placement of Monitoring Sensors in Lakes,” University of Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, Georgia, [CD-ROM] 2007.
  25. Suarez-Soto, R., Maslia, M., Wang, J., Aral, M.M. and Faye, R., “Uncertainty Analysis for Reconstructing Historical Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) Exposure in an Epidemiologic Study,” ASCE, World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Tampa, Florida, [CD-ROM] 2007.
  26. Guan, J., Aral, M.M., Maslia, M.L. and Grayman, W., “Optimization Model and Algorithms for Design of Water Sensor Placement in Water Distribution Systems” ASCE Water Distribution System Analysis Symposium (Battle of the Water Sensor Networks), Cincinnati, OH, August 27-30, 2006[CD-ROM].
  27. Jang, W. and Aral, M.M., “Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Contaminant Removal under In-situ Air Sparging,” Air & Waste Management Association's 99th Annual Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, June 20-23, 2006.
  28. Nam, K. and Aral, M.M., “Modeling Hydrodynamics and Storm Effect in the Altamaha River Sound”, In: Graham R, Editor. Examining the Confluence of Environmental and Water Concerns: Proceedings of the 2006 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress; 2006 May 21-25; Omaha, US [CD-ROM], Reston: ASCE; 2006.
  29. Wonyong, J. and Aral, M.M., “Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Contaminant Removal under In-situ Air Sparging,” Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference (AWMA), 2006.
  30. Kijin, N. and Aral, M.M., “Modeling Hydrodynamics and Storm Effects in the Altamaha River Sound,” ASCE World Environment and Water Resources Conference (EWRI), Nebraska, Omaha, 2006.
  31. Kilic, S.G. and Aral, M.M. “Preliminary Analysis of Lake Pontchartrain Pollution after Hurricane Katrina,” ASCE World Environment and Water Resources Conference (EWRI), Nebraska, Omaha, 2006.
  32. Kentel, E. and Aral, M.M., “Spatial Distribution of Groundwater Availability for Various Pumping Scenarios in Savannah Region,” ASCE World Environment and Water Resources Conference (EWRI), Nebraska, Omaha, 2006.
  33. Kentel, E. and Aral, M.M., “Effect of Fuzzy Aggregation Operators in Selecting Best Groundwater Management Strategies” EWRA 2005, 6th International Conference, Menton, France. September 7-10, 2005.
  34. Aral, M.M., “Perspectives on environmental health management paradigms,” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Environmental Exposure and Health, Atlanta, Ga., pp. 449-457, USA, October 2005.
  35. Maslia, M. and Aral, M.M., “Reconstruction of historical contaminant events: Use of computational tools to assist environmental engineers,” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Environmental Exposure and Health, Atlanta, Ga., USA, pp. 175-187, October 2005.
  36. Park, S-K, Piyachaturawat, P., Aral, M.M. and Huang, C-H., “Potential Enhanced N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Formation under Water Treatment Conditions,” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Environmental Exposure and Health, Atlanta, Ga., USA, October 2005.
  37. Guan, J., Aral, M.M. and Maslia, M.L., “Identification of contaminant sources in water distribution system using optimization simulation method,” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Environmental Exposure and Health, Atlanta, Ga, USA, October 2005.
  38. Sautner, J. B., Maslia, M.L., Valenzuela, C, Grayman, W.M., Aral, M.M. and Green, J. W., “Field Testing of Water-Distribution Systems at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, NC, in Support of an Epidemiologic Study,” Proceedings ASCE, EWRI World Water and Environmental Resources Congress: Impacts of Global Climate Change, Anchorage, Alaska, May, 15-19, 2005.
  39. Aral, M.M. and Guan, J., “Computational Platforms for Environmental Modeling,” Proceedings ASCE,EWRI World Waterand Environmental Resources Congress: Impacts of Global Climate Change, Anchorage, Alaska, May, 15-19, 2005.
  40. Maslia, M.L., Sautner, J.B., Valenzuela, C., Grayman, W.M. and Aral, M.M., “Use of Continuous Recording Monitoring Equipment for Conducting Water Distribution System Tracer Tests: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” Proceedings ASCE, EWRI World Water and Environmental Resources Congress: Impacts of Global Climate Change, Anchorage, Alaska, May, 15-19,2005.
  41. Jang, W. and Aral, M.M., “Density-Dependent Transport And Sequential Biotransformation Of Trichloroethylene In The Variably Saturated Zone”, The International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, IC EST 2005, American Academy of Sciences, New Orleans, January 23-26, 2005.
  42. Gunduz, O. and Aral, M.M., “Dynamically Coupled Contaminant Transport Model for a River Aquifer System,” at 6th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Istanbul Turkey 6-8 October, 2004.
  43. Gokgoz, S. and Aral, M.M., “Fugacity Analysis of Sediment, Biota and Aquatic pathway Environments and its Potential use in Exposure Studies,” at 6th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Istanbul Turkey 6-8 Oct., 2004.
  44. Kentel, E. and Aral, M.M., “Optimization of Removal Rates of Target Contaminants from Water Supply Wells,” at 6th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Istanbul Turkey 6-8 October, 2004.
  45. Aral, M.M. and Gunduz, O., “Scale Effects in Large Scale Watershed Modeling”, In V. Singh and R. N. Yadava editors, Advances in Hydrology. Proceedings of the International Conference on Water and Environment (WE-2003), Bhopal India, pp. 37-51, December 15-18, 2003 (invited paper).
  46. Aral, M.M. and Maslia, M.L. “Application of Monte Carlo Simulation to Analytical Contaminant Transport Modeling”, In: S. Mishra, editor. Proceedings of the Symposium, Groundwater Quality Modeling and Management Under Uncertainty, Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Philadelphia, PA, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 305–312, June 23–25, 2003.
  47. Maslia, M.L., Aral, M.M. and Sautner, J., “Reconstructing Historical Operations of WaterDistribution Systems”, In: Bizier, P., and DeBarry, P., Eds. Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2003 [CD ROM document]. Philadelphia, PA: June 23–26, 2003.
  48. Gunduz, O. and Aral, M.M., “Satellite Imagery Based Watershed Management Modeling,” at International Conference on Water Resources Management II, pp. 367-376, Gran Canaria Islands, April 23, 2003.
  49. Gunduz, O. and Aral, M.M. “Simultaneous Solution of Coupled Surface Water / Groundwater Flow Systems,” International Conference on River Basin Management, Edited byC.A. Brebbia, pp. 25-34, Gran Canaria Islands, April 28, 2003.
  50. Park, C-H. and Aral, M. M. ,“Saltwater Intrusion Control on Coastal Aquifers,” 2003 Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, Georgia, March 2003.
  51. Gunduz, O. and Aral, M. M., “Hydrologic Modeling of the Lower Altamaha River Basin,” 2003 Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, Georgia, March 2003.
  52. Maslia, M. L., Sautner, J. B., Aral, M. M., Gillig, R. E., Reyes, J. J. and Williams J., “Using Water Distribution System Modeling to Assist Epidemiologic Investigations,” at International ISEA/ISEE Symposium, August 11-15, 2002, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  53. Aral, M. M., Guan, J. and Maslia, M. L., “Modeling techniques to aid exposure analysis through Water Distribution Systems,” at An International ISEA/ISEE Symposium, August 11-15, 2002, Vancouver, BC, Canada (invited).
  54. Aral, M.M., Maslia, M.L., and Guan, J., “ACTS, A Multi-Media Contaminant Transport Modeling Platform,” Proceedings of Envirosoft 2002, an International Conference on the Modeling, Monitoring and Management of Environmental Problems, pp. 403-412, Bergen, Norway, 6-8 May 2002.
  55. Aral, M.M., Liao, B., Guan, J., Maslia, M.L., Sautner, J., Williams, R. and Reyes, J.J., “Reconstruction of Hydraulic Management of a Water-Distribution System Using Genetic Algorithms,” World Water & Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE, Orlando, Florida, May 20-24, 2001.
  56. Sautner, J.B. , Maslia, M.L. and Aral, M.M., “Water-Distribution System Modeling as a Tool to Enhance Epidemiologic Case-Control Investigations: A Case Study, The Dover Township (Toms River) Childhood Cancer Investigations,” 26th Annual Water Resources Planning and Management Conference WRPMD ‘99, ASCE, Tempe, Arizona, June 6-9, 1999.
  57. Zhang, Y. and Aral, M.M., “Modeling Transport and Fate of Contaminants with Sediment Interaction and Transient Storage in Streams,” Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Hong Kong, China, pp. 733-738, 16-18 December, 1998.
  58. Aral, M.M. and Guan, J., “Contaminant Source Identification Problem and its Importance in Health Sciences,” International Conference on Integrating Engineering and Health Sciences, Mexico, October 1998 (invited key note speaker).
  59. Aral, M.M. and Maslia, M. L., “Exposure Assessment Using Simulation and GIS, Proceedings CSCE/ACSE Environmental Engineering Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, pp. 885-892, July 22-26, 1997.
  60. Tang, Y., Aral, M.M. and Lyverse, M., “GIS Analysis of Subsurface LNAPL Volume Estimation,” Proceedings of the Eleventh Outdoor Action Conference on Groundwater Remediation, Characterization and Management, pp. 156-178, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 1-3, 1997.
  61. Aral, M.M. and Guan, J., “Optimal Groundwater Remediation Design Using Differential Genetic Algorithm,” International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources,” Cancun Mexico, pp. 349-357, July, 1996.
  62. Holm, D.M., Maslia, M.L., Reyes, J.J., Williams, R.C. and Aral, M.M.,” Geographic Information Systems: A Critical Resource in Exposure Assessment”, Superfund XVI Conference and Exhibition Proceedings, Vol. 2, pp. 860-866, Washington, DC, Nov. 6-8, 1995.
  63. Aral, M.M., M. L. Maslia, Williams, R. C.and Abraham, J. E. , "ATSDR’s Exposure-Dose Reconstruction Program: Case Studies in Public Health Analysis of Exposure to Environmental Contamination," Proceedings of the 1995 Pacific Rim Conference on Occupational and Environmental Health, (in publication), Sydney Australia, October 1995 (invited speaker).
  64. Aral, M.M. and Maslia, M.L. , "Evaluation of Human Exposure to Contaminated Water Supplies Using GIS and Modeling,” Proc. of the Int. Conference HydroGIS’96, pp. 243-252, Vienna, Austria, 1996.
  65. Maslia, M.L. and Aral, M.M., "Application of Geographic Information Systems and Numerical Models to Exposure Assessment", Sixth Joint Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology and International Society for Exposure Analysis, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, September 18-21, 1994 (invited).
  66. Lyverse, M.A., Aral, M.M. and Tang, Y., "Liquid Hydrocarbon Recovery and Groundwater Protection at a Closed Refinery over a Sand and Gravel Aquifer", Proceedings of the Conference on Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground-Water: Prevention, Detection, and Remediation, Houston, Texas, November 2-4, 1994.
  67. Aral, M.M., Maslia, M.L. and Radtke, T.M., "Conducting Exposure Assessment of Populations by Integrating Environmental Transport Models, Demographic Analysis, and Geographic Information Systems," Proc. of the Int. Symposium on Assessing and Managing Health Risks from Drinking Water Contamination: Approaches and Applications, Rome, Italy, pp. 221-233, September 1994 (invited).
  68. Maslia, M. L. and Aral, M.M., "Health Implications Associated with Hazardous Waste Site Clean-Up Goals: A Case Study of Trichloroethylene (TCE) Contamination", Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Boston, 1993 (invited).
  69. Maslia, M., Aral, M. M., Williams, R., Williams, S., Hayes, L. and Wilder, L., "Use of Computational Models to Reconstruct and Predict Trichloroethylene Exposure," Proceedings of the International Congress on the Health Effects of Hazardous Waste, p 271-283, May 3-6, 1993 (invited).
  70. Maslia, M., Aral, M. M., Williams, R., Williams, S., Hayes, L. and Wilder, L., "Use of Computational Models to Determine Human Exposure Resulting from Remediation Activities at Hazardous Waste Sites," Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation Specialty Conference How Clean is Clean, 85p, January 10-13, 1993 (invited).
  71. Maslia, M., Aral, M. M. and Gill, H. E., "The Importance of Hydrogeologic Controls on Remedial Action Alternatives," Geophysical Society of America, Southeastern Section Meeting, Contaminant Hydrogeology Session, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 53, 1992 (invited).
  72. Aral, M.M. and Tang, Y., “Semianalytic Boundary Element Solution of Time Dependent Partial Differential Equations”, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Boundary Element Methods, pp. 42-52, 1989.
  73. Aral, M.M. and Tang, Y., “A Comparison of DR-BEM and SR-BEM Solutions for Parabolic Problems”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Engineering Science, pp. 58iii1-58iii4, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988.
  74. Haddad, E.H. and Aral, M.M., “Ground Water Flow Models and Applications for Microcomputers”, Proceedings 5th National Conference on Microcomputers in Civil Engineering, pp. 290-294, Orlando, Florida, 1987.
  75. Aral, M.M., “Optimization Approach to the Identification of Aquifer Parameters in Multilayer Systems”, Proceedings VI Int. Conf. on Finite Elements in Water Resources, Portugal, pp.359-369, 1986.
  76. Aral, M.M. and Zakikhani, M., “Multi-aquifer Parameter Estimation of the Clayton-Clairborne Aquifer Near Albany, Georgia”, Proceedings NWWA East West Conference on Ground Water Management, Orlando, Florida, pp. 272-298, 1984.
  77. Kunianski, E. and Aral, M.M., “Application of Digital Optimization for Parameter Estimation of Clayton Aquifer near Albany, Georgia”, Proceedings of the Conference, Water Resources of Georgia and Surrounding States, Georgia Geologic Survey Bulletin 99, pp. 67-78, October 1983.
  78. Aral, M.M. and Sezgin, M., “A Comparison of Iterative Solutions of Navier Stokes Equations”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Finite Element Methods in Engineering, University of New South Wales, pp. 555-567, July 1979.
  79. Aral, M.M. and Yazici, A., “Finite Element Solution of Problems with Unknown and Moving Boundaries”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Finite Element Methods in Engineering, University of New South Wales, pp. 719-727, August 1974.
  80. Aral, M.M., “Finite Element Galerkin Formulation of Heat Transfer Problems”, Proc. of the Conf. on Numerical and Functional Analysis, Istanbul Technical University, Publ. No. 982, pp. 16-28, 1973.
  81. Aral, M.M., Mayer, P.G. and Smith, C.V., “Finite Element Galerkin Method Solutions to Selected Elliptic and Parabolic Differential Equations”, Proceedings of the Air Force Third Conference on Matrix Methods in Structural Mechanics, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, pp. 215-243, October 1971.