COURSES TAUGHT

My primary area of interest is Ground-Water Hydrology.  I also enjoy teaching, Environmental Geology, Field Hydrogeology and Physical Geology.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My current research interest is in ground water pollution prevention and management especially in areas related to:

• Ground Water resource evaluation
• Predicting aquifer vulnerability with validation
• Analysis of geological/environmental data and mapping using GIS
• Contaminant mapping, transport, and modeling
• Application of geophysics (GPR, Electromagnetic, Magnetic, Electrical Resistivity and Shallow Seismic methods) to environmental and hydrologic problems
• Nonpoint source pollution of water quality issues in surface water and ground water
• Determination of infiltration processes responsible for groundwater contamination by agricultural chemicals, especially preferential flow through macropores
•  Groundwater and surface water interactions and modeling
• Land use and the impact on surface and ground water quality

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Land use and the impact on water quality in Southeast Ulster County, New York
• Surface And Ground Water Assessment, Gardiner, New York
• Water Budget Analysis – Plattekill Watershed, Saugerties, New York
• Hydrogeology and Ground Water Pollution Potential – Ulster County, New York

PUBLICATIONS

• Iqbal, M. Z. and Chowdhury, S. H., 2007, Using on-campus monitoring wells to enhance student learning in geo-hydrology courses, Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 55, No. 5, p 364-370
• Chowdhury, S. H., and Ganesh, K, 2006, The Impact of Landuse on Surface Water Quality in Queens County, New York, Journal of Environmental Hydrology, October 2006 Issue (http://www.hydroweb.com/journal-hydrology.html)
• Chowdhury, S. H., Kehew, A. E., and Passero, R. N., 2003, Correlation Between The Occurrences of Nitrate Contamination and Ground Water Pollution Potential, Ground Water Vol.41 No. 6:735-745.
• Stumm, F, and Chowdhury, S. H., 2003, Delineation of the Fractured-Rock Ground-Water Flow System in the Western Part of Manhattan, New York, Using Advanced Borehole Geophysical Techniques, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, Vol. 23, no. 3:42-49
• Chowdhury, S. H., Iqbal, M. Z., and Szabo, J. P., 2003 A Comprehensive Approach of Groundwater Resource Evaluation. Ohio Journal of Sciences, Vol. 103, No. 5, December 2003.

Manuscripts in Review:

• Stumm, F, and Chowdhury, S. H., 2008, Characterizing the Unconsolidated Aquifer Systems in the Southern Part of Manhattan, New York, Using Advanced Borehole Geophysical Techniques, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation (in review).

Manuscripts in Preparation:

• Chowdhury, S. H. and Ahmed, A. U. 2008, Water Quality Study of the Southwestern Coastal Aquifers of Bangladesh, Journal of Hydrology
• Chowdhury, S. H. and Watson, A., 2008, Role of soil macropores in solute transport, Environmental Geology.
• Giles, C., Sing, R., and Chowdhury, S. H., 2008, Effects of land-use on water quality in Rondout Creek, Ulster county, New York, Journal of Undergraduate Research
• Chowdhury, S. H., 2008, Integration of theory, fieldwork and computer application in a Groundwater Flow Modeling Exercise, Journal of Geoscience Education

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