PIRCH

The University of Virginia

Program in Interdisciplinary Research in Contaminant Hydrogeology (PIRCH)

Environmental Sciences
Clark Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903		 Civil Engineering
Thornton Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Environmental Engineering Group
 Chemical Engineering
Chem Eng. Building
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Janet S. Herman, Director (jsh5w@virginia.edu)
Roseanne M. Ford, Associate Director ( rmf3f@virginia.edu)

PIRCH is dedicated to interdisciplinary investigation of the interplay between chemical, physical, and biological factors that control the fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface. Research is supported in a variety of disciplines by teams of individuals from the Departments of Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Environmental Sciences.


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The Participating faculty are:

Environmental Engineering Group

Susan Burns, Department of Civil Engineering

Teresa Culver, Department of Civil Engineering

James Smith, Department of Civil Engineering

Chemical Engineering Group

Erik Fernandez, Department of Chemical Engineering

Roseanne Ford, Department of Chemical Engineering

Environmental Sciences Group

John Albertson, Department of Environmental Sciences

George Hornberger, Department of Environmental Sciences

Janet Herman, Department of Environmental Sciences

Aaron Mills, Department of Environmental Sciences

Jeff Raffensperger, Department of Environmental Sciences

Links to useful information: (Note: this area is under continual construction/renovation

  • PIRCH SEMINAR: FALL 1998 SCHEDULE
  • PIRCH SUBMISSIONS TO AGU - NSF-GRADUATE RESEARCH TRAINEESHIP SESSION!!!!! Boston, May, 1998
  • Computational Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology Supported by IBM Environmental Research Program Grant
  • LMECOL Home Page Link to information on the Laboratory of Microbial Ecology
  • University of Virginia Home Page
  • OPEN SLOT FOR NOW

    PIRCH "OCCASIONS"

    Janet Herman wins National Mentoring Award
    Dr. James Smith of PIRCH was selected as a 1997 recipient of the Alumni Teaching Award!!!

    Dr. Richard Smith of USGS visited the PIRCH seminar in November, 1997 to discuss his work in denitrification in ground water. Looks like he had a good time!












    Dr. Andrew Binley of the University of Lancaster visited the BRATS group to conduct tracer experiments in cores using electrical resistivity tomography





















    PIRCH FACULTY AND GRADUATE FELLOWS AT ANNUAL RETREAT (1995)