Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Analytic Element Method in Modeling Groundwater Flow
Colorado School of Mines, Integrated Groundwater Modeling Center, Golden, Colorado
20–21 May 2015
Organizing Committee
  • Dr. O.D.L. Strack, Chair, University of Minnesota
Technical Committee
  • Dr. Erik Anderson, Layne Christensen Company
  • Dr. Mark Bakker, Delft University of Technology
  • Dr. Randal J. Barnes, University of Minnesota
  • Dr. James Craig, University of Waterloo
  • Dr. Wim J. de Lange
  • Dr. Henk Haitjema, Indiana University
  • Dr. Dave Steward, Kansas State University
  • Dr. Otto D.L. Strack, University of Minnesota
Session 1: Application of the Analytic Element Method I
Chairs: Randal Barnes and William Olsen
  • Erik Anderson and P. Jurcek: Stream depletion and TTim
  • Wim J. de Lange: Application of AEM for creation of a large, continuous plate-shaped injection below a canal
  • S. Gaur, Ch. Sudheer, B.R. Chahar, and Didier Graillot: Application of AEM and Artificial Neural Network for Optimization of Groundwater Extraction
  • Randal J. Barnes: The analytic element method as a probability engine
  • Mark Wisnack: The use of an analytic element model to assess ground water impacts of canals in Southern Florida
Session 2: Developments in the Analytic Element Method
Chairs: James Craig and Henk Haitjema
  • Otto D.L. Strack: A hybrid iterative/direct method for high-order head-specified line elements
  • Ali Ameli and J.R. Craig: Transient groundwater flow simulation using Laplace transform series solution methods
  • Otto D.L. Strack and E.C. Wendland: Application of new high-order analytic elements to modeling inhomogeneities
  • James R. Craig: Series solution methods for irregular domains: A primer
Session 3: Formulations for Modeling Transient Flow, Interface Flow and Surface Water–Groundwater Interaction
Chairs: Erik Anderson and Mark Bakker
  • Henk M. Haitjema and D.B. Abrams: On transient time distributions in watersheds
  • Daniel B. Abrams: Nitrate response functions for watersheds
  • Otto D.L. Strack and B.K. Ausk: A formulation for vertically integrated groundwater flow in a stratified coastal aquifer
  • Bonnie K. Ausk: Application of the exact solution for a stratified coastal aquifer
  • Erik Anderson: Analytical models of groundwater–surface water interaction
Session 4: Application of the Analytic Element Method II
Chairs: Wim de Lange and Didier Graillot
  • Mark Bakker: Interactive multi-layer analytic element modeling with Jupyter Notebooks
  • Otto D.L. Strack: Assessing groundwater sustainability using vertically integrated models
  • Taha Namazi: Some interesting calculations on the concept of vertically integrated flow
  • Wim de Lange: Analysis of a porous layer surrounding a large tube for large domain infiltration in deltaic aquifers