VUSP::Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership

Ph.D. Dissertations

Evaluation of Infiltration Practices as a Means to Control Stormwater Runoff	Clay Emerson, Ph.D. May 2008

Masters Theses

Evaluation Of Green Infrastructure Practices Using Life Cycle Assessment	Kevin Flynn, 2011
Evaluating the Role of Evapotranspiration in the Hydrology of Bioinfiltration and Bioretention Basins Using Weighing Lysimeters	John Hickman Jr. 2011
Evaporation from A Pervious Concrete Stormwater SCM: Estimating the Quantity and its Role in the Yearly Water Budget	Evgeny Nemirovsky 2011
The Application Of An Integrated Monitoring Plan On Stormwater Control Measures	Kathryn Greising 2011
Modeling Infiltration In A Stormwater Control Measure Using Modified Green And Ampt	Ryan Lee 2011
Urban Hydrology Modeling with EPA’s Stormwater Management Model (SWMM) and Analysis of Water Quality in a Newly Constructed Stormwater Wetland	James Pittman 2011
Quantifying Evapotranspiration from a Green Roof Analytically	Dominik Schneider 2011
Quantifying Evapotranspiration in Green Infrastructure: A Green Roof Case Study	Meghan Feller 2011
A Randomization Process for Modeling Constructed Wetlands with an Optimization Example	Gerrard Jones Mar 2010
A Side by Side Water Quality Comparison of Pervious Concrete and Porous Asphalt, and an Investigation into the Effects of Underground Infiltration Basins on Stormwater Temperature	James Barbis Dec 2009
Continuous Simulation of an Infiltration Trench Best Management Practice	Hans Benford May 2009
The Observed Effects of Stormwater Infiltration on Groundwater	Matthew Machusick May 2009
Water Quantity Comparison of Pervious Concrete and Porous Asphalt Products for Infiltration Best Management Practices	Patrick Jeffers Jan 2009
Pollutant Removal Efficiency of a Mature Constructed Wetland Over the Course of a Year	Kelly Flynn Dec 2008
A Soil Profile Characterization of a Bioinfiltration BMP	Keisha Isaac-Ricketts Aug 2008
An Integrated Monitoring Plan for Best Management Practices	Krista Hankins May 2008
FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER PROFILING OF Enterococcus and Esherichia coli FOR MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING	Deniz YURTSEVER Sept 2007
The Implications of the First Flush Phenomenon on Infiltration BMP Design	Tom Batroney May 2007
An Infiltration Model of an Underground Rock Storage Bed Infiltration	Megan Vanacore Jan 2007
Stormwater Total Hydrocarbon and Hydrologic Mass Balance and a Chloride Mass Balance of the VU Stormwater Wetland	D. Salas-DeLaCruz Chemical Eng 2007
Evaluation and Restoration of Two Seepage Pits with Special Considerations for Nutrient, Metal, and Bacterial Contents	Matt Gore Oct 2007
An Examination of the Effect of Plant Density on Low Reynolds Number Flow in a Wetland	Erin Burke Aug 2007
Characterization Study of a Bio-Infiltration Stormwater BMP	Jordan Ermilio Dec 2005
Pollutant Removal Efficiency and Seasonal Variation of a Storm Water Wetland BMP	Gregg Woodruff Sep 2005
A Hydrologic Analysis Of An Infiltration BMP	Erika Dean Sep 2005
An Infiltration Analysis of the Villanova Porous Concrete Infiltration Basin BMP	Andrea Braga Sep 2005
Pollutant Removal Efficiency of a Stormwater Wetland BMP during Baseflow and Storm Events	Matthew Rea Sep 2004
Water Quality Study of a Porous Concrete Concrete Infiltration BMP	Michael Kwiatkowski May 2004
Water Quantity Study of a Porous Concrete Concrete Infiltration BMP	Tyler Ladd June 2004
Determining the Effectiveness of the Villanova Bio-Infiltration Traffic Island in Infiltrating Annual Runoff	Matt Prokop May 2003

Undergraduate Research

Thermal Enrichment - A study of Villanova's Stormwater Wetlands Site	Kelly C. Doyle May 2005
Chloride Concentration Evaluation: Villanova Porous Concrete Site	Andrea Braga May 2004
Exploration of the Ecological Integrity of a Constructed Wetland vs. a Natural Stream on the Villanova University Campus in Southeastern Pennsylvania	Matthew Ortynsky Fall 2004