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Faculty
Emeritus Faculty
Part-Time Lecturer
Post-Doctoral Fellows
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John Durant
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Education
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
B.S., Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, 1984
Experience
2001 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University
1995 - 2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University
1993 - 1995 Post-Doctoral Associate, Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1987 - 1993 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1986 - 1987 Environmental Scientist, Camp Dresser & McKee
1984 - 1985 Fisheries Observer, National Marine Fisheries Service
Research Interests
- Chemical exchange between surface waters and aquatic sediments
- Transport and transformation of pollutants in wetland systems
- Watershed-scale chemical fate and transport processes
- Watershed management for parasite control
- Particulate airborne pollution measurement and monitoring
Teaching
- CEE-194GIS Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
- CEE 172 Fate and Transport of Chemicals in the Environment
- CEE-30 Environmental Chemistry
- CEE-293 Chemical Principles for Environmental & Water Resources Engineering
Service (selected)
- 2005 - Present: BSEvE Program Director
- 2000 - Present: Watershed Management Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers
- 2000 - Present: Steering Committee for the Mystic River Collaborative
- 1999 - 2005: School of Engineering Curriculum Committee, Tufts University
- 1998 - Present: Water Quality Committee, Mystic River Watershed Association
Awards
- 1999: Leadership in Teaching Award (Alewife/Mystic River Advocates)
- 1987, 1989 - 1993: Research Assistantship (MIT)
- Fall 1990; Spring 1992: Teaching Assistantship (MIT)
- 1988 - 1989: Hazardous Substances Program Fellowship (MIT)
Professional Affiliations
1987 - Present: American Society of Civil Engineers
Professional Registration
1995 - Present: Licensed Professional Engineering in Massachusetts
Classes Taught
- Hydraulics (1997 - 2005)
- Water Pollution and Human Health (1999, 2001)
- Hazardous Materials (1995 - 2000)
- Fate + Transport of Chemicals in the Environment (1996 - 2007)
- Environmental Chemistry (2005 - 2007)
- Chemical Principles for Environmental & Water Res. Eng. (2006, 2007)
- Capstone (undergraduate level) (1998 - 2007)
Funded Research (selected)
- Engineering Interventions in the Primary Prevention of Schistosomiasis
in Rural Ghana, Tisch College (at Tufts University), 2006-2008, Co-Principal
Investigator, $60,000.
- Evaluation of Up-flow Circulators to Control Eurasian Watermilfoil in a
Suburban Lake, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation,
2006-2008, Principal Investigator, $75,000.
- Watershed and In-Lake Controls to Manage Phosphorus and Arsenic Levels
in an Urban Lake, Town of Arlington, Massachusetts, 2004-2007, Principal
Investigator, $75,000.
- The Quito Integrated Environment and Policy Study, National Institute of
Health, 2003-2005, Co-Principal Investigator (with others at Tufts)
$320,000.
- Improved Science and Decision Support for Managing Watershed Nutrient
Loads, US Environmental Protection Agency, 2003-2005, Co-Principal
Investigator (with others at Tufts and Massachusetts Institute of
Technology) $750,000.
- EMPACT Grant: Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling for
Equitable Recreation on the Mystic River, US EPA, subcontract to the City of
Somerville, 2001-2003, Co-Principal Investigator (with others at Tufts)
$359,000.
Recent Theses and Projects
- Charline Han (MS Thesis Advisor) Risk Factors for the Transmission of
Urinary Schistosomiasis in a Rural Ghanaian Community Impacted by Gold
Mining
- Erica Scheckel (MS Thesis Advisor) Phosphorus and Arsenic remobilization
from the sediments of an alum treated lake
- Michele Cutrofello (MS Thesis Advisor) Fate and Transport of Nitrogen
and Phosphorus in the Aberjona River.
- Megan Brachtl (MS Thesis Advisor) Spatial and temporal variations and
source emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Quito, Ecuador.
- Marc Zubick (MS Thesis Advisor) Distinguishing Historical and
Present-day Sources of PAH to Urban Lakes
- Valerie Monastra (MS Thesis Advisor) Environmental Legacy of Arsenical
Herbicide Application to Lakes and Ponds in Massachusetts and its policy
implications
- Kim Oriel (MS Thesis Advisor) Predictive bacteria models for a
sewage-impacted urban watershed
- Matt Heberger (MS Thesis Committee Member) Modeling Nonpoint Source
Bacteria Loading in Urban Rivers
- Paul Lattanzi (MS Thesis Advisor) Persistence and Remobilization of
Arsenic in Massachusetts Lakes Treated with Arsenical Herbicides
- Christine Tabak (MS Thesis Committee Member) Predicting Sediment Loads
in the Aberjona River, MA: A Comparison of Physical and Regression Models
- Rebecca Overacre (MS Thesis Advisor) Road salt impacts on the
biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus in a stratified lake.
- Jeff Wong, Julie Litzenberger, Shannon Cahill, and Becca Pease (Faculty
Advisor CEE Senior Design Project). “Design for the Restoration of Spy Pond,
Arlington, MA”; Presented at the Parsons Brinckerhoff Student Design
Competition, ASCE/EWRI Water Resources Planning Conference, Roanoke, VA,
May, 2002 (the students took first place based on their paper and
presentation).
- Kate Meierdiercks and Dahlia Naveh (Special Project Advisor). “Mapping
the Bathymetry of Spy Pond (Arlington, MA)”
- Kim Oriel, Sarah Widing, John Helwig, Cristina Correa, Christina Connor-Cerezzo,
Kevin Stazowski, Kristina Ekholm, and Ian Jarvis (Faculty Advisor CEE Senior
Design Project). “The Design of an Environmentally-Sustainable Community for
Rural New Mexico” (this project won first-place at the 11th annual WERC
competition in Las Cruces, NM).
- Kalsoum Abbasi (MS Thesis Committee Member) Monitoring and Modeling of
Phosphorus in Spy Pond, Arlington, MA.
- Katherine LeBlanc (MS Thesis Co-Advisor) Stabilization of coal tar
wastes in concrete.
- Katherine Bednar (MS Thesis Advisor) An emissions inventory of
combustion-generated particulate matter in air in Massachusetts for 1990
(graduated in February 2000).
- Nat Woodruff (MS Thesis Advisor) Human cell mutagenicity of disinfection
byproducts.
- Tatianna Ivushkina (MS Thesis Advisor) Toxic elements in the sediments
of the Alewife Brook and Mill Brook Watersheds.
- Janna Dunbar (MS Thesis Advisor) Determining the contribution of mobile
sources of PAH to urban air using a real-time PAH monitor
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