Jean-Yves Parlange, Ph.D.   Professor   Profile and CV	228 Riley Robb   jp58@cornell.edu   Web site
Environmental engineering and applications of nonlinear mathematics to water and solute   movement in porous media, surface and subsurface hydrology, watershed modeling, sediment   transport and erosion

Biography

After earning his doctorate, Parlange stayed on at Brown University for a year as a research associate. He then served two years in the French air force before becoming a member of the Yale University faculty in 1964. In 1968 Parlange became interested in agricultural problems while working at a Connecticut experimental station as a research scientist. In 1977 he joined the faculty of the University of Washington as a professor in the College of Forest Resources, and in 1978 he was appointed as a professor of applied mathematics at Griffith University, in Brisbane, Australia. He came to Cornell in 1985.

Research Interests

"Our research centers on the application of mathematics to agricultural and environmental problems. Our aim is to provide analytical descriptions of complex problems that are reasonably accurate and can be used for practical management purposes. The models are validated by comparison with numerical simulations as well as laboratory and field experiments. Most of our work is carried out in close collaboration with other scientists in many disciplines. These researchers are at Cornell, at other universities around the world, and at Agricultural Research Service laboratories of the U.S. Department of Agriculture."

Current Research Projects

Water Movement in Porous Media

Solute Transport in Soils

Surface and Subsurface Hydrology

Erosion and Sediment Transport

Similarity Solutions of the Nonlinear Diffusion Equation

Professional CV

Education

• Ph.D., Brown University, 1962
• Ingenieur Civil de l’Aeronautique, Ecole Nationale Superieure de l’Aeronautique (Paris), 1958

Employment

• Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Cornell University, 1985 - present
• Professor of Applied Mathematics, Environmental Sciences, Griffith University, 1978 - 1985 (Adjunct Professor, 1996)
• Professor, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, 1977 - 1978
• Mathematician, The Connecticut Agr. Exp. Station, 1971 - 1977
• Associate Professor, Yale University, Dept. of Engineering and Applied Science, 1969 - 1972
• Associate Scientist, The Connecticut Agr. Exp. Station, 1968 - 1971
• Assistant Professor, Yale University, Dept. of Engineering and Applied Science, 1964 - 1969

Short Term Appointments

• Professor of Hydrology, Earth Sciences, Flinders University, 1993 - 1994 (1 year)
• Visiting Professor, UWA Griffith University, CSIRO, 1991 - 1992 (1 year)
• Visiting Professor, USDA at Oxford and Cornell University, 1983 - 1984 (6 months)
• Visiting Professor, University of Grenoble, 1981 - 1982 (6 months)
• Visiting Scientist, Yale University and USDA at Beltsville, 1979 - 1980 (6 months)
• Pye Fellow, CSIRO, Canberra, 1971 - 1972 (9 months)
• Military Research Engineer, DRME, Paris, 1963 (1 year)
• Research Associate, Brown University, 1962 (6 months)

Professional Activities

Professional and Honorary Societies

• Sigma Xi
• Soil Science Society of America (Agronomy Society)
• American Geophysical Union (Elected Fellow in 1996)

Professional Assignments

• Sponsor in Thermodynamics ASME (1968 - 1970)
• AGU Committee on Unsaturated Zone (1975/1994)
• Assoc. Ed., Acta Mechanica (1976 - 1994); Environmental Modeling and Assessment (1995 - present)

Awards

• Fulbright Grant (1958)
• Minta Martin National Award (given by the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences to "Best Ph.D. of the Year in U.S. and Canada") (1962)
• AGU Horton Award (1997)

Publications

1. "Stochastic sediment transport in soil erosion." J. Hydrology 204:217-230 (1998) by I.G. Lisle, C.W. Rose, W.L. Hogarth, P.B. Hairsine, G.C. Sander and J.-Y. Parlange.
2. "Approximate analytical solution of the nonlinear diffusion equation for arbitrary boundary conditions." Transport in Porous Media 30:45-55 (1998) by J.-Y. Parlange, W.L. Hogarth, M.B. Parlange, R. Haverkamp, D.A. Barry, P.J. Ross and T.S. Steenhuis.
3. "Interpretation of two-region model parameters." Water Resources Res. 34:373-384 (1998) by J.W. Griffioen, D.A. Barry and J.-Y. Parlange.
4. "Groundwater recharge by preferential flow." Groundwater and hydrogeology in Taiwan, C. Poon, Y. Huang and C. Huang, Eds. National Taiwan Univ. Pub. pp. 1-14 (1998) by J.-Y. Parlange, T.S. Steenhuis, R.J. Glass, J.S. Selker, Y. Liu, D. DiCarlo, T.W.J. Bauters, P. Culligan and P. Nektarios.
5. "Unstable fingered flow of water into a light oil." Hydrology days, H. Morel-Seytoux, Ed. AGU Pub. 18:13-31 (1998) by D.G. Chandler, Z. Cohen, E. Wong, D.A. DiCarlo, T.S. Steenhuis and J.-Y. Parlange.
6. "Unsteady soil erosion due to rainfall impact and sediment transport." Hydrology days, H. Morel-Seytoux, Ed. AGU Pub. 18:245-258 (1998) by C.W. Rose, J.-Y. Parlange, I.G. Lisle, W.L. Hogarth, P.B. Hairsine and G.C. Sander.
7. "Some comments on ‘Deposition in narrow channels’." Chem. Eng. Sci.53:1317-1318 (1998) by W.L. Hogarth, J.-Y. Parlange and R. Wallach.
8. "Modeling the movement of water and solute through preferential flow paths." Handbook of groundwater engineering, J. Delleur, Ed. CRC Press. 21 pgs. (1998) by R. Wallach, T.S. Steenhuis and J.-Y. Parlange.
9. "Rapid fluid content measurement method for fingered flow in an oil-water-sand system using synchrotron X-rays." J. Contaminant Hydrol. 31:315-335 (1998) by A. Rimmer, D.A. DiCarlo, T.S. Steenhuis, B. Bierck, D. Durnford and J.-Y. Parlange.
10. "Visualization by light transmission of oil and water contents in transient two-phase flow fields." J. Contaminant Hydrol. 31:337-348 (1998) by C.J.G. Darnault, J.A. Throop, D.A. DiCarlo, A. Rimmer, T.S. Steenhuis and J.-Y. Parlange.
11. "Modeling transport in a single crack by the dual-porosity concept with a boundary layer at the interface". J. Contaminant Hydrol. 34:121-138 (1998) by R. Wallach and J.-Y. Parlange.
12. "Preferential flow in water-repellent sands." Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 62:1185-1190 (1998) by T.W.J. Bauters, D.A. DiCarlo, T.S. Steenhuis and J.-Y. Parlange.
13. "Influence of image resolution and thresholding on the apparent mass fractal characteristics of preferential flow patterns in field soils." Water Resources Res. 34:2783-2796 (1998) by P. Baveye, C.W. Boast, S. Ogawa, J.-Y. Parlange and T. Steenhuis.
14. "Dual-energy synchrotron X ray measurements of rapid soil density and water content changes in swelling soils during infiltration." Water Resources Res. 34:2837-2842 (1998) by P. Garnier, R. Angulo-Jaramillo, D.A. DiCarlo, T.W.J. Bauters, C.J.G. Darnault, T.S. Steenhuis, J.-Y. Parlange and P. Baveye.
15. "Reply to comments on ‘Beach water table fluctuations due to wave run-up: Capillarity effects’." Water Resources Res. 34:3205-3206 (1998) by L. Li, D.A. Barry, J.-Y. Parlange and C.B. Pattiaratchi.
16. "Comment on ‘Series solution for Richards equation under concentration boundary conditions and uniform initial conditions’ by G. Salvucci." Water Resources Res. 34:3211 (1998) by J.-Y. Parlange, W.L. Hogarth, D.A. Barry, T.S. Steenhuis, M.B. Parlange, R. Haverkamp, P.J. Ross and L. Li.
17. "A note on the time compression approximation." Water Resources Res. 34:3683-3686 (1998) by M.C. Liu, J.-Y. Parlange, M. Sivapalan and W. Brutsaert.
18. "Laboratory and field application of a twin disc infiltrometer for measurement of soil hydraulic properties." Shallow groundwater systems, P.J. Dillon and I. Simmes, Eds. International Contributions to Hydrogeology 18:41-51 (1998) by K.R.J. Smettem, R.J. Ross, R. Haverkamp, J.-Y. Parlange and P.J. Gregory.
19. "Soil structure and chemical transport: Australian case studies." Environmental sciences and environmental computing, Vol. 1, P. Zannetti and Y.Q. Zhang, Eds. Electronic Book Series, FiatLux Publications and EnviroComp Institute (1998) by F. Stagnitti, T.S. Steenhuis, J.-Y. Parlange, G. Allinson, M. Allinson, L. Li and J. Lloyd-Smith.
20. "Scaling of the Richards Equation and Its Application to Watershed Modeling." Scale dependence and scale invariance in hydrology, G. Sposito, Ed. Cambridge University Press. pp. 190-223 (1998) by R. Haverkamp, J.-Y. Parlange, R. Cuenca, P.J. Ross and T.S. Steenhuis
21. "Lateral expansion of preferential flow paths in sands." Water Resources Res. 35:427-434 (1999) by D.A. DiCarlo, T.W.J. Bauters, C.J.G. Darnault, T.S. Steenhuis and J.-Y. Parlange.
22. "Can we distinguish Richards’ and Boussinesq’s equations for hillslopes?" The Coweeta experiment revisited." Water Resources Res. 35:589-593 (1999) by T.S. Steenhuis, J.-Y. Parlange, W.E. Sanford, A. Heilig, F. Stagnitti and M.F. Walter.
23. "Surface fractal characteristics of preferential flow patterns in field soils: Evaluation and effect of image processing." Geoderma 88:109-136 (1999) by S. Ogawa, P. Baveye, C.W. Boast, J.-Y. Parlange and T.S. Steenhuis.
24. "Reply to ‘Comment on Beach water table fluctuations due to wave run-up: Capillarity effects’ by P. Nielsen." Water Resources Res. 35:1323-1324 (1999) by L. Li, D.A. Barry, J.-Y. Parlange and C.B. Pattiaratchi.
25. "Solving the Boussinesq equation using solutions of the Blasius equation." Water Resources Res. 35:885-887 (1999) by W.L. Hogarth and J.-Y. Parlange.
26. "Green and Ampt infiltration into soils of variable pore size with depth." Water Resources Res. 35:1685-1688 (1999) by J.S. Selker, J. Duan and J.-Y. Parlange.
27. "Transport of cryptosporidium parvum oocysts through saturated columns." J. Environ. Quality 28:809-815 (1999) by C.F. Brush, W.C. Ghiorse, L.J. Anguish, J.-Y. Parlange and H.G. Grimes.
28. "Addendum to Unsteady soil erosion model." J. Hydrology 217:149-156 (1999) by J.-Y. Parlange, W.L. Hogarth, C.W. Rose, G.C. Sander, P. Hairsine and I. Lisle.
29. "Reply to comment on ‘Linearised Boussinesq equation for modeling bank storage - a correction’ by A.R. Kacimov." J. Hydrology 218:97-98 (1999) by W.L. Hogarth, J.-Y. Parlange, R.S. Govindaraju and J.K. Koelliker.
30. "Comment on ‘Analytical series expressions for Hantush’s M and S functions’ by M.G. Trefry." Water Resources Res. 35:2279-2280 (1999) by D.A. Barry, J.-Y. Parlange and M. Crapper.
31. "Soil properties and water movement." Vadose zone hydrology - Cutting across disciplines, M.B. Parlange and J.W. Hopmans, Eds. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. pp. 99-129 (1999) by J.-Y. Parlange, T.S. Steenhuis, R. Haverkamp, D.A. Barry, P.J. Culligan, W.L. Hogarth, M.B. Parlange, P. Ross and F. Stagnitti.
32. "Sorptivity and the estimation of water penetration into unsaturated concrete." Materials and Structures 32:342-347 (1999) by D. Lockington, J.-Y. Parlange and P. Dux.
33. "Tidal along-shore groundwater flow in a coastal aquifer." Environ. Modeling and Assessment 4:179-188 (1999) by L. Li, D.A. Barry, F. Stagnitti and J.-Y. Parlange.
34. "Unsteady soil erosion due to rainfall impact: A model of sediment sorting on the hillslope." J. Hydrology 220:115-128 (1999) by P.B. Hairsine, G.C. Sander, C.W. Rose, J.-Y. Parlange, W.L. Hogarth, I. Lisle and H. Rouhipour.
35. "Approximations for the Hantush M function." J. Hydrology 221:91-96 (1999) by D.A. Barry, J.-Y. Parlange and M. Crapper.
36. "Fingered flow in laboratory golf putting greens." J. Turfgrass Management 3:53-67 (1999) by P.A. Nektarios, T.S. Steenhuis, A.M. Petrovic and J.-Y. Parlange.
37. "Estimation of ponding time for constant surface flux." Hydrology days, H. Morel-Seytoux, Ed. AGU Pub. 19:402-410 (1999) by G.C. Sander, J.-Y. Parlange, R.E. Smith and R. Haverkamp and W.L. Hogarth.
38. "Submarine groundwater discharge and associated chemical input to a coastal sea." Water Resources Res. 35:3253-3259 (1999) by L. Li, D.A. Barry, F. Stagnitti and J.-Y. Parlange.
39. "Reply to comment on ‘Can we distinguish Richards’ and Boussinesq’s equations for hillslopes?: The Coweeta experiment revisited’ by C. Michel." Water Resources Res. 35:3575-3576 (1999) by T.S. Steenhuis, J.-Y. Parlange, W.E. Sanford, A. Heilig, F. Stagnitti and M.F. Walter.