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Dr. Reeves’ research involves applied and theoretical investigations of fluid flow, heat and solute transport in various types of porous media, with a specialty in fractured rock systems. His research has been applied to various problems, including assessing climate change impacts on water resources, environmental fate and transport of contaminants such as nitrate, per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), radionuclides, and road salts, geological waste disposal, geothermal energy,  hydrogeologic characterization, and surface water - ground water interaction.

Courses

• Surface Water Hydrology (GEOS 5090)
• Principles of Hydrogeology (GEOS 5120)
• Remediation Design and Implementation (GEOS 5240)
• Principles and Practices of Aquifer Testing (GEOS 5260)
• Advanced Hydrology (GEOS 6120)

Recent Publications 

*Link, G.W., D.M. Reeves, D.P. Cassidy, and *E.S. Coffin (2024), Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in final treated solids (biosolids) from 190 Michigan wastewater treatment plants, Journal of Hazardous Materials (IF=13.6), 463, 132734,  

*Vitale, D.S., D.M. Reeves, *E.S. Coffin, *G.W. Link, D.P. Cassidy, and S.M. Rochow (2023), Long-duration monitoring and mass balance of PFAS at a wastewater treatment plant following the release of aqueous-film forming foam, Water Research (IF=12.8), 242, 1202868,   

*Fan, X., and D.M. Reeves (2023), A framework for assessing the 4^th rank dispersivity tensor under anisotropic axial symmetries, Hydrogeology Journal (IF=2.8),  

*Coffin, E.S., D.M. Reeves, and D.P. Cassidy (2023), Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: Sources, Transformations, Leachate Trends, and Challenges, Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health (IF=8.4), 31, 100418,   

Reeves, D.M., H.V. Pham, R. Parashar, and N.L. Sund (2023), Fracture connectivity and flow path tortuosity elucidated from advective transport to a pumping well in complex 3D networks, Engineering Geology (IF=7.4), 313, 106960,  

*Akara, M.E.M., D.M. Reeves, M.D.T. Gnazou, and G. Boguido (2022), Assessing future climate trends and their impact on different fractured rock aquifers in Northern Togo, Journal of Water and Climate Change (IF=2.8), 13(11),  

*Helmer, R.W., D.M. Reeves, and D.P. Cassidy (2022), Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) cycling within Michigan: Contaminated sites, landfills and wastewater treatment plants, Water Research (IF=12.8), 210, 117983,  

*Akara, M.E.M., D.M. Reeves, and R. Parashar (2021), Impact of horizontal spatial clustering in two-dimensional fracture networks on solute transport, Journal of Hydrology (IF=6.4), 603, 127055,  

*Buszka, T.T. and D.M. Reeves (2021), Pathways and timescales associated with nitrogen transport from septic systems in coastal aquifers intersected by canals, Hydrogeology Journal (IF=2.8), 29, 1953–1964,

*Cascarano, R.N., D.M. Reeves, M.H. Henry (2020), A dye tracer approach for quantifying fluid and solute flux across the sediment-water interface, Groundwater (IF=2.6), 59(3),  

Li, Xicheng, Y. Zhang, D.M. Reeves, Zheng, C. (2020), Fractional derivative models for non-Fickian transport in a single fracture and its extension, Journal of Hydrology (IF=6.4), 590, 125396,  

*Akara, M.E.M., D.M. Reeves, and R. Parashar (2020), Enhancing fracture-network characterization and discrete-fracture-network simulation with high-resolution surveys using unmanned aerial vehicles, Hydrogeology Journal (IF=2.8), 28, 2285-2302,

Reeves, D.M., *T.T. Buszka, *M.E. Wayt and D. Greene (2020), Pneumatic slug manifold design and practical considerations, Groundwater (IF=2.6), 58(3), 416-418,  

(*student author) 

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