weldon hammond

Weldon W. Hammond, Jr.

Distinguished Professorship - Associate Professor
Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio, 1984

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Distingushed Professorship Hydrogeology Engineering Geology

Background/Research Interests

Dr. Hammond has been a Consulting Geologist from 1970 to the present.  His forte is in successfully dealing with ground-water exploration, ground-water management problems, recharge enhancement studies, solid waste site location, water flood projects, mineral exploration and development (oil, gas, uranium gravel).  He is the Director of the Center for Water Research. 

Teaching Interests

GEO 1103 Introduction to Earth Systems; GEO 4023 Engineering Geology; GEO 4623 Ground-Water Hydrology

Selected Publications

Manz, L.R., and Hammond, W.W., 2007, The Challenge for Water Resources in Honduras, 2007, Bulletin of the South Texas Geological Society.

Murray, Kyle, Straud, David, and Hammond, W.W., 2007, Characterizing Ground Water Flow in a Fractured Karst System Using Optical Brighteners from Septic Systems as Tracers., Environmental Geology, p.12

Hammond, W.W., Manz, L.R., Green, R.T., and Andino Cruz, O.A., 2008, Watershed Characterization for a Water Resources Decision Support System in Honduras, In Proceedings, 21^st Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental and Engineering Geophysicists, Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems, Philadelphia, PA.

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