Dr. Kathleen Bower

Associate Professor
Geology/Geography Department
217-581-6245
EMAIL:    kmbower@eiu.edu.

kathy in Scotland

Research Interests 

  • Environmental Geology 
  • Groundwater Hydrology 
  • Engineering Geology 

 

Kathy Bower has research interests in human interaction with the environment.  This includes the availability and continuing use of water resources, the use of earthen materials for human structures, and the continued sustainable use of the environment.  Kathy has developed numerical programs for geothermal energy extraction,  grid generation, and solute transport.  She has developed computer models of solute transport in groundwater for projects such as the permanent storage of  radioactive waste in the U.S and potential release of  radioactive contaminants into surface and groundwater from mines and disposal sites. 

Currently, Dr. Bower is interested in the  impact of human resource use on the continuation of human communities.  She is developing methods to explore sustainable use of resources in human communities. 

Academic Background 

  • B.S. - Geological Engineering, University of Minnesota 
  • M.S. - Geological Engineering, University of Minnesota 
  • M.S. - Secondary Education, University of Akron 
  • Ph.D. - Civil Engineering, University of New Mexico, 1996 
Licensed Professional Engineer in the State Of Illinois
Courses

 

Teacher Resources

Links to useful K-12 and undergraduate Earth Science classroom demonstrations


 

Digital Reports of Interest:
K. Garner, 2003, The Kickapoo in Coles County and Illinois
K.M Bower, 2003, Geology and Human Settlement of Coles County, Illinois
K.M. Bower, 2005,    Water Resources in Coles County, Illinois


Publications: 

Miller, I. and Roman (Bower), K., Development of an Inter-layer Solute Transport Algorithm for SOLTR Computer Program. Part I: The Algorithm, NTIS No. UCRL-15180/HDM, 1979 

Miller, I., W.  Dershowitz,  K.  Jones, L. Myer, and K. Roman (Bower), Simulation of Geothermal Subsidence, NTIS No. LBL-10794/HDM, 1980 

Miller, I., W.  Dershowitz,  K.  Jones, L. Myer, and K. Roman (Bower), Physical Processes of Compaction, Companion Report 1 to Simulation of Geothermal Subsidence, NTIS No. LBL-10838/HDM, 1980 

Miller, I., W.  Dershowitz,  K.  Jones, L. Myer, and K. Roman (Bower), Detailed Report on Tested Models, Companion Report 2 to Simulation of Geothermal Subsidence, NTIS No. LBL-10837/HDM, 1980 

Miller, I., W.  Dershowitz,  K.  Jones, L. Myer, and K. Roman (Bower), Case Study Data Base, Companion Report 3 to Simulation of Geothermal Subsidence, NTIS No. LBL-10839/HDM, 1980 

Bower, K.M., A Numerical Model of Hydro-thermo-mechanical Coupling in a Fractured Rock Mass, Ph.D. Thesis, University of New Mexico, 1996 

Bower, K.M., C.R. Richardson, and S.B. Schreiber, Review of the Berkeley Pit Superfund Site, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Report LA-UR-13205, 1996 

Hollis, D., E. Vold, R. Shuman, K. Birdsell, K. Bower, W. Hansen, D. Krier, P. Longmire, B. Newman, D. Rogers, and E. Springer, Performance Assessment and Composite Analysis for Los Alamos National Laboratory Material Disposal Area G, Los Alamos National Laboratory, LA-UR-97-85, Report-54G-013, R.1, 1997 

Birdsell, K., W. Soll, K. Bower, A. Wolfsberg, T. Orr, T. Cherry, Simulations of Groundwater Flow and Radionuclide Transport in the Vadose and Saturated Zones Beneath Area G, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, LA-UR-97-157, 1997 

Bower, K.M. and G. Zyvoloski, A Numerical Model of Hydro-thermo-mechanical Coupling in a Fractured Rock, Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. & Geomech. Abstr., V. 34, No. 8, pp. 1201-1211, 1997 

Birdsell, K.H., A.V. Wolfsberg, D. Hollis, T.A. Cherry, and K.M. Bower, Groundwater Flow and Radionuclide Transport Calculations for a Performance Assessment of a Low-level Waste Site, J. Contaminant Hydrology, V. 46, pp. 99-129, 2000 

Bower, K.E., S. Yousaf, S. Deus, A. Rutkiewic, M. Sychov, G.R. Haugeto, M. Kajor, K.M.  Bower, and C. Bower, Small Radioisotope Battery, U.S.SBIR project report DTIC number to be assigned, Sept. 2000 

Bower, K.M., Developing a Geologic Outreach Program, Journal of Geoscience Education, V. 50, n. 3, pp. 296-302, May, 2002 

Bower, K.M., C.W. Gable, and G.A. Zyvoloski, Grid Resolution Study of Saturated Flow and Transport, YuccaMountain, accepted for publication in Ground Water, 2004 

Bower, K.M., Glaciers formed Coles landscape, Charleston Times-Courier,  pp. D2-D3, April, 22, 2003

 

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