
Barney and Estelle Morris Professor (Emeritus)
Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2115
Areas of interest include hydrology, soil moisture groundwater, hydraulics, geology, numerical methods, computers, and environmental earth sciences.
Education:
1946 AB Physics, Columbia University
1949 MA Geology, Columbia University
1954 PhD Geology, Columbia University
Professional Experience:
1996-present Professor Emeritus
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
1972-1996 Professor
Departments of Applied Earth Sciences and Geology, Stanford University
1975-1982 Chairman
Department of Applied Earth Sciences, Stanford University
1968-1972 Professor
Department of Geology, Stanford University
1954-1968 Lecturer to Professor
Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel Institute of Technology
1949-1973 Supervising Geologist and Engineer
U.S. Geological Survey
Publications:
- 1951 Remson, I., 1951, Results of pumping test at Seabrook Farms, N.J., Jan. 16-19, 1951, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report.
- 1954 Remson, I., 1954, Hydrologic studies at Seabrook, N.Y.: U.S. Geological Survey Open File; PhD dissertation Columbia University, University Microfilms, 313 N. First St., Ann Arbor, Michigan, Publication No. 8766, 171 Pages, 32.14, Library of Congress, MicA54-1997.
- 1954 Remson, I., and G. S. Fox, 1954, Some unreliable types of groundwater observation wells; U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report.
- 1955 Remson, I., and G.S. Fox, 1955, Capillary Losses From Groundwater Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 304-310.
- 1955 Remson, I., and S.M. Lang, 1955, A pumping test method for the determination of specific field: Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 321-325, April.
- 1955 Remson, I., and G.S. Fox, 1955, The displacement of calibration curves for electrical soil-moisture units: Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 821-826, October.
- 1955 Barksdale, H.C. and I. Remson, 1955, The effect of land-management practices on ground water: Pub. No. 37, Int'l. Assn. Hydrology, 10th Gen Assembly, IUGG, Rome, 1954, Vol. 2, pp. 521-525.
- 1955 Remson, I., and H.J. Halstead, 1955, An electrical device for solving ground water problems: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report.
- 1956 Remson, I., and T.E.A. van Hylckama, 1956, Nomographs for the rapid analysis of aquifer tests: Journal American Water Works Assoc., Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 511516, May.
- 1956 Remson, I., and G.S. Fox, 1956, Discussion of the displacement of calibration curves for electrical soil-moisture units: Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 497-499, August.
- 1958 Remson, I., and J.R. Randolph, 1958, Root growth near tensiometer cups as a cause of diurnal fluctuations of readings: Soil Science, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 167171, March.
- 1958 Remson, I., and J.R. Randolph, 1958, Application of statistical methods to the analysis of ground water levels: Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 75-83, February.
- 1958 Remson, I., and J.R. Randolph, 1958, The design of irrigation ponds using pond and ground water storage: Transactions, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 65-67, 75.
- 1959 Remson, I., J.R. Randolph, and H.C. Barksdale, 1959, The zone of aeration and ground water recharge: Journal American Water Works Association Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 371-378, March.
- 1959 Little, S., H.W. Lull, and I. Remson, 1959, Changes in woodland vegetation and soils after spraying large amounts of waste water: Forest Science, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 18-27, March.
- 1959 Remson, I., and J.R. Randolph, 1959, Soil moisture measurements with a neutron-scattering instrument: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report.
- 1959 Remson, I., and G.S. Fox, 1959, Hydrology of the Seabrook Farms, N.J. wastewater spreading area: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report.
- 1960 Remson, I., J.R. Randolph, and H.C. Barksdale, 1960, The zone of aeration and ground water recharge in sandy sediments at Seabrook, N.J., Soil Science, Vol. 89, No. 3.
- 1960 Remson, I., S.S. McNeary, and J.R. Randolph, 1960, A note on water levels in the vicinity of a well discharging from an uncontrolled aquifer: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report.
- 1960 Remson, I., S.S. McNeary, and J.R. Randolph, Water levels in the vicinity of a well discharging from an unconfined aquifer: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1536-B, pp. 27-39.
- 1961 Remson, I., R.C. Steifel, and R.V. Giles, 1961, A system for describing classifying mapping and comparing surface-water bodies for military purposes: Drexel Institute of Technology, 97 pages.
- 1962 Remson, I., R.V. Giles, R.L. Drake, E. Boles, and R.C. Steifel, 1962, Some systems for describing, classifying, mapping and comparing surface-water bodies for military purposes: Drexel Institute of Technology, Annual Report, 165 pages.
- 1962 McNeary, S.S., I. Remson, and H.S.C. Chen, 1962, hydraulics of wells in unconfined aquifers: American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of the Hydraulics Division, Vol. 88, No. HY6, pp. 115-123.
- 1962 Remson, I., and J.R. Randolph, 1962, Review of some elements of soil-moisture theory: U.S. Geological Society, Prof. Paper 411-D, 38 pages.
- 1963 Remson, I., and CA. Appel, 1963, Effect on groundwater supplies of the proposed deepening of the Raritan River, Washington Canal, and South River in Middlesex County, N.J.
- 1963 Wells, E.M., and I. Remson, 1963, Applications of tracers in studies of soil water movement: Rept. Comm. on Physics of Soil Moisture, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, Vol. 44, No. 2.
- 1965 Remson, I., R.L. Drake, S.S. McNeary, and E.M. Wells, 1965, Vertical drainage of an unsaturated soil: ASCE, Journal of Hydraulics Division, Vol. 91, No. HY1, part 1, pp. 55-74, January, Proc. Paper 4196.
- 1965 Remson, I., Appel, C.A., and Webster, R.A., 1965, Ground-water models solved by digital computer: ASCE, Journal of the Hydraulics Division, Vol. 91, No. HY3, pp. 133-147, May, Proc. Paper 4330.
- 1965 Remson, I., 1965, Methods of analyzing underground flow systems: Symposium on Acid Mine Drainage Research, Coal Ind. AdVol. Comm. to the Ohio River Valley Sanit. Comm. May 21, 1965, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pp. 127-135.
- 1965 Remson, I., R.L. Drake, S.S. McNeary, and E.M. Wells, 1965, Vertical drainage of an unsaturated soil correction: ASCE of the Hydraulics Division, Vol. 91, No. HY4, Part 1, p. 296, July 1965 Closure-Vol. 92, No. HY2, March 1966, p. 361.
- 1965 Remson, I., R.L.M. Resnicoff, and B.B. Scott, 1965, Numerical studies of unsaturated soils: Am. Soc. Agr. Eng., Winter Meeting, Chicago, Dec. 10.
- 1966 Hornberger, G.M., A.A. Fungaroli, and I. Remson, 1966, A computer program for the numerical analysis of soil-moisture systems: Drexel Inst. Tech., College of Eng. and Science, Series I, No. 1, August.
- 1967 Remson, I., A.A. Fungaroli, and G.M. Hornberger 1967, Numerical analysis of soil-moisture systems: ASCE, Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division, September.
- 1967 Remson, I., and A.A. Fungaroli, 1967, Effect of the Proposed Crab Island Reservoir on ground-water supplied from the Old Bridge Sand Member of the Raritan Formation: U.S. Geological Survey Report for the Corps of Engineers.
- 1967 Remson, I., M. Resnicoff, and B.B. Scott, 1967, Numerical studies of drainage of unsaturated soils: Transactions, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 388-390.
- 1968 Remson, I., A.A. Fungaroli, and A.W. Lawrence, 1968, Water movement in an unsaturated sanitary landfill: American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division, Vol. 94, No. SA2, April, pp. 307-317.
- 1968 Molz, F.J., I. Remson, A.A. Fungaroli, and R.L. Drake, 1968, Soil moisture availability for transpiration: Journal, Water Resources Research, Vol 4, No. 6, pp. 1161-1169.
- 1968 Remson, I., A.A. Fungaroli, and R.J. Schoenberger, 1968, Preliminary plan for water supply and sewage-disposal systems for the upper east branch of the Brandywine Creek: Report for the U.S. Geological Survey University of Pennsylvania Institute of Environmental Studies, Regional Soil Research Institute.
- 1968 Fungaroli, A.A., I. Remson, G.M. Hornberger, and F.J. Molz, 1968, Computer models in subsurface urban hydrology: American Society of Civil Engineers, Hydraulics Conference, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, August.
- 1968 Fungaroli, A.A., R.L. Steiner, and I. Remson, 1968, Design of a sanitary landfill laboratory lysimeter: Drexel Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Series I, No. 9, 25 pages, July.
- 1969 Drake, R.L., F.J. Molz, I. Remson, and A.A. Fungaroli, 1969, Similarity approximation for the radial flow subsurface problem: Journal, Water Resources Research, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 673-684, June.
- 1969 Hornberger, G.M., I. Remson, and A.A. Fungaroli, 1969, Numeric studies of a composite soil-moisture ground-water system: Journal, Water Resources Research, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 797-802.
- 1969 Remson, L, 1969, Hydrologic and disposal problems in urban development: Association of Engineering Geologists, 12th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, October.
- 1970 Hornberger, G.M., J. Ebert, and I. Remson, 1970, Numerical solution of the Boussinesq Equation for aquifer-stream interaction: Journal, Water Resources Research, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 601-608.
- 1970 Hornberger, G.M., and 1. Remson, 1970, A moving-boundary model of the onedimensional, saturated-unsaturated transient porous system: Journal, Water Resources Research, Vol 6, No. 3, pp. 898-905.
- 1970 Molz, F.J., and I. Remson, 1970, Extraction-term models of soil-moisture use by transpiring plants: Journal, Water Resources Research, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 13461356.
- 1970 Remson, L, 1970, The role of the hydrologist and hydrogeologic models in urban planning: Symposium on: Geology and the Human Environment, GSA, Rocky Mountain Section, 1970 Annual Meeting, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota, May.
- 1971 Molz, F.J., and I. Remson, 1971, Application of an extraction term model to the study of moisture flow to plant roots: Journal of Agronomy, Vol. 63, pp. 72-77, January-February.
- 1971 Remson, L, G.M. Hornberger, and F.J. Molz, 1971, Numerical methods in subsurface hydrology: John Wiley and Sons, 389 pages.
- 1971 Remson, L, and C. Kilburn, 1971, Hydrogeologic model of the San Juan Valley, San Benito County, California.
- 1971 Remson, L, and C. Kilburn, 1971, Hydrogeologc computer models in geologic sensing.
- 1972 Hornberger, G.M., and 1. Remson, 1972, Discussion of: Unsteady free surface ground water seepage, by R.D. Verma, and W. Brutsaert, Journal of the Hydraulics Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, HY 3, Proc. Paper 8749, pp. 579-580, March.
- 1972 Remson, L, and F.J. Molz, G.M. Hornberger, 1972, Numerical methods in hydrology: A correspondence course: U.S. Geological Survey.
- 1972 Remson, I., 1972, Hydrologic and disposal problems in urban areas, in, D.D. Nichols, and C.R. Campbell, (eds.) Environmental Planning and Geology: Proceedings of Symposium on Engineering Geology in the Urban Environment, U.S. Department of Housing and Urabn Development and U.S. Geological Survey, pp. 36-41.
- 1972 Remson, I., and M.B. Zucker, 1972, Interaction of an unconfined aquifer with surface water and soil moisture, in Hydrogeology Division Symposium, Geological Society of America, Minneapolis, November.
- 1973 Zucker, M.B., I. Remson, J. Ebert, and E. Aguado, 1973: Hydrologic studies using the Boussinesq Equation with a Recharge term: Journal, Water Resources Research, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 586-592, June.
- 1974 Aguado, E., and I. Remson, 1974, Groundwater Hydraulics in aquifer management, Journal of the Hydraulics Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 100, No. HY 1, Proc. Paper 10287, pp. 103-118, January.
- 1974 Dibble, W.E., F.W. Dickson, and I. Remson, 1974, Hydrologic processes involved in the genesis of oxidized ore deposits, Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, March 30, Las Vegas.
- 1974 Pikul, M.F., R. L. Street, and I. Remson, 1974, A numerical model based on coupled one-dimensional Richards and Boussinesq equations, Journal, Water Resources Research: Vol. 10, No. 2, April, pp. 295-302.
- 1974 Aguado, E., I. Remson, M.F. Pikul, and W.A. Thomas, 1974, Optimal pumping for aquifer dewatering, Journal of the Hydraulics Division American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 100, No. HY7, Proc. Paper 10639, pp. 869-877, July.
- 1974 Remson, K.A., E. Aguado, and I. Remson, 1974, Tests of a groundwater optimization technique, Ground Water, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 273-276, September October.
- 1975 Pikul, M.F., R.L. Street, and I. Remson, 1975, Discussion of a numerical model based on coupled one-dimensional Richard sand Boissinesq Equations, Journal, Water Resources Research.
- 1975 Remson, I., 1975, Numerical models in groundwater management, International Conference on Biological Water Quality Improvement Alternatives, University of Pennsylvania Center for Ecological Research in Planning and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March.
- 1976 Remson, I., 1976, Numerical methods, application to problems in subsurface hydrology, Encyclopedia of Soil Science and Applied Geology, Resource Management and Mineral Exploration Consultants, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale.
- 1976 Aguado, E.I., I. Remson, M.F. Pikul, and W.A. Thomas, 1976, Closure: Optimal Pumping for Aquifer Dewatering, Journal of the Hydraulics Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 101, No. HY 11 p. 1444, November.
- 1976 Alley, W.M., E. Aguado, and I. Remson, 1976, Aquifer Management under transient and steady-state conditions, Bulletin: Water Resources Association, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 963-972, October.
- 1976 Remson, I., 1976, Numerical models in groundwater management, in Biological Control of Water Pollution, Joachim Tourbier and Robert W. Pierson, Jr. (eds.), University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 283-285.
- 1977 Aguado, E., N. Sitar, and I. Remson, 1977, Sensitivity analysis in aquifer studies, Water Resources Research, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 733-737, August.
- 1978 Remson, I., and G.G. Mader, 1978, Environmental Earth Sciences at Stanford University, Schoenfield, Clay, and Dinsinger, Environmental Education in Action II: Case Studies of Selected Environmental Studies Programs in Colleges and University Today, ERIC ISMEAC, The Ohio State University, pp. 435-442.
- 1978 Howard, A.D., and I. Remson, 1978, Geology in Environmental Planning, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, 478 p.
- 1978 Reeder, J.W., D.L. Freyberg, J.B. Franzini, and I. Remson, 1978, The effect of rapidly-varying surface-water depths on infiltration into unsaturated soils, American Geophysical Union, Miami, April.
- 1978 Remson, I., and D. Stonestrom, 1978, Research needs in wetlands hydrology, National Wetlands Technical Council, Workshop on Wetlands Ecosystems, University of Georgia, Athens, June.
- 1979 Gorelick, S.M., I. Remson, and R.W. Cottle, 1979, Management model of a groundwater system with a transient pollutant source, Journal, Water Resources Research, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 1243-1249, October.
- 1979 Remson, I., and S.M. Gorelick, 1979, Incorporating physical groundwater variables in management models, International Conference Operations Research in Agriculture and Water Resources, International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Jerusalem, November.
- 1980 Reeder, J.W., D.L. Freyberg, J.B. Franzini, and I. Remson, 1980, Infiltration under rapidly varying surface-water depths, Water Resources Research, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 97-104, February.
- 1980 Freyberg, D.L., J.W. Reeder, J.B. Franzini, and I, Remson, 1980, Application of the Green-Ampt model to infiltration under time-dependent surface water depths, Water Resources Research, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 517-528, June.
- 1980 Aguado, E., and I. Remson, 1980, Ground-water management with fixed charges, Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 106, No. WR2, Proceedings Paper 15521, July 1980, pp. 375-382.
- 1980 Remson, I., S.M. Gorelick, and J.F. Fleigner, 1980, Computer models in groundwater exploration, Ground Water, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 447-451, September October.
- 1980 Remson, I., and S.M. Gorelick, 1980, Management models incorporating groundwater variables, Proceedings of Operations Research in Agriculture and Water Resources, Jerusalem, 25-29 November: D. Yaron and C. Tapiero (eds.), North-Holland Publishing Co., pp. 333-356.
- 1980 Remson, I., S.J. Dreiss, and A.G. Journel, 1980, Radioactive waste disposal an application of predictive geology, 26th International Geological Congress, Paris, July.
- 1980 Remson, I., 1980, Introduction to mathematical groundwater models, Proceedings International Seminar on Groundwater Resources Development and Management, School of Hydrology, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, November, 1979.
- 1980 Remson, I., 1980, Hydrologic issues in repository siting, 1980 NWTS Information Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, December 9-11, 1980.
- 1981 Remson, I., and S.M. Gorelick, 1981, Hydrogeological issues in high level nuclear waste isolation: GSA Symposium on Hydrogeology of High Level Nuclear Waste Isolation, Symposium No. 18, Vol. 2-5, 1981, Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 1981 Remson, I., 1981, Management and modeling methods in hydrogeology: Invited Birdsall lecture, GSA, November 2-5, 1981, Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 1982 Gorelick, S.M., and I. Remson, 1982, Optimal dynamic management of multiple groundwater pollutant sources, Water Resources Research, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 7176, February.
- 1982 Gorelick, S.M., and I. Remson, 1982, Optimal location and management of waste disposal facilities affecting ground water quality, Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 43-51, February.
- 1982 Evans, B., and I. Remson, 1982, Closure of: Ground-water management with fixed charges, by E. Aguado and I. Remson, Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 108, No. WR2, pp. 237-240.
- 1982 Remson, I., S.J. Dreiss, and A.G. Journel, 1982, Radioactive-waste disposal an application of predictive geology, in G. deMarsily, and D.F. Merriam (eds.), Predictive Geology, Vol. 4, pp. 25-32.
- 1982 Remson, I., and S.M. Gorelick, 1982, Hydrologic issues in repository siting: in P.L. Hoffman, ed., The Technology of High-level Nuclear Waste Disposal, Vol. 2, pp. 46-52, Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C.
- 1983 Remson, I., 1983, Models for Groundwater Pollution Management, Assoc. Eng. Geologists, Hydrogeology Symposium, October 6, San Diego.
- 1983 Gorelick, S.M., B. Evans, and I. Remson, 1983, Models for Groundwater Pollutant Source Identification, Am. Geophys. Union, Spring Meeting, May 25, Paper #32-09, Baltimore.
- 1983 Gorelick, S.M., B. Evans, and I. Remson, 1983, Identifying Sources of Groundwater Pollution: An Optimization Approach, Water Resources Research, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 779-790.
- 1984 Remson, I., 1984, Hydrogeologic overview of the nuclear waste isolation program, Symposium in Waste Isolation, 25th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, June 25-27, Northwestern University, Evanston.
- 1985 Remson, I., 1985, "Models for Ground-water Pollution management," Bull. Assoc. Eng. Geol., Vol. XXII, No. 3, pp. 231-239.
- 1986 Lemoine, P.H., Reichard, E.G., and Remson, L, 1986, "An efficient response matrix method for coupling a groundwater simulator and a regional management model," Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 417-423.
- 1987 Li. C., J.M. Bahr, E.G. Reichard, J.J. Butler, Jr., and I. Remson, 1987, "Optimal Siting of Artificial Recharge: An Analysis of Objective Functions," Ground Water, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 141-150.
- 1988 Koltermann, C.E., and I. Remson, 1988, "Effects of the Geologic Evolution of the Mediterranean Sea on the Hydrogeology of La Plana de Castellan, Spain," Abstract, Amer. Geophys. Union. 1988, Spring Meeting, Baltimore.
- 1990 Koltermann, C.E. and I. Remson, 1990, Effects of the Geologic Evolution of the Mediterranean Sea on the Hydrogeology of La Plana de Castellan, Spain.
- 1990 Koltermann, C.E., and I. Remson, 1990, Integrated Numerical Simulation and Basin Analysis of La Plana de Castellan, Spain.
- 1991 Green, T.R., and I. Remson, 1991, Groundwater Flow to a Wetland in Mexico," Proceedings Symposium on "Groundwater in the Pacific Rim," July 23, 1991, Honolulu.
- 1991 Green, T.R., and I. Remson, 1991, "Hydrologic Modeling of Tropical Wetland Dynamics," Report to NASA.
Honors and Memberships:
1940 Partial Pulitzer Scholarship
1955 American Geophysical Union - "Best First Paper in Hydrology"
1966 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching
1968 Nominated for the Danforth Foundation, E. Harris Harbison Award for Distinguished Teaching
1968 Nominated for Outstanding Educators of America
1980-81 Geological Society of America, Birdsall Distinguished Lecturer in Hydrogeology
1980 Barney and Estelle Morris Professor of Earth Sciences
1985 School of Earth Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award
1992 Stanford University Gores Award for Teaching
1992 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting - "The Remson Symposium 30 Years of Groundwater Modeling"
1993 National Groundwater Association
1993 M. King Hubbert Award for Scientific Contributions to the Groundwater Community
- Fellow, Geological Society of America
- Tau Beta Pi Sigma Xi, President - Stanford University and Drexel Institute of Technology
- Treasurer - Geological Society of America, Hydrogeology Division
Courses Taught by Irwin at Stanford
Undergraduate Level:
- Physical Geology
- Kinetic Mechanics
- Historical Geology
- History of Science
- Engineering Geology
- Fluid Mechanics
- Natural Environment
- Environmental Earth Science
- Static Mechanics
- Optimization Methods
Graduate Level:
- Hydrogeology
- Modeling Methods in Hydrology
- Engineering Geology
- Evaporation and Transportation
- Rainfall and Runoff
- Stream Analysis and Pollution Control
- Groundwater Hydraulics
- Development of Groundwater Supplies
- Numerical Methods in Hydrology
- Finite-element Methods