Gulliver's research interests include hydraulic structures,environmental engineering,chemical transport,and environmental fluid mechanics. He has received the Rickey Medal and the Hunter T. Rouse Award and Lecture from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and has been an ASCE Fellow since 1993.
Gulliver's academic career included being appointed an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota from 1981 to 1987. He was promoted to associate professor there in 1987 and remained in the post until 1996. Between 1996 and 2021,he was appointed professor at the University of Minnesota. Since 2021,he has held the title of emeritus professor there. At the University of Minnesota,he was also appointed head of the Department of Civil Engineering from 1998 to 2007 and director of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory from 2003 to 2004.[1]
As a chemical and civil engineer,Gulliver has held appointments at the Federal Power Commission,State of Minnesota.[1]
Research
In research related to chemical transport in environmental systems,Gulliver,along with colleagues,found that the levels of perfluoro-octane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) in soil decrease quickly in an upwind direction from the point of contamination. Based on this,they suggested that wind can be used as a pathway for off-site transportation of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS's).[2] In related work,he proposed that PFOS and PFOA can be eliminated from drinking water sources by using ferric chloride and alum as a coagulant.[3] In his research on stormwater management,he showed that urban runoff can lead to a range of different environmental problems,such as the endangerment of streamhabitat,stream channelization,and decline in water quality.[4] It was also suggested that green infrastructure practices are effective when implemented with defined targets and parameters,as well as by consistent evaluation.[5] Moreover,his work also emphasized that green infrastructure can retain stormwater,minimize runoff,and provide ecological advantages.[6]
Gulliver is one of the patent holders on the SAFL Baffle,a device that retains sediment in a stormwater sump for later cleaning.[7] He also co-developed an iron-enhanced sand filter (IESF)[8] and demonstrated that an average of 88% phosphate could be retained for approximately 200m treated depth after using IESFs as a stormwater treatment method.[9] Along with colleagues,he developed the MPD Infiltrometer,a device for measuring surface infiltration rates,whose accuracy in measuring saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) and Green-Ampt wetting-front suction head was verified by numerical analysis and laboratory experiments involving falling head barrels filled with various types of sand.[10]
Awards and honors
1993 –Fellow,American Society of Civil Engineers[1]
2003 –Rickey Medal,American Society of Civil Engineers[11]
2020 –Hunter T. Rouse Award and Lecture,American Society of Civil Engineers[12]
Bibliography
Books
Gulliver, John S.; Arndt, Roger E. A. (1991). Hydropower Engineering Handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN978-0070251939.
Gulliver, John S. (2007). Introduction to Chemical Transport in the Environment. Cambridge University Press. ISBN978-0521858502.
Gulliver, John S. (2012). Transport and Fate of Chemicals in the Environment: Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. New York, NY: Springer. ISBN978-1461457305.
Erickson, Andrew J.; Weiss, Peter T.; Gulliver, John S. (2013). Optimizing Stormwater Treatment Practices: A Handbook of Assessment and Maintenance (1sted.). New York: Springer. ISBN978-1461446231.
Selected articles
Gulliver, John S.; Thene, John R.; Rindels, Alan J. (1990). "Indexing Gas Transfer in Self-Aerated Flows". Journal of Environmental Engineering. 116 (3): 503–523. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1990)116:3(503).
Kayhanian, Masoud; Fruchtman, Boaz D.; Gulliver, John S.; Montanaro, Comasia; Ranieri, Ezio; Wuertz, Stefan (2012). "Review of highway runoff characteristics: Comparative analysis and universal implications". Water Research. 46 (20): 6609–6624. Bibcode:2012WatRe..46.6609K. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2012.07.026. PMID22959661.
Xiao, Feng; Simcik, Matt F.; Gulliver, John S. (2013). "Mechanisms for removal of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) from drinking water by conventional and enhanced coagulation". Water Research. 47 (1): 49–56. Bibcode:2013WatRe..47...49X. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2012.09.024. PMID23123052.
LeFevre, Gregory H.; Paus, Kim H.; Natarajan, Poornima; Gulliver, John S.; Novak, Paige J.; Hozalski, Raymond M. (2015). "Review of Dissolved Pollutants in Urban Storm Water and Their Removal and Fate in Bioretention Cells". Journal of Environmental Engineering. 141 (1): 04014050. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000876.
Xiao, Feng; Simcik, Matt F.; Halbach, Thomas R.; Gulliver, John S. (2015). "Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) in soils and groundwater of a U.S. metropolitan area: Migration and implications for human exposure". Water Research. 72: 64–74. Bibcode:2015WatRe..72...64X. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2014.09.052. PMID25455741.
↑ Saleh, Iman A.; Zouari, Nabil; Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A. (2020). "Removal of pesticides from water and wastewater: Chemical, physical and biological treatment approaches". Environmental Technology & Innovation. 19 101026. Bibcode:2020EnvTI..1901026S. doi:10.1016/j.eti.2020.101026.
↑ Ebrahimian, Ali; Sample-Lord, Kristin; Wadzuk, Bridget; Traver, Robert (2020). "Temporal and spatial variation of infiltration in urban green infrastructure". Hydrological Processes. 34 (4): 1016–1034. Bibcode:2020HyPr...34.1016E. doi:10.1002/hyp.13641.
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