Northeastern University

Ferdi Hellweger

Assistant Professor
400 Snell Engineering Center
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: (617) 373 - 3992
Fax: (617) 373 - 4419
ferdi@coe.neu.edu
Website
Degree(s):
Dr.Eng.Sc. Columbia University, 2004
M.S. University of Texas at Austin, 1997
B.S. Northeastern University, 1995

Ferdi Hellweger

Areas of Research/Interest: Center for Urban Environmental Studies, Water Quality, Eutrophication and Biogeochemical Modeling, Urban Hydrology, Scaling Problems in Environmental Modeling, Individual/Agent-Based Modeling

Selected Publications:

  • McGrath, J., Parkerton, T., Hellweger, F. L., Di Toro, D. M. 2005. Validation of the narcosis target lipid model for petroleum products: gasoline as a case study. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 24(9):2382-2394.
  • Hellweger, F. L., A. F. Blumberg, P. Schlosser, D. T. Ho, T. Caplow, U. Lall, and H. Li, 2004. Transport in the Hudson Estuary: A modeling study of estuarine circulation and tidal trapping. Estuaries, 27(3), 527-538.
  • Hellweger, F. L., and U. Lall, 2004. Modeling the Effect of Algal Dynamics on Arsenic Speciation in Lake Biwa. Environ. Sci. Technol., 38, 6716-6723.
  • Hellweger, F. L., K. J. Farley, U. Lall, and D. M. Di Toro, 2003. Greedy Algae Reduce Arsenate. Limnol. Oceanogr., 48, 2275-2288.
  • Hellweger, F. L., and D. R. Maidment, 1999. Definition and Connection of Hydrologic Elements Using Geographic Data. J. Hydrol. Engrg., 4(1), 10-18.

    External Affiliations:

  • Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
  • Water Environment Federation (WEF)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

    Honors/Awards:

  • 2002. Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA). American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California.
  • 1997. First Place Programming Competition. Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) User Conference, San Diego, California.
  • 1996. Top 5%. JARS Java Applet Rating Service. For UTFLOW Java Applet
  • 1995. Sears B. Condit Award. Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.