Alex Furman Ph.D.

Research Interests

• Computational hydrology
• Modeling of physical, chemical, and biological subsurface processes
• Development of alternative modeling tools (The Analytic Element Method, Artificial Neural Networks)
• Use of geophysics to monitor hydrological processes

Recent Publications

• Zerihun, D., A. Furman, A.W. Warrick, C.A. Sanchez, 2005. A coupled surface-subsurface solute transport model for irrigation borders and basins, I. Model development. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, 131(5):407-419.
• Zerihun, D., C.A. Sanchez, A. Furman, A.W. Warrick, 2005. A coupled surface-subsurface solute transport model for irrigation borders and basins, II. Model evaluation. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, 131(5):396-406.
• Furman, A., A.W. Warrick, 2004. Unsaturated Flow Through Spherical Inclusions With Contrasting Sorptive Numbers, Vadoze Zone Journal 4:255-263.
• Warrick, A.W., D. Zerihun, C.A. Sanchez, A. Furman, 2005. Infiltration Under Variable Ponding Depths of Water, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE 31(4):358-363.
• Furman, A., T.P.A. Ferr?, A.W. Warrick, 2004. Optimization of ERT surveys for monitoring transient hydrological events using perturbation sensitivity and genetic algorithms, Vadose Zone Journal 3:123-1239.
• Zerihun, D., A. Furman, A.W. Warrick, C.A. Sanchez, 2004. A coupled surface-subsurface model for improved basin irrigation management, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE 131(2):111-128.
• Furman, A., S.P. Neuman, 2003. Laplace-Transform Analytic Element Solution of Transient Flow in Porous Media, Advances in Water Resources, 26:1229-1237.
• Furman, A., T.P.A. Ferr?, A.W. Warrick, 2003. A Sensitivity Analysis of Electrical-Resistance-Tomography Array Types Using Analytical Element Modeling, Vadose Zone Journal, Vol. 2, pp. 416-423.
• Furman, A., A.W. Warrick, T.P.A. Ferr?, 2002. Electrical Potential Distributions in Response to Applied Current in a Heterogeneous Subsurface: Solution for Circular Inclusions, Vadose Zone Journal, Vol. 1, pp. 273-280.
• Shavit, U., A. Furman, 2001. The Location of Deep Salinity Sources in the Israeli Coastal Aquifer, J. of Hydrology, 250, pp. 63-77.

Current projects

• Deep and lengthy solute transport in the vadose zone due to irrigation with effluents
• Does climate-change change anything in the subsurface?
• Artificial neural networks as an alternative method for modeling water flow and transport in the subsurface: “regular” and hydrophobic soils
• Optimization of subsurface tomography methods