Roseanna M.听Neupauer

  • Professor
  • President's Teaching Scholar
  • Professional Engineer (PE)
  • HYDROLOGY, WATER RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS
  • ENGINEERING SCIENCE
  • GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Address

Office:听SEEC C245

Education

  • BA Spanish, University of Colorado, 2018
  • PhD in Hydrology, New Mexico Tech, 2000
  • MS in Applied Math, New Mexico Tech, 1999
  • SM in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
  • BS in Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1989

Honors and Distinctions

  • Distinguished Alumni Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, 2025
  • Outstanding Reviewer for Water 91传媒 Research, 2023
  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023
  • Margaret S. Petersen Award, Environmental and Water 91传媒 Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2022
  • Fellow, Environmental and Water 91传媒 Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers
  • 鈥淏est Should Teach鈥 Faculty Gold Award, 2016
  • 鈥婸resident鈥檚 Teaching Scholar, University of Colorado, 2015
  • Fulbright Scholar, 2015
  • Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Teaching Award, 2011
  • John and Mercedes Peebles Innovation in Education Award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado, 2010
  • Sullivan-Carlson Innovation in Teaching Award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado, 2009
  • Charles A. Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado, 2008
  • ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006
  • Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006
  • Fellow, Geological Society of America

Professional Affiliations

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Geological Society of America
  • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  • American Society for Engineering Education
  • National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

Interests

  • Arctic subsurface hydrology
  • Geothermal energy and groundwater quality
  • Groundwater flow and transport modeling
  • Chaotic advection
  • Groundwater remediation
  • Adjoint theory and applications

Recent Publications

  1. Neupauer, R.M., J.D. Meiss, and T.G. Dabove, Plume stretching in the trapped region of a reoriented potential mixer, Physical Review E, 113, 065108, DOI: , 2026.
  2. Neupauer, R.M., A. Carter, and 听S. Ge, Deep geothermal energy extraction can potentially reduce temperature and discharge at hot springs, Scientific Reports, 16(1), 260, , 2026.
  3. Turnadge, C., R.M. Neupauer, O. Batelaan, R.S. Crosbie, and C.T. Simmons, Analytical and numerical adjoint solutions for cumulative streamflow depletion, Journal of Hydrology, , 662A, 2025.
  4. Neupauer, R.M. and J. Okkonen, Analytical expressions for spatial attenuation of time-periodic point thermal loads in aquifers, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 10.1061/JHYEFF/HEENG-6336, 2025.听
  5. Lainis, A., R.M. Neupauer,听J.C. Koch, and M.N. Gooseff, Seasonal and decadal subsurface thaw dynamics of an aufeis feature investigated through numerical simulations, Hydrological Processes, 38(3), e15106, , 2024.
  6. Zhang, Y., G.E. Fogg, H. Sun, D.M. Reeves, R.M. Neupauer, and W. Wei, Adjoint subordination to calculate backward travel time probability of pollutants in water with various velocity resolutions, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,听28, 179鈥203, , 2024.
  7. Neupauer, R.M., C. Turnadge, and J. Okkonen, Forward and adjoint modeling of sensitivities to periodic sources in groundwater flow and transport, Mathematical Geosciences, doi:10.1007/s11004-023-10074-w, 2023.
  8. Sather, L.J., E.J. Roth, R.M. Neupauer, J.P. Crimaldi, and D.C. Mays, Experiments and simulations of plume spreading in porous media, Water 91传媒 Research, 59, e2022WR032943, DOI:10.1029/2022WR032943, 2023.
  9. Zhang, Y., M.L. Brusseau, B. Baeumer, R.M. Neupauer, W. Wei, A general backward model to identify source for contaminants undergoing non-Fickian diffusion in water, Environmental Science & Technology, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c01873, 2022.

  10. Sather, L.J., R.M. Neupauer, D.C. Mays, J.P. Crimaldi, and E.J. Roth, Active spreading: Hydraulics for enhancing groundwater remediation, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0002167, 2022.

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