Publications

Mehran, M. and B. Sheikh, “Overcoming technical and Regulatory Barriers for Use of Recycled Water in Agriculture.” presented at the WateReuse Conference, Monterey, California, March 2018.

Mehran, M. and B. Sheikh, “Optimized Utilization of Recycled Water Nitrate in Agriculture for Sustainable Ground Water Management.” presented at the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 2016.

Mehran, M. and B. Sheikh, “Application of Recycled Water for Irrigation – Fate and Transport of Nitrates.” presented at the International Water Association World Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2014.

Mehran, M. and M. Kavanaugh, “Complexities of Contaminated Groundwater Sites – Need for Transition Assessment.” presented at the International Water Association Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2014.

Mehran, M., “Technical Triggers for Transition Assessment” presented at the Battelle International Conference, Monterey, California, May 2014.

Mehran, M. and M. Kavanaugh, “What Makes a Site Complex?” presented at the Battelle International Conference, Monterey, California, May 2014.

Mehran, M., D. Hogshead, and M. Gaudette, “A Combined Phased Approach for Remediation of Complex Ground Water Contaminated Sites,” presented at the Battelle International Conference, Monterey, California, May 2014.

National Research Council, “Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites.” Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2012. Committee on Future Options for Management in the Nation’s Subsurface Remediation Effort (Mohsen Mehran, Committee Member).

Mehran, M., D. C. Hogshead, S. Afshari, and G. Sylvester, “A Combined Phased Approach for Remediation of Complex Sites.” presented at the Battelle Eighth International Conference in Monterey, California, May 2012.

Mehran, M., “Complexities of Ground Water Remediation: Can we Achieve Cleanup in a Reasonable Timeframe?” presentation to the Faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California, January 25, 2012.

Mehran, M. and G. Sylvester, “Combined Remediation Approach for Soil and Ground Water Impacted by Chlorinated VOCs.” presented at RemTech 2011, Chicago, IL, May 2011.

Sones, P., J.E. Studer, M. Mehran, J. Scott, and Y.N. Garson, “ISCO-Generated Total Dissolved Solids: Regulatory Issues and Mitigation Measures: A Case Study.” Presented at the Battelle Sixth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, California, May 2008.

Mehran, M., D.C. Hogshead, Brad Rogers, “Prevention of Off-Site VOC Vapor Intrusion through On-Site Soil Vapor Extraction.” Presented at the Battelle Sixth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, California, May 2008.

Mehran, M., D.C. Hogshead, S. Afshari, S. Zachary, P. Sones, J. Scott, and N. Garson, “Application of Modeling for Design and Optimization of Hydraulic Containment and In-Situ Chemical Oxidation.” Presented at the Battelle Sixth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, California, May 2008.

Mehran, M., D. C. Hogshead, and R. L. Herndon, “Modeling Contaminant Sources Prior to Site Selection of Ground Water Recharge Basins, “Paper published by Groundwater Resource Association of California, 2007.

Mehran, M., "Natural Attenuation of Methylene Chloride in Ground Water," The 5th International Symposium on In-Situ and On-Site Bioremediation, San Diego, California, 1999.

Mehran, M., "Impacts of Pollutants on Ground Water Resources: Trends and Research Needs," International Conference on Industrial Pollution and Control Technologies, Hyderabad, India, November 17 – 19, 1997.

Mehran, M., "Soil and Ground Water Remediation by Vapor Extraction and Air Sparging," International Chemical Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 1995.

Mehran, M., "Combined Effects of Water Table Drawdown, Vapor Extraction, and Air Sparging on Soil and Ground Water Remediation," Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management VII, American Chemical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1995.

Mehran, M., "Soil and Ground Water Remediation by Vapor Extraction and Air Sparging," American Water Resources Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 1994

Mehran, M., "Design of Extraction/Injection Systems Using Analytic Models," presented at the 85th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of Air & Waste Management Association, Kansas City, Missouri, June 21 – 26, 1992.

Mehran, M., "Fate and Transport of Ethylene Dibromide in Soil and Ground Water Systems," presented at the 85th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of Air & Waste Management Association, Kansas City, Missouri, June 21 – 26, 1992.

Mehran, M., "Evaluation of Hexavalent Chromium Migration for Ground Water Remediation," presented at the 84th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of Air & Waste Management Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 16 – 21, 1991.

Mehran, M., R.L. Olsen, and R.W. Chappell, "Adsorption and Desorption Characteristics of Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds," presented at the Ground Water Geochemistry Conference of National Water Well Association, Kansas City, Missouri, February 21, 1990.

Mehran, M., "Environmental Considerations Related to Siting and Operation of Wood Preserving Facilities," presented at a meeting of the American Wood Preservers Association, Richmond, Virginia, September 12, 1989.

Azari, A., M.H. Alemi, and M. Mehran, "Estimating Mean of Groundwater Trace Constituents and Toxic Compounds for Censored Data," presented at a meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Anaheim, California, November 27 – December 2, 1988.

Mehran, M., "Role of Geochemistry of Chromium on Soil and Ground Water Remediation at Wood Preserving Facilities," presented at a meeting of the American Wood Preservers Association, Seattle, Washington, September 1988.

Mehran, M., "Statistical Techniques for Waste Environmental Sampling," presented at a meeting of the American Statistical Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 1988.

Mehran, M., "Ground Water/Contaminant Transport Models -- Uses and Misuse," presented to the California Environmental Health Association, October 28, 1987.

Mehran, M., R.L. Olsen, and B.M. Rector, "Distribution Coefficient of Trichloroethylene in Soil Water Systems," Ground Water, Volume 25, No. 3,275-282, 1987.

Parmele, C.S., T.L. Schomer, and M. Mehran, "Industrial Prospective on In-Situ Methodology," paper presented at Southeastern Symposium on In-Situ Treatment and Immobilization of Hazardous and Radioactive Waste, Knoxville, Tennessee, June 8 – 10, 1986.

Parmele, C.S., R.D. Allen, and M. Mehran, "Steam-Regenerated Activated Carbon -- An Emission-Free Cost-Effective Ground Water Treatment Process," presented at American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 13, 1985.

Mehran, M., "Modeling of Volatile Organic Compounds in Ground Water Systems," paper presented at the University of Southern California, November 8, 1985.

Mehran, M., "University-Industry Round-Table: Research Needs in Hazardous Waste Management," presented before the faculties of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, October 9, 1985.

Mehran, M., and R.L. Pellissier, "Geochemical Characteristics of Ethylene Dibromide," paper presented at the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 1984.

Mehran, M., and B.M. Rector, "Ground Water Treatment and Contaminant Migration Control," paper presented at a meeting of the Chemical Manufacturers Association, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1984.

Mehran, M., and R.L. Olsen, "Adsorption Characteristics of Trichloroethylene (TCE) in Soil- Water Systems," paper presented at the Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1984.

Mehran, M., J. Noorishad, and K.K. Tanji, "A Numerical Technique for Simulating the Effects of Soil Nitrogen Transport and Transformations on Ground Water Contamination," Journal of Environmental Geology, Vol. 5, No. 4, 213-218, 1984.

Mehran, M., M. J. Nimmons, and E.B. Sirota, "Delineation of Underground Hydrocarbon Leaks by Organic Carbon Detection," Proceedings of National Conference on Management of Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites, Washington, D.C., 94-97, October 31, 1983.

Selim, H.M., M. Mehran, K.K. Tanji, and I.K. Iskandar, "Mathematical Simulation of Nitrogen Interactions in Soils," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 25, No. 3, 241-248, 1983.

Mehran, M., J. Noorishad, and K.K. Tanji, "Numerical Simulation of the Effect of Soil Nitrogen Transport and Transformation on Ground Water Contamination, “Proceeding of the 16th Congress of The International Association of Hydrogeologists, Prague, Czechoslovakia, September 1982.

Noorishad, J., and M. Mehran, "An Upstream Finite Element Method for Solution of Transient Transport Equation in Fractured Porous Media," Water Resources Research, Vol. 18, No. 3, 588- 596, 1982.

Noorishad, J., M. Mehran, and T.N. Narasimhan, "On the Formulation of Saturated-Unsaturated Fluid Flow in Deformable Porous Media," Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 5, 61-62, 1982.

Mehran, M., T.N. Narasimhan, and J.P. Fox, “Hydrogeologic Consequences of Modified In-situ Retorting Process, Peance Creek Basin, Colorado," 14th Oil Shale Symposium, Golden Colorado, April 1981.

Tanji, K.K., M. Mehran, and S.K. Gupta, "Water and Nitrogen Fluxes in the Root Zone of Irrigated Maize. Chapter 4.1: Description of Models," in: Simulation of Nitrogen Behavior in Soil Plant Systems. M.J. Frissel and J.A. Van Veen (ed.), Center for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1981.

Gupta, S.K., K.K. Tanji, and M. Mehran, "Field Simulation of Water and Nitrogen Transport in Soil-Water-Plant Systems. Part I: Water Flow."

Mehran, M., K.K. Tanji, and S.K. Gupta, "Field Simulation of Water and Nitrogen Transport in Soil-Water-Plant Systems. Part II: Nitrogen Transport and Transformations."

Mehran, M., K.K. Tanji, and I.K. Iskandar, “Compartmental Modeling for Prediction of Nitrate Leaching Losses," Chapter 16 in: Modeling Wastewater Renovation by Land Treatment. I.K. Iskandar (ed.), John Wiley and Sons, 1981.

Mehran, M., T.N. Narasimhan, and J.P. Fox, "An Investigation of Dewatering for the Modified In-situ Retorting Process, Peance Basin, Colorado," Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Report No. LBL-11819, 1980.

Tanji, K.K., and M. Mehran, "Nitrogen Modeling in Croplands," final report, Nitrate in Effluents from Irrigated Agriculture for National Science Foundation, Grant No. ENV 76-10283 A01, 1979.

Tanji, K.K., F.E. Broadbent, M. Mehran, and M. Fried, “An Extended Version of a Conceptual Model for Evaluating Annual Nitrogen Leaching Losses from Croplands," Journal of Environmental Quality 8(1):114-120, 1979.

Mehran, M., and K. Arulanandan, "Low Frequency Conductivity Dispersion in Clay-Water- Electrolyte Systems," Clays and Clay Minerals 25:38-48, 1977.

Mehran, M., "Contamination of Surface and Ground Waters by Nitrogenous Compounds," Proceedings of 24th Iranian Medical Congress, Ramsar, Iran, September 1975.

Tanji, K.K., T.K. Kam, and M. Mehran, "Nitrogen Studies in Secondary Sewage Percolation Ponds," Symposium on Nitrogen Transport and Transformation, Chicago, Illinois, 1974.

Tanji, K.K., T.K. Kam, M. Mehran, J.W. Biggar, and D.R. Nielsen, "Computer Modeling of Nitrogen Transformation and Transport in Cropped Irrigated Lands," Annual Report to the National Science Foundation for Grant No. GI34733X, July 1974.

Tanji, K.K., J.W. Biggar, M. Mehran, and D.W. Henderson, "Herbicide Persistence and Movement Studies with Molinate in Rice Irrigation Management," California Agriculture 28(5):10-12, 1974.

Mehran, M., and K.K. Tanji, "Computer Modeling of Nitrogen Transformations in Soils," Journal of Environmental Quality 3(4):391-396, 1974.

Tanji, K.K., and M. Mehran, "Computer Modeling of Nitrogen Transformation and Transport in Soils," Proceeding of the First Annual National Science Foundation Trace Contaminants Conference, Oakridge National Laboratory, p. 252-265, 1973.

Tanji, K.K., and M. Mehran, "Computer Modeling of Nitrogen Transformation and Transport in Soils," Proceeding of the First Annual National Science Foundation Trace Contaminants Conference, Oakridge National Laboratory, p. 252-265, 1973.

Tanji, K.K., M. Mehran, J.W. Biggar, and D.W. Henderson, "Dye Tracer Movement in Rice Strip Plots," California Agriculture 27(7):10-13, 1973.

Tanji, K.K., M. Mehran, J.W. Biggar, and D.W. Henderson, "Flood and Seepage Water Sampling Techniques in Rice Fields under Different Water Management Systems," Soil Science Society of America, Proceedings 37:483-485, 1973.

Mehran, M., K.K. Tanji, J.W. Biggar, and D.W. Henderson, "Chemical Transport under Different Water Management Systems," Proceedings of 14th Rice Tech., Working Group, p. 72, 1972.

Mehran, M., and K.K. Tanji, "Chemical Transport in Flooded Rice Fields," paper presented before the Environmental Division of American Society of Agronomy Meeting, Miami, Florida, November 1, 1972.

Mehran, M., "Electrical Dispersion and Electrokinetic Phenomena in Clays," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, 1971.

Mehran, M., "Development of Air Force Erosion Control Manual," report to Water Resources Engineers, Inc., Walnut Creek, California, 1969.

V. Tarassoly and J.C. Anderson, "Study of Near-Fault Effects on A Base-Isolated Structure.” EERI, Chicago, Illinois, 1995.

V. Tarassoly and J.C. Anderson, "Control of Base Isolated Buildings Near Active Faults.” First National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, California, 1996.

J.C. Anderson, V.V. Barter, and V. Tarassoly, "Use of Supplemental Damping for Improved Performance of Buildings Subjected to Severe Pulse-Type Ground Motions.” ATC-17, Los Angeles, California, 2002.