Trey C. Flowers, Ph.D., P.E.

Dr. Flowers' specializes in the mechanistic modeling of contaminant fate and transport processes in natural and engineered systems. He has an extensive background in surface water hydrology, hydraulics, and environmental fluid mechanics, as well as in the environmental chemistry of both aqueous and soil systems. Dr. Flowers’ Ph.D. research focused on quantifying the influences of density and viscosity on transport processes in groundwater. The principal findings of his research were demonstrated to be directly applicable to many instances of environmental pollution, including the fate of ammonium perchlorate in groundwater, the release of radionuclides from reprocessed nuclear fuel disposal sites, migration of landfill leachate plumes, and the fate of heavy metals associated with acid mine drainage. Additionally, his findings are applicable to many innovative in-situ remediation technologies, such as those using lactate, persulfate, permanganate, and hydrogen peroxide.

In addition to his work at Exponent, Dr. Flowers is an instructor at the Professional Engineering Institute, where he teaches environmental engineering, fluid mechanics, hydrology, and hydraulics review courses to candidates for a professional license in civil engineering. Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Flowers was a lecturer for upper division environmental engineering courses at both UC Berkeley and at San Francisco State University.

Eiselstein LE, Proctor DM, Flowers TC. Trivalent and hexavalent chromium issues in medical implants. Materials Science Forum 2007; 539–543.

Flowers TC, Hunt JR. Viscous and gravitational contributions to mixing during vertical brine transport in water-saturated porous media. Water Resources Research 2007; 4.

Flowers TC. Brine transport in the subsurface: Analysis of mechanisms and implications for groundwater contamination. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, December 2003.

Flowers TC, Hunt JR. Long-term release of perchlorate as a potential source of groundwater contamination. In: Perchlorate in the Environment. Urbansky ET (ed), Plenum Publishers, New York, 2000.

Presentations

Hunt JR, Flowers TC. Mixing of variable density fluids during one-dimensional vertical displacements in porous media. Presentation at the Fall 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December, 2006.

Flowers TC, Hunt JR. Brines as sources of long-term subsurface contamination. Presentation at the Fall 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December, 2004.

Flowers TC, Hunt JR. Dense aqueous phase fluid transport in porous media. Presentation at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco, CA, November, 2003.

Flowers TC, Hunt JR. Influence of density and viscosity on transport and mixing in the subsurface: Implications for in-situ remediation technologies. Oral Presentation to the 2nd International Conference for In-Situ Treatment of Soil and Groundwater, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 17–21, 2002.

Flowers TC, Hunt JR. Brines as sources of groundwater contamination. Poster Presentation at the 2000 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2000.

Flowers TC, Hunt JR. Long-term release of perchlorate as a potential source of groundwater contamination. Presentation at the 218th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, August 1999.

• Groundwater Resources Association of California (member)
• National Groundwater Association (member)