Ph.D., Hydrologic Sciences, 2012 – University of California, Davis
M.S., Earth and Planetary Science, 2009 – University of New Mexico
B.A., Earth and Planetary Science, 2006 – University of New Mexico
Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Washington State University, 2020 – Present
Assistant Professor, Washington State University, 2014 – 2020
Post-doctoral research fellow, Colorado School of Mines, 2013-14
Graduate student researcher, University of California, Davis, 2009-12
Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico Water Science Center, 2005-09
Research Interests
Mixing and reactive transport in heterogeneous porous media
Applications of groundwater age and residence time
Integrated modeling of coupled hydrologic systems
Geostatistics and subsurface characterization
Teaching
Water Resources Engineering
Numerical modeling of hydrologic systems
Advanced subsurface flow and transport
Publications
Engdahl, N.B. and Maxwell, R.M. (2015), Quantifying changes in age distributions and the hydrologic balance of a high-mountain watershed resulting from climate induced variations in recharge, Journal of Hydrology, 522, p. 152-162, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.12.032
Engdahl, N.B., Benson, D.A., and Bolster, D. (2014), Predicting the enhancement of mixing-driven reactions in nonuniform flows using measures of flow topology, Physical Review E, 90, 051001(R), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.051001.
Engdahl, N.B. (2014), Equivalence of the Time and Laplace Domain Solutions for the Steady-State Concentration of Radiometric Tracers and the Groundwater Age Equation, Water Resources Research, 50, doi: 10.1002/2014WR015413.
Engdahl, N.B. and Maxwell, R.M. (2014), Approximating groundwater age distributions using simple streamtube models and multiple tracers, Advances in Water Resources, 66, p. 19-31, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.02.001.
McCallum, J.L., Engdahl, N.B., Ginn, T.R., and Cook, P.G. (2014), Non-parametric estimation of groundwater residence time distributions: What can environmental tracer data tell us about groundwater residence time?, Water Resources Research, 50, doi:10.1002/2013WR014974.
Engdahl, N.B., Ginn, T.R. and Fogg, G.E. (2013), Scalar dissipation rates in non-conservative transport systems, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.conhyd.2013.03.003.
Langman, J.B., and Engdahl, N.B. (2013), Evaluation of flow dynamics in a fractured-rock aquifer from recharge pulse events, Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico, Water and Environment Journal, 27 (2), doi: 10.1111/wej.12040.
Engdahl, N.B., Ginn, T.R. and Fogg, G.E. (2013), Using groundwater age distributions to estimate the effective parameters of Fickian and non-Fickian models of solute transport, Advances in Water Resources, 54, p. 11-21, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.12.008.
Engdahl, N.B., Ginn, T.R. and Fogg, G.E. (2012), Non-Fickian dispersion of groundwater age, Water Resources Research, 48, W07508, doi:10.1029/2012WR012251.
Engdahl, N.B., and Weissmann, G.S. (2010), Anisotropic transport rates in heterogeneous porous media, Water Resources Research, W02507, doi:10.1029/2009WR007910.
Engdahl, N.B., Vogler, E.R., and Weissmann, G.S. (2010), Evaluation of Aquifer heterogeneity effects on river loss using a transition probability framework, Water Resources Research, 46, W01506, doi:10.1029/2009WR008320.
Engdahl, N.B., Weissmann, G.S., and Bonal, N.D. (2010), An integrated approach to shallow aquifer characterization: combining geophysics and geostatistics, Computational Geosciences, v. 14 (2), p. 217-229, DOI: 10.1007/s10596-009-9145-y.
