Professor and Department Head
Tel. (919) 515-3717
E-mail: fountain@ncsu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

B.S., 1970, (Chemistry) California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

M.A., 1973, (Geology) University of California at Santa Barbara, CA

PhD, 1975, (Geology) University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Environmental Geology/Geochemistry, Contaminant Hydrology and Fractured Rock systems: contamination and remediation of ground water. Fate and transport of organic chemicals in ground water, soils and surface water. Flow of water, oil and gas in fractured rock systems. Ground water supply.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Bergslien, E.T., Fountain, J.C. and Giese, Jr. R. (2004) Characterization of the surface properties of epoxy-type models used for multiphase flow studies in fractured media and creation of a new model, Water Resources Research. Vol. 40 (5), W05112.

NRC, 2004, Contaminants in the Subsurface: Source Zone Assessment and Remediation. Committee on Source Removal of Contaminants in the Subsurface, National Research Council (Fountain, J. C., Chair). http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11146.html

Yager D. and Fountain J.,(2001), Effect of Natural Gas Exsolution on Specific Storage in a Confined Aquifer undergoing Water-Level Decline. In Press, Ground water.

Fountain, J.C. and R.D. Jacobi, (2000). "Detection of buried faults and fracture systems using soil gas", J. Environmental and Engineering Geosciences. 6(3): 201-201

Lee, M., and J.C. Fountain, (1999). "The Effectiveness of Surfactants for Remedication of Organic Pollutants in the Unsaturated Zone", Journal of Soul Contamination v.8, 39-62

Fountain, J.C., 1998, Technologies for Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquid Source Zone Remediation, Ground Water Remediation Technology Analysis Center, Technology Evaluation Report, 70p.

Fountain, J.C., (1997). "The role of field trials in development and feasibility assessment of surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation", Water Environment Research, 69(2): 188-195.

Fountain, J.C., R.S. Starr, T. Middleton, M. Beikirch, C. Taylor, and D.S. Hodge, (1996). "A Controlled Field Test of Surfactant Enhanced Aquifer Remediation", Ground Water, 34(5): 910-916.