2007 Ground Water Summit

Monday, April 30, 2007 : 2:20 p.m.

Building a Search Engine for Ground Water Modelers

Rohit Raj Goswami and T. Prabhakar Clement, Auburn University

The internet has reduced transboundary distances and given us a plethora of ways to provide, share  and seek information. However, being as vast as the scope of this information is, it is difficult to find relevant information. Popular search engines can no doubt furnish results related to our search topic but these results are based on generic algorithms that are inapplicable to in-depth coverage of our subject. Further, many websites that contain pertinent information may not have enough ranking to feature on the search results as these sites cover a narrow field. Taking these shortcomings into consideration, we have developed a full featured search engine for use by the groundwater community. We have used the latest offering of Google allowing its registered users to build their own search engines on the Google platform. In this presentation, we will discuss in detail the development  of this search engine as well as its advantages over general search engines. We will also explain the use of its features to harness the full potential of the search engine.

Rohit Raj Goswami, Auburn University Rohit R. Goswami (Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849; 334-844-6270; goswarr@auburn.edu) holds a B.E. degree in Civil Engineering and is currently enrolled as a doctoral student. His research is in the area of saltwater intrusion modeling.

T. Prabhakar Clement, Auburn University Dr. T. Prabhakar Clement (Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849; 334-844-6268; clemept@auburn.edu ) holds PhD degree in Civil Engineering and also holds a registered professional engineering license in the State of Washington. Prior to joining Auburn, Dr. Clement worked as a senior research engineer at the Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for over six years and then as a senior lecturer in The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, for three years. His research interests are groundwater modeling and bioremediation.


The 2007 Ground Water Summit