Anne Veeger

Anne Veeger, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Initiatives, Department of Geosciences
  • Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Initiatives
  • Office of the Provost / Department of Geosciences
  • Phone: 401.874.4408
  • Fax: 401.874.7844
  • Email: veeger@uri.edu
  • Office Location: Office: Provost's Office, Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue<

Research

  • Hydrogeology
  • Aqueous Geochemistry
  • Numerical Modeling of Ground-Water Flow
  • Isotope Hydrology

Research Activity

  • Implementation of GeoInfoDB: a web-based relational database portal for subsurface geotechnical data (2006-2007) RI DOT $32,000.
  • Amending the 1996 Land-use Plan for the Big River Management Area (2005-2007) RI Water Resources Board $50,000.
  • Development of a State-wide Public Water-Supply GIS coverage for Rhode Island (2005-2006) RI Water Resources Center/USGS $12,000.
  • Highway flares and runoff: a potential source of surface water contamination in Rhode Island (2004-2006) URI Transportation Center $60,000.
  • An interactive, web-based relational database portal for subsurface geotechnical data (2003-2006) RI DOT and USDOT/URI Transportation Center $117,000.
  • Water use and Availability, Jamestown, Rhode Island (2001-2004) RI Water Resources Board $37,000.
  • Harnessing the Power of Relational Databases for management of geotechnical and geologic data (2002-2005) RI DOT and USDOT/URI Transportation Center $110,000

Education

Ph.D., 1991, University of Arizona
MS, 1986, Syracuse University
BS, 1983, University of Pittsburgh

Selected Publications

  1. Veeger, A.I., Murray, D.P., Hermes, O.D., Boothroyd, J.B., Hamidzada, N., 2004, Harnessing the power of relational databases for managing subsurface geotechnical and geologic data: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, 10(4), p. 339-346.
  2. Veeger, A.I., Murray, D.P., Hermes, O.D., Boothroyd, J.B., Hamidzada, N., 2003, Geographic information system-based digital catalog for managing subsurface geotechnical and geologic data: Transportation Research Record, no. 1821, pp. 90-96.
  3. Veeger, A.I, Vinhateiro, N.D., Nakao, M., and Craft, P.A., 2003, Water Use and Availability, Block Island, Rhode Island, 2000. Rhode Island Geological Survey Report 03-01, 22 pages.
  4. Veeger, A.I., 2002, Geologic Controls on the Ground-Water Resources of Block Island, Rhode Island: in, Paton, P., ed., The Ecology and Natural History of Block Island, Rhode Island, pp29-36.
  5. Veeger, A.I., Meritt, D., and Cole, I., 2001, Isotope Hydrology of the Pawcatuck Watershed, Southern Rhode Island, Rhode Island Water Resources Center Technical Report, 12 p.
  6. Veeger, A.I. and Sandorf, J., 2001, Nonpoint source pollution impacts on the quality of ground and surface water discharging to Narragansett Bay from Conanicut Island, Rhode Island, Technical Report: Rhode Island Aquafund Grant #48, 32 p.
  7. Sirkin, L. and Veeger A. I., 1998, Geology and Hydrogeology of Block Island, in, Murray, D.P. (ed.), New England Intercollegiate Geologic Conference Guidebook, 90th annual meeting, pp. B5-1 – B5-12.
  8. Veeger, A.I. and Esquilin, R., 1998, Hydrology of the Matunuck Hills Ponds; RINHews, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 4-5.
  9. Veeger, A.I., and Ruderman, N.C., 1998, Hydrogeologic controls on Radon-222 in a buried valley-fractured bedrock aquifer system: Ground Water, v. 36, no. 4, pp. 596-604.
  10. Veeger, A.I., Abrahams-Dematte, W., Michaud, S., and Sandorf, J., 1997, Ground-water quality and hydrogeology of Northern Conanicut Island, Jamestown, Rhode Island: RI Geological Survey Report 97-01, 40 p.
  11. Veeger, A.I. and Stone, B.D., 1996, Using hydrochemical methods to evaluate complex Quaternary subsurface stratigraphy: Hydrogeology Journal, vol 4, no. 4., pp. 69-82.
  12. Veeger, A.I. and Johnston, H.E., 1996, Hydrogeology and ground-water resources of Block Island, RI: U.S. Geol. Survey WRIR 94-4096, 68 p.

Courses

GEO 483 – Hydrogeology
GEO 568 – Isotopes in Hydrogeology
GEO 583 – Ground-Water Modeling