Rate My Professor Michel Boufadel

Boufadel's research focuses on environmental fluid mechanics, hydrology, coastal systems, oil spill remediation, and water resources, with applications to major disasters including the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the Deepwater Horizon spill. Notable publications include "Long-term persistence of oil from the Exxon Valdez spill in two-layer beaches" in Nature Geoscience (2010), "Simulation of the landfall of the Deepwater Horizon oil on the shorelines of the Gulf of Mexico" in Environmental Science and Technology (2014), "Bioremediation of the Exxon Valdez oil in Prince William Sound Beaches" in Marine Pollution Bulletin (2016), and "Was the Deepwater Horizon well discharge churn flow? Implications on the estimation of the oil discharge and the droplet size distribution" in Geophysical Research Letters (2018). He received the NJIT Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal in 2022 for his sustained contributions enhancing NJIT's reputation, along with the 2024-2025 Nexus of Excellence Award. Boufadel is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers since 2014, Board Certified Environmental Engineer since 2014, Diplomate in Water Resources Engineering since 2014, Professional Hydrologist since 2007, and a licensed Professional Engineer in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. His work integrates field measurements, computational modeling, and sensor networks, resulting in over 200 research articles and significant funding from agencies such as the National Science Foundation and U.S. Geological Survey.