Dr. George A. Murgel came to Boise State University in 1996 as a member of the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering. He earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering and his M.S. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from Montana State University. He then completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University in Environmental Engineering, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Montana and Idaho. Dr. Murgel's academic interests include water & wastewater collection systems, treatment plant design, storm water and environmental permitting, general environmental engineering, environmental and aquatic chemistry, biotechnology, hydraulics, hydrology, and water resources in general. His recent research evaluates the effectiveness of concrete sealer products in extending the life of concrete pavement. Dr. Murgel also serves as Coordinator of the Department of Civil Engineering Graduate Program, ASCE Student Club Faculty Advisor, and Co-Advisor of the College of Engineering Honor Society.
Articles & Conference Proceedings
Pavement Thickness Evaluation by GPR Survey in Idaho (with Joseph C. Sener, Robert M. Smith, Michael D. Garz, Robert W. Hamilton, and David R. Haws), Proceedings of SPIE (1998)
In 1995 and 1996, the Idaho Transportation Department (lTD) conducted a series of ground-penetrating radar...
Interactions of Microbial Biofilms with Toxic Trace Metals: 1. Observation and Modeling of Cell Growth, Attachment, and Production of Extracellular Polymer (with Ke Ming Hsieh, Leonard W. Lion, and Michael L. Shuler), Biotechnology and Bioengineering (1994)
Adsorbent surfaces in natural and engineered systems are frequently modifies by bacterial attachment, growth of...
Interactions of Microbial Biofilms with Toxic Trace Metals: 2. Prediction and Verification of an Integrated Computer Model of Lead (II) Distribution in the Presence of Microbial Activity (with Ke Ming Hsieh, Leonard W. Lion, and Michael L. Shuler), Biotechnology and Bioengineering (1994)
The interfacial interactions of a toxic trace metal, Pb, with a surface modified by a...
Experimental Apparatus for Selection of Adherent Microorganisms Under Stringent Growth Conditions (with Leonard W. Lion, Carolyn Acheson, Michael L. Shuler, David Emerson, and William C. Ghiorse), Applied and Environmental Microbiology (1991)
A bioreactor apparatus is described for studying bacterial attachment. A cyclic, on-off, flow regime was...
Presentations
Quality of Water and Implications for the Environment and Lifestyles, Renaissance Institute Spring Lecture Series: Waters of the West – Implications for our Community (2007)