Bauser, Gero

Education

2006-2010: PhD Environmental Engineering. Thesis title: "Real-time control of an urban groundwater well field- offline simulations and online application". Courses taken: Complex Adaptive Systems, Water Resources Management, Philosophy of Sciences.

2001-2005: Automation and Control Engineering (M. Sc., Dipl.Ing.) at Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany. “very good”.

2001/2002: Chinese Studies at Nanjing University, PR China

1998-2000: Technical Engineering & Management(Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen) at Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany. Pre-degree: “good”

Fellowships & Grants

German National Academic Foundation, PhD Scholarship, 2006-2009 (€ 45,000)

Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, China Grant, 2001-2002 (€ 15,000)

German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), Undergraduate/Graduate Scholarship, 2000-2005 (€ 30,000)

Journal papers and reviewed book chapters of proceedings

G. Bauser, H.J. Hendricks Franssen, W. Kinzelbach, H.P. Kaiser, U. Kuhlmann (20xx).Optimal real-time control of well fields under uncertainty of hydraulic conductivity and leakage fields. In preparation for WRR

G. Bauser, H.J. Hendricks Franssen, W. Kinzelbach, H.P. Kaiser, U. Kuhlmann (20xx). Hierarchical optimal control versus multi objective optimization: A performance study for the real-time management of well fields. In preparation for IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

G. Bauser, H.J. Hendricks Franssen, F. Stauffer, H.P. Kaiser, U. Kuhlmann and W. Kinzelbach (20xx). A Comparison study of two different control criteria for the real-time management of urban groundwater works. Submitted to Journal of Environmental Management.

Bauser G, Hendricks Franssen HJ, Kaiser HP, Kuhlmann U, Stauffer F, Kinzelbach W. Real-time management of an urban groundwater well field threatened by pollution. Environmental Science & Technology 2010; 44 (17): 6802–6807

G. Bauser, H.J. Hendricks Franssen, W. Kinzelbach and H.P. Kaiser (2008). ModelCARE 2007 – Calibration and reliability in groundwater modelling: Credibility of modelling. Real-time control of a well field. (Eds. Refsgaard, A., K. Kovar, E. Haarder and E. Nygaard), p. 89- 94. IAHS Publication 320 ISSN:01447815

Co-authored Publications

Beatrice Marti, Gero Bauser, Fritz Stauffer, Hans-Peter Kaiser, Uli Kuhlmann, Wolfgang Kinzelbach: Real-time management of an urban well field with an expert system. In preparation for Journal of Environmental Management.

H.J. Hendricks Franssen, H.P. Kaiser, U. Kuhlmann, G. Bauser, F. Stauffer, R. Müller and W. Kinzelbach (2011) Operational real-time modeling with EnKF of variably saturated subsurface flow including stream-aquifer interaction and parameter updating. Water Resources Research, VOL. 47, W02532, 20 PP., doi:10.1029/2010WR009480

H.P. Kaiser, R. Müller, H. Schinz, H.J. Hendricks Franssen, G. Bauser, F. Stauffer, W. Kinzelbach, U. Kuhlmann, J. Trösch (2009). Modellgestützte Steuerung eines Grundwasserwerkes. Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wasserwerke am Bodenseerhein (AWBR).

H.J. Hendricks Franssen, G. Bauser, H.P. Kaiser, U. Kuhlmann, F. Stauffer and W. Kinzelbach (2009). Echtzeitmodellierung der Grundwasserströmung beim Hardhof (Zürich). GWA 04/09, 267-274.

Conference talks, extended abstracts and posters

Beatrice Marti, Gero Bauser, Uli Kuhlmann, Hans-Peter Kaiser, Fritz Stauffer, Wolfgang Kinzelbach: A decision support system coupled to a 3-dimensional groundwater flow and transport model for the management of an urban aquifer. MODELCARE 2011, Leipzig, Germany.

Bauser, G., H.J. Hendricks Franssen, F. Stauffer, U. Kuhlmann, H.P. Kaiser and W. Kinzelbach. 2010. Comparison of two different control criteria for the optimal real-time control of urban well fields. CD-Rom of IAHR 2010, Valencia.

H.J. Hendricks Franssen, G. Bauser, H.P. Kaiser, U. Kuhlman, F. Stauffer, R. Müller and W. Kinzelbach. 2010. Operational management of a groundwater well field with data assimilation techniques. Data assimilation workshop “Flood control 2015”.

Hendricks Franssen, H.J., H.P. Kaiser, U. Kuhlman, G. Bauser, F. Stauffer, R. Müller and W. Kinzelbach. 2010. Simultaneous updating of spatially distributed hydraulic conductivities and leakage coefficients with the Ensemble Kalman Filter. Application: Zurich, Switzerland. Abstracts of EGU 2010.

Gero Bauser, Harrie-Jan Hendricks-Franssen, Wolfgang Kinzelbach, Hans-Peter Kaiser. 2008. Hierarchical optimal control of a groundwater facility. HydroPredict 2008, Prague

Bauser, G., H.J. Hendricks Franssen, W. Kinzelbach and H.P. Kaiser. 2008. Automatic control of groundwater levels in a well field protection zone. CD-Rom of IAHR 2008, Istanbul. (poster presentation)

Gero Bauser: A Hierarchical Control Approach to Integrated Water Resources Management. ERSEC Water Workshop Proceeding- Sustainable Water Management: Problems and Solutions under Water Scarcity. Organizations: UNESCO and ERSEC (Ecological Research for Sustainable Environments in China) Beijing, November 2006

Teaching Assistance and Supervision of MSc Students

- Assistance for Groundwater I (exercises) and Groundwater II (computer course)

Supervision of MSc student Beatrice Marti.
Master project: "Evaluation of Path Lines for the Control of the Groundwater Works Hardhof (Zurich)". 2010

Technical supervision of MSc student Roland Baatz.
Master thesis: "Development of a Solute Transport Model from a Three Dimensional Groundwater Flow Model for the Upper Limmat Valley Aquifer, Switzerland". 2010

Co-supervision of MSc student Martin Heynen.
Master project: "Simulation der Auswirkung von potentiellen Chemieunfällen im oberen Zürcher Limmattal auf das Grundwasserwerk Hardhof". 2009

Review activity

Ad hoc review for:
* Environmental Science & Technology
* Journal of Hydrology
* Water Resources Management