Gary M. Litton

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Office: Anderson Hall 205
Phone: (209) 946-3070
Fax: (209) 946-3086
email: glitton@uop.edu

Dept. of Civil Engr.University of the Pacific 3601 Pacific Avenue Stockton, CA 95211

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Background

Education

B.S., in Civil Engineering from UC Irvine, 1980

M.S., in Civil Engineering from UC Irvine, 1990

Ph.D., in Civil Engineering from UC Irvine, 1993

Registered Professional Engineer

Affiliations

ASCE- American Society of Civil Engineers, Student Chapter Advisor

ASEE- American Society of Engineering Education

AWWA - American Water Works Association

ACS - American Chemical Society

AGS - American Geophysical Society

Sigma Xi Research Society

Teaching

ENGR 5 - Intro to Engineering

ENGR 20 - Statics

Civil 19 - Civil Engineering Computing

CIVL 60 - Aquatic Chemistry for Environmental Engineers

CIVL 130 - Fluid Mechanics

CIVL 132 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering

CIVL 134 - Groundwater

CIVL 136 - Water and Wastewater Treatment Design

CIVL 171 - Water and Environmental Policy

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Research Interests

Current Projects:

San Joaquin River TMDL Dissolved Oxygen Study
City of Lodi Dissolved Oxygen Impact Study
Undergraduate research and course development
Calaveras River Dissolved Oxygen and Pesticide Study
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary Photographic Survey (Maps only)

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Recent Publications and Reports

Xiaoyi Hu, Jing Yuan, O. David Sparkman, Gary Litton, Patrick R. Jones, 2002. Quantitative analysis of Diazinon and Chlorpyrifos by selected ion monitoring: the improvement of the calibration curve without a deuterium-labeled analog as internal standard. ACS National Conference, June.
Litton, G.M., 2002. Sediment Deposition Rates and Sediment Oxygen Demands in the Deep Water Ship Channel of the San Joaquin River- 2001, University of the Pacific, Stockton CA, May.
Litton, G.M. and J. Nikaido, 2001. Sediment Deposition Rates and Associated Oxygen Demands in the Deep Water Ship Channel of the San Joaquin River- 2000, University of the Pacific, Stockton CA, August.
Nikaido, J. and G.M. Litton, 2001. Algal Growth and Decay in the San Joaquin River and Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel, ASCE Environmental Engineering Conference, ASCE Environmental Engineering Conference, Bridging the Gap: Improving the flow of environmentally sound solutions, Orlando, FL. May 20-24.
Litton, G.M., 2000. Sediment Oxygen Demand, Sediment Deposition Rates and Biochemical Oxygen Demand Kinetics in the San Joaquin River near Stockton - 1999, California, University of the Pacific, Stockton CA, January.
Litton, G.M., 1999. The Influence of Algal Photosynthesis on Port of Stockton Wine Slip pH. University of the Pacific, Stockton CA, November.
Litton, G.M., 1998. Integrating Design in an Environmental Engineering Curriculum Using Field Exercises, NSF-CCD workshop, ASEE National Conference, Seattle, WA, June 28-30, 1998.
Litton, G.M. and J. Nikaido, 1998, Water Quality Impact Report, White Slough Water Pollution Control Facility, Lodi, CA, University of the Pacific, September.
Litton, G.M. and T.M. Olson, 1996. Particle size effects on colloid deposition kinetics: evidence of secondary minimum deposition, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects,107, 273-283.
Litton, G.M. and T.M. Olson, 1994. Colloid Deposition Kinetics With Surface-Active Agents: Evidence for Discrete Surface Charge Effects, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 165, 522-525.
Litton, G.M. and T.M. Olson, 1994. Anomalous Transport of Latex Microspheres Near the Isoelectric Point of Granular Quartz Beds, Colloids and Surfaces, 87, 39-48.
Litton, G.M. and T.M. Olson, 1993. Colloid Deposition Rates on Silica Bed Media and Artifacts Related to Collector Surface Preparation Methods, Environ. Sci. Technol., 27, 185-193.
Litton, G.M. and G.L. Guymon, 1993. Laboratory Experiments Evaluating the Transport and Fate of DBCP in Hanford Sandy Loam, J. Environmental Quality, 22, 311-325.
Litton, G.M. and T.M. Olson, 1993. Colloid Transport in Packed-Bed Columns with Repulsive Interaction Energy Barriers, chapter in: Concepts in Manipulation of Groundwater Colloids for Environmental Restoration, Proceedings of Manteo III meeting, Manteo, N.C., Oct. 1990, ed. J.F. McCarthy and F.J. Wobber, Lewis Publishers, Inc., pp 283-287.
Olson, T.M. and G.M. Litton, 1992. Colloid Deposition in Porous Media and an Evaluation of Bed Media Cleaning Techniques, chapter in: Transport and Remediation of Subsurface Contaminants, ed., D.A. Sabatini and R.C. Knox, ACS Symposium Series 491, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., pp. 14-25.