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Key Platform Capabilities

Real-Time Modeling
Data-Enabled Modeling
Hierarchical Modeling
Stochastic Modeling
Geological Modeling
Coupled GW/SW Modeling
Recharge Modeling
3D Site Characterization
Data Driven Modeling
Particle Tracking
3D Visualization

New Capabilities

Realtime Interactive MODFLOW
Scripting Environment for FloPy (coming soon)
Running Existing MODFLOW Models (coming soon)
Realtime Interactive Watershed modeling (coming soon)
Network
Networks of Data, Models, and People
Networks

Model Network: a network of published models, with intelligent reporting
Curriculum Network: universities around the world utilizing MAGNET for curriculum innovations
User Network: dynamic distribution of MAGNET users around the world
Data Network: diversity of preprocessed data live-linked to the MAGNET platform
Curriculum
Make Learning Fun: Team Work, Nonlinear Inquiries, and Active Co-construction of Knowledge
Featured Projects

Civil Action – the Woburn Trial
Arsenic Contamination Dispute
PFAS Contamination Dispute
Dewatering Impact Assessment
Water Withdrawal Assessment
Well Interference Dispute
System-based Water Supply Design
Groundwater Remediation
Lake Augmentation

Active Learning Categories

Science in the Courtroom
Aquifer and Heterogeneity
Darcy’s Law & Effective Properties
Flow Net & Refraction
Well Hydraulics & Aquifer Testing
Vertical Regional Circulation
GW-SW Water Interaction
Lumped Parameter Models
Groundwater Flow Modeling
Groundwater Contamination
Effect of Heterogeneity
Fate and Transport Modeling
Stochastic Modeling & Risk
Groundwater Remediation
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Inquiry-based learning

Open-ended Inquiry
System-based Design
Integrated Problem Solving
Realtime Hypothesis Testing
Science-based Conflict Resolution
Visualizing Uncertainty & Risk
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Network

Complete Listings
Curriculum Network
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Case Studies
A Diversity of Case Studies
Gallery A

3D Site Characterization
Flow and Fate and Transport Modeling
Drinking Source Water Protection
Source Water Protection for GW Ecosystems
GW Remediation Analysis and Design
Environmental Impact Evaluation
Groundwater & Lake Management
Water System Sustainability Modeling
Assessing Impact of Water Withdrawals
Landuse, Climate, & Recharge Dynamics
Conjunctive Surface & Groundwater Use
3D Geological Modeling
GW and infrastructure Development
Aquifer Test Design and Analysis
Characterizing non-point Source Pollution
Worldwide Modeling

Gallery B

Modeling Remediation Capture Systems
Modeling Source Water to GW Ecosystems
Impact of Wastewater Discharge on Wells
GW Sustainability in Michigan Lowlands
Drinking Water Source Area Delineation
Impact of Water Withdrawals on Baseflow
GW Recharge Modeling in the Michigan Basin
Impact of Development on Seeps
Modeling 3D Flux into a Deep Lake
3D Visualization of Landfill Contamination
Modeling GW Interactions with Lakes
Modeling a Permeable Remediation Curtain
3D Visualization

Publications

Journal Publications
Other Reports
Visualization
Seeing the Unseen: an Animation is Worth a Thousand Pictures
Research

Real World heterogeneity
Random Field Representation
Effects of Spatial Heterogeneity
Effects of Temporal Variability
Effects of Interacting Heterogeneity
Effects of Multiscale Heterogeneity
Macridispersion Models
Monte Carlo Simulations
Transport in Complex Aquifers
Transport in Fractured Tills

Education

Regional Vertical Circulation
Seepage Under Dams
Aquifer Response to Pumping
Law of Refraction
FLow in Anisotropic Aquifers
Wellhead Delineation
Connection with Surface Water
Stream Aquifer Interaction
Artificial Recharge
Groundwater Contamination
Transport Processes
Groundwater Remediation
Manuals
A Systematic Set of References: Tutorials, Manuals, and Step by Step Case Studies
Quick Tutorials 1

2D Steady Flow
Nested Flow Model
Particle Tracking
Water Budget Analysis
Contaminant Transport
3D FLow, Multiple Comp-layers
Unsteady Flow Model
Model Calibration
Synthetic Model
3D FLow, Multiple Geo-layers
A Hierarchy of Models
Profile Modeling
Importing Shapefiles to a Model
Post-Analysis Tool

Quick Tutorials 2

Single Realization Simulation
Monte Carlo Flow Simulation
MC Transport Simulation
Probabilistic Capture Zone

Users Manuals

Detailed Tutorial
Detailed Video Tutorials
Users Manual
Beginner's Manual

MAGNET Code Verification

Comparison with Analytical Solutions
Comparison with MODFLOW
Comparison with Real Data
Support
Online Support 24/7: through Discussion forum Accessible Anywhere and Anytime
MAGNET Support

Discussion Forum
Live Chat
Frequently Asked Questions
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Video Tutorials

9:12 Part 1 - Quick, Data-enabled Regional Modeling, Visualization and Analysis

8:41 Part 2 - Detailed Site-scale Modeling, Visualization and Analysis

3:09 Part 3 - Model Publication and the MAGNET Model Network

Platform as a Service: Accessible Anywhere, Anytime

Networks of Data, Models, and People

Make Learning Fun: Team Work, Nonlinear Inquiries, and Active Co-construction of Knowledge

A Diversity of Case Studies

Seeing the Unseen: an Animation is Worth a Thousand Pictures

A Systematic Set of References: Tutorials, Manuals, and Step by Step Case Studies

Online Support 24/7: through Discussion forum Accessible Anywhere and Anytime

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Part 1 - Quick, Data-enabled Regional Modeling, Visualization and Analysis