Michael N. Fienen
Hydrologist
U.S. Geological Survey
Wisconsin Water Science Center
8505 Research Way
Middleton, Wisconsin 53562
Phone: 608-821-3894
Fax: 608-821-3817
Email: mnfienen@usgs.gov
Education
- Ph.D. Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology, Stanford University, 2006 - Dissertation: "Inverse methods for nearfield hydrogeologic characterization"
- M.S. Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology, Stanford University, 2001
- B.A. Geology, Macalester College, 1993
Areas of Expertise
- Geostatistical inverse methods for parameter estimation in hydrogeology.
- Hydraulic tomography.
- Numerical and analytic methods for modeling of groundwater flow considering prediction and measurement uncertainty.
- Nonparametric transfer functions, derived using geostatistical inverse methods, especially applied to tracer test analysis.
Current Projects
- Mike is currently working with Randy Hunt on the USGS WEBB project with a field component based at the Trout Lake North Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Center.
- Anchored to applications at Trout Lake, Mike is also dedicated to providing practical tools for applications of Bayesian inverse methods to real-world hydrogeologic and other modeling problems.
Publishing
Reviewer for: Water Resources Research, Ground Water, Hydrogeology Journal,
and Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment
Personal Website
http://www.talulat.com/mike/
Professional Experience
2008-present
Hydrologist - Wisconsin Water Science Center, Middleton, Wisconsin
2006-2008
Research Associate - National Research Council/USGS Postdoctoral Research Associateship Program, Middleton, Wisconsin
2000-2006
Graduate Research Assistant - Stanford University Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Stanford, California
1997-2000
Associate Environmental Hydrogeologist - ENVIRON International Corporation Emeryville, California
1995-1997
Hydrogeologist - OHM Remediation Services Corp., Pleasanton, California
1993-1994
Geologist - Jacobs Engineering Group, Chicago, Illinois
Selected Publications
Journal articles, reports, and other publications
Fienen, M.N., R. Hunt, D. Krabbenhoft, and T. Clemo. (in review—2008) Obtaining Parsimonious Hydraulic Conductivity Fields Using Head and Transport Observations: A Bayesian Geostatistical Parameter Estimation Approach. Water Resources Research.
Fienen, M.N., C. Muffels, R. Hunt. (in review-2008) On constraining pilot point calibration with regularization in PEST. Ground Water.
Doherty, J., M.N. Fienen and R. J. Hunt. (in review–2008) Approaches to Highly Parameterized Inversion: Pilot-point Theory, Guidelines, and Research Directions. USGS Scientific Investigations Report.
Clemo, T. and M. Fienen (2008). A Comparison of Computational Issues for Parameter Estimation using Finite Differences and Adjoint State Method with MODFLOW and MT3DMS. The XVII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources. July 6-10, San Francisco, CA.
Oliver, L. D. and M. Fienen (2008). Importance of Teammate Fit: Frescoball Example. Northern California Symposium on Statistics and operations Research in Sports, October 18, Menlo Park, CA.
Oliver, L. D., and M. N. Fienen. (In press, 2008). Importance of Teammate Fit: Frescoball Example. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.
Fienen, M.N., T. Clemo and P.K. Kitanidis, 2008, An Interactive Bayesian Geostatistical Inverse Protocol for Hydraulic Tomography. Water Resources Research 44. doi:10.1029/2007WR006730.
Luo, J., W.-M. Wu, J. Carley, M.N. Fienen, H. Cheng D. Watson, C.S. Criddle, P.M. Jardine, P.K. Kitanidis. (2008) Estimating first-order reaction rate coefficient for transport with nonequilibrium linear mass transfer in heterogeneous media. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 98:50-60. doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.03.002
Fienen, M. Tom Clemo, Randy Hunt. Parameter Estimation in MODFLOW Using a Bayesian Inverse Approach. MODFLOW and More: Ground Water and Public Policy. May 19-21, 2008. Golden, CO.
Fienen, Michael and Randall Hunt. If Thomas Bayes had met Thomas Chamberlin. 2008 NGWA Ground Water Summit. March 30-April 3, 2008. Memphis, TN.
Fienen, M., Hydraulic Tomography for Characterizing Heterogeneity. AWRA – Wisconsin Section Annual Meeting, March 6-7, 2008. Brookfield, WI.
Fienen, M., Randall Hunt, Tom Clemo, Wolfgang Nowak, and John Doherty. Implementation of a Bayesian Geostatistical Parameter Estimation Module into PEST. 2008 USGS Modeling Conference. Orange Beach, AL.
Fienen, M. N., R. Hunt, D. Krabbenhoft, and T. Clemo. Coupled Flow and Transport Parameter Estimation at Trout Lake, Wisconsin: A Bayesian Approach. GSA Annual Meeting, Oct. 28-31, 2007. Denver, CO.
Fienen, M.N., and R. J. Hunt (2007) Looking for a Silt Layer on the Crystal-Big Muskellunge Lake Isthmus, AWRA – Wisconsin Section Annual Meeting March 2, 2007.
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