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Geohydrology Department Staff

Staff Members

Name/Contact Information	Technical Focus Areas	Current/Recent Projects	Related Links
Susan Altman Tel: 844-2397 Fax: 844-7354 sjaltma@sandia.gov	Transport simulation Tracer testing Unsaturated zone flow modeling Groundwater quality characterization	Quantitative visualization of diffusion processes [WIPP, PNC, and Aspo] Single-well tracer test analysis [WIPP] Unsaturated zone model development for performance assessment [YMP]	Visualization & Quantification of Diffusion fact sheet Multirate Transport fact sheet
James Brainard Tel: 844-5624 Fax: 844-6023 jrbrain@sandia.gov	Vadose zone hydrology Vadose zone instrumentation	Field-scale vadose zone infiltration testing [EMSP, Sandia Environmental Restoration] Landfill cap design and testing	Flow Visualization & Processes Laboratory web site Vadose Zone Infiltration Testing fact sheet
Valerie Cotinola Tel: 284-4832 Fax: 844-7354 vccotin@sandia.gov	Office Administrative Support
John R. Cochran Tel: 844-5256 Fax: 844-7354 jrcochr@sandia.gov
Stephen H. Conrad Tel: 844-5267 Fax: 844-5404 shconra@sandia.gov
Tom Corbet Tel: 844-2283 Fax: 844-7354 tfcorbe@sandia.gov	Regional scale, groundwater flow Numerical simulation	Long-term, regional-scale flow modeling [WIPP] Numerical modeling of free surface ground-water flow [WIPP; BLM/Newmont Gold] Integration of flow and geochemical models [WIPP]	Regional-Scale, Ground-Water Flow fact sheet
Robert Glass Tel: 844-5606 Fax: 844-6023 rjglass@sandia.gov	Multiphase flow Vadose zone hydrology Flow visualization Pore-scale modeling DNAPL	Multiphase flow in fractured rock [BES] Multi component convection in porous and fractured media[BES] DNAPL migration and remediation [EMSP] Hybrid hydrologic/geophysical vadose zone characterization [EMSP]	Flow Visualization & Processes Laboratory web site Flow Visualization & Processes Laboratory fact sheet
Thomas A. Feeney Tel: 844-5997 Fax: 844-7354 tfeene@sandia.gov
Cliff Ho Tel: 844-2384 Fax: 844-7354 ckho@sandia.gov	Multiphase flow Vadose zone hydrology Numerical simulation	Manager of Natural Systems Performance Dept. [YMP/M&O] Unsaturated zone model development for performance assessment [YMP] Enhanced vapor diffusion [LDRD] Numerical modeling of contaminant transport at Hanford Numerical simulation of heterogeneous capillary barriers	LDRD Microchemical sensor development University of New Mexico Adjunct Professor web page YMP thermohydrologic modeling web page
Michael J. Kelley Tel: 284-6566 Fax: 844-7354 mkelle@sandia.gov	Flow and transport simulation Innovative technology implementation	LDRD Microchemical sensor development team member Y-12 Bioremediation Project PORTS Bioremediation and phytoremediation RFP	LDRD Microchemical sensor development ITRD Project Homepage
Sean McKenna Tel: 844-2450 Fax: 844-7354 samcken@sandia.gov	Geostatistics Transport Simulation Uncertainty Analysis Upscaling	Saturated zone transport modeling [YMP] Multi-rate diffusion transport analysis of tracer tests [WIPP] Aspo international TRUE tracer test analysis [WIPP/Aspo] SmartSampling analysis of Sandia lead flyer site contamination	Geostatistics fact sheet Smart Sampling fact sheet Smart Sampling web page
Lucy Meigs Tel: 844-2375 Fax: 844-7354 lcmeigs@sandia.gov	Tracer test analysis Numerical simulation	Multi-rate diffusion transport analysis of tracer tests [WIPP] Development of site scale transport analysis for performance assessment [WIPP]	Field-Scale Tracer Testing fact sheet Multirate Transport fact sheet
Will Peplinski Tel: 844-5658 Fax: 844-6023 wjpepli@sandia.gov	Multiphase flow Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids [DNAPLS]	DNAPL remediation [EMSP]	Flow Visualization & Processes Laboratory web site DNAPL fact sheet
Vince Tidwell Tel: 844-6025 Fax: 844-6023 vctidwe@sandia.gov	Upscaling Flow visualization X-ray imaging	Laboratory testing of permeability upscaling [BES] Quantitative visualization of diffusion processes [WIPP] Quantitative visualization of matrix imibition processes [YMP] Fluid migration behavior of hydrofrac gels [NGOTP/Haliburton]	Flow Visualization & Processes Laboratory web site Flow Visualization & Processes Laboratory fact sheet
Lane Yarrington Tel: 844-5341 Fax: 844-7354

Students

Name/Contact Information	Technical Focus Areas	Current/Recent Projects	Related Links
Carlos A. Aragon Tel: 844-5989 Fax: 844-7354 caragon@sandia.gov
Bryan P. Chambers Tel: Fax: bpchamb@sandia.gov
Mehdi Eliassi Tel: 844-5621 Fax: 844-7354 meliass@sandia.gov
David B. Hart Tel: 844-3054 Fax: 844-7354 dbhart@sandia.gov
Irene T. Ma Tel: 844-6409 Fax: 844-7354 itma@sandia.gov
\Angela A. Mclain Tel: Fax: aamclai@sandia.gov
Chad E. Peyton Tel: 844-4115 Fax: 844-7354 cepeyto@sandia.gov
Scott E. Pringle Tel: 844-5618 Fax: 844-7354 sepring@sandia.gov
Joseph V. Romero Tel: Fax: jvromer@sandia.gov

Acronyms/Explanations Key

Aspo	Apso Underground Rock Laboratory [Sweden]
BES	Basic Energy Sciences [DOE]
BLM	Bureau of Land Management
DNAPL	Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids
EMSP	Environmental Management Science Program [DOE]
Grimsel	Grimsel Underground Rock Laboratory [Switzerland]
LDRD	Laboratory Directed Research [Sandia Labs]
M&O	Management and Operations Contractor for YMP
NGOTP	Natural Gas and Oil Technology Partnership
OECD/NEA	Organization for European Cooperation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency
PNC	Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation [Japan]
SEDE	Site Evaluation and Design of Experiments for Radioactive Waste Disposal
WIPP	Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
YMP	Yucca Mountain Project

Contact

Ray Finley, Department Manager
Sandia National Laboratories
P.O. Box 5800, MS 0735
Albuquerque, NM 87185-0735

Tel: 505-844-4462
Fax: 505-844-7354
Email: refinle@sandia.gov

Page Owner: Ray E. Finley

Last modified: May 21, 2003

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