Michael J. Friedel, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Visiting and Adjunct Professor

email: mfriedel@usgs.gov; telephone: 303.236.7790

Students

Graduate Students Advised

Ph.D. committee, Erin Wallin, Dept. of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO. Evaluation of High Frequency Sounding for detection and monitoring of DNAPL contaminants (2/2004 – 11/2007).

Ph.D. committee, Mark E. Smith, Dept. Water Resour. Plan. Mgt., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Application of prediction methodologies for coastal and urban water flooding in ungaged watersheds of El Salvador (2/2004 –10/2007). Mark is Central Region, surface water specialist, Water Resource Discipline, U.S. Geological Survey.

M.S. committee, Maria A. Figueroa, Dept. Geog. Env. Sci., University of Colorado, Denver, CO. A Comparison of dO18 Composition of Water Extracted from Suction Lysimeters, Centrifugation, and Azeotropic Distillation (4/2005-2007)

M.S. committee, Justin Little, Dept. Geog. Env. Sci., University of Colorado, Denver, CO. Importance of scaling: laboratory versus field scale hysteretic measurements for a coarse sandy soil (2/2004-6/2007)

M.S. committee, Maria Stearns, Dept. Geog. Env. Sci., University of Colorado, Denver, CO. Effects of coal-bed methand discharge waters on the vegetation and soil ecosystem in Powder River basin (2003-2004)

M.S. committee, Chuenamol Sethaputra, Dept. Env. Sci., University of Colorado, Denver, CO. Dual porosity techniques for predicting macropore transport, (2003 – 2004).

M.S. committee, Elizabeth Murphy, University of Illinois, Dept. Env. Eng., Champaign, IL. Predicting hydrologic variables in watersheds along an urban gradient (2000–2002).

International Students

I have taught and supervised numerous students at universities in Brazil, China, El Salvador, and Finland. I also have taught short courses and workshops to professionals at universities and conferences in the US and across the world. Thank you to all that have challenged me and enriched my life.  

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