email: mfriedel@usgs.gov; telephone: 303.236.7790
Under Graduate Courses
GEOL 250 - Quantitative Hydrogeology, Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 2003.
ENVS5500 - Unsaturated zone hydrology, Department of Environmental Science,
Post Graduate Courses
Hydrogeophysics - Application of geophysics in water resource investigations, Instituto de geociencias, Laboratorio de Geofisica Aplicada, Universidade de Brasilia, semester, December, 2008. (4 credits; Developed and instructed)
Model fitting, calibration, and uncertainty analysis in earth science, Instituto de geociencias, Laboratorio de Geofisica Aplicada, Universidade de Brasilia, semester, August, 2008. (4 credits; Developed and instructed)
Multicomponent reactive transport modeling for mining environments, Department of Environmental Science, University of Kuopio, Finland, Fall semester, September 17-24, 2007. (4 credits; Co-developed and co-instructed) http://risk.eracnet.fi/edu/index.php/Reactive_transport_modeling_for_mining_environments
Ecological Risk Assessment,Department of Environmental Science, University of Kuopio, Finland, fall semester, 2007. (2 credits; Co-developed and co-instructed) http://risk.eracnet.fi/edu /index.php/Ecological_Risk_Assessment
Assessing and Managing Environmental Risks, Universidad Centroamericana-José Simeón Cañas, Department of Energy and Fluid Science,
Advanced Concepts in Watershed Management, Department of Energy and Fluid Science, Universidad Centroamericana-José Simeón Cañas, Course part of post-graduate curriculum,
Assessing and Managing Risks Associated with Hazards in our Environment, Universidad Centroamericana - José Simeón Cañas, Department of Energy and Fluid Science,
Model Calibration and Predictive Analysis in Earth Science,
Modeling Coastal Water Flooding, Mud and Debris Flows (10-days), Department of Energy and Fluid Science, University Centroamericana - José Simeón Cañas,
Peak flood frequency analysis and rainfall-runoff model calibration for gaged and ungaged watersheds with application to modeling coastal water flooding, Department of Energy and Fluid Science, University Centroamericana - José Simeón Cañas,
Workshops
Assessment and management of mining-related environmental risks with applications: in Mining Environments - Potential Impact and Risk Assessment (1-day), Kuopio, Finland, February 7, 2007 (Developed and Presented) http://risk.eracnet.fi/edu/index.php/Workshop%3B_Mine_Environments_-_Potential_Impact_and_Risk_Assessment; http://risk.eracnet.fi/edu/images/c/ca/MikeFriedel01.pdf
Hazards risk mitigation and emergency preparedness project (1-day),
Parameter estimation, model calibration, and uncertainty analysis (1-day), State Key Laboratory of Hydrology, College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, China, November 3, 2005. (Developed and Instructed)
Mining applications of seismic tomography (1-day), Annual International Meeting: Society of Exploration Geophysics, Denver, CO, November 1996. (Developed and Instructed)
Numerical modeling of flow in the vadose zone (2-days), U.S. Bureau of Mines – Mineral Availability Field Office, Lakewood, CO, August 3-7, 1992. (Developed and Instructed)
Seismic imaging: data acquisition, processing, and interpretation for spatial imaging of mine-tailings (5-day field course), U.S. Bureau of Mines –
Digital signal processing (5-day), U.S. Bureau of Mines -