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Curriculum Vitae
MICHAEL C. SUKOP, DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Florida International University
EDUCATION
Degree Institution Field Dates
PhD University of Kentucky Soil Science 1997-2001
MS Washington State University Soil Science 1986-1989
BS The Pennsylvania State Univ. Geological Science 1980-1982
FULL-TIME ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Institution Rank Field Dates (M/Y)
Florida Intl. Univ. Professor Earth Sciences 8/2015-present
Florida Intl. Univ. Associate Professor Earth Sciences 8/2009-8/2015
Florida Intl. Univ. Assistant Professor Earth Sciences 8/2003-8/2009
Univ. of Connecticut Postdoctoral Fellow(w/D.Or) Civil/Environ Eng 7/2002-7/2003
Utah State Univ. Postdoctoral Fellow(w/D.Or) Soil Physics 7/2001-8/2002
PART-TIME ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Institution Rank Field Dates
Shasta College Substitute Geology 1996
NON-ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Place of Employment Title Dates
CH2M HILL Engineering, Redding CA Hydrogeologist/
Soil Scientist 1989-1997
Donohue and Associates Engineering,
Sheboygan WI Hydrogeologist 1984-1986
EMPLOYMENT RECORD AT FIU
Rank Dates
Professor 2015-present
Associate Professor 2009-2015
Assistant Professor 2003-2009
PUBLICATIONS IN DISCIPLINE (Supervised students and post-docs underlined)
Books
Huang, H. M.C. Sukop, X. Lu, 2015. Multiphase Lattice Boltzmann Methods: Theory
and Application, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK 392 p.
Sukop, M.C. and D.T. Thorne, Jr., 2006 (second printing 2007). Lattice Boltzmann
Modeling: An Introduction for Geoscientists and Engineers. Springer, Heidelberg,
Berlin, New York 172 p.
Articles
52. Sukop, M.C. (2020). Book Review: Coastal Hydrogeology by Jiao and Post 2019,
Ground Water, accepted
51. Weisskoff, R., M.C. Sukop, H. Nguyen, and K. Glodzik (2020). Forecasting Water
Demands in South Florida in the context of Everglades Restoration: A
Retrospective. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, accepted
50. Chi Peng, Shouceng Tian, Gensheng Li, Michael C. Sukop (2019). Simulation of
laser-produced single cavitation bubbles with hybrid thermal Lattice Boltzmann
method. Int J Heat and Mass Transfer, xx, xx–xx.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.119136
49. Wei, B., Hou, J., Sukop, M. C., & Liu, H. (2019). Pore scale study of amphiphilic
fluids flow using the Lattice Boltzmann model. Int J Heat and Mass Transfer,
139, 725–735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.05.056
48. Chi Peng, Shouceng Tian, Gensheng Li, Michael C. Sukop, 2019, Simulation of
multiple cavitation bubbles interaction with single-component multiphase Lattice
Boltzmann method, Int J Heat and Mass Transfer 137:301-317.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.03.096
47. Lanier, A.L., Drabik, J.R., Heikkila, T., Bolson, J., Sukop, M.C., Watkins, D.W.,
Rehage, J. Mirchi, A., Engel, V. Letson, D., 2018. Facilitating Integration in
Interdisciplinary Research: Lessons from a South Florida Water, Sustainability,
and Climate Project, Environmental Management 62 (6), 1025-1037.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-018-1099-1
46. Bei Wei, Jian Hou, Haibo Huang, Michael C. Sukop, Yongge Liu, Kang Zhou, 2018,
Entry pressure for the rough capillary: Semi-analytical model, Lattice Boltzmann
Simulation, J Hydrology 562:17-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.04.060
45. Peng, Chi, Tian, Shouceng, Li, Gensheng, and Sukop, Michael C., 2018, Single-
component multiphase lattice Boltzmann simulation of free bubble and crevice
heterogeneous cavitation nucleation, Phys. Rev. E 98(2) 023305, 11 pages,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.98.023305
44. Bolson, J., M.C. Sukop, M. Arabi, G. Pivo, and A. Lanier. 2018, A stakeholder-
science based approach using the National Urban Water Innovation Network as a
testbed for understanding urban water sustainability challenges in the U.S., Water
Resources Research, https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2017WR021191
43. Mirchi, A., D.W. Watkins, V. Engel, M.C. Sukop, J. Czajkowski, M. Bhat, J.
Rehage, D. Letson, Y. Takatsuka, R. Weisskoff, 2018, A hydro-economic model
of South Florida water resources system, Sci Total Environ 628–629:1531-1541,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.111.
42. Takatsuka, Y. M.R. Niekus, J. Harrington, S. Feng, D. Watkins, A. Mirchi, H
Nguyen, M.C. Sukop, 2018, Value of irrigation water usage in South Florida
agriculture, Sci Total Environ 626:486–496,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.24
41. Brown, C.E., , M.G. Bhat, J.S. Rehage, A. Mirchi, R Boucek, V Engel, J.S. Ault, P
Mozumder, D. Watkins, M. Sukop, 2018, Ecological-economic assessment of
the effects of freshwater flow in the Florida Everglades on recreational fisheries,
Sci Total Environ 627:480–493, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.038
40. Sukop, M.C., M. Rogers, G. Guannel, J.M. Infanti, K. Hagemann, 2018, High
temporal resolution modeling of the impact of rain, tides, and sea level rise on
water table flooding in the Arch Creek basin, Sci Total Environ 616–617: 1668-
1688, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.170
39. Czajkowski, J., V. Engel, C. Martinez, A. Mirchi, D. Watkins, M.C. Sukop, J.D.
Hughes, 2018, Economic impacts of urban flooding in South Florida: Potential
consequences of managing groundwater to prevent salt water intrusion, Sci Total
Environ 621:465-478, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.251.
38. Wei, B., H. Huang, J. Hou, M.C. Sukop, 2018, Study on the meniscus-induced
motion of droplets and bubbles by a three-phase Lattice Boltzmann model,
Chemical Engineering Science 176:35-49,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2017.10.025
37. Blakey, T.; Melesse, A.; Sukop, M.C.; Tachiev, G.; Whitman, D.; Miralles-Wilhelm,
F. 2016, Developing Benthic Class Specific, Chlorophyll-a Retrieving Algorithms
for Optically-Shallow Water Using SeaWiFS. Sensors, 16, 1749.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16101749
36. Feng Ren, Baowei Song, M.C. Sukop, 2016. Terminal shape and velocity of a rising
bubble by phase-field-based incompressible Lattice Boltzmann model, Advances
in Water Resources, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.08.012
35. Feng Ren, Baowei Song, M.C. Sukop, and Haibao Hu, 2016, Improved lattice
Boltzmann modeling of binary flow based on the conservative Allen-Cahn
equation, Phys. Rev. E 94, 023311 – Published 17 August 2016. doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.94.023311
34. Sukop, M.C. and Cunningham, K. J. (2016), Geostatistical Borehole Image-Based
Mapping of Karst-Carbonate Aquifer Pores. Groundwater, 54: 202–213. doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12354
33. Boglaienko, D., B. Tansel, M.C. Sukop, 2016, Granular encapsulation of light
hydrophobic liquids (LHL) in LHL-salt water systems: Particle induced
densification with quartz sand, Chemosphere 144:1358–1364.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.10.019
32. Hasiuk, F. J., Florea, L. J. and Sukop, M.C. (2015), Three-Dimensional Printing:
Transformative Technology for Experimental Groundwater Research.
Groundwater. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12394
31. A. Yehya, H. Naji, M.C. Sukop, 2015, Simulating flows in multi-layered and
spatially-variable permeability media via a new Gray Lattice Boltzmann model,
Computers and Geotechnics, 70:150-158.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2015.07.017.
30. Long, S.A., G.I. Tachiev, R. Fennema, A.M. Cook, M.C. Sukop, F. Miralles-
Wilhelm, 2015. Modeling the impact of restoration efforts on phosphorus loading
and transport through Everglades National Park, FL, USA, Science of The Total
Environment, Volume 520.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969715001163
29. Sukop, M.C., and K.J. Cunningham (2014), Lattice Boltzmann methods applied to
large-scale three dimensional virtual cores constructed from digital optical
borehole images of the karst carbonate Biscayne aquifer in southeastern Florida,
Water Resour. Res., 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014WR015465.
28. Ngachin, M., RG Galdamez, S Gokaltun, MC Sukop, 2014, Lattice Boltzmann
Simulation of Rising Bubble Dynamics using an Effective Buoyancy Method,
Accepted 16 July 2014 by Int. J. Mod. Phys. C
http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S012918311550031X
27. Anwar, S., M.C. Sukop, and D.T. Thorne, Jr., 2013, Lattice Boltzmann modeling of
classic solute transport boundary value problems. Vadose Zone Journal 12,
http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/vzj2012.0192
26. Huang, H.B., J.J.Huang, X.Y. Lu, M.C. Sukop, 2013, On simulations of high-density
ratio flows using color-gradient multiphase lattice Boltzmann models, Int. J. of
Modern Phys. C, 24(4), 1350021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0129183113500216
25. Sukop, M. C., H. Huang, P. F. Alvarez, E. A. Variano, and K. J. Cunningham, 2013,
Evaluation of permeability and non-Darcy flow in vuggy macroporous limestone
aquifer samples with lattice Boltzmann methods, Water Resour. Res., 49(1), 216-
230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011788.
24. Ozturk, Z., B. Tansel, Y. Katsenovich, M. Sukop, S. Laha, 2012, Highly organic
natural media as permeable reactive barriers: TCE partitioning and anaerobic
degradation profile in eucalyptus mulch and compost, Chemosphere, 89(6) 665-
671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.06.006
23. Kim, J-W., M.C. Sukop, E. Perfect, Y. Pachepsky, and H. Choi, 2011, Geometric
and Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Three-dimensional Saturated Prefractal
Porous Media Determined with Lattice Boltzmann Modeling, Transport in
Porous Media, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11242-011-9818-6
22. Huang, H-B., X. Lu, and M.C. Sukop, 2011, Numerical study of lattice Boltzmann
methods for a convection-diffusion equation coupled with Navier-Stokes
equations Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 44 055001.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/44/5/055001
21. Dausman, A.M., J. Doherty, C.D. Langevin and M.C. Sukop, 2010, Quantifying
Data Worth Toward Reducing Predictive Uncertainty. Ground Water 48(5):729–
740. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00679.x
20. Langevin, C.D., Dausman, A.M., and Sukop, M.C., 2010, Solute and Heat Transport
Model of the Henry and Hilleke Laboratory Experiment. Ground Water, 48(5):
757-770. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00596.x
19. Cihan, A., M.C. Sukop, J.S. Tyner, E. Perfect, and H. Huang, 2009. Analytical
predictions and lattice Boltzmann simulations of intrinsic permeability for mass
fractal porous media. Vadose Zone J 7(1):187–196.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/vzj2008.0003
18. Anwar, S. and M.C. Sukop, 2009. Regional scale transient groundwater flow
modeling using lattice Boltzmann methods. Computers & Mathematics with
Applications, 58:1015-1023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2009.02.025
17. Cunningham, K.J., M.C. Sukop, H. Huang, P.F. Alvarez, H. A. Curran, J.F. Dixon,
and R.A. Renken, 2009. Prominence of ichnologically-influenced macroporosity
in the karst Biscayne aquifer: stratiform "super-K" zones, Geological Society of
America Bulletin 121:1-2, 164-235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/B26392.1
16. Anwar, S. and M.C. Sukop, 2008. Lattice Boltzmann models for flow and transport
in saturated karst, Ground Water 47(3):401-413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-
6584.2008.00514.x
15. Anwar, S., A. Cortis, and M.C. Sukop, 2008. Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Solute
Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media with Conduits to Estimate
Macroscopic Continuous Time Random Walk Model Parameters, Progress in
Computational Fluid Dynamics 8:1-2, 213 - 221.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/PCFD.2008.018092
14. Sukop, M.C., H. Huang, C.L. Lin, M.D. Deo, K. Oh, and J.D. Miller, 2008.
Distribution of multiphase fluids in porous media: Comparison between lattice
Boltzmann modeling and micro-x-ray tomography, Phys. Rev. E 77, 026710, 7p.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.77.026710.
13. Huang, H., D.T. Thorne, M.G. Schaap, and M.C. Sukop, 2007. Proposed
approximation for contact angles in Shan-and-Chen-type multicomponent
multiphase lattice Boltzmann models, Phys. Rev. E 76, 066701, 6p.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.76.066701
12. Thorne, Jr., D.T., C.D. Langevin, and M.C. Sukop, 2006. Addition of Simultaneous
Heat and Solute Transport and Variable Fluid Viscosity to SEAWAT. Computers
and Geosciences 32, 1758–1768. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2006.04.005
11. Perfect, E., R.W. Gentry, M.C. Sukop, and J.E. Lawson, 2006. Multifractal
Sierpinski Carpets: theory and application to upscaling effective saturated
hydraulic conductivity. Geoderma 134, 240-252.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.03.001
10. Chau, J.F., D. Or, and M.C. Sukop, 2005. Simulation of Gaseous Diffusion in
Partially Saturated Porous Media Under Variable Gravity with Lattice Boltzmann
Methods. Water Resources Research 41, W08410, 11p.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004WR003821
9. Sukop, M.C. and D. Or, 2005. Lattice Boltzmann method for homogeneous and
heterogeneous cavitation. Physical Review E, 71, 046703, 5p.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.046703
8. Sukop, M.C. and D. Or, 2004. Lattice Boltzmann method for modeling liquid-vapor
interface configurations in porous media, Water Resources Research, 40,
W01509, 11p. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003WR002333.
7. Sukop, M.C. and D. Or, 2003. Invasion percolation of single component, multiphase
fluids with lattice Boltzmann models. Physica B 338, 298-303.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2003.08.009
6. Sukop, M.C., G-J. van Dijk, E. Perfect, and W.K.P. van Loon, 2002. Percolation
thresholds in 2-dimensional prefractal models of porous media. Transport in
Porous Media 48, 187-208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1015680828317
5. Perfect, E., M.C. Sukop, and G.R. Haszler, 2002. Prediction of dispersivity for
undisturbed soil columns from water retention parameters. Soil Science Society of
America Journal 66, No. 3, 696-701. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2002.6960
4. Sukop, M.C. 2001. Dispersion in VLEACH and similar models. Ground Water 39,
No. 6, 953-954. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2001.tb02483.x
3. Sukop, M.C., E. Perfect, and N.R.A. Bird, 2001. Water retention of prefractal porous
media generated with the homogeneous and heterogeneous algorithms. Water
Resources Research 37, 2631-2636. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2000WR000097
2. Sukop, M.C. 2000. Estimation of vertical concentration profiles from existing wells.
Ground Water, 38, No. 6, 836-841. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-
6584.2000.tb00681.x
1. Sukop, M. and C.G. Cogger, 1992. Adsorption of Carbofuran, Metalaxyl, and
Simazine: Koc evaluation and relation to soil transport. J. Environ. Sci. Health B
27(5):565-590. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03601239209372801
Proceedings. Supervised students and post-docs underlined (give full bibliographical
references: author(s); journal title, publisher, title, date, volume and page number)
Lanier, A.L. and M.C. Sukop 2016. Interdisciplinary Projects Require an Adaptive and
Agile Management Approach: South Florida Water, Sustainability, and Climate
Project Experience, World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2016:
Environmental, Sustainability, Groundwater, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Water
Distribution Systems Analysis (184 - 189)
https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784479865.019
Brownlee, C., A. Knoll, P. Navrátil, K.J. Cunningham, M.C. Sukop and S. Garcia, 2015,
Visualizing Groundwater Flow Through Karst Limestone, 97-99, EGPGV15:
Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization 4th – 8th May
2015, Zürich, Switzerland, C. Dachsbacher, P. Navrátil (Editors)
http://dx.doi.org/10.2312/pgv.20151160
Variano, E.A., M.C. Sukop, D.T. Ho, S. Anwar, and V.C. Engel, 2010, Velocity
Variations in a Patterned Wetland from Lattice-Boltzmann Flow Modeling, 71-
72, In H.O. Andradottir (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on
Physical Processes in Natural Waters, June 28 - July 1, Reykjavík, Iceland, pp.
166.
Gokaltun, S., M.C. Sukop, G.S. Dulikravich, 2009, Statistical Modeling of Rarefied Gas
Channel Flows, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, AUG 02-
06, 2009, FEDSM2009, VOL 2: 519-527.
Sukop, M.C., S. Anwar, J.S. Lee, K.J. Cunningham, and C.D. Langevin, 2008, Modeling
Ground-water Flow and Solute Transport in Karst with Lattice Boltzmann
Methods, Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group
Workshop, May 27-29, 2008, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Western Kentucky
University Campus, E.L. Kuniansky, Ed., USGS Scientific Investigations Report
2008-5023, p. 77-86. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5023/32sukop.htm
Bardsley, K.J. and M.C. Sukop, 2008 Simulating Density-Dependent Flows Using the
Lattice Boltzmann Method, Proceedings of the Salt Water Intrusion Meeting,
Naples FL, July 23-27, p.14-17.
Dausman, A.M., C. Langevin, M.C. Sukop, and V. Walsh, 2008, Saltwater/Freshwater
Interface Movement in Response to Deep-Well Injection in a Coastal Aquifer
Proceedings of the Salt Water Intrusion Meeting, Naples FL, July 23-27, p. 50-53.
Cunningham, K.J., Sukop, M.C., Huang, H., Alvarez, P.F., Curran, H.A., Wacker, M.A.,
Florea, L.J., Renken, R.A., and Dixon, J.F., 2008, Biogenic Macroporosity and Its
Lattice Boltzmann Method Permeability in the Karst Biscayne Aquifer: In
Sasowsky, I.D., Feazel, C.T., Mylroie, J.E., Palmer, A.N., and Palmer, M.V., eds.,
Karst from Recent to Reservoirs: Special Publication 14, Karst Waters Institute
Proceedings, Leesburg, VA, p. 30-35.
Langevin, C.D., A.M. Dausman, D.T. Thorne, and M.C. Sukop, 2008. Modeling Solute
and Heat Transport with SEAWAT, p. 476-480 in MODFLOW and More:
Ground Water and Public Policy, Golden, Colorado, May 19-21 Eds: Poeter. E.P,
M.C. Hill, and C. Zheng, 535p.
Dausman, A.M., Doherty, J., Langevin, C.D., and Sukop, M.C., 2008. Quantifying Data
Contributions toward Reducing Predictive Uncertainty in a Variable-Density
Flow and Solute/Heat Transport Model, p. 320-324 in MODFLOW and More:
Ground Water and Public Policy, Golden, Colorado, May 19-21 Eds: Poeter. E.P,
M.C. Hill, and C. Zheng, 535p.
Dausman, A.M., Langevin, C.D., and Sukop, M.C., 2007, Simulation of submarine
groundwater discharge salinity and temperature variations: implications for
remote detection, in Sanford, W., Langevin, C.D., Polemio, M., and Povinec. P.,
eds., 2007, A new focus on groundwater-seawater interactions: IAHS Publication
312, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, p. 272-280.
Dausman, A.M., Langevin, C.D., Doherty, J., Sukop, M.C., and Walsh, V., 2007. A
unique approach to calibrating a variable-density flow and transport model.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 110,
Denver, Colorado, October 28-31, 2007.
Bardsley, K.J., S. Anwar, and M.C. Sukop, 2006. Simultaneous heat and solute transport
modeling of ground water with lattice Boltzmann methods. 8 pp. in Proceedings
of the XVI International Conference on Computational Methods in Water
Resources, edited by Philip J. Binning Peter K. Engesgaard, Helge K. Dahle,
George F. Pinder and William G. Gray., Copenhagen, Denmark, June 19-22,
Internet access: http://proceedings.cmwr-
xvi.org/getFile.py/access?contribId=314&sessionId=7&resId=0&
materialId=paper&confId=a051
Thorne, D.T., C.D. Langevin, and M.C. Sukop, 2006. MODFLOW/MT3DMS-Based
Simulation of Variable-Density Groundwater Flow with Simultaneous Heat and
Solute Transport. 8 pp. in Proceedings of the XVI International Conference on
Computational Methods in Water Resources, edited by Philip J. Binning, Peter K.
Engesgaard, Helge K. Dahle, George F. Pinder and William G. Gray,
Copenhagen, Denmark, June 19-22, Internet access: http://proceedings.cmwr-
xvi.org/getFile.py/access?contribId=313&sessionId=16&resId=0&
materialId=paper&confId=a051
Thorne, D.T. and M.C. Sukop, 2004. Lattice Boltzmann model for the Elder problem, In
Computational Methods in Water Resources, p. 1549-1557 in Proceedings of the
XVth International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources
(CMWR XV), June 13-17, 2004, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. C.T. Miller, M.W.
Farthing, W.G. Gray, and G. F. Pinder Eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Perfect, E. and M.C. Sukop, 2001, Modeling Solute Dispersivity in Irregularly Shaped
Soil Pores, p. 107-116 in Proceedings 4th Eastern Canada Soil Structure/Carbon
Workshop, eds. W.D. Reynolds, C.F. Drury & C.S. Tan, Leamington, Ontario,
Canada,. August 23-25, 1999.
Chapters in Books (give complete bibliographical references)
Obeysekera, J., W. Graham, M.C. Sukop, T. Asefa, D. Wang, K. Ghebremichael, and B.
Mwashote, Implications of Climate Change on Florida’s Water Resources,
Chapter 3 in Chassignet, E. P., J. W. Jones, V. Misra, and J. Obeysekera (Eds.),
2017: Florida's Climate: Changes, Variations, & Impacts. Florida Climate
Institute, 632 pp., ISBN-13: 978-1979091046,
https://floridaclimateinstitute.org/resources/florida-climate-book.
Cunningham, K.J., Sukop, M.C., and Curran, H.A., 2011, Application of Ichnology to
Carbonate Aquifer Characterization: In Bromley, R.G., and Knaust, D., eds.,
Trace fossils as indicators of sedimentary environments: Developments in
Sedimentology, Elsevier. 960 pages, eBook ISBN: 9780444538147, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780444538130
Sukop, M.C. and E. Perfect, 2004. Solute Transport. In D. Hillel, C. Rosenzweig, D.
Powlson, K. Scow, M. Singer and D.L. Sparks, Eds. Encyclopedia of Soils in the
Environment, Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, U.K. Vol. 3, p .521-531.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B0-12-348530-4/00445-8
Perfect, E. and M.C. Sukop, 2001. Models relating solute dispersion to pore space
geometry: a review, p. 77-146 in Physical and Chemical Processes of Water and
Solute Transport/Retention in Soils. D. Sparks and M. Selim. Eds., Soil Sci. Soc.
Am. Special Pub. 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaspecpub56.c3
Government Reports or Monographs. Supervised students and post-docs underlined
(give complete bibliographical references)
Obeysekera, J., Sukop, M., Tiffany, T., Irizarry, M., & Rogers, M. (2019). Potential
Implications of Sea-Level Rise and Changing Rainfall for Communities in Florida
using Miami-Dade County as a Case Study. Miami FL: Sea Level Solutions
Center, Florida International University. Retrieved from
https://slsc.fiu.edu/_assets/pdfs/fbc_fiu_finalreport_22aug2019.pdf
Cunningham, K.J., and Sukop, M.C., 2012, Megaporosity and permeability of
Thalassionoides-dominated ichnofabrics in the Cretaceous karst-carbonate
Edwards-Trinity aquifer system, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
2012–1021, 4 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1021/
Cunningham, K.J., and Sukop, M.C., 2011, Multiple technologies applied to
characterization of the porosity and permeability of the Biscayne aquifer, Florida:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1037, 8 p., available at
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1037.
Dausman, A.M., Langevin, C.D., Thorne, D.T., Jr., and Sukop, M.C., 2009, Application
of SEAWAT to Select Variable-Density and Viscosity Problems: U.S. Geological
Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5028, 31 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5028/
Langevin, C.D., Thorne, D.T., Jr., Dausman, A.M., Sukop, M.C., and Guo, W., 2008,
SEAWAT Version 4: A Computer Program for Simulation of Multi-Species
Solute and Heat Transport: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods
Book 6, Chapter A22, 39 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/tm6a22/
Perfect, E., M.S. Coyne, M.C. Sukop, G.R. Haszler, V.L. Quisenberry, and L. Bejat.
1998. Solute and bacterial transport through partially saturated intact soil blocks.
p. 46. Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute Report, University of
Kentucky, Lexington.
Sukop, M. and C.G. Cogger, 1989. Retention of pesticides by alluvial soils in western
Washington: experimental variables, relation to soil properties, and spatial
variability. Report A-160, State of Washington Water Research Center, Pullman,
Washington. March 1989.
Book Reviews (give complete bibliographical references)
Sukop, M.C., 2011. Percolation Theory for Flow in Porous Media, Second Edition,
(invited book review), Vadose Zone Journal 10:771-772.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/vzj2010.0156
Sukop, M.C., 2009. Review of Randomnicity: Rules and Randomness in the Realm of the
Infinite by Anastasios Tsonis, (invited book review), Vadoze Zone Journal
8(4):1085-1086. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/vzj2009.0026br
OTHER PUBLICATIONS (List publications outside of discipline. Give complete
bibliographical references.)
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PRESENTED PAPERS, AND LECTURES (List title, date, and venue where
presented)
Sukop, M.C., M. Rogers, M. Phelan, Coastal Groundwater Salinity and the Water Table,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 51, No. 5, ISSN 0016-
7592, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-341274, Phoenix AZ, September 25, 2019
Invited: Sukop, M.C. and M. Rogers, Analysis of Well Water Level Time Series for Aquifer
Parameter Estimation, Annual Mini-Conference in Statistical Methods and Mentoring,
Florida International University, CBC Room 140, April 20, 2018.
Invited: Sukop, M.C., Hydrogeology and Groundwater Flooding in South East Florida,
Broward College, Science Friday, Environmental Science Bachelor Program and Office
of Student Life, February 9, 2018
Sukop, M.C., A.D. Henry, J. Bolson, N. Schneider, T. Kirby, K French, 2018, Using Social
Network Analysis to Identify and Understand Linkages Between Climate-related
Organizations in Southeast Florida, The 6th University of Florida Water Institute
Symposium, February 6-7, 2018
Invited: Sukop, M.C., M. Rogers, G. Guannel, J.M. Infanti, K. Hagemann, High Time
Resolution Modeling of Groundwater Levels in the Arch Creek Basin Repetitive Loss
Areas, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Geosciences Colloquium Series Spring
2018, January 19, 2018
Sukop, M.C. Basic hydrology, sea level rise, and hydrogeology in Southeast Florida, Sea Level
Solutions Interdisciplinary Research & Design Studio, Miami Beach, January 16, 2018
Invited: Sukop, M.C., (2017), Modern and Unconventional Approaches to Karst Hydrogeology,
Abstract [H53L-01] presented at 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec.
Sukop, M.C., M. Rogers, G. Guannel, J.M. Infanti, K. Hagemann, 2017, High temporal
resolution modeling of the impact of rain, tides, and sea level rise on water table flooding
in the Arch Creek basin, Miami-Dade County Florida USA, Paper No. 193-3, GSA
Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA – 2017, Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2017AM-
302263
Invited: Sukop, M.C., Climate Downscaling, Hydro-economic Optimization, and Land Use
Modeling, Climate Change and Everglades Restoration, Everglades Foundation, August
24, 2017, South Miami, Florida
Lattice Boltzmann Method: 21st Century Modeling Tool and its Application to Biscayne Aquifer
of Southeast Florida, 1:30 pm, Benedict College, Alumni Hall 212, 1600 Harden St.,
Columbia SC, Friday May 26, 2017
Invited: Lattice Boltzmann Method: 21st Century Modeling Tool and Application to Biscayne
Aquifer of Southeast Florida, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Seminar, Florida
International University, January 27, 2017
Invited: “The Science Behind Sea Level Rise”, Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy &
Citizenship Studies, High School Teacher Workshop, Climate Change as a Threat to
National Security in the Americas and Beyond, In Partnership with the Division of Social
Sciences and Life Skills Miami-Dade County Public Schools, October 3, 2016
Invited: “Trends in Sea Level Rise: The Future for Groundwater Supply in Southern Florida”,
American Ground Water Trust Florida Aquifer Conference September 21-22, 2016,
Orlando, FL
Invited: “Lattice Boltzmann Methods: 21st Century Modeling Tool”, University of Science and
Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China, March 12, 2015
Invited: “Lattice Boltzmann Methods: 21st Century Modeling Tool”, China University of
Petroleum, Qingdao, China, March 10, 2015
Invited: “The Enigmatic Biscayne Aquifer”, Environmental Sciences seminar, Ball State
University, Muncie Indiana, October 13, 2014
Invited: “The Enigmatic Biscayne Aquifer”, Earth and Environment seminar, Florida
International University, Miami Florida, September 12, 2014
Invited: “The Enigmatic Biscayne Aquifer”, Geotopics seminar, University of Miami, Miami
Florida, September 8, 2014
Invited: “Geostatistical Analysis and Simulation of South Florida’s Water Source, the Biscayne
Aquifer”, Conference in Statistical Methods and Mentoring, Florida International
University, April 11, 2013
Invited: “National Science Foundation Water, Sustainability, and Climate Project for South
Florida”, Sea level rise, restoration, and freshwater management in South Florida Mini-
symposium Organized by the Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological
Research student group, February 26th 2014
"National Science Foundation Water, Sustainability, and Climate Project for South Florida:
Hydro-economics and Ecosystems", South Florida Hydrologic Society, Coral Springs,
Florida, February 6, 2013
Invited: “Lattice Boltzmann Methods: 21st Century Modeling Tool”, University of South
Florida, Environmental & Water Resources Graduate Seminar/Environmental Research
Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Tampa, Florida, January 14, 2013
Invited: “Lattice Boltzmann Methods: 21st Century Modeling Tool and Application to Karst
Aquifers”, Institut für Erdwissenschaften, Uni Graz, Austria, December 11, 2012
Invited: “National Science Foundation Water, Sustainability, and Climate Project for South
Florida: Hydro-economics and Ecosystems”, Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad
de Córdoba, Campus Universitario de Rabanales, Córdoba, Spain, Miércoles 21
noviembre 2012
Invited: “Effective Management of Karst Aquifers for Coastal Water Resources”, T93.
Advances in Hydrology and Sustainable Water Management in Coastal Environments,
Session No. 218, Wednesday, 7 November 2012, Geological Society of America Meeting
4-7 November, Charlotte, NC
Invited: “National Science Foundation Water, Sustainability, and Climate Project for South
Florida: Hydro-economics and Ecosystems”, Centro Hispano-Luso de Investigaciones
Agrarias (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, Campus de Villamayor, Salamanca, Spain
Viernes, 19 octubre 2012
“Linking Fractal Porous Media Geometrical Parameters and Solute dispersion”, 2012,
PEDOFRACT VII, International Workshop on Scaling in Particulate and Porous Media:
Modeling and Use in Predictions. A Coruña, Spain, May 14-17
Invited: “Lattice Boltzmann Methods: 21st Century Modeling Tool”, Key Laboratory of
Computational Geodynamics, Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, July 25, 2011
Invited: “Introduction to Lattice Boltzmann Methods with Emphasis on Solute Transport in
Soils”, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, April 26, 2011
FIU Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar Series February 4, 2011
“Lattice Boltzmann Methods: 21st Century Modeling Tool”, Ohio University, Athens OH, May
21, 2010
Invited: “Lattice Boltzmann Modeling Fundamentals” and “Lattice Boltzmann Modeling
Applications and Scour”, Wayne State University, Detroit MI, September 25, 2009
“Lattice Boltzmann Methods: 21st Century Modeling Tool”, University of Kentucky, Lexington
KY, October 9, 2009
Invited: “A Career in Science”, Georgetown College, Georgetown KY, October 8, 2009
Invited: Lattice Boltzmann Methods: 21st Century Modeling Tool, Institute for Geoscience,
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Germany), June 25, 2009.
Invited: Lattice Boltzmann Methods: 21st Century Modeling Tool, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Department, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, September 6, 2007.
Invited: Relative Permeabilities of Fractal Porous Media with Lattice Boltzmann Methods,
PEDOFRACT 2007, International Workshop on Scale Dependences in Soil and
Hydrologic Systems. El Barco de Avila (Spain), July 3-6, 2007
Invited: Applying Lattice Boltzmann, Fractal, and Geostatistical Methods to Karst,
PEDOFRACT 2007, International Workshop on Scale Dependences in Soil and
Hydrologic Systems. El Barco de Avila (Spain), July 3-6, 2007
Invited: Lattice Boltzmann Methods: 21st Century Modeling Tool, Mechanical Engineering
Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County, February 23, 2007.
Invited: Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media with
Conduits to Estimate Macroscopic Continuous Time Random Walk Model Parameters,
International Conference on Mesoscopic Methods in Science and Engineering, Hampton
VA, July 26, 2006
Lattice Boltzmann Methods: 21st Century Modeling Tool, Geotopics seminar, University of
Miami, Miami Florida, November 14, 2005
Lattice Boltzmann methods for single and multiphase fluids and solute transport, Florida
International University Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate environmental
engineering seminar, Miami Florida, April 4, 2005
Lattice Boltzmann methods and aquifer storage and recovery applications, Department of
Geology, University of South Florida, Tampa Florida, October 15, 2004.
Lattice Boltzmann methods for single and multiphase fluid and mass transport simulation,
Physics Department Colloquium, Florida International University, Miami Florida,
October 1, 2004.
Lattice Boltzmann methods for multiphase fluids, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Department, Florida International University, Miami Florida, January 16, 2004
Lattice Boltzmann models for gaseous diffusion in partially saturated porous media under
variable gravity. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver Colorado,
November 3, 2003
Ground water and solute transport modeling and new approaches for fluids and porous media,
Florida International University, Miami Florida, February 19, 2003
Single component, multiphase Lattice Boltzmann models (LBM) in invasion percolation. Sixth
International Conference on the Electrical Transport and Optical Properties of
Inhomogeneous Media, Snowbird UT, July 15-19, 2002
Simulating water/water vapor equilibria in porous media: single component/multiphase Lattice
Boltzmann method. Western Regional Research project W-188 Technical Committee
Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. January 3-4, 2002
Application of lattice gas cellular automata to determine soil moisture characteristics of pore
spaces of known fractals. University of Kentucky Department of Agronomy Soil Science
Seminar. Lexington Kentucky, September 1, 2000
Introduction to fractals and some potential applications. Unité de Science du Sol - INRA,
Avignon, France. November 5, 1999
Scale-dependent dispersivities and the fractional convection - dispersion equation. Symposium -
Issues of Scale and Spatial variability as Related to Solute Transport. IEG-73 -
Information Exchange Group: "Classifying Soils for Solute transport as Affected by Soil
Properties and Landscape Position." Lexington, Kentucky April 26, 1999
Introduction to fractals and some potential applications. University of Kentucky Department of
Agronomy Soil Science Seminar. Lexington Kentucky, March 5, 1999
Injection well testing at the Air Force's Global Communications Facility in Davis, California.
University of Kentucky Department of Geological Sciences Seminar. Lexington
Kentucky, February 5, 1998
Spatial variability of soil physical properties and metalaxyl transport parameters. University of
Kentucky Department of Agronomy Soil Science Seminar, Lexington Kentucky,
December 5, 1997
Contaminant transport and attenuation. Presented to Thurston County Groundwater Advisory
Committee, Olympia, WA. September 15, 1988
Presented Papers (Speaker/Presenter’s name in bold. Supervised students and post-docs
underlined.)
Rogers, M., M. C. Sukop, M. Irizarry, J. Obeysekera, and T.M. Troxler, Projections of 2069
Water Table and Seawater Intrusion in Miami Florida using the United States Geological
Survey’s Urban Miami Dade Model, Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs. Vol. 51, No. 5, ISSN 0016-7592, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-337967
T. L. Kirby, A. Henry, J. Bolson, M. Sukop, 2018, Regional Climate Change Adaptation Policy
Network in Southeast Florida, PAD11D-0818: AGU 2018 Fall Meeting, 10-14 December
2018, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10500841.1
Chitale, J., G. S. Dulikravich, M.C. Sukop, Study of heat transfer through micro channels using
Lattice Boltzmann Method, 88342, submitted to American Society of Mechanical
Engineers 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Sukop, M.C., A. Henry, J. Bolson, N. Schneider, T. Kirby, K. French, 2018, Using Social
Network Analysis to Identify and Understand Linkages Between Climate-related
Organizations in Southeast Florida, 6th University of Florida Water Institute Symposium,
February 6-7, 2018, Gainesville FL, available at
http://archives.waterinstitute.ufl.edu/symposium2018/downloads/2018BookOfAbstracts.p
df
Bolson, J., M. Sukop, G. Pivo, M. Arabi, A. Lanier, 2018. A stakeholder-science based approach
for understanding urban water sustainability challenges across the U.S., 6th University of
Florida Water Institute Symposium, February 6-7, 2018, Gainesville FL, available at
http://archives.waterinstitute.ufl.edu/symposium2018/downloads/2018BookOfAbstracts.p
df
Invited: Sukop, M.C., (2017), Modern and Unconventional Approaches to Karst Hydrogeology,
Abstract [H53L-01] presented at 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec.
Sukop, M.C., M. Rogers, G. Guannel, J.M. Infanti, K. Hagemann, 2017, High temporal
resolution modeling of the impact of rain, tides, and sea level rise on water table flooding
in the Arch Creek basin, Miami-Dade County Florida USA, Paper No. 193-3, GSA
Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA – 2017, Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2017AM-
302263
Sukop, M.C., Pilar, N., Garcia, S.M., Florea, L.J. (2016), 3D Printed karst limestone core for
apparent hydraulic conductivity measurement under non-Darcian flow, Paper No. 99-11,
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA – 2016.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 7 doi:
http://dx.doi.org/010.1130/abs/2016AM-282017 (oral presentation)
Lanier, A. and Sukop, M. (2016) Interdisciplinary Projects Require an Adaptive and Agile
Management Approach: South Florida Water, Sustainability, and Climate Project
Experience. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2016: pp. 184-189.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479865.019
Marquez, M.E. and M.C. Sukop, 2015, Simple Aquifer-free Models for Underdamped Slug
Tests in High Permeability Aquifers, Abstract H13A-1476 presented at 2015 Fall
Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
Sukop, M.C., L.J. Florea, S.M. Garcia, and K.J. Cunningham, Geological Society of America
Meeting Baltimore, Three-dimensional Printing for Carbonate Aquifer Characterization,
2015 Baltimore GSA Annual Meeting (1-4 November 2015) Paper No. 30-1: Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.97
Marquez, M.E. and M.C. Sukop, Geological Society of America Meeting Baltimore,
Reexamining Slug Tests for Highly Permeable Aquifer Characterization with End-
Member Laboratory Tests and Well Tests, 2015 Baltimore GSA Annual Meeting (1-4
November 2015) Paper No. 245-10: Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.626 (Oral presentation)
Sukop, M.C., V. Engel, M. Bhat, J. Bolson, J. Czajowski, M. Flaxman, J. Fuentes, A. Mirchi, P.
Mozumder, H. Nguyen, J. Rehage, J. Smoak, Y. Takatsuka, D. Watkins, R. Weisskoff,
Ecosystem Service Valuation and Hydro-Economic Optimization of South Florida Water
Resources, 2015, Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) 2015 - Science in
Support of Restoration, Coral Springs FL, April 22, 2015 (Oral presentation)
Invited: Sukop, M.C. and K.J. Cunningham, Geostatistical Analysis and Simulation of South
Florida’s Water Source, the Biscayne Aquifer, 2014, Conference in Statistical Methods
and Mentoring, Florida International University, April 11, 2013 (Oral presentation)
Sukop, M.C. and J. Bolson, 2013, Decision-making for south Florida water resources:
ecosystem service valuation, hydro-economic optimization, and conflict resolution
modeling, Abstract H34F-02 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA,
9-13 Dec., (Oral presentation)
Sukop, M.C., M, Marquez, S. Garcia, and A. Garcia, Geological Society of America Meeting
Denver, Seeking the Truth about the hydraulic conductivity of the Biscayne Aquifer,
2013 Denver GSA Annual Meeting (27-30 October 2013) Paper No. 171-1: Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.420 (Oral presentation)
Invited: Sukop, M.C., Effective Management of Coastal Karst Aquifer Water Resources, 2012
Charlotte Geological Society of America Meeting (4-7 November 2012) Paper No. 218-
1: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 44, No. 7, p.516 (Oral
presentation)
Invited: Sukop, M.C. and K.J. Cunningham, 2012, High-Resolution Variograms from Optical
Borehole Imaging for Borehole-Scale Geostatistical Rock Simulation and Lattice
Boltzmann Flow Simulation in High-Permeability Carbonates, AAPG/SPE/SEG Hedberg
Research Conference “Fundamental Controls on Flow in Carbonates”, July 8-13, 2012,
Saint-Cyr-Sur Mer, Provence, France,
http://www.aapg.org/education/hedberg/past/france2012.cfm
Herleman. K.C. and M.C. Sukop, Geological Society of America Meeting Charlotte, Limits of
Standard Petrophysical Laboratory Permeability Measurements, 2012 Charlotte GSA
Annual Meeting (9-12 October 2012) Paper No. 77-2: Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 44, No. 7, p.206 (Oral presentation)
Garcia, S. and M.C. Sukop, Geological Society of America Meeting Charlotte, Permeability
Measurement of Biscayne Aquifer Touching-Vug Macroporous Carbonate Rock with
Lattice Boltzmann and Specialized Laboratory Methods, 2012 Charlotte GSA Annual
Meeting (9-12 October 2012) Paper No. 77-3: Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs. Vol. 44, No. 7, p.206 (Oral presentation)
Sukop, M.C., S. Gokaltun, A. J. Pearson, X. Comas and N. Kettridge, 2012, Lattice Boltzmann
Simulation of Gas Bubble Dynamics in Peat, 9th INTECOL International Wetlands
Conference, Wetlands in a Complex World, June 3-8, 2012 Orlando, Florida, USA,
http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/intecol/Abstracts.pdf
Sukop, M. Linking Fractal Porous Media Geometrical Parameters and Solute dispersion,
PEDOFRACT VII, International Workshop on Scaling in Particulate and Porous Media:
Modeling and Use in Predictions. A Coruña, Spain, May 14-17 (Oral presentation),
http://www1.etsia.upm.es/pedofractvii/scientific.htm
Sukop, M.C., A.J. Pearson, V. Engel, D.T. Ho, and S. Ferron-Smith, 2011, Lattice Boltzmann
Inverse Modeling of a Tracer Release in an Everglades Mangrove Estuary, H34A-07,
presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec. (Oral presentation)
Sukop, M.C., M. Ngachin, R.G. Galdamez, V. Villamizar, S. Gokaltun, A.J. Pearson, and X.
Comas, Geological Society of America Meeting Minneapolis, Lattice Boltzmann
Simulation of Rising Bubbles Using an Effective Buoyancy Approach, 2011 Minneapolis
GSA Annual Meeting (9-12 October 2011) Paper No. 17-6: (Oral presentation)
Sukop, M.C. and V. Engel (2010), Lattice Boltzmann Hydrodynamic and Transport Modeling
of Everglades Mangrove Estuaries, Eos Trans. AGU, 91(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract
H43A-1221(Oral presentation)
Sukop, M.C. and K.J. Cunningham, 2010, Geological Society of America Meeting Denver, A
New Approach in Geostatistical Modeling to Capture Stratification of Macroporosity in
the Biscayne Aquifer using Borehole Imagery for Improved Groundwater Flow
Prediction, 2010 Denver GSA Annual Meeting (31 October -3 November 2010) Paper
No. 129-13 (Oral presentation)
Sukop, M.C. and K.J. Cunningham, 2010, A New Approach in Geostatistical Modeling to
Capture Stratification of Macroporosity in the Biscayne Aquifer, In GEER 2010, Greater
Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Planning, Policy and Science Meeting, The
Everglades: A Living Laboratory of Change, Program & Abstracts, July 12-16, 2010
Naples, Florida, p. 304.
Cunningham, K.J., R.S. Reese, M.C. Sukop and M.A. Wacker, 2010, Integration of Ichnology,
Cyclostratigraphy, Hydraulic Well Testing, and Lattice Boltzmann Methods for
Carbonate Aquifer Characterization: A Case Study at the L-31N (L-30) Seepage
Management Pilot Project, In GEER 2010, Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration
Planning, Policy and Science Meeting, The Everglades: A Living Laboratory of Change,
Program & Abstracts, July 12-16, 2010 Naples, Florida, p. 84
Sukop, M.C. (2009), Pipe Dreams: Turbulence and Non-Darcian Flow in Porous Media, Eos
Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H43E-1065
Langevin, C.D. and M.C. Sukop (2009), Evaluating Importance of Heat Transport Mechanisms
Neglected in Design of Low Temperature Geothermal Systems, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52),
Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51L-03 (Oral presentation)
Sukop, M.C., L.J. Florea, S. Altobeli, K.J. Cunningham, and B. Zhu, 2009, Geological Society
of America Meeting Portland, Lattice Boltzmann simulations compared to nuclear
magnetic resonance measurements of macropore velocities in an epoxy-resin model of a
stratiform ichnogenic groundwater flow zone in the karst Biscayne Aquifer, 2009
Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009) Paper No. 176-8
Cunningham, K.J. , M.C. Sukop, H. A. Curran, R.A. Renken, and J.F. Dixon (2009)
Macroporosity Related to Bioturbation in the Karst Carbonate Biscayne Aquifer,
Southeastern Florida: Stratiform “Super-K” Zones American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention & Exhibition, 7-10 June 2009, Denver, Colorado
Sukop, M.C. and S. Anwar (2008) Lattice Boltzmann Methods for Flow and Transport in
Highly Heterogeneous Domains, EOS Trans, AGU 89(3), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract
H31K-03
Anwar, S., M.C. Sukop,V.C. Engel, and E.A. Variano, (2008) Tracer test inversion to determine
vegetative flow resistance with Lattice Boltzmann models, EOS Trans, AGU 89(3), Fall
Meet. Suppl., Abstract H31F-0960
Bardsley, K.J. and M.C. Sukop (2008) Simulating density-dependent flows using the lattice
Boltzmann method, EOS Trans, AGU 89(3), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H31F-0940
Bardsley, K.J. and M.C. Sukop, 2008 Simulating Density-Dependent Flows Using the Lattice
Boltzmann Method, Proceedings of the Salt Water Intrusion Meeting, Naples FL, June
23-27, p.14-17.
Dausman, A.M., C. Langevin, M.C. Sukop, and V. Walsh, 2008, Saltwater/Freshwater Interface
Movement in Response to Deep-Well Injection in a Coastal Aquifer Proceedings of the
Salt Water Intrusion Meeting, Naples FL, June 23-27, p. 50-53.
Anwar, S. M.C. Sukop, V.C. Engel and E.A. Variano, 2008. Tracer Test Inversion to Determine
Vegetative Flow Resistance with Lattice Boltzmann Models. In GEER 2008, Greater
Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Planning, Policy and Science Meeting, Everglades
Restoration 2050 – Advancing the Science to Achieve Success, Program & Abstracts,
July 28-August 1, 2008 Naples, Florida, p. 10.
Ho, D.T., E.A. Variano, V.C. Engel, and M.C. Sukop, 2008. Measurements and Modelling of
Vegetation Effects on Flow in Ridge and Slough Landscape, In GEER 2008, Greater
Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Planning, Policy and Science Meeting, Everglades
Restoration 2050 – Advancing the Science to Achieve Success, Program & Abstracts,
July 28-August 1, 2008 Naples, Florida, p. 447
Sukop, M.C., H. Huang, K. J. Cunningham, and P. F. Alvarez, 2008. High-Resolution X-ray
Computed Tomography of Macroporous Karst for Permeability Measurement and Non-
Darcian Flow via Lattice Boltzmann Models, In GEER 2008, Greater Everglades
Ecosystem Restoration Planning, Policy and Science Meeting, Everglades Restoration
2050 – Advancing the Science to Achieve Success, Program & Abstracts, July 28-August
1, 2008 Naples, Florida, p. 425
Lee, J.S., M.C. Sukop, and K.J. Cunningham, 2008. Lattice Boltzmann Methods Applied to
Three-Dimensional Virtual Cores Constructed from Digital Optical Borehole Images of a
Karst Carbonate Aquifer, In GEER 2008, Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration
Planning, Policy and Science Meeting, Everglades Restoration 2050 – Advancing the
Science to Achieve Success, Program & Abstracts, July 28-August 1, 2008 Naples,
Florida, p. 426
Sukop, M.C., H. Huang, K.J. Cunningham, P.F. Alvarez (2008), High-Resolution X-ray
Computed Tomography of Macroporous Karst for Permeability Measurement and Non-
Darcian Flow via Lattice Boltzmann Models, EOS Trans. AGU, 89(23), Jt. Assem.
Suppl., Abstract NS23A-04 (Oral presentation)
Anwar, S. and M. Sukop (2008), Lattice Boltzmann Methods for Fluid and Solute Transport
Modeling in Karst Aquifers, EOS Trans. AGU, 89(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract
H33D-08 (Oral presentation)
Bardsley, K.J. and M. C. Sukop (2008), Simulating density-dependent flows using the lattice
Boltzmann method, EOS Trans. AGU, 89(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H53B-08
(Oral presentation)
Lee, J.S., M.C. Sukop, and K.J. Cunningham (2008), Lattice Boltzmann Methods Applied to
Three-Dimensional Virtual Cores Constructed from Digital Optical Borehole Images of a
Karst Carbonate Aquifer, EOS Trans. AGU, 89(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract NS23A-
03 (Oral presentation)
Biswas, H., A. Melesse, M. McClain, and M. Sukop (2008), Groundwater flow modeling using
PMWIN model in the Wakal River basin, Rajasthan, India, EOS Trans. AGU, 89(23), Jt.
Assem. Suppl., Abstract H41B-04
Variano, E.A., D.T. Ho, V. Engel, P.J. Schmieder, M.C. Reid, M. Sukop (2008), Physical and
numerical modeling of flow through the Everglades, 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting:
From the Watershed to the Global Ocean, 2-7 March 2008, Orlando, Florida, USA, Co-
sponsored by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the American
Geophysical Union, The Oceanography Society, and the Estuarine Research Federation,
Meeting Abstracts p. 472
Sukop, M.C., H. Huang, C.L. Lin, M.D. Deo, K. Oh, J.D. Miller (2007), Validation of Lattice
Boltzmann Modeling of Multiphase Fluids in Porous Media with Micro-X-ray
Tomography Data, EOS Trans. AGU, 88 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H42C-07 (Oral
presentation)
Anwar, S. and M.C. Sukop (2007), Groundwater flow modeling using Lattice Boltzmann
models, EOS Trans. AGU, 88 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H33D-1624
Cihan, A., J.S. Tyner, E. Perfect, M. Sukop, and H. Haibo (2007), Analytical and Lattice
Boltzmann Predictions of Intrinsic Permeability for Deterministic and Randomized
Fractal Porous Media, EOS Trans. AGU, 88 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H53E-1465
Anwar, S. and M.C. Sukop. 2007 Verification of lattice Boltzmann models for solute transport
modeling in karst aquifers. International Conference on Mesoscopic Methods in
Engineering and Science. Germany, July 16-20
Sukop, M.C., P.F. Alvarez, K.J. Cunningham, and C.D. Langevin. 2007. Investigating Non-
Darcy Flow in Highly Porous Aquifer Materials with Lattice Boltzmann Methods.
International Conference on Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science, Munich,
Germany, July 16-20 (Oral presentation)
Sukop, M.C., H. Huang, P.F. Alvarez, K.J. Cunningham, and C.D. Langevin. 2007. Applying
Lattice Boltzmann, Fractal, and Geostatistical Methods to Karst. PEDOFRACT 2007,
International Workshop on Scale Dependences in Soil and Hydrologic Systems. El Barco
de Avila, Spain, July 3-6 (Oral presentation)
Sukop, M.C. and H. Huang, 2007. Relative Permeabilities of Fractal Porous Media with Lattice
Boltzmann Methods. PEDOFRACT 2007, International Workshop on Scale Dependences
in Soil and Hydrologic Systems. El Barco de Avila, Spain, July 3-6 (Oral presentation)
Dausman, A.M., C. Langevin, and M.C. Sukop. 2007. Utilizing a Variable-Density Numerical
Model with Flow Dependence on Temperature and Salinity to Guide the Collection of
Submarine Groundwater Discharge Data. International Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics XXIV General Assembly, Perugia Italy, July 2-13
Sukop, M.C., C.D. Langevin, and K.J. Cunningham (2006), Modeling Flow and Solute
Transport in Karst Aquifers with Lattice Boltzmann Methods, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52),
Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H42C-08 (Oral presentation)
Anwar, S., A. Cortis, M.C. Sukop, (2006), Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Solute Transport in
Heterogeneous Porous Media with Conduits to Estimate Macroscopic Continuous Time
Random Walk Model Parameters, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract
H21C-1384
Bardsley, K.J., D.T. Thorne, J.S. Lee, and M.C. Sukop (2006), An Implementation of
Hydrostatic Boundary Conditions for Variable Density Lattice Boltzmann Methods, Eos
Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H33D-1535
Dausman, A.M., C.D. Langevin, M.C. Sukop, and V. Walsh (2006), Development and
Calibration of a Variable-Density Numerical Model of a Deep-well Injection Site near the
Southeastern Florida Coast, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H33D-
1538
Dausman, A.M., C. Langevin, V. Walsh and M.C. Sukop. 2006. Modeling the Potential for
Plume Migration from a Deep Well Injection Site. National Ground Water Association
Ground Water Summit, San Antonio, Texas, April 23-26
Sukop, M.C., S. Anwar, K.J. Bardsley, 2005, Transport in large scale porous media with
conduits via lattice Boltzmann models, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract H42A-04 (Oral presentation)
Gentry, R.W., E. Perfect, and M.C. Sukop, 2005. Effective Hydraulic Conductivity Scaling in a
2-Dimensional Geometrical Multifractal Model for Aquifer Heterogeneity, Eos Trans.
AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H11D-1289
Sukop, M.C., D. T. Thorne, and S. Anwar. 2004. Lattice Boltzmann Methods and Their
Boundary Conditions for Solute Transport. EOS Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract H32A-07 (Oral presentation)
Sukop, M.C. and D. Thorne. 2004. Lattice Boltzmann Modeling for ASR Systems. Aquifer
Storage Recovery IV, Tampa FL, April 15-16.
Chau, J., D. Or, S. B. Jones, and M. C. Sukop. 2004. Lattice Boltzmann Modeling of Gaseous
Diffusion in Unsaturated Porous Media under Variable Gravity Conditions. 2004 Joint
Assembly: AGU, the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) and the Society of Exploration
Geophysicists (SEG) - 17-21 May 2004, Montreal, Canada
Sukop, M.C. and D. Or. 2003. Lattice Boltzmann Models for Diffusion in Partially Saturated
Porous Media under Variable Gravity, Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting,
Denver, Colorado. (Oral presentation).
Sukop, M.C. and D. Or. 2002. Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Fracture and Capillary
Networks via Lattice Boltzmann Methods. EOS Transactions 83(47) H62G-12. (Oral
presentation)
Sukop, M.C. and D. Or. 2001. Application of Lattice Boltzmann Method to Simulation of
Liquid-Vapor Interfacial Configuration in Angular Pores. EOS Transactions 82(47)
H12B-0292.
Sukop, M.C. and E. Perfect. 2000. Multifractal Behavior of Heterogeneous Fractal Porous
Media. EOS Transactions 81(48) NG71B-16.
Perfect E. and M.C. Sukop. 2000. Statistical Relations between Water Retention Parameters and
Solute Dispersivity for Short, Undisturbed Soil Cores. EOS Transactions 81(48) H51D-
12.
Sukop, M.C., G-J. van Dijk, E. Perfect, W.K.P van Loon. 2000. Percolation Thresholds in 2-
Dimensional Prefractal Models of Porous Media. Agronomy Abstracts. (Oral
presentation)
Perfect, E. and M.C. Sukop. 1998. Models to predict the dispersion of non-reactive solutes from
pore characteristics. Agronomy Abstracts.
Perfect, E., M.S. Coyne, M. Sukop, V .L. Quisenberry, and L. Bejat. 1998. Measuring solute
transport in structured soils using time domain reflectometry. Kentucky Water Resources
Annual Symposium. Lexington, KY, p. 13-14.
Mulla, D.J., M.C. Sukop, C. Cogger, and L.W. Getzin. 1989. Field Scale Variability: Effects on
Pesticide Transport. Agronomy Abstracts.
Sukop, M. and C. Cogger. 1988. Spatial Structure of Pesticide Sorption Coefficients. Agronomy
Abstracts.
Sukop, M. and C. Cogger. 1987. Pesticide Transport in Unsaturated Soil Columns. Agronomy
Abstracts.
Sukop, M.. 1986. The sandpack dewatering phenomenon in slug testing, Abstracts, American
Water Resources Association Wisconsin Section Annual Meeting, April 3-4, 1986, Chula
Vista, Wisconsin Dells. Abstract no. 15.
a) Graduate Student Supervision
As Dissertation/Thesis Supervisor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair. Chronologic order.
NAME YEARS DISSERTATION/
THESIS TITLE
DEGREE
AWARDED
RESULTING PUBLICATIONS
(SUPERVISED STUDENTS AND
POST-DOCS UNDERLINED)
CURRENT POSITION
Carmen
Serpa
2003-
2005
Lattice Boltzmann
Method Simulation
of Flow in
Idealized
Intersections of
Systematic
Fractures and
Cross Joints
MS,
Geosciences
Database Specialist at
Northwestern University
Pedro
Alvarez
2003-
2007
Lattice Boltzmann
Modeling of Fluid
Flow to Determine
the Permeability of
a Karst Specimen
MS,
Geosciences
Sukop, M. C., H. Huang, P. F. Alvarez,
E. A. Variano, and K. J. Cunningham,
2013, Evaluation of permeability and non-
Darcy flow in vuggy macroporous
limestone aquifer samples with lattice
Boltzmann methods, Water Resour. Res.,
49(1), 216-230,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011788
Cunningham, K.J., M.C. Sukop, H.
Huang, P.F. Alvarez, H. A. Curran, J.F.
Dixon, and R.A. Renken, 2008.
Prominence of ichnologically-influenced
macroporosity in the karst Biscayne
Pilot, US Air Force
aquifer: stratiform “super-K” zones (in
press in Geological Society of America
Bulletin. 17 pages).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/B26392.1
Zuhal
Ozturk
(co-
chair)
2004-
2006
Trichloroethylene
Fate and Transport
Studies and
Biodegradation
Kinetics in the
Saturated Zone
PhD,
Environmental
Engineering
Ozturk, Z., B. Tansel, Y. Katsenovich, M.
Sukop, S. Laha, 2012, Highly organic
natural media as permeable reactive
barriers: TCE partitioning and anaerobic
degradation profile in eucalyptus mulch
and compost, Chemosphere, 89(6) 665-
671,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2
012.06.006
Engineer: Metcalf &
Eddy|AECOM
Sunrise, Florida
Jozsef
Garai
2006-
2007
Thermodynamic
Description and
Phase
Transformation of
Highly
Symmetrical
Monoatomic
Structures
PhD,
Geosciences
University of Debrecen,
Hungary
Shadab
Anwar
2004-
2008
Lattice Boltzmann
Modeling of Fluid
Flow and Solute
Transport in Karst
Aquifers
http://digitalcomm
ons.fiu.edu/etd/22/
PhD,
Geosciences
Anwar, S., M.C. Sukop, and D.T.
Thorne, Jr., 2013, Lattice Boltzmann
modeling of classic solute transport
boundary value problems. Vadose Zone
Journal 12,
http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/vzj2012.0192
Anwar, S. and M.C. Sukop, 2008. Lattice
Adjunct Professor,
Valencia College, Orlando
FL
Boltzmann models for flow and transport
in saturated karst, Ground Water
47(3):401-413.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-
6584.2008.00514.x
Anwar, S. and M.C. Sukop, 2009.
Regional scale transient groundwater flow
modeling using lattice Boltzmann
methods. Computers & Mathematics with
Applications, 58:1015-1023.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2009.0
2.025
Anwar, S., A. Cortis, and M.C. Sukop,
2008. Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of
Solute Transport in Heterogeneous
Porous Media with Conduits to Estimate
Macroscopic Continuous Time Random
Walk Model Parameters, Progress in
Computational Fluid Dynamics 8:1-2, 213
– 221.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/PCFD.2008.018
092
Alyssa
Dausman
2005-
2008
Quantifying the
Effects of
Temperature and
Concentration on
Langevin, C.D., Dausman, A.M., and
Sukop, M.C., 2010, Solute and Heat
Transport Model of the Henry and Hilleke
Laboratory Experiment. Ground Water
Vice President for Science,
The Water Institute of the
Gulf, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana
Variable-Density
Flow in Numerical
Modeling of
Groundwater
Systems:
Implications for
Predictive
Uncertainty and
Data Collection
48(5) 757–770, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-
6584.2009.00596.x
Government Reports:
Dausman, A.M., Langevin, C.D., Thorne,
D.T., Jr., and Sukop, M.C., 2009,
Application of SEAWAT to Select
Variable-Density and Viscosity Problems:
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific
Investigations Report 2009-5028, 31 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5028/
Langevin, C.D., Thorne, D.T., Jr.,
Dausman, A.M., Sukop, M.C., and Guo,
W., 2008, SEAWAT Version 4: A
Computer Program for Simulation of
Multi-Species Solute and Heat Transport:
U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and
Methods Book 6, Chapter A22, 39 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/tm6a22/
Proceedings:
Langevin, C.D., A.M. Dausman, D.T.
Thorne, and M.C. Sukop, 2008.
Modeling Solute and Heat Transport with
SEAWAT, in MODFLOW and More:
Ground Water and Public Policy, Golden,
Colorado, May 19-21, Poeter. E.P, M.C.
Hill, and C. Zheng, Eds., 535p.
Dausman, A.M., Doherty, J., Langevin,
C.D., and Sukop, M.C., 2008.
Quantifying Data Contributions toward
Reducing Predictive Uncertainty in a
Variable-Density Flow and Solute/Heat
Transport Model, in MODFLOW and
More: Ground Water and Public Policy,
Golden, Colorado, May 19-21, Poeter.
E.P, M.C. Hill, and C. Zheng, Eds., 535p.
Dausman, A.M., Langevin, C.D., and
Sukop, M.C., 2007, Simulation of
submarine groundwater discharge salinity
and temperature variations: implications
for remote detection, in Sanford, W.,
Langevin, C.D., Polemio, M., and
Povinec. P., eds., 2007, A new focus on
groundwater-seawater interactions: IAHS
Publication 312, Oxfordshire, United
Kingdom, p. 272-280.
Dausman, A.M., Langevin, C.D.,
Doherty, J., Sukop, M.C., and Walsh, V.,
2007. A unique approach to calibrating a
variable-density flow and transport
model. Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6,
p. 110, Denver, Colorado, October 28-31,
2008.
Katie
Bardsley
2005-
2009
Non-thesis MS,
Geosciences
Proceedings:
Bardsley, K.J., S. Anwar, and M.C.
Sukop, 2006. Simultaneous heat and
solute transport modeling of ground water
with lattice Boltzmann methods. CMWR
XVI – Computational Methods in Water
Resources, XVI International Conference,
Copenhagen, Denmark, June 19-22
Office Manager at Plaza
Periodontics & Implant
Dentistry
Highlands Ranch CO
Jeffery
Lee
2007-
2008
PhD, Geosciences
program
terminated
Adjunct research professor,
The Center for Astrophysics,
Space Physics, and
Engineering Research,
Baylor University
Merlin
Ngachin
2010-
2011
Simulation of
rising bubble
dynamics using the
Lattice Boltzmann
methods
http://digitalcomm
ons.fiu.edu/etd/466
MS,
Geosciences
Ngachin, M., RG Galdamez, S Gokaltun,
MC Sukop, Lattice Boltzmann
Simulation of Rising Bubble Dynamics
using an Effective Buoyancy Method,
Accepted 16 July 2014 by International
Journal of Modern Physics C
Health Physicist at Argonne
National Laboratory
Sadé
Garcia
2011-
2013
Lattice Boltzmann
Modeling and
Specialized
Laboratory
Techniques to
Determine the
Permeability of
MS,
Geosciences
FIU Best Geosciences Thesis, Summer
2013 through Spring 2014 term
Hydrogeologist, Geosyntec,
California
Megaporous Karst
Rock
http://digitalcomm
ons.fiu.edu/etd/918
/
Sadé
Garcia
2013 PhD Geosciences
terminated
Hydrogeologist, Geosyntec,
California
Lucas
Scott
2013-
2015
MS Geosciences
terminated
Maria
Marquez
2014-
2016
Simple Models for
Underdamped Slug
Tests in High
Permeability
Aquifers
http://digitalcomm
ons.fiu.edu/etd/257
0
MS
Geosciences
PhD student FIU
Aiah
Yassin
2014-
2015
PhD Geosciences
terminated
Timothy
Kirby
2016-
present
PhD in progress
Santiago
Castex
2017-
2019
Non-thesis MS
complete
Ron
Haripras
had
2017-
present
MS in progress
Martina
Rogers
2018-
present
PhD in progress
Ulrich 2018-MS terminated
present
Jessica
Sommer
2018-
2019
Non-thesis MS
complete
Miguel
Valencia
2019-
present
PhD in progress
As Post-doctoral Supervisor. Chronologic order.
NAME YEARS RESULTING PUBLICATIONS
(SUPERVISED STUDENTS AND POST-DOCS UNDERLINED)
CURRENT POSITION
Danny
Thorne,
Jr.
2003-
2005
Authored Book: Sukop, M.C. and D.T. Thorne, Jr., 2006 (second
printing 2007). Lattice Boltzmann Modeling: An Introduction for
Geoscientists and Engineers. Springer, Heidelberg, Berlin, New York
172 p.
Huang, H., D.T. Thorne, M.G. Schaap, and M.C. Sukop, 2007.
Proposed approximation for contact angles in Shan-and-Chen-type
multicomponent multiphase lattice Boltzmann models, Phys. Rev. E
76, 066701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.76.066701
Thorne, Jr., D.T., C.D. Langevin, and M.C. Sukop, 2006. Addition of
Simultaneous Heat and Solute Transport and Variable Fluid Viscosity
to SEAWAT. Computers and Geosciences 32, 1758–1768.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2006.04.005
Langevin, C.D., Thorne, D.T., Jr., Dausman, A.M., Sukop, M.C., and
Guo, W., 2008, SEAWAT Version 4: A Computer Program for
Simulation of Multi-Species Solute and Heat Transport: U.S.
Geological Survey Techniques and Methods Book 6, Chapter A22, 39
p.
Associate Professor, Georgetown
College
Haibo
Huang
2006-
2007
Authored Book, Huang H, MC Sukop, and X-Y Lu, Theory and
Application of Multiphase Lattice Boltzmann Modeling
Huang, H.B., J.J.Huang, X.Y. Lu, M.C. Sukop, 2013, On simulations
of high-density ratio flows using color-gradient multiphase lattice
Boltzmann models, Int. J. of Modern Phys. C, 24(4), 1350021
Associate Professor,
Department of Modern Mechanics,
University of Science and
Technology of China, Hefei,
Anhui Province, China
http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0129183113500216
Sukop, M. C., H. Huang, P. F. Alvarez, E. A. Variano, and K. J.
Cunningham, 2013, Evaluation of permeability and non-Darcy flow in
vuggy macroporous limestone aquifer samples with lattice Boltzmann
methods, Water Resour. Res., 49(1), 216-230,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011788.
Cunningham, K.J., M.C. Sukop, H. Huang, P.F. Alvarez, H. A.
Curran, J.F. Dixon, and R.A. Renken, 2008. Prominence of
ichnologically-influenced macroporosity in the karst Biscayne aquifer:
stratiform “super-K” zones (in press in Geological Society of America
Bulletin. 17 pages). http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1130/B26392.1
Sukop, M.C., H. Huang, C.L. Lin, M.D. Deo, K. Oh, and J.D. Miller,
2008. Distribution of multiphase fluids in porous media: Comparison
between lattice Boltzmann modeling and micro-x-ray tomography,
Phys. Rev. E 77, 026710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.77.02
6710
Huang, H., D.T. Thorne, M.G. Schaap, and M.C. Sukop, 2007.
Proposed approximation for contact angles in Shan-and-Chen-type
multicomponent multiphase lattice Boltzmann models, Phys. Rev. E
76, 066701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.76.066701
Cihan, A., M.C. Sukop, J.S. Tyner, E. Perfect, and H. Huang, 2009.
Analytical predictions and lattice Boltzmann simulations of intrinsic
permeability for mass fractal porous media. Vadose Zone J 7(1):187–
196. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/vzj2008.0003
Proceedings:
Cunningham, K.J., Sukop, M.C., Huang, H., Alvarez, P.F., Curran,
H.A., Wacker, M.A., Florea, L.J., Renken, R.A., and Dixon, J.F.,
2008, Biogenic Macroporosity and Its Lattice Boltzmann Method
Permeability in the Karst Biscayne Aquifer: In Sasowsky, I.D., Feazel,
C.T., Mylroie, J.E., Palmer, A.N., and Palmer, M.V., eds., Karst from
Recent to Reservoirs: Special Publication 14, Karst Waters Institute
Proceedings, Leesburg, VA, p. 30-35.
BoJing
Zhu
2009 Assistant Professor of
Geodynamics
SCI&EI Building 105
Key Lab of Computational
Geodynamics
College of Earth
Graduate University of Chinese
Academy of Science
19A Yuquan Rd., Shijingshan,
Beijing 100049, China
Andrew
J.
Pearson
2011-
2012
Deceased
Jessica
Bolson
2013-
present
Bolson, J., M.C. Sukop, M. Arabi, G. Pivo, and A. Lanier. 2018, A
stakeholder-science based approach using the National Urban Water
Innovation Network as a testbed for understanding urban water
sustainability challenges in the U.S., In press in Water Resources
Research.
Katie
Glodzik
2018-
2019
As Dissertation/Thesis Committee Member.
NAME YEARS DISSERTATION/ THESIS TITLE DEGREE
AWARDED
RESULTING
PUBLICATIONS
CURRENT
POSITION
Lara Kiesau 2019-
Jazmin Toy 2019-
Alejandro
Garcia
2016-
2018
Garcia, Alejandro, "The Effect of
Microbial Growth on the Spectral
Induced Polarization Response in
Hanford Vadose Zone Sediment in the
Presence of Autunite" (2018). FIU
Electronic Theses and Dissertations.
3728.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/372
8
MS Geoscience
Mustafa
Sikder
-2016 Sikder, Mustafa, "Analyzing Spatial
Variability of Social Preference for the
Everglades Restoration in the Face of
Climate Change" (2016). FIU
Electronic Theses and Dissertations.
2565.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25148/etd.FIDC00
0758
MS
Environmental
Studies
Mehrnoosh
Asadi
-2016 Asadi, Mehrnoosh, "Evaluating the
Economic Impact of Recreational
Charter Fishing in Florida Using
Hedonic Price and Economic Impact
Analysis" (2016). FIU Electronic
Theses and Dissertations. 2547.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25148/etd.FIDC00
MS
Environmental
Studies
0774
Stephen
Leatherman
2015-
2018
Leatherman, Stephen B., "Rip Current
Generation, Flow Characteristics and
Implications for Beach Safety in South
Florida" (2018). FIU Electronic Theses
and Dissertations. 3884.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/388
4
PhD
Geosciences
Daria
Boglaienko
2015-
2017
Boglaienko, Daria, "Capture and
Densification of Floating Hydrophobic
Liquids by Natural Granular Materials"
(2017). FIU Electronic Theses and
Dissertations. 3261.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25148/etd.FIDC00
1735
PhD Civil and
Environmental
Engineering
Boglaienko, D., B.
Tansel, M.C. Sukop,
2016, Granular
encapsulation of
light hydrophobic
liquids (LHL) in
LHL-salt water
systems: Particle
induced densification
with quartz sand,
Chemosphere
144:1358–1364.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1
016/j.chemosphere.2
015.10.019
Sandra
Herrera
Landaez
2015-
2016
Herrera Landaez, Sandra C., "A Study
on the Dissolution of Autunite
Minerals by Facultative Bacteria in
Bicarbonate Media" (2016). FIU
Electronic Theses and Dissertations.
2437.
https://dx.doi.org/10.25148/etd.FIDC00
MS Civil and
Environmental
Engineering
0287
Mohammad
Haji-
Gholizadeh
2014-
2016
Hajigholizadeh, Mohammad, "Water
Quality Modelling Using Multivariate
Statistical Analysis and Remote
Sensing in South Florida" (2016). FIU
Electronic Theses and Dissertations.
2992.
https://dx.doi.org/10.25148/etd.FIDC00
1230
PhD Civil and
Environmental
Engineering
Claudia
Cardona
2014-
2017
Cardona, Claudia, "Uranium
Sequestration by pH Manipulation
using NH3 Injection in the Vadose
Zone of Hanford Site 200 Area"
(2017). FIU Electronic Theses and
Dissertations. 3352.
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3352
PhD Civil and
Environmental
Engineering
Douglas
Laurence
2014- PhD Physics, in progress
Yonas
Habtemichael
2013-
2016
Habtemichael, Yonas T.,
"Hydrogeochemical Modeling of
Saltwater Intrusion and Water Supply
Augmentation in South Florida"
(2016). FIU Electronic Theses and
Dissertations. 2438.
https://dx.doi.org/10.25148/etd.FIDC00
0285
PhD Civil and
Environmental
Engineering
Moncholi,
Manuel E.
PhD Civil and Environmental
Engineering, in progress
Juliana
Corrales
2013-
2015
Corrales, Juliana, "Modeling a
Phosphorus Credit Trading Program in
PhD
Geosciences
the Lake Okeechobee Watershed"
(2015). FIU Electronic Theses and
Dissertations. 2294.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25148/etd.FIDC00
0190
Stephanie
Long
2011-
2014
Simulating Everglades National Park
hydrology and phosphorus transport
under existing and future scenarios
using numerical modeling
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1543
PhD
Geosciences
Long, S, GI Tachiev,
R Fennema; MC
Sukop, F Miralles-
Wilhelm, Modeling
the impact of
restoration efforts on
phosphorus loading
and transport
through Everglades
National Park, FL,
USA, submitted to
Science of the Total
Environment,
submitted May 10,
2014
Engineer
A.D.A. Engineering
215 Verne Street,
Suite D
Tampa, FL 33606
T (813)-254-1115
www.adaeng.net
Tara Blakey 2011-
2015
Blakey, Tara, "Improving Satellite-
Based Chlorophyll-a Estimating
Algorithms in Shallow, Coastal
Waters" (2015). FIU Electronic Theses
and Dissertations. Paper 2189.
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2189
PhD
Geosciences
Nadia
Seeteram
2013-
2014
Valuation of Ecosystem Services for
Environmental Decision Making in
South Florida
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1636/
MS
Environmental
Studies
Ramona
Valenzuela
Perez
2012-
2015
Perez, Ramona V., "A Charged Fusion
Product Diagnostic for a Spherical
Tokamak" (2015). FIU Electronic
Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2233.
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2233
PhD Physics
Hari Kandel 2011-
2015
Kandel, Hari P., "Land Use /Land
Cover Driven Surface Energy Balance
and Convective Rainfall Change in
South Florida" (2015).
FIU Electronic Theses and
Dissertations. Paper 2198.
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2198
PhD
Geosciences
Abas Abdoli 2012- PhD Mechanical Engineering, in
progress
K. Cortney
Gustafson
2012-
2014
Freshwater Resource Supply Modeling
for Developed and Undeveloped
Watersheds
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1589/
MS
Environmental
Studies
Jaime
Mudrich
2012-
2013
Development of a Coupling Model for
Fluid-Structure Interaction using the
Mesh-free Finite Element Method and
the Lattice Boltzmann Method
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/964/
MS Mechanical
Engineering
Pushpa Soti -2013 Influence of Soil Biogeochemical
Properties on the Invasiveness of Old
World Climbing Fern (Lygodium
microphyllum)
PhD
Geosciences
Nicole
Tucker
2011-
2013
Analyzing Tidal Fluctuations in the Big
Pine Key Freshwater Lens with Time-
Lapse Resistivity
MS
Geosciences
Hydrogeologist at
HydroGeoSense Inc.,
Tucson AZ
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/947/
Meenakshi
Jerath
2011-
2012
An Economic Analysis of Carbon
Sequestration and Storage Service by
Mangrove Forests in Everglades
National Park, Florida
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/702
MS
Environmental
Studies
Environmental
resource management
consultant, Course
Coordinator, Disaster
Risk Reduction
Program, FIU
Vivek Kumar 2010-
2012
Hydro-Physical Characterization of
Media Used in Agricultural Systems to
Develop the Best Management
Practices for operation of an
Environmentally Sustainable
Agricultural Enterprise
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/787
PhD Civil and
Environmental
Engineering
Elisa Orduy 2010 Carbon Footprint Evaluation for the
City of Plantation
MS Civil and
Environmental
Engineering
Sustainability
Coordinator City of
Plantation
Gopal Bhatta 2010-
2012
The Nature of Microvariability in
Blazar 0716+714
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/761/
PhD Physics
Konstantinos
Menelaou
2009 Impact of the Planetary Boundary
Layer on Eyewall Mesovortices in
Hurricanes
MS
Geosciences
Ronald
Gutierrez
2006-
2010
Design and Performance of Aortic
Heart Valve for Tissue Engineering
PhD
Biomedical
Engineering
Seckin
Gokaltun
2005-
2008
Lattice Boltzmann Method for Flow
and Heat Transfer in Microgeometries
PhD
Mechanical
Engineering
Ngachin, M., RG
Galdamez, S
Gokaltun, MC
Sukop, Lattice
Research Analyst,
Applied Research
Center, FIU, Miami
FL
Boltzmann
Simulation of Rising
Bubble Dynamics
using an Effective
Buoyancy Method,
Accepted 16 July
2014 by
International
Journal of Modern
Physics C
Ryan Moreno 2005-
2006
A study of branching fluid networks for
enhancing the performance of thermal-
fluid devices
PhD
Mechanical
Engineering
Administration /
S.T.E.M. Education
Consultant, REM
Learning Center,
Miami FL
Ramon
Moral
2005-
2008
Hybrid Multi-Objective Optimization
and Hybridized Self-Organizing
Response Surface Method
PhD
Mechanical
Engineering
Research Mechanical
Engineer, Impact and
Explosive Effects
Branch at US Army
Corps of Engineers
Clinton, Mississippi
Keqiang
Xing
2005-
2007
Numerical Investigation on the Heat
Transfer Enhancement Using
Micro/Nano Phase-Change Particulate
Flow
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/28
PhD
Mechanical
Engineering
Melroy
Borges
2005-
2008
Life cycle of Deccan trap magma
chambers: a crystal scale elemental and
strontium isotopic investigation
PhD
Geosciences
Materials Engineer
III, Corning, Inc.
Corning NY
Carlos
Altberto
Molina-Veliz
2003-
2005
Fluid Flow Modeling Through Bed-
Confined Fracture Networks in
Layered Rocks with an Emphasis on
Cross Joints and Throughgoing
Fracture Zones
MS
Geosciences
Shell, Houston TX
Vincent J.
DiFrenna
2003-
2005
Effect of Scaling on Hydraulic
Conductivity in a Karst Aquifer,
MS
Geosciences
Hydrologist,
Everglades National
Park
Varinia
Consiglio
2006- An Analysis of Thrombosis using the
Lattice Boltzmann Method
MS Biomedical
Engineering
Manufacturing
Engineer, Boston
Scientific, Miami FL
Chris Haugh 2006-
2007
The influence of anastomosis angle and
linear taper on an arteriovenous graft
for hemodialysis
MS Biomedical
Engineering
PhD student,
Biomedical
Engineering, FIU,
Miami FL
Virginia
Walsh
2005-
2012
Geochemical Determination of the Fate
and Transport of Injected Fresh
Wastewater to a Deep Saline Aquifer
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/692
PhD
Geosciences
Dausman, A.M.,
Langevin, C.D.,
Doherty, J., Sukop,
M.C., and Walsh,
V., 2007. A unique
approach to
calibrating a
variable-density flow
and transport model.
Geological Society
of America Abstracts
with Programs, Vol.
Senior Professional
Geologist, Chief
Hydrogeology
Section, Miami-Dade
Water and Sewer
Department
39, No. 6, p. 110,
Denver, Colorado,
October 28-31, 2008.
Dausman, A.M., C.
Langevin, V. Walsh
and M.C. Sukop.
2006. Modeling the
Potential for Plume
Migration from a
Deep Well Injection
Site. National
Ground Water
Association Ground
Water Summit, San
Antonio, Texas,
April 23-26
Dausman, A.M.,
C.D. Langevin, M.C.
Sukop, and V.
Walsh (2006),
Development and
Calibration of a
Variable-Density
Numerical Model of
a Deep-well
Injection Site near
the Southeastern
Florida Coast, Eos
Trans. AGU, 87(52),
Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract H33D-
Dausman, A.M., C.
Langevin, M.C.
Sukop, and V.
Walsh, 2008,
Saltwater/Freshwater
Interface Movement
in Response to Deep-
Well Injection in a
Coastal Aquifer
Proceedings of the
Salt Water Intrusion
Meeting, Naples FL,
June 23-27, p. 50-53.
Jeremy
Stalker
2005-
2008
Hydrological dynamics between a
coastal aquifer and the adjacent
estuarine system, Biscayne Bay, South
Florida
PhD,
Geosciences
Assistant Professor,
Marine Science,
Jacksonville
University,
Jacksonville FL
Vaibhav Jain 2005-
Present
PhD, Mechanical Engineering in
progress
Yao Yan ?-2006 PhD program terminated, Geosciences
Himadri
Biswas
2008 Numerical Groundwater Flow
Modeling in the Wakal River Basin,
India
MS,
Environmental
Studies
Biswas, H., A.
Melesse, M.
McClain, and M.
Sukop (2008),
Groundwater flow
modeling using
PMWIN model in
the Wakal River
basin, Rajasthan,
India, EOS Trans.
AGU, 89(23), Jt.
Assem. Suppl.,
Abstract H41B-04
Kateryna
Ananyeva
2009-
2012
Non-thesis MS Agronomy,
Michigan State
University
CREATIVE WORK
(List date and type of work and/or place of presentation. If the creative work has
received recognition, such as design award, competition prize, exhibition or
publication by others, or critical review, indicate the level of recognition as well as
the peer-review context and process.)
Continuing development of popular on-line instructional videos for Lattice Boltzmann
code operation and testing. Available from
http://www.fiu.edu/~sukopm/LBnD_Prime/LBnD_Prime.html
Computer rendering of flow in a fractal porous medium. Cover of February 2009 issue of
Vadose Zone Journal. http://vzj.geoscienceworld.org/content/8/1.cover-expansion. Not
peer-reviewed.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Papers submitted to journals for consideration (list Journal and date of submission)
N/A
Other completed papers
N/A
Research in Progress
• Hydro-economic evaluation of South Florida water resources utilization now and
in the future including ecosystem services valuation and human behavior, as lead
PI with NSF Water, Sustainability, and Climate project team
• Estimation of extreme hydraulic conductivities of Biscayne aquifer using slug
tests and development of Forchheimer-based slug test analyses (Collaboration
with Drs. Julian Edward and Hamid Meziani/FIU Math and Statistics)
• Urban Water Innovation
Grant Proposals (list title of project, agency receiving proposal, and date of
submission)
FUNDED RESEARCH
(List all investigators, title of project, funding agency [if the funding is a
subcontract, from what organization], project dates, and amount of funding [when
there are co-PIs on an award, give the portion of the total award coming to the
candidate]).
PI/CO-PIS TITLE AGENCY DATES AMOUNT
PI: Mazdak
Arabi/Colorado
State
University
(lead)
FIU PI:
Michael
Sukop, Co-PIs
Marilys
Nepomechie,
Ali Mostafavi
Urban Water Innovation
Network (U-WIN):
Transitioning Toward
Sustainable Urban Water
Systems
National
Science
Foundation
2015-2020 $903,077
(FIU
portion of
~$12M
total)
PI: Mike
Kirgan
Assoc. Dir.
Division of IT,
Co-PIs:
Michael Sukop
and
Seckin
Gokaltun
Instructional and Research
Computing Center (IRCC)
FIU
Technology
Fee
7/2012-
7/2015
$634,589
PIs: Michael C.
Sukop (lead),
plus 18 Co-PIs.
WSC-Category 2
Collaborative: Robust
decision-making for South
Florida water resources by
ecosystem service
valuation, hydro-economic
optimization, and conflict
resolution modeling
National
Science
Foundation
1/1/2013
12/31/2017
$1.5M
(FIU
portion of
~$5M
total)
Michael C.
Sukop
Linking Ecosystem
Function with Ecosystem
Services in a Neotropical
Mangrove Estuary Subject
to Sea Level Rise and
Changes in Freshwater
National
Science
Foundation
10/1/2010-
9/31/2011
$124,225
Discharge
Michael C.
Sukop (and
others)
Tesla Supercomputer
Upgrade funded at
$75,000 for Year 1,
~$40,000 for years 2-3
FIU
Technology
Fee
2010-2012 $115,000
Michael C.
Sukop
Lattice Boltzmann
Methods for
Concentration- and
Temperature-Induced
Density Driven Flows
National
Science
Foundation
8/1/2005- $243,967
Michael C.
Sukop
Determination of
Sheetflow Hydrodynamic
Properties
South Florida
Water
Management
District
5/1/2008-
9/30/2008
$18,933
Michael C.
Sukop
Lattice Boltzmann
Measurement of Borehole-
Scale Hydraulic
Conductivity of Biscayne
Aquifer Materials
US Geological
Survey
1/1/2008-
12/31/2008
$70,000
Michael C.
Sukop
Lattice Boltzmann
Measurement of Hydraulic
Conductivity of Digitized
Macroporous Limestones
Representative of Miami-
Area Aquifer Materials
US Geological
Survey
3/1/2007-
1/15/2008
$33,592
Michael C.
Sukop
Lattice Boltzmann
Measurement of Hydraulic
Conductivity of Digitized
Macroporous Limestone
US Geological
Survey
9/1/2006-
8/31/2007
$12,273
Michael C.
Sukop
SEAWAT Heat Transport
and Thermal Buoyancy
Enhancement Project
US Geological
Survey
8/2004-
8/2005
$56,000
Professor Jan
Miller,
University of
Utah.
Co-PI: Michael
C. Sukop
Development of a 3D
Lattice-Boltzmann Model
for Fluid Flow Simulation
under Partially-saturated
Conditions in Packed Beds
of Particles
Center for
Advanced
Separation
Technologies
(Subcontract to
University of
Utah)
11/1/2005-
10/31/2007
$40,000
(FIU
share)
PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BUT NOT FUNDED
(List title of project, funding agency, project dates, and amount of requested
funding)
PI/CO-PIS TITLE AGENCY DATE AMOUNT
Tiffany Troxler,
Co-PI(s): Jessica
Bolson, Michael
Sukop, William
Solecki, Ben
Amick,
IRAP: An
integrated
decision-support
methodology to
reduce
transboundary
stress associated
with multi-hazard,
climate-sensitive
health risks
National
Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration
3/16/2018 $670,000
Sukumar Ganapati
Co-PI(s): Jin Zhu,
A. Selcuk Uluagac,
Nazife Ganapati,
Michael Sukop
SCC: Enhancing
Smart Resilience--
The Case of Miami
National
Science
Foundation
02/28/2018 $3M
Shekhar Bhansali,
Co-PI(s):
Alejandro Arrieta,
Arif Sarwat,
Tiffany Troxler,
Michael Sukop
Multiscale
Modeling and
Analysis for
Coastal Risk
Reduction in Water
Engineering
National
Science
Foundation
02/20/2018 $2M
Nazife Ganapati
Co-PI(s): Ali
Mostafavi, Tiffany
Troxler, Michael
Sukop, Mahadev
Bhat
CNH-L: Coastal
Resilience in the
Face Of
Hurricanes,
Floods, and the
Rising Seas:
Modeling the
Coupled Effects of
Fresh Water
Resources and
Institutions
National
Science
Foundation
01/26/2018 $1.6M
Ali Mostafavi,
Co-PI(s): Xia Hu,
Alex Yahja,
Tiffany Troxler,
Michael Sukop
S&CC-IRG Track
2: Smart Living
Lab for Networked
Resilient
Adaptation of
Coastal
Communities to
Extreme Weather
Risks
National
Science
Foundation
02/16/17 $1M
Michael Sukop
Co-PI(s): Neil
Berg, Tiffany
Troxler
PREEVENTS
Track
2:Collaborative
Research:
Improved Multi-
Physics Predictions
of and
Infrastructure
Resilience to
Coastal Storm
Surge and
Inundation
Hazards Under Sea
Level Rise
National
Science
Foundation
09/20/2016 $430,000
Michael Sukop SI2-SSI:
Collaborative
Research: Software
Infrastructure for
Urban
Sustainability:
Spatiotemporal
Data Discovery
and Analytics Over
Voluminous
Federated Datasets
National
Science
Foundation
09/20/2016 $290,000
Michael Sukop
Co-PI(s): Jessica
Bolson, David
Kelly
Collaborative
Research:
Dynamic Modeling
of Coupled
Human-
Infrastructure
Systems
Adaptation to
Evolving Flooding
and Storm Surge
Hazards under Sea
Level Rise
National
Science
Foundation
09/15/2016 $300,000
Tiffany Troxler
Shu-Ching Chen
Ali Mostafavi
Pallab Mozumder
Michael Sukop
INFEWS/T2:
Integrated
Decision Support
for Food-Energy-
Water (FEW)
Metasystem
Resilience in
Coastal Areas
National
Science
Foundation
1/1/2017-
12/31/2019
$2.5M
Lead PI: Michael Underdamped Slug National 7/1/2016-$394,018
Sukop Tests for High
Permeability
Aquifers
Science
Foundation
6/31/2019
Lead PI: Ali
Mostafavi
Co-PIs:
Nazife E Ganapati
Arif Sarwat
Michael C Sukop
(12/2014)
Hazards SEES:
Integrated
Dynamic Modeling
and Impact
Assessment of
Coupled Human-
Infrastructure
Systems
Adaptation to
Evolving Flooding
and Storm Surge
Hazards under Sea
Level Rise
National
Science
Foundation
9/15/2015-
9/14/2019
$2,999,229
Co-PIs: Michael C.
Sukop, Lee Florea,
Ball State
University (6/2014)
Collaborative
Research:
Heterogeneity of
Thermal Plumes in
District-Scale
Ground-Coupled
Geothermal
Systems
National
Science
Foundation
$142,344
Co-PIs: Michael C.
Sukop, Lee Florea,
Ball State
University
Collaborative
Research:
Investigating the
Heterogeneity and
Anisotropy of
Thermal Plumes in
District-scale
Ground-Coupled
Geothermal
Systems to Reduce
'First Costs' and
Increase System
Efficiency
National
Science
Foundation
Division of
Civil,
Mechanical,
and
Manufacturing
Innovation
$315,101
Recommended
by panel but
declined
Co-PIs: Michael C.
Sukop, Dr Xavier
Comas, Florida
Atlantic University
Collaborative
Research: The role
of peat structure in
biogenic gas
dynamics from
peatlands: a
comparative study
between northern
and subtropical
National
Science
Foundation
06/01/2011 $211,944
systems
Michael C. Sukop
and others
Quantifying
vertical and lateral
carbon fluxes and
community
succession in a
mangrove forest
subject to climate
change and sea
level rise
Department of
Energy
5/3/2010 FIU portion
$213,490
Michael C. Sukop Development of
Next Generation
Ground Water
Flow and
Transport Models
National
Science
Foundation
06/01/2007 $262,703
Co-PIs: Michael C.
Sukop, Professor
Ed Perfect,
University of
Tennessee
Collaborative
Research:
Advancing fractal
models of porous
media by linked
numerical
measurements and
theoretical
prediction of
relative
permeability
National
Science
Foundation
06/01/2007 $174,632
Co-PIs: Michael C.
Sukop, Dr. Andrea
Cortis, Lawrence
Berkeley National
Laboratory
Collaborative
Research: Linking
Porous Medium
Geometry with
Advanced Solute
Transport Model
Parameters via
Lattice Boltzmann
Methods
National
Science
Foundation
06/01/2006 $371,852
Co-PIs: Michael C.
Sukop, Professor
Jan Miller,
University of Utah
NSF/Sandia:
Collaborative
Research: Multi-
scale X-ray
Microtomographic
Validation of
Countercurrent Air
and Lixivant
Solution Flow
Modeling in
National
Science
Foundation
03/01/2006 $195,155
Partially-Saturated
Porous Media
Michael C. Sukop CAREER: Lattice
Boltzmann
Methods for
Environmental
Fluid Mechanics
and Solute
Transport
National
Science
Foundation
07/21/2005 $852,740
Co-PIs: Michael C.
Sukop, Dr. Charles
Downer/Everglades
National Park
Lattice Boltzmann
Modeling of
Tamiami Trail
Physical Barrier
Modifications
US
Department of
Interior
05/04/2004 $306,766
René Price
Co-PIs: Michael C.
Sukop, Zafer
Top/University of
Miami, James
Happel/University
of Miami
Collaborative
Research:
Estimating
Brackish
Groundwater
Discharge in the
Coastal Southern
Everglades
National
Science
Foundation
02/18/2004 $532,471
Michael C. Sukop Linking Porous
Medium Geometry
with Advanced
Solute Transport
Model Parameters
via Lattice
Boltzmann
Methods
National
Science
Foundation
12/01/2003 $361,804
René Price
Co-PIs: Michael C.
Sukop, Leonard
Scinto
Quantifying
Carbon Fluxes in a
Coastal Carbonate
Platform:
Hydrologic and
Biogeochemical
Processes
National
Science
Foundation
10/22/2003 $628,377
PATENT DISCLOSURES, APPLICATIONS, AND AWARDS
N/A
PROFESSIONAL HONORS, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS
Department: N/A
School/College: N/A
University: 2012-2013 Florida International University Top Scholar in the category of
Established Faculty with Significant New Funding
Geological Society of America: Inducted as Fellow in 2018
OFFICES HELD IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Webmaster, Hydrogeology Division, Geological Society of America 2009-present
President, South Florida Hydrologic Society, 2011-2012.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Associate Editor, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, 2019-present
Associate Editor, Hydrogeology Journal, 2016-2019
Associate Editor, Vadose Zone Journal, 2012-2014
Peer Reviewer for:
National Science Foundation (also member of multiple panels), United States Geological
Survey, Department of Energy, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center,
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Austrian Science Fund,
Swiss National Science Foundation, Israel Science Foundation; RAND Corporation,
Institute of Geophysics, Planetary Physics, and Signatures, Los Alamos National
Laboratory; Kearney Foundation of Soil Science, American Chemical Society/Petroleum
Research Fund, Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Hydrologic
Engineering, Hydrogeology Journal, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Groundwater, Vadose
Zone Journal, Transport in Porous Media, Advances in Water Resources, Journal of
Colloid and Interfacial Science, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Society of
Petroleum Engineers Journal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Environmental
Science and Technology, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, Soil Science
Society of America, Journal of Environmental Quality, European Journal of Soil Science,
Soil and Tillage Research, Geoderma, Geochemical Journal, Applied Geochemistry,
Computers and Geosciences, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
International Journal of Thermal Sciences; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science;
International Journal of Modern Physics C, Chinese Physics Letters, Microfluidics and
Nanofluidics, Non-linear Processes in Geophysics, Journal of Applied Geophysics,
Science of the Total Environment, Chemical Engineering Communications, Advances in
Engineering Software Journal, Physics Letters A, Biot Conference on Poromechanics,
Computers and Mathematics with Applications, International Journal of Computational
Fluid Dynamics, Special Topics and Reviews in Porous Media – An International
Journal, Technical Sciences, Springer books, Fractals, American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronautics Journal, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience,
Session Convener/Chairmanships
Sukop, MC, S Habel, M Rogers, T148. Coastal Hydrogeology in An Age of Rising Seas,
GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Environmental & Engineering Geology Division;
GSA Karst Division; American Geophysical Union; American Geosciences Institute;
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Inc.; National
Ground Water Association; International Association of Hydrogeologists; Soil Science
Society of America; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division
M.C. Sukop, D. Whitman, V. Walsh, J. D. Hughes, L.A. Land, L.J. Florea, J. Obeysekera
and J.B. Giddings, Presiding: T95. THE BISCAYNE AND OTHER EOGENETIC
KARST AQUIFERS: CHARACTERIZATION, MODELING, AND MANAGEMENT,
GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geophysics Division Monday, 5 November 2012:
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Charlotte Convention Center 213BC
PEDOFRACT VII, International Workshop on Scaling in Particulate and Porous Media:
Modeling and Use in Predictions. A Coruña, Spain, May 14-17, 2012
Co-convener Non-Darcian Flow in Porous Media Session (H42), American Geophysical
Union 2009 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18
Parameter estimation session chairman, 20th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting, Naples FL,
June 23-27, 2008
Co-convener Recent Advances in Groundwater Hydrology Session (H11), American
Geophysical Union 2008 Joint Assembly, Ft. Lauderdale FL, May 27–30
Bio/Porous Media Flow Session Chairman, International Conference on Mesoscopic
Methods in Engineering and Science, Hampton VA, July 24-28, 2006
Board Memberships
Executive Board of the Florida Climate Institute member, 2013-Present
Faculty Club Board member, 2013-Present
Fellowship Interviewer
Florida International University Applied Research Center Department of Energy
Fellowships: May 2011, October 2011, May 2012
Judging
FIU Department of Earth and Environment Graduate student symposium, April 2012
Poster Exhibition Judge, Florida International University Applied Research Center
Department of Energy Fellows, May 2011, October 2011
Student Presentation Judge, American Geophysical Union 2007 Fall Meeting
Student Presentation Judge, American Geophysical Union 2004 Fall Meeting
Student Poster Judge, American Geophysical Union 2002 Fall Meeting
Student Research Symposium Judge, American Society of Agronomy 2000 Annual
Meeting
Science Fair Judge: Lexington, KY 1999 - 2001; Redding, CA 1990 - 1997
American Society of Civil Engineers Mathcounts program presentations to 6th and 7th
graders, 1990 – 1997
Visiting Students
Jianlin Zhao, PRC March 25, 2013 –
Alissar Yehya, France, June 14, 2014 – July 13, 2014, now at Harvard
Ren Feng, PRC, August 27, 2015 – August 27th 2016
Bei Wei, PRC, September 2, 2016 – 2017
Peng Chi, PRC, September 18, 2017 – 2018
Distinguished Lecture Host
Geological Society of America Hydrogeology Division Birdsall-Dreiss Lecture:
Dr. Jonathan Martin, January 2020
Dr. David Boutt, February 2017
Dr. Clifford Voss, February 2015
Dr. Larry Band, February 2014
Dr. Dani Or, 2013
Dr. Jeffery McDonnell, February 2011
Dr. Susan Hubbard, February 2010
Dr. Chunmiao Zheng, 2009
Dr. Larry McKay, January 2008
Dr David Blowes, 2006
Dr. Bill Woessner, March 2005
Dr. Barbra Bekins, 2004
National Groundwater Association Darcy Lecture:
Dr. Ty Ferre’, 2016
Dr. Ranier Helmig, 2015
Dr. Dorthe Wildenschild, 2014
Dr. S. Majid Hassanizadeh, 2012
Dr. Tim Schiebe, 2010
Dr. Eileen Poeter, 2006
Dr. Kip Solomon, 2005
Dr. Allen Shapiro, 2004
Recruiting (Set up and man booth)
American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting: 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting: 2014, 2010, 2009
FIU Graduate open house booth, November 2012, November 2009
Miscellaneous
International Science Grid This Week, Spotlight | September 3, 2014, Keeping Florida's
groundwater safe from rising sea levels, http://www.isgtw.org/spotlight/keeping-floridas-
groundwater-safe-rising-sea-levels
Florida International University Campus Representative for Geological Society of
America, August 2013-present
Earth and Environment Explorers student group faculty advisor, March 2012-Present
FIU student chapter of AAPG faculty mentor, February 2012 –Present
Designed and managed installation of replacement campus monitoring wells (2011-2012)
Presentations to high school students at the Florida International University Partnerships
in Academic Community (PAC) outreach event organized by the FIU College of
Education, March 4 and March 25, 2011
Lead 16 graduate students on Ten Thousand Islands paddle/camping trip, February 2011
Prepare Graduate School Colloquium Enhancement and recruitment proposals, 2010,
2013
Present Word for Large Documents seminar for Earth Sciences Department graduate
students January 28, 2005 and March 11, 2008
Short Courses Taught
Summer Course 2011: Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics, Graduate University,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Summer Course 2011: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
LB3D_Prime short course, Florida International University, December 5-7, 2008.
Lattice Boltzmann Summer Course, University of Utah, August 9-13, 2004
Professional Registrations
California Certified Hydrogeologist No. 91
California Registered Geologist No. 5615
Kentucky Professional Geologist No. 114932 (originally 2236)
Memberships
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2012
American Geophysical Union, Hydrology Section, 1997-Present
National Ground Water Association/Association of Ground Water Scientists and
Engineers, 1991-Present
International Association for Mathematical Geology, 2008-2009
Geological Society of America, Hydrogeology Division, 2009- Present