Michael Cardiff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Geoscience
Geological Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Weeks Hall
1215 W Dayton St
Madison, WI, USA 53706
Tel: (608) 262-8960
Fax: (608) 262-0693
cardiff@wisc.edu
Program Affiliations
- Geoscience
- Geological Engineering
Education
- 2010 PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
- 2005 MSc Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
- 2001 Geology And Mathematics, Oberlin College
Update
In Fall 2012, I will be moving to Wisconsin and taking a position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Geoscience and Geological Engineering.
If you are a potential graduate student interested in working with me at UW-Madison, please e-mail me at michaelcardiff@boisestate.edu or cardiff@wisc.edu. I am looking for MS/PhD students in the area of groundwater modeling ("natural" and urban environments), recharge estimation, model validation and time-series data analysis. I am also always on the look-out for excellent researchers interested in pursuing doctoral or postdoctoral research with skills in areas such as optimization, numerical modeling, and statistical analysis. Please contact me if you would like to learn more about currently available opportunities!
Fields of Interest
- Applications of optimization methodologies and heuristics to large, complex environmental problems
- Aquifer imaging with hydrologic and geophysical methods
- Spatial data analysis and geostatistics
- Decision making under uncertainty
Publications
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Journal Publications
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Cardiff, M., W. Barrash, and P. K. Kitanidis. 2011-in review. A field proof-of-concept of aquifer imaging using 3D transient hydraulic tomography with modular, temporarily-emplaced equipment. Water Resources Research.
Parker, J., U. Kim, P. K. Kitanidis, M. Cardiff, X. Liu and G. Beyke. 2011-in review. Stochastic cost optimization of DNAPL site remediation. 1. Method description and sensitivity studies. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology.
Kim, U., J. Parker, P. K. Kitanidis, M. Cardiff, X. Liu and J. Gillie. 2011-in review. Stochastic cost optimization of DNAPL site remediation. 2. Field application. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology.
Cardiff, M., and W. Barrash. 2011-in press. 3D Transient hydraulic tomography in unconfined aquifers with fast drainage response. Water Resources Research.
Malama, B., W. Barrash, M. Cardiff and M. Thoma. 2011. Modeling slug tests in unconfined aquifers taking into account source well skin and inertial effects. Journal of Hydrology 408 (1-2) 113-126.
Straface, S. F. Chidichimo, E. Rizzo, M. Riva, W. Barrash, A. Revil, M. Cardiff, and A. Guadagnini. 2011-accepted. Joint inversion of hydrogeophysical data at the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site. Journal of Hydrology.
Cardiff, M., W. Barrash, B. Malama and M. Thoma. 2011. Information content of slug tests for estimating hydraulic properties in realistic, high-conductivity aquifer scenarios. Journal of Hydrology. 403 (1-2) 66-82.
Cardiff, M. and P.K. Kitanidis. 2010. Fitting data under omnidirectional noise: A probabilistic method for inferring petrophysical and hydrologic relations. Mathematical Geosciences 42 (8) 877-909.
Cardiff, M. X. Liu, P.K. Kitanidis, J. Parker, and U. Kim. 2010. Cost optimization of DNAPL source and plume remediation under uncertainty using a semi-analytic model. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 113 (1-4) 25-43.
Parker, J., U. Kim, P.K. Kitanidis, M. Cardiff, and X. Liu. 2010. Stochastic cost optimization of multi-strategy DNAPL site remediation. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation 30 (3) 65-78.
Liu, X., M. Cardiff, and P.K. Kitanidis. 2010. Parameter estimation in nonlinear environmental problems. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 24 (7) 1003-1022.
Cai, Z., R.D. Wilson, M. Cardiff, and P.K. Kitanidis. 2010. Increasing confidence in mass discharge estimates using geostatistical methods. Ground Water 49 (2) 197-208.
Cardiff, M. and P.K. Kitanidis. 2009. Bayesian inversion for facies detection: An extensible level set framework. Water Resources Research 45, W10416.
Cardiff, M., W. Barrash, P.K. Kitanidis, A. Revil, S. Straface, E. Rizzo, and T. Johnson. 2009. A potential-based inversion of unconfined steady-state hydraulic tomography. Ground Water 47 (2) 259-270.
Jardani, A., A. Revil, W. Barrash, A. Crespy, E. Rizzo, S. Straface, M. Cardiff, B. Malama, C. Miller, and T. Johnson. 2009. Reconstruction of the water table from self-potential data: A Bayesian approach. Ground Water 47 (2) 213-227.
Cardiff, M., and P.K. Kitanidis. 2008. Efficient solution of nonlinear, underdetermined inverse problems with a generalized PDE model. Computers and Geosciences 34, 1480-1491.
Cardiff, M., G. Hughes and R. Bosch. Maximizing fun in a theme park: The M7TP. The UMAP Journal
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Conference Presentations & Papers
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Cardiff, M., W. Barrash, B. Dafflon, and B. Malama. 2010. (invited) Non-uniqueness in relationships between geophysical and hydrologic parameters: Existence, implications, and improving methods of data integration. AGU Fall Meeting.Conference Presentations & Papers
Dafflon, B., W. Barrash and M. Cardiff. 2010. Benefit of using geophysical information to estimate the distribution of hydrological properties for prediction of solute transport: Evaluation based on a field tracer test experiment and crosshole GPR data. AGU Fall Meeting.Conference Presentations & Papers
Barrash, W., J.H. Bradford, M. Cardiff, B. Dafflon, B.A. Johnson, B. Malama and M.J. Thoma. 2010. (invited) Integrated Site Investigation Methods and Modeling: Recent Developments at the BHRS. AGU Fall Meeting.Conference Presentations & PapersConference Presentations & Papers
Cardiff, M. 2009. Bayesian inference of site-specific petrophysical relations from noisy data. Eos. Trans. AGU 90 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H53B-0917.
Cardiff, M. 2009 (invited). Mapping interfaces and facies with indirect, noisy data. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Earth Science Division Meeting, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Cardiff, M. and P.K. Kitanidis. 2008. New frontiers in inversion and data integration. Banff International Research Station Conference on Integrated Hydrogeophysical Inversion.
Cardiff, M. and P.K. Kitanidis. 2008. A Bayesian level-set inversion protocol (BLIP) for structural zonation. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H41A-0834.
Liu, X., M. Cardiff, J. Parker and P.K. Kitanidis. 2008. NAPL remediation cost optimization under uncertainty using a semi-analytic model. Eos Trans. AGU 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H31D-0889.
Hughes, G., M. Cardiff and Steven Wojtal. Application of Bezier splines to the analysis of folds. Geological Society of America Joint Meeting 2008. Houston, TX USA.
Cardiff, M. 2008. Imaging the subsurface with sparse, noisy data: Methods and case studies in hydrogeology. Invited talk, University of Sheffield Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group, Sheffield, UK.
Cardiff, M. and P.K. Kitanidis. 2008. New frontiers in inversion and data integration. Banff International Research Station Conference on Integrated Hydrogeophysical Inversion, Banff, Alberta Canada.
Cardiff, M. and P.K. Kitanidis. 2008. Joint inversion for hydrogeophysical facies zonation through level set methods. Computational Methods in Water Resources International Conference 2008, San Francisco, CA USA.
Cardiff, M. and P.K. Kitanidis. 2008. Multiphysics models as a platform for environmental modeling and inverse modeling. Computational Methods in Water Resources International Conference 2008, San Francisco, CA USA.
Barrash, W., A. Revil, M. Cardiff, T. Johnson, B. Malama, E. Rizzo, C. Miller, and S. Straface. 2007. Combined hydraulic tomography - self potential - electrical resistivity tomography for parameter estimation in the unconfined aquifer at the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site. Eos Trans. AGU 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H33M-04.
Cardiff, M. and P.K. Kitanidis. 2006. Use of COMSOL Multiphysics for efficient, automatic inverse modeling of PDE-based systems: applications to aquifer characterization. COMSOL User's Conference 2006 Boston Conference Proceedings, 247-253.
Cardiff, M. and P.K. Kitanidis. 2005. Semivariogram Estimation Using Ant Colony Optimization and Ensemble Kriging Accounting for Parameter Uncertainty. EOS Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H13D-1354.
Cardiff, M. A., Y. Shen, and the ICEMELT and HOTSPOT teams. 1999. Azimuthal dependence of mantle discontinuities near 220 and 300 km depth beneath Iceland. EOS Trans. AGU, 80, S218.
Cardiff, M., and G. Hughes. 2000. Maximizing fun at an amusement park: The M7TP. International Symposium on Mathematical Programming 2000.
Selected Awards, Honors and Societies
- Award: Stanford University Centennial Teaching Assistant Award (2008, Stanford University)
