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Michael Wallace Professional Resume updated September, 2017

Michael Wallace

7820 Hendrix Rd. NE

Albuquerque, NM 87110

Mobile: 505-401-3785

email: [email protected]

ORGANIZATION OF THIS RESUME

1. KEY WORDS

2. EDUCATION

3. WORK HISTORY

4. SUMMARY OF BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

5. SPECIFIC PROJECT EXPERIENCE

6. LITIGATION SUPPORT EXPERIENCE

7. EXPERIENCE IN SOFTWARE

8. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

9. MEMBERSHIPS

10. PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

11. ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

12. OTHER

KEY WORDS:

Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Groundwater Modeling, Contaminant Transport, Radionuclide

Transport, Sediment Transport, Soils and Sediment Redistribution, Earth Sciences,

Geochemistry, Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Sciences, Statistical Hydrology,

Technical Writing, Business Development, Project Management, Mentoring, Acid Mine

Drainage, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, NEPA, CERCLA, Energy Storage, RCRA, Contaminant

Remediation, Software Development, Litigation Support, GIS, Geospatial Analysis, CAD

EDUCATION:

I am currently enrolled part time in a Ph.D. track within the Nanoscience and Microsystems

Engineering Program (NSMS) at the University of New Mexico. My work in progress there is

interdisciplinary and has included the development of robust pressure sensors for deep and

corrosive environments (for which the university filed a patent), physics and chemistry of water

systems, and scale dependent relationships between hydroclimatologic patterns and solar cycles.

status: I recently passed the Qualifying Exam. Also all core coursework is completed and my

focus is on research and paper publications.

I hold a BS degree in Plant and Soil Science (1980) from Southern Illinois University, and an

MS degree in Hydrology from the University of Arizona (1989).


WORK HISTORY: Note, when available, contact information of a supervisor, client, or related

colleague is provided for the past decade.

March 2014 – present, Principal, MW&A, Albuquerque, NM.

Hydroclimatology, Hydrogeology, Hydrogeochemistry, Groundwater Modeling, Surface

Water Contaminant and Sediment Transport, Stochastic analyses, Aquifer Mechanics, Large data

set extraction and analyses, Significance Testing, Regression Analyses, Geospatial Analyses,

Acid mine Drainage Studies, Environmental Permitting and Compliance, Risk Assessments and

Litigation Support

(see client references under individual projects).

January 2009 - March 2014, Senior Hydrogeologist, RESPEC, Inc. Headquarters in Rapid

City, SD

Hydrogeology, Litigation support, Groundwater Modeling, Hydrogeochemistry,

Marketing and Business Development, Mentoring, Mine Hydrology, Energy Storage Cavern

Hydrology, Aquifer Testing and Analyses.

Direct Reference: John Osnes Ph.D. Principal Consultant (retired). Phone: 605-390-

4199

March 2008- December 2009, Hydrogeologist Contractor (through Aerotek) to Black and

Veatch Engineering.

Construction Dewatering, Nuclear Power Environmental Licensing, Stormwater

Catchment Hydrology, Groundwater Modeling, Contaminant Transport Modeling, Aquifer

Testing and Analyses

Direct Reference: Mark Petersen, Geotechnical Section Supervisor. [email protected]

913-458-2000, 913-217-5131

January 2004 - March 2008, Principal, MW&A.

Hydrogeology, Climatology, Infiltration and Recharge, Groundwater Modeling,

Watershed Modeling, Statistical Analyses, Litigation Support, Engineering Design, Scientific

Software Development, In Situ Leachate (ISL) Mining Studies, Petroleum Storage, Uranium in

Groundwater, and Quality Assurance.

(see client references under individual projects).

January 1997 - 2004, Earth Sciences Consultant to Sandia National Laboratories (through

various sub-contractors)

Groundwater Modeling, Software Development, Statistical Analyses, Risk Assessment,

Quality Assurance, Potash Mine Hydrogeology and Subsidence, Water Quality, Hydrogeology,

Hydroclimatology, Paleohydrology

1990-1996, Staff Hydrogeologist, RE/SPEC Inc., Albuquerque, NM

Groundwater Modeling, Software Development, Mine Hydrogeology, Permitting,

Business Development, Litigation Support, Deep Well Injection.

1986 -1990, Staff Hydrogeologist, IT Corp., Albuquerque, NM.


Groundwater Modeling, Deep Well Injection, Software Development, Field Studies,

Groundwater contamination, CERCLA, RCRA

1982-1986, Hydrologic Technician, Research Assistant, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

Landfill risk assessment and hydrologic investigations. Well design, Pump Tests.

SUMMARY OF BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Project Management and Business Experience: Much of the work I have conducted, I have

won and extended through my parallel experience in business development and marketing,

contract writing, proposal writing, business plan writing, contract negotiations, staff and project

management, scheduling and manpower loading, project tracking, compliance, mentoring,

teaming, program development, and public speaking.

The Honors and Awards section of this resume covers many of my business related

achievements. For example the NMITSA award was granted for my successful initiation,

development and management of a complicated and innovative project for the US Department of

Energy. Under a tight budget with severe time constraints, I led a staff to produce and deploy a

variation of a video game program that was an essential component for a performance

assessment analysis of volcanic risk. The innovative project was completed to the client's

complete satisfaction on time and under budget, winning the NMITSA award and additional

unsolicited commendations from downstream customers including Dr. Greg Valentine, former

Project Lead at Los Alamos National Laboratory..

Hydrologic and Other Technical Experience: I have worked worldwide as a hydrologist for

several decades, and continue to apply my expertise and capacities towards the support of

numerous groundwater and surface water projects.

My professional background covers an array of quantitative and statistical techniques for

analyzing and solving hydrologic, hydrogeologic, and other water resource challenges. Many

projects have been driven by NEPA, CERCLA, RCRA and related environmental regulations

and systems such as the NPDES under the Clean Water Act. My technical capacity includes

modeling surface and groundwater flow and solute transport, which include the interface zones.

In this modeling, multiporosity flow and transport, karst regimes, stochastic processes, and/or

water resource optimization often play key roles. My experience extends into construction

dewatering simulations, multiphase transport in the subsurface, hydraulic test analyses, basin

modeling, deep well injection, subsidence studies, aquifer-mine interactions, sediment transport,

tracer research, water quality sampling programs and analyses, acid mine drainage evaluations

and mitigation studies, water rights, and integrating advanced software techniques into earth

science analyses.

I have balanced my groundwater work with additional (and often related) experience in water

quality and geochemical analyses, field investigations and permitting activities for landfills and

subsurface disposal and storage facilities, as well as water resources investigations. In particular

I am a recognized expert in the quantitative relationships between atmospheric moisture,


aquifers, surface waters, and the related water quality, sediment transport, and geo-pressure

signatures.

My experience includes an extensive record of expert witness and related litigation support on

water resource issues to numerous clients, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

(USACE), the U.S. Air Force (USAF), the city of Baltimore, environmental organizations, and

agricultural concerns.

SPECIFIC PROJECT EXPERIENCE most recent projects listed first.

NEPA support on Uranium Processing Facility, Midwestern US. I developed updated NEPA

documentation relating to the geology (including seismic, geostratigraphy and mapping), soils,

groundwater, vadose zone, and surface water for the sole uranium hexaflouride processing

facility in the US, at Metropolis, IL. As usual, my work products were produced in a timely

manner within the original budgets. They also led to corrections of longstanding errors in the

geologic framework descriptions associated with that site. Ultimate client was the US NRC (via

subcontractos SC&A) which authors the full report in conjunction with Source Material License

(SUB-26) documentation developed by the site operator, Honeywell International Inc. This

project is ongoing.

Acid Mine Drainage, Southeast Asia. I led a hydrogeochemical investigation regarding seepage

waters from an operational underground energy storage project in Singapore. The objectives

were to characterize the sources and causes of the seepage water quality parameters through site

data development, outside research, analyses including fate and transport modeling, sediment

transport calculations, and authorship of a confidential report. This report identified the causes

of the seepage concern and accordingly led to a favorable outcome for my client. Employer:

MW&A. Client: M.K. Song, Ph.D. (contact information available upon request)

WIPP Hydrogeological Review, Southwestern US. I was the Independent Technical Reviewer

of a performance assessment study regarding the Castile Brine Reservoir parameter through

Sandy Cohen and Associates (SC&A) in support of the US Environmental Protection Agency

(US EPA). The work required independent evaluations of geostatistical parameters, use of the R

code, aquifer test analyses, and review of geophysical projects that included TDEM and gravity

anomaly surveys. Employer: MW&A. Client Contact: Stephen Marschke, 585-443-0920,

[email protected]

Karst - Surface Water Interaction Study. I was an expert witness for a water rights case along

the Lower Pecos River near Carlsbad, NM. My research and testimony demonstrated significant

quantitative connections between a groundwater locale, a spring, irrigation practices, a perennial

creek, and watershed and climate regressions, which enabled a satisfactory settlement for my

clients. Investigations included time series analyses as well as geospatial (including watershed

flow accumulation diagrams), soils and sedimentary transport, and geochemical analyses.

Employer: MW&A Client Contact: Tom Martin Esq. 575-887-3528


Hydroclimatologic Forecasting System. I developed a new method of stream water and

sediment flow forecasting via cross regression to solar and ocean drivers. For some sites such as

the Santa Fe River (for a municipal client) this system has demonstrated accurate forecasting

skills three years in advance. Employer: MW&A. Client Contact: Will Schneider, Water

Resources Coordinator, City of Santa Fe. 505-955-4203, [email protected]

Propane Storage Cavern Evaluation, Central US. I reviewed the hydrodynamic containment

conditions related to an unlined propane storage cavern in the Great Plains of the US for a

confidential client. Work included hydrogeologic and surface water reviews along with

hydrostatic and multi phase flow evaluations. Employer: MW&A. Client: PB Energy Storage

Services. Client Contact: Tim Reichwein PE, Sr. VP (at time of project) current: 281-635-5047

Potash Mine, Southwestern US. I conducted a review of an overall hydrogeological,

hydroclimatological and water quality assessment of conditions relating to a potash mine.

Employer: MW&A. Client. Mosaic Potash (contact info avail. upon request)

Jurong Rock Cavern Project, Southeast Asia. I was responsible for the hydrogeologic design

component of that coastal underground hydrocarbon storage cavern initiative in southeastern

Asia. The facility was constructed with a total budget of approximately $1B, and was based on

the concept of hydrodynamic containment. My design and scientific responsibilities covered

field programs (marine tidal and ground-water), underground geochemical and groundwater

microbial testing specifications and simulations, three-dimensional (3D) groundwater modeling

and analysis, and recommendations for water supply and water treatment. Client: PB Energy

Storage Services. Client Contact: Tim Reichwein PE, Sr. VP (at time of project) current: 281-

635-5047

Sinkhole Evaluation Project, Southeastern U.S. I led a white paper evaluation of coupled

groundwater, surface water and geochemical processes associated with a recent sinkhole caused

by the collapse of a deep underground brine cavern in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Employer:

RESPEC, Inc. (under William Goodman Project Lead).

Uranium Mine, Southwestern U.S. I provided hydrogeologic reviews and related consultations

for a private uranium mining company in western North America. Client: Energy Fuels, Inc.

(contact available upon request).

Aquifer Brine Injection Management, Canada. I led the real-time analysis and evaluation of a

subsurface deep brine injection program for a potash mining client in central Canada. I also

assisted them with optimizing data integration and early warning conditions, as well as

considerable pump test analyses and evaluations on an integral level. Client: Mosaic Potash

(contact information available upon request).

I&W Brine Cavern, Carlsbad, New Mexico. I conducted investigations and modeling that

examined hydrogeologic conditions, surface water interactions, irrigation components, and

possible impacts with regard to a potentially unstable solution-mined brine cavern underlying the

city of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Employer: RESPEC, Inc. (under Dave Henard Project Lead.

current email: [email protected])


Combined Operating and Licensing Applications (COLAs) for Nuclear Power Plants. I

conducted peer review of hydrologic studies in support of the Fermi COLA, and I led studies and

produced extensive hydrologic reports and documentation in support of the River Bend (COLA).

I developed construction dewatering groundwater models, groundwater sampling, laboratory

analysis plans, and water use surveys. I supported geotechnical engineering investigations in

tandem with hydrogeology needs and spearheaded laboratory sorption (Kd) analyses efforts. As

a section author, I incorporated all studies, as well as extensive additional literature research, into

the pertinent Final Safety Analysis Report and Environmental Report for each COLA. Employer:

Black and Veatch (via Aerotek). Project Lead Mark Petersen: [email protected]

Construction Dewatering for Large-Scale Power Plant Projects. I developed a construction

dewatering model for a new coal-fired power plant in the southern Mississippi River Basin

(Arkansas) and developed several infiltration models to evaluate the coupled impacts of flooding

and groundwater flow, leading to improved stormwater retention and percolation pond designs

for a central-Florida power plant. I contributed to the field investigation and analytic evaluation

of several long-term pumping tests to evaluate the potential for construction-related subsidence

with respect to an underlying karst aquifer. For related power plant siting efforts, I conducted

stormwater discharge evaluations under the NPDES system in collaboration with other licensed

engineers. Employer: Black and Veatch (via Aerotek). Project Lead Mark Petersen:

[email protected]

Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquid Transport Modeling, Iowa. I developed a groundwater flow

and benzene and Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquid (DNAPL) transport model for a contaminated

groundwater site in northeast Iowa. I also conducted peer review and confirmatory calculations

regarding an aquifer and associated water resources within glacial sediments in Michigan for a

utility client. Employer: Black and Veatch (via Aerotek). Project Lead Mark Petersen:

[email protected]

Earth Sciences Software Development and Validation, Albuquerque, New Mexico. While a

consultant to Sandia National Laboratories, I managed the development of an upgrade

to WINSANSMIC, a Windows-based simulator (consisting of both C++ and Fortran modules)

that simulates solution mining of deep geologic salt domes. WINSANSMIC is used in support

of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) program in the Gulf Coast area for solution mining of

geologic salt domes, which are then used to store petroleum. Employer: MW&A. Client Sandia

National Laboratories. Project Lead Dr. Christopher Rautman (deceased).

Aquifer and Surface-Water Resources Evaluations, New Mexico. I worked as a hydrologic

consultant to an earth resource development firm where my participation included extensive

evaluation of the geologic and hydrogeologic data and framework of targeted basin strata in New

Mexico, as well as strategic water rights planning and development. I also developed cash flow

proformas and other business plan components in anticipation of operational phase. Employer:

MW&A.

Hydrologic Consultant and Expert Witness, Southeastern New Mexico. I served as a

hydrologic consultant and expert witness for a consortium of irrigators and commercial water


sales businesses in a water rights case in southeastern New Mexico. This included evaluation of

the hydrogeology and surface- water hydrology associated with evaporite and karst aquifers near

Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. Employer: MW&A.

Yucca Mountain Hydrology and Earth Sciences Support, Nevada. I was the primary internal

review (checking) lead of the Yucca Mountain surface-water model and coupled recharge study.

The Yucca Mountain Project was designed to be the nation’s first geologic repository for long-

term disposal of commercial spent nuclear fuel. I led a staff of approximately ten earth scientists,

including six staff members of Idaho National Laboratory (INL); one engineer; and one staff

member on loan from the Long Term Ecological Research Program, headquartered at the

University of New Mexico (UNM). This team reviewed an extensive effort led by Sandia

National Laboratories (SNL) to produce a defendable, predictive model of the infiltration regime

of Yucca Mountain, following past efforts led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

In this work extensive analyses were applied to geospatial development of soils, bedrock, flow

accumulations, and vegetative covers. From those, and other geologic and hydroclimatologic

sources, extensive modeling was conducted to estimate changes over the long term to recharge

through the mountain, as well as to possible impacts of surface cover erosion and redistribution

as well as to future climate changes.

I was the principal investigator on an uncertainty investigation of the Yucca Mountain igneous

conceptual models that supports the performance assessment for long-term disposal of high-level

radioactive waste. In this effort, I pioneered the use of novel software, DIRECT, to produce an

award-winning scientific (stochastic simulative) analysis of possible future volcanic and other

igneous interactions with the proposed repository (2004–2007). Employer: MW&A.

In 2004, I served as primary reviewer of the 3D site-scale saturated zone model (employing

the FEHM code) of the Yucca Mountain area conducted by scientists at Los Alamos National

Laboratories. For Sandia National Laboratories and Bechtel-SAIC, I implemented a

qualification effort for the structural mechanics code JAS3D. JAS3D is a 3D finite element

program designed to solve large quasi-static nonlinear mechanics problems. I also implemented

a qualification effort for the ASHPLUME code that simulates plume development and

atmospheric transport of ash and tephra caused by volcanic events. Employer: Sandia National

Laboratories (via subcontrator).

In 2002–2003, I supported an investigation of thermal transport within the saturated zone

underlying Yucca Mountain. My contributions focused on qualification of measured and

inferred thermal properties of the host aquifers. In 2005, I conducted a software qualification

effort for a submodule of the software code TOUGHREACT. The TOUGHREACT code is

part of the TOUGH2 framework of 3D multiphase, non-isothermal groundwater and heat

transport codes. TOUGHREACT adds reactive geochemistry to the solution methodologies

of TOUGH2. Employer: Sandia National Laboratories (via subcontrator).

Uranium In Situ Leachate Mining Evaluations. Over a 10-year period, on behalf of a private

party, I evaluated the extensive hydrogeologic studies and other documentation, including

groundwater flow and transport models, geologic investigations, well test analyses, and the well


field design, for a consortium of stakeholders participatory to a proposed (and licensed) set of

three in situ leachate (ISL) uranium mines in northwestern New Mexico. I produced

independent well test analyses, structure drawings, modeling (using MODFLOW and MT3D),

animations, and other evaluations, as well as wrote extensive affidavits and provided public

testimony to a wide array of groups associated with water utilities, municipalities, and Native

American (tribal) government entities. Employer: MW&A.

Waste Isolation Pilot Project Hydrologic and Earth Sciences Support, Carlsbad, New

Mexico. I was involved in several areas of the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP)—the

nation’s first geologic repository for the long-term disposal of defense-generated nuclear waste.

I was the principal analyst in a groundwater flow and radioactive transport modeling effort for

the WIPP Performance Assessment (PA) program. I was the principal investigator on the first

effort to determine that potash mining-induced subsidence would benefit the natural hydrologic

long-term containment capabilities of the WIPP repository. In addition, I developed the first

water table contour surface for the WIPP vicinity while I was a principal investigator on seven

scenario screening efforts for WIPP. I served as a coinvestigator in a 3D

paleohydrological/climate change consequence modeling study of the upper groundwater system

and its relation to surface water flow in the WIPP region. This included the modification of

the MODFLOW code to implement a novel-free surface boundary condition. I codeveloped a

numerical simulator using and modifying the simulators SUTRA and EQ36 that analyzed the

coupled processes of salt creep and brine inflow related to excavations into the Salado Formation

at WIPP.

During 2004–2005, I performed the qualification and validation of the latest revision NSIGHTS,

an advanced aquifer analysis code that merges uncertainty approaches with aquifer well test

analyses and interpretation. Employer: Sandia National Laboratories (via subcontrator).

International Nuclear Repository Hydrologic Support. On the Stripa project (Sweden) and the

Finnish nuclear repository program, I helped develop numerical simulators (using and

modifying the simulators SUTRA and EQ36) that analyzed the coupled processes of cement seal

degradation and groundwater inflow. Employer: RESPEC, Inc.

Deep Well Injection of Brines and/or Hazardous Wastes. I was principal investigator in a two-

dimensional (2D) study of groundwater flow and contaminant transport through the Capitan Reef

Aquifer of southeastern New Mexico. I was also a principal investigator of several 3D flow and

solute transport modeling projects associated with injection of hazardous wastes into saline

aquifers and of several modeling studies associated with the design of groundwater remediation

systems throughout the United States. The codes employed include MODFLOW, SUTRA,

RandomWalk, and SWIFT. Employers: RESPEC, Inc, IT Corp.

In addition to extensive experience designing and evaluating fields of injection and extraction

wells for a diverse array of applications, I was the principal hydorologic analyst for three deep

well hazardous waste injection programs in southeastern Texas.

Unsaturated Zone, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA) and Landfill Studies. I conducted a series of unsaturated and saturated flow and

transport modeling studies of the Yucca Mountain site using three different mathematical


techniques (including the simulator AT123D). The results of these analyses were used to assess

the likelihood of landfill contaminants reaching the water table. I conducted an unsaturated

zone modeling study that was a factor in the state of New Mexico’s strengthening of the state’s

environmental requirements for oil and gas operations in the San Juan Basin. I performed

groundwater modeling activities in support of cleanup of several CERCLA groundwater-

contaminated sites. I developed and executed sampling plans for landfills in southern Arizona

and southern New Mexico. Various clients include the University of Arizona; city of Tucson;

and U.S. Air Force, Holloman Air Force Base. In addition, I contributed to the development and

execution of groundwater and site sampling plans for hazardous waste sites in Denver, Colorado,

and Chicago, Illinois.

LITIGATION SUPPORT EXPERIENCE:

Expert witness support relating to coupled groundwater and surface water flows, irrigation

impacts, water rights, and quantifications thereof, along the Black River tributary of the Lower

Pecos in Southeastern New Mexico. 2014 - 2016.

Expert witness support on behalf of a coalition of organizations regarding an application by a

mining company to develop three in-situ uranium leachate mines in the vicinity of Crownpoint,

NM, USA., 1997 – 2003. Client Attorneys; New Mexico Environmental Law Center, Santa Fe,

NM. Client contact info: Eric Jantz, phone; 505-989-9022, Also Chris Shuey; 505-262-1862

Litigation support to the City of Baltimore in regard to the Howard Street Tunnel Fire, a CSX

freight train derailment. The accident involved release of hazardous chemicals along with a

ruptured water main and a fire that persisted for nearly a week. For the City attorneys, I

conducted preliminary analyses with regard to potential surface and groundwater contamination

in anticipation of litigation. However the City reached a settlement prior to actual litigation

and/or trial.

Expert consultant to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Department of Defense), as a review panel

member concerning a long-term regional groundwater flow model developed for the City of

Gallup, New Mexico. This is popularly known as the G-22 Experts Panel. Hearing No. 99-003-

OSE File No. G-22 and more.

Litigation support with regard to a water rights dispute in a karst aquifer and relations to surface

water flows and agricultural/irrigation practices, Eddy County, NM. 1999, 2002, 2006

Scientific studies and expert witness support with regard to a proposal to dispose of oil field

brines in a deep brine aquifer in the Delaware Basin in southeastern New Mexico. State of New

Mexico, Before the Oil Conservation Division, Case No. 10693. 1993, Santa Fe, Representing

Pronghorn Disposal Systems, Inc. Client attorney: Karen Aubrey, Santa Fe, NM


Litigation and expert witness support with regard to the “Vulnerable Area” of the San Juan Basin

in northwestern New Mexico. State of New Mexico, Before the Oil Conservation Commission,

Case No. 10436. 1992, Santa Fe. Representing Southwest Research and Information Center.

Client attorney: Doug Meiklejohn, President, New Mexico Environmental Law Center, Santa Fe,

NM , phone; 505-989-9022. I testified that produced waters from oil and gas drilling

operations in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin required added safeguards in disposal practices

Expert witness support with regard to a landfill permit hearing. State of New Mexico, Before

the Secretary of the Environment Department, No. SW 91-01, 1991, Alamogordo, NM.

Transcripts of proceedings, solid waste permit hearings. Representing the U.S. Air Force. Client

attorney: Lt. Col. John Spurlin, U.S.A.F.

Litigation support with regard to a leaking ditch maintained by the Middle Rio Grande

Conservancy District (MRGCD), 1991, Client Attorney: Ron Childress, Albuquerque, NM

Expert witness support with regard to a water rights dispute, Sierra County, NM., 1991, Client

Attorney; Fred Abramowitz, Albuquerque, NM

EXPERIENCE IN SOFTWARE

I have used and/or conducted software validation activities for the following groundwater,

surface water, geochemical, and earth sciences and general sciences applications codes:

MODFLOW and MODPATH (and various pre and postprocessors) aquifer simulation

SUTRA aquifer simulation

MT3D and random walk codes, aquifer contaminant transport simulation

PEST and GSLIB simulation optimization, geostatistics, automatic calibration

AqTSOLVE hydraulic test analyses

nSIGHTS hydraulic test analyses

WINSANSMIC (co developer) solution mining simulation

JAS3D rock mechanics simulation

DIRECT (developer)

TOUGH and TOUGH REACT multiphase flow in porous media with thermodynamics

PHREEQ-C geochemical simulation

FEHMWATER aquifer simulation

TRACERN aquifer simulation

MASSIF aquifer recharge simulation, watershed simulation

HEC–HMS watershed simulation

HEC-RAS streamflow routing and watershed simulation

SWMM stormwater management model

WASP surface water chemistry and transport simulation

MATLAB scientific programming language

FORTRAN, C++, and TORQUE programming languages

PYTHON and PANDAS programming and data munging languages

RHINO 3D, TRUESPACE, MILKSHAPE 3D CAD

ORB SPACE 3D CAD developer


RUSLE soil erosion and sediment transport simulation

R code scientific statistical programming language

SURFER (geospatial) and other GIS tools through 3rd parties

VT Builder (geospatial)

All MICROSOFT OFFICE PRODUCTS (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access, inc. VB)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Wallace, M.G., 2017, Invited Presentation “The Turquoise Triangle: Distinctive

Hydroclimatologic Patterns Across New Mexico And Connected Domains”, New Mexico

Mining Association, 2017 annual meeting Santa Fe, NM (September 7)

Wallace, M.G., 2017, Moderator of CLIMATE session and Presenter on “New Solar Based

Moisture and Temperature Forecasts in the Western US”, Annual Symposium of the Arizona

Hydrological Society, Flagstaff Arizona (September 8)

Wallace, M.G., 2017, "Application of Newly Identified Solar-Atmospheric Connections

Towards Improved Forecasts Of Streamflows In The Western US". currently under peer review

at the Hydrological Sciences Journal.

Wallace, M.G., 2017, Advances in Forecasting Flows of the Animas River and Other Streams in

the Western US Presentation at the 2nd Annual Conference on Environmental Conditions of the

Animas and San Juan Watersheds with Emphasis on Gold King Mine and Other Mine Waste

Issues. New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute (NMWRRI). June 20-22, Farmington,

NM

Wallace, M.G., 2017, Invited Presentation “The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO)

climate index. Groundwater Management District Associations (GMDA) Summer Conference

May 25, 2017.

Wallace, M.G., 2016, "Seepage Waters and Related Hydrogeochemical Considerations at

Jurong Rock Cavern Project" white paper for a private international tunneling and excavation

client (Hyundai subsidiary, Southeast Asia).

Wallace, M.G., 2016, "A data based time series for global ocean pelagic pH". white paper

https://www.academia.edu/s/9459f2638a?source=link

Wallace, M.G., 2016, "Solar and Ocean based Hydrologic Forecasts for the Animas River

Leading to the end of 2022" ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE ANIMAS AND

SAN JUAN WATERSHEDS WITH EMPHASIS ON GOLD KING MINE AND OTHER MINE

WASTE ISSUES May 17-19, 2016 San Juan College, Farmington, NM Sponsored by the New

Mexico Water Resources Research Institute http://animas.wrri.nmsu.edu/

https://animas.nmwrri.nmsu.edu/2017/presentations/oral-presentations/

https://animas.nmwrri.nmsu.edu/2017/presentations/oral-presentations/

http://animas.wrri.nmsu.edu/call_for_abstracts/oral-presentations/

http://animas.wrri.nmsu.edu/call_for_abstracts/oral-presentations/


Wallace, M.G., 2016, "Ocean and Solar Based Climate Forecasts". Presentation at 30TH

ANNUAL RIO GRANDE BASIN SNOWMELT RUNOFF FORECAST MEETING. USDA

NRCS April 12, 2016 Albuquerque NM Highlight: Attendees included the NRCS, NOAA,

USGS, NWS and New Mexico State Climatologist.

Wallace, M.G., 2014, “Impacts for Hydrologic Forecasting from Correlations of the Pacific

Decadal Oscillation (PDO) to Major New Mexico Watersheds”. New Mexico Mining

Association, 2014 Santa Fe, NM.

Wallace, M.G., C. Johnson, and J. Love, 2014, Potential Correlations of Historical Otowi Gage

Sediment and Water Flows to Upstream Groundwater Management Practices. presentation at

National Ground Water Association (NGWA) Conference on Hydrology and Water Scarcity in

the Rio Grande Basin, February 25-26, 2014

Johnson, K.O. and M.G. Wallace, 2013, a private white paper regarding Sulfate Reduction to

Yield Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Within a Newly Developed Sinkhole confidential memo to corporate

client.

Wallace, M.G., K.O. Johnson, J.D. Osnes, E.L. Krantz, and C.M. Hocking,

2013, Hydrogeological and Geochemical Evaluations in Support of Mine Water Management for

the Jurong Rock Cavern Project, Singapore. Proceedings: International Mine Water Association

Annual Conference, Golden, Colorado, 2013

Wallace, M. G., 2011. “Comparisons of the Quantification of Hydro-Climatologic Uncertainties

in Recent Risk Assessments Affecting Basin Scale and Global Scale Hydrologic

Phenomena,” poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco,

CA, December 5–9.

Wallace, M. G., 2011. Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment, Tract E, Corrales North Unit 3,

Rio Rancho, New Mexico, RSI-2187, prepared by RESPEC, Albuquerque, NM, for Pueblo of

Sandia, Bernalillo, NM.

Wallace, M. G. and J. D. Osnes, 2011. Tidal Calculations to Assess Confining Properties of

Marine Sediments Overlying a Cavern Rock Project, RSI-2175, prepared by RESPEC,

Albuquerque, NM, for PB Energy Storage Services, Inc., Houston, TX.

Wallace, M. G., C. M. Hocking, C. Mendonca, and F. Jurica, 2011. Hydrogeological Design

Report for the Jurong Rock Cavern Project, RSI-2126, Revision 1A, prepared by RESPEC,

Albuquerque, NM, and PB Energy Storage Services, Inc., Houston, TX, for PB Energy Storage

Services, Inc., Houston, TX

Wallace, M. G. and C. Hocking, 2011. Hydrogeological Model Report for the Jurong Rock

Cavern Project, RSI-2115, prepared by RESPEC, Albuquerque, NM, for PB Energy Storage


Wallace, M. G., 2010. Hydraulic Monitoring Sensor Descriptions, RSI-2159, prepared by

RESPEC, Albuquerque, NM, for PB Energy Storage Services, Inc., Houston, TX.

Wallace, M. G. and R. Abitz, 2010. Geochemical Model Report for the Jurong Rock Cavern

https://www.imwa.info/docs/imwa_2013/IMWA2013_Wallace_476.pdf

https://www.imwa.info/docs/imwa_2013/IMWA2013_Wallace_476.pdf


Project, RSI-2155, Revision 1, prepared by RESPEC, Albuquerque, NM, for PB Energy Storage


Wallace, M. G., 2010. Geochemical Test Plan for the Jurong Rock Cavern Project. Topical

Report RSI-2137, prepared by RESPEC, Albuquerque, NM, for PB Energy Storage Services, Inc.,

Houston, TX

Henard, D. A., L. L. Van Sambeek, M. G. Wallace, W. M. Goodman, C. M. Hocking, C. A.

Barber, and E. L. Krantz, 2009. Geohydrological and Structural Analysis and Monitoring at

I&W Cavern, Carlsbad, New Mexico, Status Report No. 1, RSI-2060, prepared by RESPEC,

Rapid City, SD, for New Mexico Oil Conservation Division, Santa Fe, NM.

Wallace, M. and E. Kalinina, 2005. “The Influence of Hydrogeologic Conceptualization and

Variability on Uranium Contamination Transport Through the West Water Canyon Aquifer at

Crownpoint, NM,” New Mexico Environmental Health Conference 2005, Albuquerque, NM,

October 31.

Wallace, M., and H. Iuzzolino, 2005. “Probablistic Analyses of Waste Package Quantities

Impacted by Potential Igneous Disruption at Yucca Mountain,” Poster presentation at American

Geophysical Union 2005 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5–9.

Arnold, B. W., G. Zyvoloski, K. Economy, and M. Wallace, 2003. “Thermal Transport in

the Saturated Zone Site-Scale Model at Yucca Mountain,” Proceedings, 10th International

High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March 30–April 2,

pp. 301–306.

Ramsey, J. L., R. Blaine, J. W. Garner, J. C. Helton, J. D. Johnson, L. N. Smith, and M.

Wallace, 1998. “Radionuclide and Colloid Transport in the Culebra Dolomite and Associated

Complementary Cumulative Distribution Functions in the 1996 Performance Assessment for

the Waste Isolation Pilot Reliability Engineering and System Safety 69,” Reliability

Engineering and System Safety, September 2000, Vol. 69, No. 1, pp. 397–420

Wallace, M., J. Ramsey, A. Treadway, M. Tierney, and D. Coffey, 1998. “Aquifer Model

Complexity at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant,” 1998 Spring Meeting of the American

Geophysical Union, Boston, MA, May 26–29

Marani, M., G. Grossi, F. Napolitano, M. Wallace, and D. Entekhabi, 1997, Forcing,

Intermittency, and Land Surface Hydrological Partitioning, Water Resources Research, Vol.

33, No. 1, pages 167-175, Jan, 1997.

Wallace, M., 1996, Potential Long-Term Effects of Potash Mining on Hydrogeologic

Conditions in the Culebra Aquifer. Technical Report for Features, Events and Processes

(FEP) package NS-11. prepared for Sandia National Laboratories, WIPP Project.

Wallace, M., 1996, Impacts of Interconnections with other Units on Hydrogeologic

Conditions in the Culebra Aquifer. Technical Report for Features, Events and Processes

(FEP) packages NS2, NS3, and NS7b. prepared for Sandia National Laboratories, WIPP

Project.

Wallace, M.. et al., 1995, Flow and Transport in the Dewey Lake/Dewey Lake Conceptual

Model. Technical Report for Features, Events and Processes (FEP) package NS1. prepared


for Sandia National Laboratories, WIPP Project.

Wallace, M., 1995, Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Groundwater Flow and

Transport Conditions in the Culebra Aquifer. Technical Report for Features, Events and

Processes (FEP) package NS-8b. prepared for Sandia National Laboratories, WIPP Project

Wallace, M. G., 1994. Three-Dimensional Groundwater Refraction Patterns in the Northern

Portion of the Delaware Basin, A Modeling Study, American Geophysical Union 1994 Fall

Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5–9

Wallace, M. G., 1993. A Total Dissolved Solids Map for the Northern Portion of the Capitan

Aquifer, New Mexico Geological Society 44th Annual Field Conference and Guidebook,

sponsored by the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute

of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM.

Corbet, T. and M. G. Wallace, 1993. Post Pleistocene Patterns of Shallow Groundwater

Flow in the Delaware Basin, Southeastern New Mexico and West Texas, New Mexico

Geological Society 44th Annual Field Conference and Guidebook, sponsored by the New

Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and

Technology, Socorro, NM.

Osnes, J. and M.G. Wallace, 1993. Comparative Analysis of the Multiphase Flow Models,

PORFLOW, TOUGH, and TRACRN, 1993, Draft technical report prepared by RE/SPEC Inc.

for Benchmark Environmental Corporation, Albuquerque, NM

Wallace, M. G. and T. L. Christian-Frear, 1992. New Tools to Aid in Scientific Computing

and Visualization, 3rd International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference,

Las Vegas, NV, April 12–16

Alcorn, S. R., W. E. Coons, T. L. Christian-Frear, and M. G. Wallace, 1991. Theoretical

Investigations of Grout Seal Longevity, I. Geochemical Modeling of Grout-Groundwater

Interactions–Flow and Diffusion Models, Stripa Project Technical Report 0349-5698,

Stockholm, Sweden

Alcorn, S. R., T. L. Christian-Frear, and M. G. Wallace, 1990. Degradation Modeling for

the Concrete Silo in TVO’s VLJ Repository, RSI-0373, prepared by RE/SPEC Inc.,

Albuquerque, NM, for Teollisuuden Voima Oy, Helsinki, Finland

Wallace, M., J. M. Pietz, B. Lauctes, J. B. Case, and D. E. Deal, 1990. Coupled Fluid-

Flow Modeling of Brines Flowing Through Deforming Salt Around the Excavations for the

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in the Permian Salado Formation, Proceedings, Waste

Management ’90, Tucson, AZ.

Wallace, M., 1989. A Three Dimensional Analysis of Flow and Solute Transport Resulting

from Deep Well Injection into Faulted Stratigraphic Units, M.S. Thesis, University of

Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Wallace, Michael G., and John Pietz, 1989. A Three Dimensional Flow and Solute

Transport Model of a Deep Well Injection System, Proceedings: “Solving Groundwater

Problems with Models”, Feb. 7-9, 1989, Indianapolis, Indiana, jointly sponsored by the

NWWA and the IGWMC


Action Line Plan, ____ Landfill Site, ____ County, CO., September 1988. prepared by

International Technology Corporation, Denver, Colorado, for confidential client, Colorado

Plume Remediation Plan, ____ Landfill Site, ____ County, CO., November 1988. prepared

by International Technology Corporation, Denver, Colorado, for confidential client, Colorado

Program and Schedule for Ground-water Cleanup, ____ Toluene Site, 1987 report, prepared

by International Technology Corporation, Denver, Colorado, for confidential client, Colorado

Niou, S., J. Case, J. Pietz, M. Wallace and J. Zurkoff, 1987. Coupled Fluid Flow and Salt

Creep Analysis for Room Saturation of a Salt Repository, Proceedings, International Waste

Management 87, Tucson, AZ.

MEMBERSHIPS

New Mexico Mining Association (NMMA)

Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

2014 NMMA Presenters Award, for my presentation on ocean index correlations to climate of

the US Southwest.

2005 NMITSA Serious Games Award. I was the principal investigator for this project,

ultimately funded by the US DOE to employ a modern day video game engine, coupled with a

Latin Hypercube Simulator (LHS) to produce a stochastic set of possible outcomes of scenarios

in which volcano-meets-underground geologic repository, based on the best analyses of an

international team of volcanologists, physicists, rock mechanics simulators, and hazard

quantification experts.

2000 Technology Ventures Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin,

Corp. awarded my startup company Global Haptics, Inc., a $10,000 Roadrunner Grant for Best

Business Plan, which I authored. The plan concerned a venture based on my patented invention

of a tactile computer aided interface device known as an Orb. Citations to the Orb patents are

now present in nearly 70 contemporary patents, includinghaptic inventions by Microsoft, Sony,

Xerox, and Immersion Corp.

1999 Water is Life award. Eastern Navajo Community presented this award for my expert

witness work in helping to protect their sole-source aquifer from a proposed adjacent uranium in-

situ leachate (ISL) mine. Up to 15,000 residents in the region make weekly trips (some driving

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as far as 50 miles) to a handful of water supply wells tapping into the aquifer of concern, for their

drinking and washing needs.

1998 Calabacillas Arroyo Project (see http://www.amafca.org/projects/calabacillas.html). As

Art Director and collaborator with a team of civil and structural engineers, I shared three Design

& Engineering awards for this major drainage channel engineering project in Albuquerque, NM.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES (see Work History in Resume for

employment references)

John Osnes, Ph.D., Principal Consultant, RESPEC, Inc. 3874 Jet Drive, Rapid City, South

Dakota, 57703-4757. John was a project manager, mentor, and collaborator on numerous

projects I supported during both of my tenures with RESPEC.

email: [email protected] Phone: 605-394-6443

Lt. Col (retired) John Spurlin, Acquisition Attorney for Air Force Materiel Command Law

Office. Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH. John was a client in an expert witness project I

conducted relating to a landfill permit hearing associated with Holloman Air Force Base in

Alamagordo, NM. and we have remained personal friends.


phone: 937-904-5640

Timothy Reichwein, P.E. Sr. VP of Operations at Parsons Brinkerhoff Energy Storage Services

(PBESS). I supported Mr. Reichwein on the Jurong Rock Cavern Storage project in Singapore

and others.


phone: 281-635-5047

Stephen Cormier, Geologist and Senior Project Manager, Parsons Brinkerhoff Energy Storage

Services (PBESS). 16200 Park Row, Suite 200 Houston, TX 77084 I collaborated with and

supported Mr. Cormier and his engineering staff on the Jurong Rock Cavern Storage project.


phone:281-589-5841 cell: 832-622-2483

Michael Cline, Chief Geologist, RIZZO Associates, Albuquerque, NM I supported Mike on

several earth science and performance assessment aspects of the Yucca Mountain Project


phone: 702 497-5193

Kathryn Johnson, Ph.D. Consulting Geochemist at Johnson Environmental Concepts. I have

worked closely with Dr. Johnson on several projects relating to coupled investigations regarding

mailto:[email protected]


groundwater hydrology and geochemistry, particularly with regard to underground excavations

and mines.


phone: 605-574-2024

Kathleen Economy. Physical Scientist at US EPA. I have worked closely with Ms. Economy

on many hydrogeologic projects over a multiple decade period.


phone: 202-343-9844

Stephen Marschke, Program Manager, Sandy Cohen and Associates (SCA), 1608 Spring Hill

Road, Suite 400, Vienna, VA 22182 Dr. Marschke has managed a contract for the US EPA

radioactive waste disposal WIPP project, which I recently worked under as an independent

technical reviewer.


phone (mobile): 585-443-0920

David Henard Environmental Geologist. I have worked closely with Mr. Henard on several

projects, including the I&W solution cavern risk assessment for the NM Oil Conservation

Division.


phone:505-660-4853

Mark Petersen, P.E. Geotechnical Section Supervisor. Mark has managed numerous large scale

geotechnical projects across North America which I supported as a hydrogeologist.

Black and Veatch, 11401 Lamar Ave. Overland Park, KS. 66211


phone: 913-458-2000 mobile: 913-217-5131

OTHER

2016 Co-inventor for a U.S. Patent application filed for a self-cleaning pressure sensor device,

designed for harsh environmental and geological conditions. This invention has been assigned to

Science and Technology Corp. at the University of New Mexico

1997, 2000 Inventor of two tactile computer interface solutions US Pat #5666473, and

6239785.

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