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Department of Geology, NSC 876 |
Phone: (716) 645-6800x3960 |
August, 1996 Ph.D. Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
Dissertation: Microsphere Tracer Tests in a Fractured Granite and Their First Passage Time Mathematical Models
August, 1990 M.S. Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
Thesis: Modeling the Performance of a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility
August 1985 B.S. Geology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
1986 - 1988 University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, Colorado.
Course-work in Civil Engineering to prepare for Master’s program
1998- Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
May 2002 Visiting Scientist, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands.
1996- 1998 National Research Council Post-Doctoral Assoc., Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
1995 - 1996 Graduate Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-4, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
1993 - 1994 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
1992 Temporary Instructor, Ground Water Hydraulics, Department of Civil Engineering, Tufts University, Medford Massachusetts
1990 - 1993 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering, Tufts University, Medford Massachusetts
1990 - 1993 Research Engineer, National Council of the Paper Industry for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), Medford, Massachusetts.
1988 - 1990 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
1985 - 1988 Engineering Assistant, Chevron USA, Reservoir Engineering, Denver, Colorado.
2002 University at Buffalo Young Investigator Award
2001 NASA New Investigator Award
1997 National Research Council Graduate Research Associate
1996 National Research Council Graduate Research Associate
Registered Engineer in Training (EIT) in Civil Engineering since 1993.
Eligible for Professional Engineer’s Exam in New York State in 2004.
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Geological Society of America (GSA)
National Ground Water Association (NGWA)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
Summary (1998-present):
Total Support: $1,524,694
Extramural: $1,465,767
Extramural as Project Director: $488,660
Extramural Support:
Becker, M.W. (PD), G.S. Baker, Integrating Hydraulic, Tracer, and Geophysical Methods to Image Flow Channeling in Fractured Bedrock, National Science Foundation, 8/02-07/04, $118,443.
Becker, M.W. (PD), Remote Sensing of Ground Water: Calibration of Environmental Ground-Water Flow Models to Satellite Data, National Aeronautic and Space Administration New Investigator Program (NASA Career Award), 03/01-02/04, $290,697.
Rabideau, A.J. (PD), M.W. Becker (Co-PI), D. Flewelling, A High Performance Analytic Element Model: GIS Interface, Calibration Tools, and Application to the Niagara Falls Region, Environmental Protection Agency, 03/00-02/04, $977,107.
Becker, M.W. (PD), M.I. Bursik, A Web-Based Interactive Teaching Database for Hydrology: The Mirror Lake Watershed, National Science Foundation, 09/99-08/03, $79,520.
Rabideau, A.J. (PD), M.W. Becker (Co-PI), Impact of agricultural waste disposal on groundwater quality, UB Environment and Society Institute, 03/03-02/04, $14,310.
Becker, M.W. (PD), G.S. Baker, Outfitting the Duttweiler Property for Remote Real-Time Hydrologic Observation, UB Faculty Educational Technology Development Grant, 06/02-06/03, $8988.
Rabideau, A.J. (PD), M.W. Becker (Co-PI), Letchworth Park Water Quality Study, UB Environment and Society Institute, 03/03-02/04, $15,668.
Becker, M.W. (PD), A.J. Rabideau, Ground Water Protection and Usage in the Olean Creek Drainage Basin, Cattaraugus County, NY: Development of a GIS Database and Ground Water Model, UB Environment and Society Institute, 06/99-05/00, $17,034.
Becker, M.W. (PD), R. Mazurchuk, Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging for Quantitative Measurement of Water Flow and Contaminant Transport in Fractured Rocks, UB Environment and Society Institute, 06/99-05/01, $19,789.
Becker, M.W. (PD), Four other small internal grants totaling $2927.
Becker, M.W. (PD), Can Water Table Depth be Determined using Thermal Remote Sensing?, National Aeronautic and Space Administration, $294,029.
Mark, D. (PD), Numerous co-PIs and Participants, Integrative Geographic Information Science Traineeship Project (IGERT) Sensing, National Science Foundation, $3,778,676.
Articles In Press
Becker, M.W., S.A. Collins*, D.W. Metge, A.M. Shapiro, and R.W. Harvey, Effect of cell physicochemical characteristics and motility on bacterial transport in ground water, J. Contaminant Hydrol., in press.
Fredrick, K.*, M.W.Becker, D. Flewelling, W, Silavisesrith, Enhancement of Aquifer Vulnerability Indexing using the Analytic Element Method, Environmental Geology, in press.
Becker, M.W., T. Georgian, H. Ambrose*, J. Harder*, K. Fredrick*, Estimating ground-water discharge using stream temperature and velocity, J. Hydrology, in press.
Articles Published
Becker, M.W, J.W. Schuetz*, An introduction to ground-water modeling using Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), J. Geoscience Educ, 51(5), 506-511,2003.
Becker, M.W., D. Metge, S. Collins*, A. Shapiro, R. Harvey, Bacterial Transport Experiments in Fractured Crystalline Bedrock, Ground Water, 41 (5), 682-689, 2003.
Becker, M., Pelc, M., Mazurchuk, R., and Spernyak, J., Magnetic
resonance imaging of dense and light non-aqueous phase liquid in a rock fracture,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(12), 1646, doi:10.1029/2003GL017375,
, 2003.
Becker, M.W., The effect of tracer buoyancy on tracer experiments conducted in fractured crystalline bedrock, Geophys. Res. Lett, 30(3), 1116, doi:10.1029/2002GL016480,2003.
Becker, M.W, A. M. Shapiro, Interpreting tracer breakthrough tailing from different forced-gradient tracer experiment configurations in fractured bedrock, Water Resour. Res., 39(1), 1024, doi:10.1029/2001Wr001190,2003.
Becker, M.W., and T. B. Coplen, Deuterated water as a conservative artificial ground-water tracer, Hydrogeology Journal, 9(5), 512-516, 2001.
Becker, M.W., and A. M. Shapiro, Tracer transport in fractured crystalline rock: Evidence of non-diffusive breakthrough tailing, Water Resour. Res., 36(7), 1677-1686, 2000.
Becker, M.W. and R. J. Charbeneau, First passage time mathematical models for groundwater tracer tests conducted in uniform and radially convergent flow, J. Contaminant. Hydrol., 40 (4), 299-310, 2000.
Becker, M.W, P.W. Reimus, and P. Vilks, Transport and attenuation of carboxylate-modified-latex microspheres in fractured rock laboratory and field tracer tests, Ground Water, 37(3), 387-395, 1999.
Articles In Review
Rabideau, A. J., I. Jankovic, L. Matott, V. Raghavan, and M.W. Becker, On the calibration of ground water flow models based on the Analytic Element Method, Ground Water, abstract accepted for article in special issue (4/03).
Flewelling, D M., M.W. Becker, K. Frederick, W. Silavisesrith, Integration of Geographic Information Systems and the Analytic Element Method for ground water modeling, Ground Water, abstract accepted for article in special issue (4/03).
Becker, M.W., First passage time modeling of transport in fractured rock, in Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XX, Vol. 465, ed. Walter J. Gray, Ines R. Triay, Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1996.
Becker, M.W., Book Review of Applied Hydrogeology of Fractured Rocks, B.B.S Singhal and R.P. Gupta, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1999, 400 pp, Hydrogeol. J. 10, 600-600, 2002.
National or Regional Technical Meetings:
Becker, M.W., M. Pelc*, R. Mazurchuk, J. Spernyak, Magnetic resonance imaging of dense and light non-aqueous phase liquid in a rock fracture, Paper No. 150-8, Geological Society of America National Meeting, Seattle, November 2-5, 2003.
Becker, M.W., Practice and pitfalls of in-situ measurement of matrix diffusion in fractured rock, 2002 National Ground Water Association Northeast Regional FOCUS Conference, Oct. 3-4, Burlington, Vermont.
Other Invited Presentations:
Becker, M.W., G. Baker, Establishing A Remote Data-Collection Station To Transmit Hydrologic And Geophysical Data", Presentation at the University at Buffalo Education Technology Faculty Showcase, April 23, 2003.
Becker, M.W., Remote sensing of ground water, Univ. at Buffalo NCGIA Colloquium, January 24, 2003.
Becker, M.W., Ground-water tracer experiments at the Mirror Lake Fractured Rock Research Site: Flogging a dead horse?, State Univ. of New York at Binghamton, Dept. of Geology, Nov. 8, 2001.
Becker, M.W. D. Metge, S. Collins*, A. Shapiro, R. Harvey, Effect of Cell Morphology on Bacteria Transport by Ground Water: Field-Scale Tracer Experiments in Fractured Crystalline Bedrock, University at Buffalo Research Festival, University at Buffalo, May 2001.
Becker, M.W., Computational Tools for Aquifer protection and Ground-Water Resource Evaluation, 2000 New York State Water Authorities Conference, August 23, 2000.
Becker, M.W. Advection-Dominated Tailing of Tracer Breakthrough in Fractured Bedrock, Western New York Science and Technology Forum, University at Buffalo, January 20, 1999.
Becker, M.W. Advection-Dominated Tailing of Tracer Breakthrough in Fractured Bedrock, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston Virginia, October, 1998.
Becker, M.W., An introduction to the use of tracers in fracture rock, Session Chair Address, 3rd Tracer Workshop, Univ. of Texas at Austin, May 21-22, 1997.
2003
Becker, M.W., R.V. Mazurchuk, J. Spernyak, Magnetic Resonance Imaging of dense and light non-aqueous phase liquid in a rock fracture: scaling implications, AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract, H32B-1079, 2003.
Ambrose, H., M.W. Becker, J. Siniscalchi, T. Georgian, Use of thermal information to estimate stream baseflow, Use of Thermal Information to Estimate Stream Baseflow Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H12F-07, 2003
Becker, M.W., Diffusion, dispersion, and advection in fractured rock, Paper No. 168-1, Geological Society of America National Meeting, Seattle, November 2-5, 2003.
Becker, M.W., An interactive teaching database: Hypothesis testing using theoretical models, Paper No. 46-26, Geological Society of America National Meeting, Seattle, November 2-5, 2003.
2002
Becker, M.W. and A.M. Shapiro, Interpreting tracer breakthrough tailing from different forced-gradient tracer experiment configurations in fractured bedrock, EOS Trans AGU 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract #H21E-03, 2002.
David W. Metge, Ronald W. Harvey, and Matthew W. Becker, Use of microbial surrogates for injection and recovery tests in fractured-rock and granular aquifers, GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 34, No. 6, September 2002.
Becker, M.W. and A. M. Shapiro, Interpreting breakthrough tailing and matrix diffusion from different forced-gradient tracer test configurations in fractured bedrock, North Eastern Regional Geological Society of America Meeting, Springfield Massachusetts, March 25–27, 2002.
Ambrose, H.M.*, M.W Becker, T. Georgian, Characterizing baseflow in Ischua Creek using temperature information, North Eastern Regional Geological Society of America Meeting, Springfield Massachusetts, March 25–27, 2002.
2001
Becker, M.W., D. Metge, A. M. Shapiro, and S. Collins*, R. Harvey, Effect of cell morphology on transport by ground water: Field-scale tracer experiments in fractured crystalline bedrock, Extended Abstract in Conference Proceedings for Fractured Rock 2001, Toronto, Canada, March 2001.
Becker, M.W. and A. M. Shapiro, Interpreting breakthrough tailing and matrix diffusion from different forced-gradient tracer test configurations in fractured crystalline bedrock, Extended Abstract in Conference Proceedings for Fractured Rock 2001 Meeting, Toronto, Canada, March 2001.
Shapiro, A. M, and M.W. Becker, Matrix diffusion in fractured
rock from cores to kilometers, Extended Abstract in Conference Proceedings
for Fractured Rock 2001, Toronto, Canada, March 2001.
Scheutz, J.W.*, and M.W. Becker, An internet-based virtual reality tutorial demonstrating the simulation of seasonal changes in surface and ground-water flow for Mirror Lake, New Hampshire, 36th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section, Geol. Soc. of Amer., Burlington, Vermont, March 12-14, 2001.
Collins, S. A.*, M.W. Becker, Effect of iron(III) oxyhydroxide fracture coatings and cell morphology on the transport of bacteria through saturated fractured crystalline rock, 36th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section, Geological Society of America, Burlington, Vermont, March 12-14, 2001.
2000
Becker, M.W. and A. M. Shapiro, Tracer Transport in Crystalline Fractured Rock: Evidence of Non-Diffusive Breakthrough Tailing, EOS Trans. AGU, Spring Meet. Suppl., May 9, 2000.
Shapiro, A.M. and M.W. Becker, M. W, The Effect of Fluid Density and Pumping Rate on Tracer Tests Conducted in Fractured Crystalline Rock, EOS Trans. AGU, Spring Meet. Suppl., May 9, 2000.
Hart, E.*, and M.W. Becker, Characterization of the potential for ground-water contamination in the Olean Creek Watershed, Cattaraugus County, New York, North Eastern Regional Geological Society of America Meeting, May, 2000.
1999
Becker, M.W. and M.I. Bursik, A web-based interactive teaching database for advanced hydrology: The Mirror Lake Watershed, EOS Trans. AGU, 1999 Fall Meet. Suppl., December, 1999.
Becker, M.W., Transport and Attenuation of Carboxylate-Modified-Latex Microspheres in Fractured Rock Laboratory and Field Tracer Tests, International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology, sponsored by the American Society of Microbiology, Vail, Colorado, August 22-27, 1999.
Reimus, P. W. and Becker, M.W. "Transport and attenuation of carboxylate-modified-latex microspheres in fractured rock field tracer tests, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 217:059-ENVR, Part 1, March 21, 1999.
1998 and prior
Becker, M.W. and A. M. Shapiro, Advection-dominated tailing of tracer breakthrough in fractured rock, Geological Society of America, 1998 annual meeting, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 30 (7), p. 323, 1998
Becker, M.W. and A. M. Shapiro, Diffusion-limited transport in fractured crystalline rock: Investigations using multiple tracers at multiple pumping rates, “Mass Transport in Fractured Aquifers and Aquitards”, Geoscience Center Copenhagen, Denmark, May 14-16, 1998.
Becker, M.W. and A. M. Shapiro, Investigation of Advective/Dispersive/Diffusive Transport in a Fractured Rock Using Multiple Tracers, EOS Trans. AGU, 78(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., 1997.
Reimus, P.W., M.W. Becker and P. Vilks, Microsphere transport and attenuation in laboratory and field experiments, EOS Trans. AGU, 78(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., F231, 1997.