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Philip Meyer

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352

Biography

Research Interests

  • Applying models of flow and transport through unsaturated and saturated porous media to the solution of engineering problems using methods of systems analysis, optimization, and probabilistic modeling.
  • Estimation and interpretation of hydrologic uncertainties in dose/risk assessment analyses.
  • Analysis of flow and transport in soil covers, engineered barriers, and the near-field environment at waste disposal facilities.
  • Application of Bayesian methods in uncertainty analysis.
  • Application of quantitative methods to groundwater monitoring network and remediation design.
  • Development of methods for the explicit derivation of tradeoffs between conflicting objectives in water resources management problems.

Education and Credentials

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, 1992
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, 1988
  • B.A., Physics, Cornell University, with Distinction, 1986

Affiliations and Professional Service

Selected Publications

2009

2008

  • Saripalli KP, MJ Lindberg, and PD Meyer. 2008. "Measurement of Solute Diffusion Behavior in Fractured Waste Glass Media." Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE) 134(10):879-883. 
  • Meyer PD, M Ye, SP Neuman, and ML Rockhold. 2008. "Application of Maximum Likelihood Bayesian Model Averaging to Groundwater Flow and Transport at the Hanford Site 300 Area." In Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling: Credibility of Modelling: Proceedings of ModelCARE 2007 Conference, pp. 64-69.  International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. 
  • Ye M, PD Meyer, and SP Neuman. 2008. "On Model Selection Criteria in Multimodel Analysis." Water Resources Research 44(3):Art. no. W03428.  doi:10.1029/2008WR006803

2007

2006

  • Saripalli KP, MJ Lindberg, and PD Meyer. 2006. "Measurement of Effect of Chemical Reactions on the Hydrologic Properties of Fractured Glass Media Using a Tri-axial Flow and Transport Apparatus." Journal of Hydrology 328(3-4):685-693. 
  • Saripalli KP, VL Freedman, BP McGrail, and PD Meyer. 2006. "Characterization of the specific solid-water interfacial area-water saturation relationship and its import to reactive transport ." Vadose Zone Journal 5(2):777-783.  doi:10.2136/vzj2005.0145
  • Meyer PD, M Ye, SP Neuman, ML Rockhold, KJ Cantrell, and TJ Nicholson. 2006. "Combined Estimation of Hydrogeologic Conceptual Model, Parameter, and Scenario Uncertainty." In Proceedings of the 3rd Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference.  USGS Water Information Coordination Program Subcommittee on Hydrology, Washington D.C.. 

2005

  • Saripalli KP, PD Meyer, KE Parker, and MJ Lindberg. 2005. "Effect of Chemical Reactions on the Hydrologic Properties of Fractured and Rubbelized Glass Media." Applied Geochemistry 20(9):1677-1686.  doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.04.001
  • Freedman VL, KP Saripalli, DH Bacon, and PD Meyer. 2005. "Implementation of Biofilm Permeability Models for Mineral Reactions in Saturated Porous Media." Computers & Geosciences 31(8):968-977. 
  • Gee GW, PD Meyer, and AL Ward. 2005. "Nuclear Waste Disposal." In Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, vol. 3, ed. Daniel Hillel, pp. 56 - 64.  Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, United Kingdom. 
  • Ye M, SP Neuman, PD Meyer, and K Pohlmann. 2005. "Sensitivity Analysis and Assessment of Prior Model Probabilities in MLBMA with Application to Unsaturated Fractured Tuff." Water Resources Research 41(12):W12429.  doi:10.1029/2005WR004260

2004

  • Freedman VL, P Saripalli, DH Bacon, and PD Meyer. 2004. "A Film Depositional Model of Permeability for Mineral Reactions in Unsaturated Media." Vadose Zone Journal (3):1414-1424. 
  • Meyer PD, P Saripalli, and VL Freedman. 2004. Near-Field Hydrology Data Package for the Integrated Disposal Facility 2005 Performance Assessment. PNNL-14700, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Ye M, SP Neuman, and PD Meyer. 2004. "Maximum Likelihood Bayesian Averaging of Spatial Variability Models in Unsaturated Fractured Tuff ." Water Resources Research 40(5 : doi:10.1029/2003WR002557, 2004):WO5113 Pg: 1-17. 

2003

  • Meyer PD, and TJ Nicholson. 2003. "Analysis of Hydrogeologic Conceptual Model and Parameter Uncertainty." In Groundwater Quality Modeling and Management Under Uncertainty: Proceedings of the Symposium: June 23-25, 2003, Philadelphia, PA, ed. Mishra, Srikanta, pp. 47-57.  American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. 
  • Freedman VL, KP Saripalli, and PD Meyer. 2003. "Influence of Mineral Precipitation and Dissolution on Hydrologic Properties of Porous Media in Static and Dynamic Systems." Applied Geochemistry 18(2003):589-606. 
  • Schaap MG, PJ Shouse, and PD Meyer. 2003. Laboratory Measurements of the Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties at the Vadose Zone Transport Field Study Site. PNNL-14284, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 

2002

2001

2000

1999

  • Meyer PD, and RJ Serne. 1999. Near-field Hydrology Data Package for the Immobilized Low-Activity Waste 2001 Performance Assessment. PNNL-13035, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Gee GW, AL Ward, and PD Meyer. 1999. "Method to estimate water storage capacity of capillary barriers - Discussion ." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 125(10):918-919. 
  • Gee GW, AL Ward, and PD Meyer. 1999. "Method to Estimate Water Storage Capacity of Capillary Barriers -discussion." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 125(10):918-919. 
  • Meyer PD, GW Gee, and ML Rockhold. 1999. "Characterization of Soil Hydraulic Parameter Uncertainty." In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Characterization and Measurement of the Hydraulic Properties of Unsaturated Porous Media. Oct. 22-24, 1997, ed. M. Th. van Genuchten F. J. Leij and L. Wu, pp. 1439-1451.  U.C. Riverside Press, Riverside, CA. 

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