Michael Sheridan

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  University at Buffalo, SUNY (UB)
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  http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~mfs
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• Interests

  1. debris avalanches
  2. debris flow
  3. hazard maps
  4. modeling
  5. pyroclastic density current
  6. pyroclastic flows
  7. pyroclastic surges
  8. volcanic flows
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  Michael F. Sheridan Distinguished UB Professor of Geology Professional Preparation Amherst College Geology A.B. 1962 Stanford University Geology M.S. 1964 Stanford University Geology Ph.D. 1965 Appointments Director, UB Ctr Geohazards Studies 2005-2009 Distinguished UB Professor 2003-2006 Professor, University at Buffalo 1999-2002 Professor & Chairman, Univ. Buffalo 1990-1999 Professor (Asst., Assoc, Full), Arizona State University 1966-1990 Instructor, Amherst College, 1965-1966 Visiting Professorships: University of Tokyo, 1972-73, University of Florence, 1979; University of Pisa, 1980, University of Rome, 1982 & 1986; University of Calabria, 1983; University of Naples, 1987, 1990; University of Bari, 1989: UNAM Mexico City, 1988; University of Colima (adjunct professor), 1991; Massey University, 2004; Université Blaise Pascal, 2004. Recent Publications: Sheridan, M.F., Bloebaum, C.L., Kesavadas, T., Patra, A.K, and Winer, E., 2002, Visualization and Communication in Risk Management of Landslides. In C.A. Brebbia (editor), Risk Analysis III, WIT Press, Southampton, pp. 691-701. Sheridan, M.F., Stinton, A.J., Patra, A.K., Bauer, A.C., Nichita, C.C., and Pitman, E.B, 2005, Evaluating TITAN2D Mass-Flow Model Using the 1963 Little Tahoma Peak avalanches, Mount Rainier, Washington. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 139:89-102. Mastrolorenzo, G., Petrone, P. Pappalardo, L., and Sheridan, M.F., 2006, The Avellino 3780 yr B.P. Catastrophe as a Worst-case Scenario for a Future Eruption at Vesuvius, Proceedings of the. National Academy of Science, 103:4366-4370. Sheridan, M.F., Hubbard, B., Bursik, M.I., Siebe, C, Abrams, M., Macias, J.L., and Delgado, H, 2001, Short-term potential volcanic hazards at Volcán Popocatépetl, Mexico, EOS, American Geophysical Union. Hubbard, B.E, Sheridan, M. F., Carrasco-Núñez, G., Díaz-Castellón, R., Rodríguez, S., 2007, Comparative lahar hazard mapping at Volcán Citlaltépetl, Mexico using SRTM, ASTER and DTED-1 Digital Topography, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 160 1-2):99-124. Delaite, G., C. Thouret, J-C., Sheridan, M.F., Labazuy, P., Stinton, A., Souriot, T. and Van Westen, C., 2005, Assessment of volcanic hazards of El Misti and in the city of Arequipa, Peru, based on GIS and simulations, with emphasis on lahars. Zeitschrift Fur Geomorphologie Supplement Band 140:209. Saucedo, R., Macias, J.L., Sheridan, M.F., Bursik, M.I., and Komorowski, J.C., 2005, Modeling of pyroclastic flows of Colima Volcano, Mexico: Application to hazard assessment. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 139(1-2):103-115 Lube, G., Cronin, S.J., Platz, T., Freundt, A., Procter, J.N., Henderson. C., and Sheridan, M.F., 2007, Flow and deposition of pyroclastic granular flows: a type example from the 1975 Ngauruhoe eruption, New Zealand, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 161(3):165-18 Stefanescu, E.R., Bursik, M. I., Cordoba, G., Patra , A.K., Pieri, D.C., and Sheridan, M.F., in press, Impact of DEM uncertainty on TITAN2D flow model output, Galeras Volcano, Colombia, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), 2010 Proceedings volume. Procter, J.N., Cronin, S.J., Platz, T., Patra, A., Dalbey, K., Sheridan, M., Neall, V., 2009, Mapping block-and-ash flow hazards based on Titan 2D simulations: a case study from Mt. Taranaki, NZ. Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s11069-009-9440-x Williams, R., Stinton, A.J., Sheridan, M.F., 2008, The 2005 Vazcún Valley Lahar: Evaluation of the Titan2D Two-Phase Flow Model Using an Actual Event, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.01.045 Murcia, H.F., Sheridan, M.F., Macías, J.L., and Cortés, G.P., 2010, TITAN2D simulations of pyroclastic flows at Cerro Machín Volcano, Colombia: Hazard implications, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 29(2):161-170. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2009.09.005 Synergistic activities: • Worked actively with young researchers in several countries to apply software developed in my laboratories to active and potentially dangerous volcanoes. The countries of the researchers include: Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, & Spain. Workshops and individual visits to UB occurred. Commendation from the governor of Puebla State, Mexico, for cooperative work on creating a hazard map of Popocatépetl Volcano, 1995. Commendation for research and education of young Mexican researchers, Colima International Reunion, Mexico 1998, • Organized symposia on “Computer assisted simulations of natural phenomena for hazard assessment” EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003 & EGU Nice 2004, and EGU Vienna 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, & 2010.. • Invited as a keynote speaker on volcanic hazards: 1) workshop on Vesuvius held in Naples, Italy, 2003; 2) GSA Penrose conference on Mexican Volcanoes held in Puebla, Mexico, January 2004, 3) IAVCEI Cities on Volcanoes in Quito, Ecuador, January 2005, Symposium on volcanic raisk in Naples 2009. • Invited by DOD to organize and participate in a workshop on volcanic hazard reduction in the Andes held in Quito, Ecuador February 2003. • Invited by USAID/OXFAM to evaluate the October 2005 mud flow disaster at Panabaj, Guatemala in May 2006. Collaborators and Co-Editors (recent past): J.L. Arce (UNAM, Mexico), G. Barrios (CONRAD, Guatemala), B. Bauer, (UB), M. Bruneau (UB), B. Burkett (UB), M.I. Bursik (UB), D. M. Burt (ASU), L. Capra (UNAM), G. Carrasco-Núñez (UNAM, Mexico), C. Connor (USF), L. Connor (USF), S.J. Cronin (Massey, NZ), B. Csatho (UB), K. Dalbey (UB), G. Delaite (Clermont-Ferrand, France), S. Di Gregorio (Calabria, Italy), R. Díaz-Castellón (UNAM, Mexico), G. Lube (Massey, NZ), J.M. Espíndola (UNAM, Mexico), E. Duarte (OVISCORI, Costa Rica), E. Fernández, (Costa Rica), A. Freundt (Kiel, Germany), O R Galacia (CONRAD, Guatemala), A. García-Palomo (UNAM, Mexico), M. Hall (IG-EPN, Ecuador), C. Henderson (Massey, NZ), B. Hubbard (USGS), S.R. Hughes (UB), G. Iovine (CNR Italy), L.P. Knauth (ASU), J-C. Komorowski (MVO, Montserrat), P. Labazuy (Clermont-Ferrand, France), L. Le (UB), L. Lozano (OVSICORI, Costa Rica), G. Lube, (Massey, NZ), J.L. Macías (UNAM, Mexico), E.G. Marino (OVSICORI, Costa Rica), G. Mastrolorenzo (Osservatorio Vesuviano, Italy), E. Muñoz (Spain), L.M. Namikawa (Brazil), V. Neall (Massey, NZ), C.C. Nichita (Romania), D. Palacios (Madrid, Spain), E.L. Pappalardo, (U Naples), P. Petrone, (U Naples, Italy), A.K. Patra, (UB), E.B. Pitman (UB), J. Procter, (Massey University, NZ), S. Rodríguez (UNAM, Mexico), C.S. Renschler, (UB), B. Rupp (UB), R. Saucedo (Potosi, Mexico), A. Schenk, (Ohio SU), Scolamacchia (UNAM, Mexico), C. Siebe (UNAM, Mexico), L. Siebert, (Smithsonian Institution), T. Souriot (Clermont-Ferrand, France), A.J. Stinton (UB), J.C. Thouret (Clermont-Ferrand, France), C. Van Westen, (ITC, Netherlands), F. R. Vargas (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Y. Wang (MIT), A. Weber (UB), R. Williams (Leicester, UK), K. H Wohletz (LANL), T. Yoon, (UB) Thesis Advisor and Post Graduate Scholar Sponsor Served as research advisor on 49 graduate theses: 15 PhD and 34 MS. Served as research advisor for 2 NASA Fellows (Christiansen and Hubbard) and 3 Fulbright Scholars (Castaneda, Molinero, & Legorreta). Mentored foreign pre-doctoral or post-doctoral researchers DeRita, University of Rome; DeRosa, University of Cosenza; Orsi, University of Naples; Mastrolorenzo, University of Naples; Ferlito, University of Catania; Procter, Massey University, Delaite, Université Blaise Pascal, Gustavo Cordoba, Nariño University, Colombia. Recent Ph.D. students: A. Stinton (06), J. Donarummo (03)