Sean A. McKenna

Current Position:

Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Geohydrology Department, Sandia National Laboratories

I work at Sandia National Laboratories in the Geohydrology Department . Research interests include:

  • Security of infrastructure systems with focus on water distribution systems and transportation facilities
  • Stochastic modeling of heterogeneous earth materials
  • Numerical modeling of flow and solute transport in heterogeneous media
  • Geostatistical approaches to managing uncertainty in characterization and remediation of sites with contaminated soil and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
  • Optimal design of geophysical and environmental sensor networks with applications to long-term monitoring

    • A list of selected publications from work in these areas and others is available at: Selected Publications

    I am working to build a group of researchers interested in spatial (geo)statistics and optimization at Sandia. The slowing evolving page for this research group can be found at: Sandia Geostat Research Group

    Education:

    Ph.D., 1994, Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

    M.S., 1990, Hydrology/Hydrogeology Program , University of Nevada, Reno

    B.A., 1986, Geology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

    Interesting Fact: "Between 1986 and 1995, more people earning PhD degrees in the earth sciences graduated from Carleton (50) than any other four-year college."

    Previous Employment:

    Instructor, Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Colorado School of Mines, Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering, 9/90 to 5/94

    Research Assistant, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, 9/88 to 7/90

    Engineering Geologist, Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Overland Park, Kansas, 9/86 to 7/88

    Work Address: 

     Sean A. McKenna
 Geohydrology Department		     ph: 505 844 2450
 Sandia National Laboratories		     fx: 505 844 7354 
 PO Box 5800   MS 0735			     em: samcken (at) sandia (dot) gov
 Albuquerque, NM  87185-0735

    last update: 06/01/06