William A. Sauck, Brief Resume - 2004

PERSONAL DATA.

Address:       Department of Geosciences

                    Western Michigan University           email  sauck@wmich.edu
                    Kalamazoo, MI  49008                   tel 269-387-4991

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND.

    B.A.   1963   Physics Mathematics          St. Olaf College,  Northfield, Minn.

    M.S.   1969   Geology-Geophysics         Univ. of Arizona,  Tucson, Ariz.
    Ph.D.  1972   Geophysics                       Univ. of Arizona,  Tucson, Ariz.

POSITIONS HELD.

    2001 - present   Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Geosciences, Western Michigan University.

    1990   1998      Senior Research Associate, Institute for Water Sciences, WMU.
    1989   1990      Visiting Prof., Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Univ. of Wisconsin   Madison.
    1986   1990      Prof. Adjunto, (Associate Prof.), Dept. de Geofisica, Centro de Geociencias, Univ. Federal do Para.
    1984   1986      Visiting Prof., Dept. de Geofisica, Centro de Geociencias, Univ. Fed. do Para, Brasil.
    1992   1984      Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Geology, Western Mich. Univ., (tenured).
    1979   1982      Assist. Prof., Dept. of Geology, WMU.
    1976   1979      Visiting Professor, Nucleo de Ciencias Geofisicas e Geologicas, Univ. Federal do  Para, Belem, Para, Brazil.
    1971   1976      Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geology, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, Arizona.

RESEARCH INTERESTS.

        Geophysical methods applied to engineering, groundwater and archaeology, with emphasis on Ground Penetrating Radar and electrical resistivity.  Geophysical logging in water wells.  Applications of computers in field and laboratory geophysics.

MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES.

    European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers

    Society of Exploration Geophysicists
    Sociedade Brasileira de Geofisica
    Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society
    National Ground Water Association
    International Association for Great Lakes Research

 

SERVICE ACTIVITIES.

        Editorial board for the journal GROUND WATER, 1988 - 1992.  Reviewer of occasional papers for GEOPHYSICS;  GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;  GROUND WATER MONITORING AND REMEDIATION;  and  JOUR. OF ENVIRON. & ENG. GEOPHYSICS.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.

        Speak and write Portuguese.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS.

 
Sauck, W. A. and Sumner, J.S., 1971, Residual Aeromagnetic Map of Arizona:  Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Zonge, K.L., Sauck, W.A., and Sumner, J.S., 1972, Comparison of time, frequency, and phase measurements in induced polarization:  Geophysical Prospecting, v.20, no.3, pp. 626 648.
Sauck, W.A., in Sumner, John S., 1976, Principles of Induced Polarization For Geophysical  Exploration, Ch. 4; Laboratory Work in Induced Polarization;  Elsevier Pub. Co., p. 81 107.
Rocha, Brigida Ramati P. da, and William A. Sauck, 1982, Medidas de Condutividade Eletrica Complexa de Amostras de Rochas da Area MM1   Alvo 1   Distrito dos Carajas:  Revista Brasileira de
        Geofisica, v. 1, no. 1, pp. 1 9.
Sauck, W.A., 1982, An Overview of Groundwater Problems and Geophysical Approaches  Toward Their Solutions in the Lower Amazon Region, Brazil;  Abstract, International Symposium on Applied
        Geophysics in Tropical Regions, Belem.
Sauck, W. A., 1990, Discussion of "An Integrated Approach to Identifying the Salinity Source Contaminating a Ground-Water Supply":  Ground Water, v. 28, p. 801-802.
Carvalho, J.da S. and W. A. Sauck, 1990, Levantamento Gravimétrico do Setor Setentrional do Cinturão Orogênico Araguaia, Região Centro-Norte do Brasil;  Revista Brasileira de Geofísica, Vol. 8,
        No. 2, pp. 67-76.
Bushara, M. N., C. Craddock and W. A. Sauck, 1990, Gravity Investigation of the Southeastern Edge of the Zagros Fold Belt: A Possible Deep-Seated Crustal Scarp; abstr., EOS, vol. 71, no. 43, p.
        1645.
Sauck, W.A. and S.M. Zabik, 1992, Azimuthal Resistivity Techniques and the Directional  Variations of Hydraulic Conductivity in Glacial Sediments: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of
        Geophysics to Engin. and Environ. Problems (SAGEEP '92); p. 197-222.
Sauck, W. A., L. G. Desmond, J. M. Callaghan, J. Muehlhausen, and K. Zschomler, 1994, "A Reconnaissance GPR Investigation at Chichén Itzá, Yucatan, Mexico": Proc. of the Symposium on the
        Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP '94); p. 869-881.
Sauck, W.A., 1994, Application of Through-ice GPR in a Wetland Investigation in Southwestern Michigan; poster presented at SAGEEP'94,  Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering
        and Environmental Problems, Boston.
Sauck, W.A., and D.L. Seng, 1994, "Sand Thickness Studies in Lake Michigan with Bottom-towed GPR Antennas" (abs.); Fifth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR '94),
        Kitchener, Ontario; Abstracts for Poster Papers, p. 25.
Magalhaes, M.S., R. Dall'Agnol, W.A. Sauck, and J.G. Luiz, 1994, "Suscetibilidade Magnetica: Um Imdicador Da Evolucao Petrologica De Granitoides Da Amazonia'; Revista Brasileira de
        Geociencias, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 139-149.
Sauck, W.A., 1995, "Use of a Bottom-towed GPR Antenna for Investigation of a Lake Michigan Contaminant Site"; (abs.),  Annales Geophysicae, Supplement I to Vol. 13, Part 1, p. C102.
Sauck, W.A., 1995, "Geophysical Techniques to Locate Zones of Groundwater Influx, Offshore Lake Michigan"; (abs.) Program and Abstracts volume, International Association for Great Lakes Research,
        38th Conference;  Lansing, MI, p. 60.
Sauck, W.A., 1995, "Development and Uses of a Bottom-towed GPR Antenna System in Fresh-water Lakes"; (abs.) Proceedings; Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS); Seattle,
        p.335.
Sauck, W.A., J.A Dantas de Oliveira, and J.S. Carvalho, 1995, "Ground Penetrating Radar in the Middle Amazon Basin, Amazonas State, Brazil"; Expanded Abstracts, 4th International Congress of the
        Brazilian Geophysical Society and 1st Latin American Geophysical Conference, Rio de Janeiro; p. 972-973.
Sauck, W.A., J.G. das Virgens Alves, and J. Gouvea Luiz, 1995, " Successful Applications of GPR in the Lower Amazon Region, Belem, Para, Brazil"; Expanded Abstracts, 4th International Congress of the
        Brazilian Geophysical Society and 1st Latin American Geophysical Conference, Rio de Janeiro; p. 974-975.
Bermejo, J., W.A. Sauck, and E.A. Atekwana, 1997, "Geophysical Discovery of an LNAPL Plume at Wurtsmith AFB";  Ground Water Mon & Remediation, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 131-137.
Sauck, W.A., E.A. Atekwana, and M.S. Nash, 1998, "High Conductivities Associated With an LNAPL Plume Imaged by Integrated Geophysical Techniques"; Jour. of Environ. and Engineering
        Geophysics, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 203-212.
Werkema, D.D., E.A. Atekwana, W.A. Sauck, and J. Asumadu, 1998, "A Versatile Windows Based Multi-Electrode Acquisition System for DC Electrical Methods Surveys", Environmental
        Geosciences, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 196-206.
Lendvay, J.M.,  W.A. Sauck, M.L. McCormick, M.J. Barcelona, D.H. Kampbell, J.T. Wilson, and P. Adriaens,  1998, "AGeophysical Characterization, Redox Zonation, and Contaminant Distribution at a
        Groundwater/Surface Water Interface"; Water Resources Research, Vol. 34, No. 12, pp. 3545-3559.
Sauck, W.A., 2000, AA Model for the Resistivity Structure of LNAPL Plumes and Their Environs in Sandy Sediments; Jour. of Applied Geophysics, Vol. 44,  Nos. 2-3, pp. 151-165.
Atekwana, E.A., W.A. Sauck, and D. Werkema, 2000,  "Investigations of Geoelectrical Signatures at a Hydrocarbon Contaminated Site";  Jour. of Applied Geophysics, Vol. 44,  Nos. 2-3, pp. 167-180.
Werkema, D.D., E. Atekwana, W.A. Sauck, and J.A. Asumadu, 2000, "A Generic Automated/Semiautomated Digital Multi-Electrode Instrument for Field Resistivity Measurements"; IEE Transactions on
        Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 1249-1253.
Cassidy, D.P., D.D. Werkema, W.A. Sauck, E.A. Atekwana, S. Rossbach, and J. Duris, 2001, "The Effects of LNAPL Biodegradation Products on Electrical Conductivity Measurements"; Journal of
        Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 47-52.
Cassidy, D.P., Hudak, A.J., Werkema, D.D., Jr., Atekwana, E.A., Rossbach, S., Duris, J.W., Atekewana, E.A., and Sauck, W.A., 2002, “In situ Rhamnolipid Production at an Abandoned Petroleum
        Refinery,” Jour. of Soil & Sediment Contam. Vol. 11, No. 5:  pp. 769-787.
Atekwana, Estella A.,  W. A. Sauck,  Gamal Z. A. Aal,  and D. D. Werkema,  2002, "Geophysical Investigation of Vadose Zone Conductivity Anomalies at a Hydrocarbon Contaminated Site:  Implications
        for the Assessment of Intrinsic Bioremediation", Jour. of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 103-110.
Werkema, D., Atekwana, E., Endres, A., Sauck, W., and Cassidy, D., 2003, "Investigating the geoelectrical response of hydrocarbon contamination undergoing biodegradation", Geophys. Res. Lett.,
        30(12), 1647, doi:10.1029/2003GL017346.
Atekwana, E.A., Werkema, D.D., Jr., Duris, J.W., Rossbach, S., Atekwana, Eliot A., Sauck, W.A., Cassidy, D.P., Means, J., and Legall, F.D., 2004, "In-situ apparent conductivity measurements and
        microbial population distribution at a hydrocarbon-contaminated site";  Geophysics, 69 (1), pp. 56-63.
 

SUPERVISION OF M.S. THESES

Arizona State University          5

Federal University of Pará       9  (Brazil; all in Portuguese)
Western Michigan University  17

COURSES TAUGHT

    Solid Earth Geophysics;  Potential Methods;  Electrical Methods;  Geophysical Well-logging;  Seismic Methods; Geophysics Field Courses;  Introductory Geology;  Geology for Engineers;  Ground

    Penetrating Radar;  Environmental Geophysics;  Fortran.

Ground Penetrating Radar Short Courses:

UFPa, (Univ. Federal do Pará)     Belém, Brazil - 1994 (4 days)
                                                                         - 1996 (2 days)
INPA, (National Inst. for Amazonian Res.)     Manaus, Brazil - 1994 (4 days)
UNAM, (National Autonomous Univ.) Mexico City  - 1997 (5 days)
USP (Univ. of São Paulo) 5th SBGf Meeting - 1997 (1 day)
UnB (Univ. of Brasilia)                 Brasilia, Brazil - 2000 (5 days)

CONSULTING  EXPERIENCE (Field Work, Interpretation, and Reports)

    GEOSER, LTD: Gamma Ray Logging of 25 Large Industrial Water Supply Wells, Belem, Manaus, and Barcarena areas, Brazil, 1984   1987.  (Led to enormous savings in well construction by minimizing

        length of expensive large-diameter stainless steel screen while maximizing yields.)
    ICOMI, S/A:  Design, Conduct, and Interpret a Gravity Survey (1070 stations) in a Remote Forest Area 100 Miles North of the Amazon Delta, Amapa Territory, Brazil, 1986.
    UPJOHN:  Review of Geophysical Work by Other Contractors on North Haven, CN, Plant Site; 1992.
    KALAMAZOO, MI: Geophysical Well Logging (gamma ray), various companies; 1993- .
    SUPERIOR ENVIRONMENTAL:  Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) in Niles, MI; 1995.
    AQUA TERRA:  GPR study in Holt, MI; 1995.
    EMRO Marketing:  GPR study in Bridgeman, MI; 1996.
    ERI, L.C.: GPR at industrial site in Kalamazoo, MI; 1997.
    ENVIROLOGIC: GPR study at former service station, Jackson, MI; 1997.
                                 GPR location of UST, Paw Paw, MI; 1997.
    AMERICAN HYDROGEOLOGY: GPR search for USTs under factory floor, Portage, MI, 1997.
    GEOPHYSICAL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, LLC: Various site characterizations at contaminated sites, using GPR, Electromagnetic, and Magnetic methods, 2000-2003.
    GILLETTE, INTERNATIONAL - geophysical oversight at closed industrial sites in São Paulo and in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Aug. 2003)
 
 

RECENT RESEARCH GRANTS

Kalamazoo Consortium for Higher Education (KCHE):  "Long-term Hydrogeological Research and Educational Test Site".  One year (1991-92);  $69,000.

U.S. Geological Survey:  "Geophysical Investigations of Sand Wedge Thickness, SE Lake Michigan; Nearshore and Beach".   Year 1 (1991-92);  $31,358.

                                                                                                                                                                                              Year 2 (1992-93);  $27,365.

U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers:  "Geophysical Investigations of Sand Distribution Near the St. Joseph, MI, Beach Nourishment Site". 1992-93;   $20,000.

U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers:  "Lake Erie Ordnance Investigation Using Ground  Penetrating Radar". 1993;  $15,400.

U.S. EPA (via Great Lakes & Mid-Atlantic Hazardous Substance Research Center-U. of Mich.):  "Geophysical Characterization of the Lake Michigan Sub-bottom Offshore From the Allied Signal Site, St.

        Joseph, MI".  1993-94;  $32,400.

U.S. EPA / Univ. of Michigan:  Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Oscoda, MI, supplement to above contract for geophysical site characterization, 1994-95;  $11,090.

National Science Foundation (ILI Program):  "Implementing an Environmental Geophysics  Field Course".  June, 1995-Dec. 1997;  (Includes 50% WMU match.)

        E. Atekwana (director), Co-PI with  W. Smith and C. Schmidt. $85,782.

Michigan State University:  "Detection of Ground Water Quality Improvement from Reduced Agricultural Chemical Inputs".  1995; Alan E. Kehew (P.I.), with W. A. Sauck.  $9,994.

Consumers Power:  Designated gift (via WMU Foundation) of $10,000/yr for 4 years to support the "Non-Invasive Site Characterization Laboratory". $40,000.

Petroleum Research Fund (American Chemical Society): "Geophysical Investigations of the Anomalous Conductivities Associated with Hydrocarbon Plumes"; 1997-98.

        Co-PI with E. Atekwana. $50,000.

U.S. Army Corps of Eng., subcontract via TolTest, Inc.: A Lake Michigan Sub-bottom GPR, Sonar, and Bottom Sampling@; 1997-98. $20,800.

MI Dept. of Env. Quality; Drinking Water and Radiological Protection Division & Well Construction Div.; "Evaluation of Geophysical Techniques for Locating Abandoned Water Supply and Monitor Wells

        in Michigan";  1999-2000. $42,000.