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I am an assistant professor of mathematics in the Natural Science Division at Bard College.  I maintain an affiliation with the Research Center for Groundwater Remediation Design (RCGRD) at the University of Vermont led by Dr. George Pinder.  My mathematical expertise is in the area of combinatorial optimization and my research interests involve the study of optimal groundwater remediation design subject to uncertainty.

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I have studied optimization methods used in systems where input parameters are subject to variability. This is related to groundwater research
in the area of remediation designing. Groundwater flow is dependent upon the hydraulic conductivity of the medium through which it flows.
Unfortunately, hydraulic conductivity is very difficult to measure accurately. My research explores a novel method used to address the
variability of hydraulic conductivity in determining optimal remediation designs.  I have also explored a new algorithm for determining global
optimal solutions to complex numeric problems with multiple local minimima.

    Regional Sampling in Optimal Groundwater Remediation Design, Karen Ricciardi, Proceedings of the XV International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Rayleigh, North Carolina (accepted for publication), 2004.

    The Modified Tunneling Method Applied to Groundwater Remediation, Karen Ricciardi, George F. Pinder and George. P. Karatzas
Proceedings of the XIV International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Delft, Netherlands, Vol. 2,Pages
1411-1418, 2002.

    Optimal Groundwater Remediation Design with Uncertainty Subject to both Concentration and Gradient Constraints, Karen
Ricciardi and George F. Pinder Eos, Transactions, AGU. 82;47, Suppl., Page F371. 2001.

    Variations on the Tunneling Method for the Solution of the Optimal Groundwater Remediation Design Problem Subject to
Uncertainty, Karen Ricciardi and George F. Pinder Eos, Transactions, AGU. 81;48, Suppl., Page F455. 2000.

    Risk Based Groundwater Remediation Design Using a Tunneling Optimization Algorithm, Karen Ricciardi and George F. Pinder
Proceedings of the XIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Alberta, Canado, Vol. 1,Pages
519-523, 2000.

    Risk Based Groundwater Remediation Design Using a Tunneling Optimization Algorithm, Karen Ricciardi, George F. Pinder and
George P. Karatzas Eos, Transactions, AGU. 81;19, Suppl., Page S210. 2000.

    Advances in the Use of Uncertain Hydraulic Conductivity in Optimal Remediation Design, Karen Ricciardi Collected Abstracts
from the VIII Encuentro Mexicano-Norteamericano en Modelacion Matematica y Computactional, July 31-August 3, 1999.

    A New Probability Density Function for Hydraulic Conductivity in Optimal Design, Karen Ricciardi, George F. Pinder and George
P. Karatzas Eos, Transactions, AGU. 79;45, Suppl., Page F280. 1998.

       Increased Mantle convection During the Mid-Cretaceous: A Comparative Study of Mantle Potential Temperature, Karen
Ricciardi and Dallas Abbott The Journal of Geophysical Research. 101;4,Pages 8673-8684. 1996.

    Models for the Evolution of Subduction-Zone Magmatism, Dallas Abbott, Karen Ricciardi and Marc Defont, Eos, Transactions,
AGU. 75;44, Suppl., Pages 690. 1994.