Professor Michael John O'Sullivan
BE(Civil), BSc,ME,PhD
Biography
- Professor
Education:
Mike is a graduate of the University of Auckland with a BE(civil engineering), BSc(mathematics) and an ME(applied mechanics). He completed a PhD at the California Institute of Technology and after a brief period at New York University returned to the Department of Engineering Science. His research interests are in computer modelling of geothermal fields and other environmemntal fluid dynamics and computational fluids dynamics problems.
Research | Current
Research topics
Geothermal reservoir modelling
Environmental fluid dynamics
Computational fluid dynamics
Research groups:
http://www.des.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/ourresearch/geothermal-energy-research.html
http://www.des.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/ourresearch/fluiddynamics.html
Teaching | Current
- ENGSCI 711 - Advanced Mathematical Modelling
- GEOTHERM 602 - Geothermal Energy Technology
- GEOTHERM 620 - Geothermal Engineering
Postgraduate supervision
PhD Students
Jaime (Jem) Austria
Elvar Bjarkason
Emily Clearwater
Wesley Koros
Jericho Omagbon
Distinctions/Honours
Claude McCarthy Fellow 1983, 1990
Henry J. Ramey Award for Geothermal Reservoir Engineering from the Geothermal Resources Council, 2011
Areas of expertise
Computer modelling of geothermal fields and other environmemntal fluid dynamics and computational fluids dynamics problems
Committees/Professional groups/Services
Fellow:
Institution of Professional Engineers, New Zealand
Member:
American Geophysical Union, Geothermal Resources Council, International Geothermal Association, New Zealand Geothermal Association, New Zealand Hydrological Society, Society of Petroleum Engineers
Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)
- Abdelmegid, M. A., González VA, O'Sullivan M, Walker, C. G., Poshdar, M., & Ying, F. (2020). The roles of conceptual modelling in improving construction simulation studies: A comprehensive review. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 46.10.1016/j.aei.2020.101175
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Mohammed Adel Abdelmegid, Cameron Walker, Vicente Gonzalez - Croucher, A., O'Sullivan M, O'Sullivan J, Yeh, A., Burnell, J., & Kissling, W. (2020). Waiwera: A parallel open-source geothermal flow simulator. COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES, 14110.1016/j.cageo.2020.104529
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Adrian Croucher, John OSullivan - Cui, T., Fox, C., & O'Sullivan MJ (2019). A posteriori stochastic correction of reduced models in delayed acceptance MCMC, with application to multiphase subsurface inverse problems. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 118 (10), 578-605. 10.1002/nme.6028
- Bjarkason, E. K., O'Sullivan JP, Yeh, A., & O'Sullivan MJ (2019). Inverse modeling of the natural state of geothermal reservoirs using adjoint and direct methods. GEOTHERMICS, 78, 85-100. 10.1016/j.geothermics.2018.10.001
Other University of Auckland co-authors: John OSullivan, Angus Yeh - Cui, T., Fox, C., Nicholls, G. K., & O'Sullivan MJ (2019). USING PARALLEL MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO TO QUANTIFY UNCERTAINTIES IN GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR CALIBRATION. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION, 9 (3), 295-310. 10.1615/Int.J.UncertaintyQuantification.2019029282
- Sylvania, M. S., O'Sullivan M, O'Sullivan J, & Brockbank, K. (2019). Modelling of Completion Tests in Two Wells of the Wairakei-Tauhara Geothermal System, New Zealand. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 10.1088/1755-1315/254/1/012025
Other University of Auckland co-authors: John OSullivan - Maclaren, O. J., Nicholson, R., Bjarkason, E. K., & O'Sullivan MJ (2018). Incorporating posterior model discrepancy into a hierarchical framework to facilitate out-of-the-box MCMC sampling for geothermal inverse problems and uncertainty quantification. Arvix Related URL.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/45613
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Oliver Maclaren, John OSullivan - Bjarkason, E. K., Maclaren, O. J., O'Sullivan JP, & O'Sullivan MJ (2018). Randomized Truncated SVD Levenberg-Marquardt Approach to Geothermal Natural State and History Matching. Water Resources Research, 54 (3), 2376-2404. 10.1002/2017WR021870
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Oliver Maclaren, John OSullivan
Identifiers
Contact details
- +64 9 923 8393
- +64.9.923.8393
- m.osullivan@auckland.ac.nz
- mosu015@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Primary office location
AUCKLAND BIOENGINEERING HOUSE - Bldg 439
Level 3, Room 313
70 SYMONDS ST
GRAFTON
AUCKLAND 1010
New Zealand