Mitch Pelton

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
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Biography

Mitch designs and develops integrated, user-friendly, computer software for multimedia contaminant transport and exposure/risk assessment systems. He is a key software engineer in a variety of environmental software systems. Mitch is well versed in many programming languages as well as the software development life cycle. His capabilities in the development of custom software applications include system specifications, user interfaces, GIS application, databases, data structure development, and model integration.

Research Interests

Integrated Software Design and Development
Graphical User Interface
Integrated Modeling
Simulation Modeling
Data Modeling

Education and Credentials

B.S. Computer Science, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO., 1992

Affiliations and Professional Service

Association for Computing Machinery (ASM)

Awards and Recognitions

April 2007, DOE Office of Science Outstanding Mentor Award
November 1998, Outstanding Performance Award, FRAMES Concept for the US EPA National Risk Assessment Project (HWIR
September 1999, Outstanding Performance Award, MetViewer/APGEMS Emergency Response Tool for the Hanford Site
December 1999, Key Contributor Award, FRAMES Software
December 1999, Software Creator Award, FRAMES Software
December 2001, Outstanding Performance Award, for contributions to the creation of an Interagency MOU on Multimedia Environmental Modeling Frameworks

Selected Publications

2009

Whelan G, ND Tenney, MA Pelton, AM Coleman, DL Ward, JG Droppo, Jr, PD Meyer, KE Dorow, and RY Taira. 2009. Techniques to Access Databases and Integrate Data for Hydrologic Modeling. PNNL-18244, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2007

Whelan G, and MA Pelton. 2007. FRAMES-2.0 Software System: Providing Password Protection and Limited Access to Models and Simulations. PNNL-16782, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Whelan G, KJ Castleton, and MA Pelton. 2007. FRAMES-2.0 Software System: Linking to the Groundwater Modeling System (GMS) RT3D and MT3DMS Models. PNNL-16758, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Whelan G, WD Millard, GM Gelston, TP Khangaonkar, MA Pelton, DL Strenge, Z Yang, C Lee, C Sivaraman, AJ Stephan, BL Hoopes, and KJ Castleton. 2007. "Using FRAMES to Manage Environmental and Water Resources." In Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2007: Restoring our Natural Habitat, May 15�19, 2007, Tampa, Florida, USA, ed. Karen C. Kabbes. American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. doi:10.1061/40927(243)130

2006

Whelan G, KJ Castleton, and MA Pelton. 2006. Concepts Associated with Transferring Temporal and Spatial Boundary Conditions between Modules in the Framework for Risk Analysis in Multimedia Environmental Systems (FRAMES). PNNL-16145, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Droppo JG, Jr, and MA Pelton. 2006. ARAMS/FRAMES JOINT FREQUENCY DATA (JFD) GENERATOR . PNNL-16149, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Whelan G, WD Millard, GM Gelston, MA Pelton, Z Yang, DL Strenge, C Lee, C Sivaraman, MJ Simpson, JK Young, TP Khangaonkar, TR Downing, BL Hoopes, and LE Hachmeister. 2006. Rapid Risk Assessment: FY05 Annual Summary Report. PNNL-15697, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2004

Whelan G, MA Pelton, and KE Dorow. 2004. "Decision-support tools for the assessment process." In Brownfields: Multimedia Modelling and Assessment. Presented at: Brownfields 2004: 2nd International Conference on Prevention, Assessment, Rehabitation, and Development of Brownfield sites. 14 - 16 June 2004, Siena, Italy, ed. Gene Whelan, pp. 1-10. WIT Press, Southhampton, United Kingdom.
Ho CK, BW Arnold, JR Cochran, RY Taira, and MA Pelton. 2004. "A Probabilistic Model and Software Tool for Evaluating the Long-Term Performance of Landfill Covers." Environmental Modelling & Software, with Environmental Data News 19(1):63-88.

2000

Pelton MA, GM Gelston, and MA Eslinger. 2000. FRAMES User Defined Exposure Pathway File Module Documentation. PNNL-13409, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Glantz CS, MA Pelton, KJ Allwine, and KW Burk. 2000. User's Guide for MetView: A Meteorological Display and Assessment Tool. PNNL-13333, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

1998

Whelan G, JW Buck, KJ Castleton, BL Hoopes, MA Pelton, JP McDonald, GM Gelston, and RY Taira. 1998. "Framework for Risk Analysis in Multimedia Environmental Systems (FRAMES)." In Proceedings of the Workshop on Review of Dose Modeling Methods for Demonstration of Compliance with the Radiological Criteria for License Termination; NUREG/CP-0163, ed. T.J. Nicholson and J.D. Parrott, pp. 77-92. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC.