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Seminar Series Each year, the Water Resources Group holds a seminar series. Anyone with an interest in water resources engineering is encouraged to attend and register for the course. A special invitation is extended to undergraduate students as this series is an ideal opportunity to learn about graduate research. Seminars are generally over lunch and are 'brown-bag' in nature. Feel free to bring a lunch and lots of good questions with you. Spring 2006 January 13th - Katie Goodwin, PSU Technology transfer for flood forecasting and management in South Africa January 27th - Maitreya Yadav, PSU Regionalization of dynamic watershed response behavior February 10th - Gopal Bhatt, PSU Automated detection and spatio-temporal classification of channel reaches in semi-arid southwestern U.S. February 24th - Joe Lee and Arianne Proctor, PA DEP Ground water monitoring and TMDL development in support of source water protection for the Octoraro Creek in Pennsylvania March 3rd - Dr. Dave DeWalle, PSU March 24th - Kamini Singha, PSU Integration of geophysical methods into hydrogeologic studies: the issues with spatially variable method resolution April 14th - Dr. Donna Rizzo, University of Vermont Adaptive prediction of local disease risk indicators using multi-scale weather, land and crop data April 21st - Dr. Michael Mann, PSU Large-scale climate influences on drought: past, present and future April 28th - Dr. Danny Marks, USDA Interaction between climate, tolography, vegetation, and snowcover in semi-arid mountain catchments Spring 2005 January 14th - Dr. Thorsten Wagener, PSU How to give a presentation and take notes January 28th - Dr. Peggy Johnson, PSU Stream stability around bridges February 11th - Yong Tang, PSU Comparison of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms for hydrologic model calibration February 25th - Dr. Brian McGlynn, Montana State University On landscape connectivity and water flowpaths March 18th - Dr. David Hill, PSU The history and science of tsunamis April 1st - Dr. Chris Rehmann, Iowa State University Efficient measurements of river mixing April 15th - Dr. Ana Barros, Duke University Observing, understanding and modeling precipitation processes in complex terrain - lessons learned in the Himalaya April 29th - Brian Younkin, PSU Hydraulic scour due to planar jets Spring 2004 January 16th - Venkat Devireddy, Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, PSU Multiobjective groundwater monitoring design: a case study using e-NGSA-II January 30th - Sue Niezgoda, PSU Restoring form and processes in urban streams February 20th - Mukesh Kumar, PSU Feature selection for classification of hyperspectral remotely sensed image February 27th - Dr. Doug Thompson River restoration and fluvial geomorphology: past, present and future March 19th - Dr. Ximing Cai A framework for sustainability analysis in river basin planning and management April 2nd - Justin Lennon, M.S. Candidate, PSU Application of particle image velocimetry to the hydraulic jump April 9th - Peter Beeson Geodatabase development in support of integrated hydrologic forecasting for an ungaged ephemeral channel: Rio Salado, New Mexico April 30th - Dr. Howard Chang Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China Spring 2003 January 17th - David Black, Biohabitats, Inc. Nine Mile Run Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project January 31st - Dr. David F. Hill, PSU To boat or not to boat? Recreational impacts and conflicts on the Chilkat River, Alaska February 21st - Dr. Ying Fan Reinfelder, Rutgers University Modelling watershed runoff: is there a fundamental scale? March 7th - Dr. Patrick Reed, PSU Striking the balance: long term groundwater monitoring design for multiple objectives March 21st - Dr. Christine Shoemaker, Cornell University Pollution transport in watersheds: modeling, calibration, and uncertainty Wednesday, April 2nd - Dr. Chris Duffy, PSU *** CANCELLED *** tba April 18th - Mike Horst, PSU PIV and its application to hydraulic engineering research May 2nd - Dr. Jeffrey Niemann, PSU Water resources engineering for an orphanage in Guatemala Spring 2002 January 14th - Dr. David F. Hill, PSU Particle image velocimetry measurements of a turbulent jet in shallow water. January 28th - Peter von Zweck, CH2M Hill Hydraulic analyses of stormwater treatment areas in south Florida February 11th - Sue Niezgoda, PSU Channel instability and scour protection at bridge crossings February 25th - Dr. Joe Atkinson, SUNY Buffalo Thermal bars in the Great Lakes. February 27th - Dr. Howard Chang, San Diego State University Modeling of River Channel Changes. Note the date of this seminar! There will not be a seminar on 3/11, so please attend this one instead. March 25th - Dr. Chris Duffy, PSU Drinking water security and municipal wellhead protection. April 8th - Michele Beachler, PSU Hydrodynamic impacts of recreational watercraft in shallow lakes. April 22nd - Norm Folmar, PSU A return period specific unit hydrograph. Spring 2001 January 15th - Dr. David F. Hill, PSU Growth rates and equilibrium amplitudes of seismically forced waves in closed basins. January 29th - Dr. Chris Duffy, PSU Climate Forcing and Mountain-Front Hydrogeology: Explanations for Low-Frequency Streamflow and Closed-Basin Lake Oscillations February 12th - Dr. Jeffrey Niemann, PSU A Derived Distribution Approach to Regional Water Balance February 26th - Dr. Denny Johnson, Juniata College Compilation and Analysis of Snowpack Data for the Lake Superior Basin March 12th - Dr. David Kriebel, USNA An Overview of Coastal Engineering: Design for Success and Design for 'Failure' March 26th - Dr. Andrew Cole, PSU All I ever need to know about creating a wetland I learned from Humpty Dumpty April 9th - Dr. Tony Dalrymple, University of Delaware tba April 23rd - Dr. Kendra Sharp, AIP Congressional Fellow Science and Technology on Capitol Hill Spring 2000 January 19th - Dr. David F. Hill, PSU The implementation of distortion compensated stereo PIV February 16th - Dr. Peggy Johnson, PSU Controlling scour at bridges February 29th - Norm Folmar, PSU Historical perspective of the NRCS lag time March 15th - Dr. David Brandes, Lafayette College Macropore effects on surface vs. subsurface runoff generation at the hillslope scale March 29th - Eric Brown, PSU A post-construction management approach to stream enhancement projects April 12th - Kris Sedmera, PSU Methods for identifying climate and land-use effects in the runoff pattern from a watershed April 26th - Dr. Chris Duffy, PSU The Rio Grande and the water cycle: a study of low-frequency hydroclimatic variability |