Spring 2015: Hydrologic Sciences and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series

                Location:    ECCE 1B41            Time:    Wednesdays 11:00 - 12:00 PM           

Co-ordinator:   Prof. R. Balaji

DATE

SPEAKER

TOPIC

Jan. 14
(Wed) 		Dr. Pablo Mendoza, PhD
 CEAE & NCAR
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 		Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrologic Processes in the Colorado River Basin
Abstract
Jan. 21
(Wed) 		Dr. Kamini Singha
Associate Director, Hydrologic Sciences and Engineering Program
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401
  Peering Into the Black box: Quantifying Transient Storage Processes in Groundwater and Stream Systems with Geophysics 
Abstract
Jan. 28
 (Wed)
 Dr. Andrew Earles
Wright Water Engineers
Denver, CO
Water Engineering for World Heritage Protection
 Abstract
Feb. 4
(Wed) 
Ms. Lisa Wade
RiverSide Technologies
Fort Collins, CO
Data for Decision Makers Abstract
Feb. 11
(Wed) 		Mr. Masoud Arshadi, PhD Candidate
 CEAE
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 		A Transition in the Cumulative Reaction Rate of Two Species Diffusion with Bimolecular Reaction Abstract
Feb. 18
(Wed)		 Dr. Chuck Howe
Professor Emiritus, Deparment of Economics and Faculty Research Associate, Institute of Behavioral Science
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 		Water Law vs Economic Efficiency: Lessons from the South Platte 
Abstract
Feb. 25
(Wed) 		Dr. Mark Schmeeckle
Associate Professor
 School of Geographical Sciences and Urban  Planning
Arizona State University of Tempe, AZ 		Flow of Sand Along the Bed of Rivers: Laboratory and Numerical Experiments of Turbulence and Grain Motion
Abstract
Mar. 4
(Wed) 		Ms. Srijita Jana, PhD Candidate
 CEAE
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 		Understanding the Dominant Moisture Transport Tracks of Summer Monsoon Rainfall and Space-time Variability of Summer Streamflow over South Western U.S Abstract
Mar. 11
(Wed)
 
Mr. Matt Bliss
DiNatale Water Consultants, Inc.
2919 Valmont Rd, Suite 204
Boulder, CO 80301
www.dinatalewater.com
   Buy and Don't Dry Abstract
Mar. 18
(Wed) 		Mr. Sachin Pandey, PhD Candidate
 CEAE
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 		Investigating the Influence of Preferential Flow on Geochemical Weathering in the Critical Zone Using High Resolution Reactive Transport Models Abstract
Mar. 25
(Wed)
 Spring Break Spring Break
Apr 1
(Wed)
 Hydrologic Sciences Annual Student Symposium April 2-3 Hydrologic Sciences Annual Student Symposium April 2-3
Apr. 8
(Wed) 		Aleah Sommers, PhD Candidate
 CEAE
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 

              Inside the Ice: Insights from
                Thermo-Mechanically Coupled Modeling of High-Elevations
                Regions of the Greenland Ice Sheet  Abstract
            		
          

          

             Apr. 15

              (Wed) 		
            Mr.















                  Ken Wright

                Wright
                  Paleohydrologic Institute &

                Wright Water
                  Engineers

                Denver, CO

            		
            
              
Ancient Water Engineering – Mesa Verde & Machu
                Picchu Abstract

              


              

            		
          

          

             Apr. 22

              (Wed) 		
            Mr. Bill
                    McIntyre, P.E., PhD Candidate

                  Department







                    of Civil Engineering

                  University of
                    Colorado, Denver, CO

                    		
            Alluvial Storage
                and Recovery in the south Platte River Basin in Colorado
                - A Design Approach Abstract
            
          

          

             Apr 29

              (Wed) 		
            Dr. Linyin Cheng,
                  

                  CIRES, 
                  Postdoctoral Research Scientist &

                  NOAA-ESRL

                University of
                  Colorado, Boulder, CO 		
            Spatio-temporal Frameworks of
                Extreme Value Analysis: Applications to Understanding
                and Modeling the Current California Drought and Rainfall
                Extremes. Abstract