Spring 2013: 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. 16 (Wed) Prof. Jean Hertzberg
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
The Aesthetics of Beauty, Power, Destruction and Oddness Abstract
Jan. 23
(Wed)
Dr. Erin Towler
Project Scientist
Regional Climate Research Section, MMM
NCAR, Boulder, CO
Incorporating Climate Forecasts into Aquatic Management Using a Risk-based Framework Abstract

Jan. 30
 (Wed)
Prof. Peter Hamlington
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
The Non-normality of Nature: Intermittency in Turbulent Flows Abstract
Feb. 6
(Wed)
Dr. Andrew Slater
Research Scientist

CIRES
& NSIDC
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Pixels, Inputs and Parameters: Assessing Uncertainty in Snow Modeling Abstract
Feb. 13
(Wed)
Prof. Dmitri Kavetski
School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Battling Hydrological Monsters: Distinguishing Between Data Uncertainty, Structural Errors and Numerical Artifacts in Rainfall-runoff Modelling Abstract
Feb. 20
(Wed)
Ms. Allison Bell PhD candidate,
Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Battling The Development of Chemoattractant Plumes in Complex Flows and the Role of the Chemotactic Strategies Employed by Sperm to Navigate the Plumes to Fertilize an Egg  Abstract
Feb. 27 (Wed)
Mr. Sachin Pandey PhD candidate,
Effect of Soluble Microbial Products on Pyrite Oxidation by Ferric Iron at pH < 2 Abstract
Mar. 6
(Wed)
Prof. Channing Arndt
Department of Economics
University of Copenhagen
Denmark

&
leader of the climate change pillar at the World Institute for Development Economics Research at the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER)
Climate Change Impacts in the Zambeze River Valley to 2050 Abstract
Mar. 13
(Wed)
Dr. Mari Jones
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Regional Climate Research Section, MMM
NCAR, Boulder, CO
Exploring multi-annual Regimes total and Extreme Argentinian Precipitation Using 
Hidden Markov Models Abstract
Mar. 20 (Wed) Hydrologic Sciences Annual Student Symposium Mar 18-19
Mar. 27
(Wed)
Hydrology Days, March 27-29, Fort Collins, CO
Spring Break
Hydrology Days, March 27-29, Fort Collins, CO
Spring Break
Apr 3
(Wed)
Prof. Eric Small
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Using GPS Reflections to Estimate Terrestrial Water Cycle Variables Abstract
Apr. 10
(Wed)
Prof. Franco Biondi
DendroLab Director
Department of Geography, MS 154
University of Nevada
Reno, NV 89557

Tree-Ring Extension of Precipitation in Eastern Nevada and its Implications for Drought Analysis  Abstract
Apr. 17
(Wed)
Ms. Adriana Bailey PhD candidate,
 Climate Research Group, CIRES
ATOC
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Stable Isotope Constraints on the Vertical Exchange of Moisture in the Convective Boundary Layer Abstract
Apr. 24
(Wed)
Prof. Reed M. Maxwell
Director, Integrated GroundWater Modeling Center
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
 Towards a complete description of the hydrologic cycle: Large scale simulations with parallel, 
integrated models
Abstract
May. 1
(Wed)
Mr. David Wagner PhD candidate,
Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Backward Probabilistic Modeling Approach to Source Identification in a Water Distribution System Abstract