Spring 2020: 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. 15
(Wed)
Prof. Ben Livneh
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering &
Fellow, CIRES
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

 Predicting the Fate of our Water: A Look at the Changing Role of Snow in Water Supply Prediction
Abstract

Jan. 22
(Wed)
Prof. Balaji Rajagopalan
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering &
Fellow, CIRES
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Understanding, Modeling and Mitigation of Flood Risk over India
Abstract
Jan. 29
 (Wed)
Dr. Lucia Scaff
Global Institute for Water Security
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada
 Regional Climate Models Resolving Convective Processes and Hydrological Applications
Abstract
Feb. 5
(Wed)
Dr. Sarah Baker
USBR, at CADSWES
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (CEAE)
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Development of sub-seasonal to Seasonal Watershed-scale Hydroclimate Forecast Techniques to support Water Management: Case study in the Colorado River Basin

Abstract

Feb. 12
(Wed)
Prof. Piret Plink-Bjorklund
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

  Geomorphic Effects of Floods - Integrating Ancient, Modern and Experimental Data

Abstract

Feb. 19
(Wed)
Prof. Beth Boyer
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
Director, Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center
Penn State University
State College, PA

CWEST Aiken Distinguished Seminar

Coupled Hydrological, Biogeochemical, and Anthropogenic Processes in Watersheds

Abstract
Feb. 26
(Wed)
Dr. Andy Wood
Research Scientist
Research Applications Lab
NCAR, Boulder, CO
Development of Watershed-based Large-domain Modeling to Support Monitoring, Prediction and Water Management Applications

Abstract
Mar. 4
(Wed)
Prof. Hilary Dugan
Center for Limnology
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
CWEST Seminar Series
The Salinization of Freshwater Environments

Abstract

Mar. 11
(Wed)
Dr. J. Toby Minear
Research Scientst

CIRES
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Recent Advances in river Observations and Modeling at Large Scales

Abstract
Mar. 18
(Wed)
Prof. Ashlynn Stillwell
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
IL, USA

Cancelled
Mar. 25
(Wed)
Spring Break Spring Break
Apr 1
(Wed)
Mr. Sean Horvath
Ph.D Candidate
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering &
NSIDC, CIRES
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Seasonal Probabilistic Forecasting of the September Minimum Sea Ice Extent in the Arctic Ocean/Journey to the Frozen North Aboard the MOSAiC Expedition

Abstract
Apr. 8
(Wed)
Ms. Carli Brucker &
Mr. Mickey Rush

Ph.D Candidates
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering &

Ms. Jessie Egan
  M.SCandidate
Environmental Studies Program (ENVS)
 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Student Seminars
Carli Brucker: An Observational Framework for Quantifying Post-Fire
Runoff and Water Quality Response

Mickey Rush: Incorporating the Seasonal Snowpack into
Thermo-Hydrologic Modeling of Frozen Ground at
Niwot Ridge, CO
 

Jessie Egan: Exploring Post-Wildfire Water Quality: the
Photodegradation of Pyrogenic Carbon

Abstracts
Apr. 15
(Wed)
Hydrology Days 2020
Hydrology Days 2020
Apr. 15
(Wed)
Prof. Pamela Sullivan
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

CWEST Seminar Series
Subsurface Plumbing: Is it Responding to Climate and Land use
Changes in the Anthropocene?

Abstract
Apr. 22
(Wed)
Dr. Leon Basdekas
Black and Veach
Denver, CO
Colorado Springs Utilities Integrated Water Resources plan – An application of Multi-Objective Robust Decision Making

Abstract
Apr. 29
(Wed)
Mr. Mitch Clement
&
Mr. Tim Magee
Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES)

Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering &
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
RiverWare for Managing Hydropower in Complex River Basins

Abstract