MORESE Seminars

Spring/Fall 2013

Hosts: Drs. Hongjie Xie and Hatim Sharif

March 27, 2013	Hongbin Zhan, Texas A&M University Solute Transport in Aquifer-Aquitard Systems
March 29, 2013	John Bolten, NASA/GSFC Evaluating the Application of Multi-Satellite Observations in Hydrologic Modeling
April 5, 2013	Binayak Mohanty, Texas A&M University Scaling Law of Soil Moisture and its Proxies
April 24-26, 2013	Christopher Andronicos, Purdue University Fluid Flow at Mid-Ocean Ridges: Insights from Studies of the Oman Ophiolite (Dr. Andronicos presents on both the Student Geological Society (SGS) and the Native American Student Association)
November 8, 2013	Qinhong Hu, UT Arlington Sustainable Shale Hydrocarbon Development Affected by Environmental and Production-Decline Issues

Spring/Fall 2012

Hosts: Drs. Hongjie Xie, Hatim Sharif, or Marina Suarez

January 27, 2012	Huajun Wang, Zhejiang University, China The Observation and Analysis of Sea Ice Thickness in China's Fourth Arctic Expedition
April 2, 2012	Dianne Rahm, Texas State University Climate Change and Policy
September 17, 2012	Xin Miao, Missouri State University Efficient Procedures for Automated Sinkhole Extraction from LiDAR DEMs
October 5, 2012	Hongbo Su, Texas A&M University Kingsville Quantifying Land-Atmospheric Interactions by Satellite Remote Sensing
October 17, 2012	Ryan Banta, USGS USGS Activities in Texas
November 2, 2012	Venkat Lakshmi, University of South Carolina Studies of the Land Surface Hydrological Cycle Using Modeling, Observations, and Remote Sensing
November 13-14, 2012	Jim Kirkland, Utah Geological Survey two presentations: one to the Student Geological Society (SGS) on the November 13 and one to the general public on November 14
November 14, 2012	Mark Lenz, Austin/San Antonio NWS Recent Drought in Texas
November 28, 2012	Jon Zeitler and Paul Yura, Austin/San Antonio NWS Extreme Weather Events in Texas
November 29-30, 2012	Christian Haas, York University, Toronto, Canada (Dean's Distinguished Lecture) Arctic Sea Ice - Where Are We Headed?

Fall 2011

Organizer: Dr. Hatim Shrif | Seminars are at 12 noon in AET 0.102

September 2, 2011	Xiaofeng Liu, UTSA How Can Angry Birds Save the World?
September 9, 2011	Hongjie Xie, UTSA Glacier Lakes and Snow Cover Dynamics in Tibetan Plateau Using Field and Remote Sensing Data
September 16, 2011	Darrell Brownlow, SARA Water Supply Options in the Eagle Ford Shale Play
September 23, 2011	Alan Morris, SwRI Slip Tendency, Seismic Rick, Fault Seal, and Subsurface Fluid Flow
September 30, 2011	Mark Lenz, NWS Austin/San Antonio Office La Nina...A Year Without Rain...What's Next?
October 7, 2011	Lianfa Song, Texas Tech University Dynamics of Colloidal Fouling in Crossflow Membrane Filtration
October 14, 2011	Loren Wehmeyer and Ryan Banta, USGS USGS Activities in Texas
October 21, 2011	Mekonnen Gebremichael, University of Connecticut Advances in Remote Sensing of Precipitation and Evapotranspiration, and Hydrologic Forecasting
October 28, 2011	Edward Kavazanjian, Arizona State University Biogeotechnical Soil Improvement: A New Horizon in Geotechnical Engineering
November 4, 2011	Paul Kucera, NCAR Precipitation Research from the Tropics to the Northern Latitudes: Overview and Recent Results
November 11, 2011	Kyle Strom, University of Houston Particle-Scale Interactions in Sediment Transport and their Influence on Reach-Averaged Properties
November 18, 2011	Faisal Hossain, Tennessee Tech University Climate-f\Feedback Based Paradigm for Management and Design of Impounded River Basins
December 2, 2011	Eve Gruntfest, IS-WAS What We Know About How People Respond to Severe Weather Warnings: Social Science Research and Practice

Spring 2011

Organizer: Dr. Lance Lambert | Seminars are at 12 noon in EB 2.04.02

January 14, 2011	Introductory Session
January 21, 2011	Hongjie Xie, UTSA Arctic Research Mike Lewis, SwRI Antarctic Research
January 28, 2011	Alan Dutton, UTSA Paleoclimate and Paleohydrology – Contributions from Groundwater Science
February 4, 2011	TorOvre Leiknes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology cancelled due to snow and ice weather
February 11, 2011	Lee Billingsley, Abraxas Petroleum Corporation Using Geology, Geophysics and Petroleum Engineering to Exploit a Low-Permeability Sandstone Reservoir: Turner Sandstone, Powder River Basin, Wyoming
February 18, 2011	Marcelo Sanchez, Texas A&M University, Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Analysis of Nuclear Waste Disposal in Deep Geological Media
February 25, 2011	Anders Wedel Nielsen, Technical University of Denmark Scour Protection of Offshore Wind Turbines
March 4, 2011	John Anderson, Rice University Accelerated Sea Level Rise and the Future of the Texas Coast
March 11, 2011	Ryan Banta and Darwin Ockerman, USGS San Antonio Office U.S. Geological Survey Activities in Texas
March 25, 2011	Gretchen Mullendore, University of North Dakota Dynamics of Deep Convective Transport in the Atmosphere
April 1, 2011	Michael Joachimski, North Bavarian Center of Earth Sciences in Erlangen, Germany Deep Time Paleoclimate: Insights from Oxygen Isotope Proxies
April 8, 2011	Catherine Romanak, UT Austin Bureau of Economic Geology Monitoring CO₂ Storage in Geological Formations
April 15, 2011	Anne Raymond, Texas A&M University Tropical Climate during the Late Pennsylvanian Glacial Interval: Probably Warm but not Continuously Wet
April 22, 2011	Paul Kucera, National Center for Atmospheric Research NCAR/RAL: Science in Service to Society: Research Applications in Saudi Arabia

Fall 2010

Organizer: Dr. Hongjie Xie | Seminars are at 7-9 pm in SB 2.01.02

October 25, 2010

Stefan Kern, University of Hamburg, Germany
Microwave Remote Sensing of Sea Ice

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar Series: Spring 2010

Seminars are at 12-1 pm in EB 2.04.04. Snacks, drinks, and possibly pizzas will be provided.

January 15, 2010	Introduction to the seminar class and Dr. Hongjie Xie's recent research activities, results, and opportunities
January 22, 2010	Dr. Paul Marinos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Tunneling through Karstic Rocks — How Engineering Geology Needs Hydrogeologic Input and Logic (2010 Jahns Distinguished Lecture)
January 29, 2010	Dr. Jim Blackburn, Rice University, Civil and Environmental Engineering Measuring Sustainability: Project Houston (sustainable development and environmental law)
February 5, 2010	Dr. Mary J. Kirisits, UT Austin Department of Civil Engineering The Effect of Roof Material on the Quality of Harvested Rainwater (aquatic ecosystems, bacteria, and pathogens)
February 12, 2010	Dr. Judy Haschenburger, UTSA Three-Dimensional Dispersion of River Gravels (sediment transports in rivers, channel-floodplain interactions)
February 19, 2010	Dr. Pamela Showalter, Texas State University Findings from the International Flash Flood Laboratory's (IFFL) Inaugural Workshop (natural hazards and environmental management)
February 26, 2010	Dr. Walter Meier, National Snow and Ice Center, University of Colorado Observing an Arctic in Transition: Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere and Impacts on Climate, Ecosystems, and People (sea ice and climate change)
March 5, 2010	Dr. Ginny Catania, UT Austin Institute for Geophysics Understanding the Impact of Surface Melt on Ice Flow in Greenland: The Kitchen Sink Approach (ice sheet and glacier change, climate change)
March 12, 2010	Dr. Bayani Cardenas, UT Austin Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions in "Natural" and Regular Rivers (groundwater-surface water interactions)
March 26, 2010	Dr. Carton Ho, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Evaluation of the Effluent from Compost Used for Sedimentation Control (geotechnical engineering)
April 2, 2010	Dr. John Bolten, NASA GSFC Hydrological Sciences Branch Evaluation and Application of Remote Sensing Products for Improved Water Resourcer Management (remote sensing of surface hydrology)
April 9, 2010	Dr. Andrew Klein, Texas A&M University From the Tropics to the Pole-Mapping of Snow and Glaciers from Satellite (cryosphere study using remote sensing and GIS)
April 16, 2010	Dr. Alex Sun, Southwest Research Institute Uncertainty Quantification and Parameter Estimation in Subsurface Hydrology (groundwater hydrology and modeling)
April 23, 2010	Dr. Hong Yang, University of Oklahoma Satellite Precipitation Retrieval and Applications for Surface Hydrology at Global and Regional Scales (precipitation and hydrometeorology)

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