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Spring 2008

Seminar Date	Seminar Details
April 16, 2008	Assessing Motorists' Vulnerability to Flash Flooding Dr. Isabelle Ruin, National Center for Atmospheric Research
April 29, 2008	Near-real time support of field operations in the Polar Regions Dr. Cathleen Geiger, University of Delaware in Newark
May 1, 2008	Anisotropic tracking of sea ice motion along discontinuities Dr. Cathleen Geiger, University of Delaware in Newark

Fall 2007

Seminar Date	Seminar Details
September 14, 2007	Integration of Science and Decision Making for Watershed Management in the San Pedro Basin Dr. David C. Goodrich, USDA » September 14, 2007 presentation
September 21, 2007	San Antonio River Walk Mr. Nefi Garza. SARA » September 21, 2007 presentation
September 26, 2007	Detection of Urban Pockets of Poverty in the City of Rosario, Argentina with RadarSat Fine Beam and Optical Satellite Images Prof. Carlos Cotlier and Mr. Diego Lopez, National University of Rosario, Argentina
October 12, 2007	Soil Moisture Measurements and Water Availability Index Derivation Using Remote Sensing Images Dr. Ni-Bin Chang, University of Central Florida » October 12, 2007 presentation
October 19, 2007	Remote Sensing of Lake Dynamics in the Context of Global Change: A Global Perspective Dr. Yongwei Sheng, UCLA » October 19, 2007 presentation
October 26, 2007	Early Flood Warning Systems (EFWS) at the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) Mr. Wayne Tschihart, SARA
November 2, 2007	Weather and Society * Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) Dr. Eve Gruntfest, University of Colorado » November 2, 2007 presentation
November 9, 2007	Radar Based Flood Warning Systems with Floodplain Map Library for the Gulf Coast of Texas Dr. Philip Bedient, Rice University
November 16, 2007	Estimating Dissolved Organic Carbon Export from Terrestrial Landscape to Coastal Water Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies Dr. Yong Q. Tian, University Massachusetts, Boston

Summer 2007

Seminar Date	Seminar Details
June 14, 2007	The Tectonic Stress and Heat Stress Field in Pre-Earthquake Dr. Zuji Qiang, China State Seismological Bureau » June 14, 2007 presentation

Spring 2007

Seminar Date	Seminar Details
January 19, 2007	Antarctic Expedition December 8-30, 2006 Dr. Hongjie Xie and Ms. Burcu Cicek, UTSA
January 26, 2007	Soil mapping using GIS and Artificial Intelligence techniques Dr. Feng Qi, UTSA
February 2, 2007	Soil and Water Chemistry Paradigms in Environmental Science Dr. Konstantinos Makris, UTSA
February 9, 2007	Role of Chelating Agents in Enhancing Lead Uptake by Vetiver Grass (Vetiveria zizanioides L.) from Lead-Based Paint Contaminated Residential Soils Dr. Rupani Datta Involvement of Phytochelatins in Lead Accumulation and Tolerance in Vetiver Grass Mr. Syam Andar, UTSA
February 16, 2007	Development of Technology for Recovery of Phosphorus from Animal Manure Dr. Ariel Szogi, USDA
February 23, 2007	Monitoring polar climate change from space Dr. Thorsten Markus, NASA » February 23, 2007 presentation
March 2, 2007	Ultrafine Particles and Freeways Dr. Yifang Zhu, Texas A&M University-Kingsville » March 2, 2007 presentation
March 9, 2007	Southern ocean sea ice and convection in global ocean general circulation models Dr. Achim Stoessel, Texas A&M University » March 9, 2007 presentation
March 23, 2007	Defining the Availability of Contaminants in Sediments Dr. Danny Reible, UT Austin » March 23, 2007 presentation
March 30, 2007	Arsenic Pollution and Poisoning Through the Ages Dr. Jerome Nriagu, University of Michigan » March 30, 2007 presentation
April 6, 2007	Matrix Metalloproteinases and their Role in the Wound Dr. Victor Sylvia, UTHSCSA » April 6, 2007 presentation
April 13, 2007	Phytoremediation, a novel strategy for the removal of toxic metals from the environment: biochemical and molecular mechanisms Dr. Shivendra Sahi, Western Kentucky University » April 13, 2007 presentation
April 20, 2007	Differential Rotation of Mars Inferred from Uninucleus-Type and Binucleus-Type Vortex Structures Dr. Zuoxun Zeng, China University of Geosciences
April 27, 2007	Cation-π bonding: A new perspective on the sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to hydrated mineral surfaces Dr. Bruce Herbert, Texas A&M University

Fall 2006

Seminar Date	Seminar Details
September 15, 2006	The Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE): Status & Future Dr. Srinivas Bettadpur, UT Austin
September 22, 2006	Integrated geological and geophysical studies of basins in the Rocky Mountain region Dr. G. Randy Keller, University of Oklahoma
September 29, 2006	Particle Dynamics and Contaminant Transport in River Systems: Fundamentals and Implications Dr. Jennifer Ren, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
October 6, 2006	ICESat Measurement of Antarctic Sea Ice Dr. Donghui Yi, NASA/GSFC
October 13, 2006	AUTOSUB-UNDER-ICE: Exploration of the environment under sea ice and an ice shelf using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Prof. Steve F. Ackley, UTSA
October 27, 2006	Developing a Regional Environmental Prediction System for Central and Eastern Texas Dr. Zong-liang Yang, UT Austin
November 10, 2006	Synergy of LIDAR and High-Resolution Digital Orthophotos to Support Urban Feature Extraction and 3d City Models Construction Dr. Fan Qiu, UT Dallas

Spring 2006

Seminar Date	Seminar Details
January 24, 2006	Alyson Ponomarenko, UTSA
February 7, 2006	Benjamin Zhan, Texas State University
February 21, 2006	Hongjie Xie, UTSA
March 7, 2006	Kyle Murray, UTSA
March 21, 2006	Teresa Howard, UT Austin
April 4, 2006	John Russell, SwRI
April 18, 2006	Stuart Birnbaum, UTSA
May 2, 2006	Minqiang Zhu, East China Institute of Technology

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