GIS in Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2011

 

Term Project Oral Presentations

 

Tues Nov 15: Regional Water Resources                                                                                        Report

Richard Knox

Mississippi River channel morphology

Yes

Katie Larsen

Impact of transportation facilities on urban watersheds

Yes

Lisa Helper

Nitrogen database for Texas

Yes

Fengyan Yang

Animating observations and model data in ArcMap

Yes

Alison Wood

Spatial distribution of pulsed environmental flows

Yes

Heather Davis

Historical drought map of the Pedernales River watershed

Yes

Daniel Zavala

Vulnerability of water resources of the Hill Country

Yes

Sili Liu

Characterization of Jacob’s Well Spring

Yes

 

Thurs Nov 17: Austin Water Resources                                                                                         Report

Bryant Chambers

Impact of Urbanization in Austin, Texas

Yes

Tom Hilde

Development and environmental integrity in Austin, Texas

Yes

Abby Tomasek

Water quality and flow characteristics of Barton Springs

Yes

Justin Davis

Ammonia levels at the Hornsby Bend treatment plant

Yes

Barrett Thomas

Rainwater harvesting in the United States

Yes

Kiersten Dube

Effect of rain gardens on runoff in Austin

Yes

Alexandre Martinez

Land-use based flood damage assessment in Austin

Yes

Adam Pacsi

Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area

Yes

 

Tues Nov 22: Texas Water Resources                                                                                             Report

Kimberly Bittler

Runoff and phytoplankton levels in the Mission-Aransas NERR

Yes

Lindsey Sydow

Aqueous geochemistry in Norris Geyser Basin

Yes

Chris Ingenloff

Water Stability and Soil Moisture Capacity in the Lake Somerville Basin

Yes

Susan Linn

Seagrass health on the Texas Coast

Yes

Joy Mercier

Water quality effects of lignite strip mining in Texas

Yes

Marlo Gawey

Sources and sinks for geological carbon capture and sequestration

Yes

Johnny Sullivan

Soil moisture mapping of drought in Travis County

Yes

Poolkeshi Patel

Precipitation analysis of Dallas County

Yes

 

Tues Nov 29: International Water Resources                                                                                Report

Ben Bass

GIS Data assessment for Region II of Chile

Yes

Curtis Bixler

Watershed and terrain analysis of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia

Yes

Katherine Lininger

Terrain and satellite imagery analysis, Madre de Dios, Peru

Yes

Colleen Lyons

Assessing subsurface hydrology in Ntisaw, Cameroon

Yes

Katie Markovich

Multi-temporal remote sensing analysis of two salars in Northern Chile

Yes

Edward Park

Errors in classification of remotely sensed data

Yes

Elisabeta Poci

Hydrology of the Drini River Basin, Albania

Yes

Courtney Thomas

Stresses on Caribbean coral reefs

Yes

 

Thurs Dec 1: Regional Spatial Analysis                                                                                            Report

Matt Dobertien

Sensitivity of the coastal ocean environment in Gulf Shores, Alabama

Yes

Nate Meyer

Response of different soil types to precipitation

Yes

Matt Hiatt

Hydrologic and topologic study of Wax Lake Delta

Yes

Mary Hingst

Water sources for hydraulic fracturing in the Barnett Shale

Yes

Xianlong Hou

Uncertainty in hydrodynamic modeling of oil spills

Yes

Haley Born

Designing a dam for Blockhouse Ranch

Yes