GIS in Water Resources, 2018 Term Project Presentations

Water Resources: Tues Nov 13

Student	Written Term Paper
Stephanie Arnold	Groundwater Elevation in the Colorado River Delta following a Pulse Flow
Emily Bristol	Predicting DOC and DON concentrations in watersheds draining into Beaufort Sea Lagoons, AK
Andrew Chu	Evaluation of a Novel Method for Estimating Directly Connected Impervious Area and Unconnected Impervious Area.
Victoria Ibarra	An Interactive Map for the Longhorn Stream Team Citizens Science Initiative
Andrew Jaeger	Annual Snow Pack effect on the Lake Powell
Sierra Jensen	Winter terrain comparison of six Utah ski resorts
Preston McLaughlin	Quantifying Runoff Rates for Unpaved Road Segments in Culebra, PR.
Emily Pease	Watershed delineations: an area comparison between the USGS and ESRI watershed delineation methodologies

Environmental: Thurs Nov 15

Student	Project
Qining Chen	Electricity generation from national gas liquids in the Permian Basin
Rijul Gosar	Air pollution modeling in Austin using Google Street View Cars
Hannah Knaup	Water Stress in the Continental United States
Maarten Kroll	Changes in Land Cover in US Cities over Time
Paras Vaid	Mapping changes in water consumption in Texas river basins due to changes in water demand by Electricity Generating Units
Jing Wu	Visualization of mobile-monitored air quality data in Austin
Clint Smith	GIS-Enabled Rain Garden Design: A Case Study in Austin, Texas

Flooding: Tues Nov 27

Student	Project
Whitney Benson	2013 Floods: Mapping Hydrology and Impacts in Larimer County, Colorado
Carolyn Cooper	Flooding surrounding the Addicks Reservoir during Hurricane Harvey
Luisa Florez	Understanding the Socioeconomic Trends in Areas Impacted by Flooding During Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas
Leah Huling	A Comparative Study of the National Water Model Forecast to Observed Streamflow Data
Sruthi Kakuturu	Flooding and Dewatering of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina
Lorraine Liu	Flooding in the City of Houston during Hurricane Harvey
Emily Luomala	A Study on the Lake Conroe Dam Release Following Hurricane Harvey
Julian Plough	Flood inundation and property valuation analyzed using the hedonic method

Biological: Thurs Nov 29 (along with 2 students from USU)

Jenelle Estrada	Investigating the effects of nutrient limitation, light and salinity on seagrass cover in the lower Laguna Madre
Katie Lyons	Sufficiency of publicly-available data to monitor Central Texas groundwater salamanders
Miranda Madrid	Rookery Island Bird Abundance: A 40 Year Study
Leighann Martin	Predicting fish populations in the Mission-Aransas Estuary Research Reserve based on water quality
David Nguyen	Brackish Groundwater Recharge Potential in Texas

Policy and International: Tues Dec 4

Student	Project
Jill Baggerman	Water and Peace in Iraqs Water Access, Ethno-religious Identity, and Conflict in Iraqs Peacebuilding Process
Brian Kim	Examining the role of Land Use and Precipitation on Water Quality in Lake Tana, Ethiopia
Matthew Preisser	Social Vulnerability in Flood Prone Areas: Using Satellite Imagery as a Socio-Economic Predictor
Sephra Thomas	Financing Floods in Chicago
Shazzadur Rahman	Assessment of Damage Due to Hurricane Florence in Wilmington, NC
Talha Rifaai	Central Texas Hill County Flood
Kylee Ward	Historic Flooding in Timarron Lakes of Creekside Park Neighborhood
Cesar Yahia	A Probabilistic Model for Predicting Road Network Disruption