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