Hosts: Drs. Hongjie Xie and Hatim Sharif

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

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

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

Organizer: Dr. Hatim Shrif

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

Organizer: Dr. Lance Lambert

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

Organizer: Dr. Hongjie Xie

Seminar Date Seminar Details
October 25, 2010 Microwave Remote Sensing of Sea Ice
Stefan Kern, University of Hamburg, Germany

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