USGS Portland Seminar Series Schedule

USGS Fall 2011 Seminar Series Schedule
Oregon Water Science Center

Seminars are usually held on Tuesdays from noon to 1 pm. The seminars are informal and are open to the public. Bring your lunch. The USGS Oregon Water Science Center office is located in Portland at 2130 SW 5th Ave. Directions to the USGS office are posted at http://or.water.usgs.gov/location.html.

If you would like to be notified of upcoming seminars via email, then please sign up for the online mailing list at: http://or.water.usgs.gov/seminars/maillist.html. The online mailing list also will be used to notify its members of seminar cancellations or other schedule changes.

Note: The following schedule is subject to change. Please check this page or call 503-251-3200 prior to attending a seminar. This schedule can be downloaded from http://or.water.usgs.gov/seminars/seminar_history/fall2011_schedule.pdf.

*Disclaimer -- The research, opinions, and materials expressed by presenters are solely of the individuals and are not reflective of the Oregon Water Science Center, the U.S. Geological Survey, or the U.S. Department of the Interior.

USGS FALL 2011 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Tuesday
September 13
Noon to 1 pm

Application of Watershed Disturbance Models to Predict and Assess Biological Integrity of Stream Ecosystems

Ian Waite

Research Hydrologist
USGS Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR

Tuesday
September 20
Noon to 1 pm

Channel Evolution on the Dammed Elwha River, WA and (finally) the Start of Dam Removal

Amy Draut

Research Geologist
USGS, Geological Division, Pacific Southwest Area
Santa Cruz, CA
[professional page]

Tuesday
September 27
Noon to 1 pm

No Seminar

Tuesday
October 4
Noon to 1 pm

Incorporating Distributed Temperature Sensing into the USGS Geophysical Toolbox: Case Studies Combining Thermometers and X-Ray Vision (with Astigmatism)

Fred Day-Lewis

Research Hydrologist
USGS Office of Groundwater, Branch of Geophysics, Storrs, CT
[abstract]

Tuesday
October 11
Noon to 1 pm

To Be Determined

Claudia Faunt

Hydrologist
USGS California Water Science Center, San Diego, CA

Tuesday
October 18
Noon to 1 pm

The Future is Not the Past:
The Role of History in a Changing Landscape

Anita Guerrini

Horning Professor of Humanities and History Professor
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
[professional page] [abstract]
[ watch video*] [download video]

Tuesday
October 25
Noon to 1 pm

CANCELLED

Tawnya Peterson

Assistant Professor of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
[professional page] [abstract]

Tuesday
November 1
Noon to 1 pm

A Process-Based Hierarchical Framework for Monitoring Glaciated Mountain Headwaters

Anne Weekes

Ecologist
USGS and University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Tuesday
November 8
Noon to 1 pm

No Seminar

Tuesday
November 15
Noon to 1 pm

Reclamation and the Columbia: The forgotten story of irrigation development and dam siting

Bill Lang

Professor of History
Portland State University, Portland, OR
[abstract]
[ watch video*] [download video]

Tuesday
November 22

The Klamath Basin Secretarial Determination-
Process, Opportunities, and Challenges for Dam Removal, Water Quality Improvements and Ecosystem Restoration

Chauncey Anderson

Hydrologist
USGS Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR
[professional page]

Tuesday
November 29
Noon to 1 pm

New Insights on the Biogeochemistry of the Columbia River from In Situ Sensors

Joe Needoba

Assistant Professor of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
[professional page]
[ watch video*] [download video]

Tuesday
December 6
Noon to 1 pm

Picturing the Earth's History: Narrative Form and Landscape Illustration in Nineteenth-Century American Geological Science

Matt Johnston

Assistant Professor of History
Lewis and Clark College. Portland, OR
[professional page] [abstract]

Tuesday
December 13
Noon to 1 pm

Groundwater Management Modeling in Support of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement

Brian Wagner

Hydrologist
USGS National Research Program, Menlo Park, CA
[professional page] [abstract]

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USGS Fall 2011 Seminar Series Schedule
Oregon Water Science Center