USGS Portland Seminar Series Schedule

USGS Spring 2012 Seminar Series Schedule
Oregon Water Science Center

Seminars this spring are usually held on Thursdays 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/spring2012_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 SPRING 2012 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Thursday
April 5
Noon to 1 pm

Developing an International Water Agreement in the UN Context: Possibilities and Obstacles

Richard Meganck

Former Director, UNESCO-IHE
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
[abstract]
[presentation] [ watch video*] [download video]

Thursday
April 12
Noon to 1 pm

Reservoir Connectivity Analysis: Studies of the Hydrocarbon and Aquifer Pressure Systems of Hydrocarbon Fields

Lee Fairchild

Petroleum Geologist
Gorge Geotechnical, LLC
[abstract]
[ watch video*] [download video]

Thursday
April 19
Noon to 1 pm

Managed Aquifer Recharge and Urban Stormwater Harvesting

Declan Page

Project Leader
CSIRO Land & Water, Australia
[professional page] [abstract]
[ watch video*] [download video]

Thursday
April 26
Noon to 1 pm

Impacts of Stormwater Runoff on Salmonids in Restored Urban Streams

Jay Davis

Environmental Toxicologist
US Fish and Wildlife Service, Lacey, WA
[professional page] [abstract] [presentation]

Thursday
May 3
Noon to 1 pm

Cancelled

Thursday
May 10
Noon to 1 pm

Challenges of Managing Large-Scale Vulnerable Ecosystems

Peter Goodwin

DeVlieg Presidential Professor in Ecohydraulics and Civil Engineering
University of Idaho, Boise, ID
[professional page] [abstract]

Thursday
May 17
Noon to 1 pm

Water Resources in Perú and Internal and International Conflicts for their Use

Francisco Coronado del Aguila

Dean, Faculty of Civil Engineering
National Engineering University, Lima, Peru
[professional page] [ $Water Resources in Per\372 and Internal and International Conflicts for their Use$ watch video*] [download video]

Thursday
May 24
Noon to 1 pm

Arming Mother Nature: How Modern Science and the Cold War Gave Birth to Catastrophic Environmentalism

Jacob Hamblin

Assistant Professor of Environmental History
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
[professional page] [ watch video*] [download video]

Thursday
May 31
Noon to 1 pm

Land-Atmosphere Exchange in the Swiss Alps

Marc Parlange

Dean, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering
EPFL University, Lausanne, Switzerland
[professional page]

Tuesday
June 5
Noon to 1 pm

How to dessiccate and reflood the Mediterranean in only 500 ky: Mechanics of the Messinian Salinity Crisis

Daniel Garcia-Castellanos

Researcher (currently on sabbatical at USGS ORWSC),
Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera ICTJA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
[professional page] [abstract]

Thursday
June 7
Noon to 1 pm

The Implications of Riverscape Complexity and Methods for its Measurement

Mark Fonstad

Assistant Professor of Geography
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
[professional page] [abstract]
[ watch video*] [download video]

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USGS Spring 2012 Seminar Series Schedule
Oregon Water Science Center