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Dr. Tim Scheibe
jacquem“A hybrid multiscale framework for subsurface flow and reactive transport simulations”
Dr. Tim Scheibe, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Date: Monday, October 12, 2015
Place: Sloan 175
Time: 4:10 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
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Call for Special Sessions
jacquemUniversities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) and
National Institutes of Water Resources (NIWR) Annual Water Resources Conference
June 21-23, 2016 Pensacola Beach, FL
We will be on the beautiful white sands of the Gulf Coast for the 2016 UCOWR/NIWR Annual Water Resources Conference. We will be discussing critical water issues in the southeastern United States, as well as across the continent and globe. Water quantity and quality concerns continue to take center stage in the United States and world. Please join the dialogue, as we seek to develop multi-disciplinary solutions to complex water problems. More details
Important dates:
Proposals for Special Sessions due: October 19, 2015
Notification of Special Sessions acceptance: October 26, 2015
Abstracts due: January 19, 2016
Notification of Abstract acceptance: Late March 2016
SPR Talks: Our Water, Our Future
jacquemThis year’s drought conditions have seriously impacted more than recreational life in the Inland Northwest. Tourist dollars are down in communities that rely on those recreational visits. Crop damage and dry pastures are harsh realities for agriculture. Smoke from various wildfires keeps those with asthma indoors. And many climate specialists believe this is only the beginning of our water-related problems. Read More
The 11th Annual Palouse Basin Water Summit
jacquemKeynote speaker Stephen Leahy, author of
“Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products”
Pullman, WA Did you know that it takes more than 7,600 liters (2,000 gallons) of water to make a single pair of jeans? That morning cup of coffee required 140 liters (37 gallons) of water before it found its way to your table—water that was used to grow, process and ship the coffee beans. When we spend money on food, clothes, cell phones or even electricity, we are buying water — a shockingly large amount of water. To learn more.
Please Join Us!
•Appetizers & no host bar
•Annual Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee water usage report
•Raffle for low-flow toilet and individual xeriscaping plan
Our Water Footprint
4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, October 1, 2015
Schweitzer Engineering Event Center
1825 Schweitzer Drive
“Water Management Strategies for Addressing Long-Term Drought and Climate Uncertainty”: Conference and opportunity for student travel award
jacquemThe goal of this conference is to provide information on management tools and approaches that can improve water managers’ ability to cope with increased variability of drought and flooding.
•The conference will bring together academics; federal, state and local agency personnel; and water users, water district managers and other practitioners.
•Poster session on evening of October 28. Submission form on registration website or below.
•Limited travel assistance for students. Student travel award opportunity, see registration website or below for application and deadlines.
•$50 registration fee includes meals.
October 28-29, 2015
Radisson Hotel, SLC downtown
Salt Lake City, Utah
For more information:
Conference Announcement_August28
Grad Travel Award application
CallForPosters_Aug 28
Near_final_agenda_August23
Water Smart Innovations Conference and Travel Scholarship Opportunity
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Travel scholarship for a WSU graduate student (Masters or PhD)
Deadline to submit to WRC: Sept 2, 2015.
watercenter@wsu.edu
Submit a one page proposal of research that you are doing or are interested in doing in the areas of water demand management, water supply, and water conservation. WRC will select the winner among the applicants. The winner wins a graduate student scholarship to attend the WaterSmart Innovations (WSI) Conference 2015 in Las Vegas, October 7 – 9, 2015
(https://www.watersmartinnovations.com/)
The scholarship includes:
- full conference registration,
- registration for one pre-conference workshop or post-conference technical tour ,
- three nights lodging at the conference hotel and
- up to $500 reimbursement for round trip coach airfare.
Recipients will be reimbursed for travel by check upon arrival. The maximum value of the scholarship is $1200.
Jennifer Adam, Associate Director of the Water Research Center: among top 100 inspiring women in STEM
jacquemPULLMAN, Wash. – For excellence in mentoring and motivating students, Washington State University associate professor Jennifer Adam received a “100 Inspiring Women in STEM” award from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine.
The annual award celebrates women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who encourage the involvement of women in these STEM fields. Adam will be honored in the magazine’s September edition. (more)
Request for Proposals – Food-Energy-Water Nexus Seed Grants and Planning Grants
jacquemThe WSU FEW seed and planning grant program is currently accepting proposals
Food-Energy-Water Nexus
There is a critical need to better understand the couplings of the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus and how they determine system responses within and across resources domains. In recognizing this need, many institutions, including multiple federal agencies (e.g. NSF) and WSU, have committed to or are considering making FEW issues a top research priority in the coming years.
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Seminar: Hydraulic geometry: Looking at an old concept in new ways
Jonathan Yoder- Wednesday, 8 April 2015
- Lighty 405, 2-3pm
- Washington State University, Pullman
Sponsored by The Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach
Throughout history, humans have relied on rivers for a variety of uses including transportation, food, water for drinking and irrigation, renewable energy, and recreation. River channels also form the physical basis for riparian ecosystems with flow and sediment processes in the channel coevolving with flora and fauna. This process often leads to a state of dynamic equilibrium where the channel is essentially stable in form. Both anthropogenic activities and natural events may alter flow and sediment dynamics in the channel, disrupting this equilibrium. Disruptions may be due to direct or indirect impacts and often have significant environmental effects. Direct impacts occur within the channel and include channelization, instream structures, and gravel mining. Indirect impacts occur outside of the channel and alter the magnitude and timing of water and sediment delivery to streams. Examples of indirect impacts include changes in land use or climate. Hydraulic geometry, or regime equations, is a tool to relate hydrologic variables to channel form. While this concept is more than 50 years old, regional regime equations now form the basis of many stream restoration projects. This presentation revisits the concept of hydraulic geometry and investigates new applications. Using example data, it is demonstrated how hydraulic geometry clarifies the physics underlying fluvial processes as well as predicts generalized changes in channel form.
Dr. Petrie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at WSU. His research focuses on rivers and sediment transport and the impact of hydropower operations on river morphology and ecology.