STUDENT WATER SYMPOSIUM NAU 2018 |
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THURSDAY APRIL 19TH |
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SESSION: WATER POLICY |
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| TIME | NAME | TITLE |
| 9:00 AM | Jamie Gottlieb | Restoration of Native Hawaiian Ahupua’a for the Benefit of Native Hawaiians |
| 9:15 AM | Robert George | An Examination of Stream Flow Policy that Maintains Appropriate Instream Flows in the United States |
| 9:30 AM | Casey Langstroth | Lake Mead Shortage: The Future of the Colorado River and its Lower Basin Dependents |
| 9:45 AM | Logan D Schluter | Uranium Mining and its Effects on Groundwater Contamination |
| 10:00 AM | Rachel Marie Ellis | Groundwater Protection on Arizona’s Colorado Plateau: A Promising Case for Federal Reserved Water Rights |
| BREAK 10:15–10:30 AM | ||
SESSION: INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY |
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| 10:30 AM | Erica Magdaleno | Technological Advancements to Water Conservation |
| 10:45 AM | Derek Sommers | Evaluating the Viability of the Centennial Dam |
| 11:00 AM | Dalton Manganello | Water Desalination in California |
| 11:15 AM | Caryn Massey | Will Standardizing Flagstaff’s Water Consumption Database Prevent “Day Zero” From Ever Happening? |
| 11:30 AM | Dustin Kebble | An Introduction to Sustainable Brewing: The Cycle of Culture, Water, and Beer |
| LUNCH 11:45 -12:45PM | ||
SESSION: GLOBAL CASE STUDIES |
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| 1:15 PM | Hannah Urrutia | Gauging Resiliency of Local Communities and Springs Ecosystems Prior to Water Infrastructure Development in Rural Nicaragua |
| 1:30 PM | David M. Sabata | The Cultural Significance of Springs, Plants, and Archaeology at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah |
| 1:45 PM | James Irr | Displaced Palestinian Refugees: Access to Water and Conservation in the Levant |
| 2:00 PM | Jessica Iverson | Water Management Failures and Solutions in Cape Town, South Africa |
| BREAK 2:15 – 2:30 PM | ||
SESSION: COMMUNITY AND UNIVERSITY PUBLIC INQUIRY |
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| 2:30 PM | Cadell Anderson | Arizona’s Water Use Impact on the Colorado River: A Battle for Water Rights in the Desert |
| 2:45 PM | Julia Diaz | Human Health Impacts of Uranium Contamination |
| 3:00 PM | Caitlin Yates | Water and Land Use Economics in the Navajo Nation |
| 3:15 PM | Erica Magdaleno | Water Management and Policies |
| 3:30 PM | Dylan S Hiatt | Surface Water Uranium Contamination on the Colorado Plateau |
| BREAK 3:45 – 4:00 PM | ||
SESSION: COMMUNITY & UNIVERSITY PUBLIC INQUIRY |
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| 4:00 PM | Jillian Wagner | Geological Effects of Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River |
| 4:15 PM | Lauren Swol | Environmental Racism on the Navajo Nation |
| 4:30 PM | Jessica L Archibald | Analyzing Climate Change Induced Water Scarcity on the Colorado Plateau |
| 4:45 PM | Rachel Ellis & GCT Pod | Ebb and Flow: Perspectives of Water in the Grand Canyon Region |
| END 5 PM | ||
FRIDAY APRIL 20TH |
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| TIME | NAME | TITLE |
SESSION: POSTERS |
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| 9:00 AM | *See Below | POSTER SESSION |
SESSION: WATER POLICY & MANAGEMENT INNOVATIONS IN ARIZONA |
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| 10:00 AM | Martin R Johnson | Free Flowing: Feasibility Study of Sustainable Rainwater Harvesting in Arizona |
| 10:15 AM | Luke Tirado | Fire Hydrants: Extinguishing Costs and Saving Water |
| 10:30 AM | Adam Bringhurst | Developing a Site Selection Prioritization Method for Ephemeral Channel Restoration in High Elevation Semi-Arid Forests |
| 10:45 AM | Adrienne Soder | Integrating Groundwater Valuation Studies into the Decision-Making Process for Water Policy Adaptation in Southwestern United States |
SESSION: GROUNDWATER |
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| 11:00 AM | Alexander Wood | Groundwater Delineation Between Sequential Karst Aquifers Using Stable Isotopes on The Kaibab Plateau, Grand Canyon |
| 11:15 AM | Joelle Sawaya | Gauging the Resiliency of Spring Ecosystems Before Water Infrastructure Development in Rural Nicaragua |
| 11:30 AM | Natalia Shaw | Tribal Groundwater Rights in the Context of Western Water Law: A Case Study of the Agua Caliente Band of Mission Indians |
| 11:45 AM | Athena R Talk | The Need for Water Education on the Navajo Reservation |
| 12:00 PM | Lindsey Jones | Groundwater Policies and Management on the Navajo Nation and Implications for Future Tribal Resource Management |
| LUNCH 12:15 – 1:00PM | ||
SESSION: AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN HABITAT |
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| 1:00 PM | Joe Sweet | Impacts of Glen Canyon Dam Flow Regulation on Aquatic Invertebrates |
| 1:15 PM | Jack Torresdal | Quantifying Biotic and Abiotic Habitat Features to Guide Repatriation of Southwestern Native Fishes |
| 1:30 PM | Molly Thrash | Policymaker Dilemmas at The Salton Sea |
| 1:45 PM | Spencer Robinson | The Cumulative Impact of Oil and Natural Gas Exploration in ANWR |
| 2:00 PM | Coreen Walsh | Influence of Changing Perceptions of Non-native Tamarisk on Management in the Southwest United States |
| BREAK 2:15 – 2:30 PM | ||
SESSION: CLIMATE CHANGE |
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| 2:30 PM | Jordyn Williamson | Colorado Pikeminnnow and Native Ecosystems |
| 2:45 PM | Reyes Giron | Cotton’s Dry-up of Arizona’s Water Resources |
| 3:00 PM | Julia B Hull | Combined effects of climate change and invasive species on Fremont cottonwood and their root -associated beneficial fungi |
| 3:15 PM | Gabriel Green | Weather Research and Forecasting Modeling |
| 3:30 PM | Montasir Maruf | Development and Update of Rainfall and Runoff Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves for Arizona State Counties in Response to Climate Change |
| BREAK 3:45 – 4:00 PM | ||
SESSION: WATER QUALITY |
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| 4:00 PM | Melissa Jacquez | Cadmium Removal from Water with a Corn Biosorbent |
| 4:15 PM | Karsyn Jordan | Shower to Flower |
| 4:30 PM | Emma Harries | Microplastics in the Ocean |
| 4:45 PM | Rafael Ramirez | Hydraulic Fracturing and its effects on water management in the Barnett Shale |
| END 5 PM | ||
*POSTER SESSION: FRIDAY APRIL 20TH 9:00AM-10:00AM |
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| NAME | POSTER TITLE |
| Alexandria Jim | Assessment of Drought Monitoring Using Quantitative Precipitation Estimation in North Eastern Arizona |
| Annie Wong | Late Holocene Flood History of Skilak River Using Sediment from Pothole Lake, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska |
| Bryden Baker | Agricultural and Socioeconomic Impacts of Glacial Decline in the Peruvian Andes |
| Charlotte Wiman | Reconstructing Late Holocene Productivity at Columbine Lake, CO Through Annually Laminated Sediments |
| Emile Eich | Te tai ao, Hauora, & Wai |
| Emily Romano | Dissolved organic carbon from thawing permafrost soils and detection through the watershed |
| Jaclyn Torkelson | Trace Metal Quantification in Unregulated Water Sources on the Navajo Reservation |
| James Stone | Understanding the complexities of dam removalst |
| Joann R Jeplawy | The Impact of Genotypic Vs. Environmental Variation in Leaf Litter on Aquatic Food Webs |
| Mary Samar | Social Impacts of Water Transfers in Pinal County, Arizona |
| Michael Bangs | Case Study on Current Policy and Management of Sacramento- San Joaquin River Delta and Effects of the California Water Fix |
| Natalie Jones | Sinkhole Geomorphology and Distribution on the Kaibab Plateau, Grand Canyon National Park |
| Paige Hardman | Potential Oil and Gas Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Hydrologic Impact |
| Rebeca Robles | Navajo Water Rights |
| Robert George, Ryan Lima, Mary Samar | A Case for Wild and Scenic Conservation: The Yampa River Legacy and the Colorado River |
| Tristan Dicke | City of Flagstaff Probable Well Locations |
| Tristin Rozar | A Look into the Effects of Reducing the Size of Marine National Monuments: As Proposed by The Trump Administration |
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