Events
UF Water Institute Seminar Series
Past Seminars
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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| Speaker: Roger Bachmann, Florida LAKEWATCH, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida | |
| Seminar Title: Setting the numeric nutrient criteria for Florida lakes; why one size does not fit all (Abstract) | |
| Presentation: (Video) | |
| Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | |
| Location: 209 Emerson Alumni Hall | |
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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| Speaker: Franklin Baker, Florida Watershed Coordinator, Watershed Coordination Section, U.S. EPA Region 4, Atlanta | |
| Seminar Title: The Watershed Approach to Water Quality Restoration | |
| Time: 11:45 AM - 12:35 PM | |
| Location: Phelps Lab | |
| Co-Host: Center for Wetlands | |
Thursday, August 5, 2010
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| Speaker: Dr. Asit Mazumder, NSERC Industrial Research Chair,Water and Aquatic Science Research Progam, University of Victoria, Canada | |
| Seminar Title: Issues and Challenges of Sustaining Clean and Healthy Water and Ecosystems (Abstract) | |
| Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | |
| Location: 376 Newins-Ziegler Hall | |
| Co-Host: Florida Sea Grant and UF Emerging Pathogens | |
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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| Speaker: Carolina Murcia, Organization for Tropical Studies Science Director | |
| Seminar Title: Opportunities in Costa Rica with the Organization for Tropical Studies Abstract (Abstract) | |
| Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | |
| Location: 285 J. Wayne Reitz Union | |
Thursday, October 2, 2008
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| Speaker: Ray Huffaker, Professor and Chair, Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida | |
| Seminar Title: Economic dynamics of reservoir sedimentation management using hydrosuction dredging (Abstract) | |
| Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | |
| Location: 122 Rogers Hall | |
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
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| Speaker: Dr. Mike Trefry, Principal Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Urban and Industrial Water, Perth Australia | |
| Seminar Title: Industrial and Urbanization Impacts on Groundwater Quality Near Perth in Western Australia | |
| Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | |
| Location: 122 Rogers Hall | |
Monday, April 23, 2007
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| Speaker: Dr. Shimon Wdowinski, Research Associate Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami | |
| Seminar Title: Wetland InSAR: Observations and Implications | |
| Seminar Description: Space-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a very reliable technique for monitoring changes of both the solid and aquatic surfaces of the Earth. SAR measures two independent observables, backscatter amplitude and phase, over a wide swath (50-400 km) with pixel resolution of 10-100 m depending on the satellite acquisition parameters. Wetland InSAR is a relatively new application of the InSAR technique that detects water level changes in aquatic environments with emergent vegetation. Although conventional wisdom suggests that interferometry does not work in vegetated areas, several studies have shown that both L- and C-band interferograms with short acquisition intervals (1-105 days) can maintain excellent coherence over wetlands. In this study we explore the usage of InSAR for detecting water level changes in various wetland environments around the world, including the Everglades (south Florida), Louisiana Coast (southern US), Pantanal (Brazil), and Okavango Delta (Botswana). Our main study area is the Everglades wetland (south Florida), which is covered by probably the densest stage network in the world (more than 200 stations), located 5-10 km from one another allowing for the evaluation of uncertainty, the ability to tie the relative InSAR observations (water level changes) to absolute reference frame and to produce high spatial-resolution (10-100 m resolution) maps of absolute water levels. See http://www.geodesy.miami.edu/. | |
| Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | |
| Location: 284 J. Wayne Reitz Union | |
Thursday, March 8, 2007
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| Speaker: Dr. Michael McClain, Director, FIU Global Water for Sustainability Program | |
| Seminar Title: FIU Global Water for Sustainability Program | |
| Seminar Description: GLOWS is the USAID's flagship program extending the practice of integrated water resources management in the developing world. They have active projects in South America, East Africa, and India, and are in the process of developing new projects and training courses in other parts of the world. GLOWS has a unique relationship with USAID that enables them to receive non-competitive grants to implement a broad range of water resource projects anywhere in the world where USAID operates. GLOWS has a view of identifying a broader network of potential partners and expertise to implement project activities. | |
| Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
| Location: 286 J. Wayne Reitz Union | |
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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| Speaker: Dr. Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | |
| Seminar Title: Beyond Panaceas in Water Management | |
| Seminar Description: The past fifty years of water management policy have seen alternating policies emphasize the state, user groups, or markets as essential for solving water management problems. A closer look reveals that each of these has worked in some places but failed in others, especially when policies attempted to spread them over too many diverse situations. This paper examines factors to be considered when developing institutional arrangements for water management that are appropriate to local conditions. Ruth Meinzen-Dick is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She is Coordinator of the CGIAR System-wide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi). Dr. Meinzen-Dick is a development sociologist who received her MSc and PhD degrees from Cornell University. Much of her work has been interdisciplinary research on water policy, local organizations, property rights, gender analysis, and the impact of agricultural research on poverty. She has conduced field work in Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and India, where she was born and raised. She has published over 70 journal articles or book chapters, and 10 book or monographs, including Innovation in Natural Resource Management: The Role of Property Rights and Collective Action in Developing Countries, and Negotiating Water Rights. CAPRi is a research program and network involving 15 international centers and partners at over 400 other organizations http://www.capri.cgiar.org IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute http://www.ifpri.org IFPRI's mission is to provide policy solutions that cut hunger and malnutrition. IFPRI is one of 15 food and environmental research organizations supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) http://www.cgiar.org | |
| Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | |
| Location: 122 Rogers Hall | |
Thursday, November 9, 2006
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| Speaker: Professor Wayne C. Huber, Chair, National Research Council Review Committee on the Everglades, Oregon State University | |
| Seminar Title: Everglades Restoration: In Progress or in Peril? | |
| Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | |
| Location: 1001 New Physics Building | |
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
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| Speaker: Dr. Nancy Johnson, Economist, CIAT | |
| Seminar Title: Water and People in Catchments Research Theme CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food | |
| Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | |
| Location: 122 Rogers Hall | |
Friday, December 2, 2005
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| Speaker: Dr. Jay Yinglin, Economist, Southwest Florida Water Management District | |
| Seminar Title: Florida Single Family Residential Water Rates Evaluation (Abstract) | |
| Seminar Description: Florida Single Family Residential Water Rates Evaluation | |
| Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | |
| Location: 122 Rogers Hall | |
Saturday, October 8, 2005
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| Speaker: Dr. John Morton, Environmental Specialist, World Bank | |
| Seminar Title: Improving the Local Environment and Combating Climate Change in Communities in Developing Countries | |
| Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | |
| Location: 285 J. Wayne Reitz Union | |
| Co-Host: Environmental Engineering Sciences & Transnational and Global Studies Center | |
