Poster Session and Student Competition Awards

Poster Session

Survey Comment: "There was so many good posters to see and the conversations and networking during the session were great."

A Poster session and reception on Wednesday evening showcased 104 posters presented by faculty, students, water managers, industry professionals and other organizations. See all poster abstracts by topic area by clicking on the topic area below.

• Hydrologic, Biogeochemical, and Ecological processes

  Surafel Abebe	Conditional Markov Mixture Models for Seasonal Rainfall Simulation
  Barney Austin	Numerical Modeling for Environmental Flow Studies: A Case Study of the Brazos River System (TX)
  Kamaljit Banger	Nitrogen Forms in Streams Draining Agricultural, Urban, Mining, and Pasture Sub-Basins of the Alafia River Watershed, Florida
  Jehangir Bhadha	Phosphorus retention characteristics of aluminum-based water treatment residuals for use in permeable reactive barriers
  Rupesh Bhomia	Soil nutrient storages in the Stormwater Treatment Areas of the Everglades basin.
  Thomas Bohrmann	Modeling hydrology and its effects on Florida Scrub jay on the Lake Wales ridge
  Anna Cathey	Global Sensitivity Analysis of a Rainfall-Runoff Model in a Largely Ungauged Watershed, Okavango Basin in southern Africa
  Debolina Chakraborty	Tool to Evaluate Soil Phosphorus Release and Potential Effect on Water Quality
  Alexander Cheesman	Phosphorus Composition in Wetland Substrates
  Maria Librada Chu-Agor	Global sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of SLAMM for the purpose of habitat vulnerability assessment and decision making
  Joseph Delesantro	Student Driven Research by the University of Florida Chapter of the American Water Resources Association
  Nikki Dix	Oysters as Indicators of Trophic Status in Highly Flushed Estuaries
  Melissa Friedman	Characterizing Riparian Forest Communities in an Urban and Urbanizing Area in West Central Florida
  Lisa Gardner	Carbon Pool Dynamics in a Phosphorus-Impacted Wetland (Everglades, FL)
  Andrea Gaughan	Linking climate to landscape: Investigating the response of vegetation to precipitation variability in a semi-arid catchment area of southern Africa
  Susan Gerena	Evaluation of Hydrologic Restoration Scenarios for Flatford Swamp in Southwest Florida using an Integrated Model
  Debashish Goswami	Effects of cattle exclusion best management practice on Phosphorus and Nitrogen discharges in the Lake Okeechobee basin
  Alphonce Guzha	Providing Environmental Services from an Agricultural Impoundment in South Florida
  Mike Jerauld	Factors controlling long-term phosphorus removal in six large constructed treatment wetlands in the Everglades basin, Florida
  David Kaplan	Linking River, Floodplain, and Vadose Zone Hydrology to Improve Restoration of a Coastal River Impacted by Saltwater Intrusion
  Yogesh Khare	Detection of trends in stream flow, base flow and nutrient concentrations in the Alafia River
  Robert Knight	Engineered Wetlands for Mitigation of Groundwater Nitrate Contamination in Florida
  Katrina Koski	Influence of Phreatic Conduit Floods on Matrix Storage in Confined and Unconfined Karst
  Marie Kurz	Pore water chemistry in a spring-fed river: Implications for hyporheic control of nutrient cycling and speleogenesis
  Gareth Lagerwall	Application of various ecological algorithms to accurately predict Typha domingensis (Cattail) dynamics throughout the Everglades
  Matthew Lauretta	Increased nutrient loading in Florida’s spring-fed, coastal rivers: effects on habitat and faunal communities.
  Ashley Mathews	Measurements of Primary Production in the Caloosahatchee River / San Carlos Bay Ecosystem
  Joong Hyuk Min	Water and Phosphorus Budget Modeling of a Historically Isolated Wetland in the Lake Okeechobee Basin: Management Scenario Evaluation
  Jennifer Mitchell	Phosphorus loading of two isolated wetlands in the Okeechobee Basin
  Stuart Muller	A Novel Water-Quality Model for the Southern Everglades
  Renee Murch	Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) for Hydrologic Modeling Applications
  Ying Ouyang	Characterization of Shallow Groundwater Quality: A Pre- and Post-Constructed Wetland Comparison
  John Palenchar	Targeting Residential Irrigation for Conservation
  Rajendra Paudel	Phosphorus biogeochemical model complexity and prediction performance in a large stormwater treatment wetland of south Florida
  Gloria Perez-Falcon	Modeling Landscape Processes to Explore Water as a Limiting Factor in Savanna Ecosystems
  Oscar Perez-Ovilla	Flexible simulation of surface runoff pollutants through dense vegetation
  Rosanne Prager	Managed Hydration Demonstrates Avoidance of Wetland Impacts by Groundwater Alteration
  Moutusi Roy	Temporal variations in recharge to a coastal aquifer and linked changes in Fe concentrations of the subterranean estuary
  Stephen Shivers	The Impact of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation on Carbon Dynamics and DOC Bioavailability in a Southeastern Reservoir
  Vibhava Srivastava	An integrated approach to investigate the hydrological behavior of the SantaFe River Basin, north central Florida
  Paula Viveros	Phytoplankton Composition and Abundance in Relation to Salinity, Nutrients and Light Gradients in Apalachicola Bay
  Krystal Walker	Evaluating the Chemistry of Halides and Dissolved Organic Matter in the St. Johns River
  Qingren Wang	Automatic Stations Setup and Surface Water Quality Monitoring in Everglades, Florida
  Manmeet Waria	Environmental Behavior of Biosolids-Borne Triclosan (TCS)
  Danielle Watts	Hydrologic Controls on Ecosystem Respiration in the Everglades Ridge-Slough Mosaic
  Amber Whittle	Dona Bay Watershed Management Plan
  Zuzanna Zajac	Global Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of Spatially Distributed Hydrological Model, Regional Simulation Model (RSM), to spatially distributed factors.

• Human Dimensions of Water Sustainability

  Jennifer Arnold	Examining the social dynamics of conflict and collaboration: A critical analysis of discourse surrounding sustainable riparian management in the southwestern US
  Melissa Baum Haley	Survey of Residential Water-wise Irrigation Practices and Perceptions
  Thomas Becker	Making Every Raindrop Count
  Becky Blanchard	Working on the Water: Oystermen, Environmental Flows, and Cultural Survival in the ACF Basin
  Jim Davis	Watering Smart & Efficiently in The Villages
  Rachel Divine	Factors associated with farmer adoption of Best Management Practices in the Suwannee River Water Management District of North Florida
  Michael Dukes	Evaluation of Sensor Based Residential Irrigation Water Application on Homes in Florida
  Liz Felter	Can Social Marketing Educate Consumers About Complicated Behaviors?
  William Kanapaux	Assessing Visitor Impact on Coastal Habitats in South Carolina’s ACE Basin
  Debora Kerr	Public/Private Partnerships: the Role of Public Health in Water Sustainability Policy Development for Decision Makers
  Angie Lindsey	Effective Issues Management: A Critical Analysis of the St. Johns River Water Management District It’s Your River Campaign
  Mary McCready	Irrigation Control to Conserve Water in Miami-Dade County. A Collaborative Effort between Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department and Cooperative Extension.
  Charles Moss	Modeling the Stochastic Nature of Agricultural Production Functions: Implications of State-Dependent Specifications for Water Use
  Christine Overdevest	Understanding Stakeholders in the St. Johns River
  Radha Pyati	The Second State of the River Report and Brochure on the Lower St. Johns River Basin: a Technical Report Designed for the Public

• Optimal Use of Integrated Water Supplies

  Adriana Artur	Water Use Efficiency by Marandu Palisadegrass as Affected by Nitrogen and Sulphur Fertilization
  Thales Barreto	Physiological and Yield Response of Bell Pepper to Automated Soil Moisture Sensor Controlled Drip Irrigation
  Tara Bongiovanni	Crop Curves of Sweet Corn Using Eddy Covariance Technique in North Central Florida
  Sherry Brandt-Williams	Reuse Water in the Middle St. Johns River Basin Watershed
  Pamela Cady	A Riverbank Filtration Demonstration Project on the Banks of the Kali River in southwestern India
  Stacia Davis	Irrigation Using ET Controllers: A Cooperator Study In Southwest Florida
  Daniel Dourte	Cropping Systems for Food and Water Security in India: Productivity and Groundwater Responses to Farm Management
  Carole Estes	FARMS: An Agricultural Water Conservation Program as Part of the SWUCA Recovery Strategy.
  Mica Franklin	Surfactant Use May Remediate Effluent-Water Induced Soil Hydrophobicity
  Kenneth Friedman	Optimal Indoor Water Conservation Planning for Single Family Homes
  Isaya Kisekka	Evaluation of Evapotranspiration-Based Irrigation Scheduling Technologies in a Tropical Fruit Orchard in South Florida
  Mengshan Lee	Miami-Dade Water Conservation Plan: Part I Senior Retrofit Program
  Robert McVay	Water and Energy Saving Opportunities for Small and Medium Water Systems in Florida
  Leah Meeks	Evaluation of Accuracy and Longevity of Expanding-Disk Rain Sensors
  Jeff Million	CCROP – A web-based decision support tool for managing water and nutrients in container nurseries
  Weiwei Mo	Water Embodied in US Economic Sectors and Water Efficiency Improvement
  Miguel Morales	Estimating Nonresidential Water Use within a Water Audit
  Stuart Norton	Evaluation of Trace Metal Mobilization during Managed Aquifer Recharge
  Thomas Olmsted	Investigating Different Irrigation Management Strategies on St. Augustinegrass
  Bhargavi Pathakamuri	Efficient Showerheads Role in Water Conservation – Status and Potential
  Colin Rawls	Evaluating Residential Water Rate Design: An Empirical Analysis in Florida
  Justin Saarinen	Using GIS to Understand, Manage, and Project Water Demands

• Managing Water and Energy in a Transitioning Environment

  Mohammad Abutayeh	Sustainable Desalination
  Tirusew Asefa	A “Predictor-Correct” Framework for Aggregating Nino3.4 Forecasts for use in Local Rainfall Simulations
  Jasmine Betz	Riparian Rule in Florida and Georgia’s Waterways: How a dated system is exhibiting signs of stress
  Jessica Bolson	System dynamics for integrated water resource management: Applying a group model building methodology to test learning from a system dynamics water balance model in South Florida
  Norman Breuer	Southeast Water Climate: science and stakeholder co-development of a decision support system to reduce climate risk in water management
  Omatoyo Dalrymple	Development of a robust mechanistic model for photocatalytic disinfection of water
  Kimberleigh Dinkins	Algae Based Water Treatment Systems for Biomass Recovery and Fuel Production
  John Erickson	Water Use of Potential Tall Grass Biofuel Crops in Florida
  Gregory Hendricks	Water Use for Three Biofuel Crops in South Florida
  Syewoon Hwang	Assessment of Mesoscale Dynamical Downscaling Model (MM5) for Regional Climate Simulation in the Tampa Bay region
  Nathan Johnson	Model Evaluation and Climate Variability Application to the Systems Dynamic STELLA© the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint (ACF) Basin
  Mary Kipp	Accounting for the Carbon Costs of Alternative Water Supplies in Florida
  Julie Padowski	Assessing Hydrologic Vulnerability in Urban Systems
  Joseph Park	Florida Extreme Tidal Levels for Water Management Planning
  Noorie Rajvanshi	Comparing Energy Cost of Water in the Production of Biofuels from Corn, Pine and Sweet Sorghum
  Susan Risko	Long-range Streamflow Forecasts in the Tampa Bay Region Using ENSO
  Robert Rooney	Comparison of Statistical Methods for Downscaling 1-14 Day Weather Forecasts in the Tampa Bay Region using a Reforecast Data Set
  Janak Timilsena	Water Management Scenario Analysis of Tampa Bay Water System
  Prem Woli	Forecasting Agricultural Drought with Agricultural Reference Index for Drought (ARID)

Student Competition Awards

Survey Comment: "It was great having judges who were experts in your field. Made the interaction and feedback very         valuable and ensured they were able to come by."

During the poster sessions, 64 students from over 9 Universities presented their work and competed for three prizes to fund travel at national and international conferences. We recruited 50 volunteer judges to talk with students that had similar research interests and review their posters.




Carbon Pool Dynamics in a Phosphorus-Impacted Wetland (Everglades, FL)
Lisa Gardner
University of Florida, Soil and Water Science

Phreatic Karst Conduit Flood Pulse Modeling
Katrina Koski
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Earth and Environmental Science

Estimating Nonresidential Water Use Within a Water Budget
Miguel Morales
University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Targeting Residential Irrigation for Conservation
John Palenchar
University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Phosphorus Biogeochemical Model Complexity and Prediction Performance in a Large South Florida Stormwater Treatment Wetland
Rajendra Paudel
University of Florida, Soil and Water Science

Model Evaluation and Climate Variability Application to the Systems Dynamic STELLA© model of the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint (ACF) Basin
Nathan Johnson
University of Florida, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Hydrologic Controls on Ecosystem Respiration in the Everglades Ridge-Slough Mosaic
Danielle Watts
University of Florida, School of Natural Resources and Environment