Oct. 31, 2014 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center 215 Depeyster Street, Kent, OH 44240 Tomorrow will be a day full of inter-disciplinary talks and discussion about water and cities. David Sedlak, author of Water 4.0, will be the keynote speaker, but all of …
The Watershed Hydrology lab will be out in force for the Geological Society of America annual meeting in Vancouver in October. Over the next few days, we’ll be sharing the abstracts of the work we are presenting there. ASSESSING HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS OF STREET-SCALE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS FOR SUBURBAN PARMA, OHIO …
Next week, the Watershed Hydrology Lab will be well represented at the CUAHSI 2014 Biennial Colloquium. We’ll be presenting four posters, so here come the abstracts… Stormwater control measures modify event-based stream temperature dynamics in urbanized headwaters Grace Garner1, Anne Jefferson2*, Sara McMillan3, Colin Bell4 and David M. Hannah1 1School …
Next week, the Watershed Hydrology Lab will be well represented at the CUAHSI 2014 Biennial Colloquium. We’ll be presenting four posters, so here come the abstracts… Assessing impacts of green infrastructure at the watershed scale for suburban streets in Parma, Ohio Kimberly Jarden, Anne Jefferson, Jennifer Grieser, and Derek Schaefer …
Kent State and Holden Arboretum are hosting a summer REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) focused on aquatic-terrestrial linkages in urban impacted ecosystems. Lots of great faculty in geology, biological sciences and other departments are participating, and I would be thrilled to mentor a student through the program. The program will …
From an email to CUAHSI members today: A quick reminder that we invite you to join us for a special CUAHSI Cyberseminar this Thursday at a special time hosted by Roy Haggerty, Tom Meixner, and Patrick Belmont, members of the Water, Sustainability and Climate (WSC) community. Thursday, January 23rd, 2 …
I was hired as part of a cluster hire focused on urban ecosystems at Kent State University, and while my research has a significant urban component to it, I had not taught an urban-focused class… until this past semester, when I created a new class in Urban Hydrology. Urban hydrology …
Here’s a nice EPA video highlighting the work being done by Bill Shuster and other EPA scientists on the connections between green infrastructure, watershed scale stormwater management, and combined sewer overflows. We’ve been reading and talking about some of this work in Urban Hydrology.
Mackenzie Osypian is defending her MS research in Civil Engineering at UNC Charlotte, April 22nd at 4:00 pm in McEniry Hall 441 on the UNC Charlotte campus. Mackenzie is advised by Anne Jefferson and Sandra Clinton. John Daniels and Jim Bowen are on her committee. Mackenzie’s research is titled: “Evaluating …
I’m still super excited about Lost Rivers showing in Kent tonight, but there are many other great films at the Environmental Film Festival as well. This short from Jessica Yu, director of Last Call at the Oasis is fantastic: Meet Mr. Toilet | Jessica Yu from Focus Forward Films on …