Date

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April 6, 2000

08:00

Registration

Session Chair:      Hubert J. Morel-Seytoux
                               Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering Department

08:20

Three-Dimensional Analysis of Infiltration from the Disc Infiltrometer; (Abstract) P.J. Ross; CSIRO, Cunningham Laboratory, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.; R. Haverkamp; 'Laboratoire d'Etude du Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement (LTHE/IMG, UJF, CNRS URA 1512), BP 53X, 38041, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France.; J.-Y. Parlange; 'Departinent of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Riley-Robb Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA (Phone: 607-255-2476; Fax: 607-255-4080; E-mail: jp58@comell.edu).; K.R.J. Smettem; Department of Soils, University of Westerne Australia, WA 6907, Australia

08:40

Coupledand Uncoupled Transport In Porous Media;(Abstract) A. T. Corey; Professor Emeritus; Department of Chemical and Bioresource Engineering, Colorado State University

09:00

Stochastic Modeling of Immiscible Flow with Moment Equations;(Abstract) Kenneth D. Jarman; Pacific Northwest National Lab (AMath, TM&S), and; Dept. of Appl. Math, Univ. of Colo., Boulder; http://amath.colorado.edu/appm/student/jarman/Home.html

09:20

Solving the Inverse Problem in Groundwater Flow by Iterative Inversion of a Neural Network; (Abstract) Abdalla Shigidi and Luis Garcia; Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University; Department of Chemical and Bioresource Engineering, Colorado State University

09:40

Optimum Utilization of Ground Water Resources In A heavily Exploited Aquifer;(Abstract) Mr. Salavitabar Mahab Ghods; Consuting Eng.Tehran, Iran; Dr. J. Naji; Assist. Prof. PWITTehran, Iran

10:00

Mid-morning break

10:20 

 Session Chair:   Darrell Fontane
                             Professor, Civil Engineering Department

10:20

Measuring The Total Economic Value of Restoring Ecosystem Services In The Platte River Basin:  Results From A Contingent Valuation Method Survey; (Abstract) John Loomis, Paula Kent; Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Colorado State University; Liz Strange, Kurt Fausch, and Alan Covich; Department of Fish and Wildlife Biology; Colorado State University; email: jloomis@ceres.agsci.colostate.edu

10:40

Understanding the Relative Importance of Reservoir Operations and Climate on Reservoir Thermal Conditions; (Abstract) Laurel Saito, Ph.D., P.E.; Post Doctoral Fellow; Civil Engineering Department; Colorado State University; Fort Collins, CO  80523; 970 491-2801 / 970 491-7727 (fax); lsaito@engr.colostate.edu; Mark Anderson, M.S.; Staff Engineer; TST, Inc. Consulting Engineers; Brett M. Johnson, Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Fishery and Wildlife Biology Department; Colorado State University

11:00

Ground Water- Surface Water Interactions at a Losing Stream: Their Relationship to the Disappearance of Interdunal Wetlands at Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado; (Abstract) Frederic C. Wurster; Department of Earth Resources, Colorado State University; Colorado State University

11:20

Flash Flood Laboratory Colorado State University; Christopher R. Adams, Eve Gruntfest, and Kenneth E. Eis; (Abstract) Flash Flood Laboratory; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere; Colorado State University; Fort Collins, CO  80526; (970) 491-3899; fax (970) 491-8241; e-mail: adams@cira.colostate.edu

11:40

Oceanographic sampling methodology applied to coastal water monitoring;(Abstract) Michael A. Rozengurt, Ph.D., P.H. and Irwin C. Haydock, Ph.D.; Coastal Consulting, 8888 Laderdale Court, Unit 216 F. Huntington Beach, CA92646; Ph.(714)536-4403,; E-mail: mrozengurt@juno.come.

12:00

Adjournment