NASA's GRACE Satellite Mission Topic for Nov. 2 Cyberseminar
A discussion of NASA’s GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) twin satellite mission is on tap for the second campus viewing of the Fall 2007 Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Cyberseminar Series.
The Friday, Nov. 2, gathering is scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Engineering building, room 413A. The viewing is free and open to all.
USU Water Initiative hosts the CUAHSI series. The cyberseminars are PowerPoint presentations shown over the Web and accompanied by a presenter narration conducted through a conference call.
Featured cyberseminar speaker is Jay Famiglietti, associate professor in the Department of Earth System Science and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Irvine.
The third and final fall cyberseminar is set for Friday, Nov. 16, at 1 p.m. in the Engineering building, room 413A. Murugesu Sivapalan, professor in the Department of Geology and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is featured presenter. His topic is “Advancing Hydrologic Predictability in a Changing Environment through Interdisciplinary Synthesis.”
The USU Water Initiative also conducts a fall seminar series featuring guest speakers from a variety of water-related disciplines. All seminars are free and open to the public.
Martin Doyle, associate professor in the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Department of Geology, visits campus Tuesday, Nov. 13. His topic is “Aging Infrastructure, Ecosystem Restoration and the New Economy of Rivers.” His talk begins at 3:30 p.m. in the Engineering building, room 101.
The USU Water Initiative is an interdisciplinary collaboration of the university’s Utah Water Research Laboratory and the colleges of Agriculture; Business; Engineering; Natural Resources; Science; and Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences. Established in 2003, the initiative fosters collegial sharing of water-related research and ideas throughout campus and the community.
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Contact: Kim Schreuders [kimas@cc.usu.edu], 435-797-2941
Writer: Mary-Ann Muffoletto [maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu], 435-797-1429
Writer: Mary-Ann Muffoletto [maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu], 435-797-1429
USU Water Initiative hosts the CUAHSI Cyberseminar Series. The Friday, Nov. 2, seminar focuses on NASA's GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) twin satellite mission. Image courtesy of NASA.
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