Piscopo , Amy N 1 ; Kasprzyk , Joseph R 2 ; Neupauer , Roseanna M 3 1 University of Colorado Boulder 2 University of Colorado Boulder 3 University of Colorado Boulder The need for robust methods to optimize design problems is ubiquitous across many fields of engineering. Multi-objective evolutionary...
Osborn , Stephen 1 1 Cal Poly Pomona Hydraulic fracturing and directional drilling technologies have significantly expanded natural gas production from organic-rich shale formations in the US and worldwide. In fact, the United States Energy Information Administration predicts that the US will become a net natural gas exporter by 2020...
Nossokoff , Austin 1 ; Rajaram , Harihar 2 2 Presenting Author 1 CU Boulder 2 CU Boulder The dynamics of the englacial cryo-hydrologic system control two important mechanisms contributing to accelerated ice flow on the Greenland Ice Sheet- delivery of water to the bed to drive basal sliding, and...
Neubecker , Ken 1 1 American Rivers Colorado is currently developing its first Water Plan, a plan that will try and help solve the many water issues and future shortages we face. Some have said we don’t need one because we already have a “plan” called Prior Appropriation. But the...
Murphy , Sheila F. 1 ; Writer , Jeff 2 ; McCleskey , Blaine 3 ; Martin , Deborah 4 2 Presenting Author 1 USGS 2 CU 3 USGS 4 USGS Hydrologic processes can be dramatically altered post-wildfire. However, the high temporal and spatial resolution data needed to effectively quantify...
Miller , Hannah M 1 ; Mayhew , Lisa 2 ; Kelemen , Peter 3 ; Templeton , Alexis 4 1 University of Colorado at Boulder 2 University of Colorado at Boulder 3 Columbia University 4 University of Colorado at Boulder Water stored in peridotite aquifers in the shallow subsurface...
Meyer , John 1 ; Hohner , Amanda K 2 ; Cawley , Kaelin 3 ; Rosario-Ortiz , Fernando L 4 1 University of Colorado at Boulder 2 University of Colorado at Boulder 3 University of Colorado at Boulder 4 University of Colorado at Boulder The Hewlett Gulch wildfire that...
Korak , Julie A 1 ; Wert , Eric C 2 ; Rosario-Ortiz , Fernando L. 3 1 University of Colorado Boulder 2 Southern Nevada Water Authority 3 University of Colorado Boulder Cyanobacteria blooms are an area of concern for watershed management and protecting drinking water source quality. Some cyanobacteria...
Knowles , John F 1 ; Cowie , Rory 2 ; Zeliff , Morgan 3 ; Harpold , Adrian A 4 ; Barnard , Holly P 5 ; Burns , Sean P 6 ; Morse , Jennifer F 7 ; Williams , Mark W 8 1 University of Colorado 2...
Kenney , Douglas S 1 1 CU Law, Western Water Policy Program Municipal water utilities are frequently encouraged to show leadership in designing and implementing programs to achieve water conservation, and many have been remarkably successful in doing so. However, due to the institutional framework governing how water utilities operate,...