Jul 8 |
Ph.D. Graduate Student Defense, 10:30 am, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Megan Gentry, Atmospheric Science - "Atlantic Hurricanes and Climate Change" |
Jul 25 |
Department Seminar, 10:00 - 11:00 am, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Qiang Zhang, Tsinghua University (hosted by Y. Zhang) |
Aug 1 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 1:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Katherine Pierson, Marine Science - "Response of Estuarine Fish to Large-Scale Oyster Reef Restoration" |
Aug 5 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 10:00 am, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Jill Nelson, Marine Science - "Numerical Investigation of Air-Sea Interactions During Winter Extratropical Storms" |
Aug 12 |
Special Seminar, 1:30 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Qiang Zhang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, "Improvements of Anthropogenic Emission Inventory for China: Bottom-up Estimates and Satellite Constraints" (hosted by Y. Zhang) |
Aug 16 |
Special Seminar, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Alexander Kurapov, Oregon State University, "Variational Assimilation of Satellite and In-situ Data in a Real-time Coastal Ocean Model off Oregon" (hosted by R. He) |
Aug 17 |
First Day of classes
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 3:15 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Katherine Weaver, Earth Science - "Impacts of Vegetation and Development on the Morphology of Coastal Sand Dunes Using Modern Geospatial Techniques: Jockey's Ridge Case Study" |
Aug 22 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
William Vizuete, UNC-Chapel Hill, "Attaining the Ozone Standard in Houston, TX" (hosted by Y. Zhang) |
Aug 25 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 10:30 am, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Bryce Tyner, Atmospheric Science - "African Easterly Waves: Evolution in Potential Vorticity Fields and Interactions with Upper-level Troughs" |
Aug 29 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Matt Matthews, "Global Cyclostratigraphy - Development and Application" (hosted by Del Bohnenstiehl) |
Sept 1 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 10:30 am, 1132 Jordan Hall.
David Church, Atmospheric Science - "Maintenance of Long-lived African Easterly Waves" |
Sept 5 |
Labor Day Holiday, no seminar |
Sept 12 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Dr. Nihat Cubukcu, Weather Predict Consulting, "Consensus Forecast Using Multi-Model Ensembles" (hosted by F. Semazzi) |
Sept 19 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Johannes Dahl, NCSU, "On the Source of Rotation in Tornadoes" (hosted by M. Parker) |
Sept 21 |
Ph.D. Graduate Student Defense, 10:00 am, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Anita McCulloch, Marine Science - "A Spatio-Temporal Context for the Phytoplankton Community Patterns of the Galápagos Archipelago and the Northwest Florida Shelf"
Special Seminar, 3:30 pm, 1112 Jordan Hall.
Dr. John Milliman, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, "Temporal and Spatial Response of Small Mountainous River Discharge to Earthquakes and Typhoons: Choshui River (Taiwan), Summer 2004" (hosted by Paul Liu) |
Sept 23 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 11:20 am, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Sarah Suda, Atmospheric Science - "Hygroscopicity Distributions of Secondary Organic Aerosols"
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 2:00 pm, 1214 Jordan Addition.
J. Walter Gurley, Earth Science - "Analyzing the Dynamics of Riverine Nitrate and Dissolved Organic Matter in Watersheds Impacted by Agricultural Inputs" |
Sept 26 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 2:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Adrienne Wootten, Atmospheric Science - "Evaluating Weather Generator Techniques for Downscaling Precipitation
for Seasonal Forecasting"
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Carl Schreck, CICS-NC, "The Madden-Julian Oscillation and Equatorial Waves in Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor" (hosted by A. Aiyyer) |
Wed, Sept 28 |
Department Seminar, 3:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Dr. Robbie King, "Evaluating Igneous and Metamorphic Processes during Subduction" (hosted by D. McConnell) |
Oct 3 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Justin Ries, UNC-Chapel Hill, "Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Calcification" (hosted by C. Osburn) Abstract |
Oct 6-7 |
Fall break, no classes |
Oct 10 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Eileen Hofmann, Old Dominion University, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, "Understanding Disease Resistance in Estuarine Oyster Populations and Response to Climate Change" (hosted by R. He) Abstract |
Oct 14 |
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Sara Christensen - "Characterizing the Temperature Dependence of Cloud Condensation Nuclei Activity"
Kelly Johnson - "Petrology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of Andesites in the
Goldfield-Superstition Mountains Volcanic Province, Central Arizona"
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Oct 17 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Paul Olsen, Columbia University, "Biotic Provinciality on the Supercontinent of Triassic Pangea" (hosted by D. Ksepka) |
Oct 21 |
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Casey
Letkewicz - "Idealized Simulations of Supercell Demise Based on VORTEX2 Observations"
Jeff Cunningham - "Cool Season Convection Associated with Extratropical Cyclones and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest" |
Oct 24 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Peter Sak, Dickinson College, "Effects of Subducting Seafloor Roughness: A Bumpy Ride for the Costa Rica Forearc"
(hosted by Karl Wegmann) CANCELLED |
Oct 28 |
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Molly Mikan - "Seasonal Organic Carbon Flux through a Tidally Influenced Constructed
Salt Marsh"
Jennifer Dickson-Brown - TBA
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 3:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Nathan Lyons, Earth Science - "Landslide Inventories and Grain Size Trends in Debris Flow-Dominated Channels"
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Nov 2 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 3:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Michael "Cody" Hunt, Earth Science - "Millponds: An Archive for Post-Colonial Storm Histories" |
Nov 3 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 9:00 am, 1132 Jordan Hall. Kristen Ross, Earth Science - "Flux and Fate of Red River Sediment in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam" |
Nov 4 |
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Ashley Penrod - "Impacts of Climate Change and Emissions on Air Quality in the U.S."
Tim Glotfelty - "The Impact of Future Emissions and Climate Change on Global Scale Air Quality" |
Nov 7 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Ge Sun, USDA Forest Service, "Understanding Climate Change-Forest-Water Interactions: What are the Critical Research Needs?" (hosted by Y. Zhang)
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Nov 11 |
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Michael Angus - "Asymmetry of Internal Waves at the Mascarene Plateau"
Paul Paris - "Geomorphic and Biogeographic Process and Response Contrasts between Natural and Human-Altered Barrier Islands, Outer Banks, North Carolina"
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Nov 14 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Enrique Curchitser, Rutgers University, "Modeling Climate-to-Fish-to-Fishers, Yes We Can!" by Dr. Enrique Curchitser of Rutgers University
(hosted by R. He) |
Nov 18 |
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Alet Terblanche - "Geology of the Wilderness Area, Virginia: Implications of a Paleozoic Successor Basin and Its Relation to the Chopawamsic Fault"
Heather Russett - "Developing Improved Stable Boundary-Layer Parameterizations for Reliable Mesoscale Modeling of Low-Level Jets" |
Nov 21 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Craig
Young, University of Oregon, "Adrift in the Dark: Movements and Migrations of Deep-sea Larvae"
Abstract (hosted by MEAS grad students) |
Nov 23-25 |
Thanksgiving Break - no seminars or classes |
Nov 28 |
Special Seminar, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Darrel Baumgardner, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera - UNAM Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Circuito Exterior, "Next Generation Measurement Techniques for In-situ Validation of
Remote Sensing Products" (hosted by N. Meskhidze)
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Robert Pincus, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (hosted by S. Yuter) |
Dec 2 |
Last Day of classes
Special Seminar, 10:15 am - 11:05 am, 1216 Jordan Addition. AEG President, Dr. Jennifer Bauer, "North Carolina Geological Survey Landslide Hazard Mapping Program – What We Learned and How You Can Use It" Abstract and Bio
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Mark Voli - "Tracing the Source of Suspended Sediment Inputs to Falls Lake"
Nan Zhang - "Forecasting O3 and PM2.5 with WRF/Chem - MADR2D over the Southeastern United States" |
Dec 16 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 10:30 am, 1220 Jordan Addition.
Corey Scheip, Earth Science - "The Acoustic Variability of a Seismic Airgun Survey in the Lau Back-Arc Basin" |
Dec 19 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 10:00 am, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Jeffrey Willison, Atmospheric Sciences, "Diabatic Processes in the North Atlantic Stormtrack" |
*Spring Dept. Seminars will be on Mondays unless otherwise noted.*
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Jan 4 |
Candidate Seminar, 3:30 - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition. |
Jan 9 |
First Day of classes
Candidate Seminar, 12:15 - 1:30 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Department Seminar, 3:30 - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Steven McNulty, USDA Forest Service, "Acid Rain: The Silver Lining of Global Warming" (Y. Zhang)
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Jan 12 |
Candidate Seminar, 3:30 - 5:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall. |
Jan 16 |
MLK Holiday, no seminar |
Jan 17 |
Candidate Seminar, 3:30 - 5:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall. |
Jan 23 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Scott Curtis, ECU, "Precipitation Variability and Change in the Caribbean and the Impact on Small Farmers in Jamaica" (hosted by NCSU-MEAS Graduate Students) Abstract |
Jan 30 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Paul Liu, NCSU-MEAS, "Causes of 2011 Thailand Mega-flood: Cold PDO, La Niña, Tropical Storms, and Delta Subsidence" |
Feb 6 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Prof. Gaby Katul, Duke University, "The Structure of Turbulence within Vegetated Canopies on Flat and Complex Terrain" (hosted by S. Basu) |
Feb 13 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
John McHenry, Barons Advanced Meteorological Systems (BAMS), "Recent Hydrological and Air Quality Modeling Results at Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems" (hosted by Y. Zhang) Abstract |
Feb 20 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Matt Parker, Savannah River National Lab, "Atmospheric Research at the Savannah River National Laboratory and Career Perspectives of an NC State Graduate" (hosted by W. Robinson) |
Feb 27 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Adel Hanna, UNC-Chapel Hill, "Air Mass Characterization of Air Quality and Health Impacts under Current and Future Climate Scenarios" (hosted by Lian Xie) Abstract and Bio |
Mar 5-9 |
Spring Break, no classes |
Mar 12 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Zong-Liang Yang, UT Austin, "Land Surface Modeling: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities" (hosted by Y. Zhang) |
Mar 13 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 1:30 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Jeremiah O'Connor, Earth Science - "Detection of Pollution Sources in a Reservoir using In Situ Mapping Techniques"
Special Seminar, 10:00 - 12:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Prof. Rupp Carriveau, University of Windsor, Canada, "Commercial Wind Energy Research and Underwater Energy Storage" (hosted by S. Basu) Abstract and Bio |
Mar 16 |
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1218 Jordan Addition.
Earl Wells, Earth Science - "Integrated Near Surface Geophysical and Geochemical Methods for Detecting Plumes from Leaking Waste Lagoons"
Joseph Zambon - "Using the Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) Model to Forecast Hurricane Irene"
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Mar 19 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Chuck McClain, NASA, "Satellite Ocean Biology: Past, Present, Future" (hosted by R. He) Abstract |
Mar 21 |
Special "Brown Bag" Seminar, 12:15 - 1:30 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Dr. Bucky Gates, formerly associated with the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, "Did Mountain Building Trigger Late Cretaceous Mega-herbivore
Evolution?" (hosted by L. Leithold) |
Mar 22 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 1:30 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Earl Wells, Earth Science - "Integrated Near Surface Geophysical and Geochemical Methods for Detecting Plumes from Leaking Waste Lagoons" |
Mar 23 |
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1218 Jordan Addition.
Tim Wright, Atmospheric Science - "The Concentration of Ice Nuclei In Rain"
Nate Hardin, Atmospheric Science - "Characteristics of Orographic Snowfall in a High Altitude Environment" |
Mar 26 |
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 1:30 pm, 1214 Jordan Addition.
Laura Nagy, Earth Science,
"Effect of Interbasin Groundwater Flow on Optical Properties of DOC and Watershed Export of DIC and DOC in a Tropical Rainforest, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica"
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Kostas Tsigaridis, NASA GISS, "A Multi-model Analysis of Organic Aerosols: Global and Marine Sources" (hosted by N. Meskhidze) Abstract |
Mar 28 |
Ph.D. Graduate Student Defense, 1:30 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Isaac Tetteh, Atmospheric Science, "West African Seasonal Climate Variability and Predictability" |
Thurs,
Mar 29 |
Special Seminar, 1:30 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Dr. Scott Burns,
2011-2012 Jahns Lecturer,
Portland State University, "Engineering Geology Challenges on the Cascadia Margin, Pacific Northwest, USA" (hosted by D. Bohnenstiehl) Abstract |
Mar 30 |
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1218 Jordan Addition.
Robert Dunn - "Identifying sustainable substrates for oyster restoration"
Jason Peters - "Oyster Demographic Rates in Harvested Areas: Recruitment, Growth, and Mortality" |
Apr 2 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Hailiang Du, London School of Economics, "Data Assimilation via Gradient Descent in Meteorology" (hosted by W. Robinson) Abstract
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Apr 5-6 |
Spring Holiday, no classes |
Apr 9 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Jason Surratt, UNC-Chapel Hill, Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Isoprene Oxidation in the Earth’s Atmosphere, (hosted by Y. Zhang) Abstract |
Apr 13 |
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1220 Jordan Addition.
Corey Davis - "Seasonal Fire Risk Prediction Using Global Climate Patterns"
Tiffany Gardner - "The Impacts of Climate Change on Extreme Precipitation in the Southern United States"
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Apr 16 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Jason Barnes, UNC-Chapel Hill, "The History of Andean Plateau Uplift" Dr. Barnes' web site (hosted by K. Wegmann) |
Apr 20 |
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1218 Jordan Addition.
Margaret Frey - "A Climatology of Marine Stratocumulus Drizzle Using Passive Microwave Measurements"
Casey Burleyson - "Observations of the Diurnal Cycle of SE Pacific Marine Stratocumulus Clouds and Precipitation"
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Apr 23 |
Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Jonathan Warrick, USGS Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, "The Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History: Coastal Studies Related to the Elwha River Restoration Project" (hosted by P. Liu) |
Apr 27 |
Last day of classes
Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm, 1218 Jordan Addition.
Yao Wang - "Realistic Turbulence Inflow Generation for Wind Turbine Design"
Matt Wilbanks - "Exploring the Role of Boundary Layer Circulation Patterns in the Development and Maintenance of Marine Stratocumulus Using LiDAR"
Special Seminar, 1:30 pm- 3:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Dr. Yi Chao, Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc.,
"Harvesting Ocean Thermal Energy for Unmanned Underwater Explorations" Abstract |
May 8 |
Ph.D. Graduate Student Defense, 1:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Timothy Cleland, Earth Science, "Mode of Preservation and Characterization of Soft Tissues and Molecules in Exceptionally Preserved Fossils" |
May 21 |
Special Seminar, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Dr. Blake Schaeffer, Research Ecologist,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
NHEERL, Gulf Ecology Division, "Satellite Water Quality Monitoring in Coastal and Estuarine Waters: A Look at SeaWiFS, MODIS, MERIS, and HICO" Abstract |
June 5 |
Ph.D. Graduate Student Defense, 10:00 am, 1214 Jordan Addition.
Jeffrey Cunningham, Atmospheric Science, "Atmospheric Characteristics of Cool Season Intermittent Precipitation Near Portland, Oregon"
M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 4:00 pm, 1220 Jordan Addition.
Sara Christensen, Atmospheric Science, "The Role of Temperature in Cloud Droplet Activation" |
CMAST Fall 2012 Seminar Schedule |
