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MEAS 2009-2010 Seminar and Defense Series
*Spring Semester Dept. Seminars will be on Mondays unless otherwise noted.*

| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Aug 4 M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 10:00 am, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Justin "Jake" Crouch - "Multi-Season Observational Study of the Ther modynamic, Kinematic and Precipitation Structures Within Flooding and Typical Storms in the Oregon Cascades"
Aug 12 Ph.D. Graduate Student Defense, 10:30 am, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Kelly Mahoney - "Momentum Transport in Mesoscale Convective Systems"
Sep 11 M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 3:00 pm, 1108 Jordan Hall.
Kevin Talgo - "Tropical Atlantic Vertical Wind Shear Variability in a Future Climate"
Sep 24

Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition. Jim Correia, Jr., Pacific Northwest National Lab, Climate Physics Group Abstract

Sep 30 M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 2:30 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Michael Diaz - "Isentropic Descent Beneath the Saharan Air Layer and Its Impact on Tropical Cyclogenesis"
Oct 2 M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 3:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Sean Heuser - "The Effects of Altered Vegetation on Local Climate Change with Respect to Glaciers atop Mt. Kilimanjaro"

Oct 8 no seminar, fall break
Oct 9 no classes, fall break
Oct 13 M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 1:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Micah Reyes - "River Nitrate Gains from Groundwater Discharge at Waste Application Fields, Neuse River, NC"
Oct 22 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Dr. Daven K. Henze, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, "Constraining Ammonia Emissions and PM2.5 Control Efficiencies with a New Combination of Satellite Data, Surface Observations and Adjoint Modeling Techniques" (hosted by Y. Zhang) Abstract
Oct 23 Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm to 1:15 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Lara Pagano - "A Comparison of Two Lagrangian Dispersion Models for Emergency Management"
Hui Qian - "A Numerical Study of the Energy of Internal Waves Generated by the Barotropic Tidal Flow Over A Ridge"
Oct 26 M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 10:00 am, 1108 Jordan Hall.
Amy Haase - "Circulation in Pamlico Sound and Predicted Oyster Larval Dispersal"
Oct 30 Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm to 1:15 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Heather Dinon - "Analysis of Evapotranspiration for Crop Management in the Southeastern United States"
Matthew Morin - "A Numerical Investigation of Supercells in Landfalling Tropical Cyclones
"
Nov 6 Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm to 1:15 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Katherine Almquist - "Clay Formation on Volcanic Glass: Implications for Carbon Burial"

Ryan Rindone - "Predator-Prey Dynamics between the Florida Stone Crab and the
Eastern Oyster in NC"
Nov 10 M.S. Graduate Student Defense, 9:30 am, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Christina Durham - "Spatial Dynamics in an Estuarine System: Modeling Biophysical Components and Interactions to Advance Blue Crab Fishery Management "
Nov 13

Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm to 1:15 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Liz Johnson - "Microbially Mediated Calcium Carbonate Precipitation: A Hypothesis for Soft Ti
ssue Preservation in Fossil Bone"
Tim Cleland - "Preservation of Blood Vessels from Cortical Bone
of Brachylophosaurus Canadensis from the Judith River Formation, Montana"

Nov 20 Graduate Student Seminar, 12:25 pm to 1:15 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Michael Burr - "Source Apportionment of PM2.5 using CMAQ"
Yaosheng Chen - "Evaluation of Nucleation Algorithms and Their Impacts on Simulated Aerosol Number and Size Distributions and Cloud Properties"

Nov 26
& 27

Thanksgiving Break - no seminars or classes
Dec 3 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Dr. Walter Bach, Director of Atmospheric Sciences, Army Research Lab, "Basic Research Opportunities in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer" (hosted by R. Philbrick)
Dec 10 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Dr. John Harlim, Mathematics, NCSU

*Spring Semester Dept. Seminars will be on Mondays unless otherwise noted.*
Jan 11 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Jan 18 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Jan 25 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Prof. Sharon Zhong from Michigan State University (hosted by Y. Zhang)
Feb 1 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Feb 8 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Feb 15 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Feb 22 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Mar 1 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Mar 8 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Mar 11 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Dr. M. Susan Lozier, Duke University
(hosted by W. Robinson)
Mar 15
& 19
Spring Break - No seminars
Mar 22

Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Dr. Christine Wiedinmyer, NCAR (hosted by Y. Zhang)

Mar 29 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Prof. William Vizuete, UNC- CH (hosted by Y. Zhang)
Apr 1
& 2
Spring Holiday - no seminars
Apr 5 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Apr 12 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Dr. Allan Kolker, USGS (hosted by W. Robinson)
Apr 19 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Apr 26 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
Apr 30 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1132 Jordan Hall.
Prof. John Knox, Univ. Georgia (hosted by W. Robinson)
May 3 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
May 10 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.
May 17 Department Seminar, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, 1216 Jordan Addition.

CMAST Seminar Schedule

Updated: 11.11.09

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