WRGP Graduate Theses, Dissertations & Project Papers
Water Resource Engineering
Water Resource Science
Water Resource Policy & Management
Water Resource Engineering Graduates
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Graduate Name |
Title |
Advisor |
Post-graduation… |
Currently at… |
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Christopher Vick |
Chemical and Isotopic Sourcing of Nitrate Contamination in the Southern Willamette Valley, Oregon |
John Selker |
State of New Mexico Groundwater Pollution Prevention Section |
US Bureau of Reclamation - Program Manager (Grand Coulee Dam) |
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Laila Parker |
Observations of Gas Flow in Porous Media using the Light Transmission Technique |
John Selker |
Enrolled in WRPM to pursue 2nd MS degree |
Massachusetts Dept. of Fish & Game: Division of Ecological Restoration – Watershed Ecologist |
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Andrew Stoeckinger |
Zeolite Packed Biofilter to Reduce Odorous Emissions from a Confined Swine Building |
James Moore |
Otak, Inc.
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Otak, Inc. |
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Ian Besaw |
Statistical Analysis of Multiple Precipitation and SWMM-Generated Runoff Data Sets |
Richard Cuenca |
DHI |
Murray, Smith & Associates, Inc. - Staff Engineer |
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David Rupp |
John Selker |
DHI |
Post-doc Research Associate in Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science at OSU |
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David Callery |
On the Prediction of Surface Saturation using Topographic Indices |
Jeffrey McDonnell |
Helena Natl Forest |
Helena Natl Forest |
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Suva Shakya |
Use of MIKE SHE for estimation of evapotranspiration in the Sprague River Basin |
Cuenca |
IRZ Consulting |
IRZ Consulting |
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Mark Porter |
Dorthe Wildenschild |
Post-doc at OSU
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Post doc at Los Alamos Natl Lab (pursuing faculty position) |
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Michael Collier |
Richard Cuenca |
OAWU-Source Water Specialist
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OAWU-Source Water Specialist |
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Habib Khan |
The use of Growing Degree Days (GDD) for development of GDD-based crop coefficient curve for estimating the timing of crop water requirements |
Marshall English |
Working for Afghani government in water management sector |
Working for Afghani government in water management sector |
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Cara Walter |
Desiree Tullos |
Faculty Research Assistant in Biological and Ecological Engineering Department at OSU |
Faculty Research Assistant in Biological and Ecological Engineering Department at OSU |
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Elizabeth Copeland |
Gordon Grant |
EPA intern SoundEarth Strategies Inc. - Staff Hydrogeologist |
AMEC Environment and Infrastructure UK Ltd. (Portland Office) - Hydrogeologist |
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Yarrow Murphy |
Stream Channel Stability and Sensitivity to Landscape History and Land Use Changes |
Julia Jones |
City of Portland - Engineering student intern |
City of Portland - Engineering student intern |
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Chris Gregory |
Temperature and Infiltration Characterization of a Constructed Wetland for Wastewater Treatment |
John Selker |
Ausenco Vector, Lima, PERU Hydrogeologist |
Ausenco Vector, Lima, PERU Hydrogeologist |
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Julie Huff |
Monitoring River Restoration using Fiber Optic Temperature Measurements in a Modeling Framework |
John Selker |
SelkerMetrics, LLC - Project Manager |
SelkerMetrics, LLC - Project Manager |
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Nicole Czarnomski |
Influence of Vegetation Density on Streambank Hydraulics and Erosion |
Desiree Tullos |
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council Post-doc at Utah State University |
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council Post-doc at Utah State University |
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Ryan Stewart |
Infiltration and Temperature Characterization of a Wastewater Hyporheic Discharge System |
John Selker |
PhD candidate in WRE at OSU |
PhD candidate in WRE at OSU |
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Joshua Owens |
Richard Cuenca |
Otak, Inc. - Water and Natural Resource Engineering Intern |
Otak, Inc. - Water and Natural Resource Engineering Intern |
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Laureine El-Khoury |
Marshall English |
Faculty Research Assistant in Biological and Ecological Engineering Department at OSU |
Faculty Research Assistant in Biological and Ecological Engineering Department at OSU |
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Kenneth Puhn |
Construction of 2D Hydraulic Models of the Bonneville Dam Site, Calapooia River, OR |
Wayne Huber |
WEST Consultants - Senior Hydrologist |
WEST Consultants - Senior Hydrologist |
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Travis Roth |
John Selker |
Faculty Research Assistant in Geosciences Department at OSU |
Faculty Research Assistant in Geosciences Department at OSU |
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Erika Kraft |
Jack Istok |
Coelo Company of Design - System Test Engineer II
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Coelo Company of Design - System Test Engineer II |
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Kelly Kibler |
Development & Decommissioning of Small Dams: Analysis of Impacts & Content |
Desiree Tullos |
IDAM Project - Contractor |
IDAM Project - Contractor |
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John (Jack) Zunka |
Stephen Lancaster |
PhD student in WRE at OSU |
PhD student in WRE at OSU |
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Sarah Marshall |
Desiree Tullos |
Instructor for Biological and Ecological Engineering Department at OSU |
Instructor of Soil Science at University of Oregon NRCS Wetlands Reserve Program |
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Aida Arik |
John Selker |
Gleen-Gibson Creeks Watershed Council - Coordinator |
Everglades Foundation - Ecological Engineer |
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Christopher Gabrielli |
The role of bedrock groundwater in rainfall-runoff response at hillslope and catchment scales |
Jeffrey McDonnell |
Traveling in South America |
Starting PhD studies in Spring 2013 at University of Saskatchewan |
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Daniel Bailey |
John Selker |
USAID - Agriculture Development Officer |
USAID - Agriculture Development Officer |
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Walter (Terry) Frueh |
Stephen Lancaster |
Oregon Dept. of Forestry - Monitoring Specialist |
Oregon Dept. of Forestry - Monitoring Specialist |
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Tara O’Donnell |
Evaluating stream temperature spatial patterns with Distributed Temperature Sensing |
John Selker |
Traveling for 6 months, then looking for employment |
Traveling for 6 months, then looking for employment |
| Jacob Scherberg | Development of a Numerical Model for the Walla Walla Basin using IWFM (Groundwater-surface water modeling of the Walla Walla Basin Using IWFM) | John Selker |
GeoSystems Analysis (GSA) - Hydrologist |
GeoSystems Analysis (GSA) - Hydrologist |
| Chadi Sayde | Improving Soil Water Determination in Spatially Variable Field Using Fiber Optic Technology and Bayesian Decision Theory | John Selker |
Post-doc in BEE at OSU |
Post-doc in BEE at OSU |
| Aristides Petrides | Managed artificial aquifer recharge and hydrological studies in the Walla Walla Basin to improve river and aquifer conditions | Richard Cuenca |
GSI Water Solutions, Inc. - Consulting Engineer |
GSI Water Solutions, Inc. - Consulting Engineer |
| Scott Allen | Barbara Bond/Jeff McDonnell |
PhD candidate at Louisiana State University |
PhD candidate at Louisiana State University |
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| Chris Kunkel |
A Comparison of Pedotransfer Functions in ROSETTA and the Penn State Integrated Hydrologic Model |
Richard Cuenca |
Water Resource Science Graduates
| Graduate Name | Title |
Advisor | Post-graduation… |
Currently at… |
| Barbara Burkholder | Influence of hyporheic flow and geomorphology on temperature of a large, gravel-bed river, Clackamas River, Oregon, USA | Gordon Grant |
Univ. of Minn., St. Anthony Falls Laboratory - Research Scientist |
Univ. of Minn., St. Anthony Falls Laboratory - Research Scientist |
| Jeffrey Phillippe | Present-day and future contributions of glacier melt to the Upper Middle Fork Hood River : implications for water management | Anne Nolin |
Outward Bound - Staff Instructor Traveling in South America, working for NGO's on water issues |
Outward Bound - Staff Instructor Traveling in South America, working for NGO's on water issues |
| Christopher Graham | A macroscale measurement and modeling approach to improve understanding of the hydrology of steep, forested hillslopes | Jeffrey McDonnell | Penn State University - Post-doc in hydropedology | Penn State University - Post-doc in hydropedology |
| Janet Rasmussen | Reactive polyphenols and dissolved nutrients in a nitrogen-limited headwater catchment, western Cascades, Oregon, USA | Kate Lajtha |
Courtesy faculty at Portland State University Geology Dept. Webmaster/board member: Geological Society of the Oregon Country |
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| Eric Anderson | A Bayesian network for prioritizing restoration of aquatic connectivity | Desiree Tullos |
Calapooia Watershed Council - Monitoring Coordinator |
Calapooia Watershed Council - Monitoring Coordinator |
| Jason (Jay) Frentress | Stream DOC, nitrate, chloride and SUVA response to land use during winter baseflow conditions in sub-basins of the Willamette River Basin, OR | Julia Jones |
PhD student in WRS (studying with Jeff McDonnell in Luxembourg) |
PhD student in WRS (studying with Jeff McDonnell in Luxembourg) |
| Michael Logan | Water chemistry of Oregon Cascade wilderness lakes : a comparison to 1985 data | Ron Reuter |
Forest Resources Instructor at Central Oregon Community College |
Forest Resources Instructor at Central Oregon Community College |
| Jennifer Holderman | Little green baby steps : transforming modern power production through microscale hydropower | Todd Jarvis |
Lower Nehalem Watershed Council - Coordinator
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Lower Nehalem Watershed Council - Coordinator |
| Evan Miles | A GIS study of Benton County, Oregon, groundwater : spatial distributions of selected hydrogeologic parameters | Michael Campana |
University of BC, Glaciology Group - Visualization Software Programmer
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PhD Candidate in Polar Studies, Scott Polar Research Institute, Trinity College, University of Cambridge |
| Lesley Jones | Evaluation of instream flow restoration targets and the carrying capacity of Oncorhynchus mykiss according to temperature, Whychus Creek, Deschutes Basin, Oregon | Ron Reuter |
Natural Resources Instructor - OSU Cascades Campus
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Natural Resources Instructor - OSU Cascades Campus |
| Graysen Squeochs | Heat fluxes in the hyporheic zone of a gravel bar on the Willamette River, Oregon | Roy Haggerty |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Post Masters Research Assoc.
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Yakima Nation |
| Jay Zarnetske | Hydrological and biogeochemical dynamics of nitrate production and removal at the stream – ground water interface | Roy Haggerty |
Yale University - Post doctoral Appointment |
Yale University - Post doctoral Appointment |
| Vaniel (Cody) Hale | Beyond the paired-catchment approach : isotope tracing to illuminate stocks, flows, transit time, and scaling | Jeffrey McDonnell | Nutter & Associates, Evironmental Consultants | Nutter & Associates, Evironmental Consultants |
| Anthony Coleman | Determining the Relationship between Measured Residence Time Distributions in Lateral Surface Transient Storage Zones in Streams and Corresponding Physical Characteristics | Roy Haggerty | ||
| Phil Neumann | Shallow aquifer storage and recovery (SASR): Regional management of underground water storage in hydraulically connected aquifer-stream systems | Roy Haggerty | ||
| Alison Doniger | Establishing Irrigation Criteria for Cultivation of Veratrum californicum | Mary Santelmann | Traveling | |
| Michelle Jordan | Polychaete Habitat in the Klamath River | Gordon Grant | ||
| Patrick Burns | Measuring Glacier Change and Modeling the Effect on Water Resources in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru | Anne Nolin | Interviewing for positions | |
| Morgan Crowell | An Ecosystem Service Approach to Inform Reactive Nitrogen Management, Lower Yakima River Basin, WA | Michael Campana | Pursuing MS in WRPM |
Water Resource Policy & Management Graduates
| Graduate Name | Title | Advisor | Post-graduation… | Currently at… |
| Glenn Mutti-Driscoll | Temporal and spatial variability of groundwater nitrate in the southern Willamette Valley of Oregon | Roy Haggerty | Pacific Groundwater Group - Hydrogeologist glennmutti@pgwg.com |
Pacific Groundwater Group - Hydrogeologist |
| Laila Parker |
Non-thesis option: Implementation of a Volunteer-based Groundwater Monitoring Program in the Southern Willamette Valley, Oregon |
Gail Andrews | Cascadia Consulting Group |
Massachusetts Dept. of Fish & Game: Division of Ecological Restoration – Watershed Ecologist |
| Monica Hubbard | Analysis of the Oregon Stakeholder Drug Take Back Public Policy Process to Reduce Pharmaceutical Pollution in Oregon’s Water Resources | Brent Steel |
PhD candidate in Environmental Science at OSU |
PhD candidate in Environmental Science at OSU |
| Eva Lieberherr | Acceptability of market-based approaches to water management : an analysis of the Deschutes Groundwater Mitigation Program | Denise Lach |
PhD candidate at the Aquatic Research Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
PhD candidate at the Aquatic Research Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Jason Hatch | An exploratory study of the social factors of small dam removal : Chiloquin Dam at Sprague River Mile 0.87, Oregon | Denise Lach |
Western Water Project - Project Manager (Washington) |
Western Water Project - Project Manager (Washington) |
| Amy McNally | A collaborative potential assessment of project atmospheric brown clouds | Aaron Wolf |
PhD candidate in Hydrology at University of California-Santa Barbara and member of the Climate Hazards Group |
PhD candidate in Hydrology at University of California-Santa Barbara and member of the Climate Hazards Group |
| Olivia Odom-Green | Institutional capacity building through land and water stewardship integration- an analysis of source water protection in Corvallis, Oregon | Aaron Wolf | Received a JD with a specialization in environmental law from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law |
USEPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory - Water Law and Policy Fellow |
| Karen Dubose | Water Reuse in Corvallis: Modeling Public Acceptance and a Plan for Public Involvement | Brent Steel |
Water Quality Specialist for Island County Water & Environment Solutions - Owner/private contractor |
Water Quality Specialist for Island County Water & Environment Solutions - Owner/private contractor |
| Denise Elston | Characterizing community impacts of small dam removal : a case study of the Brownsville Dam | Denise Lach | Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation - North Pole Refinery Site denise.elston@alaska.gov |
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation - North Pole Refinery Site |
| Elina Lin | Water's Role in a Sense of Place in the Nu River Valley China | Aaron Wolf | ||
| Yoshiko Sano | Water management decentralization in rural Honduras | Michael Campana | ICLEI (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) - Program Assistant | ICLEI (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) - Program Assistant |
| Brock Tabor | Issues and Influence on Coastal Management in Alaska: A Stockholder Analysis | Michael Harte | Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation - Division of Water brock.tabor@alaska.gov |
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation - Division of Water |
| Paris Edwards | An Assessment of Knowledge and Awareness of Nitrate Groundwater Pollution in the Southern Willamette Valley | Brent Steel |
Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition - Climate Action, Volunteer Coordinator |
Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition - Climate Action, Volunteer Coordinator |
| Marisa Sowles | Western Oregon Cities and Low Impact Development in Stormwater Management | Mary Santelmann | Big Bear Restoration | Geum Environmental Consulting, Inc. - Water Resource Specialist |
| Bridget Brown | Assessing water governance capacity in MENA : applying an institutional document analysis to Jordan | Aaron Wolf |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Academic Program Specialist for Sustainable Peacebuilding Program |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Academic Program Specialist for Sustainable Peacebuilding Program |
| Abigail Brown | Empowerment and Gender Equality for Water and Sanitation in Rural India: Two Case Studies | Michael Campana |
PhD candidate in Sociology (focusing on Globalization, Political Economy and the Environment) at University of California-Santa Cruz Also maintains the blog: http://waterfortheages.org/ |
PhD candidate in Sociology (focusing on Globalization, Political Economy and the Environment) at University of California-Santa Cruz Also maintains the blog: http://waterfortheages.org/ |
| Laura Moscowitz | The Community Well Water Testing Program: Volunteer Groundwater Nitrate Monitoring in the Southern Willamette Valley of Oregon | Gail Andrews | ||
| Mariya Pak | Assessing water governance capacity in the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Albuquerque Area Office | Aaron Wolf |
PhD candidate in Geography, Environmental Science and Marine Resource Management at OSU |
PhD candidate in Geography, Environmental Science and Marine Resource Management at OSU |
| Kelley Thomas | An analysis of the prerequisites for landowner participation in conservation oriented programs in the Wood River Valley, Oregon | Denise Lach | ||
| Katrina O'Connor | Values and Beliefs that Lead to Watershed Volunteerism | Denise Lach |
Conservation Biology Institute - GIS Intern |
Conservation Biology Institute - GIS Intern |
| Eric Foster-Moore | A topography of dams in China : impacts to agriculture, labor, and migration | Aaron Wolf |
World Bank, Water Resources Sector, Africa Region - Operations Analyst |
World Bank, Water Resources Sector, Africa Region - Operations Analyst |
| Julie Watson | A River Loved: Facilitating Cooperative Negotiation of Transboundary Water Resource Management in the Columbia River Basin through Documentary Film | Aaron Wolf |
PhD candidate in Geography at OSU |
PhD candidate in Geography at OSU |
| Kim Ogren | Aaron Wolf |
PhD candidate in Geography at OSU |
PhD candidate in Geography at OSU |
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| Racquel Rancier | Assessing Tribal Water Rights Settlements as a Means for Resolving Disputes Over Instream Flow Claims: A Comparative Case Approach | Aaron Wolf | Oregon Water Resources Department | |
| Harmony Burright Paulsen | Beyond random acts of conservation : an institutional analysis of the Natural Resource Conservation Service's Agricultural Water Enhancement Program | Hannah Gosnell |
Pursuing PhD at OSU |
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| Alessandra "Greer" Harewood | The Social Construction of the Metallic Mining Industry: The Divergent Cases of the Mining Moratorium (Wisconsin) and the Permit Streamlining Bills (Minnesota) |
Denise Lach |
Pursuing MS in WRS at OSU |
Pursuing MS in WRS at OSU |
| Mark Ingman | The Role of Plastic Mulch as a Water Conservation Practice for Desert Oasis Communities of Northern China | Mary Santelmann | Oregon DEQ - Natural Resource Specialist |
Natural Resources Specialist |