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Welcome to the 2024 Penn State Water Conference - Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Water

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Day 1: Thursday, March 14th


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Thursday, March 14th, 2024

When: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Where: HUB 232 AB, HUB 233 AB

Penn State University

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Join us for a poster session and cocktail hour!

When: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Where: HUB 233
Water Post-Docs: Come meet at the Water Post-Doc table!
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Zoom password for all sessions: psu-water


Day 1 Agenda
Time
Session
Location
Presentation/Talks
9:00 am - 9:10 am
2

Opening remarks by PAWS President

HUB 232,
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Harman Singh

President of Penn State Association of Water Students
Breakfast served until 10 am
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9:10 am - 9:20 am
2

Opening remarks Director of Penn State Water Consortium

HUB 232,
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Andrew Warner

Director of Penn State Water Initiative
Breakfast served until 10 am
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9:20 am - 10:20 am
2

Keynote Speech

A World of Water - Challenges and Opportunities in the Coming Decade

HUB 232,
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Courtney Jackson

Emergency Management Specialist at Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and, Penn State Alumni
Breakfast served until 10 am
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10:20 am - 11:20 am
1

Lightning Talks

HUB 232,
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“A brief "dig" into the research capacities of a new PSU hydrogeology group”, by Rachel Housego
“Bridging the Gaps: Atmospheric rivers, sea ice, and climate change”, by Alexander Massa
“Climate Justice Design with Water in SETs (Social-Ecological-Technological Systems)”, by Chingwen Cheng
“How economics can inform water research and policy”, by Daniel Brent
“Exploring Ecological Threats: Unraveling Emerging Contaminants' Influence on Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Communities”, by Francesca M. Ferguson
“Penn State Extension’s new Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training (CACAT)”, by Jennifer Fetter
“Learning data fusion and atmospheric forcings corrections using physics-informed differentiable hydrologic model”, by Kamlesh Arun Sawadekar
“From Wastewater to Feed: Occurrence of PFAS in Crops Irrigated with Reclaimed Wastewater”, by Kelly Kosiarski
“TBD”, by Kenneth Davis
“A snapshot of recent adventures in nature-based solutions”, by Lauren McPhillips
“Seasonal variability in Arctic river discharge, suspended sediment transport, and turbidity”, by Anastasia Piliouras
“Flood adaptation co-benefits of nutrient management”, by Rashid Ansari
“Leveraging machine learning to explore the impact of climate change on water and energy systems”, Renee Obringer
“The Future of Flow Measurements in Streams & Rivers”, by Negar Soltani
11:20 am - 11:30 am
1

Break

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11:30 am - 12:30 pm
1

Presentation Sessions 1A & 1B







HUB 232, HUB 233, & Zoom

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Session 1 A (HUB 233, &
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“Additionality and the Adoption of Agriculture BMPs in the Face of Urbanization”, by Douglas Wrenn
“Climate Change and Flooding in the Susquehanna Watershed: An Exploratory Analysis of County Hazard Mitigation Plans”, by Virginia Silvis
“Impacts of spongy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar) defoliation on vernal pond aquatic insects”, by Mason Ward
“Enhanced Design Approaches for Stepped Spillways with Steep Slopes”, by Jeser Nij

Session 1 B (HUB 232, &
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“Impacts of Water-Related Building Moratoria on California's Housing Crisis”, by Mingzhou Shen
“Educational impacts of early life access to improved water and sanitation”, by Emily Pakhtigian
“TBD”, by Leslie Ford
“Risk of Depression and hypertension among lactating mothers experiencing water insecurity in Ethiopia”, by Kedir Teji Roba
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
1

Lunch

HUB 233

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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
1

Professional Development Panel

HUB 232, HUB 233,
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Panelists

Christine Kirchhoff, Associate Professor and Associate Director of Law, Policy, and Engineering, and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mook Bangalore, Postdoc at UC Santa Barbara (Incoming Assistant Professor, Penn State)
Li Li, Professor, Barry and Shirley Isett Professor at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Andy Warner, Director of Penn State Water Initiative
Courtney Jackson, Emergency Management Specialist at FEMA
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
1

Presentation Sessions 2A & 2B

HUB 232, HUB 233, & Zoom

Password: psu-water

Session 2 A (HUB 233,&
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“Weather shocks and household impacts: Nigeria's 2012 floods” by Mook Bangalore
“Ripples of Three Water Policies: Exploring Agencies and Their Approaches for Water Conservation”, by Praharsh M. Patel
“Introducing Dr. Watt R Shedd, new Children’s Book from Penn State Extension (formally informal)”, by Bradley Kunsman
“Rising Waters, Effective Solutions: Managing Coastal Infrastructure Risk for the Future ” by Gabe Lara
“The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Collective- A Proposal”, by Andy Cole

Session 2 B (HUB 232,&
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“Can Attention Models Surpass LSTM in Hydrology?”, by Jiangtao Liu
“Past trajectories and future horizons of water quality in the Chesapeake Bay reservoir systems”, by Shuyu Chang
“CFD Modeling of Flow and Sediment Transport in Partially Obstructed Channel with Complex Squared Log Jam Piers”, by Azadeh Mousavi
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
1

Poster Session and Cocktail Hour

233

(in-person only)

Poster presentation and Science-Art exhibition by Penn State students, faculties, and postdocs along with refreshments.

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