Theses, Dissertations, and Reports

The following is a list of master's theses (M.S.), doctoral dissertations (Ph.D.), research reports (M. Eng., M.S., Ph.D.), field reports (any degree), senior capstone project reports (B.S.), and senior honors theses (B.S.) completed by HWR students. Click on the Title of the thesis, dissertation, or report for additional information. Click on the Column Header to sort by Year, Student, Faculty Director, Manuscript Type, or Subarea.

Want a copy? The department no longer maintains a bound copy of manuscripts. (Note: Undergraduate reports or theses are not available for reprinting.) All graduate-level thesis and dissertation manuscripts are digitally archived with the UA library and UMI ProQuest, Inc. To obtain a copy of any thesis or dissertation manuscript, UA Affiliates should follow this link: Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations at the UA Library and ProQuest, Inc. For those living outside the Tucson, Arizona area, follow this link: Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.

Year Title of Thesis, Dissertation, or Report Student Directorsort icon Type Subarea
1978 Prediction of hydraulic conductivity changes using soil characteristics Boyer, David George Gordon D. Dutt Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
1972 Hydrogeology of a portion of the Santa Catalina mountains Belan, Rick Allen W.G. Matlock Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
1981 Factors affecting diffusion of atmospheric fluorocarbons into unsaturated porous materials Earp, Douglas Eugene G.M. Thompson Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
1981 Sorption and desorption processes affecting the enrichment of the fluorocarbons CCl2F2 and CCl3F in ground water Russell, Ann Drayton G.M. Thompson Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
1982 Tracer monitoring techniques for shallow land burial of toxic wastes Betsill, Jeffrey David G.M. Thompson Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
1982 Retention characteristics of fluorocarbon tracers in ground-water flow Stiles, Gary Krag G.M. Thompson Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
1984 Effect of mineralogy and surface area on the adsorption of organic compounds Oberholtzer, Carol Elizabeth G.M. Thompson Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1984 Chemical stability and adsorption of anionic tracers in an acid environment Serlin, Carol Linda G.M. Thompson Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
1985 The effects of molecular diffusion on groundwater solute transport through fractured tuff Walter, Gary Robert G.M. Thompson Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
2006 Supporting community water harvesting efforts: impact of water harvesting on street runoff quantity and quality Brosnihan, Deirdre Wynne Gary Woodard Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2009 A quality assurance/quality control analysis of rainfall data collected by volunteers in Tucson, Arizona for the rainlog.org program Rupprecht, Candice Lea Gary Woodard Master's Thesis Water Resources Policy
2008 Data visualization of rainlog.org and Pima county regional flood control data in a television news and weather environment with applications to other media George, Jr., Charlie Gary Woodard Master of Engineering Report Surface Hydrology
1971 The feasibility of augmenting hydrologic records using tree-ring data Stockton, Charles Wayne H.C. Fritts Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2007 Towards improved modeling for hydrologic predictions in poorly gauged basins Yilmaz, Koray Kamil Hoshin V. Gupta Doctoral Dissertation Water Resources Systems
2007 Flash flood forecasting for the semi-arid southwestern United States Yatheendradas, Soni Hoshin V. Gupta Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2007 Estimation of spatially distributed model parameters using a regularization approach Pokhrel, Prafulla Hoshin V. Gupta Doctoral Dissertation Water Resources Systems
2007 Model structure estimation and correction through data assimilation Bulygina, Nataliya Hoshin V. Gupta Doctoral Dissertation Water Resources Systems
2007 Diagnostic evaluation of watershed models Martinez Baquero, Guillermo Felipe Hoshin V. Gupta Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2006 Improvements to flood detection and monitoring through satellite autonomy, sensor webs, and hydrological modeling Ip, Felipe Hoshin V. Gupta Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2012 Assessing impacts of climate change in a semi-arid watershed using statistically downscaled IPCC climate output Rajagopal, Seshadri Hoshin V. Gupta Doctoral Dissertation Hydrometeorology
2010 Continental scale diagnostic evaluation of monthly water balance models for the United States Martinez Baquero, Guillermo Felipe Hoshin V. Gupta Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2011 Assimilation of snow cover area information into land surface models to improve streamflow forecasting in two southwest rivers Lopez Burgos, Viviana Hoshin V. Gupta Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2010 Estimation of spatially distributed model parameters using a regularization approach Pokhrel, Prafulla Hoshin V. Gupta Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2008 Scenario development for water resources decision-making Mahmoud, Mohammed Idris Hoshin V. Gupta Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2003 A multi-criteria evaluation of land-surface models and application to semi-arid regions Hogue, Terri Sue Hoshin V. Gupta Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
1968 Soil infiltration rates as affected by desert vegetation Lyford, Forest Parsons H.K. Qashu Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
1971 Mathematical system theory and the ecosystem concept: an approach to modeling watershed behavior Rogers, James Joseph H.K. Qashu Master's Thesis Water Resources Systems
1972 Economic models of domestic water consumption in the Tucson metropolitan area Ray, Leon Nicholas H.K. Qashu Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1972 Channel transmission losses in small watersheds Sammis, Theodore Wallace H.K. Qashu Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1972 Water quality in the lower Colorado river system and the effect of reservoirs Slawson, Guenton Cyril, Jr. H.K. Qashu Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
1973 Design of a system for predicting effects of vegetation manipulation on water yield in the Salt-Verde basin Rogers, James Joseph H.K. Qashu Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
1974 The microenvironment of a desert hackberry plant (celtis pallida) Sammis, Theodore Wallace H.K. Qashu Doctoral Dissertation Environmental Hydrology
1974 A mathematical model of eutrophication in lake Mead Slawson, Guenton Cyril, Jr. H.K. Qashu Doctoral Dissertation Environmental Hydrology
2009 Mean flow and turbulence around two series of experimental dikes Yaeger, Mary A. Guohong Jennifer Duan Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1964 Electric analog analysis of the ground-water system in Chaj Doab area, west Pakistan Gilani, Maqsood Ali Shah J.G. Ferris Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
1965 The effect of convergence on entrance losses in pumped wells Sheikh, Ijaz Ahmad J.G. Ferris Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
1966 Analysis of hydrologic performance tests in unconfined aquifers Chaudhri, Ata-ur-Rehman J.G. Ferris Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1967 Analysis of a pumping well near a stream Bhatti, Sabir Ali J.G. Ferris Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
1962 Empirical studies of laminar flow in porous consolidated media Lehr, Jay Herbert John W. Harshbarger Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
1965 Hydrologic system analysis of the Wind fiver formation with special reference to underground mining in the Shirley basin area, Wyoming Budo, Shoro John W. Harshbarger Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology