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.

Yearsort icon Title of Thesis, Dissertation, or Report Student Director Type Subarea
2009 Predicting hydraulic response: comparison of textural and response clustering approaches to soil classification Rice, Amy Katherine P.A. Ty Ferre Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
2009 The effects of past climate change and recent agricultural irrigation recharge on the sources, ages, and quality of groundwater in the Columbia river basalt aquifers, Columbia basin, central Washington Brown, Kyle B. Jennifer C. McIntosh Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2009 A study of self-regenerating ion exchange water softeners Thomure, Timothy Thomas Meixner Master of Engineering Report Environmental Hydrology
2009 Downscaling climate and vegetation variability associated with global climate signals: a new statistical approach applied to the Colorado river basin Cañón Barriga, Julio Eduardo Juan B. Valdes Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2009 Solute chemistry and isotope tracers of groundwater recharge, flowpaths, and travel times in the middle San Pedro basin, Arizona Adkins, Candice Breanna Jennifer C. McIntosh Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2009 Climate change impacts In hydrology: quantification of its effects and insights on societal adaptation Serrat-Capdevila, Aleix Juan B. Valdes Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2009 Late quaternary glaciation and paleoclimate of Turkey inferred from cosmogenic 36Cl dating of moraines and glacier modeling Sarikaya, Akif Mehmet Marek G. Zreda Doctoral Dissertation Environmental Hydrology
2009 Enabling hydrological interpretation of monthly to seasonal precipitation forecasts in the core north American monsoon region Maitaria, Kazungu W.J. Shuttleworth Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2009 Mean flow and turbulence around two series of experimental dikes Yaeger, Mary A. Guohong Jennifer Duan Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2009 Using geostatistics, pedotransfer functions to generate 3D soil and hydraulic property distributions for deep vadose zone flow simulations Fang, Zhufeng Shlomo P. Neuman Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
2009 The chemical evolution of source waters along a flowpath in a snowmelt-dominated catchment, Green Lakes valley, Niwot ridge LTER, Colorado front range, USA Driscoll, Jessica M. Thomas Meixner Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2009 Statistical characterization of ecologically significant streamflow parameters in southwestern basins Barnes, Michael L. Thomas Meixner Senior Capstone Project Surface Hydrology
2009 Source and distribution of isotopically-depleted groundwaters in the Columbia plateau basalt aquifers, Washington Gosch, Damian Leigh Jennifer C. McIntosh Senior Capstone Project Environmental Hydrology
2009 Modeling and calibration of groundwater affecting drain flow in the lower Rio Grande basin Hartz, Andrew Scott Donald R. Davis Senior Capstone Project Subsurface Hydrology
2009 Sources of groundwater in glacial till and bedrock aquifers in the Illinois basin Wade, Lisa C. Jennifer C. McIntosh Senior Honors Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2008 Vadose characterization pertaining to artificial groundwater recharge, southern Avra valley, Arizona Zimmerlund, Benjamin Wayne Tian-Chyi Yeh Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2008 Stream-aquifer interactions in a semi-arid effluent-dependent river: a clogging conceptual model Treese, Samantha Thomas Meixner Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2008 Laplace transform analytic element method for transient groundwater flow simulation Kuhlman, Kristopher L. Shlomo P. Neuman Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
2008 Using coupled modeling approaches to quantify hydrologic prediction uncertainty and to design effective monitoring networks Blainey, Joan Brandon P.A. Ty Ferre Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2008 A study of environmental effects of leaking underground storage tanks (LUSTs) and remediation requirements in desert regions Rodgers, J. Keith Jennifer C. McIntosh Master of Engineering Report Surface Hydrology
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
2008 Using geochemical tracers to determine aquifer connectivity, flow paths, and base-flow sources: middle Verde river watershed, central Arizona Zlatos, Caitlan McEwen Thomas Meixner Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2008 Understanding the importance of aspect on mountain catchment hydrology: a case study in the Valles Caldera national preserve, New Mexico, USA Broxton, Patrick D. Peter A. Troch Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2008 Scenario development for water resources decision-making Mahmoud, Mohammed Idris Hoshin V. Gupta Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2008 Investigation of mass flux reduction as a function of source zone mass removal for immiscible liquid contaminated aquifers DiFilippo, Erica Lynne Mark L. Brusseau Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
2008 Modeling the effects of forest vegetation type and density on snow meltwater inputs Veatch, William Curtis Paul D. Brooks Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2008 Improving seasonal predictions of climate variability and water availability at the catchment scale Switanek, Matthew Blaise Peter A. Troch Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2008 Spatial and temporal variability of vertical hydrologic fluxes at the San Pedro river, Arizona Soto Lopez, Carlos D. Thomas Meixner Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2008 Toward a model-based method for gap filling flux data for a semi-arid site I Neal, Andrew L. Paul D. Brooks Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2008 Quantifying spatial variability of snow water equivalent, snow chemistry, and snow water isotopes: application to snowpack water balance Gustafson, Joseph R. Paul D. Brooks Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2008 Using triple isotope system to determine nitrate sources and sinks to groundwaters of a mid-size semi-arid city: Tucson, Arizona Dejwakh, Navid R. Thomas Meixner Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2008 Analysis of water resources engineering curricula and academic preparation for a governmental agency workforce (draft title) L'Abbe, Geneva Donald R. Davis Master of Engineering Report Surface Hydrology
2008 Flash flood modeling in Puerto Rico: an investigation of precipitation data and modeling approaches Barnes, David A. Unknown Senior Capstone Project Environmental Hydrology
2008 Sources of organic matter in marine sediments of bioluminescent bays, Vieques, Puerto Rico Clark, Justin Allen Jennifer C. McIntosh Senior Capstone Project Environmental Hydrology
2008 Trend of actual and modeled precipitation intensity in the southwest US and northwest Mexico Arik, Aida Demet Unknown Senior Capstone Project Environmental 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 Stochastic estimation of hydraulic spatial properties Xiang, Jianwei Tian-Chyi Yeh Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
2007 Riparian valuation in the southwestern United States Weber, Matthew August Thomas Maddock III Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2007 Modeling steam-aquifer interactions during floods and baseflow: upper San Pedro river, southeastern Arizona Simpson, Scott Carlyle Thomas Meixner Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology