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.

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Yearsort icon Title of Thesis, Dissertation, or Report Student Director Type Subarea
2002 Water and peace in the middle east: a case study of Israel and Palestine Al-Rayyes, Mohanad Michael D. Bradley Master's Thesis Water Resources Policy
2001 Assimilation of satellite-derived cloud cover into the regional atmospheric model system (RAMS) and its impacts on modeled surface fields Yucel, Ismail W.J. Shuttleworth Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2001 In-situ monitoring of microbial activity and biodegradation during solute transport in porous media Yolcubal, Irfan Mark L. Brusseau Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
2001 Reductive dissolution of manganese (IV) oxides and precipitation of iron (III): implications for redox processes in an alluvial aquifer affected by acid mine drainage Villinski, John Eugene Martha H. Conklin Doctoral Dissertation Environmental Hydrology
2001 Investigation of flow within the capillary fringe using a synthetic aquifer Taylor, Michael David J.E. Smith Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
2001 Investigations into the availability of additional water supplies and water storage areas for the Santa Cruz active management area, Arizona Pranschke, Stephanie Theresa Anne Marie Michael D. Bradley Master's Thesis Water Resources Administration
2001 Paleoflood hydrology of the San Juan river, southeastern Utah, USA Orchard, Kenneth Lynn Victor R. Baker Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2001 A sequential inverse approach for hydraulic tomography and electrical resistivity tomography: an effective method for site characterization Liu, Shuyun Tian-Chyi Yeh Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
2001 Ground water pollution assessment of landfills in the Rio Nuevo area, Tucson, Arizona Korich, Dee Ann L.G. Wilson Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
2001 Contaminant induced flow effects in variably-saturated porous media Henry, Eric James J.E. Smith Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
2001 Stakeholder driven research in a hydroclimatic context Hartmann, Holly Chris Soroosh Sorooshian Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2001 Evaluation of national weather service ensemble streamflow prediction (ESP) water-supply forecasts Franz, Kristie J. Soroosh Sorooshian Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2001 The global distribution of secondary cosmic rays and applications to cosmogenic dating Desilets, Darin Maurice Marek G. Zreda Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
2001 Evaluation of the utility of satellite rainfall estimates for water resource applications using sub-basin areal averages and pixel-to-pixel comparisons Claggett, Seton Paul Soroosh Sorooshian Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2001 Multicriteria calibration of hydrologic models Boyle, Douglas Patrick Soroosh Sorooshian Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2001 Characterization of remediation of pathogen, solvent, and petroleum contaminated aquifers Blanford, William James Mark L. Brusseau Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
2001 Dating the paleobeaches of Pampa Mejillones, northern Chile, by cosmogenic chlorine-36 Almasi, Peter Ferenc Marek G. Zreda Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2000 Estimating bank storage and evapotranspiration using soil physical and hydrological techniques in a gaining reach of the San Pedro river, Arizona Whitaker, Martha Patricia Lee Thomas Maddock III Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
2000 Numerical inverse interpretation of pneumatic tests in unsaturated fractured tuffs at the Apache Leap research site Vesselinov, Velimir Valentinov Shlomo P. Neuman Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
2000 Variably saturated, transient flow and transport models with numerical inversion techniques to characterize a field soil in central Arizona Thomasson, Mark J. Randy L. Bassett Doctoral Dissertation Environmental Hydrology
2000 Development of a 36Cl chronology for glaciations in tropical east Africa Shanahan, Timothy M. Marek G. Zreda Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2000 Improving the parameterization of land-surface interactions in GCMs using field data Sen, Omer Lufti W.J. Shuttleworth Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2000 Characterization of residual NAPL in the vadose zone using gas-phase partitioning tracers Ross, Stephanie Danielle Mark L. Brusseau Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2000 13C and 37Cl characterization of PCE and application to contamination of the Harrison landfill: Tucson, Arizona Rosengreen, Sven Albert Randy L. Bassett Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2000 Constructed wetlands and soil-aquifer treatment systems: effects on the character of effluent organic matter Quanrud, David Matson Martha H. Conklin Doctoral Dissertation Environmental Hydrology
2000 Hydrologic resource assessment of upper Sabino creek basin, Pima county, Arizona Peters, Christopher John Roger C. Bales Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2000 Spatial and temporal patterns in soil moisture variations in Oklahoma and its comparison with ETA model Park, Gi-hyeon W.J. Shuttleworth Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
2000 Studies with the biosphere-atmosphere transfer scheme Morrill, Jean Constance W.J. Shuttleworth Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2000 Nonlocal finite element solutions for steady state unsaturated flow in bounded randomly heterogeneous porous media using the Kirchhoff transformation Lu, Zhiming Shlomo P. Neuman Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
2000 Transport of reactive solutes in heterogeneous porous media: heterogeneous rate-limited mass transfer Li, Zhen Mark L. Brusseau Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
2000 Behavior of boron and boron isotopes during uptake by atriplex canescens Leenhouts, James Merrell Randy L. Bassett Doctoral Dissertation Environmental Hydrology
2000 Effect of floods and recovering aquatic vegetation on surface and subsurface storage processes at Pinal creek, Globe, Arizona Koelsch, Roger Sebastian Martha H. Conklin Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2000 The reactive uptake and release of Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II) by sediments from a mining-contaminated stream, Pinal creek, Arizona Kay, John T. Martha H. Conklin Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2000 Simulation of groundwater conditions in the upper San Pedro basin for the evaluation of alternative futures Goode, Tomas Charles Thomas Maddock III Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
2000 Application of an inverse algorithm using a two-dimensional laboratory sandbox model Gardiner, Ryan Tian-Chyi Yeh Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
2000 Analysis of hydraulic capture zones and efficiency under time-varying flow and pumping conditions Festger, Adam Douglas Shlomo P. Neuman Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
2000 Ground-water flow modeling to the Rincon and Mesilla valley and adjacent areas, New Mexico, using U.S.G.S. MODFLOW-96 Faiz, Tanveer Thomas Maddock III Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
2000 Improving high-resolution IR satellite-based precipitation estimation: a procedure for cloud-top relief displacement adjustment Esmaeili-Mahani, Shayesteh Soroosh Sorooshian Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
2000 Intrinsic isotopic tracers as independent evaluators for China lake basin, California Desilets, Sharon L. Einloth Randy L. Bassett Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
2000 Conceptualization of groundwater flow in the shallow aquifer along the Apache reach of the San Pedro river, Cochise county, Arizona Deane, Thomas Clarke Thomas Maddock III Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology