| Monday, June 3 |
| Time |
Metals Hall |
Petroleum Hall |
| 8:00 |
Welcome and Opening
Address |
Opening in Metals Hall |
| 8:05 |
Featured Presentation
Challenges in Modeling Impacts to Water Rights on Ephemeral Streams
by Willem
A.
Schreüder |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 8:25 |
Transition |
Transition |
| |
Integrated modeling to understand and manage water supply, water quality, and
ecology
(Session Chairs: Schreüder, Strack) |
Sensitivity and Calibration Analysis: Their Use and Presentation
(Session Chairs: Duan, Maxwell) |
| 8:30 |
Steffen Mehl, Defining Capture Thresholds for Sustainable Groundwater Management of Interconnected Stream-Aquifer Systems |
Greg Ruskauff, Conceptual Model Uncertainty: As easy as 123? |
| 8:46 |
David Sampson, A Dynamic, Georeferenced, Data Management Interface to Link MODFLOW with an Urban Water Policy and Management Model |
Eve Kuniansky, MODELS GONE BAD - Common Modeling Problems and How to Solve Them Update from 2003 |
| 9:02 |
Eric Morway, Towards Enhanced Conjunctive Surface and Groundwater Simulation for Improved River Basin Planning and Management |
Troels Vilhelmsen, A framework for joint inversion of aquifer test, MRS and TEM data |
| 9:18 |
Salvador Peña-Haro, Integrated modeling for assessing the impacts of groundwater management policies - Application to the Mancha Oriental system, Spain |
Matej Gedeon, Understanding results of a groundwater transport model for a surface radioactive waste disposal through sensitivity assessment |
| 9:34 |
Randy Hanson, Integrated Hydrologic Modeling of a Transboundary Aquifer System - Lower Rio Grande |
Zhangshuan Hou, Parameter Dimensionality Reduction in Complex Earth System Models through Exploratory Data Analyses and Calibration |
| 9:50 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:10 |
Featured Presentation
How Many Model Runs Are Needed
to Calibrate the Parameters of A Land Surface Model
by Qingyun Duan |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 10:30 |
Transition |
Transition |
| |
Integrated modeling to understand and manage water supply, water quality, and
ecology
(Session Chairs: Schreüder, Strack) |
Advances in integrated hydrologic modeling
(Session Chairs: Maxwell, Kollet) |
| 10:35 |
Bruce Campbell Development and Application of a Groundwater Flow Model of the Crouch Branch
and McQueen Branch aquifers, Chesterfield County, South Carolina |
Rosemary Carroll, Calibrating Basin-Scale Groundwater Models to Remotely Sensed Estimates of Groundwater Evapotranspiration |
| 10:51 |
Kirsty Upton, Coupling a radial model of the Darcy-Forchheimer equation with a regional groundwater model to simulate drawdown at supply boreholes |
Vivek Bedekar, Enhancing MT3DMS for simulating solute transport in a coupled groundwater-surface water system |
| 11:07 |
Roseanna Neupauer, Comparison of Forward and Adjoint Approaches to Calculate Stream Depletion with Application to the Upper San Pedro Basin |
Jorge Guzman, Integrated SWAT-MODFLOW Modeling Framework: Modeling Multiple Disconnected Surface Watersheds on a Single Subsurface Aquifer Extent |
| 11:23 |
Majdi Mansour, Integrated Environmental Modeling applied at the basin scale: Linking different types of models using the OpenMI standard to improve simulation of groundwater processes in the Thames Basin, UK |
Maria Loinaz, Stream temperature change in the Chuitna Watershed, Alaska due to Climate Change |
| 11:39 |
Chris Nicol, Employing Hydraulic and Ecological Field Data in an Integrated Model to Assess Bore Field Impacts on Aquatic Ecology |
Guoliang Cao Insights into palaeo-hydrologic conditions for groundwater age simulation |
| 11:55 |
Lunch |
| 12:35 |
Lunch Talk - Translational Ecology
William H. Schlesinger, Cary
Institute of Ecosystem Studies |
| 1:05 |
Transition |
Transition |
| 1:10 |
Featured Presentation
Modeling the water flow across an arid ecosystem: The Heihe experiment
by Chunmiao Zheng |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 1:30 |
Transition |
Transition |
| |
Integrated modeling to understand and manage water supply, water quality, and
ecology
(Session Chairs: Schreüder, Strack) |
Optimization and uncertainty in support of resource management and remediation
design
(Session Chairs: Hill, Duan) |
| 1:35 |
Yingying Yao, Conceptual and Numerical Models for the Groundwater Flow System of the Heihe River Basin in an Arid Ecosystem |
John Doherty, Efficient Calibration/Uncertainty Analysis using Paired Complex/Simple Models |
| 1:51 |
E.J. Wexler, Using GSFLOW to Simulate Wellfield/Reservoir Interaction in a Re-Entrant Valley |
Michael Lowry, Focused Uncertainty Assessment for the
Design of a Groundwater Containment System |
| 2:07 |
George Roadcap, Using MODLFOW to Evaluate the Sustainability of New Wellfield Development in the Mahomet Aquifer in Central Illinois
|
David Welter, Application of PEST and PEST++ to Analyze the Global Sensitivity of the Predevelopment Everglades System and to Condition the Natural Systems Model on Expert Knowledge |
| 2:23 |
Wolfgang Schmid, Testing of New Numerical Methods for Receptor Impact Simulations of Coal Seam Gas Extraction related Dewatering |
Phil Hayes, Australian experience in conveying model uncertainty: How do you communicate to the public, when fellow hydrogeologists don't understand? |
| 2:39 |
Dirk Kassenaar, Rethinking Recharge |
Paul Juckem, Estimating Prediction Uncertainty with Monte Carlo Techniques and Analytic
Elements |
| 2:55 |
Coffee Break |
| 3:15 |
Featured Presentation
Recent Lessons about Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis in Environmental Modeling
by Mary C. Hill |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 3:35 |
Transition |
Transition |
| |
Modeling of mines: applications and issues
(Session Chairs: DeNovio, Barnett) |
Optimization and uncertainty in support of resource management and remediation
design
(Session Chairs: Hill, Duan) |
| 3:40 |
Richard Walther, Assessing Dewatering Requirements and Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions Associated with a Coal Mine in Alaska |
Willem Zaadnoordijk, Application of spatial time-series analysis to determine calibration targets for transient groundwater models |
| 3:56 |
René Blankenburg, Consideration of Open Cast Mining Progress and more using the Finite Volume Model PCGEOFIM |
Haruko Wainwright, Improved Understanding of Global Sensitivity Analysis: Applications to CO2 Storage Systems |
| 4:12 |
Peter Sinton, Comparison of FEFLOW and MODFLOW to Model Mine Sites with Deep WaterTables |
Amy Piscopo, Many-Objective Algorithm to Optimize Contaminant Degradation during In Situ Remediation by Engineered Injection and Extraction |
| 4:28 |
Transition |
Transition |
| |
Promoting transparency and reproducibility: examples and perspectives
(Session Chairs: Hill, Tonkin)
|
Using models to inform policy making (Session Chairs: Andrews, Barnett) |
| 4:33 |
Mark Bakker, Enhanced FloPy scripts for Constructing and Running MODFLOW-Based Models |
Peter Andersen, Toward Making Better Predictions with Groundwater Models |
| 4:49 |
Bennie Minnema, Utilization of Interactive MODeling (iMOD) to Facilitate Stakeholder Engagement in Model Development Using a Sustainable Approach with Fast, Flexible and Consistent Sub-Domain Modeling Techniques |
Norman Jones, Debating the Long-Term Impact of the Southern Nevada Pumping Project |
| 5:05 |
Transition |
Transition |
| 5:10 |
Software Demo Session and Poster Session |
| Tuesday, June 4 |
| Time |
Metals Hall |
Petroleum Hall |
| 8:00 |
Opening
Address |
Opening in Metals Hall |
| 8:05 |
Featured Presentation
Realistic simulation of poorly mixed reactive transport using particle tracking
by David Benson |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 8:25 |
Featured Presentation
Geochemical Impacts of CO2 Leakage into Shallow Aquifers
by Alexis Sitchler |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 8:45 |
Transition |
Transition |
| |
Coupled flow and Transport Modeling
(Session Chairs: Benson, Zheng) |
Implications of human activities on water quantity and quality
(Session Chairs: Sitchler, Green) |
| 8:50 |
Timothy Ginn, Analyses of flow and solute transport in a Massillon sandstone laboratory experiment |
Daniel Feinstein, Application of a "semi-structured" approach with MODFLOW-USG to simulate local groundwater/surface-water interactions at the regional scale as basis for a decision-support tool |
| 9:06 |
Benjamin Petri, Effect of hydrologic boundary conditions on subsurface vapor plume migration: Dynamic behavior in response to infiltration and water table fluctuation
|
Michael Fienen, Bridging the Gap Between Groundwater Models and Decision Support with Bayesian Networks |
| 9:22 |
Patrick Wang, A Multivariate Markovian Arrival Process for Modeling Contaminant Transport: I. Theoretical Framework |
Prabhakar Clement , What can the petroleum hydrocarbon remediation industry learn from Deepwater Horizon oil spill and vice versa? |
| 9:38 |
Peter Thum , The Algebraic Multigrid Method (AMG) for the Acceleration of Coupled Surface and Subsurface Flow and Transport Simulations |
Joel Moore, Modeling the effects of road salt on soil, aquifer, and stream chemistry |
| 9:54 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:14 |
Featured Presentation
Complexity and Prediction Errors in Groundwater Transport Models
Chris Green |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 10:34 |
Featured Presentation
Integrated model development and application in the High-Performance Scientific Computing Centre in Terrestrial Systems
by Stefan Kollet |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 10:54 |
Transition |
Transition |
| |
Coupled flow and Transport Modeling
(Session Chairs: Benson, Zheng) |
Implications of human activities on water quantity and quality
(Session Chairs: Sitchler, Green) |
| 10:59 |
Ryan Bailey, Simulating the Reactive Transport of Multiple Chemical Species in Groundwater
and Surface Water in Irrigated Stream-Aquifer Systems |
Assaf Wunsch, Metal release in aquifers under elevated CO2 partial-pressures: Combining geochemical modeling and experimental work |
| 11:15 |
Yong Zhang, TEST-RWHet-v1.0: A software suite for tempered stable preasymptotic pollutant
transport in multi-dimensional natural media |
Peter Schätzl, Elaboration of groundwater models for deep geological repository sites by using
FEFLOW |
| |
continued |
Unsaturated Zone and Multiphase Modeling
(Session Chairs: Langevin, DeNovio) |
| 11:31 |
Nate Adams, Coupling SEAWAT and TOUGH2 Models to Protect Regional Groundwater Quality |
Jeff Stovall, Coupling MODFLOW and MT3D for Simulation of Nitrate Plume
Recovery: Application of Telescopic Mesh Refinement
and Calibration Techniques |
| 11:47 |
Dave Lipson, Estimation of Dual-Domain Mass-Transfer Coefficient Using Multiple Approaches for Groundwater Remediation
|
Donald Reeves, Development and Calibration of Dual-Permeability Models in Complex Hydrogeologic Settings: An Example from the T-Tunnel Complex, Rainier Mesa, Nevada National Security Site |
| 12:03 |
Lunch |
| 12:43 |
Lunch Talk -Water law versus economic efficiency in surface-groundwater administration
Charles Howe, University of
Colorado Boulder |
| 1:13 |
Transition |
Transition |
| 1:18 |
Featured Presentation
Models to inform policy making on agricultural groundwater use in the upper Midwest
by Charles Andrews |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 1:38 |
Panelists Talk (Sunding, Andrews, Tonkin, Zheng) |
| 1:54 |
Audience/Panel discussion
Topic: Groundwater models in prime time: using predictions to manage
resources?
Moderator: Reed Maxwell
Panel members: Charlie Andrews, Prabhakar Clementand, Mary Hill, and
Chunmiao Zheng
|
| 2:44 |
Coffee Break |
| 3:04 |
Featured Presentation
Developing Groundwater Modelling Guidelines for Australia
by Brian Barnett |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 3:24 |
Transition |
Transition |
| |
Variable-density flow modeling
(Session Chairs: Zheng, Langevin) |
Geochemical and Biogeochemical Reactive Transport Modeling
(Session Chairs: Green, Sitchler) |
| 3:29 |
Theo Olsthoorn, Salinity and Temperature in Ordinary Groundwater Hydrology |
Daniel Burnell, Stochastic Simulation of First-Order Sequential Degradation Using Continuous
Time Random Walk (CTRW) Particle Tracking Approach |
| 3:45 |
Philip Nienhuis, 160 Years of History of the Amsterdam Water Supply Dune Area Modeled with
Variable Density, Outlook into the Future |
Michael Hay, Site Investigation Framework to Support Reactive Transport Modeling of the In Situ Remediation of Metals |
| 4:01 |
Marta Faneca Sanchez, Modelling climate change effects on a Dutch coastal groundwater system using airborne Electro Magnetic measurements |
Laxman Sharma, Field-scale Modeling of Pathogen Transport in a Riverbank Filtration System |
| 4:17 |
Douglas Cosler, Numerical Simulation of Multiscale Transport Processes in Variable-Density Flow Systems Using High-Resolution Adaptive Mesh Refinement Methods |
Henning Prommer, Modeling of biogeochemical and isotopic dynamics in a nitrate-polluted aquifer |
| 4:33 |
Naveed Alam, Comprehensive Evaluation of Farmers' Practices in Indus Basin and Solutions to
Control Salt Upconing |
Ming Wu, PHT3D-UZF: MODFLOW/MT3DMS-based reactive transport modelling in variably saturated porous media |
| 4:49 |
Transition |
Transition |
| 5:00 |
Poster Session |
| Wednesday, June 5 |
| Time |
Metals Hall |
Petroleum Hall |
| 8:00 |
Opening
Address |
Opening in Metals Hall |
| 8:05 |
Featured Presentation
Considerations for Grid Design with MODFLOW-USG
by Christian Langevin |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 8:25 |
Featured Presentation
MODFLOW-USG and More
by Sorab Panday |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 8:45 |
Transition |
Transition |
| |
Simulation Code Verification, Benchmarking and Intercomparisons
(Session Chairs: Kollet, Panday) |
Using models to identify data needs and guide data acquisition
(Session Chairs: Maxwell, Hill) |
| 8:50 |
Timothy Scheibe, Simulation of Enhanced Geothermal Systems: A Benchmarking and Code Intercomparison Study |
Michael Kladias, Revisiting and Updating a Numerical Model after More Than a Decade to Evaluate
Contaminant Migration |
| 9:06 |
Megan Sebben, Fully Integrated Model Testing: Current Status and Future Challenges |
Andrew Leaf, Prediction uncertainty analysis to inform additional data collection, Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin |
| 9:22 |
Wayne Hesch, Which UnStructured Grid is the Best for Your Model? Comparing Various Grid Geometries for MODFLOW-USG |
Ye Zhang, Direct Method of Parameter Estimation for Steady State Flow in Heterogeneous Aquifers with Unknown Boundary Conditions |
| 9:38 |
Motomu Ibaraki, Improvement of Performance of MODFLOW: χ MD Matrix Solver Package for Heterogeneous Computing Environments |
Rachel Dearden, Improved representation of geological reality and complexity in groundwater models using the 3D geological models |
| 9:54 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:14 |
Featured Presentation
Groundwater Flow Modeling with Insight
by Otto Strack |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 10:34 |
Transition |
Transition |
| |
Programming Resources for model developers
(Session Chairs: Viger, Schreüder) |
The Analytic Element Method: Developments and Applications
(Session Chairs: Strack, Tonkin) |
| 10:39 |
David Pollock, A Method for Extending the MODPATH Semi-Analytical Particle Tracking Algorithm to Rectangular-based Unstructured Grids |
Henk Haitjema, A Hybrid GFLOW and MODFLOW model for large regional flow systems |
| 10:55 |
Alastair Black, Efficiently delineating volumetric capture areas and flow pathways using directed acyclic graphs and MODFLOW; description of the algorithms within FlowSource |
David Steward, The Analytic Element Method for Large Scale Aquifer Dewatering in a Sloping Aquifer |
| 11:11 |
Scott Christensen, A web-based groundwater mapping and visualization tool using Google Earth |
James Craig, Handling impermeable and specified-head boundaries in kriged water table maps using supplemental analytic element solutions |
| 11:27 |
Xiaohui Ji, A Method for Parallelizing MODFLOW |
Anvar Kacimov, Barenblatt's parabola-Youngs' wedge conjugation in analytical modelling of transient groundwater mounds consumed by exfiltration and transpiration |
| 11:43 |
Lunch |
| 12:23 |
Lunch Talk -Emerging Groundwater Problems in the Energy-Water Nexus
Timothy Scheibe, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| 12:58 |
Transition |
Transition |
| 1:03 |
Featured Presentation
Low Flow Modeling
by Matt Tonkin |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 1:23 |
Transition |
Transition |
| |
New developments in graphical user interfaces, visualization and GIS
software
(Session Chairs: Panday, Andrews) |
Mini Panel Discussion
Hydrologic Computing in the "Post-PC World" - What are the options? (Moderator:Peter Mock)
Panelists: James Rumbaugh, Willem Schreuder, Stefan Kolett |
| 1:28 |
Ursula Maria Mayer, FreshWaterSupply - A Novel User-Interactive Software for Sustainable Management of Water Resources |
| 1:44 |
Eduardo de Sousa, Myths on spatial discretization, quantification of errors related to geometry and layering misrepresentations |
| 2:00 |
James Rumbaugh, Comparison of Telescopic Mesh Refinement and MODFLOW-USG Nested Models for Water Use Permitting in Florida |
| 2:16 |
Transition |
Transition |
| 2:21 |
Featured Presentation
Hydraulic Fracturing: Using a Discrete Fracture Network to Investigate Hydrogeologic Effects
by Nicole DeNovio |
Featured Presentation in Metals Hall |
| 2:41 |
Closing - Win prizes
GMS, MODFLOW III package ($7650 value)
Groundwater Vistas 6 Professional($2950 value)
Ane More..
|
Closing in Metals Hall |
| 3:00 |
Conference Ends |
