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Author:

Fernandez, Alisha Rachel

Title:

EVALUATING ECOSYSTEM AND WIND-FOLLOWING SERVICES FOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC DAMS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

energy policy
hydro-electric power
wind generation
ancillary services
ecosystem services
sensitivity analysis
drought

File:

Download MastersThesis_vs04122011.pdf

Committee Members:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kasprzyk, Joseph Robert

Title:

Managing Population and Drought Risks Using Many-Objective Water Portfolio Planning Under Uncertainty

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

multiobjective optimization
water supply
water management
reservoirs
human impacts
drought
monte carlo simulation

File:

Download JosephKasprzyk-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John Patrick Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Reed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jaramillo-Velastegui, Raul Ernesto

Title:

THE EDAPHIC CONTROL OF PLANT RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: EXTENT, INTERACTIONS AND MECHANISMS OF PLANT ADAPTATION

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

Olsen P
available phosphorus
nutrient dilution
nutrient accumulation
soil orders
Festuca arundinacea
elevated CO2
root formation
drought
aerenchyma
Metabolic costs
Bray P
climate change
land cover land use
LULC
critical value

File:

Download JaramilloVelastegui_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Douglas Brian Beegle, Committee Member

Author:

Camilo, Samuel Alves

Title:

the utility of lateral branching of the primary root for tolerance to phosphorus stress and drought in the common bean (phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

common bean
root architecture
taproot lateral branching
drought
phosphorus common bean
root architecture
taproot lateral

File:

Download Samuel_Camilo_MS_thesis_014.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Marie Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ricky M Bates, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chimungu, Joseph Gregory

Title:

Root anatomical traits for efficient water acquisition under drought in Maize (zea mays L.)

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

Cortical cell file number
root costs
Zea mays L.
(Maize)
drought

File:

Download Joseph_Chimungu_PhD_Thesis_Final_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Committee Member
Howard Skinner, Committee Member

Author:

Brouillette, Daniel Joseph

Title:

Toward Multi-proxy Reconstructions of Hydroclimate over the Contiguous United States from A.D. 500 to Present

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

drought
climate variability
hydroclimate
climate
reconstruction
United States
Holocene
PDSI
proxy

File:

Download DanielJBrouillette_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Mann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Garcia, Ismael

Title:

SENSITIVITY OF THE WESTERN U.S. ELECTRICITY POWER SYSTEM TO HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

water
WECC
vulnerability
drought
optimization
power system
high temperature
sensitivity
electricity
opf

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Karen Ann Fisher-Vanden, Committee Member

Author:

Burridge, James David

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS TO EVALUATE THE UTILITY OF GRAIN LEGUME ROOT ARCHITECTURE

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

common bean
drought
phosphorus
co-optimization
cowpea
root architecture

File:

Download J.Burridge_thesis_Nov17.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Mark Guiltinan, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Outside Member

Author:

Hunter, Mitchell Clayton

Title:

Sustainable Intensification and Climate Resilience: Cover Crops, Soil Improvement, and Drought

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

sustainable intensification
cover crops
drought
climate change
food demand
soil health
reduced tillage
climate resilience
cover crop mixtures
agriculture
agronomy
greenhouse gas emissions
Mississippi River Phosphorus
maize
soybean
wheat
cereal rye
red clover
no-till
soil improvement
plant-available water
infiltration rate
available water capacity

File:

Download Hunter_-_Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. David Mortensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. David Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Dr. Armen Kemanian, Committee Member
Dr. Jason Kaye, Outside Member
Dr. Meagan Schipanski, Special Member

Author:

Lin, Po An

Title:

IMPACT OF WATER AVAILABILITY ON MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS AND INSECT-INDUCED DROUGHT RESPONSES IN PLANTS

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

drought
antiherbivore defense
water availability
tritrophic interactions
stomata
herbivore-induced plant volatiles
CRISPR-Cas9
oral secretion
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
resistance
tolerance
abiotic stress
biotic stress

File:

Download Dissertation_Lin_PA_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jared Ali, Major Field Member
Jonathan Lynch, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin Rajotte, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Felton, Chair & Major Field Represnt
Jared Ali, Major Field Member