OK NSF EPSCoR 2017 Annual State Conference: Presentations & Abstracts

CONFERENCE MATERIALS: 
PROCEEDINGS, PRESENTATIONS & ABSTRACTS

Conference Proceedings

• Complete Conference Booklet
• Agenda
• Speaker Bios
• Poster Presenter List with Abstracts

Speaker Presentations

• Simulating the Impacts of Social Coordination on Groundwater Sustainability and Agricultural Resilience 
  Phil Alderman, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Plant & Soil Sciences, OSU

• Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity in a Changing World
  Ron Bonett, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Biological Science, TU

• OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
  Dana Brunson, Director, High-Performance Computing Center; Asst. Vice President for Research Cyberinfrastructure, OSU

• Is Climate Change Forcing a Reinvention of Conservation?
  Stephen T. Jackson, Director, Dept. of the Interior Southwest Climate Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey; Professor, Dept. of Geosciences & Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona

• Signals, Noise, and Recognition of Changing Weather Patterns in Oklahoma 
  Hank Jenkins-Smith, Co-Director, National Institute for Risk & Resilience, OU
  Carol Silva, Director, Center for Risk & Crisis Management, OU

• America’s Two Climate Changes
  Dan M. Kahan, Professor of Law & Professor of Psychology, Yale Law School

• Agent-Based Models of Complex Socio-Ecological Systems: Deforestation, Household Vulnerability and Road-Building the Southwest Amazon 
  Gregory A. Kiker, Assoc. Professor & Graduate Coordinator, Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, University of Florida

• Modeling the Relationship Between Climate, Domestic Water Use, and Vegetation 
  Jennifer Koch, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Geography & Environmental Sustainability, OU

• Update on EPSCoR Programs
  Jerry Malayer, State Director, Oklahoma EPSCoR

• Urban Forests: Interactions Between Human Decision-Making, Climate, and Landscape Function 
  Heather McCarthy, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Plant Biology, OU

• OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
  Henry Neeman, Director, Supercomputing Center for Education and Research, OU

• From the Market to the Field: The Impact of Agricultural and Energy Linkages on Farmers’ Choices 
  Silvia Secchi, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Geography & Environmental Resources; Director, Environmental Resources & Policy Ph.D. Program, Southern Illinois University

• Oklahoma Ecological Observatory: Its Contribution to the NASA GeoCarb Mission 
  Xiangming Xiao, Professor, Center for Spatial Analysis, OU

• Measuring and Predicting Drought in Oklahoma: A Decision-Support and Educational Model 
  Jad Ziolkowska, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Geography & Environmental Sustainability, OU 

Poster Session

1. Transcriptomic Signatures Reveal Biomarkers for Understanding Amphibian Stress
   Presenter: Timothy A. Clay, TU
2. Constructing Gridded Daily Oklahoma Mesonet Data for Agro-Hydrological Applications
   Presenter: Kundan Dhakal, OSU
3. Responses of Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Croplands to Drought and Drought Recovery
   Presenter: Russell Doughty, OU
4. Effects of Climate Variability and Wetland Characteristics on Water Temperature
   Presenter: Julia Earl, OSU
5. Oklahoman’s Conceptions of Resilience and the Importance of Preparedness and Social Capital
   Presenter: Benjamin J. Gray, OSU
6. Utilizing Native Isopods to Assess the Connectivity and Quality of Oklahoma Groundwater
   Presenter: Alexander J. Hess, TU
7. Socio-Ecological Modeling and Prediction: Economic Impact of Climate Change on the Implementation of Best Management Practices in the Fort Cobb Watershed
   Presenter: Leon Hounnou, OSU
8. Response of Tallgrass Prairie to Drought
   Presenter: Lifen Jiang, OU
9. Spatially Explicit Modeling of Switchgrass Net Ecosystem Exchange in Oklahoma
   Presenter: Vijaya Gopal Kakani, OSU
10. Modeling Impact of Climate Variability and Change on Winter Wheat Production in Oklahoma
    Presenter: Vijaya Gopal Kakani, OSU
11. Progress on the Kiamichi ENVISION Model
    Presenter: Ron Miller, OSU
12. Multi-Model Projections of Climate Hazards Affecting Transportation in the South Central United States
    Presenter: Esther D. Mullens, OU
13. Hydrologic Comparisons of Oklahoma Rivers
    Presenter: Cynthia Sanders, College of the Muscogee Nation
14. Fire Shows Promise in Reducing Woodland Expansion in an Experimental Rangeland Within Oklahoma
    Presenter: Rheinhardt Scholtz, OSU
15. Ethnographic Research in the Canadian Watershed of Northwestern Oklahoma
    Presenter: Michael Stanton, OU
16. Woody Encroachment and the Ethnography of Community Composition in the Lower Cimarron Watershed
    Presenter: Tony VanWinkle, OU
17. Land Use Patterns in Areas of Significant Water-Level Decline Within the High Plains Aquifer of Northwestern Oklahoma
    Presenter: Yun Zhao, OSU

Photos from the conference may be viewed on our Flickr Page.

Presentation File(s): 

2017 State Conference Proceedings.pdf