2024 Lower Mississippi River Science Symposium
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Lavin-Bernick Center, McAlister Drive, Tulane University (Live-streamed via Zoom)
Lavin-Bernick Center, McAlister Drive, Tulane University (Live-streamed via Zoom)
Thursday, April 4, 2024 - Kendall Cram Room, 2nd Floor
8:15 | Doors Open |
9:00 - 9:30 | Welcome |
9:00 | Kimberly Foster, PhD, Dean, Tulane School of Science and Engineering |
9:10 | Mead Allison, PhD, Professor and Chair, Dept. of River-Coastal Science and Engineering, Tulane University |
9:30 - 10:50 | Opening Session: Hydrological Extremes |
9:30 - 9:55 | Overview of Climate Change Scenarios for Elements of the Water Cycle within the MS River Basin Suzanne Van Cooten, PhD, Regional Administrator, South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, USGS |
9:55 - 10:20 | Lower Missouri River Flow Frequency Update Paul Boyd, PhD, PE, Hydraulic Engineer USACE - Omaha District |
10:20 - 10:45 | Navigation Sean Duffy, Executive Director, Big River Coalition |
10:45 | Break - 15 min |
11:00 - 11:25 | Summary of Operational and Modeling Actions of Hydrological Low Salt Wedge Update Gary Brown, Research Hydraulic Engineer, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, ERDC |
11:25 - 11:50 | Analysis of Drought Events in the Lower Mississippi River Ehab Meselhe, PhD, PE, Nicholas Altiero Distinguished Professor, Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering, Tulane School of Science and Engineering |
11:50 - 12:15 | The Impact of Riverine Inputs on Coastal Forecasting in Northern Gulf Saeed Moghimi, PhD, Team Lead, NOS Storm Surge Modeling, Coastal Marine Modeling Branch, Coast Survey Development Laboratory, Office of Coast Survey at NOAA National Ocean Service |
12:15 - 1:15 | Lunch |
1:15 - 2:00 | Hydrological Extremes Plenary Panel |
2:00 - 2:10 | Break - 10 min |
Afternoon Session 1 | |
2:10 - 2:40 | Habitat Classification Jack Killgore, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Tulane School of Science and Engineering, Research Fisheries Biologist, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center |
2:40 - 3:10 | Sediment Supply from Bank Migration on the Lower Mississippi River, 1765 to Present David Biedenharn, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Tulane University, Research Hydraulic Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center |
3:10 - 3:40 | Upper MS Regualtion Liam Wallace, Civil Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers, Water Management, St. Louis District |
3:40 - 3:50 | Break - 10 min |
Afternoon Session 2 | |
3:50 - 4:20 | Large Scale Floodplain Restoration in La, MS, AR markets project Jason Milks, US Reforestation Program Director- North America Region at The Nature Conservancy |
4:20 - 4:50 | Presentation Title to be Confirmed NOAA |
Day 1 Closing Remarks | |
4:50 - 5:00 | Mead Allison, Professor & Chair, Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering |
5:00 - 6:30 | Reception and Poster Session |
Friday, April 5, 2024 - Kendall Cram and Breakout rooms, 2nd Floor
8:30 | Doors Open |
Mississippi River Basin Regional Efforts | |
9:00 - 9:25 | An Overview of the America’s Watershed Initiative's Mississippi River Watershed Partnership Kim Lutz, Executive Director, America's Watershed Initiative |
9:25 - 9:50 | An Overview of the Lower Mississippi River Comp Study Deborah Centola, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans |
9:50 - 10:15 | The Mississippi River Delta Transition Initiative: MissDelta Sam Bentley, Professor and Billy and Ann Harrison Chair in Sedimentary Geology, LSU Department of Geology and Physics |
Co-production/Participatory Modeling | |
10:30 - 11:45 | Scott A. Hemmerling, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, The Water Institute of the Gulf; Traci Birch, PhD, Associate Director, LSU Coastal Ecosystem Design Studio; Josh Lewis, Research Director, Tulane ByWater Institute |
11:45 - 12:00 | Closing Remarks |