Mason Water Forum

Thank you to all of our judges and presenters for coming today. It's not too late to come check them out!

Mason Water Forum updated their information in their About section.

Mason Water Forum updated their information in their About section.

Mason Water Forum: Promoting Cross Cultural Exchange Through Water Conservation

Thank you to everyone who came out and our speaker, Brendan McGinnis, for presenting his work with the Water Resources Action Project!

Mason Water Forum: Promoting Cross Cultural Exchange Through Water Conservation A talk by Brendan McGinnis, a lead role in the Water Resources Action Project (WRAP), touching on ways to help the water crisis in the Middle East by harvest...

Thank you to everyone who came out today and our speaker, Brendan McGinnis, for presenting his work with the Water Resources Action Project! A recording of the seminar will be available on this page shortly.

Hope to see everyone tomorrow for our last seminar, light refreshments will be provided!

Have a great break everyone and be sure to come out to this event when you get back!

Have a great break everyone and be sure to come out to this event when you get back!

The Blued Tree Symphony, a special lecture by Aviva Rahamani

Be sure to come out to this event tonight hosted by the EcoScience+Art initiative on campus!

The Blued Tree Symphony, a special lecture by Aviva Rahamani Aviva Rahmani’s work is exhibited and published internationally. She is an Affiliate of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), at the University of Colorado at Boulder, CO., and received her PhD from Plymouth University, UK on the topic of “Trigger Point Theory as Aesthetic Activism....

An Evolving National Geospatial Program for the 21st Century

Thank you to Mike Tischler and everyone that came out for making the seminar last week such a success! If you missed it, it can be watched here (sorry for the quiet audio) and we hope to see you at our next seminar!

An Evolving National Geospatial Program for the 21st Century A talk by Mike Tischler, Director of the National Geospatial Program at the USGS at George Mason University on October 6th, 2016. The talk was hosted by Maso...

Join us on Thursday for the first seminar of the year!

Mason Water Forum: Field Methods for the Quantification of Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamics

We had another awesome seminar yesterday, check it out here.

Mason Water Forum: Field Methods for the Quantification of Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamics April 6, 2016 Anne Paquier

Hello Everyone:

Our first spring seminar is really close!!! Do not forget to mark your calendar for our special speaker Dr. Eleonore Paquier.
Title: Field Surveying Methods for Coastal Engineering
Date: April 6, 2016
Time: 4:30 pm- 5:30 pm
Location: Research Hall, Room 163.

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016 Morning Session

In case you missed out, here are the links to the symposium speakers! Thank you for everyone that came out last week.
https://youtu.be/-wqNFkoDDNk
https://youtu.be/NvXMcPnxfNs

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016 Morning Session The morning session of the 2016 Mason Water Research Symposium. Check out the Mason Water Forum on Facebook and Twitter for updates and events!

And finally!
Our special winners for poster competition in water research symposium 2016!!!

Our special presenter Romulo Augusta presenting his poster in Mason water research symposium 2016

Poster competition

Let's see who will win this year !!!

Afternoon Session started

Kim de Mutsert- Fish Research in Potomac River Tributaries

Dean Peggy Agouris (GMU)

Importance of water at the college of science

Join us at research hall 163

Kendra Russell- Water Research at the US bureau of reclamation

2nd Annual Mason Water Research Symposium

Matt Rodell (NASA) - Water Research and Application at NASA/GSFC

Right now

Come and check it out at research hall 163

Come by tomorrow anytime from 8am-5:30pm in Research Hall 163 to see some awesome presentations from government agencies, the Mason communities, and more and a special water related film screening to finish the day.

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016

Your last chance to register for a FREE LUNCH is today at 12pm.

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016 Save the date for Friday, March 18th and join the Mason Water Forum in Research Hall for a day highlighting Inter-Disciplinary Water Research and Conservation. Drop in for just one or two sessions or join us for the full day! Register by Friday, March 11th to receive free lunch. All poster participa…

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016 Save the date for Friday, March 18th and join the Mason Water Forum in Research Hall for a day highlighting Inter-Disciplinary Water Research and Conservation. Drop in for just one or two sessions or join us for the full day! Register by Friday, March 11th to receive free lunch. All poster participa…

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016

Hi All,

Here is the newest version of our agenda for "Mason Water Research Symposium 2016," hope to see you all there:

Agenda:
8:00 Coffee and Registration

9:00 Provost David Wu (GMU) - Welcome to the Mason Water Symposium
Paul Houser (GMU-GGS) - Mason Water Symposium Logistics

9:05 Maureen Schmelling (DC Water) – Water Quality Management at DC Water
9:25 Dawit Mekonnen (IFPRI) – International Food Policy Research Institute
9:45 Mohamed Chebaane (Water4Life) – Water for Life Solutions LLC:
Water and International Development-Addressing Improvement and Sustainability of Services
10:05 Jim Smith (UVA) – A New Silver-Ceramic Point-of-Use Water Treatment Technology for the Developing World (Via Skype)

10:20 Coffee Break & Poster Session

10:40 Matt Rodell (NASA) – Water Research and Applications at NASA/GSFC
11:20 Kendra Russell (USBR) – Water Research at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
11:20 Thomas Faha (VDEQ) – Water Research at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
11:40 Dale Medearis (NVRC) – Water Research at the Northern Virginia Regional Commission

12:00 Dean Peggy Agouris (GMU) – Importance of Water at the College of Science

12:10 Lunch (provided for registrants) & Poster Session

1:00 Chris Jones (ESP) - Potomac Environmental Research & Education Center
1:20 Kim de Mutsert (ESP) - Fish Research in Potomac River Tributaries
1:40 Anne E. Paquier (CEIE) - Field study of hydrodynamics modification by a coastal wetland of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic
2:00 Donglian Sun (GGS) - Automatic near real time flood monitoring using NPP/JPSS VIIRS imagery
2:20 Subhadeep Halder (AOES) - Impact of soil moisture variability on the Indian monsoon

2:40 – 3:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session

3:00 Charlie Burgwardt (GGS) - Text Mining Archived NOAA Weather Bulletins
3:20 Christine Figan & Taylor Passine (NCC) - The WaSH Project: Providing Access to Clean Water in the Peruvian Amazon
3:40 Shannyn Snyder (CHHS) - Environmental Racism: Water and the Class Divide
4:00 Cindy Adams (GMU & USGS) - Utilizing Molecular Techniques in Assessing Ecosystem Health
4:20 Vicki Blazer (USGS) - Contaminants of emerging concern and fish health
4:40 Poster Awards and symposium wrap up

5:30 Film screening: Ribbon of Sand (30 minutes) room 162

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016 Save the date for Friday, March 18th and join the Mason Water Forum in Research Hall for a day highlighting Inter-Disciplinary Water Research and Conservation. Drop in for just one or two sessions or join us for the full day! Register by Friday, March 11th to receive free lunch. All poster participa…

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016

There will be some awesome presentations from 9am-12pm on March 18th in Research Hall from:
DC Water,
International Food Policy Research Institute,
NASA,
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation,
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality,
and many more!

The afternoon session will be presentations by members of the Mason community and will wrap up with a film screening at 5:30pm. Please register by noon on Tuesday to be guaranteed a FREE LUNCH.

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016 Save the date for Friday, March 18th and join the Mason Water Forum in Research Hall for a day highlighting Inter-Disciplinary Water Research and Conservation. Drop in for just one or two sessions or join us for the full day! Register by Friday, March 11th to receive free lunch. All poster participa…

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016

We have extended the deadline for poster presentations to Tuesday at noon! We have up to $500 cash to give away to the top poster presentations! Presentations for the judges will be at 10:20am, but will be setup before 9am and stay up all day so that all guests have a chance to check them out.

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016 Save the date for Friday, March 18th and join the Mason Water Forum in Research Hall for a day highlighting Inter-Disciplinary Water Research and Conservation. Drop in for just one or two sessions or join us for the full day! Register by Friday, March 11th to receive free lunch. All poster participa…

!!!March is Water Awareness Month!!!!
The Mason Water Forum invites you to Celebrate Water
Check our website for more information: http://waterforum.gmu.edu/

Do not forget to mark your calendar!!! We are all waiting for you :-)

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016

A reminder that registration for the best event you will be at this semester is currently up! Lunch will be provided for those that have registered.

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016 Save the date for Friday, March 18th and join the Mason Water Forum in Research Hall for a day highlighting Inter-Disciplinary Water Research and Conservation. Drop in for just one or two sessions or join us for the full day! Register by Friday, March 11th to receive free lunch. All poster participa…

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016

Hi Guys:

I hope you all are as excited as we are for March 18th!! The Mason Water Research Symposium 2016 is coming up!!! Presenters are coming from all over the place to share with you about their exciting work with water research and conservation. We also have Poster Competition!!!! Do not forget that you should register for attending with or with out poster here:

http://ggs-george-mason-university.ticketleap.com/water-research-symposium-2016/

We are looking forward to seeing you all there!!! :-)

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016 Save the date for Friday, March 18th and join the Mason Water Forum in Research Hall for a day highlighting Inter-Disciplinary Water Research and Conservation. Drop in for just one or two sessions or join us for the full day! Register by Friday, March 11th to receive free lunch. All poster participa…

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016

Registration for the Mason Water Research Symposium is now open at http://ggs-george-mason-university.ticketleap.com/water-research-symposium-2016/! Register to hear a wealth of great speakers, to present a poster and compete for prizes, and/or for a free lunch on March 18th. You won't want to miss this event!

Mason Water Research Symposium 2016 Save the date for Friday, March 18th and join the Mason Water Forum in Research Hall for a day highlighting Inter-Disciplinary Water Research and Conservation. Drop in for just one or two sessions or join us for the full day! Register by Friday, March 11th to receive free lunch. All poster participa…

The Mason Water Symposium highlights intro-institutional and cross-institutional collaborations on water science, research, policy, and education across the Mason Campus and with regional government, academic, and private sector partners. The symposium will showcase and give awards to the brightest and best undergraduate and graduate students’ project in water science and engineering as well as lectures from key mason researchers and professors. The symposium also hosts several invited speakers from government and private sector partners.

Happy World Wetlands Day!

Mason Water forum Team celebrating renewing our 4va-grant for 2016.
Thank you Dr. Paul Houser

Mason Water Forum November 19, 2015 Seminar

Mason Water Forum November 19, 2015 Seminar Jason Giovannettone and Mason Water Forum: Using Climate Variability and a New Software to Predict Annual Precipitation

Thanks for coming
Mr. Jason Giovannettone
Using Climate variability and a new software to predict annual precipitation

Mason Water Forum November 11, 2015 Seminar

If you missed us last week, here's what you missed with Dr. Ben Zaitchik!

Mason Water Forum November 11, 2015 Seminar Dr Ben Zaitchik and Mason Water Forum: Causes and Consequences of Climate in the Nile Basin