CIV E 633 - Environmental Hydrology
Fall 2013
Suggested Term Project Topics

  1. The Parana-Paraguay waterway project: Status and outlook.

  2. Application of the Leopold matrix to a civil engineering project.

  3. Application of the Batelle EES to a civil engineering project.

  4. The physico-chemical properties of water and their impact on water resources and Nature, with case studies (Alex Smith).

  5. Geomorphology applied to river channel form and function (Nicole Nuccitelli).

  6. Carbon balance in solar energy projects, with specific reference to San Diego County (Ninad Prabhune).

  7. Carbon balance in tropical rainforests (Nicholas Horres).

  8. Anthropogenic effects of carbon balance in the oceans.

  9. Environmental impacts of desalination projects in California (Paige Russell).

  10. Public health impacts of solar energy projects in California.

  11. Public health impacts of wind energy projects in California.

  12. The 800-mm isohyet in the United States: Location and function (Erika Carino).

  13. Prospects for phosphorous availability in the United States and the world: Status and outlook.

  14. Theory and practice of dry ecological sanitation in the United States.

  15. Salt balance in Tulare Lake basin, California.

  16. Salt balance in the San Joaquin river basin, California.

  17. Wetland loss in California in the 20th Century.

  18. Constructed wetland design: Concepts and applications. (Peter Vrettas).

  19. Denitrification in natural wetlands (David Papaterra).

  20. Ecohydrology of the chaparral ecosystem of Southern California.

  21. Ecohydrology of the hummocks of Southern Florida.

  22. Progress in ecohydrology after Meinzer (Rosa Aguilar).

  23. The Salton Sea restoration project: Status and outlook (Ian Crano).

  24. Latitudinal effects of salinity in rivers of California.

  25. Anthropogenic effects of salinity in rivers of California (Jaime Ramos).

  26. The concept of brine line for salinity management in California.

  27. Separation of salts produced by irrigation into commercial products.

  28. Salinity management in the Central Valley of California.

  29. Quality of wines as a function of climate (Nicole Salem).

  30. Phenology of irrigated vs nonirrigated agriculture (Luis Magallon).

  31. Groundwater resource evaluation: Fact or myth?

  32. Salinity of groundwaters with depth and geology: Application to San Diego County and California.