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Completed theses for the PhD in Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability

NameYearTitleEmphasisAdvisor
Alvarez Guerrero, Jose2021Power system operation with high penetration of electric vehicles and renewable energyEngineering Sustainable SystemsT. Acker
Broadman, Elinor2021Changes in atmospheric circulation, precipitation patterns, and lake hydrology over the last ~12,000 years in AlaskaClimate & Environmental ChangeD. Kaufman
Arcusa, Stephanie2020Dust-drought nexus in the southern Rocky Mountains: integrating lake paleodust records andclimate modelsClimate & Environmental ChangeN. McKay
Bain, Dominique2020The impact of drought, time-of-use rates and photovoltaics on production costs in ArizonaEngineering Sustainable SystemsT. Acker
Craddock Affinati, Suzanne2019Pressure-temperature-time paths and overstepped garnet nucleation associated with Jurassic Barrovian metamorphism in the Funeral Mountains, CaliforniaEarth SystemsT. Hoisch
Darin, Michael2019Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Sivas Basin from subduction to collision to escape in Central Anatolia, TurkeyEarth SystemsP. Umhoefer
Tierney, Casey2019Crystal-liquid insights into time scales and conditions of magma assembly preceding eruption of the Youngest Toba Tuff, IndonesiaEarth SystemsM. Reid
Donager, Jonathon2018Ponderosa pine forest health and ecohydrology monitoring via passive and active remote sensing: Forest structure, snowpack dynamics and ecosystem moistureClimate & Environmental ChangeT. Sankey
Duffy (Woods), Katharyn2018Quantifying the sensitivity of land atmosphere carbon exchangeClimate & Environmental ChangeC. Schwalm
Schleiffarth, William (Kirk)2018The origins and spatial-temporal patterns of Cretaceous-Quaternary magmatism during collisions, trench retreat, and escape tectonics in Central Anatolia, TurkeyEarth SystemsP. Umhoefer
Wadsack, Karin2018Power system modeling of energy storage and climate change: Implications for the clean air actEngineering Sustainable SystemsT. Acker
Wan, Ho Yi2018Habitat, connectivity, and gene flow of Mexican spotted owl in southwestern forestsClimate & Environmental ChangeC. Aslan
Massey, Richard2017Satellite remote sensing of cropland characteristics in 30m resolution: the first North American continental-scale classification on high performance computing platformsClimate & Environmental ChangeT. Sankey
Rock, Tommy2017Developing policy around uranium contamination on the Navajo Nation using traditional ecological knowledgeClimate & Environmental ChangeJ. Ingram
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