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Weston R. Dripps
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plyler Hall - 118E
Phone: (864) 294-3392
e-mail: Wes.Dripps@furman.edu
Education
B.A., Amherst College, 1992
M.S., Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 1995
Ph.D., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2003 |
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Research
Interests
Hydrogeology, Watershed Hydrology, Global Water Issues, Ground Water Modeling
Teaching
EES 11 Earth Systems
EES 16 Global Change
EES 45 Hydrogeology
EES 48 Watershed Hydrology
Professional Affiliations
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Geological Society of America
Research
Grants
Funded Proposals
- 2005 Henry David Thoreau Foundation – UMass Boston Hydrogeology Program $24,840
- 2005 NSF - Modernization of Computer, Communications, and Data Management Equipment at the Nantucket Field Station $46,458
- 2005 Nantucket Conservation Foundation – Field Projects on Nantucket Island at Pest House Pond and Medouie Creek. $8,900
- 2004 Ford Foundation and the Council of Graduate Schools - Professional Science Master's Planning Grant $6,000.
- 2004 UMB's Public Service Endowment Grant Program - Thompson Island Cooperative Venture. $3,460
- 2004 Nantucket Conservation Foundation - Pest House Pond: A Nutrient Loading Study. $3,790
Unfunded Proposals
- 2004 NSF - Biocomplexity: Coupled Multi-Scale Natural and Human Processes Driving Soft Shell Clam Settlement Success and Ecosystem Dynamics in Cape Cod Bay $1,999,927
- 2004 Hewlett Packer - HP Technology for Teaching Higher Education. $50,000
- 2004 NSF Major Instrumentation - Acquisition of Three Coastal Ocean Observation Equipment Arrays. $646,470
- 2003 NSF Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program. Learning and Experience With Geographic Information Technologies (LEGIT). $1,345,675
- 2003 NSF IIS-ITR Macroscope: A Framework for Exploring Environmental Data Through Visualization, Mining, and Modeling. $1,943,011
- 2003 NSF Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program - Integrating Astronomy and Meteorology Technologies. $1,480,296
Conference
Presentations
- Dripps, W., Anderson , M., and Hunt, R., in preparation. Utilizing Soil Moisture and Water Table Data for Assessing Ground Water Recharge. Presented at Fall 2005 GSA meeting in Salt Lake City and to be submitted as a paper.
- Tian, Y., McCall, D., Dripps, W., Yu, Q. and Gong, P., 2005. Using Computer Vision Technology to Evaluate the Meat Tenderness of Grazing Beef. Food Australia .
- Dripps, W.R., 2003. The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Groundwater Recharge in the Trout Lake Basin of Northern Wisconsin . Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin – Madison , Department of Geology and Geophysics, 231 pages + appendices.
- Dripps, W.R., Hunt, R.J., and Anderson , M.P., 2002. Use of an Analytic Element Model (GFLOW) Coupled to a Parameter Estimation Model (UCODE) to Estimate Annual Groundwater Recharge Rates in Northern Wisconsin . Geological Society of America, 2002 Fall Meeting, Denver, CO, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 34, No. 6, p.99.
- Dripps, W.R., Kucharik, C.J., Lenters, J.D., Anderson , M.P. and Foley, J.A., 2001. Modeling the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Groundwater Recharge Across a Forested Watershed in northern Wisconsin . American Geophysical Union, 2001 Spring Meeting, Boston , MA , Eos, Vol. 82
- Dripps, W.R., Anderson , M.P., and Hunt, R.J., 2001. The Use of Temperature Profiles through Unsaturated Soils to Estimate Short-term Rates of Natural Groundwater Recharge. American Geophysical Union, 2001 Spring Meeting, Boston , MA , Eos, Vol. 82
- Dripps, W.R, Anderson , M.P., and Hunt, R.J., 2001. Use of a Coupled Heat and Water Transport Model (VS2DH) for Estimating Rates of Natural Groundwater Recharge. 2001 American Water Resources Association Wisconsin Section, 25th Annual Meeting, Green Lake , WI . Abstracts.
- Dripps, W.R., Anderson , M.P., and Hunt, R.J., 2000. Incorporating Recharge Variability into Groundwater Flow Models. Geological Society of America , 2000 Fall Meeting, Reno , NV . Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 32, No. 7, p. A335.
- Dripps, W.R., Bradbury, K.R., Hankley, D.W., and Anderson , M.P., 2000. The Spatial Distribution of Groundwater Recharge: Its Estimation and Incorporation into Groundwater Flow Models. American Geophysical Union, 2000 Spring Meeting, Washington DC , Eos, Vol. 81.
- Dripps, W.R., Anderson , M.P., Hunt, R.J., and Walker , J.F., 2000. A Comparison of Multiple Methods for Estimating Groundwater Recharge in the Trout Lake Basin , Northern Wisconsin . American Water Resources Association Wisconsin Section, 24th Annual Meeting, Green Bay, WI, abstracts, p. 5.
- Bradbury, K.R., Hankley, D.W., Dripps, W.R., and Anderson , M.P., 2000. A GIS-Based Method for Estimating Groundwater Recharge Over Large Areas. American Water Resources Association Wisconsin Section, 24th Annual Meeting, Green Bay, WI, abstracts, p. 14.
- Bradbury, K.R., Dripps, W.R., Hankley, D.W., Anderson , M.P. and Potter, K.W., 2000. Refinement of Two Methods for Estimation of Groundwater Recharge Rates. Final Project Report to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 84 p.
- Everett, J., Staskowski, R. and Dripps, W., 1998. Petroleum Potential of Bangladesh : A Regional Perspective. 1998 Annual American Association of Petroleum Geologists Meeting.
- Everett, J., Staskowski, R., Amos, J., and Dripps, W., 1997. Falcon Basin , Venezuela : An Underexploited Hydrocarbon Province . 1997 Annual American Association of Petroleum Geologists Meeting.
Recent Publications
- Dripps, W.R., Hunt, R.J., and Anderson , M.P., 2005. Estimating Recharge Rates with Analytic Element Models and Parameter Estimation. Accepted to Ground Water . To be published in the December issue.
- Dripps, W. and Bradbury, K., in review. The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Ground Water Recharge in a Forested Basin in Northern Wisconsin . Submitted to the Journal of Spatial Hydrology on June 17, 2005. 16 p.
- Dripps, W. and Bradbury, K., in review. A Simple, Daily Soil-Water Balance Model for Estimating the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Ground Water Recharge in Temperate Humid Areas . Submitted to Hydrogeology Journal on June 17, 2005. 29 p.
- Ahlfeld, D.P. and Dripps, W.R., 2003. Chapter 4: Groundwater Issues in Water:Science, Policy, and Management. Water Resources Monograph 16: 79 – 98.
- Belitz, K. and Dripps, W ., 1998. Cross-well slug testing in unconfined aquifers: A case study from the Sleeper's River Watershed, Vermont . Ground Water 37(3), 438 - 447.
- Belitz, K., Dripps, W., and Fairchild, J., 1995. Slug tests in elastic, unconfined aquifers: Incorporating the free surface. Water Resour. Res. 31(12), 3329-3336.
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