Lynette de Silva
Associate Director
256 Wilkinson Hall
Department of Geosciences
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Phone: 1-541-737-7013
E-mail: desilval@geo.oregonstate.edu

Ms. de Silva coordinates the administration and implementation of three focus area programs: the graduate/professional certificate program; the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, an information technology/outreach program; and the University Partnership for Transboundary Waters, a collaborative research program. This involves contributing to issues of topical scientific and societal importance; adding to state, national, and international visibility; and consolidating programmatic cores and teaching missions.


Education

M.S.: Environmental Geology, Indiana University-Purdue University
B.S.: Geology, Brooklyn College of CUNY


Research Interests

Integrated Watershed Management, Water Resource and Land Management Practices, Water Conflict Management, Earth Science Education and Outreach.


Publications and Recent Presentations

de Silva, L.L.; Kurz, M., Bolles B.; Williams, K.; Maki, C.; Johnson J. The Impact of Short-Term Water Storage on Agriculture - A Field Demonstration. Oral presentation and abstract at the American Water Resources Association, Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, November 7-10, 2005.

Peck, W.D., Harju, J.A., O'Leary, E.A., Smith, S.A., Sorensen, J.A.; Steadman, E.N., Nelson, C.R., de Silva, L.L. Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership Atlas; PCOR Partnership Atlas for U.S. Department of Energy and multiclients; Energy & Environmental Research Center: Grand Forks, ND, 2005.

de Silva, L.L.; Cihacek, L.J.; Leistritz, F.L.; Faller, T.C.; Bangsund, D.A.; Sorensen, J.A.; Steadman, E.N.; Harju, J.A. The Contribution of Soils to Carbon Sequestration; Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership Topical Report for U.S. Department of Energy and multiclients; Energy & Environmental Research Center: Grand Forks, ND, August 2005.

Steadman, E.N.; Sorensen, J.A.; Reilkoff, T.E.; O'Leary, E.M.; de Silva, L.L.; Jensen, M.D.; Harju, J.A. The Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership: Identifying and Developing Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Opportunities in the North American Great Plains. In Proceedings of Western Fuels Symposium: 19th International Conference on Lignite, Brown, and Subbituminous Coals; Billings, MT, Oct 12-14, 2004.

de Silva, L.L.; Peck, W.D.; Bolles, B.A.; Wang, X.; Dokken, H.M.; Groenewold, G.H.; Steadman, E.N. Utilization of GIS in Flood Mitigation. A Case Study in the Red River Basin of the North America. Poster at the International Conference of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology, Water Resources, Environment; Yichang, China, Sept 16-19, 2003.

Bolles, B.A.; Wang, X.; de Silva, L.L.; Dokken, H.M.; Groenewold, G.H.; Peck, W.D.; Steadman, E.N. An Innovative, Basinwide Approach to Flood Mitigation: The Waffle Project. Presented at the International Conference of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology, Water Resources, Environment; Yichang, China, Sept 16-19, 2003.

Wang, X.; Groenewold, G.H.; Steadman, E.N.; Bolles, B.A.; Peck, W.D.; de Silva, L.L.; Dokken, H.M. WaffleSM: An Innovative Integrated Watershed Management Practice. Presented at the Eighth National Watershed Conference, Council Bluffs, IA, June 6-11, 2003.

Wang, X.; Groenewold, G.H.; Steadman, E.N.; Bolles, B.A.; Peck, W.D.; de Silva, L.L.; Dokken, H.M. A Coupled Hydrologic-Hydraulic Model for Flood Reduction Analysis in the Red River of the North Basin. Presented at the 1st International Water Conference, Moorhead, MN, April 23-24, 2003.

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