Semmendinger-Raney

Conference Presentations

Semmendinger, K. & Steinschneider, S. “Value of Forecast Lead-Time and Skill in the Robustness of Reservoir Management in the Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River Basin.” IAGLR Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, May 2023. (Oral)

Semmendinger, K. & Steinschneider, S. “The Value of Forecasts for Robust, Many-Objective Water System Performance Under Climate Variability and Change.” AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, Dec 2022. (Poster)

Semmendinger, K., Lee, D., Fry, L. & Steinschneider, S. “Establishing Opportunities and Limitations of Forecast Use in the Operational Management of Highly Constrained, Multi-Objective Water Systems.” AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Dec 2021. (Oral)

Semmendinger, K., Steinschneider, S., Lee, D. & Fry, L. “Exploration of the Sensitivity of Lake Ontario Flow Regulation to Annual Water Supply Forecast Skill.” IAGLR Annual Conference, Virtual, May 2021. (Oral)

Semmendinger, K., Finkenbiner, C. & Blodgett, D. “A Visualization Workflow for Quantifying Parameters Sensitivities and Uncertainties for Hydrologic Models.” AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2019. (Oral)

Semmendinger, K., Finkenbiner, C., Frazier, N. & Blodgett, D. “A Visualization Workflow for Quantifying Parameters Sensitivities and Uncertainties for Hydrologic Models.” CUAHSI Conference on Hydroinformatics, Provo, UT, Jul 2019. (Poster

Finkenbiner, C., Semmendinger, K. & Tijerina, D. “Five Years of Innovation – Student Perspectives of the National Water Center Innovators Program: Summer Institute.” CUAHSI Conference on Hydroinformatics, Provo, UT, Jul 2019. (Poster)

Semmendinger, K. & Steinschneider, S. “A Probabilistic Approach to Inundation Prediction for Decision Making in Coastal Communities.” IAGLR Annual Conference, Brockport, NY, Jun 2019. (Oral)

Semmendinger, K. & Steinschneider, S. “A Probabilistic Approach to Flood Risk Prediction for Decision Making in Coastal Communities on Lake Ontario.” ASCE EWRI Congress, Pittsburg, PA, May 2019. (Oral)

Graham, M., Ramirez, G., Semmendinger, K. & MacCarthy, M. “Low-Cost Household Sustainable Energy Systems: Solar Photovoltaic and Shallow Geothermal Technologies.” The Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium, Houston, TX, Oct 2018. (Poster)

Semmendinger, K., Kelley, A. & Dusseau, J. “Design and Construction of a Geothermal Heating and Cooling System Using Manually Drilled Wells.” Mercer University Breakthroughs in Engagement, Arts, and Research, Macon, GA, Apr 2018. (Poster)

Semmendinger, K., Kelley, A., Dusseau, J., Resto, M. & MacCarthy, M. “Low-Cost Green Energy Solutions: Geothermal Heat Pump Systems Using Manually Drilled Wells.” ASEE Southeast Conference, Daytona, FL, Mar 2018. (Poster)

Semmendinger, K., MacCarthy, M. & Lackey, L. “The Sustainability of Biological Sand Filters in Rural Kenya.” International WaTER Conference, Norman, OK, Sep 2017. (Oral)


MacCarthy, M., Ramirez, G., Semmendinger, K. & Kelley, A. “Improving Household Environmental Practices in Central Georgia: Low-Cost Renewable Energy Systems”. ASEE Zone Conference, San Juan, PR, Mar 2017. (Oral)

Invited Presentations

Semmendinger, K. “Balancing Relevant Research and Practical Findings: A Water Resources Perspective.” Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research Seminar Series. Ann Arbor, MI, Mar 2023.

Semmendinger, K. “Research that Reaches Out: Humanitarian Engineering.” National Engineering Advisory Board of Mercer University School of Engineering Bi-Annual Meeting, Macon, GA, Oct 2017.

Semmendinger, K. “Engineering as Service: Low-Cost Geothermal Heat Pump Installation.” Mercer University Board of Trustees Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Apr 2017.