Tracing Carbon in Karst Environments in South-Central Kentucky to Identify Changes in Groundwater Dynamic Under Varying Land Uses

Chelsea Ballard, Western Kentucky University
Jason Polk, Western Kentucky University
Kegan McClanahan, Western Kentucky University

8:40 AM

Measurement of Inorganic Carbon Fluxes from Large River Basins in South Central Kentucky Karst

Connor Salley, Crawford Hydrology Lab, Western Kentucky University
Chris Groves, Western Kentucky University

9:05 AM

An Overview of the Reverse Flow Patterns of River Styx in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky: 2009-2012

Shannon R. Trimboli, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Ogden College of Science and Engineering, Western Kentucky University
Kim Weber, T.K. Stone Middle School, currently at Anderson County Middle School
Susan Ryan, Elizabethtown Independent School District
Rick S. Toomey, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Mammoth Cave National Park

9:30 AM

The Effect of Faulting on Past and Present Hydrogeology in Long Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park

Rick Olson, Science and Resources Management Division, Mammoth Cave National Park
Rick S. Toomey, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Mammoth Cave National Park

10:10 AM

Use of Multiphysics Simulation to Model Environmental Conditions Associated with Bat Hibernacula Including Preliminary Indication of Impacts on Saltpeter Vats in Mammoth Cave

Aaron Bird, CD-adapco
Rick Olson, Science and Resources Management Division, Mammoth Cave National Park
Rick Toomey, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Mammoth Cave National Park
Aaron Addison, Scholarly Services, Washington University in St. Louis
Rachel Bosch, Cave Research Foundation

10:35 AM

What Data Analytics Can Do for You!

Leyla Zhuhadar, WKU Initiative for Applied Data Analytics, Western Kentucky University
J. Kirk Atkinson, WKU Initiative for Applied Data Analytics, Western Kentucky University
Albert Meier, WKU Green River Preserve, Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University
Ouida Meier, WKU Green River Preserve, Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University

11:00 AM

The Max Kämper Map of Mammoth Cave: An NPS Centennial Restoration

Tres Seymour, Visual Information Specialist, Mammoth Cave National Park

1:00 PM

Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Mammoth Cave National Park

Cate Webb, Ogden College of Science and Engineering, Western Kentucky University
Chris Groves, Crawford Hydrology Laboratory, Western Kentucky University
Katie Algeo, Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University

1:25 PM

Quantitative Dye Studies to Evaluate the Spill Response System for Mammoth Cave National Park

JeTara Brown, Tennessee State University
Thomas Byl, Tennessee State University, United States Geological Survey
Rick S. Toomey, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Mammoth Cave National Park
Lonnie Sharpe Jr., Tennessee State University

1:50 PM

Modeling Activity of the Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) at Mammoth Cave National Park Using Remotely-Sensed Descriptors of Forest Canopy Conditions

Luke E. Dodd, Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University
N, S. Skowronski, Northern Research Station, US Forest Service
M. B. Dickinson, Northern Research Station, US Forest Service
L. K. Rieske, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky
M. J. Lacki, Department of Forestry, University of Kentucky

2:25 PM

Citizen Science at Mammoth Cave National Park: Integrating Research and Education

Shannon R. Trimboli, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Ogden College of Science and Engineering, Western Kentucky University

2:50 PM

Undergraduate Research Projects Help Promote Diversity in the Geosciences

De'Etra Young, College of Agriculture, Tennessee State University
Shannon R. Trimboli, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Ogden College of Science and Engineering, Western Kentucky University
Rick S. Toomey, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Mammoth Cave National Park
Thomas Byl, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey

3:15 PM