WRRC/'Ike Wai Water Seminar

September 21, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Pacific Ocean Sciences and Technology 723

WRRC/'Ike Wai Water Seminar:

The 'Ike Wai Project: Securing 好色先生网站脢禄i脢禄s Water Future

Presented by Dr. Gwen Jacobs, Director of Cyberinfrastructure, University of 好色先生网站i System

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Event Sponsor
Water Resources Research Center, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Barbara Guieb, 956-7847, morav@hawaii.edu

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