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New Mexico State University

Department of Geography

Dr. John F. Kennedy

Phone # (575)646-2815

Office: BRE 114
E-mail: jkennedy@nmsu.edu

EDUCATION:

  • Ph.D. Geology. University of Texas at El Paso, 2004.
    Dissertation: Application of GIS and Remote Sensing Methods to the Paleohydrography of the Paso del Norte Region of West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico.
  • M. S. Geology. University of New Mexico, 1997.
    Thesis: The Pleistocene Mescalero Caliche of Southeastern New Mexico.
  • B. S. Geology. University of New Mexico, 1993.
  • A. A. Liberal Arts. New Mexico State University at Carlsbad, 1987.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Hydrogeology
  • Paleohydrography
  • Geomorphology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Geospatial Technology (GIS and Remote Sensing)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

  • Creel, B.J., Hawley, J. H., Kennedy, J.F., and Granados-Olivas, A., 2006, Groundwater Resources of the New Mexico-Texas-Chihuahua Border Region: New Mexico Journal of Science, 46:11-29.
  • Granados-Olivas, A., Brown, C., Greenlee, J., Creel, B.J., Hawley, J. H., Kennedy, J. F. , Dena-Ornelas, and Hurd, B., 2006, Geographic Information Systems at the Paso del Norte Region: The Academic Accomplishments and Challenges for a Transboundary Water Resources GIS Cooperation: New Mexico Journal of Science, 46:45-56.
  • Hibbs, B.J., Phillips, F., Hogan, J., Eastoe, C., Hawley, J., Kennedy, J.F., Nunez, F., Granados, A., and Kretzschmar, T., 2003, Binational Study of the Surface Water and Ground-Water Resources of the El Paso/Juarez International Corridor. Water Resources Update, 125: 25-30.
  • Schulze-Makuch, D., Goodell, P., Kretzschmar, T.G., and Kennedy, J.F., 2003, Microbial and chemical characterization of a Ground-Water Flow System in an Intermontane Basin of Southern New Mexico: Hydrogeology Journal, Vol. 11, pgs. 401-412.
  • Schulze-Makuch, D. and Kennedy, J.F., 2000, Microbiological and Chemical Characterization of Geothermal Fluids at the Tortugas Mountain Geothermal Area, Southern New Mexico, USA : Hydrogeology Journal, Vol. 8, pgs. 295-309.
  • King, J.P., Hawley, J.W., Hernandez, J.W., Kennedy, J.F., and Martinez, E., 2006, Study of Potential Water Salvage on the Tucumcari Project Arch Hurley Conservancy District: Phase I A Pre-appraisal-level Study of the Potential Amount of Water that May Be Saved, and the Costs of Alternative Methods of Reducing Carriage Losses from District Canals: N.M. Water Resources Research Institute, NMSU; prepared for Lower Rio Grande Water Users Organization; Technical Completion Report 335. p. 129.
  • Hawley, J.W., and Kennedy, J.F., 2004, Creation of a Digital Hydrogeologic Framework Model of the Mesilla Basin and Southern Jornada del Muerto Basin: N.M. Water Resources Research Institute, NMSU; prepared for Lower Rio Grande Water Users Organization; Technical Completion Report 332. p. 105.
  • Witcher, J.C., King, J.P., Hawley, J.W., Kennedy, J.F., Williams, J., Cleary, M., Brothern, L.R., 2004, Sources of Salinity in the Rio Grande and Mesilla Basin Groundwater: N. M. Water Resources Research Institute, NMSU; Technical Report 330.
  • Kennedy, J.F., Granados-Olivas, A., and Aldouri, R., 2002, Creating a Single Map, Regional Geographic Information System to Support Water Planning in the Paso del Norte Region :N.M. Water Resources Research Institute, NMSU; Technical Report 322. p.22, CD-ROM.
  • Hawley, J.W., Hibbs, B., Kennedy, J.F., Creel, B., Remmenga, M., Johnson, M., Lee, M., and Dinterman, P., 2000, Trans-International Boundary Awuifers of Southwestern New Mexico: N.M. Water Resources Research Institute, NMSU; Technical Report (contract number X-996350-01-3) to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Dallas, Texas, 79 figures, 1 plate, and 1 CD-ROM.
  • Hibbs, B., Creel, B., Nunez, F., Ito, C., Rascon, A., Williams, K., Boghici, R., Ashworth, J., Hayes, M., Peckham, D., Moore, S., Hanson, A., Samani, Z., Kennedy, J.F., Kuo, R., Robinson, J., Valdez, J., Waggoner, S., Cabra, O., Kelley, T., King, C., and Vaughan, M., 1998, Transboundary Aquifers and Binational Ground-Water Data Base, City of El Paso/Cuidad Juarez Area and Surrounding Region: Republic of Mexico and United States of America, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Dallas, Texas.
  • Hibbs, B., Creel, B., Boghici, R., Hayes, M., Ashworth, J., Hanson, A., Samani, Z., Kennedy, J.F., Hann, P., and Stevens, K., 1998, Transboundary Aquifers of the El Paso/Cuidad Juarez/Las Cruces Region: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Dallas, Texas.
  • Creel, B., Sammis, T., Kennedy, J.F., Sitze, D.O., Asare, D., Monger, H.C., and Samani, Z.A., 1998, Groundwater Aquifer Vulnerability Assessment and Management Practices Evaluation for Pesticides in the Mesilla Valley of New Mexico: N.M. Water Resources Research Institute, NMSU; Technical Report 305, NMSU.
  • Kennedy, J.F., Langford, R.P., and Hawley, J.W., 2004, Identfication of Recharge Areas through Paleohydrography Reconstruction - An Example from the Paso Del Norte, SAHRA Meeting on Transboundary Water Resources, Tucson.
  • Hibbs, B., Phillips, F., Hogan, J., Eastoe, C., Hawley, J.W., Kennedy, J.F., Nu ñez, F., Granados, A., and Kretzschmar, T., 2003, Binational Study of the Surface and Ground Water Resources of the El Paso/Juá International Corridor, in Rubin, K., ed., Trans-Boundary Water Issues: The Universities Council on Water Resources, Water Resources Update, Issue No. 125, p. 25-30.
  • Hawley, J.W., Kennedy, J.F., Hibbs, B.J., and Cleary, M.,, 2002, Basin-fill Aquifers of the Southern New Mexico Border Region, USA and Mexico: Their Hydrogeologic Framework, and Related Aspects of Groundwater Flow and Chemistry, in Integrated Trans-boundary Water Management: Proceedings of a special joint conference of Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR), Environmental & Water Resources Institute of ASCE (EWRI), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers INstitute for Water Resources (CEIWR), and National Ground Water Association (NGWA), p. 164-172.
  • Hawley, J.W., Kennedy, J.F., and Creel, B.J., 2001, The Mesilla Basin Aquifer System of New Mexico, West Texas, and Chihuahua - An Overview of Its Hydrogeologic Framework and related Aspects of Groundwater Flow and Chemistry, in Mace, R.E., Mullican, W.F. III, and Angle, E.S., eds., Aquifers of West Texas: Texas Water Development Board Report 356, p. 76-99.
  • Hibbs, B.J., Hawley, J.W., Lee, M., and Kennedy, J.F., 2000, Some Notes on the Hydrogeology and Groundwater Quality of the Animas Basin System, Southwest New Mexico: New Mexico Geologic Society Guidebook 51. p. 227-234.
  • Kennedy, J.F., Hawley, J.W., and Johnson, M., 2000, The Hydrogeological Framework of Basin-Fill Aquifers and associated Groundwater-Flow System in Southwestern New Mexico - an overview: New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 51, p. 235-244.
  • Kennedy, J.F., 1999, Aquifer Sensitivity Assessment for the Mesilla Valley , in 43rd Annual New Mexico Water Conference Proceedings: WRRI Report No.310, March 1999, NMWRRI, Las Cruces, NM, p. 84-104.
  • Kennedy, J.F., 2008, Creating an Environmental Enterprise GIS Database (abstract of oral presentation):American Institute of Professional Geologists International Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, 2008.
  • Kennedy, J.F., 2008, Erosional or Constructional Shorelines? A GIS Investigation of a Playa System using IFSAR (abstract of oral presentation):American Institute of Professional Geologist International Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, 2008.
  • Kennedy, J.F., 2008, GIS and Water Resources - Are We Effectively Using the Tools Available? (abstract of oral presentation): American Institute of Professional Geologists International Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, 2008.
  • Hawley, J. H., and Kennedy, J.F., 2008, Digital Hydrogeologic Models of Basin-Fill Aquifer Systems in the Southwestern New Mexico Border Region - A Powerful Tool for Binational Water-Resources Management (abstract of poster presentation): American Institute of Professional Geologists International Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, 2008.
  • Hawley, J. H., and Kennedy, J.F., Granados-Olivas, A., and Ortiz, M.A., 2007, Hydrogeologic Framework of the Western Hueco Bolson Area of the Rio Grande Rift, Texas, New Mexico, and Chihuahua:Progress Report on Digital Model Development (abstract of oral presentation): Geologic Society of America Meeting, Denver, CO, 2007.
  • Kennedy, J.F., Ortiz, M., and Hawley, J. H., 2006, Digital Hydrogeologic Models of the Basin-Fill Aquifer in the Rio Grande Valley/Paso del Norte Region - A Powerful New Tool in Water Resources Education and Management: UCOWR Annual Conference Proceedings, Santa Fe, NM, 2006.
  • Kennedy, J.F., and Kemrer, M.F., 2006, Geoarcheology of a Prehistoric Site of the San Andres Mountains, South-Central New Mexico: Geologic Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Gunnison, CO, May 2006.
  • Kennedy, J.F., Hawley, J.W., Keller, R.G., and Langford, R.P., 2006, Estimating a Runoff Coefficient Based on Adjacent Watersheds: NMGS Spring Meeting Proceedings, April 2006.
  • Kennedy, J.F., Hawley, J.W., Keller, R.G., and Langford, R.P., 2006, Investigating Paleohydrography of the Paso del Norte Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques: NMGS Spring Meeting Proceedings, April 2006.
  • Hawley, J.W., and Kennedy, J.F., 2004, Base of the Santa Fe Group in the Mesilla and Southern Jornada Basins: WRRI Technology Conference, Socorro, NM, August 2004.
  • Kennedy, J.F., and Langford, R.P., 2004, A GIS and Remote Sensing Method, Using Modern Climate and Topography Data, To Reconstruct Paleohydrography:Geological Society of American Conceference Proceedings, Denver, November 2004.
  • Kennedy, J.F., 2004, Brackish Water Resources and GIS Activities in Southern New Mexico: in New Mexico Rural Water Associations Conference, Albuquerque, March 2004.
  • Kennedy, J.F., Granados-Olivas, A., Herrera, M., Rascon, E., and Hawley, J.W., 2003, Using Mentorship and Intership Opporutnities as an Effective Tool in Transboundary Aquifer Studies, Paso del Norte area, USA and Mexico (abstract of oral presentation): Geologic Society of America Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2003.
  • Kennedy, J.F., and Hawley, J.W., 2003, Late Quaternary Paleohydrology of a Linked Pluvial-Lake and Ancestral Rio Grande System, Paso Del Norte Region, Southwestern USA and Northern New Mexico(abstract of poster presentation): XVI INQUA Congress, Reno Nevada, July 23-30, 2003.
  • Kennedy, J.F., Cleary, M., and Hawley, J.W., 2002, A GIS Approach to Integration of Hydrogeologic-Framework Components of the Mesilla Basin Aquifer System, Southwestern New Mexico Border Region(abstract of poster presentation): Geologic Society of America Meeting, Denver Colorado, 2002.
  • Kennedy, J.F., Hawley, J.W., and Johnson, M., 2001, Hydrogeologic Framework of Basin-Fill Aquifers in the Southwestern New Mexico Region-Integrating Framework Components Using GIS (abstract of poster presentation) Geologic Society of America-Rocky Mountain/South Central Section Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Kennedy, J.F., and Martin, J., 2001, The Use of Remote Sensing to Verify the Accuracy of Digitized Surface Geology Maps (abstract of poster presentation): Geologic Society of America-Rocky Mountain/South Central Section Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Dinterman, P., Kennedy, J.F., Nolen, B., and Jones, G., 2000: Converting New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Geologic Map 57 to digital form (abstract of poster presentation): New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Geology, V.22, no.2, p. 54.
  • Johnson, M., Dinterman, P., Martin, J., Furgal, S., Kennedy, J.F., Nolen, B., and Jones, G., 2000, Converting New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Geologic Map 60 to Digital Form (abstract of poster presentation): New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Geology, V.22, no.2, p. 54.
  • Kennedy, J.F., Johnson, M., Dinterman, P., and Martin, J., 2000, Surface Geology and Hydrostratigraphic Units of the Southwestern New Mexico Region(abstract of poster presentation): New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Geology, V.22, no.2, p. 55.
  • Martin, J., Kennedy, J.F., Nolen, B., and Jones, G., 2000, Converting New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Geologic Map 53 to Digital Form(abstract of poster presentation): New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Geology, V.22, no.2, p.55
  • Schulze-Makuch, D., and Kennedy, J.F., 2000, Microbiological and Chemical Characterization of Geothermal Ground Water at Three Sites in the Desert Southwest of North America (abstract of poster presentation): In BIoastronomy '99 - A New Era in Bioastronomy, Proceedings of a Conference held on the Kohala Coast, Hawaii, 2-6 Aug. 1999, ASP Conference Series 213, p.391-396.
  • Creel, B., Samani, Z., Hanson, A., Khandan, N., Stevens, K., Hann, P., Kennedy, J.F. , and Hu, S., 1995, Transboundary Aquifers in the El Paso, Juarez and Las Cruces Region - New Mexico Team (abstract): Texas Civil Engineer, Austin, TX, Vol.65, n.4, p.28.
  • Kennedy, J.F., 1995, Natural Sensitivity of the Mesilla Valley Basin of Southern New Mexico, in New Mexico Section American Water Resources Association 1995 Annual Conference Proceedings (abstract of poster presentation): Santa Fe, New Mexico, p. 38.

GRANTS:

  • Co-principal investigator on team for research proposal to the Lower Rio Grande Water Users Organization entitled Creation of a Digital Hydrogeologic Model for the Mesilla Basin. Project was funded for $45, 000, with a start date of June 1, 2002.
  • Co-principal investigator on team for research proposal to the Hewlett Foundation (2001) entitled Creation of a Regional GIS System to Support Water Planning in the Paso del Norte Region. Total project budget was $75,000, with a start date of June 1, 2001.
  • Co-principal investigator on team for research proposal to the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (2000) entitled Sources of Salinity in Rio Grande and Mesilla Basin Aquifers. Total project budget was %150,000, with a start date of July 1999.

TEACHING INTERESTS:

  • Geography 487, GIS Practicum using ArcGIS 9.3

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Awards and Scholarships:

  • Oustanding Doctoral Student in Geology, The College of Science, University of Texas at El Paso, Decemeber 2004.
  • Robert Wellnitz memorial Scholarship, New Mexico Geological Society, Fall 1996.
  • Roswell Geological Society Scholarship, New Mexico State University, Fall 1995.
  • Graduate Student Research Award, New Mexico State University, Fall 1995.

Professional Memberships:

  • July 2005 - Present: Certified Professional Geologist
  • July 2005 - Present: Certified GIS Professional
  • 1995 - Present: New Mexico Geologic Society, Socorro, NM
  • 1995 - Present: New Mexico Geographic Information Council, Albuquerque, NM
  • 2001 - Present: Geologic Society of America, Denver, CO

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