2003-04 Mills Scholarship Recipients
The Texas Water Resources Institute awarded Mills Scholarships in 2003-04 to the Texas A&M University graduate students listed below.
- Aaron Adams
- Graduate Advisor: Wayne Ahr
- Implications of the Distribution of Open Spaces and Porosity in Subsurface Rocks on Groundwater Resources
- Proposal
- Susan Baez Cazull
- Graduate Advisor: Jennifer McGuire
- Investigating the Metabolic Activities of Microorganisms That Mediate Redox Reactions Through Terminal Electron Accepting Processes
- Proposal
- Jenny Birnbaum
- Graduate Advisor: Kirk Winemiller
- Effects of Brush Control Efforts on Headwater Streams and Associated Macrofauna in the Pedernales River Basin
- Proposal
- Rachel Butzler
- Graduate Advisor: Stephen Davis
- Measuring Effects of Changes in Reduced Freshwater Inputs on the Vegetation Communities in the Guadalupe Estuary
- Proposal Presentation
- Josh Bynum
- Graduate Advisor: Tom Cothren
- Comparing the BIOTIC (Biologically-Identified Optimal Temperature Interactive Console) and CropMan Irrigation Timing Methods to Optimize Water Use Efficiency in cotton
- Proposal
- Julianna Comacho
- Graduate Advisor: Tim Kramer
- Development of a Process for the Simultaneous Arsenic Oxidation and Chromium Reduction, a Predictive Model for Arsenic Oxidation, Chromium Reduction, Sorption, Coagulation, and Flocculation
- Proposal
- Marcus Crim
- Graduate Advisor: Vincent Cassone
- Characterization of the Circadian System of Alligators
- Proposal
- Gage Dayton
- Graduate Advisor: Lee Fitzgerald
- Abiotic and Biotic Factors That Affect Distribution of Amphibian Species in the Big Bend National Park and the Chihuahuan Desert in Southwestern Texas
- Proposal
- Daniel Dewey
- Graduate Advisor: Richard White
- Identifying Genes That Regulate the Drought-Tolerance of Zoysia Grasses and Other Turfgrasses
- Proposal
- Jennifer Haye
- Graduate Advisor: Peter Santschi
- Investigating How Levels of Colloidal Organic Matter and Dissolved Organic Matter May Affect Bivalves Along the Texas Coast
- Proposal
- Rebecca Hobbs
- Graduate Advisor: Rick Weaver
- Developing a Design Model Describing the Performance of Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Proposal
- Jimmy Kerns
- Graduate Advisor: Donald Vietor
- Evaluating Biosolids as a Soil Amendment and Nutrient Resource for Turfgrass Establishment
- Proposal
- Christopher Markley
- Graduate Advisor: Bruce Herbert
- Arsenate Uptake by a Freshwater Cyanobacterium
- Proposal
- Kristin Millenbach
- Graduate Advisor: Doug Slack
- Investigating the Spatial and Behavioral Ecology of Whooping Cranes on the Wintering Grounds at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
- Proposal
- Anne Narayan
- Graduate Advisor: Roger Gold
- Foraging Distances and Forager Population Sizes of the Desert Termite
- Proposal
- Wendy Patzewitsch
- Graduate Advisor: Jonathan Smith
- Examining Changing Practices and Perceptions of Water Use in Texas from 1830 to the Present Time
- Proposal
- Melissa Romigh
- Graduate Advisor: Steve Davis
- Quantifying the Carbon Exchange Between the Water Column and Soils in a Tidally Influenced Riverine Mangrove Wetland in Shark River, Florida
- Proposal Presentation
- Jason Schubert
- Graduate Advisor: David Pugh
- Protecting and Preserving Water Resources through Planning Initiatives
- Proposal
- Virginia Shervette
- Graduate Advisor: Frances Gelwick
- Assessment of Essential Fish Habitat as Nurseries for Economically Important Fishes--Tools for Management and Conservation
- Proposal Presentation
- Sara Thornton
- Graduate Advisor: Sam Brody
- Investigate the Potential to Restore Wetlands in Urban Settings
- Proposal
- Jeffrey Ullman
- Graduate Advisor: Saqib Mukhtar & Scott Senseman
- Investigating the Extent to Which Livestock and Poultry Confined Animal Feeding Operations May Introduce Hormones Into the Environment
- Proposal
- David Waidler
- Graduate Advisor: Jane Packard
- Tracking the Activity of Mammals at the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Center, and Creating Educational Opportunities at This Site
- Proposal
- Carrie Whitcher
- Graduate Advisor: David Reed
- Preventing Phosphorus leaching in commercial horticulture operations
- Proposal
- Steven Zeug
- Graduate Advisor: Kirk Winemiller
- Influence of Hydrologic Variability and Floodplain Connectivity on Fish Populations in the Brazos River Basin
- Proposal
