2006-07 Mills Scholarship Recipients

The Texas Water Resources Institute awarded Mills Scholarships in 2006-07 to the Texas A&M University graduate students listed below.

Kendra Johnson
Graduate Advisor: R. Karthikeyan
Water quality research on fate and transport of pathogens
Application  
Kendra Johnson
Vanessa Kelly
Graduate Advisor: Ron Kaiser
Inventory all wells in Brazos and Robertson County
Application  
Vanessa Kelly
Trevor Knight
Graduate Advisor: Michael Masser
Determine and compare the effects of biological control, chemical control, and the absence of aquatic vegetation control on the ecology of private impoundments stocked with largemouth bass and bluegill sunfish.
Application  
Trevor Knight
Meredith Langille
Graduate Advisor: Timothy Kramer
Investigate the synergism between the combinations of the activated carbon with the electrochemical process and optimize the selected system using perchlorate contaminated water.
Application  
Meredith Langille
Anna Marie Nordfelt
Graduate Advisor: Steven Quiring
Gain a better understanding of the relationship between land surface conditions and the strength and timing of monsoonal precipitation
Application  
Anna Marie Nordfelt
Oke Nwaneshiudu
Graduate Advisor: Yavuz Corapcioglu
Using the Visual MODFLOW program to assess and study fresh water availability in a Transboundary Aquifer system
Application  
Oke Nwaneshiudu
Sucheta Parkhi
Graduate Advisor: Timothy Kramer
Investigate an innovative treatment method for the destruction of oxy-anions like perchlorate in drinking water using electrochemically induced pitting corrosion of zero-valent Iron
Application  
Sucheta Parkhi
Lisa Prcin
Graduate Advisor: Fred Smeins
Investigate the seedling emergence and survival rates of several native plant species in response to soil amendments on Fort Hood
Application  
Lisa Prcin
Jeremy Joseph Rice
Graduate Advisor: Ron Kaiser
Investigate the impact education has on water conservation, pesticide and herbicide use, and urban wildlife habitat
Application  
Jeremy Joseph Rice
Nick Russo III
Graduate Advisor: Bruce Lesikar, Kaiser
Quantifying the affects of illicit discharge detection and elimination on bacteria-impaired urban streams
Application  
Nick Russo III
Ronnie Schnell
Graduate Advisor: Donald Vietor
Compare turf responses and water and nutrient conservation and losses among contrasting establishment methods; relate soil bulk density and organic carbon concentration to soil water content
Application  
Ronnie Schnell
Kati Ireland Stoddard
Graduate Advisor: Douglass Shaw
Investigate the perception and exposure of arsenic in private and public drinking water among households
Application  
Kati Ireland Stoddard
Zach Vernon
Graduate Advisor: Raghavan Srinivasan
Interested in inter-relationships between all involved variables, including both those that are natural and those related to human populations
Application  
Zach Vernon