The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) recently awarded 16 scholarships to Texas A&M University graduate students pursuing research related to water resources. These scholarships will assist graduate students in the 2004-05 academic year.
These grants were awarded through TWRI’s Mills Scholars program, which is an endowed fund that supports research in hydrology and other disciplines focused on water resources issues. Each grant provides a $1,000 award which students can use to pay for tuition or other education-related expenses. TWRI uses the Mills Scholars program to encourage and assist current and prospective graduate students to incorporate water resources studies into their graduate programs.
Some of the research projects being studied by this year’s Mills Scholars include decentralized wastewater management, brush water consumption assessment and control, stochastic modeling of above and below-ground water systems, and quantification and understanding of methylated arsenic. Other graduate students in this program are researching attitudes, knowledge and perceptions of water use among varying demographics; creating watermelon lines that require little or no irrigation; and how to manage and restore damming systems and their effected communities.
Three of this year’s recipients are enrolled in Ph.D. programs, while the others are pursuing Masters Degrees.
For more information on the Mill’s Scholarship program or to learn more about any of these projects, contact the Texas Water Resources Institute at (979) 845-1851 or twri@tamu.edu.
Graduate students receiving Mills Scholarships for 2004-05 and their faculty graduate advisors are shown here.
