USGS Research Grants
- 2010-11 TWRI Graduate Student Grant RFP
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The Texas Water Resources Institute announces a request for research proposals for its 2010-2011 TWRI Grant Program. This program is made possible by support provided through the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Institutes for Water Research. It is aimed at supporting water resources-related research of graduate students at universities in Texas.
- TWRI grant recipient helps make Texas water data easily accessible
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Eric Hersh, a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin, worked with his advising professor Dr. David Maidment to develop an information system to facilitate the public discovery, acquisition, and sharing of data relevant to environmental flows. The information system makes water data from fields such as hydrology and hydraulics, water quality, climatology, geomorphology and physical processes, and biology, available in a consistent and accessible manner, all in one place.
- Graduate students receive water research grants
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Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) recently funded 10 water-related research projects for graduate students from Texas A&M University, Rice University, Texas Tech University, and The University of Texas at El Paso. The students were awarded up to $5,000 to begin, expand or extend water-related research projects. The institute funds the graduate student projects with funds provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as part of the National Institutes for Water Research annual research program. TWRI will publish articles and reports about the progress of each project. For more information about the grant program and students’ projects, go to the USGS program Web site.
- TWRI grant recipient expands WRAP capabilities
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Tae Jin Kim, a graduate of Korea University now earning a doctorate from Texas A&M University in water resources engineering, recently worked with his advising professor, Dr. Ralph Wurbs, also a Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) associate director, to expand the Water Rights Analysis Package (WRAP).
- TWRI grant recipient integrates composted biosolids in low quality soil
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Ronnie Schnell, now earning his doctorate in agronomy from Texas A&M University, recently worked with his advising professors Dr. Donald Vietor and Dr. Clyde Munster to incorporate composted biosolids in low quality soils to enhance water conservation and provide organic carbon and nutrients that improve vegetation growth and limit sediment loss.
- TWRI grant recipient studies the aquatic hazard of ionizable compounds
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Theodore Valenti, now earning his Ph.D. from Baylor University’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Program in Ecological, Earth, and Environmental Science, recently worked with his advising professor Dr. Bryan Brooks to determine how variability among water quality parameters of the Brazos River basin influence aquatic risk of ionizable compounds.
- TWRI grant recipient studies the effects of brush removal on cave hydrology
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Graduate student Corinne Wong, now earning her masters at the University of Texas in geological sciences, recently worked with her advising professor Dr. Jay Banner on evaluating the effects of brush removal on groundwater recharge of a karst aquifer, specifically in cave hydrology.
- TWRI grant recipient studies groundwater input to the Brazos River
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Rice University graduate student Fanwei Zeng is earning her doctorate in biogeochemistry as she works with her advising professor Dr. Carrie Masiello to test using carbon isotopes as a tool to estimate groundwater input from carbonate-containing aquifers to rivers. For this project, she measured dissolved inorganic carbon in the Brazos River.
- Institute requests graduate student research proposals
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Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) announces a request for research proposals from graduate students for its 2009-2010 grant program. Funded by Congressionally provided support through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Institutes for Water Research, this program is aimed at funding water resources-related research of graduate students at Texas universities.
- TWRI grant recipient develops algorithm
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Texas A&M University student Narendra N. Das and his advising professor Dr. Binayak Mohanty of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering have developed an algorithm for downscaling soil moisture measurements from satellite sensors. This algorithm potentially can be used to create a repository of soil moisture and evapotranspiration maps for the state of Texas, Das said.
- TWRI grant recipient studies bacterial loadings along the Texas Gulf Coast
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The University of Texas student Stephanie Johnson is working with her advising professors Drs. David Maidment and Mary Jo Kiristis to evaluate bacterial loadings to six bays along the Texas Gulf Coast that currently do not meet state water quality standards.
- Graduate students receive water research grants
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Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) recently funded 10 water-related research projects for graduate students from Texas A&M University and the University of Texas.
- TWRI grant recipient studies effects of urbanization on freshwater inflows
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By Kari Miller
Texas A&M University international graduate student Debabrata Sahoo is working with his advising professor Dr. Patricia Smith from Texas A&M University’s Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering to study the effects of urbanization on estuarine environmental flows to the San Antonio Bay/Guadalupe Estuary system.
Sahoo, originally from India and a recipient of a [...] - TWRI grant recipient studies restoration practices on urban streams
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By Kari Miller
Texas A&M graduate student Megan Meier is working with her advising professor Dr. Rick Giardino to analyze the impact of restoration practices on the stability of streams in Austin, Texas.
Meier, a recipient of a $5,000 2006-2007 Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) research grant, said that rapid urban growth in Austin has led [...] - TWRI grant recipient studies the cultural aspects of water quality in Austin
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By Kari Miller
The University of Texas graduate student Andrew Karvonen is working with his advising professor Dr. Steven Moore from the School of Architecture to study the historic and current meaning of water to different social groups in Austin, Texas.
Karvonen, originally from Minnesota and a recipient of a $5,000 2006-2007 Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) [...]
