2002-03 USGS Research Grant Recipients

The Texas Water Resources Institute awarded USGS Research Grants in 2002-03 to the graduate students listed below.

Jude Benavides, Rice
Graduate Advisor: Philip B. Bedient
Enhanced Flood Warnings for the Texas Medical Center: A Second Generation Flood Alert System (FAS2)
Proposal  Report  
Jude Benavides
Amanda Bragg, Texas A&M University
Graduate Advisor: Kevin McInnes & Tony Provin
Reduced Phosphorus Pollution from Dairies by Removal of Phosphorus from Wastewater through Precipitation of Struvite
Proposal  Report  
Amanda Bragg
Mandy Burgess, West Texas A&M University
Graduate Advisor: Giovanni Piccinni, Charlie Rush, & Greta Schuster
Relationship Between Charcoal Rot, Crop Water Use Efficiency, and Irrigation Management In Grain Sorghum
Proposal  Report  
Mandy Burgess
Nyland Falkenberg, Texas A&M University
Graduate Advisor: Giovanni Piccinni & Charlie Rush
Increase Water Use Efficiency: Implementation of Limited Irrigation For Crop Biotic and Abiotic Stress Management
Proposal  Presentation  Report  
Nyland Falkenberg
Jordan Furnans, University of Texas
Graduate Advisor: Ben R. Hodges
Higher-Order Statistics in Transport and Evolution of Algae Blooms
Proposal  Report  
Jordan Furnans
Jennifer Hadley, Texas A&M University
Graduate Advisor: Raghavan Srinivasan
Real-Time Distributed Runoff Estimation Using NEXRAD Precipitation Data
Proposal  Presentation  
Jennifer Hadley
Kevin Heflin, West Texas A&M University
Graduate Advisor: Brent W. Auvermann
Reduced Phosphorus Concentrations in Feedlot Manure and Runoff
Proposal  
Kevin Heflin
Audra Morse, Texas Tech University
Graduate Advisor: Andrew Jackson
Fate of a representative pharmaceutical in the environment
Proposal  
Audra Morse
Matt Simmons, Texas A&M University
Graduate Advisor: Steve Whisenant & Ben Wu
Urban Forested Wetland Restoration
Proposal  Report  Presentation  Poster  
Matt Simmons
Judy Vader, Texas A&M University
Graduate Advisor: Scott Senseman & Monty Dozier
Adsorption & Desorption of Atrazineon in Selected Lake Sediments in Texas
Proposal  Presentation  Poster  
Judy Vader
June Wolfe, Baylor University
Graduate Advisor: Owen T. Lind
The Role of Suspended Clays in Phosphorus Processing by Lotic Periphyton
Proposal  Presentation  
June Wolfe