2006-07 USGS Research Grant Recipients

The Texas Water Resources Institute awarded USGS Research Grants in 2006-07 to the graduate students listed below.

David Barre
Graduate Advisor: Georgianne Moore
Determining effects of brush clearing on deep drainage using soil chloride; a feasibility study for south Texas rangelands
Proposal  Final Report  
David Barre
Yongxia Cai
Graduate Advisor: Bruce McCarl
Impacts of Texas Interbasin Water Transfers on the Water Transfers on the Water Dependent Economy and the Environment
Proposal  Final Report  
Yongxia Cai
Bassil El-Masri
Graduate Advisor: Faiz Rahman
Estimation of Water Quality Parameters for Lake Kemp Texas Derived From Remotely Sensed Data
Proposal  Manuscript  
Bassil El-Masri
Dongsuk Han
Graduate Advisor: Bill Batchelor
Arenic Removal by Novel Nanoporous Adsorbents
Proposal  Final Report  
Dongsuk Han
Mohammad Islam
Graduate Advisor: James Bonner
Development of a Coastal Margin Observation and Assessment System to Monitor the Water Quality in the Corpus Christi Bay
Proposal  Final Report (Investigate Hypoxia)  Final Report (Water Quality Parameters)  
Mohammad Islam
Andrew Karvonen
Graduate Advisor: Steven Moore
A Socio-Technical Case Study of Sustainable Stormwater Management in Austin, TX
Proposal  Final Report  
Andrew Karvonen
Megan Meier
Graduate Advisor: Anne Chin
Post-restoration Evaluation of Urban Streams in Central Texas
Proposal  Update Report  
Megan Meier
Arwa Rabie
Graduate Advisor: Mahmoud El-Halwagi
Property Based Management and Optimization of Water Usage and Discharge in Industrial Facilities
Proposal  Final Report  Presentation  
Arwa Rabie
Debabrata Sahoo
Graduate Advisor: Patricia Haan
Modeling the Effect of Urbanization and Optimizing Land Use for Esturine Environmental Flows
Proposal  Poster Summer 2006  Poster Fall 2006  Poster 2007  Presentation 2007  
Debabrata Sahoo
Robert Taylor
Graduate Advisor: Lal Almas
A Pricing Model to Assess the Effects of Groundwater Availability on Land Valuation
Proposal  Final Report  
Robert Taylor