2008-09 USGS Research Grant Recipients
The Texas Water Resources Institute awarded USGS Research Grants in 2008-09 to the graduate students listed below.
- Brigit Afshar, University of Texas
- Graduate Advisor: Mary Jo Kirisits
- Microbial Source Tracking in Drinking Water from Rainwater Harvesting
- Proposal Final Report Abstract
- Deepti Puri, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: R. Karthikeyan
- Uncertainty Analysis of a Statistical Model for Pathogen Contamination Assessment in Two Texas River Basins
- Proposal Final Report
- Eric Hersh, University of Texas
- Graduate Advisor: David R. Maidment
- An Environmental Flows Information System for Texas
- Proposal Final Report Poster
- Champa Joshi, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: Binayak Mohanty
- Uncertainty Analysis of Recharge to the Edwards Aquifer using Bayesian Model Averaging Scheme
- Proposal Final Report
- Kranthi Mandadi, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: Thomas D. McKnight
- Mitigating demand for irrigated water used in agriculture by genetically enhancing crop plants to be productive in minimal water conditions
- Proposal Final Report
- Emily Martin, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: Terry Gentry
- Development of a Library-Independent Bacterial Source Tracking Markers for Species-Specific Discrimination of Deer and Cattle Fecal Contamination in Surface Waters
- Proposal Final Report
- Sivarajah Mylevaganam, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: Raghavan Srinivasan
- Effect of grid sizes as subbasins on SWAT model hydrologic and water quality predictions
- Proposal Final Report
- Emily Seawright, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: M. Edward Rister, Ron Lacewell
- Economic Impacts of Biological Control of Arundo donax in the Rio Grande Basin
- Proposal Final Report
- David Watts, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: Georgianne Moore
- Ecohydrology and ecophysiology of Arundo donax (giant reed)
- Proposal Final Report
- Bo Yang, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: Ming-Han Li, Chang-Shan Huang
- Using SWAT to Compare Planning Methods for Neighborhoods: Case Study of Stormwater in The Woodlands, Texas
- Proposal Final Report
