2009-10 USGS Research Grant Recipients
The Texas Water Resources Institute awarded USGS Research Grants in 2009-10 to the graduate students listed below.
- Thomas Abia, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: Yongheng Huang
- In Situ Groundwater Arsenic Removal using Iron Oxide Coated Sand

- Joy Archuleta-Truesdale, University of Texas El Paso
- Graduate Advisor: George Di Giovanni
- Sources and Risks of Waterborne Pathogens in the El Paso del Norte Region
- Proposal

- Deborah Carr, Texas Tech University
- Graduate Advisor: Todd A. Anderson
- Biotransformation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) at an effluent land application site
- Proposal

- Dex Dean, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: Bradford Wilcox
- Ecohydrology of Forested Wetlands on the Texas Gulf Coast
- Proposal

- Takele Dinka, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: Cristine Morgan
- Influence of Land Use and Terrain on Surface Hydrology in Shrink-Swell Soils
- Proposal

- Adcharee Karnjanapiboonwong, Texas Tech University
- Graduate Advisor: Todd A. Anderson
- Occurance of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) at an effluent-dominated wastewater apllication site: Estrogens, Triclosan and Caffeine
- Proposal

- Andrew Leidner, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: M. Edward Rister, Ronald Lacewell
- Economic analysis of proposed seawater desalination facility in Brownsville, TX
- Proposal

- Israel Parker, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: Roel R. Lopez
- Role of Free-ranging Wildlife in the Deposition of Escherichia coli into a Texas River Floodplain
- Proposal

- Aarin Teague, Rice University
- Graduate Advisor: Phil Bedient
- Lake Houston Watershed Water Quality Prediction System
- Proposal

- Yujin Wen, Texas A&M University
- Graduate Advisor: Joe T. Cothren
- Regulated Deficit Irrigation Application and Cotton Production in SW Texas
- Proposal

