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
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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
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Deborah Carr, Texas Tech University
Graduate Advisor: Todd A. Anderson
Biotransformation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) at an effluent land application site
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Dex Dean, Texas A&M University
Graduate Advisor: Bradford Wilcox
Ecohydrology of Forested Wetlands on the Texas Gulf Coast
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Takele Dinka, Texas A&M University
Graduate Advisor: Cristine Morgan
Influence of Land Use and Terrain on Surface Hydrology in Shrink-Swell Soils
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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
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Adcharee Karnjanapiboonwong
Andrew Leidner, Texas A&M University
Graduate Advisor: M. Edward Rister, Ronald Lacewell
Economic analysis of proposed seawater desalination facility in Brownsville, TX
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Andrew Leidner
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
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Israel Parker
Aarin Teague, Rice University
Graduate Advisor: Phil Bedient
Lake Houston Watershed Water Quality Prediction System
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Yujin Wen, Texas A&M University
Graduate Advisor: Joe T. Cothren
Regulated Deficit Irrigation Application and Cotton Production in SW Texas
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