2011 Fellowships
The Institute promotes the education and training of water resources research professionals through its fellowship program. Profiles of each graduate fellow, and summaries of her or his thesis research project, and publications from this project are accessed through the links below. Visitors are invited to contact the student, research advisor, or the Institute Director for further information on the projects.
The North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute announced its Graduate Research Fellowship recipients for the year 2011-2012. The fellowships were awarded to fifteen graduate students, who will conduct water resources research at NDSU and UND. These graduate research projects are supported with the annual base (104b) federal grant, and an additional fund from North Dakota State Water Commission.
The 2011-2012 NDWRRI Fellows, and their faculty advisors, academic programs, and research projects are listed as follows:
Andrea Hanson
Uptake and effects of environmental estrogens on growth of fish
Program: Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Mark Sheridan
Anusha Balangoda
Studies of Seasonal Succession of Cyanobacteria and Green algae Heinrich-Martin Impoundment, North Dakota
Program: Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Wei Lin
Brianna Schneck
Source tracking of Cryptosporidium in rural watersheds
Program: Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University
Advisor: John McEvoy and Mark Clark
Christopher Capecchi
Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater Remediation by Entrapped Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron
Program: Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Achintya Bezbaruah
Dhritikhama Roy
Plant-based Biopolymers for Entrapping Metal Nanoparticles for Arsenic Removal: Biodegradation and Treatability Studies
Program: Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Achintya Bezbaruah
Hasin Shahad Munna
Flood Risk Assessments of Various Scenarios for Devils Lake under GCM Downscaling Simulations Using a Coupled Hydro-Climatic Model Incorportating Recent Advances in Lake Evaporation Estimations.
Program: Civil Engineering, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Howe Lim
Justin Fisher
Integrating life stage habitat into landscape genetics model for the conservation of a declining amphibian species
Program: Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Craig Stockwell
Kate Overmoe-Kenninger
Assessment of Water Quality in Devils Lake using Satellite Imagery
Program: Earth System Science and Policy, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Xiaodong Zhang
Katrin Chambers
Bioavailability of Dissolved and Colloidal Organic Carbon Bound Estrogen
Program: Soil Sciences, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Frank Casey
Kyle Hafliger
Techniques of Assessing Changes in River Flooding Patterns in the Upper Midwest
Program: Civil Engineering, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Howe Lim
Lindsey Malum
Ecosystem Services and Wetland Condition Assessment in the Prairie Pothole Region
Program: Natural Resources Management, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Edward Dekeyser
Mohammed Mizanur Rahman
Hydrologic Adaptiation of SWAT Model for Snow Dominated and High Groundwater Table Conditioned Watersheds and Scenario Analysis of Impacts of Tile Drainage on Stream Flow
Program: Agricultural and Biosystems, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Zhulu Lin
Sharanya Shanbhogue
Co-entrapment of Iron Nanoparticles and Tricholoroethylene Degrading Bacteria in Alginate Bopolmer for Groundwater Remediation
Program: Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Achintya Bezbaruah and Eakalak Khan
Tanush Wadhawan
Role of Agricultural Drainage on Transport of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in North Dakota
Program: Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Eakalak Khan and John McEvoy
Veselina Valkov
Temporal-spatial Distribution of Phytoplankton and Diversity in Relation to Lake Physical and Chemical Condition
Program: Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Wei Lin