2012 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 2012-2013. The fellowships were awarded to thirteen 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 2012-2013 NDWRRI Fellows, and their faculty advisors, academic programs, and research projects are listed as follows:

Alex Stalboerger

Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Tile-drainage Water and for Production of Biofuel
Program: Environmental and Conservation Sciences, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Marinus Otte and Donna Jacob

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

Atikur Rahman

Vegetative Filter Strips: A Best Management Practice (BMP) for feedlot runoff pollution control in North Dakota
Program: Ag and Biosystem, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Shafiqur Rahman

Hasin Shahad Munna

Advancing Hydrologic Simulations and Flood Frequency Analysis of Devils Lake under Climate Change Scenarios
Program: Civil Engineering, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Howe Lim

Jun Young

Toward Understanding the Hydrologic Processes on Topographic Surfaces with Depressions - Development of a Physical-based Distributed Puddle-to-Puddle (P2P) Hydrologic Model
Program: Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Xuefeng Chu

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

Quantifying Estrogens Bound to Soil and Manure Colloids and Assessing Their Bioavailability
Program: Soil Sciences, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Frank Casey

Leslee Storlie

Investigation of Bromate Formation in Ozone Disinfection Systems through Comprehensive Sampling, Water Quality Analysis, and Model Simulation
Program: Envl Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Wei Lin

Michael Quamme

Selenium Removal from Surface and Groundwater Using Iron Nanoparticles
Program: Envl Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Achintya Bezbaruah

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 (Dynamics) of Phytoplankton and Diversity in Relation to Lake Physical and Chemical Condition
Program: Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Wei Lin

Xuelian Bai

Sorption, Degradation, and Mobility of 17ß-Estradiol-17Sulfate in Agricultural Soils
Program: Soil Science, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Francis Casey

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