2016 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 2016-2017. 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 2016-2017 NDWRRI Fellows, and their faculty advisors, academic programs, and research projects are listed as follows:
Afshin Shabani
Modeling Water Balance and Flows of Sediment and Nutrient in Devils Lake Watershed Using SWAT
Program: Earth System Science and Policy, University of North State
Advisor: Dr. Xiaodong Zhang
Alexis Steinman
A Comparison of Wetlands across the Urban - Peri-Urban - Rural Gradient
Program: Natural Resources Management, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Christina Hargiss
Bahareh Shoghli
Impacts of Climate Change on Embankment Dams in the Upper Midwest Region: Critical Design Parameters and Adaptation Measures
Program: Earth Systems and Policy, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Dr. Howe Lim
Benjamin York
Effect of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment on Rivers and Drainage Basins in the Red River Valley
Program: Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Dr. Phil Gerla
Boonsiri Dandumrongsin
Contribution of Soluble Microbial Products on Dissolved Organic Nitrogen and its Biodegradability in Wastewater Effluent
Program: ECS (Ag &Bio), North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Halis Simsek
Courtney Jackson
Effects of Climate Change, Agricultural Land Use Change, and Dynamic Contributing Area on Streamflow Input to Devils Lake: A Case Study of the Mauvais Coulee Sub-Basins
Program: Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Dr. Paul Todhunter
Debjit Roy
Snowmelt water infiltration into frozen soil in the Red River of the North Basin
Program: Ag and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Xinhua Jia
Luisa Torres
Holistic Risk Assessment of Surface Water Contamination Due to Lead-210 Found in Produced Water from Unconventional Oil Production in North Dakota
Program: Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Eakalak Khan
Marina Martin
Tamoxifen and Endoxifen Detections in Wastewater and Receiving Waters in North Dakota
Program: Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Eakalak Khan
Mohammad Hossain
Biopolymers for Phosphate Removal from Eutrophic Lakes
Program: Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Achintya Bezbaruah
Soklida Hong
Glutaraldehyde Removal from Flowback and Produced Waters Using Photolysis
Program: Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Eakalak Khan
Swati Sharma
UV Light Effect on Bioavailability of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in a Trickling Filter Process
Program: Ag and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Halis Simsek
Tong Lin
Assessing the Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing at Bakken on Regional Water Resources
Program: Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Zhulu Lin
Umma Salma Rashid
Injectable Nanoparticle-based Permeable Reactive Barriers for Groundwater Contaminant
Program: Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Achintya Bezbaruah
Ursinio Puga
Comparative Ultraviolet Disinfection Study for Wastewater Applications for the City of Fargo, North Dakota
Program: Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Wei Lin