Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
  

  

NSF-P2P | EPSCoR | IPTM | HYDROL-INF
NSF CAREER P2P Project

  

NSF EPSCoR CRCS

  

IPTM - Integrated Pesticide Transport Modeling

  

Watershed Hydrologic Modeling

  

Recent Research Grants

  • USEPA, ¡°Wetlands for Reduction of Sediment and Nutrient Loadings in Impaired Watersheds,¡± Federal fund: $322,828, cost share: $107,502, 2021-2023 (PI: Marinus Otte, Co-PI: Xuefeng Chu)

  • NSF EPSCoR RII Track-1, ¡°Innovative and Strategic Program Initiatives for Research and Education-North Dakota (INSPIRE-ND),¡± $20,000,000, 2014-2021

  • NSF, ¡°CAREER: Microtopography-Controlled Puddle-filling to Puddle-merging (P2P) Overland Flow Mechanism: Discontinuity, Variability, and Hierarchy¡± $519,413, 2007-2013 (PI: Xuefeng Chu)

  • NSF, ¡°RAPID: Stagnant Flood Water Quality Improvement: Role of Sediment and Interactions between Effective Microorganisms and Indigenous Microorganisms¡± $60,000, 2012-2014 (PI: Eakalak Khan; Co-PIs: John McEvoy and Xuefeng Chu)

  • USGS State Water Resources Research Institute Program (NDWRRI), ¡°Quantification of Spatio-temporal Distribution of Surface Ponding and the Related Dynamic Processes¡± $4,100 (non-federal matching funds:$8,200), 2014-2015 (M.S. Student: Noah Habtezion; Advisor: Xuefeng Chu)

  • USGS State Water Resources Research Institute Program (NDWRRI), ¡°Improved Overland Flow Modeling for Hydrologic Connectivity Analysis of Potholes¡± $11,500 (non-federal matching funds:$23,000), 2013-2014 (Ph.D. Student: Jun Yang; Advisor: Xuefeng Chu)

  • USGS State Water Resources Research Institute Program (NDWRRI), ¡°Toward Understanding the Hydrologic Processes on Topographic Surfaces with Depressions - Development of a Physical-based Distributed Puddle-to-Puddle (P2P) Hydrologic Model¡± $10,000 (non-federal matching funds: $20,000), 2012-2013 (Ph.D. Student: Jun Yang; Advisor: Xuefeng Chu)

  • USEPA Region VIII, 319 Project, ¡°Tile Drain Water: Identification of Sources and Quality Improvement by a Constructed Wetland¡± $18,000 (NDSU matching funds: $12,000), 2012 (PI: Marinus Otte; Co-PIs: Donna Jacob, Ron Wiederholt, Xuefeng Chu, Saeed Salem)

  • ND NASA EPSCoR, ¡°Development of Improved Multi-scale Methods for Automated Delineation of Land Surfaces¡± $9,100 (matching fund: $3,003), 2009-2010 (PI: Xuefeng Chu)

  

Graduate Assistantships

  • Graduate assistantships are available for new Ph.D. students. Strong background in hydrology and experience in numerical modeling and computer programming are required. If you have interest, please contact Dr. Xuefeng Chu (Email: xuefeng.chu@ndsu.edu)