2013 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 2013-2014. 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 2013-2014 NDWRRI Fellows, and their faculty advisors, academic programs, and research projects are listed as follows:
Amanda Krieger
Electron Donor Contributions to Denitrification in the Elk Valley Aquifer, ND
Program: Env. Engineering, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Scott Korom
Brian Mager
Physical model evaluations of scour holes below a singular and multiple step rock weirs
Program: Civil Engineering, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Howe Lim
Jiexia Wu
Drought monitoring and prediction using NOAH land surface model and GRACE satellite observation
Program: Earth System Science and Policy, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Xiaodong Zhang
Jun Yang
Improved Overland Flow Modeling for Hydrologic Connectivity Analysis of Potholes
Program: Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Xuefeng Chu
Kelsey Kolars
Development of a Model for Subsurface Drainage and Subirrigation Water Management
Program: Ag and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Xinhua Jia
Kyle Horntvedt
Measurement and modeling of soil moisture changes for subsurface drained and subirrigated fields in the Red River Valley
Program: Ag and Biosystem, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Xinhua Jia
Melissa Wygant
A Place Vulnerability Analysis of Flood Hazard Risk at Grand Forks: 1990-2010
Program: Geography, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Paul Todhunter
Mengqi Xiong
Application of Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Model for Estimating Nutrient Loads to Lake Ashtabula, ND, under Different Climate Scenarios
Program: Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Padmanabhan and Zhulu Lin
Prosper Gbolo
The Cycling, Fate, And Quantification of Nutrients at an Abandoned Feedlot
Program: Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Phil Gerla
Rick Thalacker
Mapping Techniques for Soil Erosion, Using Digital Camera LiDAR and GIS
Program: Geography, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Gregory Vandeberg
Ruchi Joshi
Understanding the Survival of Cryptosporidium oocysts in North Dakota
Program: ECS, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Eakalak Khan and John McEvoy
Tanush Wadhawan
Investigation of Cryptosporidium oocysts in Influent and Effluent of the Fargo Water Treatment Plant
Program: Civil and Environmental 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: ECS, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Wei Lin
Yangbo He
Sodic soil characterization and management on subsurface drainage
Program: Soil Science, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Thomas DeSutter