2019 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 2019- 2020. The fellowships were awarded to fifteen graduate students, including nine Ph.D. and six M.S. students, who will conduct water resources research at NDSU and UND. These fifteen graduate research projects are supported with the annual base (104b) federal grant, and an additional fund from North Dakota State Water Commission.

The students will conduct water resources research at NDSU and the University of North Dakota. Fellows, their academic programs, university, faculty advisers and research projects are:

Erika Olson

Under standing E. coli and Water Quality in Stormwater Retention and Detention Basins in Fargo as part of the Red River Watershed
Program: Natural Resource Management, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Christina Hargiss

Hakan Kadioglu

Effect of Different Water Table Levels on Canola Growth and Quality Parameters
Program: Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering/Natural Resource Management, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Halis Simsek

Hoang Nu Kim Pham

Application of Green Iron Nanoparticles Synthesized using Barley Polyphenols to Combat Lake Eutrophication
Program: Civil & Environmental Engineering/Environmental & Conservation Science, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Achintya Bezbaruah

Jiyang Zhang

Evaluation of the Costs between Devils Lake Flooding Adaptations and Sheyenne River Salinity Damages resulted from Devils Lake Outlet Operations
Program: Earth System Science and Policy, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Dr. Haochi Zheng

Justin Waraniak

Natural and Anthropogenic Landscape Effects on Amphibians in the Northern Great Plains: Genetic Population Structure, Connectivity, and Local Adaptation in Northern Leopard Frog (Rana Pipiens)
Program: Biological Sciences/Environmental & Conservation Science, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Craig Stockwell

Lan Zeng

Development of a Puddle-based-unit Oriented SWAT (SWAT-PBU) Model and Its Application in North Dakota
Program: Civil & Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Xuefeng Chu

Mathew Cox

Developing Design Guidelines for Spur Dikes in Curved Trapezoidal Channels Based on a Validated Two-Dimensional HEC-RAS Model
Program: Atmospheric Sciences, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Dr. Yeo Howe Lim

Matthew Tuftedal

Precipitation Evaluation of the North Dakota Cloud Modification Project (NDCMP) using Rain Gauge Observations
Program: Civil Engineering, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Dr. David Delene

Mohammad Hadi Bazrkar

Drought Identification and Prediction for Cold Climate Regions
Program: Civil & Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Xuefeng Chu

Pavankumar Challa Sasi

Enhanced Removal of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances from Water
Program: Civil Engineering, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Dr. Feng Xiao

Rebecca Bradley

Influence of wetland water quality on amphibian stress and reproductive success in Eastern North Dakota
Program: Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Smith

Talon Mack

Using UAV and Ther mal Imaging to Deter mine Soil Moisture in Red River Valley
Program: Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Xinhua Jia

Tong Lin

Water Resources Impacts and Management in the Bakken Region of Western North Dakota
Program: Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering/Environmental & Conservation Sciences, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Zhulu Lin

Tonoy K Das

Fabrication of Point of Use Treatment Systems for Aqueous Ar senic and their Evaluation
Program: Civil & Environmental Engineering/Environmental & Conservation Science, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Achintya Bezbaruah

Zachary Phillips

Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Fluvial Geomorphology of Post-glaciolacustrine Meandering Rivers: A Case Study of the Red River
Program: Geosciences/Environmental & Conservation Sciences, North Dakota State University
Advisor: Dr. Stephanie Day