GIS in Water Resources

Fall 2011

Term Project Proposals

Student	Project
Ben Bass	Trends in surface water in the Murray-Darling basin
Kimberly Bittler	Runoff and phytoplankton levels in the Mission-Aransas NERR
Curtis Bixler	Watershed and terrain analysis of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia
Haley Born	Designing a dam for Blockhouse Ranch
Bryant Chambers	Impact of Urbanization in Austin, Texas
Heather Davis	Historical drought map of the Pedernales River watershed
Justin Davis	Ammonia levels at the Hornsby Bend treatment plant
Matt Dobertien	Sensitivity of the coastal ocean environment in Gulf Shores, Alabama
Kiersten Dube	Effect of rain gardens on runoff in North Austin
Marlo Gawey	Sources and sinks for geological carbon capture and sequestration
Lisa Helper	Nitrogen database for Texas
Matt Hiatt	Hydrologic and topologic study of Wax Lake Delta
Tom Hilde	Development and environmental integrity in Austin, Texas
Mary Hingst	Water sources for hydraulic fracturing in the Barnett Shale
Xianlong Hou	Uncertainty in hydrodynamic modeling of oil spills
Chris Ingenloff	Water Stability and Soil Moisture Capacity in the Lake Somerville Basin
Richard Knox	Mississippi River channel morphology
Katie Larsen	Impact of transportation facilities on urban watersheds
Katherine Lininger	Terrain and satellite imagery analysis, Madre de Dios watershed, Peru
Susan Linn	Seagrass health on the Texas Coast
Sili Liu	Water quantity and quality in the Colorado River, Texas Hill Country
Colleen Lyons	Assessing subsurface hydrology in Ntisaw, Cameroon
Katie Markovich	Multi-temporal remote sensing analysis of two salars in Northern Chile
Alexandre Martinez	Flood management in Austin
Joy Mercier	Pre- and Post-Lignite Strip Mining Waters in East Texas
Nate Meyer	Response of different soil types to precipitation
Adam Pacsi	Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations in the Houston Area
Edward Park	Sediment concentration of tributaries of the Amazon River
Poolkeshi Patel	Analysis of drought in Texas
Elisabeta Poci	Hydrology of the Drini River Basin, Albania
Johnny Sullivan	Soil moisture mapping of drought in Travis County
Lindsey Sydow	Aqueous geochemistry at Yellowstone National Park
Courtney Thomas	Stresses on Caribbean and Atlantic coral reefs
Barrett Thomas	Rainwater harvesting sizing and feasibility study
Abby Tomasek	Water quality and flow characteristics of Barton Springs
Alison Wood	Spatial distribution of pulsed environmental flows
Fengyan Yang	Linking observations data and GIS mapping
Daniel Zavala	Vulnerability of water resources of the Hill Country