MSEIP Students
Spring-Summer-Fall 2018
Student (major) |
Mentor |
Research Topic |
|---|---|---|
Adetunji Adeleye (Geoinfo) |
Hongjie Xie |
Physical processes of precipitation using vertical pointing miroradar |
Mara Alcantara (ES) |
Brian Laub |
Vegetation habitat patterns along environmental gradients on a portion of Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas |
Miguel Bernardo (Geo) |
Alex Godet |
Diagenesis of hard ground in the Austin Chalk |
Kristen Cabatingan (Geo) |
Yongli Gao |
Modeling the brackish water zone in the Edwards Aquifer - analyzing the water interaction with limestone using PHREEQC |
Juan Campos (Geo) |
Hongjie Xie |
McMurdo fast ice change from satellites |
Jerry Chavaz (Geoinfo) |
Newfel Mazari |
Land use land cover variability over the Edwards Aquifer boundary from 1990 to 2017 |
Fabiola Estrada Diaz Flores (CE) |
Vikram Kapoor |
Tracking the primary sources of fecal pollution in the recharge and contributing zones of Edwards Aquifer in Bexar County, TX using molecular tools |
Alberto Flores (CE) |
Samer Dessouky |
Harvesting thermoelectric energy from asphalts pavements |
Tiffany Faller (Geo) |
Lance Lambert |
Apparatus reconstruction of the genus Gondollela |
Ryan Hastings (Geo) |
Judy Haschenburger |
Quantifying mud fraction contained in riverbed sediment, San Antonio River |
Elizabeth Kind (Bio) |
Janet Vote |
Investigative study of Upper Cretaceous heteromorphic ammonoid sexual dimorphism and mass mortality events |
David Luna (Geo) |
Alberto Mestas |
Spatial variability in physical and biochemical water properties in the northern Gulf of Mexico from buoyancy glider observations |
Karen Mendiondo (Geo) |
Alberto Mestas |
Statistics of surface ocean currents and surface winds in the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf region |
Katie Miick (ES) |
Jeffrey Hutchinson |
The effects of freezing temperatures on Lygodium japonicum spore germination |
Armando Montante (ES) |
Heather Shipley |
Quorum sensing of microbial communities |
Robert Ramirez (Geo) |
Judy Haschenburger |
Studying sediment fluxes in the San Antonio River |
Corbin Reyes (ES) |
Jeffrey Hutchinson |
Establishment of aquatic macrophytes in the Mission District of the San Antonio River |
Jorge Riva (Geo) |
Blake Weissling |
Matlab orthorectification of thermal data in Antarctica |
Robert Salinas (Geo) |
Yongli Gao |
Streamflow variability of the segment of Cibolo Creek flowing through the Cibolo Preserve in Boerne, Texas |
Erica Saucedo (Geo) |
Yongli Gao |
Investigation of groundwater-surface water interactions across the Trinity Aquifer |
Muhammad Sharif (Bio) |
Newfel Mazari |
Analysis of Hurricane Harvey rainfall |
Maria Solis (Geo) |
Walter Gray |
Petrography and geochemistry of the Marschall Dike Complex |
Sergio Teran (Geo) |
Steve Ackley |
Determination of the snow contribution to the structure of Antarctic sea ice |
Spring-Summer-Fall 2017
Student (major) |
Mentor |
Research Topic |
|---|---|---|
Miguel Bernardo (Geo) |
Alex Godet |
Diagenesis of hard ground in the Austin Chalk |
Ilana Casarez (Geo) |
Steve Ackley |
Arctic sea ice floe size distributions and concentration from icebreaker-based imagery |
Yajaira Costilla (Geo) |
Newfel Mazari |
Rainfall patterns in Texas for 2015 and comparison to historical data using gauges or weather radar rainfall data |
Tara Fattouh (Geo) |
Yongli Gao |
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Ryan Hastings (Geo) |
Judy Haschenburger |
Quantifying mud fraction contained in riverbed sediment, San Antonio River |
Jacob Holguin (CE) |
Samer Dessouky |
Novel approach to harvest energy from roadways for power generations |
Kuzipa Kapayi (Geo) |
Marina Suarez |
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Adrianne Lopez (Geo) |
Vikram Kapoor |
Fecal source tracking in surface water using human mitochondrial DNA |
David Luna (Geo) |
Alberto Mestas |
Spatial variability in physical and biochemical water properties in the northern Gulf of Mexico from buoyancy glider observations |
Rontez Manning (CE) |
Samer Dessouky |
Novel approach to harvest energy for roadways for power generations |
Karen Mendiondo (Geo) |
Alberto Mestas |
Analysis of numerical ocean model simulations in the northwest Gulf of Mexico |
Andrea Molina (Geo) |
Alberto Mestas |
Latex experiment |
Robert Ramirez (Geo) |
Hongjie Xie |
Disaster mapping and assessment based on NPP-VIIRS night light dimming due to Hurricane Harvey |
Noah Sanchez (Geo) |
Xiaozhen Jiang |
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Erica Saucedo (Geo) |
Yongli Gao |
Investigation of groundwater-surface water interactions across the Trinity Aquifer |
Muhammad Sharif (Bio) |
Newfel Mazari |
Radar rainfall analysis and the impacts of 2015 extreme rainfall over Texas |
Jose Silvestre (Geo) |
Judy Haschenburger |
Quantifying sediment storage patterns in Carnation Creek, British Columbia |
Daniel Smith-Salgado (Geo) |
Liyun Dai |
Water quality of the inter-formational flow of the Trinity/Edwards aquifer system in the vicinity of Barton Springs |
David Smith (Geo) |
Walter Gray |
Petrologic analysis of the Mesoproterozoic Keese monzonite |
Sergio Teran (Geo) |
Blake Weissling |
Determination of the snow contribution to the structure of Antarctic sea ice |
Kody Whitley (ES) |
Alberto Mestas |
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Spring-Summer-Fall 2016
Student (major) |
Mentor |
Research Topic |
|---|---|---|
Asheley Aquirre (Geo) |
Blake Weissling |
Constructing a climatology for Pico de Orizaba, Mexico: temperature and precipitation trends driving glacial change |
Manuel Barrera (CE) |
Jie Huang |
Improving soil qualities with biofuel byproducts |
Ilana Casarez (Geo) |
Steve Ackley |
Arctic sea ice floe size distributions and concentration from icebreaker-based imagery |
Yajaira Costilla (CE) |
Hatim Sharif |
Impact of weather on crashes on Texas roadways |
Tara Fattouh (Geo) |
Jesscia Buckles |
Climate change and the Mayan collapse: high resolution paleoclimate reconstruction from speleothem records |
Jacob Holguin (CE) |
Samer Dessouky |
Novel approach to harvest energy for roadways for power generations |
Kuzipa Kapayi (Geo) |
Marina Suarez |
Stable isotopic analysis of bone fossils |
Adrianne Lopez (Geo) |
Marina Suarez |
Reconstructing Holocene paleovegitation in southwestern New Mexico |
Lauren Orone (CE) |
Heather Shipley |
Ash content of soils after forest fire and the effect on microbial population |
Michelle Ortiz (Geo) |
Lance Lambert |
Benthic and pelagic macrofossils from selected north Texas cyclothems (Upper Pennsylvanian) -- a paleoecological comparison |
Alex Rodriguez (Geo) |
Steve Ackley |
Understanding dynamics of sea ice and its response to climate change based on stable isotope analysis |
Jose Silvestre (Geo) |
Judy Haschenburger |
Application of the BANCS model in determining the effects of silt-clay content in riverbank erosion along the San Antonio River |
Clara Smith-Salgado (Geo) |
Jesscia Buckles |
Reconstructing high precision paleoclimate records of speleothem samples from southern Appalachian region |
Daniel Smith-Salgado (Geo) |
Blake Weissling |
Hydrological investigations of selected epikarst zones in south-central Texas |
Darcy Stephens (CE) |
Firat Testik |
Analysis of raindrop images |
Otilia Webb (ES) |
Drew Johnson |
Softening of reverse osmosis brine |
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