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Laboratory for Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics
MSEIP at UTSA

MSEIP Students


Spring-Summer-Fall 2018

Student (major)
Mentor
Research Topic

Adetunji Adeleye (Geoinfo)

Hongjie Xie

Physical processes of precipitation using vertical pointing miro radar

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
Hongjie Xie

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
Hongjie Xie

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

 

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

 

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
Yongli Gao

 

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
Yongli Gao

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

 

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
Hongjie Xie

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
Yongli Gao

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 paleovegetation 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
Yongli Gao

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
Yongli Gao

Reconstructing high precision paleoclimate records of speleothem samples from southern Appalachian region

Daniel Smith-Salgado (Geo)

Blake Weissling
Yongli Gao

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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