Acknowledgement 2011
We would like to thank Liang Wang, of 2005 for his generous donation to
The Ivanhoe Foundation
Ahmed Bitar 2013
Utah State University - Environmental Engineering
From Palestine, Using existing models, research will evaluate heavy metal threats to water supplies from geological weathering of exposed mining waste
Ranjani Ravi 2013
University of Cincinnati - College of Engineering
From India, Working to develop a low-cost assay for the detection of noroviris with high sensitivity and specificity utilizing fluorescence signals in DNA probes
Abedeh Addolghafoorian 2013
University of Cincinnati
From Iran, Study will involve adsorption isotherm experiments with nanomaterials and aromatic compounds, evaluating the effect and efficiency on activated carbon filtering.
Maryan Azmi 2013
Utah State University - Environmental Engineering
From Sudan, Her studies will evaluate degradation byproducts formed in popular plastic bottles utilized for solar thermal radiation disinfection.
Jorge Cazares 2013
Arizona State University - Hydrosystems Engineering
From Mexico, Hydrologic analysis and modeling; impacts of infrastructure and reforestation scenarios to reduce future flooding damage in urban areas. Area of study is Monterrey, Mexico
Raquel Flinker 2012
University of Texas at Austin - Jackson School of Geosciences
From Brazil, Raquel is studying and modeling the impacts of global environmental changes on local hydrology. This study focuses on the effects of climate change, elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and change in precipitation patterns on the hydrology of grasslands of central North America. This research will help understand how global environmental changes affect soil moisture and plant water uptake.
Manish Shrestha 2012
University of Cincinnati, Civil and Environmental Engineering
From Nepal, Studying and modeling the cost and water quality benefits of continuous water supply. In areas of intermittent water supply (including U.S. cities imposing water rationing) pipe damage can lead to both water loss and water contamination. Study will look at satellite tanks in developing countries for improved supply and water treatment, control of hydraulic pressure throughout system serviced, and the cost benefits provided.
Safat Sikder 2012
Tennessee Tech University - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
From Bangladesh, Safat is working to prototype a modular satellite-based water resources and water hazard mapping, early warning and post-disaster assessment visualization system based on Bangladesh but easily replicated for any of the four deltas of SERVIR – Himalaya region
Gurdeep Singh 2012
University of Arkansas Biological & Agricultural Engineering
From India, Trying to quantify the environmental consequences of second generation energy crop production on erodible land using watershed modeling and spatial analysis.
Yogendra Kanitkar 2012
Clemson University Environmental Engineering &Earth Sciences
From India, Working on the anaerobic bioremediation of dichloromethane and tetrachloroethene. The study is to evaluate if the breakdown of dichloromethane yields products that microbes can use to remove the chlorine from tetrachloroethene.
Ruba Mohamed 2012
Utah State University Civil & Environmental Engineering
From Sudan, Is studying stream metabolism as related to phosphorous, nitrogen, and dissolved organic carbon that result in fish kills. Low cost protocols being developed for countries along the Nile River.
Mussie Tewlde 2012
New Mexico Tech Department of Earth and Environmental Science
From Eritrea, His studies characterize fluid flow and heat transport in a basin and range environment and assesses the geothermal potential using hydrogeological and geochemical data, and hydrothermal modeling. This study helps to understand how communities can tap into local geothermal energy for direct use such as agriculture (greenhouse) and aquaculture (fish farming).
Xu Huang 2012
University of Cincinnati Civil and Environmental Engineering
From China, Using microbial source tracking of 16SrRNA genes, paired with pathogen concentrations and hydrological measurements, to develop better models for tracking E. Coli contamination in watershed management.
Hadi Al-Lafta 2011
University of Arizona, Hydrology and Water Resources
From Iraq, Working on research to understand combined interactions of land-use, climate change and variability and catchment area in arid/semi-arid climates . Research has implications for land use planning and mitigation of climate change impacts on water quality .
Morris Demitry 2011
Utah State University, Civil & Environmental Engineering
From Sudan, Research to improve reservoir water quality using a combination of high frequency flow and water quality monitoring and quality modeling; to examine turbidity, alkalinity pH dissolved oxygen and the variations of these parameters with time, temperature and weather
Ruba Mohamed 2011
Utah State University, Civil & Environmental Engineering
From Sudan, Is studying stream metabolism as related to phosphorous, nitrogen, and dissolved organic carbon that result in fish kills. Low cost protocols being developed for countries along the Nile River
Xu Huang 2011
University of Cincinnati, Civil and Environmental Engineering
From China, Using microbial source tracking of 16SrRNA genes, paired with pathogen concentrations and hydrological measurements, to develop better models for tracking E. Coli contamination in watershed management.
Silky Abbott 2011
University of Cincinnati, Civil and Environmental Engineering
From India, Studying the implication of nanoparticles on commercially available F-400 grade GAC in the absorption of Cu(II) from drinking water and the effect of pH and ionic strength on F-400 GAC
Adel Abdallah 2011
Utah State University, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering
From Palestine, Research developing simulation and optimization models to identify synergies and linkages between saving water and saving energy.
Manish Shrestha 2011
University of Cincinnati, Civil and Environmental Engineering
From Nepal, Studying and modeling the cost and water quality benefits of continuous water supply. In areas of intermittent water supply (including U.S. cities imposing water rationing) pipe damage can lead to both water loss and water contamination. Study will look at satellite tanks in developing countries for improved supply and water treatment, control of hydraulic pressure throughout system serviced, and the cost benefits provided.
Parvathy Thelakkat Kochunarayanan 2010
Texas A&M University, Department of Environmental & Water Resources Engineering
From India, Attempting to anaerobicly defluorinate PFOA and PFOS, for improved water reclamation.
Shreyas Sati 2010
Texas A&M University, Department of Environmental & Water Resources Engineering
From India, Is researching agricultural wastes products as biosorbents to remove mercury from water
Manuel Mavila 2010
Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
From Peru, His focus is on soil properties to determine how deforestation leads to increased overland flow and decreased water storage in montane cloud forests
Lijuan Sang 2010
University of Cincinnati, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
From China, Researching the presence of nanoparticles on the effectiveness of activated carbon adsorption of arsenic and lead in water treatment.
Adel Abdallah 2010
Utah State University, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering
From Palestine, Research developing simulation and
optimization models to identify synergies and linkages between saving
water and saving energy.
Morris Demitry 2010
Utah State University, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering
From Sudan, Research to improve reservoir water quality using a combination of high frequency flow and water quality monitoring and water quality modeling; to examine turbidity, alkalinity pH dissolved oxygen and the variations of these parameters with time, temperature and weather
Shreya Ghosh 2010
University of Cincinnati, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
From India, Research to develop and demonstrate genome-enabled molecular biotechnologies to track frank human pathogens in clinical and environmental samples
A.H. Muhammad Siddique-E-Akbor 2010
Tennessee Tech University, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering
From Bangladesh, Using HEC-RAS models, will conduct an error analysis through the virtual-SWAT mission to understand the accuracy of SWOT- observed rain and river discharge relating to the Ganges river basin.
Gideon Sarpong 2010
New Mexico Tech, Civil & Environmental Engineering
From Ghana, Gideon is researching low cost local alternatives
to industrial chemicals for waste water treatment. Indigenous plant mediums
for coagulation/flocculation in lieu of alum, and solar electrolysis sterilization
in lieu of chlorine. His thesis is titled (Use of Low Technology To
Treat Surface Water In Developing Countries)
Acknowledgement 2009
We would like to thank Liang Wang, of 2005 for his generous donation to
The Ivanhoe Foundation
C.Pascale Warren 2009
Utah State University, Dept of Wildland Resources
From Haiti, Utilizing isotope laboratory research to determine if water utilization patterns determine why abandoned farm land does not return to native vegetation
Norma Moreno 2009
University of Houston, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering
From Columbia, Focusing on environmental modeling; utilizing the HSPF numerical water quality model focusing on pathogen contamination and remediation in Bayou environments
Chinyere Mbachu 2009
Tennessee Tech, Dept of Chemical Engineering
From Nigeria, Investigating the use of pulsed corona discharges to eliminate pollutants from drinking water.
Chandana Damodaram 2009
Texas A&M, Dept of Environmental & Water Resources Engineering
From India, Is helping design an optimization program for the development of low-impact strategies preventing storm erosion.
Pamela Gallo 2009
University of Arizona, Dept of Soil, Water & Environmental Science
From Peru, Characterizing and computer modeling of fluid flow in mine-tailing and other engineered soil materials
Hari Peethambaram 2009
Clemson University, Dept of Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
From India, Is researching low cost organic remediation solutions to treating chlorinated solvents in fractured limestone
Shreyas Erapalli 2009
Texas A&M, Environmental & Water Resources Engineering
From India, Working on metal-oxide coatings to improve the arsenic removing characteristics of ceramic water filters
Gideon Sarpong 2009
New Mexico Tech, Civil & Environmental Engineering
From Ghana, Gideon is researching low cost local alternatives
to industrial chemicals for waste water treatment. Indigenous plant mediums
for coagulation/flocculation in lieu of alum, and solar electrolysis sterilization
in lieu of chlorine. His thesis is titled (Use of Low Technology To
Treat Surface Water In Developing Countries)
Acknowledgement 2008
We would like to thank Liang Wang, of 2005 for his generous donation to
The Ivanhoe Foundation
Rishab Mahajan 2008
University of Cincinnati, Civil & Environmental Engineering
From India, Working on models relating to rainfall/runoff patterns in urban watersheds to enteric pathogen discharges due to storm induced overflows of raw domestic sewage impacting drinking water supplies
Ali Baharanyi 2008
Auburn, Biosystems engineering
From Congo, Studying the impact of erosion and sediment controls for mitigation of soil loss and nutrient runoff into water sources
Oubeid Aziz 2008
University of Wyoming, Civil and Environmental Engineering
From Comoros, Applying singular value decomposition techniques to research climatic variability on western snowpack watersheds.
Laurent Ahiablame 2008
Purdue University Dept of Agriculture & Biological Engineering
From Togo, Studying the area of nutrient transport and dynamics in drainage and natural stream system. Increasing the fundamental knowledge of how various biotic and abiotic processes control nutrient dynamics in drainage /streams. This information is needed in anticipation of land use changes related to biofuel agriculture, and its foreseeable impacts on water quality.
Kinwai Tai 2008
New Mexico Tech, Earth & Enviromental Sciences
From Hong Kong, studying off-line coupling of numerical weather models with hydrological simulations for improved weather and flood forecasts.
Allison Neptune 2008
Utah State University, Department of Civil Environmental; Engineering
From Grenada, is working toward improving Grenada's wastewater practices to eliminate ocean outfall of untreated wastewater, including programs of public education in water conservation. He has been awarded a second scholarship for continuing research.
Mohammad Chowdhury 2008
Electrical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University
I am from Bangladesh and working on improving the spatial mapping of arsenic contamination in ground water. My research is introducing Artificial Neural Network as a technique to provide more accurate spatial estimate of the arsenic concentration using limited amount of measurements.
Saumya Sarker 2008
Clemson University, Environmental Engineering & Science
From India, is modeling hydrological systems and non-point
source pollution to determine the positive or negative impact on water bodies
given changes in land use patterns after adoption of energy crops.
Lu Sun 2007
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Science
From China, Studying redox of cobalt in freshwater to gain some insight on the natural ligands in harmful algae blooms. Cobalt is an essential nutrition element in the growth of phytoplankton.
Luis Mendez-Barroso 2007
New Mexico Tech, Earth & Enviromental Sciences
From Mexico, is researching monsoon hydrology via spatiotemporal analysis of soil moisture and evapotranspiration in semiarid regions.
Jesus Gomez Velez 2007
New Mexico Tech, Earth & Environmental Sciences
From Colombia, studying the effects soil hydrology on landmines sensors to improve the dectection of landmines in rural areas.
Malavika Tripathi 2007
University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environmental
From India, studying in an interdisciplinary program researching life cycle analysis for energy assessment of water and wastewater systems.
Angelica Varquez-ortega 2007
University of Arizona, Department of Environmental Chemistry
From Puerto Rico, studying drought & metal tolerant plants to phyostabilize the metal contaminants in mine tailing. The object is to reduce the contamination in desert water systems.
Alicia Paz-solis 2007
University of New Mexico, Department of Civil Engineering, Water Reesources Program
From Peru, a interdisciplinary Water Resource Master, This is a combination of engineering, secondary education and Water Resource management.
Allison Neptune 2007
Utah State University, Department of Civil Environmental; Engineering
From Grenada, is working toward improving Grenada's wastewater practices to eliminate ocean outfall of untreated wastewater, including programs of public education in water conservation.
Mohamed H. Adel-Hafez 2006
Utah State University, Department of Civil Environmental; Engineering
From Egypt, with a background in river hydraulics network monitoring, he is working on web based interfaces for lake level water models.
Patrick Andrew 2006
Utah State University, College of Engineering Water Research Laboratory
From St Lucia, is working on septic and non-septic sewage systems for individual users.
Archana Venkatarmann 2006
University of Houston, Department of Civil Environmental Engineering
From India, she is studying electro coagulation micro filtration for virus removal from drinking water.
Receives Fellowship for Work in Water Purification
Mahesh Dhanushkodi 2006
New Mexico State University, Department of Chemical Engineering
From India, is working on solar desalination of brackish water, using membrane distillation and dew evaporation processes.
Ting Lu 2006
University of Cincinnati Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
From China, is working on sewage treating growth limiting substrates in biofilm reactors.
Adetona Olorunfemi 2006
Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
From Nigeria, studying water pollution factors for individual
user cistern systems.
Nitin Katiyar 2006
Tennessee Tech University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
From India, developing computer models for real-time raifall monitoring for flood prediction in international transboundary rain basin.
Richa Srivastava 2005
University of Arkansas Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering
From India, identifying and modeling remote sources of sedimentation contaminating water supplies in streams and lakes. Her work focused on utilizing remote sensor systems.
Liang Wang 2005
Syracuse University College of Engineering & Computer Science
From China, studying coagulation processes and mediums as affected by natural organic materials. Evaluating computerized models to expedite testing times for waste treatment processing.
Jesus del Ruelas lslas 2005
University of Arizona Department of Soil Water & Environmental Science
From Mexico, studying dry land farming irrigation methods for xerophilous environments. Soil depletion and desertification are an increasing problem worldwide.
Carlos Soto Lopez 2005
University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology & Water Resources
From Puerto Rico, studying climate change and land use changes in stream sedimentation and how it affects water utilization in semi-arid riparian systems.
Ha Huang 2005
University of Cincinnati Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
From China, studying the degradation of percolates in ground water, with the goal of finding efficient and cost effective water treatments to remove thyroid impairing contaminates.
Undenika Wijesinghe 2005
Auburn University Department of Agronomy and Soils
From Sri Lanka, studying molecular approaches to identify sources of fecal contamination in major rivers. Studying methods utilizing rep-PCR DNA to fingerprint sources.
Prajwal Vikram 2005
New Mexico State University, Department of Chemical Engineering
From India, doing research on desalination of brackish water using membrane distillation and reverse osmosis. This research utilizes solar energy for cost control, and removing pathogens and other contaminates from drinking water.
Rodrigo Almeida 2005
Texas A&M Department of Physical & Life Sciences
From Brazil, doing research focusing on culturing marine shrimp under bio-secure conditions with limited water discharge to control disease and water consumption.
Owais Farooqi 2005
Virginia Tech Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
From India, doing advanced studies in corrosion affecting water carrying materials used in both industrial and domestic plumbing. This research will also investigate possible side affects of newer plastic plumbing products.
Prabha, Manikya Mellancheruvu 2004
Tennessee Tech Department of Chemical Engineering
From India, studying electric field flow fractionation. The water infrastructure of India is overwhelmed by the growth of population and industry, with both biological and industrial contamination. She is working toward the development of pocket-portable water analysis instruments.
Ibrahim Nourein Mohammed 2004
Utah State University College of Engineering, Water Research Lab.
From Sudan, studying systems of water forecasting and management in semi-arid regions. Research focusing on statistical relationships of precipitation, stream flow, temperature and water resources.
Luis Javier Ransom Romo 2004
University of Arizona Dept of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science
From Mexico, studying soil fertility and water use efficiency in desert conditions for arid land management.
Jeetendra Mishra 2004
Texas A&M Agricultural Research, Shrimp Mariculture Facility
From India, studying shrimp farming under biosecured and limited discharge conditions. Strong emphasis on shrimp production with minimal water exchange while controlling viral disease.
Srilaxmi Dosapati 2003
Tennessee Tech Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
From India, studying the control of pollutants in wetlands. India has extensive wetlands and quickly developing industries, so the basic treatment of wastewater and polluition control are of increasing importance. Srilaxmi's primary field of study at Tennesse Tech utilized organic filters such as peat moss to filter agricultural pollutants.
Huruy Zerzghi 2003
University of Arizona Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science
From Eritrea, studying integrated aquaculture/agriculture using techniques that reuse effluents from fish and shrimp farming to irrigate and fertalize field crops. In Eritrea, with extremely limited supplies of potable water, food production using recycled water is critical. Before his application to the University of Arizona, he worked with the Seawater Farm project in Massawa Eritrea. Upon completion of his masters at the University of Arizona, he pursued an Internship with the Battelle Laboratories.
