Students and Research Associates:
Past B.S. Students:
Collin Cikoski
- B.S. in Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech
- Research Project: Development of a Digital GIS
Database of
New Mexico’s Topographic Data for Surface Hydrologic Modeling
Benjamin Brooks
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering, New Mexico Tech
- Research Project: Hydrologic Data Analysis, Campaign
Planning and Field Data Collection for SMEX04-NAME Field Study in
Sonora, Mexico.
Jaron A. Ross and Alexandra Vargas
- B.S. in Geology, New Mexico Tech and B.S. in Environmental
Science, UTEP.
- Interdisciplinary Science for the Environment (ISE) Research
Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
- Research Project:Rainstorm-initiated Biogeochemical
Cycling
in Semi-arid Ecosystems.
Alexis Martinez
- B.S. in Environmental Engineering, New Mexico Tech
- Research Project: Semiarid Hydrology in the Upper Rio
Grande basin: Data Analysis, Modeling and Community Outreach
Ryan O'Keefe and Shannon Archer
- B.S. in Geology, UTEP and B.S. in Geology, New Mexico Tech
- Research Project: Field Campaign and Hydrologic
Instrumentation in the San Miguel Watershed, Sonora, Mexico: NSF
Developing Global Scientists and Engineers Program.
Eva Osmer, Sabrina Canalda and Frederic Tapaha
- B.S. in Biology, New Mexico Tech, B.S. in Geology, UTEP and B.S.
in Geology, New Mexico Tech.
- Interdisciplinary Science for the Environment (ISE) Research
Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
- Research Project:Rainstorm-initiated Biogeochemical
Cycling
in Semi-arid Ecosystems.
Phillip Turner
- B.S. in Geology, New Mexico Tech
- Research Project: Hydrologic
Instrumentation in the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico.
Sarah Gonzales
- B.S. in Environmental Engineering, New Mexico Tech
- Research Project: Water Resources Management in Rio
Grande.
Whitney DeFoor and Alexis Martinez
- B.S. in Environmental Science, and B.S. in Environmental
Engineering, New Mexico Tech
- Research Project: Field Campaign and Hydrologic
Instrumentation in the San Miguel Watershed, Sonora, Mexico: NSF
Developing Global Scientists and Engineers Program.
Current B.S. Students:
Kim Bandy, Tom Dotson, James Craft and Alexis Martinez
- B.S. in Biology, B.S. in Materials Engineering, B.S. in
Environmental Science, and B.S. in Environmental
Engineering, New Mexico Tech.
- Research Project: Field Campaign and Hydrologic
Instrumentation in the San Miguel Watershed, Sonora, Mexico: NSF
Developing Global Scientists and Engineers Program.
Rhonda
Trujillo and Christine Hernandez
- B.S. in Geology, Highlands University and B.S. in Geology, UTEP.
- Interdisciplinary Science for the Environment (ISE) Research
Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program
- Research Project:Rainstorm-initiated Biogeochemical
Cycling
in Semi-arid Ecosystems.
Past M.S. Students:
Robert Wyckoff (rwyckoff@nmt.edu)
- B.A. in Environmental Science, B.A. in Sociology, University of
Virginia
- Research Project: Hydrologic Dynamics of Climate and
Land-use Change: Multiple-resolution modeling of the Rio Puerco Basin,
New Mexico.
- New Mexico Water Resources Institute Student Research Award
(2003-2004)
Current M.S. Students:
Carlos Aragon (carloco@nmt.edu)
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of New Mexico
- Research Project: Distributed Watershed Modeling for
Water Resources Planning: A GIS-based System Dynamics Approach
- New Mexico Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
Fellow (2004-2006)
- GSA Travel Grant Award Recipient (2006)
Alex Rinehart (rinehart@nmt.edu)
- B.S. in Mathematics, University of New Mexico
- Research Project: High-Performance,
Multiple-Resolution Modeling of Semi-Arid Hydrology at Regional Scales:
Data Assimilation and Field
Data Collection
- New Mexico Water Resources Institute Student Research Award
(2005-2006)
- National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program
(2006-2009)
Kinwai "Bill" Tai (tai@nmt.edu)
- B.S. in Environmental Science, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi
- Research Project: Linking Atmospheric Dynamics with
Land-Surface Hydrology over Complex Terrain: A Multiple Resolution
Modeling Approach
- Ivanhoe Foundation Fellowship (2007)
Laura Alvarez (verusk84@gmail.com)
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia,
Medellin
- Research Project: Improved
Seasonal Streamflow Forecasting in the Rio Sonora, Basin
Current Ph.D. Students:
Hugo Gutierrez-Jurado (hugo@nmt.edu)
- B.S. in Ecology, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
- M.S. in Hydrology, University of Texas at El Paso
- Research Project: Dynamic Hydrology and
Ecosystem Modeling in Semi-Arid Complex Terrain using NASA EOS
Observations from
TERRA and AQUA
- NCALM LIDAR Student Award Competition Winner (2007)
Luis Mendez-Barroso (lmendez@nmt.edu)
- B.S. in Biotechnological Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de
Sonora
- M.S. in Natural Resources, Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora
- Research Project: Evapotranspiration, Soil
Moisture
and Vegetation Dynamics from Remote Sensing and Modeling in Semiarid
Areas
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencias y Tecnologia (CONACYT) Fellow
(2005-2009)
- Ivanhoe Foundation Fellowship (2007)
Taufique Mahmood (tmahmood@nmt.edu)
- B.S. in Geology, Bangladesh
- M.S. in Geology, University of Mississippi
- Research Project: Use of Remotely Sensed
Observations for Improved Distributed Hydrological Modeling in the Rio
Grande
- New Mexico Water Resources Institute Student Research Award
(2006-2007)
Hernan Moreno (hmoreno@nmt.edu)
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Research Project: Improved Hydrometeorological
Forecasting using Physically-Based Distributed Models
Visiting Students:
Fernando Nardi (2005)
- Ph.D. candidate, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
- Research Project: Automated Delineation Methods
for Floodplains using Digital Elevation Models: A New Approach for
Assessing Floodplain Hydraulic Geometry Scaling Laws
Giuseppe Mascaro (2006)
- Ph.D. candidate, University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
- Research Project: Downscaling Precipitation
Fields
via Multifractal Analysis for Distributed Hydrological Modeling:
Uncertainty Analysis and Propagation to Basin Response
Francesco Di Benedetto (2006)
- M.S., University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
- Research Project: Effects
of Geomorphic Evolution and DEM interpolation Errors on Hydrological
Response
Lorena Liuzzo (2007)
- Ph.D. candidate, University of Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
- Research Project: Hydrological
Complexity Relations to Runoff Production Mechanisms and Terrain
Luca Martini (2007)
- M.S. candidate, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
- Research Project: Correction
of Landscape Depressions and their Hydrologic Effects
Giovanni Forzieri (2008)
- Ph.D. candidate, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
- Research Project: Vegetation
Data Analysis using Remote Sensing Data
Post-Doctoral Research Associate:
Dr. Mekonnen Gebremichael (2005-2006)
- B.S., Alemaya University, Ethiopia
- M.S., International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth
Sciences,
The Netherlands
- PhD. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of
Iowa
- Research Project: Distributed Hydrological
Modeling
using High Performance Computing for Applications in New Mexico
- New Mexico EPSCoR Project
Dr. Ricardo Mantilla (2006-2008)
- B.S., Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- M.S., Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- PhD. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Colorado,
Boulder
- Research Project: Distributed Hydrological
Modeling
using High Performance Computing for Applications in New Mexico
- New Mexico EPSCoR Project
Dr. Soni Yatheendradas (2007-present)
- B.S., Indian Institute of Technology
- M.S., University of Arizona
- PhD. in Hydrology, University of Arizona
- Research Project: Impacts of Climate Change on
Watershed Modeling in the Upper Rio Grande
- LANL-NMT Research Collaboration
Dr. Giuseppe Mascaro (2008-present)
- B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. University of Cagliari
- Research Project: Investigation of the Scaling
Properties of Terrestrial Hydrology
- NASA Terrestrial Hydrology Program