Dr. Miller was honored to speak as an invited panelist at a symposium on groundwater depletion, hosted by the Earth Resources Engineering Section of the National Academy of Engineering. Videos of all of the talks may be viewed here.
Research
Andrews defends thesis on tropical biometeorology
Congratulations and farewell to Ryan Andrews, who successfully defended his thesis The Temporal Variation of Vertical Micrometeorological Profiles in a Lower Montane Tropical Forest. Ryan is joining the consulting firm Halff Associates.
Juárez Santana visits, studies climate change in Mexico
The group was pleased to host visiting researcher Berenice Juárez Santana, from Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. She worked with us to create a hydrogeological model to investigate the effects of climate change on groundwater resources of the Yucatán peninsula. We look forward to future collaborations with her and her advisor, Dr. […]
AgriLife highlights new Texas Water Observatory efforts
Led by Dr. Binayak Mohanty, a multi-college (COALS, Geosciences, and Engineering) research team has successfully received a competitive capacity building grant ($1.35 million) from Texas A&M VPR – (Research Development Grant (RDF) for infrastructure development) to design and develop the new Texas Water Observatory (TWO) in the Brazos River corridor. Read More
Soltis Center donor passes
Bill Soltis, donor and eponym of the Texas A&M Soltis Center for Research and Education, has passed away. His generosity made a big impact on our research, and we are saddened by his loss.
Sanders defends nano-particle thesis
Congrats to Jon Sanders for successfully defending his MS thesis, Fate and Transport of Polymeric Nanoparticles in Saturated Porous Media.
Research highlighted in EOS
Graduate student researcher Luiza Aparecido made EOS with her postcard from the field at the Soltis Center site.
txH2O discusses goals for the Texas Water Observatory Network
Texans who will make future decisions about water — legislators, policymakers and water managers — are grappling with the challenge of better understanding the complexities of water within Texas. A group of Texas A&M University researchers is undertaking that challenge through a planned initiative, the Texas Water Observatory Network. Read More
Gou defends dissertation on plant-groundwater modeling
Congrats to Dr. Si Gou for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation, Study of Multi-Scale Plant-Groundwater Interactions, and for starting a faculty position at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China.
Miller awarded prestigious CAREER grant
Dr. Miller is thrilled to announce her NSF CAREER proposal has been funded. The grant is entitled "CAREER: Science for Sustainable and Resilient Groundwater Management" and is being funded by the NSF Environmental Sustinability program. This five-year award will allow the group to futher develop its models of groundwater dependent ecosystems and create improved metrics […]