Current
LEMUR: Leveraging Environmental Monitoring UAS in Rainforests - Rainforest canopies are important ecosystems for diverse plant and animal life, however validating predictions for scientific decisions about these environments is difficult due to a lack of efficient data collection…
Harris County Drainage Reuse Initiative - The Harris County area has been subject to both droughts and floods throughout its history. In the recent past, major flooding has occurred during both tropical storm events (i.e., Allison…
Recent
Texas Water Observatory (TWO): Capacity Building in the Brazos Corridor - We propose to develop a distributed network of field observatories in Brazos River corridor, known as Texas Water Observatory (TWO), for better understanding of the hydrologic flow across various natural…
CAREER: Science for Sustainable and Resilient Groundwater Management - Sustainable management of groundwater requires the judicious allocation of resources to meet societal, ecological, and environmental needs, both now and over the long-term. Historically, groundwater sustainability has been narrowly defined…
Improving Land-Surface Modeling of Evapotranspiration Processes in Tropical Forests - Land surface models are used to represent terrestrial processes that shape global climate; examples of these processes include evaporation, plant water use, and photosynthesis. While much progress has been made…
Improving Technologies for Multi-Well Managed Aquifer Recharge Systems - Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a water storage alternative applicable to a wide range of hydrogeologic conditions and climates. As demand for water increases, these systems will need to…