Student Participants
Current Students |
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 Vanessa Almazan
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Major and Rank: Horticulture (Ph. D. student)
Project Title: Agroecological effect of micro and nano plastics in irrigation water from the Rio Grande River
Major Advisor: Dr. Veronica Ancona-Contreras
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 Morgan Bishop
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Major and Rank: AG-Business, Sophomore
Project Title: If we know groundwater is limited and must be managed, why are water tables continuing to decline? A case study model for South Texas groundwater systems (present). And, Ranch stakeholder perspective and rangeland improvements on soil water use efficiency (summer 2024).
Major Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Turner |
 John Cantu
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Major and Rank: Mechanical Engineering (B.S.) Project Title: Wireless Data Monitoring System Using UAVs Major Advisor: Dr. Selahattin Ozcelik |
 Althahir Ceja
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Major and Rank: Electrical Engineering (B. S. Student) Project title: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) for monitoring Groundwater Levels in a Region Dependent on Central Pivot Irrigation Major Advisor: Dr. Nuri Yilmazer |
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Corando Gallegos |
Major and Rank: Environmental Engineering (Ph.D. Student) Project Title: Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for Monitoring Groundwater Levels at an In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Uranium Mining Site Major Advisor: Dr. Lee Clapp
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Olivia Garcia |
Major and Rank: Environmental Engineering (M.S. student) Project Title: Microplastics in agricultural water in the lower Rio Grande Valley (M.S. Thesis) Major Advisor: Dr. Jianhong Jennifer Ren |
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Victor G Garcia |
Major and Rank: Environmental Engineering (B. S. student) Project Title: Analysis of Sediments and their Associated Micro-Nano-Plastics from Agricultural Lands and Coastal Watersheds Major Advisor: Dr. Jianhong Jennifer Ren |
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Janay Garza |
Major and Rank: Environmental Engineering (B. S. student) Project Title: Effects of Wetlands Restoration on Water Availability Major Advisor: Dr. Tushar Sinha |
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Seth Kuby |
Major and Rank: Plant and Soil Science (M.S. Student) Project Title: Temporal variation of micro- and nano- plastics in water from the irrigation distribution system in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Major Advisor: Dr. Veronica Ancona-Contreras
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Fabian Maldonado |
Major and Rank: Chemical Engineering (M.S. student) Project Title: Investigating the Possible Factors Causing the Increase of Salinity Levels in the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer, Winter Garden Region Major Advisors: Dr. Matthew Alexander, Dr. Joseph Amaya |
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Madison Meagher |
Major and Rank: Environmental Systems Management (M.S. Student) Project Title: Effects of Organic Biostimulant on Golf Green Seashore Paspalum (Paspalum Vaginatum). Major Advisor: Dr. Ambrose Anoruo |
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Fernando Menjares |
Major & Rank: Environmental Engineering (B.S. Student) Project title: Flood analysis and storm water management in the Nueces river Major Advisor: Tushar Sinha |
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Carolina Munoz |
Major & Rank: Agriculture Business Concentration Ranch Management, (B. S. Student) Project Title: Water budget interactions with brush control (or lack thereof) in south Texas working landscapes Major Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Turner |
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Caleb Reed |
Major and Rank: Agribusiness - Ranch Management, Sophomore Project Title: Collaborative UG - If we know groundwater is limited and must be managed, why are water tables continuing to decline? A case study model for South Texas groundwater systems Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Turner |
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Mary-Anna Roberts |
Major and Rank: Environmental Engineering, Senior (Graduating in May 2024, but starting MS in Summer 2024) Project Title: Coastal Dune Restoration Using Native Vegetation Major Advisor: Dr. Jianhong Jennifer Ren |
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Jade Sanchez |
Major and Rank: Chemical Engineering (M. S. student) |
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Kendall (Cloud) Schroeder |
Major: Agribusiness, (B. S./M. S. Student) Project Title: Outreach design and decision-support mapping for sustainable south Texas water use Major Advisor: Dr. Benjamin L. Turner |
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Kaitlyn Smith |
Major and Rank: Chemical Engineering (M. S. student) Project Title: Evaluation of Wetland Treatment as a Series of Reactors to Improve Discharge to Baffin Bay Major Advisors: Dr. Matthew Alexander, Dr. Joseph Amaya |
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Kim Tanguma |
Major and Rank: Range and Wildlife Management (M. S. Student) Project Title: Measuring water and nutrients in rangeland grass species: What can we learn from drones? Major Advisor: Dr. Humberto Perotto |
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Mike Trant |
Major and Rank: Mechanical Engineering (B.S. Student) Project Title: Wireless Data Monitoring Systems Using UAV's Major Advisor: Dr. Selahattin Ozcelik |
 Eric Zamora
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Major and Rank: Plant and Soil Science (M. S. student)
Project title: Effect of land management and cover crop mixtures on soil physicochemical properties in a Long-
term research field
Major Advisor: Dr. Sanku Dattamudi
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 Amberly Zaragoza
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Major and Rank: Plant and Soil Science (M. S. student) Project Title: Evaluation of Soil Improvement Potential via Application of Cattle Paunch in South Texas Dryland. Graduation year: May 2024 Major Advisor: Dr. Greta Schuster |
Former Students |
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Alberto Aguirre |
Major and Rank: Environmental Engineering (B. S.) Project Title: Flood hazard mapping using a recently developed Geomorphic Flood Area tool Major Advisor: Dr. Jianhong Jennifer Ren |
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Hafiz Muhammad Aamir |
Major and Rank: Engineering, concentration in Chemical Engineering (Ph.D. student) Dissertation Title: Functionalized carbon materials derived from waste to enhance heavy metal adsorption in wastewater treatment application Major Advisor: Dr. Matthew Alexander |
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Kyle Barton |
Major and Rank: Mechanical Engineering (M.S.) Thesis Title: Investigation of RFID-Based Plant Growth and Inventory System Graduation year: December 2022 Major Advisor: Dr. Selahattin Ozcelik |
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Miriam Calderon |
Major: Plant and Soil Science (M. S.) Thesis Title: Identification of Fungal Plant Pathogens in Irrigation Water in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas by Metagenomic Analysis Graduation year: August 2021 Major Advisor: Veronica Ancona-Contreras |
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Annalysa Camacho |
Major: Range and Wildlife Management (M.S.) Thesis Title: Developing spectral signatures of South Texas grasses using multispectral sensors and UAVs Graduation Year: August 2022 Major Advisor: Dr. Humberto Perotto |
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Genesis Cantu |
Major and Rank: Mechanical Engineering (B.S.) Project Title: Wireless Data Monitoring System Using UAVs Graduation year: December 2022 Major Advisor: Dr. Selahattin Ozcelik |
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Jessica Cervantes |
Major and Rank: Environmental Engineering (B. S.) Project Title: Fluoride and Bromide levels in irrigation water in the Rio Grande Valley and its implications Major Advisor: Dr. Jianhong Jennifer Ren |
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Marilyn Coronado |
Major and Rank: Chemical Engineering (B. S.) Project Title: Agriculture Nutrition Effects of Increased Oil and Gas Activity from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in the Winter Garden Region of Southwest Texas Graduation year: May 2022 Major Advisors: Dr. Matthew Alexander, Dr. Joseph Amaya |
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Desiderio De Leon |
Major and Rank: Plant and Soil Science (M.S. student) |
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Samuel Ezekiel |
Major and Rank: Mechanical Engineering (M. S.) Thesis Title: Remote Data Acquisition using UAVs and Arduino Systems for Agricultural Applications Graduation year: May 2021 Major Advisor: Dr. Selahattin Ozcelik |
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Chris Flores-Lopez |
Major: Agribusiness/Plant and Soil Science (B.S./M.S. Student) Project Title: South Texas Water Resource Mental Models: A Systems Thinking, Multi‐stakeholder Case Study Major Advisor: Dr. Benjamin L. Turner. |
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Joshua Gallegos |
Major: Chemical Engineering (M. S.) Thesis Title: Groundwater Modeling of Kingsville Dome In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Mine by Uranium Resources, Inc (URI) Graduation year: December 2022 Major Advisors: Dr. Matthew Alexander, Dr. Joseph Amaya |
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Jose Garcia |
Major and Rank: Chemical Engineering (M.S. student) |
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Miranda De La Garza |
Major: Environmental Engineering (M. S.) Thesis Title: Evaluation of Rio Grande River's Hydrochemical Characteristics and Applicability for Irrigation Graduation year: December 2021 Major Advisor: Dr. Jianhong Jennifer Ren |
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Sabrina Garza |
Major: Plant and Soil Science (M. S.) Thesis Title: Isolation, Identification, and Monitoring of Fungal Plant Pathogens in Irrigation Water from the Rio Grande River Graduation year: December 2022 Major Advisor: Veronica Ancona-Contreras |
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Ysenia Granados |
Major and Rank: Chemical Engineering (B. S.) Project Title: Agriculture Nutrition Effects of Increased Oil and Gas Activity from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in the Winter Garden Region of Southwest Texas Graduation year: May 2023 Major Advisors: Dr. Matthew Alexander, Dr. Joseph Amaya |
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Kurtis M Kuypers |
Major and Rank: Environmental Engineering (M.S. student) Project Title: Modeling Temporal-Spatial Variations of Soil Moisture Availability in a Semiarid Watershed using SWAT Major Advisor: Dr. Jianhong Jennifer Ren |
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Julianna Leal |
Major: Agribusiness (B. S. Student) |
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Danielle Maynard |
Major and Rank: Environmental Engineering (M.S. student) Thesis Title: Urbanization and its Strategic Development on Flooding in the Semi-Arid Tranquitas Creek Watershed, South Texas Major Advisor: Dr. Tushar Sinha |
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Eva Morgan |
Major and Rank: Plant and Soil Science (B. S. Student) Project Title: Deficient Irrigation Effects on greenhouse Jalapeno and Serrano Pepper Plant Production. Advisor: Dr. Shad Nelson |
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Lane Michna |
Major: Agribusiness-Ranch Management, (M. S.) Project Title: The Use of Model Supported Case Studies in Undergraduate Agribusiness Courses Major Advisor: Dr. Benjamin L. Turner. |
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Michael Ramos |
Major and Rank: Chemical Engineering (B. S.) Project Title: Updating the Historical Records of the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer Groundwater Availability Model for Improved Model Predictions Graduation year: May 2022 Major Advisors: Dr. Matthew Alexander, Dr. Joseph Amaya
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Juan Rodriguez |
Major and Rank: Mechanical Engineering (B. S./M. S.) Thesis Title: The Design and Implementation of soil monitoring systems using UAV’s Graduation year: May 2023 (B.S.) Major Advisor: Dr. Selahattin Ozcelik |
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James Russell |
Major: Agribusiness/Ranch Management (B. S./M. S. Student) Project Title: System dynamics models to explore sustainable water use decisions in diverse water-supply systems of south Texas Major Advisor: Dr. Benjamin L. Turner |
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Joseph Saenz |
Major and Rank: Chemical Engineering (B. S. student) |
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Taofiki Sailyu |
Major: Electrical Engineering (B. S. Student) Project Title: Monitoring Groundwater Levels in a Region Dependent on Central Pivot Irrigation by using Wireless Sensor Networks Major Advisor: Dr. Nuri Yilmazer |
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Richardo Torres |
Major and Rank: Environmental Engineering (M. S. student) Thesis Title: Effects of Wetland Restoration on Water Quality Indicators in the Arroyo Los Olmos Watershed Major Advisor: Dr. Tushar Sinha |
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Ilde E. Vivero |
Major and Rank: Chemical Engineering (B. S. student) |
Other Current/Former Students
- Amanda Montemayor, Range and Wildlife Management (B.S.), 2022, Project Title: Quantifying increasing temperatures from 2021-2060 using global climate models: Potential implications for woody cover encroachment, Major Advisor: Dr. Humberto Perotto.
- Joaquin Massa, Electrical Engineering (B.S.), Monitoring Groundwater Levels in a Region Dependent on Central Pivot Irrigation by using Wireless Sensor Networks, 2022, Major Advisor: Dr. Nuri Yilmazer.
- Jodi Swaenpoel, Environmental Engineering (B.S.), 2021, Project Title: Statistical Water Quality Modeling, Major Advisor: Tushar Sinha.
- Madilyn Dugosh, Environmental Engineering (B.S.), 2023, Project Title: Review on Water Quality Studies in South Texas, Major Advisor: Tushar Sinha.
- Isaac Olson, Major and Rank: Mechanical Engineering (B.S.), 2022, Project Title: Wireless Data Monitoring System Using UAVs, Major Advisor: Dr. Selahattin Ozcelik.
- Jorge Hernandez, Chemical Engineering (M.S.), 2021, Thesis Title: Water Salinity Parameters Analysis of the Winter Garden Region in the Southern Area of Texas, Major Advisors: Dr. Matthew Alexander, Dr. Joseph Amaya.
- Nicholas Cavazos, Major: Agribusiness (B.S.), Project Title: Data review and analysis from a dynamic role-playing simulation game, Advisor: Dr. Benjamin L. Turner.
- Henry Burns, Major: Agribusiness, (B.S. Student), Project Title: Data review and analysis from a dynamic role-playing simulation game; and Mental Models of Lower Rio Grande Valley Stakeholders, Advisor: Dr. Benjamin L. Turner.
- Erica Salinas, Major: Agribusiness, (B.S. Student), Project Title: Review of the 1944 U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty and its contemporary consequences and proposals, Advisor: Dr. Benjamin L. Turner.
- Caleb Reed, Major: Agribusiness (B.S.), Project Title: Integrating diverse decision-making data from improved Decision Tree design for south Texas commodity production, Advisor: Dr. Benjamin L. Turner.
Non-CREST supported students contributing to the CREST through other resources or activities:
- Srinadh Kodali (M.S. Plant and Soil Science)
- Gabriel Cavazos (B.S. Agribusiness)
- Kristen Stewart (Ph.D. Rangeland and Wildlife Science)