2006-2007 Student Research Grant Program:
NMWRRI initiated the student research grant program in FY 2003. These student research grants were available to any full-time graduate or undergraduate student in any degree program at any of the state's 6 universities. These grants were limited to $5,000 and 1 year. Summaries of these projects are being developed. Their completion reports will also be provided here when available.

Jesus Q. Cantu, Department of Physics (advisor: Jacob Urquidi), New Mexico State University, Characterization of Heavy Metal Binding by Functional Groups Found in Biomaterials
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Ryan McShane, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences (advisor: David Cowley), New Mexico State University, Community and Ecosystem Effects of a Nonnative Fish in Refugia in an Intermittent Stream: Implications for Native Fish Restoration
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Kristin Swaim, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences (advisor: Wiebke J. Boeing), New Mexico State University, Relating Fish Abundance and Condition to Environmental Factors in Desert Sinkholes
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David J. VanHorn, Department of Biology (advisor: Clifford Dahm), University of New Mexico, The Effects of Eutrophication on the Structure and Function of Stream Biofilms
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Matthew F. Kirk, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (advisor: Laura Crossey), University of New Mexico, Experimental and Numerical Modeling Analysis of Arsenic-sulfide Precipitation in Groundwater Environments
   Project Abstract | Final Report

Irene M. Roselli, Department of Biology (advisor: Marvin M.F. Lutnesky), Eastern New Mexico University, The Influence of Predator Detection on Life History Strategies in DAPHNIA
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Nicole M. Harings, Department of Biology, (advisor: Marvin M.F. Lutnesky), Eastern New Mexico University, The Influence of Larval Culiseta sp. (Diptera: Culicidae) on Behavior and Growth Rate of Tadpole Shrimp Triops longicaudatus (LeConte) (Notostraca: Triopsidae)
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Chemanji Shu-Nyamboli and Joel Lowry, Department of Natural Sciences (advisor: Edward A. Martinez), New Mexico Highlands University, Determination of Heavy Metal Distribution in the Gallinas River Using Aquatic Macrophytes
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Carlos R. Herrera, Department of Natural Sciences (advisor: Michael L. Meyer), New Mexico Highlands University, Uranium and Heavy Metals in Macroinvertebrates in the Santa Fe River on the Cochiti Reservation
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Marty D. Frisbee, Department of Earth and Environmental Science (advisor: Fred Phillips), New Mexico Tech, Runoff Processes and the Evolution of Water Chemistry in the Saguache Creek Watershed of the Upper Rio Grande
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Taufique Mahmood, Department of Earth and Environmental Science (advisor: Enrique Vivoni), New Mexico Tech, Use of Remotely Sensed Observations for Improved Distributed Hydrological Modeling in the Jemez River Basin
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Katrina Koski, Department of Earth and Environmental Science (advisor: Penelope J. Boston), New Mexico Tech, Multi-disciplinary Analysis of a New Mexico Cold Water Tufa Spring Mound
   Project Abstract | Final Report