Student Water Research Awards 2015-2016

	eNews Article	Project Report	Full Title	Authors
	April 2016	Final Report	Development of calibration procedures for Large Aperture Scintillometers for validation of statewide NM ET maps	John Chilleri, NM Tech, master's student (Dr. Brian Borchers)
	February 2016	Final Report	Implementation of drip irrigation system facilitates collaboration between future agricultural leaders	Sativa Cruz, NMSU, bachelor’s student, (Dr. KC Carroll)
	February 2016	Final Report	Development of a Design and Calibration Manual for Simple Flow Measurement Devices in Open Channel	Seth Davis, NMSU, master’s student (Dr. Zohrab Samani)
	May 2016	Final Report	How does nutrient processing change along a river continuum?	Vanessa A. Garayburu Caruso, UNM, master's student (Dr. Ricardo Gonzalez-Pinzon)
			Measuring the Impact of Rate Increases on Consumer Acceptance of Potable Water Reuse Options in the Albuquerque Area	Jason Glenn Herman,UNM master's student (Dr. Caroline Scruggs)
	October 2015	Final Report Interim Report, June 28, 2016 Supplementary Data	Hydro-Weirs: A technology for low-head hydropower generation	Joseph Hernandez, NMSU, Bachelor’s student (Dr. Nadipuram Prasad) Juan Gonzales, NMSU, master’s student (Dr. Nadipuram Prasad)
	January 2016	Final Report	Using Chloride Mass Balance to Quantify Groundwater Recharge in the Mountains of New Mexico	David Ketchum, NM Tech, master's student (Dr. Fred Phillips)
	May 2016	Final Report	Potential interactions of turbidity and water velocity on group cohesion in cyprinid fishes from two NM river drainages (Pecos and Canadian Rivers)	Sabrina Michael, ENMU, master’s student (Dr. Marv Lutnesky)
	February 2016	Final Report	Effects of Ground Heat Flux on Transitional Snowpack in the Arid Southwest Climate	Chad Mickschl, Water Resources, UNM, master's student (Dr. Mark Stone)
	March 2016	Final Report	Five cents is still a lot: New generation of anti-bacterial absorbents based on functionalized cellulose aerogels for water treatment in rural areas	Sahar Qavi, NMSU, PhD student (Dr. Reza Foudazi)
	April 2016	Final Report	3D bathymetric model of a shallow lagoon measured by a solar powered low-cost autonomous surface vehicle prototype in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico	Hugo Luis Rojas Villalobos, NMSU, PhD student (Dr. Chris Brown)
	June 2016	Final Report	Combining Empirical Relationships with Data-Based Mechanistic Modeling to Inform Solute Tracer Investigations across Stream Orders	Betsy Summers, UNM, PhD student (Dr. Ricardo Gonzalez-Pinzon)
	March 2016	Final Report	Aquatic and Morphological Assessment of the Gallinas River Within the Las Vegas, New Mexico, City Limits	Grant Eyster, NMHU, master's student (Dr. Edward Martinez)