FY2001-FY2005 Projects

FY 2001

Project Name Principal Investigators
Development of a Two-Dimensional High Spatial Resolution Storm Surge Simulation Model for Single Processors and Distributed Computing Cluster Vibhas Aravamuthan
Storm Water Transport of Particulate Matter From Elevated Urban Transportation Corridors into Waterways of Louisiana – The Role of Partitioning and Implications For Treatment John Sansalone
Determining Uncertainty in Capture Zones and Interference from High Volume Wells Clinton Willson
Fecal Coliform Concentration in Runoff from Fields Applied with Dairy Manure Caye Drapcho

 

FY 2002

Project Name Principal Investigators
Flooding in a New Orleans Watershed Caused by Hurricanes That Do Not Overtop the Levee System Donald Barbe, John McCorquodale, Gianna Cothren
Response to Hurricane Induced Flooding in New Orleans Craig Colten
Flood Risk Mapping of the New Orleans Area Vijay Singh, Donald Adrian
Groundwater Contaminant Transport Following Flooding Events: Impacts of Model Size, Resolution, and Complexity Clinton Willson

 

FY 2003

Project Name Principal Investigators
Use of Synchrotron Microtomography and X-Ray Fluorescence to Better Understand Contaminant Diffusion in Reactive Barrier Systems Clinton Willson
Metal Speciation in Particulates in the Mississippi River in Louisiana Amitava Roy
Economic Assessments of Best Management Practices and Environmental Policy Options for Attaining the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Goal in Louisianas Major Milkshed Krishna Paudel, Wayne Gauthier

 

FY 2004

Project Name Principal Investigators
Use of Synchrotron Microtomography and X-Ray Fluorescence to Better Understand Contaminant Diffusion in Reactive Barrier Systems Clinton Willson
Metal Speciation in Particulates in the Mississippi River in Louisiana Amitava Roy
Quantifying Hydrologic Impacts on Spatio-Temporal Variability of Stream Water Quality in Coastal Louisiana Vijay Singh, Y. Jun Xu

 

FY 2005 

Project Name Principal Investigators
Modeling Sediment-Controlled TMDLs for the Branched and Braided Networks of Waterways in Louisiana: Model Development and Application to the Amite River Basin Zhi-Qiang Deng
Total mercury and methylmercury in Louisiana fresh, brackish and salt marsh Istvan Devai, Ronald DeLaune
Probabilistic Assessment of the Effectiveness of BMPs in Coastal Louisiana Vijay Singh
A comprehensive study of mercury/methylmercury fate, transport and bioavailability in lake Pontchartrain sediments Aassaf Abdelghani, Maury Howard, Robert Reimers, Khalid Saleh