The WRMT is a multi-university project, including faculty from five Texas Universities: University of Houston (UH), Rice University, Texas A&M - Kingsville (TAMUK), Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) and the University of Texas - Brownsville (UTB).

Rifai, Hanadi

Assistant Professor

University of Houston

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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Dr. Rifai from UH serves as team leader. Dr. Rifai coordinates the project tasks among the investigators and is responsible for all project deliverables. Additionally, she is focused on integrating the proposed models into the WRMT

rifai@uh.edu
http://egr.uh.edu/~rifai

Bedient, Phil

Professor

Rice University

Environmental Science & Engineering

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Dr. Bedient, an expert on hydrology and water resources, is leading the flood modeling and the prototype Brownsville resaca analysis.

bedient@rice.edu
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~envi/BEDIENT.HTML

Ernest, Andrew

Assistant Professor

Texas A&M - Kingsville

Environmental Engineering

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Dr. Ernest (A&M - Kingsville), with expertise in rule-based systems, will develop the rules and knowledge basis for the WRMT and will collaborate with Dr. Krishnamurthy of TAMIU in the Laredo water quality assessment.

a-ernest@tamuk.edu
http://pipeline.tamuk.edu/PIs/AErnest

Krishnamurthy, Sushma

Assistant Professor of Biology

Texas A&M International University

Department of Natural Sciences

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Dr. Krishnamurthy is in charge of the Laredo water quality assessment.

skrishna@tamiu.edu

Berg, Bill

Assistant Professor

University of Texas, Brownsville

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Dr. Berg (UT Brownsville) will focus on public education for pollution prevention in the resacas and on modeling the impacts of the Brownsville Weir on water resources in the region.

wberg@utb1.utb.edu