SUPERVISION OF THESES AND RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. Mr. Kevin L. Shelburne, M.S. in Hydrology, May l976. Estimation of Parameters of Two Mathematical Models Surface Runoff. M.S. Research Project. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico.

2. Ms. Somkid Buapeng, M.S. in Hydrology, May l977. A Non-linear Hydrologic Cascade. M.S. Research Project. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico.

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3. Dr. Rama S. Ram, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with Major in Hydrology and Water Resources, April, l982. Mathematical Modeling of Surface Irrigation. Ph.D. Dissertation. Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

4. Mr. Hossein Aminian, M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, October, l984. Synthesis of Direct Runoff from Ungaged Basins. M.S. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

5. Mr. Parviz Izadjoo, M.S. in Landscape Architecture, December, l985. Effect of Land Use Change on the Amount of Runoff - Case Study of Ward Creek Drainage Basin. M.S. Thesis, jointly directed with Dr. Daniel W. Earle, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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6. Mr. Deepak Jain, M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, May, l986. A Comparative Evaluation of Methods of Flood Frequency Analysis and Estimation of Parameters. M.S. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

7. Mr. Sergio A. Raudales, M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, August, l986. Advance and Recession Flow in Surface Irrigation. M.S. Project. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

8. Mr. Cesar A. Quiroga, M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, August, l986. Modeling of Earth Dam Breach Erosion. M.S. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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9. Mr. Kishore Arora, M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, December, l986. A Comparative Evaluation of Estimators of Commonly Used Flood Frequency Models Using Monte Carlo Simulation. M.S. Thesis. Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

10. Sanjay K. Jain, M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, December, l986. A Comparative Evaluation of Infiltration Models in Surface Irrigation. M.S. Thesis. Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

11. Kulwant Singh, M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, May l988. Bivariate Probability Densities with Exponential Margins: An Application in Hydrology. M.S. Research Project. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

12. Predrag F. Krstanovic, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, May l988. Application of Entropy Theory to Multivariate Hydrologic Analysis, Ph.D. Dissertation. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

13. Fang Xin Yu, M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, December l988. Simulation of Surface Irrigation Systems. M.S. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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14. Haosheng Guo, M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, May 1992. A Comparative Evaluation of Estimators of Frequency Distributions by Monte Carlo Simulation. M.S. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

15. Fang Xin Yu, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, May 1992. Three Dimensional Modeling of Groundwater and Solute Transport by the Finite Element Method with Parameter Estimation. Ph.D. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

16. Babak Naghavi, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, June 1993. Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Annual Maximum Precipitation in Louisiana. Ph.D. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Co-Advisor: Professor D.D. Adrian.

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17. John K. Lovelace, M.S. in Engineering Science with Major in Water Resources, December 1994. Geohydrology and Simulation of Saltwater Encroachment in the "600-Foot" Sand of the Baton Rouge Area, Louisiana. M.S. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

18. Becnel, B.J., M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, May 1996. Systems Approach to Hydrologic Modeling. M.S. Project Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

19. Bobba, A.G., Ph. D. In Water Resources Engineering, May 1996. Environmental Modeling of Hydrologic Systems. Ph.D. thesis, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Co-Advisor: Professor L. Bengtsson.

20. Prasana, M., M.S. in Engineering Science with Major in Water Resources, May 1996. Application of Burgers Equation in Hydrologic Routing. M.S. Project, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

21. Ensminger, P.A., M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, December 1996. Techniques for Estimating Flood Magnitude and Frequency for Louisiana. M.S. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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22. Thiam, E.H.I., M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, December1996. Precipitation, Runoff, and Salinity Analysis in the Casamance Watershed Managed by the SZWMP. M.S. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

23. Cetiner, S.N., M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, December, 1996.
Linear Conceptual models for Simulation of Runoff for Semi-Arid Regions in Turkey. M.S. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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24. Bendz, D., Ph. D. in Water Resources Engineering, May 1998. Kinematic Wave Modeling of Landfill Hydrology. Ph.D. thesis, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Co-Advisor: Professor L. Bengtsson.

25. Deng, Zhi-Qiang, Ph. D. in Water Resources Engineering, August 2002. A Scaling Dispersion Model. Ph.D. thesis, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Co-Advisor: Professor L. Bengtsson.

26. Tomaszkiewics, M. A., M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, December 2003, Staying Afloat: A Risk Analysis Study of Flooding in South Louisiana. M.S. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

27. Mogheir, Yunes Khalil Yusef, Ph. D. in Civil Engineering, February 2004. Assessment and Redesign of Groundwater Quality Monitoring Networks Using the Entropy Theory-Gaza Strip Case Study. Ph.D. thesis, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. Co-Advisor: Professor J.L.M.P. de Lima.

28. Potta, Suchita, M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, December 2004, Development of Weather Generation Algorithms. M.S. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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29. Singh, Vikas, M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, December 2004, Two Dimensional Sediment Transport Model Using Parallel Computers. M.S. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

30. Zhang, Lan, Ph.D.. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, May 2005, Multivariate Hydrological Frequency Analysis and Risk Mapping. Ph.D. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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31. Fourier, Jonathan E., M.S. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, August 2007, Urban Stream Stabilization Using Regional Hydraulic Geometry Curves for Bankfull Floodplain Design. M.S. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

32. Dutta, Deba Prasad, M.S. in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with major in Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, September 2008, Characterization of Drip Emitters and Computing Distribution Uniformity in a Drip Irrigation System at Low Pressure under Uniform Land Slopes, M.S. Thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas. Co-Advisor: Dr. Bruce Lesiker.

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33. Hao, Luo, M.S. in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with major in Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, December 2009, Tsallis Entropy Based Velocity Distributions in Open Channel Flow, M.S. Thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

34. Chowdhary, Hemant, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with Major in Water Resources, December 2009, Copula Based Multivariate Hydrologic Frequency Analysis. Ph.D. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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35. Cui, Huijuan, M.S., in Watershed Management and Hydrologic Sciences, May 2011, Estimation of Velocity Distribution and Suspended Sediment Discharge in Open Channels Using Entropy, M.S. Thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

36. Long, Di, Ph.D., in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, August 2011, Improved Modeling of Evapotranspiration Using Satellite Remote Sensing art Varying Spatial and Temporal Scales, Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

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37. Lee, Sang Hyun, M.S., in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, December 2011, Prioritizing Water Pipe Replacement and Rehabilitation by Evaluating Failure Risk, M.S. Thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

38. Hao, Zengchao, Ph.D., in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, May 2012, Application of Entropy Theory in Hydrologic Analysis and Simulation, Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

39. Lu Chen, Ph.D., in Hydrology and water resources engineering, June 2012, The Theory of Copula and Its Applications in the Multivariate Hydrological Analysis, Ph.D. thesis, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

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40. Chundun Prakash Khedun, Ph.D., in Hydrologic Science and Watershed Management, December 2012, Understanding and Predicting Changes in Precipitation and Water Availability under the Influence of Large-Scale Circulation Patterns: Rio Grande and Texas, Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

41. Kim, Zooho, M.S., in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, May 2013, Assessment of Long-Term Riverbed Change Due to the Operation of a Series of Gates, M.S. Thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

42. Li, Chao, Ph.D., in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, May 2013, Stochastic Simulation Methods For Precipitation and Streamflow Time Series, Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

43. Rajasekhar, Deepthi, Ph.D., in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, December 2014, Integrated Drought Modeling for Texas Under Climate Change Impact With Implications for Water Resources Planning, Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

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44. Da Silva, Yuri Jacques Agra Bezerra, D.Sc. in Soil Science, November 2014, Heavy Metals in Water, Suspended Sediments, and Bedload in Ipojuca River, Brazil, D.Sc. thesis, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.

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45. Dagbegnon C. Sohoulande Djebou, Ph.D., in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, May 2015, Seasonal Precipitation Variability and its Impact on Vegetation Dynamics Under Climate Change and Aridity Spectra of the Southwest United States Ecosystems, Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

46. Yildrim, Gokhan, M.S., In Biological & Agricultural Engineering With Major In Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, May 2015, Spatial Drought Risk Assessment Using Standardized Precipitation Index and Effective Drought Index: Edwards Aquifer Region, M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

47. Huijuan Cui, Ph.D., in Watershed Management and Hydrologic Science with Major in Hydrologic Science, May 2015, Entropy Theory for Monthly Streamflow Forecasting, Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

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48. Yalcin, Zehra, M. Eng., in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, December 2015, Intern Experience at Diyarbakir Water Sewage Administration, Inc., M.Eng. Project Report, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

49. Ma, Ming, Ph.D.,in Hydrology and Water Resources, December 2015, Improvement and Application of Palmer Drought Indices for Drought Characterization, Ph.D. Thesis, Hohai University, Nanjing, China. Co-Advisor: Proefssor Liliang Ren.

50. Tong, Xin, Ph.D., in Hydrology and Water Resources, May, 2016, Vegetation Cover estimation and Biomass Simulation in Horqin Sandy Land Using Ground-Based Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Ph.D. Thesis, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. Co-Advisor: Professor Tingxi Liu.

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51. Junior, Silvio Fernando Alves Xavier, Ph.D., in Biometry and Applied Statistics, March 2016, Study of Trend Analysis and Sample Entropy of Precipitation in Paraiba, Brazil, Ph.D. Thesis, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. Co-advisors: Drs. Tatijana Stosic and Carlos Antonio Costa dos Santos.

52. Singh, Abhishek, M.S., in Biological and Agricultural Engineering, December 2016, Computation of Probable Maximum Precipitation and its Uncertainty, M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

53. Bhatia, Nikhil, M.S., in Hydrologic Science and Watershed Management, August 2017, Variations in Climatic Regimes of Texas: An Assessment of Wet Seasons, Climatic Cycles, and Extreme Precipitation Events, M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

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54. Rawat, Kanishk, M. Eng., in Biological and Agricultural Engineering, December 2017, Improving Sanitation Standards and Weight Capability for Power Packaging, M.Eng. Project, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

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55. Kanwal, Sanjay, M. Eng., in Biological and Agricultural Engineering, December 2018, Estimating Bridge Scour Using HEC-RAS, M. Eng. Project, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2018.

56. Krtikia Kothari, Ph.D., In Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Engineering, May 2019, Assessing Adaptation Strategies for Managing Texas Agriculture with Increasing Climate Variability and Declining Irrigation Water Supplies, Ph.D. Thesis, Co-Advisor: Dr. S. Ale, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, 2019.

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57. Lina Hao, Ph.D., in Hydraulic Engineering, with Emphasis on Water Resources Management, December 2019, Ecology-Oriented Suitable Oasis Agricultural Scale and its Spatial Optimization Distribution, Ph.D. Thesis, College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xian, China, Co-Advisor: Dr. Xioling Su, 2019.

58. Osias Ruiz Alvarez, Ph.D., Trends in Hydrometeorological Variables with Consideration of Cliamte Change in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Ph.D. Thesis, Hydrologic Science and Water Management program, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Co-advisor: Juan Enciso.

59. Kyungtae Lee, Ph.D., in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Engineering, August, 2020, Ph.D. Thesis, Relationship between Extreme Precipitation and Climatic Cycles under Climate Change in Texas, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2020.

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60. Jose Carlos Chavez Ortiz, Ph.D., in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Engineering, December, 2020, Ph.D. Thesis, Simulation and Crop Growth Response of Sorghum for Bioenergy Production, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2020.

61. Yu Zhang, Ph.D., in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Engineering, May 2021, Ph.D. Thesis, Quantifying Uncertainty of Probable Maximum Flood, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2021.

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62. Qiong Su, Ph.D., in Hydrologic Science and Watershed Management with Major in Water Management & Hydrological Science, December 2021, Ph.D. Thesis, Investigating the Nexus of Climate, Energy, and Water at Decision-Relevant Scales, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2021.

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63. Fernando Jarri, Ph.D., The Fate of the Andean Paramo in the Climate Change Era. A View from Hydrological Modeling. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2022.

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64. Rene Francis Simbi Mvuyekure, M.S., Evaluating Ecosystem Services Rendered Through the Integration of Guar into Wheat Cropping Systems. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2022.

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65. Jeongwoo Han, Ph.D., in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with Major in Soil & Water Engineering, May 2023, Ph.D. Thesis, Impacts of Rossby Waves and Atmospheric Rivers on Droughts, and Applications of Entropy Theory and Scientific Machine Learning for Long-lead Drought Forecasting, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May, 2023.

66. Rishabh Singh, M.S., Developing Plant Functional Group Parameters for Eco-Hydrologic Assessment in The Western United States. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May, 2023.

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