Academic Programs and Research

The Academic Programs and Research pages are meant to highlight research, applied projects, and academic departments devoted to streams and other water-related issues.

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Graduate Research Projects

Understanding Ecological Processes in Channelized Headwater Systems is a Key to Ecosystem Protection while Maintaining Crop Production (Marsha Williams, Andy Ward, Lance Williams)

Examination, Application, and Evaluation of Geomorphic Principles and Resulting Water Quality in Midwest Agricultural Streams and Rivers (George Erick Powell, Andrew D. Ward, Larry C. Brown, Virginie Bouchard, Lance R. Williams)

Water Quality, Geomorphology, and Aquatic Life Assessments for the Olentangy River TMDL Evaluation (Jon Witter, Andy Ward, Lance Williams, Larry Brown, Kevin King)

An Investigation of Strategies to Predict Flood-Peak Discharges on Variously-sized Watersheds in Ohio (Jessica D'Ambrosio, Andy Ward, Larry Brown, Lance Williams, Martin Quigley)

Developing Sustainable Solutions for Impoverished Communities in South Africa: A Student Centered and Service Learning Capstone Design Experience (Andy Ward, Ann Christy, Jim Conklin, Catherine Eichel,  Bethany Frew Corcoran, Janell Henry, Rebecca Kallio, Katherine Kennedy, Corin Marron, Matt Miller, Melissa Nazareth, Nikki Skrinak)

Pone Creek (Andy Ward, Anora Bentley, Danny Ketzer, Matt Zelin)

McCoy Ditch (Andy Ward, FABE 773 Class)

Applied Projects

Olentangy River Watershed Implementation Project (Andy Ward, Jessica D'Ambrosio, Ken Kreiger, Ann Stearns, Dan Mecklenburg)

Upper Olentangy Watershed Management Plan (Larry Brown, Jon Witter)

Wayne National Forest Monitoring (Lance Williams, Andy Ward, Anand Jayakaran, Jessica D'Ambrosio, Marsha Williams)

Overwide Ditch Design and Implementation (Dan Mecklenburg, Ohio Department of Natural Resources)

Presentations

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Activities/Outreach