About Us
Our Objectives
- Research
- Investigate aquifer dynamics, and freshwater/saltwater interactions
- Climate variability impacts on coastal water resources
- Nutrient (and other constituents) export to coastal embayments through submarine groundwater discharge
- Seasonal and temporal dynamics of submarine groundwater discharge to south Texas estuaries
- Analyses the role of coastal depositional environments on submarine groundwater discharge
- Analyses the role of coastal depositional environments on submarine groundwater discharge
- Develop techniques for evaluating water contamination using proxies
- Conduct geophysical studies to evaluate the stratigraphic and hydrogeological properties of aquifers
- Compliance and Remediation Studies
- Evaluate and model pollutants such as bacteria and trace elements in local hydrologic systems
- Model groundwater availability
- Apply GIS technology to develop integrated databases for evaluating water resource issues
- Education
- Supervise Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi graduate students in stratigraphic and hydrogeological investigations
- Mentor Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi undergraduate students in directed independent studies involving hydrogeological investigations
- Support the Environmental Science and Geology Programs at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi by serving as course instructors
- Provide computing and laboratory facilities for graduate and undergraduate studies and research
- Community Outreach
- Support conservation efforts by participating on advisory boards and forums oriented to local resource preservation
- Counsel local school district educators about water resources and water quality issues affecting the coastal bend
- Expose students from local school districts to water supply and Earth science topic