Past REU students
2021 Summer Cohort
Asmita Acharya (Mentor: Dr. Anurag Srivastava)- Planning and Analysis Tool for the Resilient Power Grid with Hydro Generation
Kendahl Heckstall (Mentor: Dr. Kirti Rajagopalan)- Can Apples Beat the Climate Change Heat with a Lower Water Footprint?
Lauren Lansford (Mentor: Dr. Jan Boll)- System Dynamics Model of Changing Groundwater Storage and Behavior in the Walla Walla Valley Due to Climate Change
Gustavo Mendez Soto (Mentor: Dr. Sasha McLarty)- Examining the Impact of Groundwater on the Sustainability and Resilience of the Yakima River Basin During Drought Years
Jade Mokry (Mentor: Dr. Allyson Beall-King)- Impacts of Hydroelectric Dams to Sqigwts in the Coeur d’ Alene Basin
Jiyoung Park (Mentor: Dr. Julie Padowski)- Municipal Water Supply and Demand Management Through Wastewater Reuse and Increasing Block Pricing in the City of Pasco, WA
Liam Reynolds (Mentor: Dr. Michael Brady)- Refining the Definition of Urban Agriculture to Streamline Public Policy Development and Implementation
Hailey Smith (Mentor: Dr. Michael Goldsby)- Social Capital and the Adoption of Efficient Irrigation in Washington State
Dehlia Wolftail (Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Adam)- Quantification of The Colville and Spokane Tribe Water Right Adjudication and Potential Impacts to Current Junior Water Right Holders
2022 Summer Cohort
Ashly Bailey (Mentor: Dr. Michael Goldsby)- Climate Adaptation Measures in King County and Quileute Reservation: Federal Funding May Be an Environmental Justice Issue.
Daniel Chaidez (Mentor: Dr. Michael Brady)- Stella Modeling of the Marginal Costs of Sunburn Prevention Methods in Apple Orchards.
Landon Chase (Mentor: Dr. Manuel Garcia-Perez)- Systems Dynamic Modeling to Evaluate the Feasibility of Biochar Production in Washington State.
Brandon Geist (Mentor: Dr. Kirti Rajagopalan)- Evaluating the Streamflow Augmentation Potential of Partially Leasing Agricultural Water Rights via Deficit Irrigation under Future Climate Change Scenarios.
Olivia Hunt (Mentor: Dr. Liang Yu)- Utilization of the Gompertz Equation to Model Rates of Anaerobic Digestion.
Tessa Irvine (Mentor: Dr. Allyson Beall-King)- Simulating a Response to Long-Term Drought Conditions in the Roza Irrigation District.
Duncan Jurayj (Mentor: Dr. Jan Boll)- Modeling the impact of cropping systems on irrigation reliability.
Giselle Malloy (Mentor: Dr. Julie Padowski)- The Role of Floodplain Restoration in Ellensburg, Washington managed AquiferRecharge from Overbank Floods.
Sara Murillo (Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Adam)- How Does Increasing Intermittent Renewable Energy Affect Reliability andFinancial Viability of Pumped Storage Hydropower?
Summer 2023 Cohort
Kaila Bush (Mentor: Dr. Julie Padowski)- Treatment Wetland Impact on Nutrient Removal and Water Temperature Under Future Climate and Agricultural Scenarios, Yakima Basin, USA
Ava Fetzner (Mentor: Dr. Manuel Garcia-Perez)- Utilization of Systems Dynamics Modeling to Evaluate the Reduction in Gaseous Pollutants with Biochar Co-Composting Integration in Washington State
Amelia Haller (Mentor: Dr. Sasha McLarty)- Multi-year Drought Impacts on Groundwater Levels and Accessibility in the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System within Eastern Washington
Penelope Hunter (Mentor: Dr. Michael Brady) – Modeling Dam Management Using Dynamic Linear Programming
Ketna Kolakaluri (Mentor: Dr. Kara Whitman)- Systems Dynamics Model of a Biodiesel Plant’s Economic and Environmental Viability in the Palouse
Anna Lichterman (Mentor: Dr. Jan Boll)- Regenerative Agriculture: Can Cover Crops be Integrated with Current Rotations Across Agro-Ecological Zones in the Palouse?
Alexa Nyugen (Mentor: Dr. Sasha McLarty)- Assessing Terrestrial Water Storage Variability in the Columbia River Basin: FEW System Analysis and Insights from GRACE Satellite Mission
Kavina Peters (Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Adam)- Evaluating the Long-term Effects of Drought Relief Wells on the Surface Water- Groundwater System in the Yakima River Basin (YRB)
Emily Rinn (Mentor: Dr. Manual Garcia-Perez) –Identifying Electricity Sources to Power MSW-GFT Technologies in Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
Casey Smith (Mentor: Dr. Kirti Rajagopalan)- Evaluating the Ability of the Boise River System’s Operations to Meet Storage Targets Under Climate Change Scenarios