Five Students Receive Funding Awards in Fall 2022

For the first time in the history of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Student Research Grants program, the committee decided to make awards to five students. This decision reflects the large number of strong proposals received this round.

Research grant proposals are reviewed by the EAS Scholarships and Grants Committee, which currently includes Drs. Capuano, Hauptvogel, Jiang, Khan, and Wellner. The EAS grants program awards, which began in Fall 2021, take place each fall and spring semester.

Students are eligible to win one award per degree sought at UH and may reapply if they are not selected in an earlier round.

Recipients

Presley Greer

First Semester Graduate Student, Geophysics, Advisor: Dr. Khan
Proposal: “Detection and Identification of Ground Ice in Permafrost to Map Potential Thermokarst Formations with Climate Change”
Award: $2,000

Abraham Okayli Masaryk

First Semester Graduate Student, Geology, Advisor: Dr. Robinson
Proposal: “Testing early Earth crustal deformation models in the Archean East Pilbara craton, western Australia”
Award: $1,500

Sui Jia

Geology, Advisor: Dr. Wu
Proposal: “North America-Wrangellia collision event from subduction complex sediment signatures”
Award: $500

Sara Rojas

Geophysics, Advisor: Dr. Khan
Proposal: “Quantifying Beach-Dune Erosion and Dynamics due to Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: Case Study in San Luis Pass and Matagorda”
Award: $500

Hadi Zanganeh Kia

Atmospheric Sciences, Advisor: Dr. Choi
Proposal: “Mobile Field Measurement Inside University of Houston Main Campus, evaluating outdoor ventilation”
Award: $500