National Ground Water Association

Scholarships are made available through the National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation. Scholarships from the Len Assante Scholarship Fund are awarded to undergraduate students annually. In addition, Robert Farvolden awards may be presented to undergraduate and graduate students based on platform and poster presentations submitted to the annual Ground Water Summit, an NGWA conference. (Where applicable, recipients' listings include the name of their project.)

2011 NGWREF Assante Scholarship winners

William Reichart III

Past President Award recipient

College of William and Mary

Hanover, Pennsylvania

Environmental Sciences

 

 

 

Norman Harris IV

Ora Lyons Award recipient

Gilford, New Hampshire

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Environmental Sciences

 

 

 

William Pearson

Lake City, Michigan

Michigan Technological University

Geology

 

 

 

 

Thomas Palmieri

Covina, California

University of Southern California

Civil Engineering

 

Erik Cadaret

Trabuco Canyon, California

California State University, Fullerton

Hydrogeology





Sebastian Teas
Zanesville, Ohio
Muskingum University
Geology





Bryce Kober
Kansas City, Missouri
University of Missouri
Environmental Sciences

2011 NGWREF Farvolden Award winners

Awarded to student presenters at the 2011 NGWA Ground Water Summit and 2011 Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting that took place in May.


Peggy Altman
Colorado School of Mines
"Biologically Enhanced Tetrachloroethene DNAPL Dissolution in an Experimental Fracture Network"





Christopher J. Russoniello

University of Delaware

"Construction of a Watershed-Scale Model to Assess Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Indian River Bay, Delaware"

Melissa Schaar

University of Nevada at Las Vegas

"E. Occurrence and Mobility of Uranium and Other Elements in the Grand Canyon Springs"

Stephanie S. Wong

Baylor University

"Quantifying the Extent of Aquifer Reduction Due to Floodplain Sand and Gravel Mining"

2010 NGWREF Assante Scholarship winners

Taylor Dahlke
Co-Past President Award Recipient
Walnut Creek, California
University of California, Berkeley
Hydrogeology

 
Mitchell Olds
Co-Past President Award Recipient
Kimberly, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Hydrogeology

 

Aana Taylor-Smith
Ora Lyons Award Recipient
Greensboro, North Carolina
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Environmental Sciences 
 

 

Alejandra Contreras Nava
Thornton, Colorado
Red Rocks Community College
Environmental Sciences

 

 

 

 
Andrew Karleigh
West Bend, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Environmental Sciences

 

 

 

 
Audrey Mohr
New Ulm, Minnesota
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Hydrogeology

 

 

 

 
David Aguinaga
Garland, Texas
University of Texas, Dallas
Environmental Sciences, Geology, and Hydrogeology 
 

 

 

 

 
Simarjit Chehal
Bakersfield, California
California State University, Bakersfield
Environmental Sciences and Geology
 

 

 

 

 
Richard Gurevich
San Diego, California
Cuyamaca College
Water/Wastewater Technology

 

 

 

 
William Mackebee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Duke University
Environmental Sciences

 

 

 

2010 NGWREF Farvolden Award winners

Awarded to student presenters at the 2010 NGWA Ground Water Summit and 2010 Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting that took place in April.

Rory Cowie, University of Colorado at Boulder, "Use of Isotopic and Geochemical Tracers to Identify Source Waters and Subsurface Residence Times Within Headwater Catchments in Boulder Creek Watershed, Colorado" (paper)

 

 

 

 
Kristin M. Mikkelson, Colorado School of Mines, "Preliminary Investigations Into the Impact on Metal and Cationic Surface and Groundwater Fluxes Due to the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic: Summit County, Colorado" (poster) 
 

 

 

 

  
Michelle E. Miro, University of Texas at Austin, "Rural Water Supply in Tamil, India: A Provider-Based Approach" (poster) 
 

 

 

 

 

  
Stephanie S. Wong, Baylor University, "Quantifying Groundwater Resources in Alluvial Aquifers Using GIS" (poster)


 

 

 

2009

NGWREF Assante Scholarship winners

 Past President's Award
Breana Hashman
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Dickinson College
Geology 

Ora Lyons Award

Laura A. Hempel

Peter J. Laciano
New Providence, New Jersey
Hamilton College
Environmental science and geology

David C. Mills
Janesville, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Hydrogeology

 
Crystal L. Nickel
Lake Mills, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Geology and hydrogeology 

 
Amber C. Rolader
Bostwick, Georgia
University of Georgia

Caroline L. Vallélian

NGWREF Farvolden Award winners

• Marcelo Sousa, University of Waterloo, "A Systematic Approach for Assessing the Potential Impacts of Beneficial Management Practices on Wells Affected by Nonpoint Sources of Contamination" (paper)
• Hoori Ajami, University of Arizona, "Quantifying Spatial and Temporal Variability of Mountain System Recharge in Semiarid Catchments" (paper)
• Danielle Moss, Miami University, "Introduction of Relatively High Conductivity Material and the Effects on TCE Degradation and Remediation" (paper)
• Megan Smith, Colorado School of Mines, "Polymer-Enhanced Remediation Techniques for More Effective Treatment of Heterogeneous Aquifers" (paper)

2008

NGWREF Assante Scholarship winners

Past President's Award

Ora Lyons Award

Guleed Ahmed Hussein Ali
Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona
Geology
 

Jonathan Love
Petersburg, Illinois
Western Illinois University
Geology (focus on hydrogeology) with a minor in natural resources and conservation

Elliot Matthews
Easton, Kansas
Colorado School of Mines
Geological engineering with an emphasis on hydrogeology

• Katelyn FitzGerald, Michigan Technological University, "Engaging Urban Students in Geoenvironmental Education Using Storm Water Management Techniques" (paper)
• Laura Brunson, University of Oklahoma, "Sustainable Technologies and an Implementation Strategy for Arsenic and Fluoride Removal in Developing Areas" (paper)
• Jennifer Oblinger, Clemson University, "Assessing the Impact of Water Harvesting on Water Resources in Rural India" (paper)
• Megan Smith, Colorado School of Mines, "Using Polymer Floods to Overcome Heterogeneity Effects During Bioremediation and Chemical Oxidation Ground Water Treatments" (paper)

Past President's Award

 

Ora Lyons Award

Kaylee Kooiman

Dustin Hicks

Jean Luc Hebert

• Linzy Brakefield, Auburn University, “New Approaches to Solve the Henry Problem” (poster)
• Kouping Chen, The University of Hong Kong, “Hydrochemical Evolution of Ground Water in Shenzhen after Land Reclamation: Major Ion Chemistry of Coastal Ground Water” (poster)
• Sean Connell, University of New Mexico, “Hydrogeologic Framework of the Albuquerque-Rio Rancho Metropolitan Area, Bernalillo, and Sandoval County, New Mexico: An Update Based on Geologic Mapping”(poster)
• Maren Somers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Practical Water Supply Challenges: The Enugu State, Nigeria Water Development Project” (paper)

2006

NGWREF Assante Scholarship winners

• Megan Kelleher, Past President's Award, Centereach, New York, Lehigh University, environmental engineering
• Melody Cornelius, Ora Lyons Award, Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, hydrogeology
• Margaret Popek, Lancaster, New York, University of Rochester, geological sciences
• Ryan Cunico, Snellville, Georgia, Georgia Southern University, geology
• Michael Weaver, Madison, Alabama, University of Alabama, business management
• William Floyd, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Clemson University, mechanical engineering

NGWREF Farvolden Award winners

• Evelynn Mitchell, University of Texas, San Antonio, "Method for Determining Specific Storage using Seismic Efficiencies" (paper)
• Joan Marie Otahal, University of Nevada, Reno, "Mechanized Versus Manual Well Drilling in Developing Countries: How to Drill a Well Two Days Away from Home Depot" (paper)
• Carter Gehman, Colorado State University, "Measuring Ground Water Storage Change in a Shallow Unconfined Alluvial Aquifer with High-Precision Temporal Gravity Surveys" (paper)
• Michael Cruikshank, California State University, Fullerton, "Presence of Deep High Quality Groundwater in El Mirage Valley, San Bernardino County, California" (poster, best undergraduate presentation)

• Amelia Hess, Emporia State University, "A New, Direct-Push Based Approach for On-Site Assessment of Redox Condition in Contaminated Aquifers" (poster)
• Amelia Tallman and Robyn Cook, University of Montana, "Identifying the Factors Controlling the Sources and Quantity of Water Captured by Municipal Supply Wells in the Highly Conductive Missoula Aquifer, Western Montana" (poster)
• Trisha B. Johnson, University of Tennessee, "Quantification of Enterovirus and Hepatitis A Virus in East Tennessee Ground Water Using Real-Time Reverse Transcription PCR" (paper)
• Benjamin K. Amos, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Improved Understanding of Microbial Reductive Dechlorination at High Tetrachloroethane (PCE) Concentrations and in the Vicinity of PCE-DNAPL" (paper)
  

2004

NGWREF Assante Scholarship winners

• Kathryn A. Milius, Past President's Award, Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, biological systems engineering
• Joel Canfield, Robert Farvolden Award, Fort Morgan, Colorado, Colorado State University, geology
• Kathleen Kelleher, Ora Lyons Award, Centerreach, New York, Cornell University, chemical engineering
  Nicholas Kyle Pendarvis, Columbia, Mississippi, Southwest Mississippi Community College, well drilling technology
• Jonathan Lee Brown, McComb, Mississippi, Southwest Mississippi Community College, well construction technology
• Cody Landon Cameron, Lumberton, Mississippi, Southwest Mississippi Community College, rotary drilling
• Jeremy Glenn Hamilton, Osceola, Iowa, Iowa State University, electrical engineering

2003

NGWREF Assante Scholarship winners

• Stacey Douglas, Past President's Award, Rathdrum, Idaho, University of Idaho, hydrogeology
• Sheena Lea Cunningham, Masonville, Iowa, Augustana College, premedicine
• Anna Booth, DeKalb, Illinois, Case Western Reserve University, biology and Spanish
• Kendra Coonse, Caldwell Idaho, Albertson College, biology and chemistry
• Leslie Rindfuss, Waterford, Pennsylvania, Mercyhurst College, business and chemistry
• Charles Jones, Oxford, Mississippi, Southwest Mississippi Community College, rotary drilling
• Paul Starnes, New Albany, Mississippi, Southwest Mississippi Community College, well construction technology

2002

NGWREF Assante Scholarship winners

• Rhett Higgins, Hodgenville Kentucky, Southwest Mississippi Community College, well drilling/marketing
• Kenneth Johnson, San Antonio, Texas, Texas A&M, architecture
• Elizabeth Jurshak, Murray, Iowa, Central Missouri State University, mathematics and economics

1992

NGWREF Scholarship winners

• Dena Bierly
• Anne Estes
• Jessica LeDonne

1981

1976

NGWREF Scholarship win

• Jack Rowe