Research Projects
2025
USGS Quaternary Faulting DC
2024
Investigating Linkages between Kidney Disease and Domestic Water Supplies Sourced from Gulf Coast Plain Aquifers Containing Naturally Occurring Lignite
Partnership to improve our Nation’s Levees: Using shallow, electromagnetic geophysics to image levee internal structure and understand the geologic framework of the landforms they are built upon
2023
Update to UM Campus Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan
Impoundment of oxbow lakes for enhanced aquifer recharge: geophysical exploration for identifying target sites and potential impact of altered hydroperiod on wetland trees
2022
Acquiring an automated core saw and automated core imaging system to enhance geomaterial characterization teaching techniques: promoting the pursuit of professional registration in the post-baccalaureate careers of engineering and geoscience students
2021
Validation and Verification of Geophysical Methods for Reserve Estimations in Clay Mining
The Surficial Geology of the Tocowa 7.5-minue Quadrangle, Tallahatchie and Panola Counties, Mississippi: Investigating the contribution of clastic alluvial fans to the recharge of the Mississippi Valley alluvial aquifer
Luminescence Geochronology of selected areas in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain aquifer system to inform AEM data for aquifer mapping
2019
The Surficial Geology and 3D Geologic Framework of the Charleston 7.5-minue Quadrangle, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi: Resource analysis of the pre-loess gravel for economic use
Impact of aquitard breaches on ground water quality of the Sparta Aquifer, Shelby County, Tennessee: Using GPR to map shallow confining layers
Testing new innovations in ground penetrating radar technology: implications for characterizations of levees, transportation corridors, building infrastructure, and disaster mitigation planning
Using a hydraulic soil probe in outdoor classroom settings to teach subsurface characterization methods, piezometer and monitoring well installation, and subsurface sampling techniques
2016
Construction of Storm Safe-room at the U.M. Jackson Avenue Center
EP Minerals, LLC Consulting Agreement
2014
Predicting Erosion Impact on Highway and Railway Bridge Substructures
StateView Program Development and Operations for the State of Mississippi
Flood Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Associated with Mississippi River Levees