Research Projects

Research by Year

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