Thomas Abia, a graduate student in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, has received a grant of up to $5,000 from the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) to support his research.

His project, “In Situ Groundwater Arsenic Removal using Iron Oxide Coated Sand,” is under advisor Dr. Yongheng Huang, assistant professor in the biological and agricultural engineering department.

This year, TWRI presented 10 grants for beginning, expanding or extending water-related research projects to graduate students from Texas A&M University, Rice University, Texas Tech University and The University of Texas at El Paso.

The institute’s funding for the graduate student projects is provided by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of the National Institutes for Water Research annual research program. TWRI will publish articles and reports about the progress of each project.

For more information about the grant program and students’ projects, go to http://twri.tamu.edu/usgs.php.

About TWRI

The Texas Water Resources Institute, part of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas AgriLife Research, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University, provides leadership to stimulate priority water resources research and educational programs for AgriLife Research and AgriLife Extension as well as throughout Texas.

Contact Cecilia Wagner, 979.458.1138, cecilia@tamu.edu

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