Current Projects
Training water science technicians for the
future - a national online curriculum using advanced technologies and real-time
data. National Science Foundation. Co-Principal Investigator. $600,000.
Development of environmental indicators of
condition, integrity, and sustainability in the Great Lakes basin. US Environmental
Protection Agency. Co-Principal Investigator. $6,000,000.
Lake Access: Managing urban runoff using
real-time, community-based monitoring to improve lake water quality. US
Environmental Protection Agency/Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District. Principal
Investigator $400,000.
Lake Access:
Making water quality data real and relevant for Minnesotans.
US Environmental Protection Agency/Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District.
Principal Investigator $425,000.
Lake Superior
Decision Support Systems. MN Department of Natural Resources/US
Environmental Protection Agency. Principal Investigator $514,619.Water
on the Web. National Science Foundation. A project to use the Remote
Underwater Sampling System (RUSS) to help students monitor Minnesota lakes over
the Internet. $1,098,234.
Hierarchical parallel algorithms for
simulating plant response to environmental stress. National Science
Foundation. Principal Investigator - $380,000
Mapping native plant communities
of the Northern Superior Uplands. MN Dept of Natural Resources. Principal Investigator.
$45,000.
Modeling impacts of CO2, ozone,
and climate change on tree growth: an ecophysiological whole-tree growth process
approach. U.S. Forest Service/U.S. Department of Energy. Principal
Investigator - $226,000
Great Lakes Assessment: Spatial Analysis,
Data Visualization and Decision Support Systems. U.S. Forest Service. Principal
Investigator - $100,000Forest-Atmosphere
Carbon Transfer and Storage - II (FACTS II): Interacting effects of elevated
CO2 and O3 on aspen forest ecosystems. NSF/DOE/NASA/USDA Joint Program on
Terrestrial Ecology and Global Change. Co-Principal Investigator - $498,997
Development of ecological criteria
in midwestern watersheds. Environmental Protection Agency. Co-Principal
Investigator - $998,000Long-term
Soil Productivity USDA Forest Service - $120,000