Auburn Ecohydrology Lab

Principal Investigator Frances O'Donnell

  • Congratulations, Guy!

    Graduate student Guy Biessan successfully defended his master’s thesis “Developing a Tool for the Design and Cost Optimization of Permeable Pavements in the Planning Stage of Stormwater Management!” He will begin a Ph.D. in Auburn CEE with his co-advisor Ben Bowers this summer.

  • Lonege Publishes in Water Environment Research

    Ph.D. student Lonege Ogisma published his first journal article on water quality issues in his home country of Haiti: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wer.1591

  • Congratulations, Victoria!

    Congratulations to Victoria Niedzinski on defending her master’s thesis! She will be moving to the University of Maine to start a Ph.D. program this summer.

  • Coleman Barrie Selected to NSF NRT

    Ph.D. student Coleman Barrie was selected to participate in the Auburn University NSF National Research Traineeship program on Climate Resilience. Congratulations, Coleman!

  • Beth Prior Publishes Undergraduate Research

    Beth Prior published her Auburn University Undergraduate Research Fellowship project in the International Journal of Remote Sensing and Drones. She is now a PhD student in Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech.

  • Wear a mask!

    Be smart. Be safe. Be civil. PSA from AU Civil Engineering:

  • Congratulations, Ross!

    Congratulations to Ross Ellis on successfully defending is master’s thesis “Developing a Practical Tool for Integrating Green Infrastructure into Cost-Effective Stormwater Management Practices.” Ross starts a new job with Geosyntec Consultants in Kennesaw, GA, next month.

  • USDA-NIFA Grant Received

    The Auburn Ecohydrology Lab received a $500,000 grant from the USDA-NIFA Foundational and Applied Science program to study the role of geographically isolated wetlands in mitigating pollution from agricultural fields. Read more under Projects.

  • Conference Paper Published

    Even though COVID-19 cancelled his trip to Vegas, Ross Ellis successfully published his proceedings paper for the ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Conference titled “A Cost-Optimization Tool for Stormwater Management Plans Using Green Infrastructure Practices.” The paper presents the preliminary design for the stormwater decision support tool he is developing for his upcoming master’s…