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Members of WRES Lab

Wondwosen Seyoum, Ph.D.  

Associate Professor of Hydrogeology and Remote Sensing, Director of Water and REmote Sensing research Lab (WRESL)


Current Students:

Cavien Satia, MSc Student

Cavien is a hydrogeology graduate student from Indonesia. He did his undergraduate studies at University of New Hampshire and graduated with a B.S. in Earth Sciences. Cavien is interested in Geospatial Analysis and Remote Sensing, he will be working on his M.S. thesis in areas of understanding subsurface flow via tile drainage in agricultural lands of the Midwest using thermal and multispectral sensor mounted on UAS.
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Jerome (Jerry) Komas, MSc Student

Jerome (Jerry) Komas is a hydrogeology graduate student at ISU.  He completed his undergraduate B.S. in Geology at St. Norbert College. His research interest are surface hydrology and remote sensing applications in relation to water bodies. Jerry’s thesis work currently consist of deploying multi-special sensors on a UAS platform in an effort to quantify water body contaminates in local drinking reservoirs.
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Olaoluwa David Oladuji, MSc Student

Olaoluwa David Oladuji is a first-year graduate student in Hydrogeology. He is from Southwestern Nigeria, he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Geology from Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. He has about 4 years of experience as a field geologist using geophysical methods for ground water exploration, borehole development, and geotechnical testing for foundations. His research interest lies broadly in physical hydrogeology and will be focusing on sources and variables driving nutrients trends in Illinois river.
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Previous Group Members:

Joe Honings, MSc Hydrogeology ’18 Currently PhD student at LSU
Jae Kown, MSc Hydrogeology ’19 Currently PhD student at ASU
Luis Martinez, MSc Hydrogeology ’19 Currently Geologist at Geosyntec, Long Beach, CA
Prince Oware, Hydrogeology ’19 Currently PhD student at UTA
Tewodros Tilahun, MSc Hydrogeology ’20 Currently PhD student at
UNL
Gare Ambrose-Igho, MSc Hydrogeology ’20, currently PhD student at UNLV
Osahon Ukpebor, MSc Hydrogeology ’20
Geno Persico, Msc Hydrogeology ’21 Currently at Golder Assoc.
Dawit Asfaw, Msc Hydrogeology ’21 Currently PhD student at MS&T
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