People
Director
Frank T.-C. Tsai, Ph.D., P.E.
Director, Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
3230F Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Email: ftsai@lsu.edu
Current Students
An Li
Ph.D. Student, 2015 - Present
Project: Mississippi River-Delta Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction Study
Jina Yin
Ph.D. Student, 2015 - Present
Project: Baton Rouge Salt Water Intrusion
Hamid Vahdat Aboueshagh
Ph.D. Student, 2015 - Present
Project: (1) Chicot Aquifer Groundwater Availability Study; (2) Statewide Groundwater Model Initiative; (3) Capital Area Groudwater Modeling
Ye-Hong Chen
PhD. Student, 2016 - Present
Project: (1) Industrial Canal Underseepage Study; (2) Statewide Groundwater Model Initiative; (3) Capital Area Groudwater Modeling
Shuo Yang
Master Student, 2018 - Present
Project: (1) LSU Vet School Groundwater Flooding Study; (2) New Orleans Groundwater Study
Previous Students
Hai Pham, Ph.D.
2011-2015
Postdoc Fellow 2015-2016
Dissertation: Experimental designs for model discrimination and uncertainty reduction in groundwater
modeling
Ehsan Beigi, Ph.D.
2011 - 2015
Dissertation: Uncertainty analyses of climate change impact on hydrologic projections
Amir Mani, Ph.D.
2011 - 2016
Dissertation: Conjunctive management of water resources under climate change projection uncertainty
Ramazan Karakullukcu, M.S.
2014 - 2018
Thesis: Groundwater modeling for Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer of Northeastern Louisiana
Mohammad Farid Masoom, M.S.
2016-2018
Thesis: Artificial recharge of groundwater as a management tool for the Kabul Basin, Afghanistan
Cihad Ayberk Doner, M.S.
2016 - 2018
Thesis: Comparative study of one parameter Budyko model index and the SCS curve number