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The Texas Partnership
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Texas A&M University System and The University of Texas at Austin)
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TAMUS
International Office of The Agriculture Program (IOAP): http://intlag.tamu.edu/
UT-Austin
Center for Research in Water Resources: http://www.crwr.utexas.edu/ |
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The Texas Partnership comprises the
nine universities and eight state agencies of the Texas A&M
University System, as well as The University of Texas at Austin.
Together the Texas Partnership institutions offer more than 50 years
experience in designing, implementing, managing and participating
in international programs worldwide, including USAID bilateral and
IQC projects. They are recognized worldwide for excellence in education,
knowledge creation, and technology transfer to protect and improve
the water, land, and air environment through:
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developing sustainable, technically
sound and economical solutions to current and future water resources
problems of local, state, national, and international scope
and anticipating, mitigating, and preventing future problems; |
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extending knowledge across the breadth of the
water resources field through creative, innovative research
ranging from the fundamental to the applied; |
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facilitating the understanding and use of new
ideas, technologies, and practices for the betterment of society;
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promoting the exchange of ideas and information
with the public, industry, government agencies, professionals,
and public policy groups. |
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| PRINCIPAL STAFF |
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Linda Cleboski
Program Development
Coordinator and TAMUS Water IQC Program Leader, IOAP, TAMUS |
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Daene McKinney
Professor and UT-Austin Water
IQC Program Leader, CRWR, UT-Austin |
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Jay Banner, Professor
ESI, UT-Austin |
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David Burnett
Director of Technology, Global
Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI), TAMUS |
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Melba Crawford
Professor, CSR, UT-Austin |
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Quentin Dokken
Professor and Project Manager,
HRI, TAMUS |
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David Eaton
Professor, LBJ, UT-Austin |
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Guy Fipps
Professor and Director, Irrigation
Technology Institute, TAMUS |
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Allan Jones
Director, Texas Water Resources
Institute, TAMUS |
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Mahlon Kennicut
Director, GERG, TAMUS |
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David Maidment
Professor, CRWR, UT-Austin |
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Margaret Menicucci
Program Director and Natural
Resources Specialist, CPPDR, UT-Austin |
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Paul Montagna
Professor, MSI, UT-Austin |
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Jay Raney
Associate Director for Environment,
BEG, UT-Austin |
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Wes Tunnell
Associate Director, HRI, TAMUS |
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George Ward
Senior Research Scientist, CRWR,
UT-Austin |
| TECHNICAL SPECIALTIES |
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The Texas Universities Partnership offers
broad technical and scientific expertise (including research, training
and outreach) in the following areas of water resources management: |
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domestic and international water resources planning
and management; |
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environmental fluid mechanics, hydraulics, groundwater
hydraulics and contaminant transport; |
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ground and surface water quality management and monitoring,
water supply, wastewater and treatment process engineering, and urban
hydrology; |
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agriculture water and irrigation technology development
and demand management; |
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bay and estuarine water quality monitoring, ecotoxicology,
and meteorological information systems; |
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fisheries, and artificial and natural reef monitoring
and management; |
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watersheds and wetlands ecology, and sustainable coastal
margins; |
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ecological monitoring and habitat restoration; |
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coastal and aquatic ecosystem management, modeling,
monitoring and analysis; |
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biological, chemical, and physical processes governing
the coastal zone ecosystem; |
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mapping ocean circulation, improving models of environmental
impacts of oil spills, oil exploration and drilling operations, and
weather forecasting; |
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hurricane and storm hazard reduction and recovery; |
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industrial and non-point source pollution monitoring; |
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alternative dispute resolution (ADR) by governmental
and public interest entities;public affairs and administration; |
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marine policy; and |
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multidisciplinary analysis of environmental programs. |
