Bayani Cardenas

William T. Stokes Centennial Teaching Fellow
Ph.D., New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technol., 2006

Fields of Study:

Hydrogeology, Surface Water Hydrology, Fluvial Processes, Applied Hydrogeophysics, Heat Transport and Sensing, Flow and Transport through Porous and Fractured Media, Applied Geostatistics

My research involves integrating hydrogeology, fluid dynamics and land-surface processes. My primary research interests are in surface water-groundwater interactions with equal emphasis on both hydrodynamic and geologic aspects. I use a suite of tools including hydraulic testing/ aquifer characterization and standard field observations, hydrogeophysics, geostatistics, tracer testing, laboratory analog experiments, remote-sensing and computational modeling.

RESEARCH GROUP

Travis, Audrey and Blair

Visitors:

MoonSu Kim, National Institute of Environmental Research, South Korea

Daniel Kaser, Phd student, University of Lancaster, UK

Doctoral Students:

Audrey Sawyer

MS Students:

Blair Stanley

Travis Swanson

Raymond Rodolfo, University of the Philippines-National Institute of Geological Sciences (external co-adviser)

MA (Science and Math Education) Students, supervision of research projects:

Meredith Mackey

Ashleigh Barber-Bomar

Undergraduate Students:

Laura Merner, Clark University (hosted at UT through the REU program of the Environmental Science Institute)

Anne Dunckel

I also serve or participated in the senior thesis/thesis/ dissertation/examination committees of the following graduate students:

Julia Schneider

Derek Sawyer

Jeff Nittrouer

Enrique Rosero

Erin Eastwood

Don Slottke

Megan Franks

Corrine Wong

Carla Sanchez (assigned examining member)

Mauricio Santillana (Computational and Applied Mathematics program)

Katherine Dlubac

I am always looking for students who are interested in integrating multiple disciplines and techniques to address water-related issues. If you are interested in applying send me an email at: cardenas at mail dot utexas dot edu.

The group in action.