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RP1:Morphodynamics of the Madeira River: An Amazonian Anabranching Mega-River Facing Imminent Disruption
    Collaborator: Dr. Edgardo Latrubesse (Univ. of Texas at Austin), Dr. Fillizola and Dr. Stevaux (Brazil)
    Funding: NSF, Geomorphology & Land Use Dynamics
RP2:RCN-SEES: The Marcellus Shale Research Network
    Collaborator: Dr. Vidic (Univ. of Pittsurgh), Sue Brantley, Kathryn Jo Brasier (PSU), Rick Hooper (CUAHSI), Candie Wilderman (Dickinson College)
    Funding: NSF, BCS-Geography and Spatial Sciences
RP3:Dynamics of meandering and anabranching rivers in the lowland Peruvian Amazonian Basin
    Collaborator: Commander Hugo Montoro, Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation, Peruvian Navy
    Funding: Center for Latin American Studies, Univ. of Pittsburgh

RP4: Morphodynamics of Complex Meander Bends on Large Rivers.
       Collaborators: Jim Best, Bruce Rhoads, Marcelo H Garcia
       Funding: NSF, Geomorphology & Land Use Dynamics, Hydrologic Science

RP5: Enhancement of the channel evolution model CONCEPTS for predicting water quality benefits of retention of riverine sediment by floodplains.
       Collaborators: Dr. Eddy Langendoen.
       Funding: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service, National Sedimentarion Laboratory

RP6: Marcellus Shale baseline study: monitoring bathymetric and flow field characteristics to develop predictive hydrodynamics and bed morphodynamics models in a reach scale.
       Collaborators: Dr. Dan Bain (PI), Dr. C. Volz, ....
       Funding: The Heinz Endownment
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RP7: A Gis-based model coupling watershed- and reach-scale transport models for toxic metals/elements associated with Marcellus Shale flowback and produced water; it's application to human exposure and risk assessment.
       Collaborators: Dr.Xu Liang (PI), Dr. Volz, Dr. F. Wu
       Funding:Pittsburgh Toxic Metals Program, Univ. of Pittsburgh

 
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