Recent Research Projects

Recently funded projects are listed below. Links are provided for project descriptions.

• Bioaccessible Arsenic in Soils of Former Sugar Cane Plantations, Island of Hawaii


• Investigation into Effect of Soil Moisture Depletion on Vegetable Crop Uptake of Microcontaminants Under Recycled Water Irrigation


• Modeling to Support Monitoring Waiver for Selected Wells in Hawaii


• Asia Pacific Information Exchange (APIX) Water Purification Systems for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response


• Assessing the Influence of Land-Based Discharges on the Concentration and Ratio of Four Human Pathogenic Marine Vibrio


• Modeling and Drainage Design for the Kaloi Gulch Watershed in Southern Oahu - Phase II


• Decision Support Tool for Managing the Pipe Network of Honolulu Board of Water Supply


• Cleaning up Oahu's Coastal Waters, Role of Tube-Building Polychaetes in Sediment Dynamics


• Relationship Between Biodiversity and Trophic State of Wahiawa Reservoir


• Measurement of Phytoremediation and Biodegradation of RDX, HMX, DNT


• Application of Radar Imagery as Input to a Rainfall-runoff Model for the Kawela Watershed, Molokai


• Numerical Simulation of Borehole Flow on Measured Vertical Salinity Profiles from Deep Monitor Wells, Pearl Harbor Aquifer, Oahu


• Hawaii Source Water Assessment and Protection Program-Onsite Sewage Disposal System Inspection Study


• Tsunami Observer Program


• Study of State of Hawaii Environmental Review Process


• Sustainable Management of Agroecological Resources for Tribal Societies (SMARTS)


• Development of Online Training in Fisheries and Aquaculture for Hawaii and the Pacific Basin


• Survey and Modeling Analysis of MS4 Highway Storm Runoff on Oahu, Hawaii