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2015 Student Scholarship Opportunities
Clare Mahannah Memorial $1000 Scholarship
Clare Mahannah, a pioneer in rural Nevada water resource issues and longtime member of the Nevada Water Resources Association, passed away on February 7, 2007, after a long battle with colon cancer. Clare left behind him a legacy in rural Nevada water resources issues. In honor of Clare’s memory, the NWRA is honored to assist with the Clare Mahannah Scholarship, which is funded by sponsors who wish to honor Clare’s legacy and recognize intelligent individuals pursuing a career in rural Nevada water resources. The scholarship assists the serious student with degree completion. The scholarship will be awarded to a student attending a Nevada university or community college. Qualified students must be pursuing a degree in the field of water resources. The 2015 application form must be received by December 1, 2014
2015 Clare Mahannah Memorial Scholarship Application Form 
NWRA Annual $1000 Scholarships
Every year the Nevada Water Resources Association provides two $1,000 scholarships to assist the serious student with degree completion. Scholarships are awarded to students attending a Nevada university or community college. One scholarship is awarded to an undergraduate and one is awarded to a graduate student. Qualified students must be pursuing a degree in the field of water resources. The 2015 application form must be received by December 1, 2014.
2015 NWRA Scholarship Application Form
Student NWRA Membership Rates
Student membership rates for 2014 are only $10! Click here for online membership processing, or you can click here for a mail in membership form .
2015 Annual Conference Call for Student Posters
NWRA 2015 Annual Conference Call for Student Posters
NWRA 2015 Student Poster Submittal Guidelines 
Scholarship Winners
Scholarships are awarded to students attending a Nevada university or community college. Qualified students must be pursuing a degree in the field of water resources. Recipients are announced at the Annual NWRA Conference, an annual conference that brings water professionals together to discuss critical water issues facing Nevada and the West. Each scholarship recipient receives $1000.
2014 NWRA Scholarship Winners - Sichu Shrestha and Brittany Radke
Clare Mahannah Scholarship Winner - Lydia Peri
2013 NWRA Scholarship Winners - John Michael Volk and Benjamin Trustman
Clare Mahannah Scholarship Winner - Tanna DeRuyter
2012 NWRA Scholarship Winners - Stephen Maples and Francell Rodriguez
Clare Mahannah Scholarship Winner - Jonathon Donald
2011 NWRA Scholarship Winners - Mark Elkouz and Patricia Terranova
Clare Mahannah Scholarship Winner - Valda Lockie
2010 NWRA Scholarship Winners - Lise Comartin and Francell Rodriguez
Clare Mahannah Scholarship Winner - Kerri Hickenbottom
2014 Annual Conference Student Poster Award Winners
Cash prizes are awarded to the top three posters created and presented by students during the NWRA Annual Conference.
1st Place Prize - $500 2nd Place Prize - $250 3rd Place Prize - $100
2014
1st Place - Ryan Liebert, “Estimating Open Water Evaporation for Lake Mead with Remote Sensing”
2nd Place - Ashley Selvy, B.S.E., E.I.T., ”Optimization of Ozone-Biological Activated Carbon Treatment
for Potable Reuse Applications“
3rd Place - Sunny Grunloh, “Fate and Transport of Disinfection By-Products in Las Vegas Valley During
Aquifer Storage and Recovery”
2013
1st Place - Ryan Liebert
2nd Place - Soumya Sagarika
3rd Place - Benjamin Trustman
2012
1st Place - Lindsay Gilbertson
2nd Place - Dan McEvoy
3rd Place - Achyut Adhikari
2011
1st Place - Jordan Beamer
2nd Place - Arica Crootof
3rd Place - Jasmine Vittori
2010
1st Place - Tracie Jackson
2nd Place - Wesley Henson
3rd Place - Lise Cormartin
Student Poster Presenters at the 2014 Annual Conference
Sayed Joinal Hossain Abedin
“Understanding the Spatiotemporal Behavior of Floods in an Urban Catchment”
Taylor Ball, B.S.
“Rewetting of Artificially Desiccated Soils: Effects of Gravity on Vapor Phase Diffusion”
Matthew Bromley
“Analyzing Differences in Crop ET During Wet and Dry Years in the Walker Basin Using Remotely Sensed Data”
Saria Bukhary
“Improvement of Hydrologic Reconstructions Using Oceanic-Atmospheric Climate Variables”
Chao Chen
“Planning and Managing Water Resources Allocations in Shanshan County, China: A Dynamic Modeling Approach”
Gwendolyn E. Davies
”Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of an Open Pit Sulfur Mine for Characterization of Temporal Sulfate Minerals Relating to Acid Mine Drainage”
Tanna DeRuyter, EIT
“Modeling Halophytic Plants in APEX for Sustainable Agriculture and Water Resources”
Christian Dunkerly, B.S. Student
“Examining Aridity-Induced Bias in Reference Evapotranspiration Calculations for Agriculture”
Hilary Ego
“GIS Analysis of Multi-Family versus Single-Family Unit Homes: A Case Study of Selected Plots in Las Vegas, Nevada”
Mohammad Masih Edalat
“Study of Hydrological Impacts of Constructing a Large Scale Solar Power Plant”
Sunny Grunloh
“Fate and Transport of Disinfection By-Products in Las Vegas Valley During Aquifer Storage and Recovery”
Ryan Liebert
“Estimating Open Water Evaporation for Lake Mead with Remote Sensing”
Soumya Sagarika
“Role of Large-Scale Climate Patterns and Sea Surface Temperature in Influencing the Continental U.S. Streamflow”
Joseph Sapin
“Simulating Reservoir Operations to Mitigate Impacts on Fish Sustainability Below Shasta Lake, CA Under Extreme Conditions”
Ashley Selvy, B.S.E., E.I.T.
“Optimization of Ozone-Biological Activated Carbon Treatment for Potable Reuse Applications”
Karly Wagner
“Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions at Pond and Plug Restoration Sites in the Northern Sierra Nevada Mountain Range”
NWRA Student Poster Competition Submittal Guidelines for NWRA Annual Conferences
