New Grants and Contracts

Principal Investigator(s) / Agency / Title of Project

Allison, L.
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Energy Council Fiscal Year 05 Budget

Allison, L.
Iowa State University
CHRONOS Network for Earth System History: Development of Integrated Databases and Toolkits Accessible through a Common Portal

Buchanan, R.
Kansas Department of Commerce
Flint Hills Interpretive Signs and Brochures

Brady L.
U.S. Geological Survey
The Collection, Organization, Interpretation, and Evaluation of Point-source Coal Data in Kansas

Buddemeier, R., Fautin, D.
University of Hawaii
Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services Provided by Hawaiian Coral Reefs

Butler, J., Whittemore, D.
Kansas Water Office
Assessment of Changes in Ground-water Availability Associated with a Salt Cedar Control Project in Clark County, KS

Butler, J., Kluitenberg, G., Whittemore, D.
Kansas State University - KWRI
A Field Assessment of a Method for Estimation of Ground-Water Consumption By Phreatophytes: Methodology Refinement and Extension to Areas of Salt Cedar Infestation

Byrnes, A. Bhattacharya, S.
U.S. Department of Energy
Evaluating the Influence of Pore Architecture and Initial Saturation on Wettability and Relative Permeability in Heterogeneous, Shallow-Shelf Carbonates

Carr, T., Watney, L., Green, D., Reynolds, R., Wilhite, P.
Petroleum Technology Transfer Council
North Midcontinent Region Resource Center

Carr, T.
Lafarge Canada
Preliminary Investigation of the Potential of Integrated Subsurface Carbon Sequestration and Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery Using Cement Kiln Emissions, Wilson Co., KS

Carr, T.
KTEC
Preliminary Investigation of the Potential of Integrated Subsurface Carbon Sequestration and Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery Using Cement Kiln Emissions, Wilson Co., KS

Carr, T., Bartley, J.
U.S. Department of Energy
National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic Information System (NATCARB)

Carr, T.
Kansas Department of Revenue and Kansas Corporation Commission
Cooperative Oil and Gas Database Project Among the Kansas Corporation Commission, the Kansas Department of Revenue, the Grant County Appraiser, and the Kansas Geological Survey

Dubois, M., Carr, T., Byrnes, A., Bohling, G., Bhattacharya, S.
ConocoPhillips, EOG Resources, Inc., Osborn Heirs Company, Medicine Bowl Energy Corp., Cimarex Energy Company
Hugoton Asset Management Project: An Industry-University Study of Reservoir Systems in SW KS Hugoton Embayment

Fautin, D., Buddemeier, R.
U.S. Geological Survey
Scleractinian Corals of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands

Fautin, D.
Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
Funding for Student Clerical Assistant

Harrison, W.
KWO/KWA
Ogallala Aquifer Study - Year 4

Harrison, W.
Kansas Department of Administration, DISC
Large-scale 24K Surficial Geology

Macfarlane, P., Wilson, B., Townsend, M.
National Park Service
Revise the Kansas Portion of the USGS Karst Map and Establish a User-Driven Database for Karst Mapping

Macfarlane, P.
Kansas Water Office
Ozark Aquifer Monitoring Network - Phase II

Macfarlane, P., Wilson, B.
SW KS Groundwater Management District #3
Determination of the Practical Saturated Thickness of Two Areas of the Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District #3

Mandel, R.
National Park Service
Geomorphological Investigations of Fox Creek Valley, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

McCauley, J., Johnson, W., Newell, K., West, R.
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologic Mapping and Compilation of Digitized County Data Bases in Geary, Washington, Norton and Dickinson Counties, KS

Miller, R.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Seismic Study at East Canyon Dam, UT

Miller, R., Byrnes, A., Dubois, M., Bhattacharya, S., Watney, W. L., Harrison, W., Nissen, S.
U.S. Department of Energy
4-D High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Monitoring of Miscible CO2 Injected into a Carbonate Reservoir-Year 2

Miller, R., Steeples, D.
Mosaic Company
High Resolution Seismic Reflection Investigation of Sinkhole Over a Salt Dissolution Well in Hutchinson, KS

Miller, R., Ivanov, J.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Continuation of Research in Seismic Techniques for Characterizing Levees

Nelson, K.
Kansas Department of Administration, DISC
GIS Data Access and Support Center

Nelson, K.
Kansas Water Office
Technical Assistance to Water Users: Public Water Supply Mapping

Nelson, K.
Kansas Information Technology Office
Implementing the National Map in Kansas

Nelson, K.
Kansas Water Office
Watershed Projects Coordination Database - Application Enhancement

Nelson, K.
KS Department of Agriculture
Maintenance and Hosting of the Web-based Water Use Filing System

Newell, K.D., Carr, T., Bhattacharya, S.
U.S. Department of Energy
Investigation of Integrated Subsurface Processing of Landfill Gas and Carbon Sequestration, Johnson Co., KS

Nissen, S., Bhattacharya, S., Byrnes, A., Doveton, J., Dubois, M., Franseen, E., Watney, L.
U.S. Department of Energy
Improving Geologic and Engineering Models of Midcontinent Fracture and Karst-Modified Reservoirs Using New 3-D Seismic Attributes

Park C., Miller, R.
Barr Engineering Company
Seismic Characterization of Wind Turbine Sites near Lawton, the MASW Method

Park C., Miller, R.
Barr Engineering Company
Seismic Characterization of Wind Turbine Sites in Kansas by the MASW Method

Sophocleous, M.
SW KS Groundwater Management District #3
Saturated Thickness Updated Maps with the Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District # 3

Sophocleous, M., Townsend M.
Kansas State University - KWRI
Fate of Nitrate Beneath Fields Irrigated With Treated Wastewater in Ford Co., KS, Using Field Data and Preferential Flow Modeling

Xia, J., Miller, R.
City of Salina
Applications of Integrated Geophysical Survey in Mapping Subsurface to a Depth of 80 ft. at a Landfill in Salina, KS

White, S.
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Energy Information Network

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