Mohamed Mowafy
mhmowafy@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: MS
• Graduate Advisor(s): Kroll
• Area of Study: Water Resources Engineering
• Undergraduate Institution: Suez University

Personal Statement
My research interests are based on the analysis of flow duration curves (FDCs) of streams, their main driving factors, and their shifts due to disturbance. My masters thesis explores the significance of hydrologic alteration through FDC-based hypothesis testing which aims at better informed decisions related to management and planning for the resource.

Graduate Research Topic
Establishing River Signatures for Evaluating the Hydrologic Alteration in Flow Regimes.

Favorite Quote
"Luck is for the unprepared." - Chuck Kroll

Tong Wan
twan03@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: PHD
• Graduate Advisor(s): Kroll
• Area of Study: Environmental Monitoring
• Previous Graduate Study: University of Alabama Tuscaloosa* (Geography )

Personal Statement
My research interests are hydrological modeling and analysis with an emphasis on drought monitoring and data assimilation between various data resources including model simulations and observed data.

Graduate Research Topic
Hydrological Modeling

Favorite Quote
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. -- Mark Twain

Gwendolyn Webster
gwebster@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: MS
• Graduate Advisor(s): Kroll
• Area of Study: Water Resources Engineering
• Undergraduate Institution: Ohio University of Athens

Personal Statement
My research interests are based in urban hydrology, focused on evapotranspiration and the water balance and how these are affected by urbanization and the heterogeneity of an urban landscape.

Graduate Research Topic
Urban Evapotranspiration

Favorite Quote
"Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence." -Henry David Thoreau