Current SCERP Projects

CURRENT SCERP PROJECTS

SCERP requests proposals on an annual basis from researchers at member institutions. The consortium supports projects that:

Provide applied, short-term, or medium-term strategic solutions to environmental problems in the U.S.-Mexican border region;
Address a priority area for EPA border environmental research;
Involve collaboration with clients (such as policy and decision makers, stakeholders, or other groups that are users of project results);
Integrate meaningful collaboration between member institutions, particularly between the U.S. and Mexican universities of SCERP;
Consider clear policy implications of the research from the design phase of the project; and
Provide opportunities for students to participate in environmental research, preferably leading to a thesis or dissertation.

SCERP's annual competitive research projects are subjected to an intensive and critical selection process of research prioritization that includes:

1) An extensive process of stakeholder consultation that is ongoing;
2) A risk assessment to determine threat level, exposure in terms of population affected and time frame;
3) Determination of the applicability of particular research priorities to the entire border;
4) A review of previous work on various research areas;
5) Assessing the appropriateness of academia's role in addressing a specific problem; and
6) Assessing the time frame of a potential solution.

Proposed projects are currently under review for FY2003-2004; below are lists of projects funded for FY 2002. For a list of other projects conducted by SCERP, please visit the Research Archive.

FY2002 PROJECTS
Title	Researcher	Abstract	School
"Investigations of the Low Wind Particulate Matter Spikes at the NMED Sunland Park City Yard Monitoring Site"	Richard Arimoto	A-02-01	New Mexico State Univ.
"Atmospheric, Hydroclimatic, and Anthropogenic Causes of Fugitive Dust in the Nogales, Arizona/Sonora Airshed"	Andrew Ellis	A-02-02	Arizona State Univ.
"Effects of Prescribed Fires on Air Quality in the Yuma/San Luis Area"	H.J.S. Fernando	A-02-03	Arizona State Univ.
"Feasibility Demonstration of an Integrated Air Quality Monitoring Approach to PM Source Apportionment in the Paso del Norte Region"	JoAnn Lighty	A-02-04	Univ. of Utah
"Collection and Characterization of Atmospheric Nanoparticulates in the El Paso, Texas/Ciudad Juárez, Mexico Metroplex"	Lawrence Murr	A-02-05	U. of Texas, El Paso
"Workshop on Particulate Matter Air Pollution in the Paso del Norte Border Region"	Adel Sarofim	A-02-06	Univ. of Utah
"Measurement of Fugitive Dust Suspension and Redeposition Under Doña Ana County, New Mexico Conditions"	John Veranth	A-02-07	Univ. of Utah
"Accelerating the Development of American Energy Service Industry through Education and Training"	Harvey Bryan	E-02-01	Arizona State Univ.
"Baja California Border Region and Development of a Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment Process"	David Rohy	E-02-02	San Diego State Univ.
"Environmental Health Threats Lurking Close to Home: A Community-Based Outreach Pilot Program"	Jay Graham	EH-02-01	U. of Texas, El Paso
"Health-Related Impacts of Public and Occupational Exposure to Particulate Matter and Carbon Monoxide Episodes at the Hidalgo-Reynosa Border Crossing"	Dale Stephenson	EH-02-02	Univ. of Utah
"Tijuana River Watershed Atlas Printing"	Richard Wright	EIR-02-01	San Diego State Univ.
"Waste-Tire Study on the U.S.-Mexico Border Regions and the Reuse Technologies"	Han Zhu	HW-02-01	Arizona State Univ.
"Hydroecological Characterization of Arroyo Alamar, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico"	Victor Miguel Ponce	NR-02-01	San Diego State Univ.
"Natural Recovery of Native Riparian Tree Species to Exotic-Dominated Sites: Influence of Physical Processes and Biotic Interactions"	Juliet Stromberg	NR-02-02	Arizona State Univ.
"Potential Sources of Contamination of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo, Depicted from a Surface Runoff Analysis in Developed Areas of the Paso del Norte Region"	Alberto Barud-Zubillaga	W-02-01	U. of Texas, El Paso
"Support Learning and Change in Hydrology Systems of the Border Region of the Lower Rio Grande: Pilot Study and Implications"	Janice Black	W-02-02	New Mexico State Univ.
"A Human Health Risk Assessment for Enteroviruses and Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) in Runoff from the Tijuana River and in Bathing Waters of nearby Imperial Beach"	Richard Gersberg	W-02-03	San Diego State Univ.
"The Economic and Environmental Consequences of an International Water Market in the Paso del Norte Region that Includes Ciudad Juárez"	Thomas McGuckin	W-02-04	New Mexico State Univ.
"Removal of Dissolved and Colloidal Contaminants from Fish Processing Wastewater, Ensenada Region"	Jan Miller	W-02-05	Univ. of Utah
"Land Application of Saline Wastewater on a Chihuahuan Desert Upland"	Geno Picchioni	W-02-06	New Mexico State Univ.
"Desalination to Extend Aquifer Life and Avert a Water Crisis"	Charles Turner	W-02-07	U. of Texas, El Paso

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