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W. Cully Hession, PhD, PE

Current Funded Research Projects

  • Effective Strategies for Reducing Nutrient Loads from the Opequon Creek Watershed of VA and WV (Chesapeake Bay Targeted Watersheds Grant Program)
  • Virginia Agricultural BMP Tracking Program Update 2006 (Va Dept Conservation & Recreation-Div Soil & Water Cons)
  • Linking Land Use Change, Stream Geomorphology, and Aquatic Biodiversity in a Hierarchical Classification Scheme (USEPA-STAR)

Completed Research Projects:

Completed (1999-present)

  • Developing a Research-Based Undergraduate Experience Focused on “Systems” Thinking, Information Technology, and Laboratory Applications , NSF-BES, Hayden (PI), Sadek, Rizzo, Hession, Dewoolkar, 01/03–03/04, $100,000
  • Management of Watershed Phosphorus from Urban Nonpoint Sources , USDA-NRCS, Hession (PI), 1/01-9/03, $35,000
  • Developing Ecosystem Indicators and an Environmental Score Card for the Lake Champlain Basin Program , Lake Champlain Basin Program, Watzin (PI), Wang, Manning, Hession, Cassell, 01/00-08/04, $100,000
  • Demonstration/Research Constructed Wetland to Treat Dairy Waste , Lake Champlain Basin Program, Hession (PI), Hayden, Tignor, 01/02-05/02, $44,000
  • Understanding the Linkages Between Channel Stability and Instream Biodiversity , USDA-Forest Service, Hession (PI), Watzin, 10/01-09/02, $10,000
  • Constructed Wetland Center for Research, Education, and Outreach , Foss (PI), Tignor, Hession, Hayden, USDA-CREES, 09/01-08/02, $177,728
  • Hydrology, Ecotoxicology, Microbial Ecology, and Biodiversity of Ombrotrophic Bogs of Vermont , NSF-EPSCoR, Gotelli (PI), Hession, Lewis, and Ross, 05/01-01/03, $299,977
  • Allen Brook Water Quality Improvement Plan and TMDL , Vermont ANR-DEC, Barg (PI), Hession, Dolan, Kort, 10/00-05/03, $70,000
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Environmental Fluid Mechanics , NSF-EPSCoR, Hession (PI), 09/00-12/01, $40,000
  • Riparian Reforestation in an Urbanizing Watershed: Effects of Upland Conditions on Instream Ecological Benefits , EPA-STAR, Hession (PI), Charles, Hart, Horwitz, Kreeger, Velinsky, Newbold, Pizzuto, 01/98-01/02, $840,000
  • Schuylkill River Watershed Conservation Plan , PA-DCNR, Hession (PI), Dilks, 10/97-12/00, $250,000
  • Streamside Reforestation: An Analysis of Ecological Benefits and Societal Perceptions , NSF-BIO, Sweeney (PI), Bott, Hession, Horwitz, Kaplan, Newbold, Standley, 01/07-12/00, $940,000

Completed (pre-1999)

  • Fairmount Park Natural Lands Restoration Assessment, Management, and Planning , Fairmount Park Commission, Hession (co-PI), 10/97-10/99, $1,000,000
  • Restoring the Schuylkill River's Streambanks , William Penn Foundation, Hession (co-PI), 9/96-8/99, $600,000
  • Geomorphologic and Flow Velocity Assessment: Wissahickon Creek , National Institute for Environmental Renewal, Hession (PI), 6/98-8/98, $35,000
  • Land Cover Mapping and Biodiversity in Mongolia , NASA-Mission to Planet Earth, Hession (co-PI), 11/97-11/98, $161,600
  • Locational Data Improvement Project , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hession (PI), 11/97-11/98, $100,000
  • Evaluation of Sources of Pathogens and NOM in Watersheds , American Water Works Association Research Foundation, Hession (co-PI), 10/95-4/98, $450,000
  • Manatawny Creek Watershed Spatial Database Development , Berks County Conservancy, Hession (PI), 4/98-8/98, $5000
  • Impact of Aquatic Vegetation on Water Quality of the Delaware River Estuary , Delaware River Basin Commission, Hession (co-PI), 6/97-9/97, $42,800
  • Virginia 's Statewide Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment , Virginia DCR-DSWC, Hession (PI), 10/96-9/97, $40,000
  • Nutrient and Contaminant Loads from the San Antonio and Guadalupe Rivers , E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Union Carbide Corp., and BP Chemicals Inc., Hession (PI), 8/96-2/97, $45,000
  • Crum, Chester, and Ridley Creek Watersheds Spatial Database Development , Philadelphia Suburban Water Company, Hession (PI), 12/96-12/97, $15,000
  • Uncertainties in Watershed Level Assessment and Management , Environmental Associates, Hession (PI), 3/96-11/96, $10,000
  • A Planning Grant to Establish Long term Ecological Research in Mongolia , NSF-INT, Hession (PI), 5/96-7/96, $5,150
  • Planning Visits to Establish Long term Ecological Research in Mongolia , Rockefeller Trust for Mutual Understanding, Hession (co-PI), 4/96-5/96, $30,000

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