Minki Hong - Vadose Zone Research Group

Educational background

Ph. D. (Pursuing)
Biological and Agricultural Engineering

M.S. Agricultural and Rural System Engineering
Seoul National University, South Korea (2016)

B.S. Agricultural and Rural System Engineering
Seoul National University, South Korea (2014)

Research Interests

Surface-subsurface hydrology, Numerical model development, Land surface hydro-meteorological modeling, Data assimilation

Current project

Surface water-groundwater interaction in Rio Grande river basin (USDA-CAP), The impact of subsurface hydrology on land surface energy/water balance considering the simultaneous interaction between vadose zone-phreatic aquifer-stream (Texas Water Observatory).

Awards, scholarships, & fellowships

(2020) Bill and Rita Stout International Graduate Student Achievement Award, BAEN, TAMU
(2020–21) USGS TWRI Grad Student Scholarship, United States Geological Survey (USGS) & Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI)
(2019) Soil Science Society of America Oral Presentation Award, Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
(2019) BAEN Graduate Student Competitive Scholarship, TAMU
(2019) Aggies Commit Fellowship, Texas A&M University
(2018) National Water Center Summer Institute Program, CUAHSI.
(2017) BAEN Graduate Student Competitive Scholarship, BAEN, TAMU
(2015) Outstanding Paper Presentation Award, The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers.
(2014) Best Oral Presentation Award, International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering.

List of select publications:

Hong, M., B. Mohanty, Z. Sheng, 2020. An explicit scheme to represent the bidirectional exchanges among vadose zone, phreatic aquifer, and river, Water Resources Research, [In preparation].
Hong, M., S. H. Lee, S. J. Lee, J. Y. Choi, 2019. Application of high-resolution meteorological data from NCAM-WRF to analyze soil moisture deficit and drought severity in small-scale farmlands, Agricultural Water Management, [Under review].
Hong, M., R, Karki, J. M. Krienert, S. S. Memari, 2018. Evaluating Alternative Groundwater Discharge Estimations for Improved National Water Model Forecasting, National Water Center Innovators Program Summer Institute Report 2018 (CUAHSI & NOAA), Published
Hong, M., S. H. Lee, S. J. Lee, J. Y. Choi, 2018. Farmland scale spatial analysis of soil moisture deficit and its application for determining drought severity using NCAM-WRF simulation data, International Journal of Climatology, In review
Hong, M., S. H. Lee, J. Y. Choi, S. H. Lee, S. J. Lee, 2015. Estimation of Soil Moisture and Irrigation Requirement of Upland using Soil Moisture Model applied WRF meteorological data, The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineering, Published