Alex Manda


Dr. Alex Manda
Geology
mandaa@ecu.edu

Research Outputs


Publications

  • Manda, A.K. and *Klein, W., (2019) Adaptation Strategies to Address Rising Water Tables in Coastal Environments Under Future Climate and Sea-Level Rise Scenarios, in Coastal Zone Management: Global perspectives, regional processes, Local issues Ramkumar, M, James, R.A, Menier, D., Kumaraswamy, K. (Eds), Elsevier, Cambridge, USA, p403-409.
  • *Klein, W., and Manda, A.K., (2019), Analytic Hierarchy Process to Weigh Groundwater Management Criteria in Coastal Regions, in Coastal Zone Management: Global perspectives, regional processes, Local issues Ramkumar, M, James, R.A, Menier, D., Kumaraswamy, K. (Eds), Elsevier, Cambridge, USA, p403-409.
  • Manda, A. K., Reyes, E., and Pitt, J. 2018. In situ measurements of wind‐driven salt fluxes through constructed channels in a coastal wetland ecosystem. Hydrological Processes 32, 636-643.

 

Abstracts


  • Klein, W., and Manda, A.K., (2018), Suitable Suspects: Moving Past Hydrologic Conditions to Create More Equitable Groundwater Management Strategies, Abstract: GC23F-1272 presented at 2018 Fall Meeting, American Geophysiocal Union, Washington DC, Dec 10-14, 2018.
  • Anderson, T., Manda, A.K., (2018) Simulating the Fate and Transport of Salts in Artificial Channels and Groundwater during Wind Tide Events in a Coastal Wetland System, Abstract: H13L-1912 presented at 2018 Fall Meeting, American Geophysiocal Union, Washington DC, Dec 10-14, 2018.

 

Research Projects


  • Saltwater intrusion in Hyde, Pasquotank and Camden Counties.
  • Citizen science and groundwater resources

 

Awards


  • Manda, A.K., 2018-2019, 2018 Hurricane Season: RAPID: Are short-lived storm surge events the key sources of long-term saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers impacted by tropical cyclone activity? National Science Foundation, $45,039
  • Miles, R, Manda, A.K. 2018-2021, Discoveries in Earth Science for Middle and High School Students with Blindness or Visual Impairments, SSEP Grant, Burroughs Wellcome Fund $179,834.

 

Research Activities


  • Groundwater, Trinity Center, North Carolina, January 2019
  • Flooding, Resilience, and Challenges for Local Governments of the Tar-Pamlico Basin, ECU chapter of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA, 26th at 6 pm, in Rivers West 105-A.
  • Outer Banks Field Site (OBXFS) (semester-long undergraduate program) UNC-Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment and the Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program, hosted by Coastal Studies Institute (CSI), September 2018.

 

Student Researchers


  • Tyler Anderson, MS Geology, Simulating saltwater intrusion in coastal wetland system. Manda
  • Jon Gullet, MS Geology, Evaluating saltwater intrusion in Hyde County North Carolina. Manda
  • Kyle Prock, MS Geology, Modeling impacts of sea level rise and groundwater pumping on saltwater intrusion. Manda