This new research group is directed by Prof. Yi Qian and is currently working in the areas of network sensor architecture and MAC layer scheduling algorithms for wetlands monitoring and soil moisture estimation. The group is concentrating also on investigating the characterization and reliable communication of a physical cyberinfrastructure for hydro-ecological applications to enhance environment monitoring, modeling and management. The WALSAIP project is providing full assistantship support to an MS graduate student as well as infrastructure support to a post-doctoral research associate for this group.