Fish Xing
About Us
This website is for the Fish Xing senior design team at Virginia Tech. We are a group of students from the Biological Systems Engineering Class of 2021, and are advised by engineering professionals and department faculty.
Meet the Student Team
Nicholas Christensen
After finishing an MS next year Nicholas Christensen will work to restore streams in Kentuckian Appalachia. He is an avid, hiker, canoer, and rock climber.
Coral Hendrix
Coral is a senior BS/MS student conducting her MS research on the morphological changes in a third order stream ten years after restoration occurred. She enjoys yoga, farmers markets, and spending lots of time outside.
Robert Quattrone
Robert is a determined engineer, and is passionate about making a difference. He is interested in sustainable energy and engineering design. In his free time, he likes to spend time with friends and go fishing.
Christina Watt
Christina is a senior in Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech, focusing on Watershed Science and Engineering. After graduation, Christina will join Kimley-Horn as a Civil Engineer in Training. In her free time, Christina is the President of Virginia Tech's bellydance club, Hill and Veil.
Lukai Wang
Senior in Biological System Engineering, focusing on Biomedical Engineering. In his free time, Lukai likes reading, movies, and snowboarding.
External Contacts
Benjamin Bradley
An Engineer-in-Training with Stantec. He is a graduate of NC State University and has experience with stream restoration, urban stormwater management and floodplain modeling. In his free time Ben likes to exchange the grade rod for a fly rod and try to meet some of the local residents at his projects.
Madeline Caudill
Maddie Caudill is an Environmental Designer for Stantec. She graduated from Virginia Tech in 2016 with a B.S. in Environmental Science, and in 2018 with an M.S. in Biological Systems Engineering.
A few months after completing her Master’s degree, she started her current position at Stantec. She primarily works on engineering design, modeling, and plan preparation for numerous types of projects with regard to non-point source pollutant treatment, urban stormwater management, erosion and sediment control (ESC), and other general hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) analyses. Recently she has been working on H&H modeling to perform dam breach analyses for small reservoirs in Eastern Virginia.
When not at work she enjoys rock climbing with her friends, hiking with her husband and dog, and visiting the Blacksburg Farmer’s Market.
BSE Advisor, Dr. Mary Leigh Wolfe
Mary Leigh Wolfe is Professor of Biological Systems Engineering (BSE) at Virginia Tech. After serving on the faculty at Texas A&M University for over six years, she moved to Virginia Tech in 1992. Recently, she served as head of the BSE department for over eight years. Her research and teaching has focused on hydrologic modeling, nonpoint source (NPS) pollution control strategies, and decision support tools for NPS pollution control and watershed management. She has also conducted research related to engineering education. Mary Leigh enjoys hiking and traveling.