NCR207 Multi-State Research Committee:

Drainage Design and Management Practices to Improve Water Quality

 

State

Members (and Web site for more information)

Key responsibilities or Expertise

IL

Richard Cooke, University of Illinois, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

http://age-web.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/rac/rac.asp

 

IN

Eileen Kladivko, Purdue University, Department of Agronomy

 http://www.agry.purdue.edu/staffbio/ejkbio.htm

 

IN

Jane Frankenberger, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~frankenb/

Extension and research on drainage modeling and management,  water quality, TMDLs geospatial analysis, watershed management

IA

Matt Helmers, Iowa State University, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

http://www.abe.iastate.edu/faculty/helmers.asp

 

IA

Ramesh Kanwar, Iowa State University, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

http://www.abe.iastate.edu/faculty/kanwar.asp

 

IA

Dan Jaynes,  USDA-ARS National Soil Tilth Laboratory

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/site_main.htm?modecode=36-25-15-10 

Water and chemical transport in soils, yield and soil variability, water quality, soil and watershed modeling, drainage management for improved water quality.

LA

James Fouss,  USDA-ARS Soil and Water Research Unit, Baton Rouge, LA

http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=1801

 

MD

Ken Staver, University of Maryland

 

MI

William Northcott, Michigan State University, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

http://www.egr.msu.edu/age/directory/directory_northcott.htm

 

MN

Gary Sands, University of Minnesota, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

http://www.bae.umn.edu/staff/sands.html

 

MN

Jeff Strock, University of Minnesota, Southwest Research and Outreach Center, and Department of Soil, Water, and Climate

http://swroc.coafes.umn.edu.soilandwater/index.htm 

Soil and water conservation and management, water quality, nitrogen

MN

Tyson Ochsner,  USDA-ARS, Soil and Water Management Research Unit, St. Paul, MN

http://info.soils.umn.edu/prof_site/ochsner/ 

Agricultural impacts on soil physical properties, on water, chemical, and heat transfer in soil, and on water quality.

MO

Kelly Nelson, University of Missouri Agronomy

 

NY

Larry D. Geohring,  Cornell University, Biological and Environmental Engineering

http://www.bee.cornell.edu/faculty/faculty-bio.ldg5.htm

Research and extension on water and soil management (drainage and irrigation), and on land use impacts on water quality and wetland resources

NY

Tammo Steenhuis, Cornell University, Biological and Environmental Engineering

http://www.bee.cornell.edu/faculty/faculty-bio.tss1.htm

 

NC

R. Wayne Skaggs, North Carolina State University, Dept of Biological and Agricultural Engineering  

http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/soil_water/projects.htm 

Agricultural drainage and water management of shallow water table soils; models to describe performance of drainage systems and wetland hydrology

 

Robert Evans, North Carolina State University, Dept. of Biological & Agricultural  Engineering

http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/people/faculty/evans/index.html 

Water table management, hydrology of hydric soils, ecological alternatives for channelized streams, wetlands restoration

OH

Larry Brown, Ohio State University, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/fabe/brown/

 

WI

King-Jau (Sam) Kung, University of Wisconsin, Soil Scienc

http://www.soils.wisc.edu/soils/people/faculty/kung.html

 

 

Pat Willey, USDA-NRCS, West National Technical Support Center, Portland, OR  

pwilley@wcc.nrcs.usda.gov

 Water management, agricultural drainage, water quality, salinity, and wetlands.  Coordination with USDA-ARS and Universities in development of water management and water quality technology.