Ph.D. Agricultural Engineering, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
M.S. Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University - Manhattan
B.S. Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University - Manhattan

Registered Professional Engineer, Nebraska

Teaching 50%
Research 50%

School of Natural Resources (Courtesy Appointment)

Water Science and Mechanized Systems Management:

• Soil conservation and watershed management
• Irrigation systems management

Engineering:

• Soil and water resources engineering
• Hydrologic modeling of small watersheds
• Modeling vadose zone hydrology

• Hydrologic impacts of land and water use practices in agricultural regions
• Engineering of vegetative buffers for riparian and upland ecosystems
• Infiltration and overland flow
• Water flow in the intermediate vadose zone
• Water measurement technology for irrigation

Selected publications

Hydraulics Laboratory
Soil and Water Properties
Land Measure and Surveying Laboratory

Curriculum Vita (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• Young Engineer of the Year, Mid-Central Region, 1988, American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
• Extension Award of Merit, Gamma Sigma Delta, November, 1990.
• Recognition Award for Contributions to Students presented by the Parents Association and Teaching Council of the UNL (1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, and 2002).
• Research and Education Award, Chemigation Division, The Irrigation Association, 1997.
• IANR Team Effort Award, MSEA Water Quality Team, 1998.
• Senior Faculty Holling Family Award for Teaching Excellence, 1999.
• Person of the Year, Irrigation Association, 1999.
• Commendation Award, Nebraska Chapter, Soil & Water Conservation Society, 2001.
• The Commendation Award, Soil and Water Conservation Society, 2002
• College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Distinguished Teaching Award, 2003.
• Holling Family Distinguished Senior Faculty Teaching Award, College of Engineering, UNL 2008.
• Award for the Advancement of Surface Irrigation, ASABE, 2008.
• Outstanding Contributions to Agriculture in Nebraska, Nebraska Section ASABE, 2008