USDA Water Science Fellow

Research:

• Phase I - Field Study

Performed field research to study seepage from a feedlot runoff storage pond at the USDA Meat Animal Research Center near Clay Center, Nebraska. Drilled soil borings, collected soil and groundwater samples, and performed analyses for a variety of physical and chemical parameters to map the contaminant plume. Soils were characterized for hydraulic properties including saturated hydraulic conductivities and moisture release characteristics.

 

• Phase II - Modeling Study

Developed a water balance model to predict feedlot runoff, pond seepage, evaporation, and overflow. Used a finite element saturated/unsaturated flow and transport model for the seepage component (SWMS_2D, developed by the USDA Salinity Laboratory). The model was used to evaluate magnitude and variability in water balance components by performing 8,500 annual simulations in a Monte Carlo analysis.

• Grad Student of the Year Award, MidCentral ASAE Meeting, 1996

• Guest lecturer in Non-Point Source Pollution and Environmental Engineering Classes
• Gave demonstrations and departmental tours to visitors to the department
• Graduate student representative on Department's curriculum committee
• Graduate student representative in the CSRS review of department
• Organized Biological Systems Engineering Grad Student Club

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