Teaching

ABE 454: Environmental Soil Physics

This course provides the theoretical basis for understanding and quantifying the physical, hydrological, geotechnical, and thermal properties of soil in relation to environmental processes. Topics include general soil properties as a porous media, fluid properties, energy state, soil-water relationship, transport processes in soil, and heat flow in porous media.

ABE 458: Nonpoint Source Pollution Modeling

A project-oriented course that teaches students to develop a hydrologic model for a watershed system which simulates hydrologic and pollutant transport processes. Students will learn to collect and process environmental data, and set-up, calibrate, and validate their model. 

ETMA 352: Land and Water Management Systems

This course introduces the students to the principles, theories, practices, and applications in managing our water and land resources. The lecture is centered on environmental hydrology while the laboratory is focused on the tools and emerging technologies used in managing our water and land resources. Topics included are the hydrologic cycle, precipitation, soil water, evaporation/transpiration, runoff, open channel flow, erosion, hydrogeology, and introduction to GIS.