Soil physics, Vadose zone hydrology, Remediation, Reclamation, and Agronomy
Ongoing research projects:
Remote sensing of soil moisture to extend weather mesonet stations representation
Plant survival in harsh storm-water systems such as rain gardens
Agricultural water management via tillage and cover crop systems
Slope failures in North Dakota
Natural, hydrophobic capillary barriers
Plant and soil responses to hexacycanoferrate
Occurrence and economic costs of deep wheel-traffic compaction
Past research projects:
Brine spill remediation
Coalmine reclamation
Conservation tillage
Subsurface drainage and water quality
Crops and cover crop effects on soil water
Salinity and sodicity effects on soil hydraulic properties
Spatial and temporal dynamics of soil carbon dioxide emissions
Flipped-classroom modes of bolstering calculus skills in soil physics classes