Professor (current rank), Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering
Oregon State University, Corvallis - August 1978 to Present
Research Program - Measurement and simulation of soil water distribution in field conditions and design of monitoring systems. Determination of local and regional scale evapotranspiration and crop water use. Applications of remotely sensed data and geostatistical analysis to water resources evaluation and hydrologic balance modeling. Measurement of diurnal radiation and energy balance over land surfaces and longer term hydrologic balance based on soil water monitoring.
Academic Program - Senior and graduate level courses in design of irrigation and drainage systems and water distribution systems. Graduate courses in physical hydrology, advanced concepts in hydrologic analysis, regional hydrologic modeling, open channel hydraulics and sediment transport.
Visiting Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland - September 2002 - September 2003 (Sabbatical Leave)
Participated in Irish Office of Public Works Lower Feale River watershed-scale hydrologic balance, remote sensing project in County Kerry. Responsible for data management and analysis of 10 Hz eddy correlation system as well as meteorological data and surface water level, groundwater level, soil moisture and precipitation gage network.
Associate Director of Research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Laboratoire d’Etude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement, Grenoble, France
September 1992 - September 1993 (Sabbatical Leave)
Participated in HAPEX-Sahel regional hydrologic, atmospheric processes, remote sensing experiment. Responsible for design of soil moisture and soil water properties measurement system. Developed computer program for evaluation of soil moisture and solute balance in the crop root zone. Flew as observer on French atmospheric flux measurement aircraft.
Visiting Scientist, Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM)
Toulouse, France - August 1985 to August 1986 (Sabbatical Leave)
Participated in HAPEX-MOBILHY regional hydrologic, atmospheric processes, remote sensing experiment. Responsible for development of computer model for evapotranspiration based on neutron probe measurements of soil moisture content. Evaluated lysimeter and energy balance station data and flew as observer in NASA remote sensing and NCAR meteorological research aircraft.
