Research Topics

Geomorphology - The primary goal of this line of study is to identify how knowledge of fluvial processes might be used to make drainage ditches more self-maintaining and also enhance the ecology of these systems.

• Using Knowledge of Fluvial Processes to Design Self-Maintaining Agricultural Drainage Ditches in the Midwestern Region of the USA
  
  
• Drainage Channel Restoration Construction Project

Ecology - Description

Water Quality Characterization - The primary goal this portion of the project is to characterize the water quality in drainage ditches, with particular emphasis on the times when flow in the ditches is dominated by inputs from agricultural tile drainage.