Courses
ABE 431/531 - Design and Evaluation of Soil and Water Conservation Systems (Fall)
Students learn how to evaluate and design systems for the conservation and preservation of soil and water resources in agricultural and urbanizing watersheds. We use the principles of hydrology and hydraulics to underpin our designs and explore the relationships between topography, soils, vegetation, climate, and cultural practices in a landscape context. We use data to quantify how water moves through the soil-plant-atmosphere system and ways in which best management practices in agriculture and urban stormwater practices in cities affect water quantity and quality.
ABE 591 - Ecosystem Restoration Engineering (Alternating Spring)
Students learn and apply governing principles of ecological engineering, including biological, chemical, and physical conditions, that guide restoration design. To restore any individual ecosystem, it is imperative to have a firm grasp on general ecological concepts that drive ecosystem structure and function. We begin by reviewing concepts of water and elemental cycling, energy flow through systems, succession, and ecological disturbance. Applications focus on streams, floodplains and riparian zones, wetlands, and prairies and we examine natural and anthropogenic stresses, nature-based solutions, and management considerations.
Students learn how to evaluate and design systems for the conservation and preservation of soil and water resources in agricultural and urbanizing watersheds. We use the principles of hydrology and hydraulics to underpin our designs and explore the relationships between topography, soils, vegetation, climate, and cultural practices in a landscape context. We use data to quantify how water moves through the soil-plant-atmosphere system and ways in which best management practices in agriculture and urban stormwater practices in cities affect water quantity and quality.
ABE 591 - Ecosystem Restoration Engineering (Alternating Spring)
Students learn and apply governing principles of ecological engineering, including biological, chemical, and physical conditions, that guide restoration design. To restore any individual ecosystem, it is imperative to have a firm grasp on general ecological concepts that drive ecosystem structure and function. We begin by reviewing concepts of water and elemental cycling, energy flow through systems, succession, and ecological disturbance. Applications focus on streams, floodplains and riparian zones, wetlands, and prairies and we examine natural and anthropogenic stresses, nature-based solutions, and management considerations.