Contact Information: N113 Scott Engineering Center

Nebraska Water Center Fall Retreat I October 7, 2015

• David Admiraal• Guillermo Baigorria Paz• Humberto Blanco• Vijendra Boken• Chuck Burr• Haishi Cao• Steve Comfort• Trenton Franz• Junke Guo• Amir Haghverdi • Douglas Hallum• Michael Hayes• Kyle Hoagland

• Robert Klein• Rick Koelsch• Yusong Li• Francisco Munoz-Arriola• Christopher Neale• Robert Oglesby• Larkin Powell• Chittaranjan Ray• Christine Reed• Daran Rudnick• Patrick Shea• Jaehong Shim• Chung Song

• Amy Swoboda• Karrie Weber• Wayne Woldt• Haishun Yang


Contact Information:

N113 Scott Engineering CenterUNL City CampusLincoln, NE 68588-6105Phone: 402-472-8568E-mail: [email protected]


• Investigation of Microbial and Nutrient Source Material in Antelope Creek (Year 3) (City of Lincoln)

• Open-Bottom Culverts in Nebraska (Nebraska Department of Roads)• Characterization of Threshold Conditions for Accurate ADFM Discharge

Measurements in STA Gated Culverts (South Florida Water Management District)• Direct Monitoring of Knickpoint Progression (U.S. Geological Survey/UNL Water

Center)• Stormwater BMP Discharge Structures (Nebraska Department of Roads)• S-375 Model and Prototype Study (South Florida Water Management District)• Monitoring the Effects of Knickpoint Erosion on Bridge Pier and Abutment

Structural Damage Due to Scour (Mid-America Transportation Center)


• Streambank and streambed stability and erosion• Stormwater quality monitoring and contaminant source identification• Interactions between groundwater and surface flows• Flow measurement techniques• Real-time flow monitoring• Energy efficiency and energy recovery for small water systems



Room 203D, Copeland HallDepartment of Geography and Earth, Science, University of Nebraska-Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849Phone: 308-865-8357E-mail: [email protected]


• Linking global warming and the soil moisture estimates derived from microwave satellite data, Daugherty Water for Food Institute

• Examining droughts in California using the soil moisture estimates and the weather data


• Impact of irrigation/soil moisture on global warming• Ground water fluctuation in mega cities• Impact of landuse changes on water quality• Impact of global warming on drought-occurrence



905 west 25th streetUniversity of Nebraska-KearneyKearney, NE 68849Phone: 308-86-8105E-mail: [email protected]


• Investigation of anti-oxidation effect of H2S in PC12 neuronal cells by using cell permeable fluorescence sensors (NIH-INBRE)

• Developing a new sensing strategy based on carbon nanotube for quantitative measurement of H2S (Nebraska Research Initiative)

• Quantitative Detection of fluoride (F-) in aqueous media (University of Nebraska)

• Measurement of the toxic heavy metal ion by using fluorescence approaches (University of Nebraska)


Ultra-high sensitivity - may reach the limit of single molecule

High speed of response - as fast as 10-8-10-10 s

Nondestructive and noninvasive – well suited to living cell

Versatility- numerous sensing methods

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Fluorescence Change

Fluorescence ChemoSensorA device that transforms chemical information, ranging from concentration of specific sample component to total composition analysis, into analytically fluorescence signal.

Design and Synthesis of Fluorescence Chemosensor for Detection of Critical Molecules

Fluorophore Acceptor (Signal) (Recognition unit)

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Using fluorogenic approaches for Detection of chemical and pathogen in soil and water.Water quality in NebraskaMeasuring the ions in drinking waterUnderstanding correlation of water-agriculture and water-ecology in Nebraska



WCREC402 W. State Farm RoadNorth Platte, NE 69101-7751Phone: 308-696-6783E-mail: [email protected]


• Nebraska Soybean Management Field Days• Residue Removal, Planting Method, Hybrid and Irrigation Treatments• Soybean Limited Irrigation and Row Spacing• Soybean Planting Date, Variety and Limited Irrigation Treatments• Wheat Stubble Height and Cover Crops


• Grazing Cover Crops/Forages in an Irrigated Continuous Corn System• Nebraska On Farm Research Project


Professor of Soil and Water ChemistrySchool of Natural Resources

Contact Information205 Kiesselbach University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68583-0915

(402) [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


Current Projects• Developing slow-release oxidants candles to treat LNAPL• and DNAPL-contaminated groundwater• Developing oxidative remedial treatments for 1,4-dioxane• Developing mathematical model to predict oxidant• spreading from aerated oxidant candles


Future Projects• Currently seeking four additional field sites in Nebraska

for field scale demonstrations of slow-release oxidants (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)



3310 Holdrege StHardin Hall East CampusLincoln, NE 68583Phone: 402-472-8718E-mail: [email protected]


• Pastoralism in Transition: Linking Localized Interactions and System Behavior to Evaluate Social-Ecological Vulnerability (NSF)

• Can improving predictions of soil oxygen dynamics increase understanding of greenhouse gas hotspots and hot moments? (NSF)

• Advancing the cosmic-ray neutron method for real-time mobile soil moisture mapping (USACE)

• Design of multi-scale soil moisture monitoring networks in agricultural systems using hydrogeophysics (USGS, UNL, Headwaters Corp, NEWBA, Paulman Farms, TNC)


• Combined analysis of electromagnetic and nuclear techniques to provide spatial estimates of soil hydraulic properties

• Combined analysis of ground based and remote sensed data for water and energy balance monitoring

• Design of real-time, multi-scale soil moisture monitoring networks for precision agriculture, farm management, watershed management, or water district management



PKI 204D1110 S 67th STOmaha, NE 68135Phone: 402-554-3873E-mail: [email protected]


• Computational simulation of bridge hydrodynamics (DOE Argonne National Lab)

• River flow with gravel bed (Water for Food Institute)

Research Interests

• Computational and environmental hydraulics• River hydraulics, sediment transport, local scour• Vegetation and Porous media flow



Panhandle Research and Extension Center, 4502 Avenue I, Scottsbluff, NE Phone: 308-632-1246E-mail: [email protected]


• Spatiotemporal mapping of irrigation canals in Nebraska Panhandle to determine

susceptible areas to invasive species, streambank erosion and irrigation runoff

contamination issues

• Decision support systems for site-specific variable rate irrigation

• Irrigation runoff monitoring, analysis and prediction

• Deficit irrigation management in Nebraska Panhandle

• Water use efficiency of overhead, surface and subsurface irrigation systems

• Establishing Nebraska Smart Water Production Function Network



402 West State Farm RoadWest Central Research and Extension CenterNorth Platte, NE 69101Phone: 308-696-6743E-mail: [email protected]


• Documenting Stream/Groundwater Interaction in the South Platte River (US Geological Survey, Nebraska Water Center)

• Hydrogeology of Western Nebraska (Nebraska Environmental Trust, various Natural Resources Districts)

• Facilitate the acquisition of high-resolution elevation data for the State of Nebraska (NITC GIS Council – Elevation Working Group)

• Ranch Scale Water Management for Habitat Enhancement and Wildlife Production (Private Partners)

• Petroleum Pipelines (Conservation and Survey/Extension)


• Providing direct scholarly service to issues of regional significance.• Informing the discussion of sustainability as it relates to the High Plains

Aquifer.• Scaling local and regional management practices to understand each

between various levels of decision-making.• Understanding and conveying the relative value and application of

simulations and observations to water management.• Refining the geological framework of Nebraska.• Informing the public of issues relating to petroleum exploration, production

and operations.



3310 Holdrege Street819 Hardin HallLincoln, NE 68583-0988Phone: 402-472-4271E-mail: [email protected]


• Drought Risk Management Research Center (NOAA/NIDIS)– Drought Monitoring (U.S. Drought Monitor, Drought Risk Atlas, VegDRI)– Drought Impacts (Drought Impact Reporter, Public Health)– Drought Event Assessments (Vulnerability)– Drought Planning (Multi-hazard planning, scales of planning)– Coordination across NIDIS

• USDA Cooperative Agreement– U.S. Drought Monitor, U.S. Affiliated Pacific Possessions (USAPI), U.S. Virgin Islands

• USAID Middle East/North Africa Project– Composite Drought Indicators, Stakeholder Engagement Activities

• Organization of Eastern Caribbean States– National Drought Policies


• Drought and climate vulnerability assessments– Recreation and Tourism industry

• Improved drought monitoring indicators– Soil moisture, snowpack levels, evapotranspiration, etc...– Composite indicators

• Drought planning– Drought Tournaments (exercises, scenarios, gaming activities)– Metrics of success

• Stakeholder engagement activities• Project evaluation


Kyle D. Hoagland, Ph.D.

School of Natural Resources

Professor of Limnology


3310 Holdrege St. 503 Hardin HallLincoln, NE 68583-0995Phone (cell for texting): 402-580-9203E-mail: [email protected]


• “Acute ß-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) Toxicity in a Mouse Model” (Maitham Al-Sammak lead PI)

• “Acute toxicity of BMAA to fathead minnow and zebrafish larvae” (jiayi Wang lead PI)

• Ecology of Chorella-viruses in eastern Nebraska


Human Health Risks of a “New” Cyanobacterial Neurotoxin, BMAA. Major Routes of Exposure (NIEHS proposal)

Effects of BMAA in aerosols on neighboring homes around lakes with significant cyanobacterial blooms, does it occur?

Do BMAA-producing cyanobacteria exist on moist soils in farm fields? Do they provide a significant source of BMAA exposure to farmers in the form of dust?

What is the epidemiology of BMAA exposure to rural families in the Midwest?


Contact Information (until 12/31):

211 Ag Hall, UNL East CampusPhone: 402-472-3935E-mail: [email protected]


• Extension (70%) and Teaching/Research (30%)• Animal manure management with focus on cropping systems• Environmental sustainability of Nebraska agricultural systems• Application of metrics for characterizing sustainability in agricultural

systems.• Implementation of impactful engagement and educational

experiences with agricultural audiences.



• Department of Civil Engineering• University of Nebraska-Lincoln• N114 SEC-LINK• 844 N. 16th St.• Lincoln, NE, 68588-6105• Email: [email protected]• Phone: 402-472-5972



• Collaborative Research: A Multiscale Framework to Investigate the Influence of Attached Phase Soil Organic Matter on the Fate, Transport, and Removal of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials in Porous Media (NSF)

• Collaborative Research: Retention of Anisotropic Colloids in Porous Media: A Modeling and Experimental Investigation at Multiple Scales (NSF)

• SusChEM: Collaborative Research: Role of Biofilms in Engineered Infiltration Systems in the Removal of Bacteria in Urban Stormwater (NSF)

• WSC Category 1: Influence of Climate and Agricultural Clustering on Groundwater (USDA)

• Improving the Treatment of Contaminated Aquifers by Developing Direct Push Slow-Release Oxidant Candles with Pneumatic Circulators (NIH)


• Particulate facilitated contaminant transport in the vadose zone and groundwater

• Influence of climate change on the groundwater quality in Nebraska

• Application of nanotechnology to produce clean drinking water

• Mathematical modeling to support groundwater remediation



2021 Transformation Drive, Suite 3220Nebraska Innovation CampusLincoln, NE 68588Phone: 402-472-5359E-mail: [email protected]


• Remote sensing of crop evapotranspiration using a hybrid modeling approach based on soil water and energy balance.

• Establishing and testing new remotely sensed basal crop coefficients for corn and soybeans

• Estimating seasonal crop water use for center pivots in three NRD’s • Improving Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI) Efficiency using real-time soil water

content modeling informed by in-situ sensors and satellite/UAV remote sensing evapotranspiration estimates.

• Crop water productivity of irrigated and rain fed systems using remotely sensed estimates of evapotranspiration and crop yield.


• Closing the Yield and Crop Water Productivity Gap using global, daily estimates of evapotranspiration: Application in the MENA region in partnership with FAO, USDA-ARS, NOAA, UNESCO-IHE

• Use of Geospatial technologies for improving crop and irrigation water management and monitoring crop water productivity: Partnership with JAIN Irrigation of India, monitoring existing irrigated areas under drip irrigation (2000 acres) and new development in south central India (12000 acres)

• CIRCLES: small holder agricultural production under center pivot irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Solar powered pumping systems for center pivot irrigation


• Work with NRD’s and UNL Extension service to implement feedback and monitoring service of best practices for high-end water users

• State-wide seasonal remote sensing based crop water productivity estimates

• Irrigation water and power management for optimal crop production returns


Contact Information:Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences221 Bessey Hall – City Campus

School of Natural Resources802 Hardin Hall – East Campus

Phone: 402-472-1507E-mail: [email protected]


1) Causes of Drought: Relative roles of Atlantic and Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures; Soil Moisture and Snow Cover (NOAA; NASA; NSF)

2) Effects on Climate of Historic Landcover Changes in the Southern Great Plains (NSF). Focus on implications for strong convective events (NSF)

3) Future Climate Change in Central America and the Caribbean – The use of high resolution regional climate models (IDB/UCAR)

4) Climate Change Education - How do Scientists Really Do Their Research? (NASA)

5) Deforestation in Central America and in Asia: Effects on Climate (NASA)


• Causes of drought; how the likelihood and duration of drought may change in the future

• High resolution downscaling of climate change projections for the central and northern Great Plains

• Development of a Regional Consortium for Climate Change for Latin America, and for the Caribbean.

• Understanding the interactions between large-scale and and small-scale mechanisms that cause pluvial events in the central U.S.



2021 Transformation Drive, Suite 3220Nebraska Innovation CampusLincoln, NE 68588Phone: 402-472-3305E-mail: [email protected]


• Efficacy of riverbank filtration for improving source water quality for small communities (USEPA)

• Spatial index for leachability of chemicals (Nebraska Environmental Trust)• Vadose zone nitrate and pesticide assessment for Hastings (City of Hastings)• Denitrification in the vadose zone (University of Nebraska)• Vadose zone assessment program for Nebraska (various entities)• Uptake of pharmaceutical compounds by raw edible crops irrigated with recycled

water (USDA – NIFA)• Leachability of anticoagulant chemicals used for rodent control (US Fish and

Wildlife Service)• Water and chemical transport at micro-, meso-, and watershed scales (National

Science Foundation)


• Virtual water, water footprint, water productivity, and water quality issues in Nebraska

• Expanded program to address nitrate in the vadose zone• Sustainability aspects of the High Plains/Ogallala Aquifer for crop

production• Nitrate and uranium in drinking waters of small communities in Nebraska

and methods for remediation• Understanding mechanistic processes for chemical and pathogen

movement in soil and ground water systems• Efficacy of oxidative treatment in coupled riverbank filtration and managed

aquifer recharge systems


Collaborative Environmental GovernanceIntegrated Water Management Planning

The Potential of Collaborative Governance: The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, Daugherty Water for Food Institute: 2011-presentAssessment of the Nebraska Integrated Management Planning Process,

Nebraska DNR with University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, 2015



West Central Research and Extension Center402 West State Farm Road RM#123North Platte, NE 69101Phone: (308) 696-6709Email: [email protected]


• Performance analysis of different soil moisture monitoring technologies• Integration of in-situ and non-contact sensors for irrigation management• Dynamic vs. static variable rate irrigation prescriptions• Irrigation system performance• Water and nitrogen fertilizer interactions and their effects on crop

performance• Evapotranspiration measurements• Soil water extraction dynamics under different irrigation system types• Coupling root growth and water extraction dynamics into irrigation

scheduling


SDI-II Field:~12 acres32 trt × 4 reps = 128 plots

SDI-I Field:~12 acres18 trt × 4 reps = 72 plots

Furrow Irrigation~15 acres

Center Pivot w/ VRI @ Brule, NE 130 acres

Corner Pivot w/ VRI @ North Platte, NE~70 acres



University of Nebraska-Lincoln102c KCRLincoln, NE 68588-0817Phone: 402-472-1533E-mail: [email protected]


Current• Process-Based Vulnerability Indices and Spatial Modeling of Landscape Vulnerability to

Pesticide Leaching and Runoff (USDA-NIWQP)• Evaluating the Physical and Biological Availability of Pesticides and Contaminants in

Agricultural Ecosystems (USDA-Multistate) • Development of Smart Alginate Hybrid Beads for Eco-Friendly Water Treatment (USGS 104b)Pending (Submitted Sept. 2015)• Advanced Development and Testing of Novel Composite Filter Material to Reduce Volatile

Emissions from Enclosed Animal Production Facilities (USDA-NIFA)Planned Submission (Oct. 2015)• Development of Composite Alginate Beads for Mixed Solute Removal from Water (NSF)


• Further development of composite alginate beads for removal or recovery of metal(loid)s and organics from water and wastewater (with Jay Shim, [email protected])

• Use of agricultural byproducts and recycled materials for remediation of water and soil• Mechanistic studies of metal oxide catalysis of reactions in aqueous systems (with Marjorie

Langell and Gerard Harbison, UNL Chemistry)• Optimization of metal oxides as catalysts for remediation treatments (WARI student?)• Algae-based integrated water treatment systems (with Paul Black et al.)• Toxicity of mixtures (with Martha Rhoades; [email protected]): Nitrosamine formation from exposure to nitrate and nitrosatable compounds, including

various pesticides (such as atrazine) and pharmaceuticals Carcinogenicity and embryo development (with Mary Ward, National Cancer Institute

and Thomas Rosenquist, UNMC) Ecosystem impacts

• Advance environmental health and toxicology academic programs (undergraduate and graduate)


Principal Investigator, Development of Smart Alginate Hybrid Beads for Eco-Friendly Water Treatment (USGS 104b grant no. 2015NE269B)Active

Pending

Principal Investigator, Advanced Development and Testing of Novel Composite Filter Material to Reduce Volatile Emissions from Enclosed Animal ProductionFacilities (USDA Exploratory Research Program)

Projects

Research

I. Isolation of microorganisms for use in remediation II. Development of novel adsorbent materials

III. Combine alginatetechnology with I and II

• From heavy metal-contaminated mine areas

• Elucidate associated mechanisms

• Characterize associated enzymes & proteins

• Using agricultural & industrial byproducts

• Characterize physical & chemical properties

• Evaluate reaction mechanisms, kinetics & reuse potential

Fabricate Composite Alginate Beads (CABs)

Current Focus

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Alginate (Shim et al., 2014)

Silica (Shim et al., 2014)

MnO2 (Current work)

• provides stability, surface area and adsorption sites

• high oxidative capacity• phenolic or aniline

compounds are susceptible to oxidation

• provides support foradsorbents, redoxcatalysts, bacteria and enzymes

• biocompatible, non-toxic, and biodegradable

Goal• Cost-effective• Ecofriendly• Reusable

Catalysts, immobilized bacteria and enzymes promote degradation

PurposePollutant is adsorbed and may be degraded or decomposed on the CABs

Further Development of Composite Alginate Beads (CABs) and Fibers (CAFs)Current Research and Future Goals

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1. Removal of mixed contaminants from water and air

2. Achieve high removal efficiency

3. Maximize reuse potential

4. Expand applications (such as manage soil contamination; recover valuable elements; antimicrobial uses)

Long-Term Goals

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• Provide effective and ecofriendly treatment technology for pollutant removal

• Use bioresourced and recycled materials to produce CABs

• Optimize CAB composition for maximum effectiveness and utility

How

Shim, J., J.-M. Lim, P. J. Shea, and B.-T. Oh. 2014. Corn cob silica-alginate beads with immobilized P. putida YNS1 remove phenol, Cu and Cd from contaminated water. J. Haz. Mat. 272:129-136.



2200 Vine St.,362L WhittierUniversity Nebraska LincolnLincoln, NE 68588Phone: 402-472-1914E-mail: [email protected]


• Evaluation of failure mechanism for floodwalls and levees in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina (DHS/SERRI)– Evaluation of failure mechanism– Economic but effective retrofitting technique for levees and floodwalls in New Orleans– Soil Erosion

• Earthquake and Piping/Liquefaction Hazard Assessment for DeSoto, Tunica, Coahoma and Tate County, Mississippi (FEMA/MEMA)

• Detection of Anomaly in Earthen Dams (USDA)• Developing a Technique for Real Time Dam Safety Evaluation and Field

Feed-Back (KRRI, USDA)• Evaluation of the mechanism for slope failure of Daewoo Precision Factory

and designing retrofitting technique (Daewoo Precision)


• Slope stability analysis of levees – I think there may be inherent slope stability problems for Nebraskan soils due to their geological origin and topology.

• Statistical study of distribution of expansive soils which contains smectiteminerals. Current data is based on Olive et al. (1989), it is useful but very coarse and no engineering data are provided.

• Detection of Anomaly (Weak Spot) in Earthen Dams – Many earthen dams are not very well maintained, and anomalies are not usually detected until they lead to the failure of dam.

• Designing inexpensive but robust retrofitting techniques for levee and dam slope.

• Engineering evaluation of ground subsidence related to aquifer level draw down.


3Uranium (and Fe(III)) reduction

2Nitrate-dependent Fe(II) Oxidation and the abiotic oxidation of U(IV) coupled to Fe(III) reduction

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1Nitrate-dependent U(IV) oxidation

Nitrate-mediated uranium mobilization in groundwater

104(g) Award 2014

Weber et al. 2011. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77, 4693.Nolan and Weber. 2015. Environ. Sci. Technol. Letters. 2: 215-220.Pan et al. in review Weber et al. in prep.


Pan et al. 2014. ISME J. Pan et al. in review

Nebraska Water Center Fall Retreat I October 7, 2015Weber et al. 2012. Geology.

Mineral precipitation in paleo- and modern aquifers.


Nitrate-dependent Fe(II) Oxidation

Feammox

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Coupled Nitrogen and Iron Biogeochemical Cycling

Yang et al. 2012. Nature Geoscience.


Future projects:

Uranium mobility in the critical zone

Metal and radionuclide mobility under fluctuating redox conditions

Urban mining of wastewater for precious metals and rare Earth elements

Microbially catalyzed mineral dissolution and the production of bioenergy


Contact Information:232 LW Chase HallEast CampusPhone: 402-472-8656Email: [email protected]


• Near real-time collection of high fidelity spatial data• Early detection of crop moisture stress for irrigation management

– Informing variable rate irrigation at farm scale• High resolution crop moisture management at the watershed scale

– Management of water allocation• Detection and mapping of algal blooms• Improved detection and mapping of invasive species

– Floodplain -> Saltcedar, Russian olive, etc.• Highly targeted application of herbicides

– Flood plains and sensitive crops• Aerial mapping and detection of landscape changes• Soil moisture mapping



377M, Plant Sciences HallUNL East CampusLincoln, NE 68583-0915Phone: 402-472-6372E-mail: [email protected]


• CornSoyWater: real-time, online irrigation decision support tool for corn and soybean (WEAI)

• Determination of optimal sensor density for irrigation management (Nebraska Department of Economical Development)

• Simulation models for corn and soybean (UNL)• Decision support tool for N fertilizer rate recommendation (UNL)• Nutrient cycling in grazing land (UNDA)• Yield Gap Assessment for Middle Eats and North Africa (USAID)• Global Yield Gap Assessment (Gates Foundation)• Yield forecast center (UNL)


• Web-base, real-time decision support tools for irrigation management• Web-based, real-time assessment of N leaching in crop fields• Decision support tools for N management• Simulation of cropping systems• Optimization of crop management for climate change• Yield gap assessment at different scales

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