Kimberly Research and Extension Center, Kimberly, ID

(208) 423-6601 - RAllen@kimberly.uidaho.edu

Specialties include water resources systems, evapotranspiration, irrigation water management, irrigation water requirements, hydrology of natural and irrigated systems, sprinkler design and operation, water quality, and wetlands. Career goal is to advance the state-of-the-art in quantifying components of the hydrologic water balance, including evapotranspiration and subsurface flow components.

Moscow Campus

(208) 885-7324 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 7324 jboll@uidaho.edu

Specialties include teaching in the areas of environmental water quality, hydrology, and irrigation and water management. Research areas include, water and pollutant (nutrients, micro-organisms, and other chemicals) transport modeling, GIS applications, water quality monitoring, hydrology, soil and water engineering, watershed management, and whole farm planning. Career goal is to provide land owners in agriculture with sound management options to prevent or reduce water pollution while maintaining economic viability.

Moscow Campus

(208) 885-6562 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 6562 broo2789@uidaho.edu

Research areas include surface and subsurface hydrology,overland and in-stream erosion, wintertime hydrologic processes (soil freezing and snow melting dynamics) and distributed hydrologic modeling in GIS. The primary goal of the research is to assist in watershed/farm management to minimize pollutant loading to the lakes and streams of the Pacific Nothrwest.

Dr. James A. DeShazer, P.E. - Department Head and Professor

Moscow Campus

(208) 885-6182 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 6182 baengr@uidaho.edu

Specialties include thermodynamic responses of livestock to the environment and environmental control of livestock systems, optical sensors, and professional ethics and development. Emphasis areas include the overview of Biological and Agricultural Engineering Departmental activities in research, teaching, and extension.

Dr. Erik S. Drews - Assistant Professor

Moscow Campus

(208) 885-7626 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 7626 edrews@uidaho.edu

Specialties include teaching in the areas of precision agriculture, agriculture machinery, fluid power, and instrumentation and controls. Research areas include dynamics of off-highway vehicles (ride and suspension), low-impact agricultural and forestry equipment, machinery design and precision agriculture.

Beverly Fuller - Account Technician

Moscow Campus

(208) 885-7550 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 7550 bfuller@uidaho.edu

Specialties include all accounting aspects of general and grant budgets.

John Herkes - Instructor

Moscow Campus

(208) 885-7714 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 7714 herkes@uidaho.edu

Specialties: World wide experience in agro-industrial development and operations. Background includes food processing operations, maintenance, management and design. Specialities are consulting with management and training of operating and staff personnel and has three patents in food processing.

Dr. Thomas F. Hess, P.E. - Associate Professor

Moscow Campus

(208) 885-7461 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 7461 tfhess@uidaho.edu

Specialties include microbiological aspects of wastewater treatment, hazardous waste treatment, solid waste treatment, water quality, analysis of agricultural systems. Research areas include biological waste treatment, bioremediation, biodegradation and composting.

Dan Hood - Instructor

Moscow Campus

(208) 885-6025 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 6025 djhood@uidaho.edu

Specialties include welding, small engines and shop practices.

Thomas J. Karsky - Extension Professor and Extension Safety Specialist

Moscow Campus

(208) 885-7627 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 7627 tkarsky@uidaho.edu

Specialties The development of educational programs in agricultural safety, USDA agrability projects, emergency and natural disaster preparedness, and chemical application technology on a state wide basis.

Dr. Bradley A. King, P.E. - Associate Research Professor

Aberdeen Research and Extension Center

(208) 397-4181 - bradk@uidaho.edu

Specialties include irrigation water management, automated irrigation system control, micrometeorological crop measurements and modeling, irrigation system, and management and equipment strategies for optimum water and chemical use efficiency.


 

Jack M. McHargue - Senior Instructor

Moscow Campus

(208) 885-6025 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 6025 jmchargue@uidaho.edu

Specialties in small engine repair, welding, metal working, and agricultural shop practices.

Bruce Mobarry - Research Scientist

Moscow Campus

(208) 885-7551 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 7551 bmobarry@uidaho.edu

Specialties

Dr. Howard Neibling, P.E. - Associate Professor and Extension Water Management Engineer

Twin Falls Research and Extension Center

 (208) 736-3600 - hneibling@uidaho.edu

Specialties in extension include surface and sprinkler irrigation, particularly as related to equipment, management, crop water use and irrigation management impacts on surface and subsurface water quality.

Research emphasis is in development of automated micro irrigation systems for integrated nitrogen/irrigation management to minimize subsurface nitrate contamination, quantification and treatment options to minimize canal seepage losses, and development and demonstration of techniques to minimize sediment losses from surface irrigated lands.

Sandy Paul - Office Specialist II

Moscow Campus

 (208) 885-6383 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 6383 sandyp@uidaho.edu

Specialties include clerical support for faculty and staff at Jim Martin Lab location and clerical support to the Student Branch of ASAE.

Dr. Charles L. Peterson, P.E. - Professor

 Moscow Campus

(208) 885-7906 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 7906 cpeterson@uidaho.edu

Specialties include teaching in the areas of biological systems and agricultural engineering design, instrumentation, and computer applications. Research areas include harvesting, handling and storage of fruits and vegetables, minimum tillage seeding of winter wheat, and alternative fuels for diesel engines.

Clarence Robison - Research Associate

 Kimberly R & E Center

(208) 423-6610 - robison@kimberly.uidaho.edu

Specialties include

Dr. Russell Qualls - Assistant Professor -- State Climatologist

 Moscow Campus

(208) 885-6184 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 6184 rqualls@uidaho.edu

Specialties include surface water hydrology with emphasis on evapotranspiration and remote sensing, water infiltration as affected by soil surface condition and frost, modeling of hydrologic systems and applications of climate data to decision-making, collection, storage, and dissemination of hydrologic and climatological data. State climatologist for Idaho. Provides climatological and hydrologic data to users in the state and region..

Emmett Schultz - Instructor

 Moscow Campus

(208) 885-7435 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 7435 eschultz@uidaho.edu

Specialties include welding, small engines and electricity.

Dr. Joseph Thompson - Engineering Technician

 Moscow Campus

(208) 885-5943 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 5943 joet@uidaho.edu

Major responsibilities involve the support of research projects in the area of Biofuels. This support includes: fuel production and analysis, engine testing, data collection and report writing. Additional duties: manage analytical lab, support off-campus research projects, supervise work study and irregular help employees associated with related research, assist graduate and senior design students with their projects, teaching assistant.

Judy Vandegrift - Administrative Assistant II

 Moscow Campus

(208) 885-6182 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 6182 baengr@uidaho.edu

Administrative Assistant for department head and faculty located in the Engineering Physics Building.

John Whitcraft - Instructor, Engineering Technician, & Machinery Specialist

 Moscow Campus

(208) 885-7909 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 7909 johnw@uidaho.edu

Specialties areas agricultural machinery systems and management. Emphasis is in tillage, conservation tillage and minimum till and no till farming methods. Most experience is in farming practices in the dryland farming areas of the Pacific Northwest. Also have experience and knowledge in the areas of soil erosion and fertility management. Teaches one ASM course in Agricultural Machinery Systems Management and another ASM course that covers engines and agricultural tractors.

Dr. Barbara C. Williams - Research Scientist and Instructor

 Moscow Campus

(208) 885-9436 - or toll free 1-88-88-UIDAHO ext. 9436 barbwill@uidaho.edu

Specialties include surface and ground water quality, reclamation/remediation engineering, cleanup of historically contaminated sites, vadose zone geochemistry in redox-dominated systems, groundwater well drilling, construction and sampling. Teaching areas include biological and agricultural engineering, reclamation/remediation for water quality problems, and environmental science.