Student Water Conference

2017

Sponsored by: Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Graduate Student Association (BAEGSA) and Green Student Initiative

Welcome to the 2017 Student Water Conference!

Welcome to Stillwater and the 7th Annual Student Water Conference. It is amazing to realize this is our seventh year for this event. Every year, our student presenters, moderators and judges make it even better than the last. Your participation in this conference is very much appreciated.

Students, I hope you will use this opportunity to learn about the water research of your future colleagues from across the United States. I challenge you to learn at least three new things related to water in the next two days and especially outside your discipline. You will be called to work on multidisciplinary teams to solve fu-ture water issues.

Tweet about what you are learning or hearing using #okstatewaterweek. I am excited to have this oppor-tunity to show off Oklahoma State University and our tremendous graduate programs in water.

Financial support for the conference, travel assistantships, and awards are provided through the USGS 104B Program, the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, and the Oklahoma Water Resources Center.

Thank you for your efforts to participate in the conference. If you are visiting, welcome to Stillwater, home of the OSU Cowboys!

Justin Quetone Moss, Ph.D., Associate ProfessorInterim Director, Oklahoma Water Resources CenterHuffine Endowed ProfessorshipOklahoma State UniversityDepartment of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture

Wednesday, March 22nd

8:30-9:30 AM Recipients’ Seminar (AGH 009)

9:45-10:15 AM Dr. David Lampert, Wastewater/Produced Water

10:45-11:00 AM Onsite Water Treatment Training Facility (Botanical Gardens)

11:15-11:45 AM OSU Swine Lagoon Tour

1:00-2:00 PM City of Stillwater Wastewater Facilities Tour

2:30-4:30 PM Water Expo (Engineering South Lawn)

5:30-7:30 PM Welcome Social: SWC registrants (pizza in AGH 122)

Thursday, March 23rd

8:00-8:15 AM Registration Open

8:15-8:30 AM Welcome and Opening Session

8:30-9:30 AM Oral Session 1- General Session

9:30-10:00 AM Dr. Scott Stoodley, Professional Development

10:00-10:15 AM Break

10:15-11:30 AM Oral Session 2 - Water Quality 1

11:30-1:00 PM Lunch (on your own)

1:00-1:45 PM Amy Gazaway, Professional Networking

1:45-3:00 PM Oral Session 3 - Irrigation

3:00-3:15 PM Break

3:15-4:30 PM Oral Session 4 - Water Resources

4:30– 5:30 PM Poster Session I

5:30-7:30 PM BAEGSA: Movie & BBG (ATRC 102)

Friday, March 24th

8:00-8:15 AM Welcome from Dr. Tom Coon

8:15-9:45 AM Oral Session 5 - Water Quality II

9:45-10:00 AM Break

10:00-10:30 AM Dr. Robert Nairn

10:30-11:30 AM Poster Session II

11:30-1:00 PM Lunch (on your own)

1:00-1:30 PM Rob Singletary, Historic Water Agreement

1:30-2:00 PM Produced Water Panel

2:00-2:45 PM Break/Participant Setup

2:45-4:30 PM Agency Meet-n-Greet

4:30-5:00 PM Awards Ceremony

Meet-n-Greet Participants

Garver Engineering

Black & Veatch Corporation

Natural Resources Conservation Service

NWS-NOAA-Arkansas-Red River Basin Forecast Center

OK Conservation Commission

OK Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry

OK Department of Transportation

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Oral Presentation Session 1: General SessionThursday, March 23rd—8:30-9:30 AM

Holly Enlow, Session Moderator

James R. Underwood, Dennis L. Martin, Justin Quetone Moss, Yanqi Wu, Oklahoma State University“Assessing Curly Mesquitegrass (Hilaria belangeri) for a Low-Water Use Turfgrass in Oklahoma”

Colt Holley, Xiao Feng, Mona Papes, Andrew T. Taylor, James M. Long, Oklahoma State University“Ecological Niche Modeling to Identify Suitable Habitat for the State-Endangered Longnose Darter”

Patrick Lind, Puni Jeyasingh, Oklahoma State University“What Is the Role of Iron in Freshwater Blue Green Algae Blooms?”

Abubakarr S. Mansaray, Scott Stoodley, Andrew Dzialowski, Daniel Storm, Nathan Torbick, Oklahoma State University“Reliability of Water Quality and Landsat Data for the Development of Predictive Models for Grand Lake, Oklahoma”

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Oral Presentation Session 2: Water Quality 1Thursday, March 23rd—10:15-11:30 AM

Solmaz Rasoulzadeh, Session Moderator

Ashwin Kumar Yegya Raman, Clint P. Aichele, Oklahoma State University“Rapid Demulsification of Oil-in-Water and Water-in-Oil Emulsions Using Silica Nanoparticles”

Ruochen Liu, Shailesh Dagwal, Seok-Jhin Kim, Oklahoma State University“Novel Oily Water Separation with Zeolite-Coated Mesh”

Holly Enlow, Garey Fox, Oklahoma State University“A Framework for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Streambank Stabilization Practices for Reach-Scale Sedi-ment Reduction”

Esther Mosase, Laurent Ahiablame, Raghavan Srinivasan, South Dakota State University“Modeling Blue and Green Water Resources in the Limpopo River Basin, Southern Africa”

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Befekadu Goraw Habteyes, Frank A. Ward, New Mexico State University"Economic performance of water conservation and storage capacity development to adapt to climate in the American Southwest"

Oral Presentation Session 3: IrrigationThursday, March 23rd—1:45-3:00 PM

Ali Ajaz, Session Moderator

Yu Zhong, Xueyu Chang, Gehendra Kharel, Yonghong Hao, Chris Zou, Oklahoma State University“The Effects of Teleconnection Patterns on Precipitation and Streamflow in the Arkansas-Red River Basin”

Saeed Beyki, Justin Quetone Moss, Charles Fontanier, Oklahoma State University“Development of a Remote Sensing Tool for Golf Course Irrigation Management”

Hardeep Singh, Dr. Bruce L. Dunn, Oklahoma State University“Fertilizer Selection for Leafy Vegetables in Closed Hydroponics System”

Huanyun Duan, Charles H. Fontanier, Oklahoma State University“Effects of Cultivar on Soil Water Flux Under Shaded Zoysiagrass Turf”

John McMaine, Jason Vogel, Jason Belden, Mike Schnelle, Oklahoma State University“Constructed Wetlands as a Tool for Nursery and Greenhouse Runoff Management”

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Oral Presentation Session 4: Water ResourcesThursday, March 23rd —3:15-4:30 PM

Sourabh Chakraborty, Session Moderator

Solmaz Rasoulzadeh, Arthur Stoecker, Daniel Storm, Oklahoma State University“Evaluating the Least Cost Selection of Agricultural Management Practices in the Fort Cobb Watershed”

Felicia Osburn, Andy Dzialowski, Oklahoma State University“Watershed Influence on Nutrient Limitation of Oklahoma Reservoirs: A Study of Phosphorus, Nitrogen and Iron”

Ashley D. Horton, University of Oklahoma“Evaluating Baseline Concentrations for Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Lake Thunderbird”

Manabendra Saharia, Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, J.J. Gourley, Y. Hong, Humberto Vergara, Zachary Flamig, University of Oklahoma“Impact of Rainfall Spatial Variability on Flash Flood Severity”

Manoj Chhetri, Charles Fontanier, Justin Moss, Yanqi Wu, Oklahoma State University “Relative Water Content and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Two Major Physiological Parameters in Drought Study on Bermudagrass”

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Poster Session 1Thursday, March 23rd—4:30-5:30 PM

1. Adrian Saenz, Whitney Lisenbee, Garey Fox, Dan Storm, Rod Will, Chris Zou, Oklahoma State University“Flow and Sediment Transport Data Collection and Modeling Study of Encroached Eastern Redcedar Water-sheds”

2. Ali Ajaz, Poolad Karimi, Charlotte de Fraiture, Xueliang Cai, Oklahoma State University“National datasets/FAO or Remote Sensing? Jumbled facts of Asia’s Irrigated Areas”

3. Aubrey McCutchan*, Oklahoma State University“Engineers Without Borders Water Assessment”

4. Chrissie Segars, Dr. Adam Thoms, Tim Van Loo, Jeff Salmond, Oklahoma State University“Hammer Time: The Effects of Water Content on Field Surface Hardness”

5. Christopher Reid*, Oklahoma State University“Evaluation of Gene Expression in Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) Under Drought Stress Using Transcrip-tomics”

6. Conner Bruns, Kelsey McDonough, Erica Schmitz, Joseph Weeks, Joe Krauska, Kansas State University“Stronger Quinlan: Connecting the Strong Complex and the Quinlan Natural”

7. Danner Kiernan*, Adam Simpson, Dr. Puni Jeyasingh, Oklahoma State University“Variation in Pesticide Sensitivity Among Resurrected Daphnia pulicaria Genotypes from Hill Lake, MN”

8. Divya Handa, Oklahoma State University“Economic Feasibility of Paddy Straw Based Dry Fermentation Biogas Plant”

9. Jacob Stivers, Saleh Taghvaeian, Oklahoma State University“Field Comparison of Soil Moisture Sensors”

10. Jeffrey Krall, Kevin Grisham, Lexi Hill, Christopher G. Goodchild, Sarah DuRant, Oklahoma StateUniversity“Does Exposure to Wastewater Treatment Facility Effluent Affect Whole-Animal Performance In Freshwater Snails?”

* Undergraduate Student

Poster Session 1Thursday, March 23rd—4:30-5:30 PM

11. Kevin Grisham, Jeffery Krall, Christopher GoodChild, Sarah DuRant, Oklahoma State University“Does wastewater treatment facility effluent influence behavior of a freshwater snail (Helisoma trivolvis)”

12. Lakshmy Gopinath, Dr. Justin Q Moss, Charles Fontanier, Oklahoma State University“Physiological Responses of Turfgrass Species to Water Stress”

13. Matthew Barton, Joshua Ringer, Justin Quetone Moss, Lynn Brandenberger, Oklahoma State University“Student Farms: Preparing Students for Impacting the Water-Energy-Food Nexus”

14. Megha Poudel, Dr. Bruce Dunn, Oklahoma State University“Irrigation and Fertilizer Management in Geranium Under Supplemental Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Condition”

15. Naba R. Amgain, Dustin Harris, Dennis L. Martin, Yanqi Wu, Justin Q. Moss, Oklahoma State University“Water Use Rates of Bermudagrass Genotypes Under Non-Limiting Soil Moisture Conditions in Oklahoma”

16. Saeed Beyki, Justin Quetone Moss, Oklahoma State University“A New Piping System Design for Turfgrass Irrigation Using AutoCad”

17. Shuhao Yu, Oklahoma State University“Advance Turf-Type Bermudagrass and Zoysiagrass Experimental Lines Show Marked Variation in Drought Resistance Under Field Condition”

18. Solmaz Rasoulzadeh, Arthur Stoecker, Daniel Storm, Gehendra Kharel, Oklahoma State University“Evaluating the Effectiveness of Agricultural Management Practices under Climate Change for Water Quality Improvement in a Rural Agricultural Watershed of Oklahoma, USA”

19. Yan Zhou, Garey Fox, Shannon Brewer, Robert Mollenhauer, Justin Alexander, Oklahoma State University“Groundwater Flux Estimation: A Thermal Balance Approach”

* Undergraduate Student

Oral Presentation Session 5: Water Quality IIFriday, March 24th —8:15-9:45 AMAbigail Parnell, Session Moderator

Karthik Ramaswamy, Art Stoecker, Jason Warren, Saleh Taghvaeian, Oklahoma State University“Profitability Between Subsurface Drip and Center Pivot in Oklahoma Panhandle”

Kevin Blackwood, Michael Linn, Guy Sewell, East Central University“Application of Unmanned Aerial Systems and Thermography to Identify Groundwater Discharge Points”

Gurjinder S. Baath, Manoj K. Shukla, Alex Rocateli, Oklahoma State University“Irrigating Chile Pepper with Brackish Groundwater and Desalination Concentrate: Balancing Sustainability, Quality and Water Scarcity”

Juan G. Arango, Robert W. Nairn, University of Oklahoma“Prediction of Secchi Disk Measurements in Three Oklahoma Reservoirs Using Landsat 7 Images”

Manijeh Mahmoudzadeh, Ramchand Oad, Colorado State University“Deficit Irrigation in Practice”

Kul Khand, Saleh Taghvaeian, Oklahoma State University“Interrelations Between Remotely Sensed Evapotranspiration and Drought Indicators Across Oklahoma”

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Poster Session 2Friday, March 24th—10:30-11:30 AM

20. Abigail Parnell, Dan Storm, Garey Fox, Oklahoma State University“Rapid Geomorphic Assessments Using Data Mining”

21. Amy L. Sikora, Robert W. Nairn, University of Oklahoma“Evaluation of Risk Posed by Trace Metals in Soils of a Mining-Impacted Agricultural Watershed”

22. Anisha Nijhawan, Elizabeth Butler, David Sabatini, University of Oklahoma“Porous Hydroxyapatite Ceramics for Fluoride Removal”

23. Befekadu Goraw Habteyes, Dr. Frank A. Ward, New Mexico State University“Economic performance of water conservation and storage capacity development to adapt to climate in the American Southwest”

24. Blessing Masasi, Saleh Taghvaeian, Scott Frazier, Oklahoma State University“Benchmarking Performance of Irrigation Systems in Western Oklahoma”

25. Bradley Battershell, Charles Fontanier, Oklahoma State University“Using Mini-Lysimeters to Measure Evapotranspiration of Shaded and Non-Shaded Warm-Season Turfgrasses”

26. Brandon Holzbauer-Schweitzer, Dr. Robert W. Nairn, University of Oklahoma“Utilizing an Unmanned Aerial System and a High Resolution Multi-Spectral Sensor to Evaluate Ecosystem Health and Predict Surface Water Quality”

27. Chen Xu, Emad Hasan, Ke Zhang, Yang Hong, University of Oklahoma“Evaluation of Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture Data using Oklahoma’s Environmental Monitoring Network Mesonet”

28. Christopher Mitchell, David Lampert, Oklahoma State University“Water Consumption Allocated to Hydroelectricity”

* Undergraduate Student

Poster Session 2Friday, March 24th—10:30-11:30 AM

29. Dalton T. Sims, Dr. Jason Warren, Oklahoma State University“Modeling Sorghum Root Growth Using Hydrus 2-D Under Sub-Surface Drip Irrigation”

30. Dustin Harris, Dr. Justin Quetone Moss, Dr. Yanqi Wu, Dr. Dennis Martin, Dr. Charles Fontanier,Oklahoma State University“Evaluating Bermudagrass Genotypes for Use in Putting Greens”

31. Justin Scott, Jason Belden, Matteo Minghetti, Oklahoma State University“Use of the Fish Primary Gill Epithelial Culturing System to Measure Acute Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) In-Vitro and Compare Effects In-Vivo”

32. Leon Hounnou, Dr. Tracy Boyer, Dr. Dave Shideler, Oklahoma State University“Socio-Ecological Modelling and Prediction: Economic Impact of Climate Change on the Implementation of Best Management Practices in the Fort Cobb Watershed”

33. Mohammed Moursy*, Oklahoma State University“OKC Hydrologic System Simulation”

34. Nick Shepherd, Dr. Robert W. Nairn, University of Oklahoma“The Effects of Castor canadensis (North American Beaver) Repopulation on a Mine Drainage Impacted Stream”

35.Paula J Perilla-Castillo, University of Oklahoma“Estimating Aquifer Properties from Earth Tides: Case Study of the Arbuckle Group in Oklahoma”

36. Pratishtha Poudel, Vijaya Gopal Kakani, Phillip D. Alderman, Justin Q. Moss, Oklahoma State University“Screening of the Winter Wheat ‘Buster’ Population for Drought Responsive Traits”

37. Teshome L. Yami, Dr. Elizabeth C. Butler, Dr. David A. Sabatini, University of Oklahoma“Using Chemically Activated Cow Bone and Monetite for Fluoride Removal from Drinking Water”

* Undergraduate Student

About the SpeakersDr. Thomas G. Coon joined Oklahoma State University as Vice President for Agricultural Programs in July 2014. Before joining OSU, he was director of Michigan State University Cooperative Extension and a professor in the department of fisheries and wildlife. Since arriving in Stillwater, Tom and his wife, Rhonda, have been impressed by the friendliness of the people they meet, and the great relationships between OSU and the agricul-ture and natural resource industries served through the land-grant mission. The support of producers, educators and citizens of our great state not only helps make OSU and the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources strong, but also helps ensure a bright future for the next generation.

Ms. Amy Gazaway has served the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) as the Coordinator of Career Development since 2000. Amy has a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education and Animal Science (1997) from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Science in Counseling and Student Personnel (2004). In addition, she is also a nationally credentialed Global Career Development Facilitator and a certified etiquette consultant. When not working, Amy loves to spend family time with her husband and two children, as well as scrapbook and sew.

Dr. Scott Stoodley has over 20 years experience in water quality and other environmentally-related issues. Dr. Stoodley was previously the Director of Water Quality for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission in Okla-homa, overseeing the state’s CWA Section 319 program. His PhD is from Oklahoma State University where he worked with the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Subsequently, Scott worked for AMEC Earth & Environmental as a Senior Program Manager of Water Resourc-es overseeing all water resources-related programs for the Northeast US. He also served on the National Water Resources Steering Committee, shaping policy and business strategy for the company throughout North Ameri-ca. Currently, Dr. Stoodley is a Vice President of Water Resources for ENTRIX Inc., overseeing their growth in the New England marketplace and continued work throughout the State of Oklahoma.

Dr. Robert Nairn is the Director of the Center for Restoration of Ecosystems and Watersheds, Associate Pro-fessor in the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and an associated faculty member with the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program, Aquatic Research Facility, Institute of Oklahoma Technology Applications and Water Technologies for Emerging Regions Center, all at the University of Oklahoma. He holds a BS from Juanita College, Huntingdon, PA (1989) and a Ph.D. from the Ohio State University (1996), both in Environmental Science. His general research areas include ecosystem biogeochemistry, wetland science and ecological engineering. Nairn is President of Watershed Restoration, Inc., and also serves on the board of direc-tors of Engineers in Action.

Thank you!Thank you to the student clubs that helped plan and operate

this conference and OkState Water Week!Society for Environmental Scientists

US Green Building Council American Fisheries SocietyEnvironmental Science Club

Cowboy MotorsportsCowboy Waterworks

Turf ClubEco-Reps

Thank you to the presentation judges!Charles Fontanier Seok-Jhin Kim Glenn Brown Tracy Boyer Tyson Ochsner Bekki Harjo Ron Miller Shelley Mitchell Joshua Ringer Dave Engle Art Stoecker Jason Vogel Gopal Kakani Gehendra Kharel Qing Luo Jason Warren

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