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  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Development of water saving strategy for wheat crop by combining drip irrigation system with regulated deficit irrigation
    Room: El Viento IV
    Author: Gopal Das Singhal – Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida
    Co-Author (not attending): Ghanhsyam Giri – Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida
    Co-Author: Hitesh Upreti – Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida
    Co-Author (not attending): Nayan Sharma – Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida
    Co-Author (not attending): Ravikant Pandey – Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida
    Co-Author (not attending): Praveen Singh – Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida
    Co-Author (not attending): Vasantha Pyla – Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Possibilities and Considerations for the Integration of Photovoltaic Generation with On-Farm Irrigation Systems
    Room: El Viento IV
    Author: Kyle E. Feist, MS, PE – Cal Poly - ITRC
    Co-Author: Sierra Layous, MS, PE – ITRC Cal Poly
    Co-Author: Stuart W. Styles, D.Eng., PE – ITRC Cal Poly
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
    To Collect or not to Collect: Where, when, and why to collect irrigation and aquaculture well water use data for understanding and modeling
    Room: El Viento IV
    Author: Vince White – United States Geological Survey
    Co-Author: Sayantan Majumdar – Colorado State University
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    Simple, Economical Measurement Method for Accurate Volumetric Water Accounting on Irrigation District Turnouts
    Room: El Viento IV
    Author: Sierra Layous, MS, PE – ITRC Cal Poly
    Co-Author: Stuart W. Styles, D.Eng., PE – ITRC Cal Poly
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Monday, May 22nd
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT
    Faults in Our Irrigation Pattern: A Case Study of Las Vegas Valley
    Room: El Viento IV
    Author: Rubab Saher – Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion: Symposium on Reclaimed Water for Irrigation
    Room: La Sirena I
    Moderator: Anastasia M. Chirnside, PhD, M.ASCE (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Panelist: Kyle E. Feist, MS, PE – Cal Poly - ITRC
    Panelist: Dale Devitt, PhD – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Panelist: Patrick Watson – Southern Nevada Water Authority
    Panelist: John Wuerth – Eastern Municipal Water District, CA
    Speaker: Anastasia M. Chirnside, PhD, M.ASCE (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Water Conservation and Evapotranspiration in Arid Urban Parks
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Enrique R. Vivoni (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Multi-Approach Evaprotranspiration Estimates for Irrigation Plot Research
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Sheridan Stewart – Utah State University
    Co-Author (not attending): Burdette Barker, P.E. – Utah State University
    Co-Author: Lawrence Hipps – Plants, Soils & Climate Utah State University
    Author (not presenting): Lawrence Hipps – Plants, Soils & Climate Utah State University
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
    Using remote sensing to inform crop coefficient based irrigation scheduling under deficit irrigation
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Kendall DeJonge – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Zhang Huihui – USDA-ARS
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    The "pyfao56" package for Python: Codifying FAO-56 Evapotranspiration in a Modern Programming Language
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Kelly Thorp – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Kendall DeJonge – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Thomas J. Trout, PE, PhD – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Josh Brekel (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT
    Assessing the effects of water conservation on the aesthetic value, carbon sequestration, and potential irrigation-induced cooling benefits of Buffalograss and St. Augustine turfgrass species in inland southern California
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Jean Claude Iradukunda – University of California Riverside
    Co-Author (not attending): Amir Haghverdi – University of California-Riverside
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Comparison of Feedforward Back Propagation and Self-Organizing Map for Prediction of Crop Water Stress Index of Rice
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Aschalew Cherie Workneh – Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
    Co-Author: K.S. Hari Prasad – Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
    Co-Author: Chandra Shekhar Ojha, PhD – Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT
    Effect of Vertical and Horizontal Hydraulic Conductivity on Soil Moisture Response
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Fayzul Pasha – California State University, Fresno
    Co-Author: Lubo Liu, PhD – California State University, Fresno
    Co-Author (not attending): Jiangjun Li – California State University, Fresno
    Co-Author: Dilruba Yeasmin, Ph.D. – Center for Irrigation Technology, California State University Fresno
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    The scientific basis for predicting the migration processes of fertilizers and pollutants in the saturated-unsaturated media on irrigated lands and adjacent areas.
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Rostyslav Sipakov, Ph.D., M.ASCE (he/him/his) – Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture
    Co-Author: Serhii Telyma, Ph.D. – Institute of Hydromechanics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
    Co-Author: Olena Voloshkina, D.Sc. – Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture
    Co-Author: Olena Zhukova, Ph.D. – Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:30 PM – 5:45 PM PDT
    Prediction of irrigation schedules using a numerical model
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Hitesh Upreti – Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida
    Co-Author (not attending): Chandra Shekhar Ojha, PhD – Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:45 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
    An Intelligent Irrigation Decision Support System for Optimizing Cotton Water Use
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Lisa Umutoni – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Vidya Samadi, PhD – Clemson University
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    High-resolution evapotranspiration mapping of arid pecan orchard using aerial remote sensing data
    Room: El Viento IV
    Author: Santosh S. Palmate, PhD – Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Saurav Kumar, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE – Arizona State University
    Co-Author (not attending): Girisha K. Ganjegunte – Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University
    Co-Author (not attending): Lixin Jin – The University of Texas at El Paso
    Co-Author (not attending): Marguerite E. Mauritz – The University of Texas at El Paso
    Co-Author (not attending): Katya Esquivel Herrera – The University of Texas at El Paso
    Co-Author: Abbey S. Johnson – Texas A&M AgriLife Research
    Co-Author (not attending): Jessica Hartman – The University of Texas at El Paso
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT
    Nature and Characteristics of Drought Events Influence Crop Yield in the Southeastern United States
    Room: El Viento IV
    Author: C. Prakash Khedun – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Clement Sohoulande – USDA/ARS
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Evaluation of Water Use Performance Using Remote Sensing in Kirklareli Schemes in Turkey
    Room: El Viento IV
    Author: Cantekin Kivrak (he/him/his) – Ataturk Soil Water and Agricultural Meteorology Research Institute
    Co-Author (not attending): Mehmet Sener – Tekirdag Namik Kemal University
    Co-Author (not attending): A.Salim Bawazir – New Mexico State University
    Co-Author (not attending): Mehmet Gur – Ataturk Soil Water and Agricultural Meteorology Research Institute
    Co-Author (not attending): Selcuk Ozer – Ataturk Soil, Water and Agricultural Meteorology Research Institute
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:30 PM – 5:45 PM PDT
    Microplastics fate in soil and runoff after land application of biosolids
    Room: El Viento IV
    Author: Edward F. Peltier, PhD – University of Kansas
    Co-Author (not attending): Zhengxi Li – University of Kansas
    Co-Author (not attending): Belinda Sturm – University of Kansas
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:45 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
    Crop water stress index for devising water efficient irrigation schedules for wheat crop
    Room: El Viento IV
    Co-Author (not attending): Aditi Yadav – Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida
    Author: Hitesh Upreti – Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida
    Co-Author: Gopal Das Singhal – Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida
    Co-Author (not attending): Jyoti kumar Sharma – Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida
    Irrigation & Drainage