Burdette Barker
Irrigation
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: ENGR 227, UWRL 240Phone: 435-797-3926
Email: Burdette.Barker@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Expertise
Irrigation, Water Resources Engineering
Biography
Burdette is the Extension Irrigation Specialist for Utah. He has worked throughout the Western U.S. in irrigation engineering consulting and research. He focuses on providing information and tools to help Utah's agricultural producers. His areas of expertise include irrigation system design and performance and quantifying irrigation water use through flow measurement and crop water use measurement and modeling.
Teaching Interests
Burdette teaches courses in irrigation systems design and evaluation covering irrigation water supply, farm irrigation systems, and land drainage.
Research Interests
Crop water use, irrigation losses, irrigation systems, flow measurement, and irrigation management.
Awards
Elenore Gakeneier Swarts Outstanding Doctoral Student, 2016
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Presidential Fellowship, 2016
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Second Place Entry, Graduate Student Poster Contest, 2015
Nebraska Water Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Publications | Abstracts
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Publications | Fact Sheets
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Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
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Publications | Technical Reports
Research Reports
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Publications | Other
Bulletins
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