In-house Research

We conduct a wide range of in-house and extramural sponsored projects.  All our Unit's projects are part of the ARS National Program Water Quality & Management (201).  Our current in-house research is carried out under the ARS CRIS Project Number: 6060-13000-029-000D and includes the following projects:

• Linking Flow Hydraulics with the Transport of Suspended Solids
• Understanding the Interactions Between Stream Flow, Sediment Transport and the Topography of the River Bed
• Studies of Bed Load Transport in Streams
• Local Scour in the Vicinity of Spur Dikes
• Acoustic Measurement of Sediment Load
• Channel Evolution and Prediction of Future Channel Dimensions and Sediment Yields
• Mitigating Land Loss and Sediment Yield Due to Streambank Erosion
• Effects of Positive and Negative Pore Pressures and Soil Moisture on Bank-Material Strength and Streambank
• Dominant Discharge in Incised Channels
• Erosion and Sediment Yield Associated with Head-cut and Gully Development in upland Areas
• Leadership in the Development of AnnAGNPS, the Continuous Version of AGNPS