Videos

Video Thumbnail Title
Valley of Death is Easier with Partners (Key Learnings from RegenPGC, and Where We Go Next)

Presenters:

Engineering with Nature: Co-Designing Two-Stage Channels for Cleaner Water and Resilient Landscapes

Presenters:

  • Sara Winnike McMillan, Professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University
  • Amanda Brown: Conservation Ecologist, Polk County Conservation
  • Juan Arellanes​​​​, Water Resources Engineer, JEO Consulting
Navigating A Multi-State, Multi-Institutional Collaboration for Saturated Buffer Adoption Research

This seminar focuses on a collaborative relationship among economists at Cornell and East Caroline University, an anthropologist at Iowa State University and field practitioners at The Nature Conservancy.

A National Collaboration to Develop Disease Prediction Tools to Facilitate Improved Disease Management and Protect Yield

The National Predictive Modelling Tool Initiative was established by Congress in 2020 to develop research-based tools to forecast diseases and mycotoxins affecting U.S. crops. The Corn Research Area establishes small plot trials in 10 states and collects disease and environmental data that are used to develop risk prediction models.

INRC Spring 2025 Water Research Seminar Series: Insights - May 2025

This seminar is part of the spring 2025 Iowa Nutrient Research Center seminar series showcasing “Insights from Next Gen Water Researchers,” with presentations by current and recent Iowa State University graduate students, discussing studies they are or have been involved in and how water quality research is helping inform their careers.

Recycling Drainage Water for Irrigation in Iowa 
Eric Henning, 
PhD student, Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering

INRC Spring 2025 Water Research Seminar Series: Insights - April 2025

This seminar is part of the spring 2025 Iowa Nutrient Research Center seminar series showcasing “Insights from Next Gen Water Researchers,” with presentations by current and recent Iowa State University graduate students, discussing studies they are or have been involved in and how water quality research is helping inform their careers.

Strategic Integration of Miscanthus Under Future Climate Conditions. Presenter: Kelsie Ferin, Research scientist, UW-Madison, Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences.

INRC Spring 2025 Water Research Seminar Series: Insights - March 2025

Leveraging Microbial Communities to Enhance Woodchip and Corncob Bioreactor Design and Performance:                                                             Taylor Vroman, PhD student, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Cover Cropping and Application Strategies for Water Quality and High Yields:                                                                                                                  Philip Rockson, PhD student, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

INRC Spring 2025 Water Research Seminar Series: Insights - February 2025

The Social Science of BMP Adoption  
Chris Morris, postdoctoral research associate, Sociology and Criminal Justice

Restored Wetlands: How Does Vegetation and Nutrient Reduction Affect Algae Communities?
Grace Jackson, master’s student, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Trends in Surface and Groundwater Nutrients Across the U.S. - December 2024

Agricultural Phosphorus and Lake Erie
Presenter: Nathan Manning, Research Scientist, National Center for Water Quality Research, Heidelberg, University

This presentation was part of the Iowa Nutrient Research Center's Fall 2024 Seminar Series, focusing on recent trends in surface and groundwater nutrients across the US and highlighting the status of nutrients and water quality around the country, including in Nebraska, the Mississippi River, the Chesapeake Bay and Lake Erie. 

Nutrient and Sediment Loads Measured from the Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring Network - November 2024

Presenter: Jimmy Webber, hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey

Nutrient and sediment loads are changing over time in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This presentation will describe how the USGS uses a river monitoring network to assess these water-quality trends. Recent load and trend results from this monitoring network will be presented and discussed in context with Chesapeake Bay water-quality goals.

Pages