TERRY A. HOWELL, P.E., Ph.D.

Research Leader
(Supervisory Agricultural Engineer)

USDA-ARS
Conservation and Production
Research Laboratory
Water Management Research Unit
Bushland , Texas USA

DEGREE
B.S.
M.S.
Ph.D.

DATE
1969
1970
1974

UNIVERSITY
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University

MAJOR
Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Engineering

DATES
1970-74

1974-75

1975-79

1979-83

1983-93

1993-----

TITLE
Research Associate

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Agricultural Engineer

Agricultural Engineer

Research Leader

LOCATION
Texas A&M Univ., Agric. Engineering
Dept., College Station, TX
New Mexico State Univ., Agric.
Engineering Dept., Las Cruces, NM
Texas A&M Univ., Agric. Engineering
Dept., College Station, TX
USDA-ARS, Water Management
Research Lab., Fresno, CA
USDA-ARS, Conservation & Production
Research Lab., Bushland, TX
USDA-ARS, Conservation & Production
Research Lab., Bushland, TX

Grade
Fellow
Member
Member
Fellow
Member
Member
Technical Member
Technical Member
Member
Member
Life Member
Member
Member

Name
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
Environmental & Water Resources Institute
American Society of Agronomy
Soil Science Society of America
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
Texas Agricultural Irrigation Association
Texas Turf Irrigation Association
U.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage
Central Plains Irrigation Association
Irrigation Association
Great Plains Foundation
Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America

Efficient use of water in irrigated agriculture:

• Sprinkler irrigation (center pivots, LEPA, spray heads, chemigation)
• Microirrigation (surface drip and subsurface drip irrigation of row crops)
• Evapotranspiration (energy balance, water balance)
• Lysimeters
• Irrigation Scheduling (models, water management)
• Crop Growth Models (yield, development, ET, etc.)
• Micrometeorology
• Weather Networks
• Water Quality (drainage, erosion from irrigated lands)