Todd Trooien

Biography

RESEARCH:
I help producers manage water resources and livestock wastes for efficient crop production and enhanced environmental quality. Current research projects include measuring the water quality impacts of manure application during the winter instead of stockpiling it. If winter application can take place without excessive loss in runoff, producer time and storage requirements can be reduced.
TEACHING:
If you are an incoming freshman ABE student, you will see a lot of me. I help incoming freshmen students select courses at New Student Orientation (in fact, I will have some spaces saved for you in some of your required courses). When the fall semester starts, I help with your transition into the ABE program by coordinating math study sessions and teaching the first-semester intro course, ABE 101. I also provide technical content in various courses to help you prepare for your engineering career. I teach early courses such as Engineering Tools for ABE and Project Development for ABE. For older undergraduate students, I provide technical content in courses such as Natural Resources Engineering and Soil and Water Mechanics. For those seeking deeper understanding engineering for natural resources, especially graduate students, I teach graduate courses such as Advanced Irrigation Engineering, Groundwater Engineering in Agriculture, and Advanced Hydrology for Agriculture. All of these steps help prepare you for a successful career in agricultural and biosystems engineering.