Ph. D.
Agricultural Engineering
Purdue University - West Lafayette, Indiana
M.S. Agricultural
Engineering
Iowa State University - Ames
B. S.
Agricultural Engineering
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Registered
Professional Engineer, Wisconsin
Appointment: Research 25%, Extension 75%
Professional
Recognition
Recipient of 2008 ASAE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award – Innovative Extension Methods or Impact Assessment Category – Report on Impact Assessment of the Extension Program “Promoting Conservation Buffers in the Blue River Basin, 1996-2006.
Recipient
of two ASAE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Awards - Factsheet Category
– Fox, Franti, Josiah & Kucera. Planning Your Riparian Buffer:
Design and Plant Selection. G05-1557 and Fox, Franti, Josiah &
Kucera. Installing Your Riparian Buffer: Planting Trees and Grass,
Post-Planting Care and Maintenance. G05-1558. 2005
Recipiant
of an ASAE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award - Circulars Category -
Guide to Buffers in the Blue River Basin. Extension Circular, EC-02-725,
Nebraska Cooperative Extension. 2003
Recipiant
of a Silver Award (Long Publication Category) from Association of Natural
Resource Extension Professionals (ANREP) for: Guide to Buffers in the
Blue River Basin. EC-02-725. 2003
Selected
by Transactions of the ASAE for special recognition for contributions
as a technical reviewer for the Soil and Water Division, 2001.
Recipient
of 1999 ASAE Nolan Mitchell Young Extension Worker Award.
Recipient
of 1998 Recognition of Junior Faculty for Excellence in Research
Award, presented by the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Agricultural Research Division, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Recipient
of two national 1998 ASAE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Awards for a
factsheet and a newsletter.
Selected
to Outstanding Young Men of America, 31st Edition. Outstanding
Young Americans, McLean, Virginia, 1998.
Co-recipient
of 1997 Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Initiative Team
Award for team project entitled: Enhancing Surface Water Quality in
the Big and Little Blue River Basins (Team co-leader).
Recipient
of two national 1997 ASAE Superior Paper Awards.
Recipient
of three national 1997 ASAE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Awards.
