2021
Second Quarter
- Haleigh Summers, E. Zimmerman, J. Tyndall, M. O’Neal. 2021. Economics of CP42 Placement in Iowa. July 26-28, 2021. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference. Virtua
- Trainee Tiffanie Stone was recognized as a 50 CFANS Hunger Fighters, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS), University of Minnesota. Read More
- Trainee Meyer Bohn won st Place People’s Choice; 2nd Place Judges Choice at the Iowa Learning Farms Soil Health Educational Video Competition, “Do it Yourself Rainfall Soil Erosion Simulator” 4-14-2021 Read More and watch the video
- Trainees Lindsey Hartfiel and Tim Neher awarded the Guy and Giese Graduate Student Fellowship read more
- Trainees Haleigh Summers & Virgina Nichols receive the Teaching Excellence Award. Read More
- Trainees Meyer Bohn, Rachel Sorensen & Matt Nowatzke awarded Brown Graduate Fellowship Read More
- Trainee Lindsey Hartfiel awarded F. Wendell Miller Scholarship.
- End of “what a” Year event: Celebrating Cohort 1 and looking forward to next year starting as “normal.” May 17th
- Trainee Virginia “Gina” Nichols published The Journey to an On-Farm Research Project: A Student’s Tale in Practical farmers. Read more
- Dr. Michelle Soupir receives the Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University. Read more
- Dr. Jim Reecy and Jessica Bell from the Office of the Vice President for Research facilitated a Conflict in Collaboration Workshop. April 6th
- FEWS policy roundtable workshop with Ed Anderson from the Iowa Soybean Association, Elizabeth Burns-Thompson from the Renewable Energy Group, and Keegan Kult from the Agricultural Drainage Management Coalition. April 20th
- Rachel Sorensen gave an Ignite talk. Microplastic, Nanoplastic and Toxicity. Oh my! Natural Resource and Ecology Management. 2021 April 8; Ames, IA, United States.
- Meyer Bohn presented “Evaluating the Accuracy of Ensemble Machine Learning and Statistical Uncertainty: Spatial Prediction of Topsoil Thickness in Iowa” Iowa Water Center Poster Presentations. April6-8, 2021
- Trainee Tim Neher presented at the National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education (NIAMRRE) Annual Conference, April 20-21, 2021 –Poster “Evaluation of manure associated antibiotic resistance genes from multiple swine confinements across Iowa.” Timothy Neher, Adina Howe, Michelle Soupir, Daniel Andersen. Online.
First quarter
- Dr. Anabelle Laurent presented a Data Visualization Workshop, March 2nd
- Recruited 6 new students to Cohort 3 – March
- The first symposium – Building capacity to train Ph.D. students for non-academic careers was held via the Hopin platform. January 20, 2021
- Gina Nichols Cover crops and waterhemp Northwest Iowa National Resource Conservation Service Spring Speaker Series, Iowa; March 2021
- Gina Nichols Cover crops and waterhemp Seneca Conservation District Winter Speaker Series, Seneca Ohio; February 2021
2020
Fourth Quarter
- Rick Clark and Gina Nichols Suppressing weeds 2.0 Cover Crop Boot Camp, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, Iowa; December 2020
- Paudel, M., Stone, Tiffane, Williams, E. “Engaging Youth in Design and Decision-making to Promote Justice and Equity”, Mayors’ Institute on City Design, December 14, 2020, Virtual Workshop
- Dr. Shan Jian presented a workshop on Train Project Management Skills with your Graduate Research. November
- Dr. David Peters presented a workshop on Stakeholder Engagement. October
Third Quarter
- Trainee Tiffanie Stone awarded J.N. “Ding” Darling Scholarship, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
- Stone, T. F., Thompson, J. R., Nair, A., Rosentrater, K. A. “Climate-Smart Vegetable Production: The Environmental Attributes of Vegetables Produced in Conventional, Local, and Home Garden Food Systems in the Midwest US,” American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) Annual Conference, September 22 –24, 2020, Virtual Poster
- Dr. Cameron MacKenzie presented a workshop on Decision making with multiple objectives and multiple stakeholders. September
- Orientation was held socially distant for the second cohort. August
Second Quarter
- University went into Quaranteen from the Covid 19 virus.
First Quarter
- Recruited cohort 2. March
- Gina Nichols participates in proving a Practical Farmers of Iowa Farminar: “Cereal Rye for Weed Management: A New Tool in the Toolbox?” View video February
- The Biorenewable Energy roundtable workshop was held with Chris Anderson from the Renewable Energy Group and Jerod Smeenk from Frontline. February
- The Water Quality Roundtable Workshop was held with Rick Cruse from the Iowa Water Center and Matt Helmers from the Iowa Nutrient Research Center. January
2019
Fourth Quarter
- Dr. Emily Heaton presented a Collaboration Workshop. November
- A discussion around Establishing your Brand and Building a Professional Network with Dr. Dan Anderson who is behind the Dr. Manure Twitter account, Dr. Emily Heaton who runs a successful website for the ISU Biomass, Bob Mills the communication director for the Bioeconomy Institute, and Sara Merritt the director of Science Communication Fellowship at Reiman Gardens. October
Third Quarter
- Karin Lawton-Dunn from the Graduate College presented the Communicating with your advisor and future employer using the IDO Workshop. September
- The DataFEWSion leadership team obtained Graduate College approval for the Data-Driven Food, Energy & Water Decision Making Graduate Certificate. August
- Held first Orientation and learning community with cohort 1 August
First Quarter
- Recruited the first cohort. March
- Hired Project Coordinator Cynthia Lidtke. February
2019 Thesis/Dissertations
- Charles Labuzzetta. Spatiotemporal refinement of water classification via random forest classifiers and gap-fill imputation in LANDSAT imagery. (2019). Iowa State University.
2018
A National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded to an interdisciplinary team led by an industrial engineering faculty member will combine elements of engineering with agriculture, economics and sociology to prepare research-based graduate students for an array of career path