Xinhua Jia, Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
University of Arizona

Room 115
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Building
North Dakota State University
NDSU Dept. 7620
PO Box 6050
Fargo ND 58108-6050
Phone: 701-231-6453
Fax: 701-231-1008
E-mail: xinhua.jia@ndsu.edu

• Teaching
• Research

• Evapotranspiration

• Irrigation and drainage
• Hydrology
• Water quality

• PI, Feasibility of the use of tile drainage for subsurface irrigation in the Red River Valley and its impact on soil chemical and physical properties. 05/01/08 – 12/31/2010. $13,283. ND State Water Commission.
• PI, Tile drainage and subirrigation evaluations in Richland County for effects on soil and water quality. 06/01/08 – 05/31/2010. $46,056. USDA ND NRCS CIG. 
• PI, Impact of subsurface drainage on water availability in the Red River Basin. 09/15/2008 – 09/14/2010. $100,000. USDA CSREES.
  • Experimental Design an executable flash presentation
• Co-PI, Red River Valley tile drainage water quality assessment – phase II. 01/01/2009-12/31/2013. $304,361. USDA EPA 319. 

• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
• Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
• NCERA 207 Multi-State Extension and Research Committee.  
• Agricultural Drainage Management Systems Task Force (ADMS).

• Transactions of the ASABE
• Journal of Irrigation and Drainage
• Journal of Hydrology
• Water Resources Research
• Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
• Air, Water & Environment
• Applied Engineering in Agriculture
• Irrigation Science
• Journal of Agronomy
• Hydrological Processes
• Journal of Geophysical Research

• ASM/NRM 264 - Natural Resources Management Systems
• ABEN 765 - Small Watershed Hydrology and Modeling