Richard A C Cooke

Professor
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
United States of America

Biography

Richard A C Cooke is a Professor in Agricultural and Biological Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and M.S. drgree in Agricultural Engineering from University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His research area includes Soil and Water Resources Engineering.

Research Intrest

Preferential Flow Paths in Sludge Amended Soils- Preferential flow paths are formed in soils by biological, chemical and physical processes and their interactions Optimizing Subsurface Drainage System Design - Subsurface drainage systems have almost invariably been designed to maximize crop yield

List of Publications
Assessment of water quality in little Vermillion river watershed using principal component and nearest neighbor analyses Li, S., Bhattarai, R., Wang, L., Cooke, R. A., Ma, F. & Kalita, P. K. 2015 In : Water Science and Technology: Water Supply. 15, 2, p. 327-338 12 p.
Climate Change Impacts on Flow, Sediment and Nutrient Export in a Great Lakes Watershed Using SWAT Verma, S., Bhattarai, R., Bosch, N. S., Cooke, R. C., Kalita, P. K. & Markus, M. Nov 1 2015 In : Clean - Soil, Air, Water. 43, 11, p. 1464-1474 11 p.
Navigating the socio-bio-geo-chemistry and engineering of nitrogen management in two Illinois tile-drained watersheds David, M. B., Flint, C. G., Gentry, L. E., Dolan, M. K., Czapar, G. F., Cooke, R. A. & Lavaire, T. 2015 In : Journal of Environmental Quality. 44, 2, p. 368-381 14 p.
Synergism in nitrate and orthophosphate removal in subsurface bioreactors Goodwin, G. E., Bhattarai, R. & Cooke, R. Nov 1 2015 In : Ecological Engineering. 84, p. 559-568 10 p.
Sensitivity analysis of annual nitrate loads and the corresponding trends in the lower Illinois river Markus, M., Demissie, M., Short, M. B., Verma, S. & Cooke, R. A. 2014 In : Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 19, 3, p. 533-543 11 p.

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