Thorsten J. Knappenberger

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., University of Hohenheim (Agricultural Engineering) (2009)
• M.S., University of Hohenheim (Agricultural Engineering) (2003)
• B.S., University of Hohenheim (Agricultural Engineering) (2001)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor for Soil Physics, Auburn University (2014-present)
• Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Washington State University (2014)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Washington State University (2011-2013)
• Instructor, University of Hohenheim (2005-2010)
• Instructor, University of Kassel (2009)
• Research Assistant, University of Hohenheim (2003-2009)

HONORS & AWARDS

• Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Water Resources Research (2012, 2013)
• Fellowship funded by the German Research Foundation (2011-2013)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Transport processes in soils and sediments
• Irrigation efficiency and timing
• Contaminant transport in soils
• Soil colloid transport
• Soil tillage
• Spatial and temporal statistics
• Stormwater remediation

COURSES TAUGHT

• ENVI 3000 — Introduction to Stream Restoration
• CSES 5590/6590 — Environmental Soil Physics
• CSES 7080 — Experimental Methods
• CSES 8580 — Fate and Transport of Chemicals in Soils

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Knappenberger, T., A.D. Jayakaran, J.D. Stark, C.H. Hinman. Monitoring Stormwater Infiltration and Outflow of Permeable
  Pavement Parking Lot Cells. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage (in press)
• Poncet, A.M., J.P. Fulton, T.P. McDonald, T.P. Bridges, T. Knappenberger. Influence of Soil Properties, Row-Crop Planter
  Depth and Spring Load Settings on Gauge-Wheel Load and Seeding Depth. ASABE (in review)
• Radcliffe, D.E., T. Knappenberger, and A.L.M. Daigh. 2016: Using Khan Academy Videos in Flipped Classroom Mode to
  Bolster Calculus Skills in Soil Physics Courses. Natural Sciences Education 45, doi:10.4195/nse2016.04.0008
• Knappenberger, T., S. Aramrak, and M. Flury. 2015: Transport of Barrel and Spherical Shaped Colloids in Unsaturated Porous
  Media. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 180, 69–79
• Knappenberger, T. 2015: Teaching: The Other Part of a Faculty Position. Crops, Soils, Agronomy News 60 (9), 42–43
• Knappenberger, T., M. Flury, E.D. Mattson, and J.B. Harsh. 2014: Does Water Content or Flow Rate Control Colloid
  Transport in Unsaturated Porous Media? Environmental Science and Technology 48(7),3791–3799
• Singh, P., H. Abdou, M. Flury, W. Schillinger, and T. Knappenberger. 2013: Critical water potentials for germination of wheat
  cultivars in the dryland northwest USA. Seed Science Research 23, 189–198.
• Knappenberger, T., and K. Köller. 2012: Spatial assessment of the influence of seeding depth and apparent soil electrical
  conductivity on emergence and yield of corn. Journal of Precision Agriculture 13, 163–180.
• Knappenberger, T. 2009: The influence of seeding depth on emergence and yield of corn. PhD-thesis, University of
  Hohenheim, Germany. (in German)
• Knappenberger, T., M. Ströbel, and K. Köller, K. 2007: Software for experimental design. Landtechnik 62, 152–153. (in German)
• Knappenberger, T. 2006: The quality of seedbed preparation depending on the soil water content. Landtechnik 61, 306–307.
  (in German)
• Knappenberger, T., and K. Köller. 2005: Opportunities and challenges of a real-time control of seeding depth. Agrartechnische
  Forschung 11, 49–52. (in German)
• Jantschke, C., T. Knappenberger, and K. Köller. 2005: The soil moisture measuring value. Landtechnik 60, 134–135. (in German)
• Knappenberger, T. 2003: Design of a development system for autonomous control of a farm tractor using CASE tools.
  Master-Thesis, University of Hohenheim, Germany. (in German)