Nathan Utt

Ph.D. Graduate Student

307 BioAgEng Building

1390 Eckles Ave

St. Paul, MN 55108

Education

Ph.D. (In progress) - Bioproducts and Biosystems Science, Engineering and Management (BBSEM), University of Minnesota

M.S.E.- Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2010
Impacts of drainage water managment on crop growth, soil quality, and nitrate loads.

B.A.- Physics, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, 2007
Heat capacity anomaly in a nitrobenzene+dodecane mixture.

Degree

Ph.D.

Advisor

Gary Sands

Areas of Interest

My areas of interest revolve around engineering water management systems to maximize both economic and environmental benefits. I work on ways to improve how water is managed in individual fields by developing more efficient methods to both irrigate and drain the land. I am also interested in developing new and improving existing management techniques to mitigate off-site water quality impacts of agriculture. Some of the systems I am currently working with involve Drainage Water Managment, Subsurface Irregation, Saturated Buffers, and Woodchip Bioreactors.

Select Publications

Utt, N., D. Jaynes, J. Albertsen. Demonstrate and evaluate saturated buffers at field scale to reduce nitrates and phosphorus from subsurface field drainage systems. Project report submitted to the USDA-NRCS and USDA-FSA (2015).
Adeuya, R., N. Utt, J. Frankenberger, L. Bowling, E. Kladivko, S. Brouder, and B. Carter. Impacts of drainage water management on subsurface drain flow, nitrate concentration, and nitrate loads in Indiana. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. November/December 2012. 67(6) 474-484.
Utt, N.J., S.Y. Lehman, and D.T. Jacobs. 2007. Heat capacity of the liquid-liquid mixture nitrobenzene and dodecane near the critical point. Journal of Chemical Physics. 127-104505. 2007.