John Nieber

Professor
[email protected]umn.edu
+1 612 625 6724
203 BioAgEng Building

1390 Eckles Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Education
  • Ph.D. - Agricultural Engineering, Cornell University. 1979.
  • M. S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University. 1974.
  • B.S. Forest Engineering, Syracuse University. 1972.

Areas of Interest

Hydrologic processes simulation and modeling, impact of land use activities on water quality

Teaching

  • BBE 4013: Transport in Biological Systems
  • BBE 4523
  • BBE 5095: Impaired Waters Assessments
  • BBE 8523

Research

Hydrologic process discovery through field experimentation, data synthesis, and modeling. Development of models for simulation and prediction of hydrologic processes and mass transport processes. Assessing the impact of landuse activities on the hydrology and water quality of ground water, streams, lakes, and wetlands.

Select Publications

  • Bakker, M. and J.L. NIEBER, 2004. Analytic element modeling of cylindrical drains and cylindrical inhomogeneities in steady two-dimensional unsaturated flow, Vadose Zone J., 3: 1038-1049.
  • Bakker, M. and J.L. NIEBER, 2005. Two-dimensional steady unsaturated flow through embedded elliptical layers, Water Resour. Res., 40: W12406, woi:10.1029/2004WR0032995
  • Egorov, A., R. Dautov, J.L. NIEBER, and A. Sheshukov, 2003. Stability analysis of gravity-driven infiltrating flow, Water Resour. Res.. 39: doi:10. 1029/2002WR001886
  • NIEBER, J.L., R. Dautov, A. Egorov, and A. Shehsukov, 2005. Dynamic capillary pressure mechanism for gravity-driven flows; review and extension to dry conditions, Transport in Porous Media, 58: 147-172.
  • NIEBER, J.L., T.S. Steenhuis, T. Walter, and M. Bakker, 2006. Enhancement of seepage and lateral preferential flow by biopores on hillslopes, Biologia, 61: S225-S228 Suppl. 19, 2006
  • Van Eertwegh, G.A.P.H, J. L Nieber, P.G.B De Louw, H.A. Van Hardeveld, and R. Bakkum, 2006. Impacts of drainage activities for clay soils on hydrology and solute loads to surface water, Irrig. And Drain., 55:235-245.