Faculty Member
Carmen Agouridis
College: College of Agriculture
Department: Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Designation: Assistant Professor
Research: Stream Restoration, Riparian Zone Management, Mined Land Reclamation, Hydrology of Surface Waters, Soil Erosion and Sediment Control, Water Quality Assessment and Modeling, Environmental Impacts of Animal Agriculture, Geographical Information Systems
Courses: 1. BAE 532 Introduction to Stream Restoration, developed and teach; 2. BAE 750: Hydrologic Modeling; 3. Stream Restoration Section of NRC 201: Data Collection Techniques; 4. BAE 750: Stream Restoration Assessment
Collaborative activities: 1. Workman, S.R, S.F. Higgins, and A. C. Abnee. Cane Run and Royal Springs Watershed Based Plan, Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Division of Water, $666,564, 9/2007-9/2013, Collaborator for Surface Water Data Acquisition Program.; 2. Workman, S.R, S.F. Higgins, and A. C. Abnee. Cane Run and Royal Springs Watershed Based Plan, Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Division of Water, $454,343, 9/2007-9/2013, Collaborator for Surface Water Data Acquisition Program
Current funding: 1. Guy Cove Stream Restoration II: Increase, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, $516,824, 6/2006-6/2013, Principal Investigator.; 2. Guy Cove Stream Restoration II, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, $1,069,776, 6/2006-6/2013, Principal-Investigator.; 3. Evaluating Post-Mined Land Reforestation through the Spatial Assessment of Soil Genesis, Precision Resource Management, USDS-CSREES Special Grants, $65,272, 10/2006-10/2009, Co-Investigator.; 4. Workman, S.R, S.F. Higgins, and A. C. Abnee. Cane Run and Royal Springs Watershed Based Plan, Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Division of Water, $666,564, 9/2007-9/2013, Collaborator for Surface Water Data Acquisition Program.; 5. Workman, S.R, S.F. Higgins, and A. C. Abnee. Cane Run and Royal Springs Watershed Based Plan, Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Division of Water, $454,343, 9/2007-9/2013, Collaborator for Surface Water Data Acquisition Program;
Expertise: Design, assessment, data acquisition (monitoring) techniques
Industrial contacts: Numerous consulting (engineering and environmental) and coal companies
Keywords: Stream restoration, mined land reclamation, coal, riparian zones, watershed, hydrology, Soil, Erosion, Sediment, Water Quality, Environmental, Agriculture, Geographical Information Systems
Other: United States Department of Interiors 2007 Cooperative Conservation Award to ARRI Core and Academic Teams (member of the Academic Team)
Location: 207 Charles E Barnhart Building 40546-0276
Phone: 859 257-3000 x207
Fax: 859 257-5671
Email address: carmen.agouridis@uky.edu
