Researchers, students, and extension partners advancing efficient, sustainable irrigation across Michigan and beyond.
Younsuk Dong is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at Michigan State University. He leads the MSU Irrigation Program, which focuses on improving agricultural water management in irrigated settings and providing irrigation education and training to stakeholders..
Dr. Kumari specializes in cost-effective and sustainable strategies for wastewater treatment and nutrient recovery. Her current research focuses on capturing dissolved reactive phosphorus from controlled tile drainage in the Western Lake Erie Basin.
Precision irrigation and nutrient management through IoT sensors and simulation modeling; agricultural return flow and groundwater recharge estimation; water and nitrogen co-limitation; crop simulation modeling.
Supports the MSU Mobile Irrigation Lab. For no-cost irrigation evaluations, contact Riley at 517-432-8751 or rouseril@msu.edu.
Research specializes in agricultural water management and precision agriculture to optimize water use efficiency and irrigation systems, including soil nutrient dynamics, water treatment, and water stress impacts on plant production.
Working on apps including MSU SURE, the new irrigation lab website, and other tech projects. Gene has worked with the Irrigation Lab since 2024.
Focused on treatment and land application of food processing wastewater, including pretreatment technologies for small meat processors and geophysical surveying of contaminant flow.
AIoT-based irrigation scheduling integrating LoRa communication, IoT analytics, and canopy sensing, with attention to disease, nutrient management, and adoption of smart irrigation systems.
Effect of reservoir tillage on yield and crop water productivity for potato production. Completed MS program in 2025.
I have a concentration in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in the Spanish Language. I am currently working on water and soil analysis for the mobile irrigation lab.
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I am working on a plasma-based treatment system to unclog drip irrigation systems.
Implementing LoRaWAN technology on a farm scale for disease detection.
I am working on an IoT-based battery monitoring and charging system.
Electrical Impedance Tomography for root imaging to improve Christmas tree irrigation practices.
I am working on using biochar to increase plant available water in soil.
Apple irrigation management and Electrical Resistivity Tomography to monitor fertigation in an apple orchard.
Tracking Christmas tree weights with load cells to monitor water uptake.
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Supporting the Mobile Irrigation Lab and building an infiltrometer.
Supporting the Mobile Irrigation Lab.
Non-contact sap flow sensor to monitor soybean water uptake.
Provides irrigation design and management education to producers and industries, helping use water resources to decrease risk and increase profits with minimal adverse resource impact.
Works with field crops to increase agricultural water use efficiency through effective irrigation scheduling and management tools.
Focuses on irrigation and other agricultural water topics in northwestern Michigan, specializing in fruit and vegetable crops.
Using geophysical survey to understand the aquifer in irrigated fields.
Developing a sap sensor and tree water potential sensor prototype and testing.
Developing an automatic infiltration evaluation system.
Working on real-time water quality sensors in the apple orchard.
Communications and Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) applications in an orchard setting.
Investigating irrigation strategies for blueberry production and simulating soil moisture with HYDRUS.
MSU Irrigation Lab
