Dr. Burt is a Cal Poly alumnus and Chairman of the externally funded Irrigation Training and Research Center. He teaches Irrigation Theory, Irrigation Water Management, Chemigation, Irrigation Engineering, Agricultural Irrigation Systems, and Irrigation Project Design. His current research interests include GIS applications in regional drainage studies, improved surface irrigation techniques, permanent subsurface drip irrigation, canal automation, estimation of irrigation project efficiencies, measurement of on-farm irrigation efficiencies, and development of bilingual teaching techniques for landscape and agricultural irrigation. Specialty: Irrigation/Drainage Engineering.
Articles
Technical Concepts Related to Conservation of Irrigation and Rain Water in Agricultural Systems (with A. J. Clemmens and R. G. Allen), Water Resources Research (2008)
Forty percent of freshwater withdrawals in the United States are for irrigated agriculture, which contribute...
Accuracy of Global Microirrigation Distribution Uniformity Estimates (with Stuart W. Styles, Franklin Gaudi, and Sierra Orvis), Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (2008)
Emitter pressures and flow rates were systematically and extensively sampled in one drip and one...
Electric Motor Efficiency under Variable Frequencies and Loads (with Xianshu Piao, Franklin Gaudi, Bryan Busch, and N. F. N. Taufik), Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (2008)
This paper details a study performed by the Irrigation Training and Research Center to determine...
Leaching of Accumulated Soil Salinity Under Drip Irrigation (with Brett Isbell), Transactions of the ASAE (2005)
Conducted a reclamation leaching experiment in a drip-irrigated pistachio orchard south of Huron, California, during...
Multiple-Model Optimization of Proportional Integral Controllers on Canals (with P. J. van Overloop, J. Schuurmans, and R. Brouwer), Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (2005)
Canals or open channels that convey water often consist of pools in series separated by...