Interesting article about the folklore of dowsing. Todd Jarvis, the director of the Institute for Water & Watersheds at Oregon State University, is also an instructor in WRGP program and works with our students (2021).
Marja Haagsma (Ph.D, Water Resources Engineering) is trying to address the threat by identifying natural resistances in native pine species. Working with Marja, BEE's OPEnS student Manuel Lopez (Senior, Elect & Computer Engineering) set about the task of building technology based on need. Marja works with major advisor, John Selker, who runs BEE's OPEnS lab. HyperRail Detection: Unlocking the secrets of the invisible world to identify crop infections quickly (2019).
Water Resource Engineering Alumni Sam Swanson (2018) is featured in "Faces of AgSci." Sam's major advisor was Desiree Tullos (Biological & Ecological Engineering).