Professional Experience

Certifications

• Technical Service Provider (TSP), TSP-25-50215 - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 

• Certified Crop Advisor, ID 799703 - Agronomy Society of America

• Commercial Drone Pilot, Cert. No. 4783364 - Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 107 SUAS Certified

• APNGA Portable Nuclear Gauge Safety - U.S. D.O.T. Hazmat Certified (For Neutron Density Gauge Use)

Select Publications

• Deleon, E., Brown, A. J., Ladow, J., Wardle, E., & Bauder, T. (2025). Programmable automated low-cost IoT water sampler. HardwareX, 23, e00693. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2025.e00693

• Bauder, T., Ippolito, J., Wardle, E., Brown, A., Welch, C., & Kramer, T. (2025). Best management practices for manure and wastewater utilization. Colorado State University Extension. Retrieved from https://agsci.colostate.edu/waterquality/wp-content/uploads/sites/160/2025/05/BMP-Manure-and-Wastewater-r8_AccessibleVersion.pdf

• Trimarco, T., Harmel, D., Wardle, E., Buchanan, C., Brown, A., Deleon, E., & Ippolito, J. A. (2025). Connecting the soil health–water quality nexus under surface-irrigated conservation tillage. Journal of Environmental Quality. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.70013

• Brown, A. J., et al. (2024). Spatially refined salinity hazard analysis in gypsum-affected irrigated soils. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 7(3), e20539. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20539

• Chávez, J. L., et al. (2024). Maize evapotranspiration estimates using Planet Dove mini-satellites and field-level infrared thermometers. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.15703

• Costa-Filho, E., Chávez, J., Andales, A., & Brown, A. (2024). Improving WISE crop evapotranspiration estimates using crop coefficients derived from remote-sensing algorithms. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 150(5). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1061/JIDEDH.IRENG-10104

• Brown, A., et al. (2023). Low-cost IoT water sampler. Zenodo. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10257622

• Brown, A. (2023). Cropping systems management for climate resilience. Agriculture Water Quality Program factsheet. Retrieved from https://agsci.colostate.edu/waterquality/wp-content/uploads/sites/118/2023/06/CSU-Cropping-Guide-r3_Final.pdf

• Havrilla, C. (2023). Grazing systems management for climate resilience. Agriculture Water Quality Program factsheet. Retrieved from https://agsci.colostate.edu/waterquality/wp-content/uploads/sites/118/2023/06/CSU-Drought-Guide-r4_Final.pdf

• Costa-Filho, E., et al. (2022). Updating corn crop coefficients with remote sensing-based actual evapotranspiration algorithms. World Environmental & Water Resources Congress (EWRI-ASCE), June 5. Retrieved from https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/9780784484258.058

• Brown, A., et al. (2020). Predicting crop yield losses due to soil-water salinity: A comparison of traditional and alternative approaches. Great Plains Soil Fertility Conference, March 10–11.

• Brown, A., et al. (2019). Estimating impacts of salinity on irrigated crop production using electrical conductivity surveys and multi-level remote sensing. Colorado Water, March/April, Issue 2.

Select Funded Grants

Current total value to date: $2,313,090

• Wardle et al., 2025. Conservation Effects Assessment Program - Colorado South Platte Assessment. $293,577. USDA-NRCS. Co-Principal Investigator.

• Wardle et al., 2024. Evaluating the impacts of agricultural Best Management Practices on water quality in the Colorado River Basin. $218,369. Colorado Ag Water Alliance. EPA 319 Funding. Co-Principal Investigator.

• Wardle et al., 2024. Advancing Sensor Technology and Knowledge Transfer in Agriculture: Optimizing IoT Sensors for Sugar Beet Production. $17,303. Western Sugar Cooperative. Co-Principal Investigator.

• Brown et al., 2023. Low-Cost IoT Technology for Runoff Water Quality Comparison with Traditional Methods. $48,125. Colorado Water Conservation Board Seed Research Program. Principal Investigator.

• Wardle et al., 2023. Scalable Monitoring of Cercospora Leaf Spot and Temperature in Beet Storage Piles using Low-Cost, Internet of Things (IoT) Systems. $16,710. Western Sugar Cooperative. Co-Principal Investigator.

• Kilic et al., 2022. Accelerating adoption of irrigation scheduling with satellite-based precision evapotranspiration from OpenET.  $700,000. NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES). Key Contributor.

• Wardle et al., 2022. Establishing pollinator habitats in vegetative filter strips: a sustainable opportunity for Colorado corn farmers. $15,277. Colorado Corn Growers Association. Co-Principal Investigator.

• Wardle et al., 2022. Scalable Monitoring of Sugar Beet Storage Piles with Low-Cost Internet of Things (IoT) Temperature Sensor and Comparison of Existing Sensors. $10,352. Western Sugar Cooperative. Co-Principal Investigator.

• Welch et al., 2022. Stakeholder-driven Outreach to Enhance Agricultural Producers' Resilience to Drought and Climate Uncertainty. $31,385. CSU Competitive Grant Program Water Team Project. Co-Principal Investigator.

• Andales et al., 2021. Developing irrigation infrastructure at CSU-ARDEC to support innovative research in irrigation efficiency, water use, and re-use. $588,246. Colorado Water Conservation Board Water Plan Grants. Key Contributor.

• Andales et al., 2020. Improving irrigation efficiency through the development of the hydraulic infrastructure at Irrigation Innovation Consortium Headquarters. $314,769. Colorado Water Conservation Board Water Plan Grants. Key Contributor.

• Brown, 2020. “Calling All Researchers!”. Proposal for crop health monitoring. Equipment donation. Arable Labs. Principal Investigator.

• Chavez et al., 2019. Evaluating WISE Performance for Corn when Updated with Remote Sensing-based Actual Crop Coefficients: Full and Deficit Irrigation. $50,000. Irrigation Innovation Consortium. Co-Principal Investigator.