Muluneh Yitayew Ph.D.

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Ph.D. Civil Engineering, The University of Arizona, 1982

M.S. Agricultural Engineering, The University of Arizona, 1977

B.S. Agricultural Engineering, Haile Selassie I University, 1973 (With Distinction)

7/2000-present Professor of Engineering., Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

9/2001-8/2002 Fulbright Scholar. Civil Engineering Department, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

9/2002-8/2003 Fulbright Scholar, Arbaminch Water Technology Institute, Arbaminch, Ethiopia and Civil Engineering Department, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

1991-6/2000 Associate Professor of Engineering,, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

1984-1990 Assistant Professor of Engineering, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

1983-1984 Research Associate, Soil and Environmental Sciences Department, University of California, Riverside, CA

1982-1983 Lecturer, Soils, Water and Engineering Dept., University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

1978-1982 Graduate Associate in Teaching and Research, Soils, Water and Engineering Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. (50% time).

2/1981-5/1981 Substitute Instructor, Civil Engineering Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Taught CE 321, CE 423, and CE 624. 2/81-5/81.

1973-1975 Engineer, Soil and Water Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia.

1971-19721981 Assistant Research Officer, Institute of Agricultural Research, Awash, Ethiopia.

11/1987-12/1987 Consultant to Shupe and Associates, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Evaluation of irrigation systems on the Colorado River Indian Tribe farms.

Spring 1981 Subcontractor to Mr. Don Mostofa Chudnoff who was contractor for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Duties: Worked on the Tucson Urban Project design of improved channels for Santa Cruz river and other washes in and around the City of Tucson.

Spring 1980 Assistant Subcontractor, Brooks and Associates Inc., Tucson, Arizona. Duties: Performed preliminary design of Reid Park water exhibit (with Dr. Simon Ince).

Honors and awards

Fulbright Scholar Program 9/2001-8/2003

Alpha Epsilon - Agricultural Engineering Honarary

Gamma Sigma Delta-Agriculture Honorary

Graduated With Distinction- BS in Agricultural Engineering

Scientific and Professional Societies Membership

American Society of Civil Engineers

American Society of Agricultural Engineers

American Society of Engineering Education

American Water Works Association

Arizona Hydrologic Society

Courses Taught at U of A

Courses Taught in Ethiopia

Hydraulic Structures

Water Resources Development

Advanced Hydrology

Advanced Irrigation Engineering

Irrigation Engineering

Graduate Seminar

Projects in the last five years

Determination of hydraulic properties of unsaturated soils using point application of water. 310230. 1992-1995. $156,000 (With Dr. A.W. Warrick). USGS Project.

Subsurface drip irrigation under spatially variable condition. 425600. 1991-1994. $87,200. BARD Project.-With Hebrew University, Israel

Microirrigation for optimum crop productivity and minimum groundwater contamination. 137150 1990-1994. $18,000/year. Regional Project.

Field scale evaluation of the effects of irrigation technologies on water and solute transport. 300210. 1992-1993. $4,500. Pakistan Training Program.

In-situ evaluation of unsaturated hydraulic properties using subsurface point sources. 1995. $288,000. 50% Effort (Co. P.I. Dr. A.W. Warrick), BARD Project With Hebrew University, Israel

Maximizing water and nutrient use efficiency in the agromanagement of arid zone sandy soils. 1992. $383,202. (Co. P.I.s Dr. Donald Slack and Dr. W. Rasmussen. NARP Project With Ain Shams University, Egypt

Irrigation methods and management effects on leaf lettuce water use and nitrogen leaching. 1995. $2600. CNPq Brazil.

Forecasting crop yields from the crop specific water balance model integrated with ARTEMIS satellite data and GIS. 1995. $66,000. NASA Project

Irrigation Technologies for Maximizing Water Use Efficiency of Field Crops Under Drought and Salinity Conditions of Arid Zone Soils. 1997. $178,591. 85% effort. (Co-PI Dr. Donald C.Slack). USDA-ATUT Projec-With Ain Shams University, Egypt

Microirrigation: Management practices to sustain water quality and agricultural productivity. 1995. $120,000. 100%. Hatch W-128 regional project.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND CONSULTANCY

Sweden, Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Ethiopia, India, and Kenya

Publications

Chapters in scholarly books and monographs:

Hills, D. and M Yitayew. 2004. Bubbler Irrigation (Chapter 13) in Microirrigation for crop Production, Freddie Lamm Editor to be published in 2004.

Clark, G. D.Z.Haman, J.F. Prochaska, M.Yitayew. 2004. General Design Principles (Chapter 5) in

Fangmeier, D. D., and M. Yitayew. 1987. Border Irrigation: Dimensionless Runoff Curves and Reuse System Design. In Civil Engineering Practices, Vol. 5 Water Resources/Environmental, edited by Paul N. Cheremisinoff.

Refereed Journal Articles

Yitayew, M. and D. D. Fangmeier. 1984. Dimensionless Runoff Curves for Irrigation Borders. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 110(2):179-191.

Yitayew, M., J. Letey, H. J. Vaux, Jr. and E. Finerman. 1985. Factors Affecting Uniformity and Optimal Water Management with Furrow Irrigation. Irrig. Sci. 6:201-210.

Yitayew, M. and D. D. Fangmeier. 1985. Reuse System Design for Border Irrigation. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE. 111(2):160-174.

Yitayew, M. 1987. Interrelationships of Performance Parameters for Irrigation Borders. Agricultural Water Management. 12:221-230.

Warrick, A. W. and M. Yitayew. 1987. An Analytical Solution for Flow in a Manifold. Advances in Water Resources. 10:58-63.

Emel, J. L. and M. Yitayew. 1987. Water Duties: Arizona's Groundwater Management Approach. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 113(1):82-94.

Yitayew, M. and A. W. Warrick. 1988. Trickle Lateral Hydraulics II Design and Examples. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 114, No. 2, pp 289-300.

Yitayew, M. and A. W. Warrick. 1988. Velocity Head Consideration for Trickle Irrigation. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 113, No. 4, pp 611-615.

Warrick, A. W. and M. Yitayew. 1988. Trickle Lateral Hydraulics I: Analytical Solution. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 114, No. 2, pp 281-288.

Yitayew, M. 1989. Head Loss in Manifold or Trickle Lateral: Simplified Approach. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 115, No. 4, pp 739-743.

Warrick, A. W., W. E. Hart and M. Yitayew. 1989. Calculation of Distribution and Efficiency for Non-uniform Irrigation. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 115, No. 4, pp 674-686.

Yitayew, M. and P. Brown. 1989. Predicting Daily Evapotranspiration (EDT) from Short-Term Values. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering,ASCE, Vol. 116, No. 3, pp. 387-398.

Samani, Z. A., and M. Yitayew. 1989. Changes in Soil Properties under Intermittent Water Application. Irrigation Science Vol. 10, No. 3 pp 177-182.

Tecle, A. and M. Yitayew. 1990. Preference Ranking of Alternative Irrigation Technologies Via a Multicriterion Decision Making Procedure. Transactions of ASAE, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 1509-1517.

Yitayew, M. 1990. Reference Evapotranspiration Estimates for Arizona. Technical Bulletin 266. Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station. College of Agriculture, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.

Warrick, A.W. and M. Yitayew. 1992. Discussion of "Irrigation Uniformity Relationships For Irrigation System Management" Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, Vol.118, No. 6, pp 1007-1008.

Reynolds, C., M. Yitayew, and M. Peterson. 1995. Low- head gravity bubbler irrigation:Part I: Design. Agricultural Water Management, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 1-23.

Reynolds, C. and M. Yitayew. 1995. Low -head bubbler irrigation systems: Part II: Air lock problems. Agricultural Water Management, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 24-35.

Khan, A., M. Yitayew, and A.W. Warrick. 1996. Field evaluation of water and solute distribution from a point source. ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Vol.122 No.4, pp. 221-227.

Yitayew, M. and A. Khan. 1998. In-situ measurements of soil hydraulic conductivity using point application of water. ASAE Journal of Applied Engineering in Agriculture. Vol., 14(2):115-120.

Didan, K., Reynolds, C. and Yitayew, M. 1996. Bubbler Users Manual: A Computer Program for Designing Low-Head Gravity Flow Bubbler Irrigation System for Trees, Vines, and Orchard Crops. Technical Bulletin 268, Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721.

Yitayew, M. 1997. Hydraulic Design of Drain Pipes: Simplified Solution. ASAE Transactions of ASAE Vol. 41(6): 1707-1709.

Yitayew, M, S. Pokrzywka, and K. Renard. 1999. Using GIS for Facilitating Erosion Estimation. ASAE Journal of Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Vol.15(4):295-301

Yitayew, M., K. Didan, and C. Reynolds. 1999. Microcomputer Based Low-Head Gravity -Flow Bubbler Irrigation System Design. International Journal of Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Vol. 22(1999):29-39.

Holland, D.F., M. Yitayew and A.W. Warrick. 1998. Measurement of subsurface unsaturated hydraulic conductivity. ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Vol. 126(1)pp21-27.

Reynolds, C.A., M. Yitayew, C.F. Hutchinson, A. Huete, D.C. Slack, and M.S. Peterson. 2000. Estimating crop yields and production by integrating the FAO crop specific water balance model with real-time satellite data and ground based ancillary data. International Journal of Remote Sensing.

Yitayew, M. and K. Belayneh. 2004. Analytical solution of microirrigation lateral. Submitted to Transaction of ASAE

Yitayew,M., J. Suttles,and D.C. Slack. 2004. Heat Unit Based Crop Coefficient for Corn. Submitted to the Journal of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

Yitayew, M. J. Suttles, and D.C. Slack. 2004. Production for Corn. Submitted to the Journal of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage.

Yitayew, M., J.Pimental, and D.C. Slack. 2004. Salinity Effect on Corn Yield, Growth and Root Development. Submitted to the Journal of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

INVITED PRESETATIONS

Yitayew, M. 2004. Transboundary River Basin Management: The Case of Nile River Basin. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Yitayew, M. Visuals: The making and Use in Effective Presentation. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Yitayew, M. 2003. Effective Visuals For Presentations. Ministry of Water Resources, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Yitayew, M. 2002. Managing International Watercourse. Alemaya University, Alemaya, Ethiopia.

Yitayew, M. 2002. Nile Basin Initiative SWOT Analysis. Faculty of Engineering, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Yitayew, M. 2002. Transboundary River Basin Management. Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.

Yitayew, M. 2002. International Waters Issues: The case of Nile River

Yitayew, M. 2001. Making Effective Visuals for Scientific and Engineering Presentation. Faculty of Technology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Yitayew, M. 1999. Salinity Effects in Irrigated Agriculture. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Yitayew, M. 1997. Bubbler Irrigation for Tree and Vine crops. Ministry of Agriculture, Manama, Bahrain.

Yitayew, M. 1994. Bubbler Irrigation Design and Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Cairo, Egypt.

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATION AND PROCEEDINGS

Flug, M. and M. Yitayew. 1979. Pump Considerations For Optimum Crop Production. Paper No. 79-2086 presented at the 1979 Summer Meeting of ASAE, June 24-27 Winnipeg, Canada.

Yitayew, M., M. Flug and D. D. Fangmeier. 1981. Tailwater System Reduces Energy in Border Irrigation. Paper No. 81-2074 presented at the Summer Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, June 21-24, 1981. Orlando, Florida.

Yitayew, M. and J. Emel. 1985. Water Duty for Agriculture in The Western United States. Presented at the Specialty Conference of Irrigation and Drainage Division, ASCE, San Antonio, Texas. July 17-19, 1985.

Yitayew, M. and W. E. Hart. 1986. Water Duty: Basis for Water Allocation. Presented in the National Symposium on Water Resources Law, Chicago, Illinois, December 15-16, 1986.

Yitayew, M. and J. Watson. 1986. Simple Field Methods for Measuring Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity. Paper No. 86-2570. Presented at the Winter Meeting of ASAE, Chicago, Illinois, December 1986.

Warrick, A. W., W. E. Hart, and M. Yitayew. 1986. Calculation of Distribution and Efficiency for Non-uniform Irrigation. Paper No. 86-2568. Presented at the Winter Meeting of ASAE, Chicago, Illinois. December 16-19, 1986.

Watson, J and M. Yitayew. 1988. Mass Flux Versus Concentration: A Regulatory Dilemma. Paper No. 88-2647 presented at the Annual Winter Meeting of the ASAE. Chicago, Illinois, December 13-16, 1988.

Brown, P. and M. Yitayew. 1988. Near-Real Time Weather Information for Irrigation Management in Arizona. Planning Now For Irrigation and Drainage in the 21st Century. Proceeding of the conference sponsored by the Irrigation and Drainage Division of ASCE. Lincoln, Nebraska, July 18-21, 1988.

Fangmeier, D. D. and M. Yitayew. 1989. Sensor System for Irrigation Management. Paper No. 89-2599 presented at the Annual Winter Meeting of ASAE. New Orleans, LA.

Hart, W. E., M. Yitayew, B. A. Ekholt, and T. G. Kim. 1989. Irrigation System Selection. Paper No. 89-7042 presented at the 1989 Summer Meeting of the ASAE, Quebec Municipal Convention Center, Quebec, Canada. June 25-28, 1989.

Copeland, R. and M. Yitayew. 1990. Evaluation of Subsurface trickle irrigation system. Paper no. 902531 presented at the 1990 International Winter Meeting of ASAE. Chicago, ILL

Pokrzywka, S. and M. Yitayew. 1993. A GIS based Erosion Estimation Using RUSLE. Paper No. 933557 presented at the 1993 International Winter Meting of ASAE. Chicago, IL., December 14-17, 1993.

Yitayew, M., Reynolds, C., and Sheta, A.A. 1995. Bubbler irrigation design and management. Microirrigation for a Changing World: Conserving Resources/Preserving the Environment. Proceedings of the Fifth International Microirrigation Congress. April 2-6, 1995. Hyatt Regency, Orlando, Florida.

Yitayew, M. and Khan, A. 1995. Field evaluation of water and solute movement from a point source. Microirrigtion for a Changing World: Conserving Resources/Preserving the Environment. Proceedings of the Fifth International Microirrigation Congress. April 2-6, 1995. Hyatt Regency, Orlando, Florida.

Lamm, F., G.A. Clark, M. Yitayew, R.A. Schoneman, R.M. Mead, A.D. Schneider. 1995. Installation issues for SDI ( Subsurface Drip Irrigation). Proceedings of The Irrigation Association's international Exposition and Technical Conference, November 12-14, 1995, Phoenix, Arizona.

Sheta, A., D.C.Slack, M. Yitayew, and E. Eltoni. 1996. Effect of Desert Shale (tafla) Deposits on the Properties Of Sandy Soils and Crop Production in Newly Reclaimed Lands in Western Desert of Egypt. Proceeding of

Yitayew, M. and A. Khan. 1997. Solute movement from point application of water. Paper No. 97110 presented at the 1997 Annual International Meeting of ASAE, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August10-14, 1997

Yitayew, M. and M Yousaf. 1997. Solute transport under different irrigation systems. Paper No. 972112 presented at the 1997 Annual International Meeting of ASAE, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August10-14, 1997.

Yitayew, M. and C. Reynolds. 1997. Cost savings: the low-head gravity-flow bubbler irrigation system advantages. Paper No. 97184 presented at the 1997 Annual International Meeting of ASAE, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August10-14, 1997.

Lamm, F.R. G.A. Clark, M. Yitayew, R.A.Schonman, R.M. Mead. 1997.Installation Issues for SDI systems. Paper No. 972074 presented at the 1997 Annual International Meeting of ASAE, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August10-14, 1997

Sara , L.K., L.W. Gay, M. Yitayew, and P.W. Brown. 1998. Temporal and spatial variability of evapotranspiration from irrigated alfalfa in the Arizona desert. Proceeding of the American Meteorological Society Special Symposium on Hydrology. Phoenix, AZ January 11-16, 1998.

Yitayew, M. and Elio da Silva. 1998. Lettuce water use and nitrogen leaching under drip and furrow irrigation systems. Paper No. 982121 Prpresented in the Annual International Meeting of ASAE, Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando, Florida. July 11-16 1998.

Yitayew, M. and C. Cabral. 1998. Subsurface drip irrigation under spatially variable soil conditions. Paper No. 982046 presented at the Annual International Meeting of ASAE, Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando, Florida. July11-16, 1998.

Research Reports:

Letey, J., H. J. Vaux, Jr., M. Yitayew, E. Fienerman, D. Handley and P. Nash. 1985. Water Duties for California Agriculture. Report submitted to the California State Water Resources Control Board. Agreement No. 2-043-300-0.

Gay, L. and M. Yitayew. 1987. Reference Crop Method for Evaluating Evapotranspiration in Arizona. Submitted to Water Resources Research Institute. Agreement WRRC-863547-USGS.

Yitayew, M. and W. E. Hart. 1988. "Expertly" Selecting Irrigation Methods. 1988 Agricultural Experiment Station Report. Arizona Land and People, Vol.38, No.4.

Annual Reports - 1986 to present. Western Regional Research Committee on Micro-irrigation. W-128, with Dr. A. W. Warrick.

Annual Reports - 1987, 1988. Western Regional Research Committee on Water Conservation and Management in the Southwestern United States. W-178. With Dr. Bonnie Colby.

Annual Reports - 1987, 1988, 1989. For Agricultural Experiment Station on Reference Evapotranspiration for Arizona.