François Birgand

• 3110 Faucette Drive, 158 Weaver Labs, Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA
• francois_birgand@ncsu.edu
• +1 919 513 2499
• https://francoisbirgand.github.io/
• Last Updated: May 26, 2023
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Education

• 1995 - 2000
  • Ph.D., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
    
• 1991 - 1994
  • Ingénieur Agronome (equivalent of an M.S.), 1995, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Rennes, Rennes, France

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Research Interests

I am poised to make an impact to improve water quality in streams, rivers and lakes by improving ways we design and manage treatment systems in agricultural and urban settings. Treatment systems are systems that intercept ground- and surface waters on their way to receiving water bodies. Until now, my team’s study treatment systems have included soils, riparian zones, streams, wetlands, and denitrification beds. Treatment systems are still very much treated as ‘blackbox’ reactors which hinders our ability to improve their design and maintenance.

I believe that a prerequisite to improve treatment efficiency is to ‘look inside the blackbox’ and largely enhance our understanding and quantification of the internal functioning of treatment systems. My team’s core method is the deployment and adaptation of newly available continuous water quality sensors to obtain concentration data at a high resolution in space and in time.

My team is exploring the possibility to, and the conditions for, use water quality rating curves with these sensors, particularly to difficult-to-measure pollutants and nutrients. We are expanding the capababilities to resolution in space of these instruments by fitting them with sequential autosamplers, allowing to obtain high resolution data both in space and in time. We also use this technology to explore the bioegeochemical functioning at the watershed scale and to calculate uncertainties on nutrient loads.

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Awards

• 2018
  • University Faculty Scholar, NC State University
• 2017
  • Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor, Bristol University, Bristol, U.K.
• 2000
  • Kenneth R. Keller Research Award for graduate excellence

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Academic Roles

• August 2020 -
  • Professor, NC State University, Bio & Ag Engineering
• 2014 - 2020
  • Associate Professor, NC State University, Bio & Ag Engineering
• 2008 - 2014
  • Assistant Professor, NC State University, Bio & Ag Engineering
• 2004 - 2008
  • Engineering Researcher, Cemagref Research Institute, Antony, France
• 2000 - 2004
  • Engineering Researcher, Cemagref Research Institute, Rennes, France

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Teaching and mentoring

• Courses developed and taught
  • BAE 204 – Introduction to Ecological Engineering (2 hrs. Spring), 2015 – present (developer)
  • BAE 590-607 – Biogeochemical Processes for Ecological Engineering (3 hrs. Fall, Face to face + Distance Ed.; Spring, Distance Ed.), 2009 – present (developer)
  • BAE 495 – Applications of Ecological Engineering (2 hrs. Spring), 2010-2011 (co-instructor)
  • BAE 474 – Principles and Applications of Ecological Engineering (3 hrs. Spring), 2012 – present (co-instructor)
• Students directed and mentored (complete/current)
  • Directed: M.S. – 8/0 Ph.D. – 5/3
  • Mentored: graduate student : 15/1; undergraduates: 15+

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Refereed Journal Articles (71)

2023 (2)

Hammond, N. W, F. Birgand, C. C. Carey, B. Bookout, A. Breef-Pilz, and M. E. Schreiber (2023). “High-frequency sensor data capture short-term variability in Fe and Mn concentrations due to hypolimnetic oxygenation and seasonal dynamics in a drinking water reservoir”. In: Water Research, p. 120084. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120084. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120084.

Oliveira, L. A. de, H. Dougherty, R. A. C. Cooke, B. M. Maxwell, M. J. Helmers, F. Birgand, C. M. Pittelkow, R. D. Christianson, and L. E. Christianson (2023). “Aspect ratio and baffles impact hydraulic performance of full-size denitrifying bioreactors”. In: Ecol. Eng. 189, p. 106912. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.106912. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925857423000216.

2022 (4)

Birgand, F, K. Chapman, A. Hazra, T. Gilmore, R. Etheridge, and A. Staicu (2022). “Field performance of the GaugeCam image-based water level measurement system”. In: PLOS Water 1.7, p. e0000032. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pwat.0000032. URL: https://journals.plos.org/water/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pwat.0000032&type=printable.

Chapman, K. W, T. E. Gilmore, C. D. Chapman, F. Birgand, A. R. Mittlestet, M. J. Harner, M. Mehrubeoglu, and J. E. Stranzl Jr (2022). “Technical Note: Open‐source software for water‐level measurement in images with a calibration target”. En. In: Water Resour. Res.. DOI: 10.1029/2022wr033203. URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022WR033203.

Liu, W, S. Tian, M. A. Youssef, F. P. Birgand, and G. M. Chescheir (2022). “Patterns of long-term variations of nitrate concentration - stream discharge relationships for a drained agricultural watershed in Mid-western USA”. In: J. Hydrol., p. 128479. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128479. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169422010496.

Moin Sheida, Hunt William F, Birgand François, and Ratzlaff Steve (2022). “Effect of Visibility on Maintenance Investment and Consequent Performance of Urban Stormwater Control Measures”. In: Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment 8.1, p. 05021005. DOI: 10.1061/JSWBAY.0000975. URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.0000975.

2021 (2)

Liu, W, F. Birgand, S. Tian, and C. Chen (2021). “Event-scale hysteresis metrics to reveal processes and mechanisms controlling constituent export from watersheds: A review✰”. En. In: Water Res. 200, p. 117254. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117254. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117254.

Shiau, Y, M. R. Burchell, K. W. Krauss, S. W. Broome, and F. Birgand (2021). “Corrigendum to ``Carbon storage potential in a recently created brackish marsh in eastern North Carolina, USA’’ [Ecological Engineering 127 (2019) 579-588]”. In: Ecol. Eng. 168, p. 106276. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106276. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925857421001312.

2020 (6)

Liu, W, B. Maxwell, F. Birgand, M. Youssef, G. Chescheir, and S. Tian (2020). “Multipoint High-Frequency Sampling System to Gain Deeper Insights on the Fate of Nitrate in Artificially Drained Fields”. En. In: J. Irrig. Drain. Eng. 146.1. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001438. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001438.

Liu, W, M. A. Youssef, F. Birgand, G. M. Chescheir, S. Tian, and B. M. Maxwell (2020). “Processes and mechanisms controlling nitrate dynamics in an artificially drained field: Insights from high-frequency water quality measurements”. In: Agric. Water Manage. 232, p. 106032. DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106032. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378377419315744.

Maxwell, B. M, F. Birgand, L. A. Schipper, G. Barkle, A. A. Rivas, M. J. Helmers, and L. E. Christianson (2020). “High-frequency, in situ sampling of field woodchip bioreactors reveals sources of sampling error and hydraulic inefficiencies”. In: J. Environ. Manage. 272, p. 110996. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110996. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479720309245.

Maxwell, B. M, C. Díaz-García, J. J. Martínez-Sánchez, F. Birgand, and J. Álvarez-Rogel (2020). “Temperature sensitivity of nitrate removal in woodchip bioreactors increases with woodchip age and following drying-rewetting cycles”. En. In: Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol. 6.10, pp. 2752-2765. DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00507J. URL: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/EW/D0EW00507J.

Maxwell, B, D. Winter, and F. Birgand (2020). “Floating treatment wetland retrofit in a stormwater wet pond provides limited water quality improvements”. In: Ecol. Eng. 149, p. 105784. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.105784. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925857420300720.

Muwamba, A, D. M. Amatya, G. M. Chescheir, J. E. Nettles, T. Appelboom, E. W. Tollner, H. Ssegane, M. A. Youssef, F. Birgand, and T. Callahan (2020). “Response of Drainage Water Quality to Fertilizer Applications on a Switchgrass Intercropped Coastal Pine Forest”. En. In: Water 12.5, p. 1265. DOI: 10.3390/w12051265. URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/5/1265.

2019 (7)

Cizek, A. R, J. P. Johnson, F. Birgand, W. F. Hunt, and R. A. McLaughlin (2019). “Insights from using in-situ ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy to assess nitrogen treatment and subsurface dynamics in a regenerative stormwater conveyance (RSC) system”. In: J. Environ. Manage. 252, p. 109656. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109656. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030147971931374X.

Frazar, S, A. J. Gold, K. Addy, F. Moatar, F. Birgand, A. W. Schroth, D. Q. Kellogg, and S. M. Pradhanang (2019). “Contrasting behavior of nitrate and phosphate flux from high flow events on small agricultural and urban watersheds”. In: Biogeochemistry. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-019-00596-z. URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00596-z.

Maxwell, B. M, F. Birgand, L. A. Schipper, L. E. Christianson, S. Tian, M. J. Helmers, D. J. Williams, G. M. Chescheir, and M. A. Youssef (2019a). “Drying-Rewetting Cycles Affect Nitrate Removal Rates in Woodchip Bioreactors”. In: J. Environ. Qual. 48.1, pp. 93-101. DOI: 10.2134/jeq2018.05.0199. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2018.05.0199.

Maxwell, B. M, F. Birgand, L. A. Schipper, L. E. Christianson, S. Tian, M. J. Helmers, D. J. Williams, G. M. Chescheir, and M. A. Youssef (2019b). “Increased Duration of Drying-Rewetting Cycles Increases Nitrate Removal in Woodchip Bioreactors”. In: Agricultural & Environmental Letters 4. DOI: 10.2134/ael2019.07.0028. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/ael2019.07.0028.

Messer, T. L, F. Birgand, and M. R. Burchell (2019). “Diel fluctuations of high level nitrate and dissolved organic carbon concentrations in constructed wetland mesocosms”. In: Ecol. Eng. 133, pp. 76-87. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.04.027. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925857419301442.

Park, J, R. J. Batalla, F. Birgand, M. Esteves, F. Gentile, J. R. Harrington, O. Navratil, J. A. López-Tarazón, and D. Vericat (2019). “Influences of Catchment and River Channel Characteristics on the Magnitude and Dynamics of Storage and Re-Suspension of Fine Sediments in River Beds”. En. In: Water 11.5, p. 878. DOI: 10.3390/w11050878. URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/5/878.

Shiau, Y, M. R. Burchell, K. W. Krauss, S. W. Broome, and F. Birgand (2019). “Carbon storage potential in a recently created brackish marsh in eastern North Carolina, USA”. In: Ecol. Eng. 127, pp. 579-588. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.09.007. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925857418303446.

2018 (5)

Addy, K, A. J. Gold, J. A. Loffredo, A. W. Schroth, S. P. Inamdar, W. B. Bowden, D. Q. Kellogg, and F. Birgand (2018). “Stream response to an extreme drought-induced defoliation event”. In: Biogeochemistry. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-018-0485-3. URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0485-3.

Harmel, R. D, K. King, D. Busch, D. Smith, F. Birgand, and B. Haggard (2018). “Measuring edge-of-field water quality: Where we have been and the path forward”. In: J. Soil Water Conserv. 73.1, pp. 86-96. DOI: 10.2489/jswc.73.1.86.

Howden, N. J. K, F. Birgand, T. Burt, and F. Worrall (2018). “The seven sources of variance in fluvial flux time series”. In: Hydrol. Process.. Publication No. 174 98, p. 182. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13300. URL: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/hyp.13300.

Maxwell, B. M, F. Birgand, B. Smith, and K. Aveni-Deforge (2018). “A small-volume multiplexed pumping system for automated, high-frequency water chemistry measurements in volume-limited applications”. En. In: Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 22.11, pp. 5615-5628. DOI: 10.5194/hess-22-5615-2018. URL: https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/22/5615/2018/.

Vongvixay, A, C. Grimaldi, R. Dupas, O. Fovet, F. Birgand, N. Gilliet, and C. Gascuel-Odoux (2018). “Contrasting Suspended Sediment Export In Two Small Agricultural Catchments: Cross-influence Of Hydrological Behaviour and Landscape Degradation or Stream Bank Management”. In: Land Degrad. Dev.. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2940. URL: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/ldr.2940.

2017 (6)

Etheridge, J. R, M. R. Burchell II, and F. Birgand (2017). “Can created tidal marshes reduce nitrate export to downstream estuaries?” In: Ecol. Eng. 105, pp. 314-324. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.05.009.

Messer, T. L, M. R. Burchell, and F. Birgand (2017). “Comparison of Four Nitrate Removal Kinetic Models in Two Distinct Wetland Restoration Mesocosm Systems”. En. In: Water 9.7, p. 517. DOI: 10.3390/w9070517.

Messer, T. L, M. R. Burchell, F. Birgand, S. W. Broome, and G. Chescheir (2017). “Nitrate removal potential of restored wetlands loaded with agricultural drainage water: A mesocosm scale experimental approach”. In: Ecol. Eng. 106.Part A, pp. 541-554. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.06.022.

Muwamba, A, D. M. Amatya, G. M. Chescheir, J. E. Nettles, T. Appelboom, H. Ssegane, E. W. Tollner, M. A. Youssef, F. Birgand, R. W. Skaggs, and S. Tian (2017). “Water Quality Effects Of Switchgrass Intercropping On Pine Forest In Coastal North Carolina”. In: Trans. ASABE 60.5. DOI: 10.13031/trans.12181.

Ssegane, H, D. M. Amatya, A. Muwamba, G. M. Chescheir, T. Appelboom, E. W. Tollner, J. E. Nettles, M. A. Youssef, F. Birgand, and R. W. Skaggs (2017). “Calibration of paired watersheds: Utility of moving sums in presence of externalities”. In: Hydrol. Process. 31.20, pp. 3458-3471. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11248.

Vaughan, M. C. H, W. B. Bowden, J. B. Shanley, A. Vermilyea, R. Sleeper, A. J. Gold, S. M. Pradhanang, S. P. Inamdar, D. F. Levia, A. S. Andres, F. Birgand, and A. W. Schroth (2017). “High-frequency dissolved organic carbon and nitrate measurements reveal differences in storm hysteresis and loading in relation to land cover and seasonality”. In: Water Resour. Res. 53.7, pp. 5345-5363. DOI: 10.1002/2017WR020491.

2016 (4)

Birgand, F, K. Aveni-Deforge, B. Smith, B. Maxwell, M. Horstman, A. B. Gerling, and C. C. Carey (2016). “First report of a novel multiplexer pumping system coupled to a water quality probe to collect high temporal frequency in situ water chemistry measurements at multiple sites”. In: Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods 14.12, pp. 767-783. DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10122.

Burnette, M. C, D. P. Genereux, and F. Birgand (2016). “In-situ falling-head test for hydraulic conductivity: Evaluation in layered sediments of an analysis derived for homogenous sediments”. In: J. Hydrol. 539, pp. 319-329. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.05.030.

Gilmore, T. E, D. P. Genereux, D. K. Solomon, J. E. Solder, B. A. Kimball, H. Mitasova, and F. Birgand (2016). “Quantifying the fate of agricultural nitrogen in an unconfined aquifer: Stream-based observations at three measurement scales”. In: Water Resour. Res. 52.3, pp. 1961-1983. DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017599.

Shiau, Y, M. R. Burchell, K. W. Krauss, F. Birgand, and S. W. Broome (2016). “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Created Brackish Marsh in Eastern North Carolina”. En. In: Wetlands 36.6, pp. 1009-1024. DOI: 10.1007/s13157-016-0815-y.

2015 (6)

Billy, V. de, J. Tournebize, G. Barnaud, M. Benoît, F. Birgand, J. Garnier, B. Lesaffre, C. Lévêque, G. de Marsily, S. Muller, A. Musy, and D. Zimmer (2015a). “Compenser la destruction de zones humides. Retours d’expérience sur les méthodes et réflexions inspirées par le projet d’aéroport de Notre-Dame-des-Landes (France)”. Fr. In: Nat. Sci. Soc 23.1, pp. 27-41. DOI: 10.1051/nss/2015008.

Billy, V. de, J. Tournebize, G. Barnaud, M. Benoît, F. Birgand, J. Garnier, B. Lesaffre, C. Lévêque, G. de Marsily, S. Muller, A. Musy, and D. Zimmer (2015b). “Compenser la destruction de zones humides. Retours d’expérience sur les méthodes et réflexions inspirées par le projet d’aéroport de Notre-Dame-des-Landes (France)”. Fr. In: Nat. Sci. Soc 23.1, pp. 27-41. DOI: 10.1051/nss/2015008.

Etheridge, J. R, F. Birgand, and M. R. Burchell II (2015). “Quantifying nutrient and suspended solids fluxes in a constructed tidal marsh following rainfall: The value of capturing the rapid changes in flow and concentrations”. In: Ecol. Eng. 78, pp. 41-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.05.021.

Muwamba, A, D. M. Amatya, H. Ssegane, G. M. Chescheir, T. Appelboom, E. W. Tollner, J. E. Nettles, M. A. Youssef, F. Birgand, R. W. Skaggs, and S. Tian (2015). “Effects of Site Preparation for Pine Forest/Switchgrass Intercropping on Water Quality”. En. In: J. Environ. Qual. 44.4, pp. 1263-1272. DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.11.0505.

Osburn, C. L, M. P. Mikan, J. R. Etheridge, M. R. Burchell, and F. Birgand (2015). “Seasonal variation in the quality of dissolved and particulate organic matter exchanged between a salt marsh and its adjacent estuary”. In: J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci. 120.7, p. 2014JG002897. DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002897.

Polizzotto, M. L, F. Birgand, A. B. M. Badruzzaman, and M. A. Ali (2015). “Amending irrigation channels with jute-mesh structures to decrease arsenic loading to rice fields in Bangladesh”. In: Ecol. Eng. 74, pp. 101-106. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.10.030.

2014 (3)

Etheridge, J. R, F. Birgand, M. R. Burchell II, A. Lepistö, K. Rankinen, and K. Granlund (2014). “Technical Note: Alternative in-stream denitrification equation for the INCA-N model”. En. In: Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 18.4, pp. 1467-1473. DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-1467-2014.

Etheridge, J. R, F. Birgand, J. A. Osborne, C. L. Osburn, M. R. Burchell, and J. Irving (2014). “Using in situ ultraviolet-visual spectroscopy to measure nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, and suspended solids concentrations at a high frequency in a brackish tidal marsh”. In: Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods 12.1, pp. 10-22. DOI: 10.4319/lom.2014.12.10.

Etheridge, J. R, A. Lepistö, K. Granlund, K. Rankinen, F. Birgand, and M. R. Burchell (2014). “Reducing uncertainty in the calibration and validation of the INCA-N model by using soft data”. En. In: Hydrol. Res. 45.1, pp. 73-88. DOI: 10.2166/nh.2013.039.

2013 (6)

Billy, C, F. Birgand, P. Ansart, J. Peschard, M. Sebilo, and J. Tournebize (2013). “Factors controlling nitrate concentrations in surface waters of an artificially drained agricultural watershed”. En. In: Landsc. Ecol. 28.4, pp. 665-684. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9872-2.

Birgand, F, G. Lellouche, and T. W. Appelboom (2013). “Measuring flow in non-ideal conditions for short-term projects: Uncertainties associated with the use of stage-discharge rating curves”. In: J. Hydrol. 503, pp. 186-195. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.09.007.

Brown, R. A, F. Birgand, and W. F. Hunt (2013). “Analysis of Consecutive Events for Nutrient and Sediment Treatment in Field-Monitored Bioretention Cells”. En. In: Water Air Soil Pollut. 224.6, p. 1581. DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1581-6.

Etheridge, J. R, F. Birgand, M. R. Burchell, and B. T. Smith (2013). “Addressing the fouling of in situ ultraviolet-visual spectrometers used to continuously monitor water quality in brackish tidal marsh waters”. En. In: J. Environ. Qual. 42.6, pp. 1896-1901. DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.02.0049.

Gilmore, T. E, F. Birgand, and K. W. Chapman (2013). “Source and magnitude of error in an inexpensive image-based water level measurement system”. In: J. Hydrol. 496, pp. 178-186. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.011.

Moatar, F, M. Meybeck, S. Raymond, F. Birgand, and F. Curie (2013). “River flux uncertainties predicted by hydrological variability and riverine material behaviour”. In: Hydrol. Process. 27.25, pp. 3535-3546. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9464.

2011 (3)

Billy, C, F. Birgand, M. Sebilo, G. Billen, J. Tournebize, and C. Kao (2011). “Nitrate dynamics in artificially drained nested watersheds”. In: Phys. Chem. Earth 36.12, pp. 506-514. DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.09.007.

Birgand, F, T. W. Appelboom, G. M. Chescheir, and R. W. Skaggs (2011). “Estimating Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Carbon Fluxes in Forested and Mixed-used Watersheds of the Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina: Uncertainties Associated with Infrequent Sampling”. In: Trans. ASABE 54.6, pp. 2099-2110. DOI: 10.13031/2013.40668.

Birgand, F, C. Faucheux, G. Gruau, F. Moatar, and M. Meybeck (2011). “Uncertainties in Assessing Annual Nitrate Loads and Concentration Indicators: Part 2. Deriving Sampling Frequency Charts in Brittany, France”. In: Trans. ASABE 54.1, pp. 93-104. DOI: 10.13031/2013.36263.

2010 (4)

Appelboom, T. W, G. M. Chescheir, F. Birgand, R. W. Skaggs, J. W. Gilliam, and D. Amatya (2010). “Temperature Coefficient for Modeling Denitrification in Surface Water Sediments Using the Mass Transfer Coefficient”. In: Trans. ASABE 53.2, pp. 465-474. DOI: 10.13031/2013.29578.

Billy, C, G. Billen, M. Sebilo, F. Birgand, and J. Tournebize (2010). “Nitrogen isotopic composition of leached nitrate and soil organic matter as an indicator of denitrification in a sloping drained agricultural plot and adjacent uncultivated riparian buffer strips”. In: Soil Biol. Biochem. 42.1, pp. 108-117. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.09.026.

Birgand, F, C. Faucheux, G. Gruau, B. Augeard, F. Moatar, and P. Bordenave (2010). “Uncertainties in Assessing Annual Nitrate Loads and Concentration Indicators: Part 1. Impact of Sampling Frequency and Load Estimation Algorithms”. In: Trans. ASABE 53.2, pp. 437-446. DOI: 10.13031/2013.29584.

Henine, H, Y. Nédélec, B. Augeard, F. Birgand, C. Chaumont, P. Ribstein, and C. Kao (2010). “Effect of Pipe Pressurization on the Discharge of a Tile Drainage System”. In: Vadose Zone J. 9, pp. 36-42. DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0152.

2009 (3)

Birgand, F, C. Faucheux, G. Gruau, B. Augeard, F. Moatar, M. Meybeck, A. Bouédo, and P. Bordenave (2009). “Une approche quantitative du rôle de la fréquence d’échantillonnage sur les incertitudes associées aux calculs des flux et des concentrations moyennes en nitrate en Bretagne”. In: Ingénieries 59-60, pp. 23-37.

Moatar, F, F. Birgand, M. Meybeck, C. Faucheux, and S. Raymond (2009a). “Incertitudes sur les métriques de qualité des cours d’eau (médianes et quantiles de concentrations, flux, cas des nutriments) évaluées a partir de suivis discrets”. Fr. In: La Houille Blanche, pp. 68-76. DOI: 10.1051/lhb/2009029.

Moatar, F, F. Birgand, M. Meybeck, C. Faucheux, and S. Raymond (2009b). “Incertitudes sur les métriques de qualité des cours d’eau (médianes et quantiles de concentrations, flux, cas des nutriments) évaluées a partir de suivis discrets”. Fr. In: La Houille Blanche, pp. 68-76. DOI: 10.1051/lhb/2009029.

2008 (1)

Tournebize, J, M. Arlot, C. Billy, F. Birgand, J. Gillet, and A. Dutertre (2008). “Quantification et maîtrise des flux de nitrates : de la parcelle drainée au bassin versant”. In: Ingénieries - Numéro Spécial ``Azote, Phosphore et pesticides’’, pp. 5-25.

2007 (3)

Birgand, F, R. W. Skaggs, G. M. Chescheir, and J. W. Gilliam (2007). “Nitrogen Removal in Streams of Agricultural Catchments-A Literature Review”. In: Crit. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37.5, pp. 381-487. DOI: 10.1080/10643380600966426. eprint: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643380600966426.

Peu, P, F. Birgand, and J. Martinez (2007). “Long term fate of slurry derived nitrogen in soil: a case study with a macro-lysimeter experiment having received high loads of pig slurry (Solepur)”. En. In: Bioresour. Technol. 98.17, pp. 3228-3234. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.07.019.

Turlan, T, F. Birgand, and P. Marmonier (2007). “Comparative use of field and laboratory mesocosms for in-stream nitrate uptake measurement”. En. In: Int. J. Lim. 43.1, pp. 41-51. DOI: 10.1051/limn/2007026.

2005 (4)

Birgand, F, J. Benoist, É. Novince, N. Gilliet, P. Saint-Cast, and É. Le Saos (2005a). “Guide d’application de la technique du Doppler continu pour une section calibrée en bois”. In: Ingénieries 41, pp. 77-82.

Birgand, F, J. Benoist, É. Novince, N. Gilliet, P. Saint-Cast, and É. Le Saos (2005b). “Mesure des débits à l’aide de débitmètres ultrasoniques Doppler - Cas des petits cours d’eau ruraux”. In: Ingénieries 41, pp. 23-38.

Kenny, C, S. Yamulki, M. Blackwell, E. Maltby, P. French, and F. Birgand (2005). “The release of nitrous oxide from the intertidal zones of two European estuaries in response to increased ammonium and nitrate loading”. En. In: Water Air Soil Pollut. Focus 4.6, pp. 61-66. DOI: 10.1007/s11267-005-3014-z.

Turpin, N, P. Bontems, G. Rotillon, I. Bärlund, M. Kaljonen, S. Tattari, F. Feichtinger, P. Strauss, R. Haverkamp, M. Garnier, A. Lo Porto, G. Benigni, A. Leone, M. N. Ripa, O. Eklo, E. Romstad, T. Bioteau, F. Birgand, P. Bordenave, R. Laplana, et al. (2005). “AgriBMPWater: systems approach to environmentally acceptable farming”. In: Environ. Model. Softw. 20.2, pp. 187-196. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2003.09.004.

2004 (1)

Birgand, F, J. Lefrançois, C. Grimaldi, É. Novince, N. Gilliet, and C. Gascuel-Odoux (2004). “Mesure des flux et échantillonnage des matières en suspension sur de petits cours d’eau”. In: Ingénieries 40, pp. 21-35.

2002 (1)

Benoist, J. and F. Birgand (2002). “Les dispositifs de mesure des débits dans les bassins versants agricoles”. In: Ingénieries 32, pp. 51-63.

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Refereed Articles en Français (8)

2015 (1)

Billy, V. de, J. Tournebize, G. Barnaud, M. Benoît, F. Birgand, J. Garnier, B. Lesaffre, C. Lévêque, G. de Marsily, S. Muller, A. Musy, and D. Zimmer (2015). “Compenser la destruction de zones humides. Retours d’expérience sur les méthodes et réflexions inspirées par le projet d’aéroport de Notre-Dame-des-Landes (France)”. Fr. In: Nat. Sci. Soc 23.1, pp. 27-41. DOI: 10.1051/nss/2015008.

2009 (2)

Birgand, F, C. Faucheux, G. Gruau, B. Augeard, F. Moatar, M. Meybeck, A. Bouédo, and P. Bordenave (2009). “Une approche quantitative du rôle de la fréquence d’échantillonnage sur les incertitudes associées aux calculs des flux et des concentrations moyennes en nitrate en Bretagne”. In: Ingénieries 59-60, pp. 23-37.

Moatar, F, F. Birgand, M. Meybeck, C. Faucheux, and S. Raymond (2009). “Incertitudes sur les métriques de qualité des cours d’eau (médianes et quantiles de concentrations, flux, cas des nutriments) évaluées a partir de suivis discrets”. Fr. In: La Houille Blanche, pp. 68-76. DOI: 10.1051/lhb/2009029.

2008 (1)

Tournebize, J, M. Arlot, C. Billy, F. Birgand, J. Gillet, and A. Dutertre (2008). “Quantification et maîtrise des flux de nitrates : de la parcelle drainée au bassin versant”. In: Ingénieries - Numéro Spécial ``Azote, Phosphore et pesticides’’, pp. 5-25.

2005 (2)

Birgand, F, J. Benoist, É. Novince, N. Gilliet, P. Saint-Cast, and É. Le Saos (2005a). “Guide d’application de la technique du Doppler continu pour une section calibrée en bois”. In: Ingénieries 41, pp. 77-82.

Birgand, F, J. Benoist, É. Novince, N. Gilliet, P. Saint-Cast, and É. Le Saos (2005b). “Mesure des débits à l’aide de débitmètres ultrasoniques Doppler - Cas des petits cours d’eau ruraux”. In: Ingénieries 41, pp. 23-38.

2004 (1)

Birgand, F, J. Lefrançois, C. Grimaldi, É. Novince, N. Gilliet, and C. Gascuel-Odoux (2004). “Mesure des flux et échantillonnage des matières en suspension sur de petits cours d’eau”. In: Ingénieries 40, pp. 21-35.

2002 (1)

Benoist, J. and F. Birgand (2002). “Les dispositifs de mesure des débits dans les bassins versants agricoles”. In: Ingénieries 32, pp. 51-63.

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Theses and Book Chapters

• 2018-present:
  • working on textbook: Biogeochemical Processes for Environmental and Ecological Engineering
• 2008
  • Augeard B., Y. Nédélec, F. Birgand, C. Chaumont, P. Ansart & C. Kao. 2008. Effect of a nonlinear runoff response on flood statistical properties: the case of a tile-drained watershed, IAHS Publ. 321, ISBN 978-1-901502-59-6.
• 2000
  • Birgand, F. 2000. Quantification and modeling of in-stream processes in agricultural canals of the lower coastal plain. Ph.D. dissertation. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
  • Birgand, F. 2000. Evaluation of QUAL2E. Southern Region Experiment Station Bulletin. Web publication. Available at: http://www3.bae.ncsu.edu/s273/ModelProj/.
• 1994
  • Birgand, F. 1994. Measurements and modeling of nitrogen budget in poorly drained soils. ‘Mémoire de fin d’étude de l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Rennes’ (equivalent of a Master of Science dissertation). Rennes, France. 104 pp

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Invited Speaker

• 2022 (2)
  • Birgand, F. “Recreating hot spots of nitrogen retention in watersheds: could drainage be an asset?” Yangzhou University 2nd International Forum on Irrigation and Drainage, December 03, 2022. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F. “Continuous water quality monitoring: what have we learned in the last 20 years?” UMR-SAS Rennes, France, June 15, 2022. – Invited speaker
• 2021 (1)
  • Birgand, F. “Challenges and future of water quality research and monitoring” Yangzhou University International Forum on Irrigation and Drainage, December 21, 2021. – Invited speaker
• 2020 (1)
  • Birgand, F., Maxwell, B, Thomas, A., Tian, S, Schipper, L, Christianson, L, Helmers, M, Williams, D, Chescheir, GM, Youssef, M. “Drying and wetting cycles of normally wet soils impact soil respiration and health” FFAR Workshop: Linking Soil and Watershed Health to In-field and Edge-of-Field Water Management, Erickson Alumni Center, West Virginia University, January 23-24, 2020. – Invited speaker
• 2019 (4)
  • Birgand, F., C.-W. Lin. “Water quality rating curves: optimizing the use of in situ spectrophotometers” Yangzhou University, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Lecture 14 November. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F., Maxwell, B, Thomas, A., Schipper, L, Christianson, L, Tian, S, Helmers, M, Williams, D, Chescheir, GM, Youssef, M. “Wetting and drying cycles in denitrification beds: a simple method to largely increase nitrate removal” Yangzhou University, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Lecture 15 November. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F.. “Uncertainty on pollutant loads: relevant indicators for assessment” Yangzhou University, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Lecture 13 November. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F.. “Cumulative indicators as robust indicators to detect water quality improvements” Yangzhou University, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Lecture 12 November. – Invited speaker
• 2018 (3)
  • Birgand, F. “High frequency Water Quality sensors: do we even have the choice of not using them in biogeochemical and watershed sciences?” Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, November 13, 2018, Durham, NC. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F. “The challenges and rewards of acquiring high frequency water quality data” ASABE NC Regional 2018 conference, October 26, 2018, Raleigh, NC. (pdf) – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F. “High frequency sensors: do we even have the choice of not using them in drainage?” 2018 Eastern South Dakota Water conference, October 17, 2018, Brookings, SD. (pdf) – Keynote speaker
• 2017 (5)
  • Birgand, F. “Eight years of Water Quality Sensors in the field: what have we learnt?” Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, December 06, 2017. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F. “Improvements in stream water quality: can we detect them, and if yes, how?” Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, November 30, 2017. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F. “High Frequency Water Quality Data: Perspective and Challenges” Department of Geography, University of Birmingham, November 9, 2017. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F . “High Frequency Water Quality Data: Perspective and Challenges” Water seminar, University of Bristol, 10 March, 2017. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F . “Continuous water quality to capture all events: how good are the new sensors?” AGU Chapman Conference, San Jose, PR, January 22-27, 2017. – Invited speaker
• 2014 (5)
  • Birgand F . “High Frequency Water Quality Data: perspectives and challenges” Oklahoma State University - Biosystems and Agriculural Engineering Department. October 24, 2014. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand F. “High Frequency Water Quality Data: Is this really necessary?” Oklahoma 2014 Governor’s Water Conference and Research Symposium. October 23, 2014. – Keynote speaker
  • Birgand F . “High Frequency Water Quality Data: The Next Leap in Hydrology?” ASABE Annual International meeting. Montréal, Canada. July 14-16, 2014. (pdf) – Invited speaker
  • Birgand F. “Moving Forward in Nutrient Research and Management: Critical Knowledge Provided by High Time Resolution Water Quality Data” University of Florida Water in the Landscape, Distinguished Seminar Series, Gainsville, FA, 7 May 2014. – Invited speaker
  • F Birgand, Etheridge, J R, and M Burchell . “Confirming Tidal Marshes as One-Way Outwelling Nutrient Pumps: Observations and Mechanisms” Skidaway Research Institute. Savannah, GA. – Invited speaker
• 2013 (1)
  • Birgand, F. “High time resolution water quality data: key to new knowledge in Ecological Engineering and Environmental Sciences” Department of Geology, East Carolina University, February, 22nd, 2013. – Invited speaker
• 2012 (1)
  • Birgand, F. “High time resolution water quality data: key to new knowledge in Ecological Engineering and Environmental Sciences” Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, University of Florida, May 31st, 2012. – Invited speaker

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Oral Presentations (142)

• 2022 (5)
  • Grande, E, E Cedar Seybold, C Tatariw, A Visser, AE Braswell, B Arora, F Birgand, J Haskins, MA Zimmer. “Seasonal and tidal forcing control salt marsh porewater nitrate dynamics in a Mediterranean system” AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022.
  • Zimmer, MA, E Grande, M Montalvo, E Cedar Seybold, C Tatariw, A Visser, AE Braswell, B Arora, A Haynes, J Romero, F Birgand, J Haskins. “Identification of Hot Moments of Nutrient Processing in Coastal Systems Using High Frequency Sensors” AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022.
  • Grande, E, E Cedar Seybold, C Tatariw, A Visser, AE Braswell, B Arora, F Birgand, J Haskins, MA Zimmer. “Seasonal and Tidal Variations in Hydrologic Inputs Drive Salt Marsh Porewater Nitrate Dynamics” AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022.
  • Birgand, F. “Recreating hot spots of nitrogen retention in watersheds: could drainage be an asset?” Yangzhou University 2nd International Forum on Irrigation and Drainage, December 03, 2022. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F. “Continuous water quality monitoring: what have we learned in the last 20 years?” UMR-SAS Rennes, France, June 15, 2022. – Invited speaker
• 2021 (2)
  • Birgand, F. “Challenges and future of water quality research and monitoring” Yangzhou University International Forum on Irrigation and Drainage, December 21, 2021. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F, BM Maxwell, W Liu, S Garvey. “Multi-Point High Frequency Water Quality Sampling for Drainage Research” Conservation Drainage Network Annual Meeting, April 7-9, 2021.
• 2020 (2)
  • E Grande, MA Zimmer, EC Seybold, AE Brasswell, C Tatariw, A Greene, A Montalvo, F Birgand, A Visser. “Using high spatiotemporal nitrate measurements to assess nutrient transport and transformations at the terrestrial-marine interface of a tidal watershed” AGU Fall Meeting 2020.
  • Birgand, F., Maxwell, B, Thomas, A., Tian, S, Schipper, L, Christianson, L, Helmers, M, Williams, D, Chescheir, GM, Youssef, M. “Drying and wetting cycles of normally wet soils impact soil respiration and health” FFAR Workshop: Linking Soil and Watershed Health to In-field and Edge-of-Field Water Management, Erickson Alumni Center, West Virginia University, January 23-24, 2020. – Invited speaker
• 2019 (9)
  • Birgand, F., C.-W. Lin. “Water quality rating curves: optimizing the use of in situ spectrophotometers” Yangzhou University, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Lecture 14 November. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F., Maxwell, B, Thomas, A., Schipper, L, Christianson, L, Tian, S, Helmers, M, Williams, D, Chescheir, GM, Youssef, M. “Wetting and drying cycles in denitrification beds: a simple method to largely increase nitrate removal” Yangzhou University, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Lecture 15 November. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F.. “Uncertainty on pollutant loads: relevant indicators for assessment” Yangzhou University, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Lecture 13 November. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F.. “Cumulative indicators as robust indicators to detect water quality improvements” Yangzhou University, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Lecture 12 November. – Invited speaker
  • Liu, W, Tian, S, Youssef, MA, Chescheir, GM, Birgand, F. “Long-Term Variation of Nitrate Concentration-Stream Discharge (C-Q) Relationship for an Agricultural Watershed in Midwest U.S” ASABE Annual International Conference, Boston, MA, 7-10 July, 2019.
  • Blackman, S, Chen, C, Maxwell, BM, Birgand, F. “Porewater Velocity as an Important Factor for Nitrate Removal Rates in Woodchip Bioreactors” ASABE Annual International Conference, Boston, MA, 7-10 July, 2019.
  • Birgand, F, Tian, S, Maxwell, BM, Youssef, MA, Schipper, LA, Christianson, LE, Helmers, LJ, Chescheir, GM, Williams, DJ. “Modeling the Capacity of Wetting and Drying Cycles to Enhance Denitrification in Woodchip Bioreactors” ASABE Annual International Conference, Boston, MA, 7-10 July, 2019.
  • Birgand, F, Thomas, A, Maxwell, BM, Williams, DJ, Youssef, MA, Schipper, LA, Christianson, LE, Tian, S, Helmers, LJ, Chescheir, GM. “Wetting and Drying Cycles Effects on Aqueous and Gaseous Nutrient Removal and Emissions in Woodchip Bioreactors” ASABE Annual International Conference, Boston, MA, 7-10 July, 2019.
  • Hang, Q, Birgand, F, Belenky, C, Lin, C-W. “The Short-term Response of Nutrient Loads to an Agricultural Stream Restoration in Coastal Plain of North Carolina” ASABE Annual International Conference, Boston, MA, 7-10 July, 2019.
• 2018 (21)
  • Carey, C.C., Thomas, RQ, Figueiredo, RJ, Daneshmand, V, Bookout, BJ, Birgand, F. “Integrating environmental sensor networks and real-time ecological forecasting to adaptively manage water quality” AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 December 2018.
  • Birgand, F. “High frequency Water Quality sensors: do we even have the choice of not using them in biogeochemical and watershed sciences?” Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, November 13, 2018, Durham, NC. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F. “The challenges and rewards of acquiring high frequency water quality data” ASABE NC Regional 2018 conference, October 26, 2018, Raleigh, NC. (pdf) – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F. “High frequency sensors: do we even have the choice of not using them in drainage?” 2018 Eastern South Dakota Water conference, October 17, 2018, Brookings, SD. (pdf) – Keynote speaker
  • Birgand, F, Maxwell, B, Schipper, L, Christianson, L, Helmers, M, Youssef, M, Tian, S, Williams, D, Chescheir, GM, Liu, W. “Transforming denitrifying bioreactor research and applications: unveiling the inside of the black box” USDA-NIFA Project Director meeting, Newark, DL, Oct 1-3, 2018. (pdf)
  • Birgand, F, Maxwell, B. “Integrative indicators as robust metrics of catchment biogeochemical function” ASABE annual international meeting, July 29 - August 1st, 2018, Detroit, Michigan.
  • Birgand, F, Maxwell, B, Schipper, L, Christianson, L, Helmers, M, Youssef, M, Tian, S, Williams, D, Chescheir, GM. “Can drying-rewetting cycles in woodchip bioreactors increase short and long-term nitrate removal rates?” ASABE annual international meeting, July 29 - August 1st, 2018, Detroit, Michigan.
  • Belenky, C, Winter, D, Lin, C-W, Birgand, F. “Effect of Stream Restoration on Water Quality and Quantity in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina” ASABE annual international meeting, July 29 - August 1st, 2018, Detroit, Michigan.
  • Winter, D, Lin, C-W, Belenky, C, Birgand, F. “Comparison of Pre-Restoration and Post-Restoration In-Stream Solute Transport and Treatment in a Restored Coastal Plain Stream” ASABE annual international meeting, July 29 - August 1st, 2018, Detroit, Michigan.
  • Maxwell, B, Birgand, F. “Woodchip bioreactors for nitrate removal in wastewater : Findings, applications, and economics” Nutrient Removal and Recovery Conference 2018 - Raleigh, NC, June 18–21, 2018.
  • Maxwell, B, Birgand, F, Schipper, L, Christianson, L, Helmers, M, Youssef, M, Tian, S, Williams, D, Chescheir, GM. “Impacts of drying-rewetting cycles on nitrate removal in woodchip bioreactors” EWRI - World Environmental & Water Resources Congress Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 3–7, 2018.
  • Moin, S, Hunt, WF III, Birgand, F, Ratzlaff, S. “Effect of Visibility on Maintenance Investment and Consequent Performance of Urban Stormwater Control Measures” EWRI - World Environmental & Water Resources Congress Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 3–7, 2018.
  • Howden, N, Birgand, F, Burt, T, Worrall, F, Woods, R. “Identifying trends in hydrological data: using integrated indicators to identify non-stationary behaviour” European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, 8–13 April 2018.
  • Birgand, F, Allen, E, Lin, C-W, Etheridge, R, Carey, C. “Generating Water Quality Rating Curves using in situ Spectrophotometers” European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, 8–13 April 2018. (pdf)
  • Belenky, C, Winter, D, Lin, C-W, Birgand, F. “Effect of Stream Restoration on Water Quality and Quantity in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina” NC WRRI Annual Conferenc March 14-15, 2018, Raleigh, NC. (pdf)
  • Maxwell, B, Birgand, F, Schipper, L, Christianson, L, Helmers, M, Youssef, M, Tian, S, Williams, D. “Impact of drying-rewetting cycles on nitrate removal rates in woodchip bioreactors” NC WRRI Annual Conferenc March 14-15, 2018, Raleigh, NC. (pdf)
  • Birgand, F, Etheridge, R, Burchell, M. “Could seasonal mean sea level variations explain long-reported nutrient outwelling in the southeast coastal ocean?” NC WRRI Annual Conferenc March 14-15, 2018, Raleigh, NC. (pdf)
  • Moin, S, Hunt, W F III, Birgand, F, Ratzlaff, S. “Effect of Visibility on Maintenance Investment and Consequent Performance of Urban Stormwater Control Measures” NC WRRI Annual Conference March 14-15, 2018, Raleigh, NC.
  • Winter, D, Fox, G, Birgand, F. “Solute Tracer Studies in a Restored Coastal Plain Stream” NC WRRI Annual Conferenc March 14-15, 2018, Raleigh, NC. (pdf)
  • Maxwell, B, Winter, D, Birgand, F. “Can floating treatment wetlands improve water quality in ponds?” NC WRRI Annual Conferenc March 14-15, 2018, Raleigh, NC. (pdf)
  • Birgand, F. “Integrated vs. derivative indicators: robust indicators needed for detection of water quality improvement” NC WRRI Annual Conferenc March 14-15, 2018, Raleigh, NC.
• 2017 (13)
  • Birgand, F. “Eight years of Water Quality Sensors in the field: what have we learnt?” Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, December 06, 2017. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F. “Improvements in stream water quality: can we detect them, and if yes, how?” Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, November 30, 2017. – Invited speaker
  • Moin, S, WF Hunt, F Birgand, S Ratzlaff. “Effect of Visibility on Maintenance Investment and Consequent Performance of Urban Stormwater Control Measures” Operation & Maintenance of Stormwater Control Measures, EWRI-ASCE, Denver, CO, November 6-9, 2017.
  • Birgand, F. “High Frequency Water Quality Data: Perspective and Challenges” Department of Geography, University of Birmingham, November 9, 2017. – Invited speaker
  • Winter, D, Birgand, F . “Measuring the Water Quality Impact of a Stream Restoration during Construction” ASABE Annual International meeting. Spokane WA, July 16-19, 2017.
  • Lin, C -W, Birgand, F . “Characterizing stream solutes dynamics at storm event and seasonal scales in an agricultural coastal plain stream in pre-restoration period” ASABE Annual International meeting. Spokane WA, July 16-19, 2017.
  • Lin, C -W, Birgand, F . “Uncertainties estimation associated with UV-Visual spectrophotometers in measuring nutrient concentrations and loads in an agricultural watershed” ASABE Annual International meeting. Spokane WA, July 16-19, 2017.
  • Maxwell, B, Birgand F . “Multi-point Continuous Monitoring and Increasing our Understanding of Black Box Natural Systems” ASABE Annual International meeting. Spokane WA, July 16-19, 2017.
  • Birgand, F . “Monitoring water quality on a continuous basis: how good are the new sensors?” HydroEco 2017 Ecohydrology on the Edge: ecology-hydrology-human interactions in a changing world 6th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Hydrology and Ecology. Birmingham, U.K., 18-23 June 2017.
  • Winter, D, Birgand, F, C-W Lin, C Belenky. “Measuring Water Quality Impact of a Coastal Plain Stream Restoration during Construction” 17th Annual Meeting of The American Ecological Engineering Society, Athens, GA, May 23-25, 2017.
  • Birgand, F . “High Frequency Water Quality Data: Perspective and Challenges” Water seminar, University of Bristol, 10 March, 2017. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand, F . “Continuous water quality to capture all events: how good are the new sensors?” AGU Chapman Conference, San Jose, PR, January 22-27, 2017. – Invited speaker
  • Winter, D, Birgand, F . “Compaction of Floodplain Soils during Stream Restoration” Soil Science Society of North Carolina Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC, January 2017.
• 2016 (12)
  • Maxwell, B, Winter, D, Birgand F . “Quantifying treatment potential of floating treatment wetlands to benefit North Carolina waters using improved methodology and novel technology” North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute Advisory Committee Meeting, Raleigh, NC, October 2016.
  • Muwamba, A, D M Amatya, E W Tollner, G M Chescheir, T Appelboom, H Ssegane, J E Nettles, M A Youssef, F Birgand, R W Skaggs, and S Tian 2016. “Effect of Fertilizer Application on Nutrients in Pine/Switchgrass Forest Drainage Outflow” ASABE Annual International meeting. Orlando, FL, July 17-20, 2016.
  • Dobbs, N, F Birgand, B Philips, G M Chescheir, and M A Youssef. “Modeling the effects of pine (Pinus taeda) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) intercropping on hydrology in upland forested watersheds of southeastern United States” ASABE Annual International meeting. Orlando, FL, July 17-20, 2016.
  • Carter, T, N Dobbs, E Allen, E Bennett, F Birgand, G M Chescheir, and T M Appelboom. “Hydrology and Water Quality Impacts of Loblollypine (Pinus taeda) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) in Upland Mississippi Forested watershed” ASABE Annual International meeting. Orlando, FL, July 17-20, 2016.
  • Dobbs, N, F Birgand, G M Chescheir, E Bennett and E Allen. “Hydrology and water quality comparisons of the early establishment period of Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) in upland forested watersheds of Alabama, USA” ASABE Annual International meeting. Orlando, FL, July 17-20, 2016.
  • Allen, E, F Birgand, and G M Chescheir. “Carbon and Nitrogen Stream Dynamics Determined by Optical Continuous Monitoring Methods in an Eastern NC Managed Forest/Switchgrass Intercropping Paired Watershed Study” ASABE Annual International meeting. Orlando, FL, July 17-20, 2016.
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand, and M Burchell. “Uncertainty of Using In Situ Optical Property Measurements as Surrogate Data to Continuously Monitor Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Carbon Concentrations in a Constructed Brackish Tidal Marsh” ASABE Annual International meeting. Orlando, FL, July 17-20, 2016.
  • Maxwell, B M and F Birgand. “Evaluating in-stream nitrate uptake in an in situ mesocosm experiment” ASABE Annual International meeting. Orlando, FL, July 17-20, 2016.
  • Lin, C -W, F Birgand, and B M Maxwell. “Innovative technology to characterize the dynamics of nutrient export in an agricultural coastal plain stream” ASABE Annual International meeting. Orlando, FL, July 17-20, 2016.
  • Maxwell, B M and F Birgand. “Woodchip Bioreactors : Overview, Findings, and Future Wetland Resilience in North Carolina” Duke University, March 4, 2016.
  • Etheridge, J R F Birgand, M R Burchell II. “In situ absorbance and fluorescence as surrogate data to continuously measure nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon concentrations in a brackish tidal marsh” Ocean Sciences Meeting. New Orleans, LA. February 21-26, 2016.
  • Messer, T L, M R Burchell, and F Birgand. “Comparison of Four Nitrogen Removal Kinetic Models in Two Distinct Wetland Ecosystems Receiving Agricultural Drainage Water” 59th Annual Meeting of the Soil Science Society of North Carolina. 20 January 2016. Raleigh, NC.
• 2015 (11)
  • Maxwell, B, Birgand F, and Aveni-Deforge. “Nitrogen Abatement in Streams - An In-Situ Mesocosm Study Quantifying and Characterizing Nitrogen Removal in a Coastal Stream” * ASABE Annual International meeting. New Orleans, USA. July 26-29, 2015.*
  • Birgand F, Aveni-Deforge, K A, Etheridge, J R, Fauvet, O, Faucheux, M and Carey, C . “Water Quality Rating Curves: Is this for Real?” * ASABE Annual International meeting. New Orleans, USA. July 26-29, 2015.*
  • Allen, E, Birgand F, Chescheir, G M, Skaggs, R W, Osburn, C and Etheridge, J R . “Application of a Combination of Optical Water Quality Monitoring Techniques to Evaluate the Effects of Switchgrass Intercropping in a Managed Loblolly Pine Forest in Eastern North Carolina” * ASABE Annual International meeting. New Orleans, USA. July 26-29, 2015.*
  • Dobbs, N, Birgand F, Chescheir, G M and Allen, E 2015 . “Water quality impacts of intercropping Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and switchgrass (Pancium virgatum) in coastal plain watersheds of the southeastern United State” * ASABE Annual International meeting. New Orleans, USA. July 26-29, 2015.*
  • Messer, T, Burchell, M R, Birgand F . “How to Model Nitrate Reduction in Restored Wetlands? An Evaluation of the Reliability of Four Nitrate Reduction Models” * ASABE Annual International meeting. New Orleans, USA. July 26-29, 2015.*
  • Lin, C -W, Birgand F, Aveni-Deforge, K, Maxwell, B. “Characterize an agricultural stream before restoration period in Goldsboro, NC” * ASABE Annual International meeting. New Orleans, USA. July 26-29, 2015.*
  • Maxwell, B, Birgand F, and Aveni-Deforge . “Further down the river: a novel, spectrometric, in-situ technology improving spatial and temporal data resolution to address heterogeneity in aquatic systems” Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting. Milwaukee, WI, USA. May 17-21, 2015.
  • Mansanarez, V, Le Coz, J, Renard, B, Lang, M and Birgand F . “Bayesian analysis of stage-discharge relationships affected by hysteresis and quantification of the associated uncertainties” European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, Vienna Austria, 12-17 April 2015.
  • Aveni-Deforge, K, Birgand F, Fauvet, O . “Should We Start Making Water Quality Rating Curves at Each Monitoring Station?” Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 18-19, 2015.
  • Lin, C -W, Birgand F, Aveni-Deforge, K, Maxwell, B . “Challenges for continuous monitoring of flow and water quality in a coastal plain stream” Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 18-19, 2015.
  • Messer, T, Burchell, M R, Birgand F Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference Raleigh, NC March 18-19, 2015 . “Comparison of Four Nitrogen Removal Kinetic Models in Two Distinct Wetland Ecosystems Receiving Agricultural Drainage Water” Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 18-19, 2015.
• 2014 (20)
  • Birgand F . “High Frequency Water Quality Data: perspectives and challenges” Oklahoma State University - Biosystems and Agriculural Engineering Department. October 24, 2014. – Invited speaker
  • Birgand F. “High Frequency Water Quality Data: Is this really necessary?” Oklahoma 2014 Governor’s Water Conference and Research Symposium. October 23, 2014. – Keynote speaker
  • Etheridge, J R, M Burchell and F Birgand . “Using Tidal Marsh Creation to Reduce Nitrogen Loads Reaching Estuaries” ASABE Annual International meeting. Montr_al, Canada. July 14-16, 2014. (pdf)
  • Gilmore, T E, D Genereux, K Solomon, J Solder, B Kimbrall, F Birgand, H Mitasova, M Burnette and S Becker . “Using groundwater discharge to assess an agricultural nitrogen legacy: three approaches to sampling in stream channels at different scales” ASABE Annual International meeting. Montréal, Canada. July 14-16, 2014.
  • Skaggs, R W, G M Chescheir, D M Amatya and F Birgand . “Methods for Determining Field Effective Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Drained Catchments” ASABE Annual International meeting. Montréal, Canada. July 14-16, 2014.
  • Allen, E A, F Birgand, F M Chescheir, E Bennett, J Nettles and T W Appelboom . “Hydrology and Water Quality Impacts of Site Preparation for Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) and Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Intercropping in Upland Forested Watersheds in Mississippi” ASABE Annual International meeting. Montréal, Canada. July 14-16, 2014.
  • Allen, E A, F Birgand, F M Chescheir, C L Osburn and J R Etheridge . “Continuous Monitoring of Hydrology and Water Quality to Detect Impacts of Switchgrass Intercropping in Managed Loblolly Pine Plantations in Eastern North Carolina” ASABE Annual International meeting. Montréal, Canada. July 14-16, 2014.
  • Birgand F, K Aveni-Deforge, J R Etheridge, O Fauvet and M Faucheux . “High frequency water quality data: what we get - the challenges” ASABE Annual International meeting. Montréal, Canada. July 14-16, 2014.
  • Messer, T, M R Burchell, and F Birgand . “Determining Ideal Nitrogen Loads for Rerouted Agricultural Drainage Water into Restored Forested Wetlands - An Experimental and Modeling Approach” ASABE Annual International meeting. Montréal, Canada. July 14-16, 2014.
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand and M Burchell . “Confirming Tidal Marshes as One-Way Outwelling Nutrient Pumps: Observations and Mechanisms” ASABE Annual International meeting. Montréal, Canada. July 14-16, 2014.
  • Dobbs, N, M Youssef, F Birgand, B D Phillips, G M Chescheir and T W Appelboom . “Modeling the effects of pine (Pinus taeda) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) intercropping on hydrology and water quality in southeastern United States forests” ASABE Annual International meeting. Montréal, Canada. July 14-16, 2014.
  • Birgand F . “High Frequency Water Quality Data: The Next Leap in Hydrology?” ASABE Annual International meeting. Montréal, Canada. July 14-16, 2014. (pdf) – Invited speaker
  • M R Burchell, Messer, T L, and F Birgand 2014 . “Determining Ideal Nitrogen Loads in Restored Forested Wetlands Slated to Receive Agricultural Drainage” AEES Conference. 10 June, Charleston, SC.
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand and M Burchell . “Confirming Tidal Marshes as One-Way Outwelling Nutrient Pumps: Observations and Mechanisms” Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Portland, OR. May 18-23, 2014.
  • Birgand F. “Moving Forward in Nutrient Research and Management: Critical Knowledge Provided by High Time Resolution Water Quality Data” University of Florida Water in the Landscape, Distinguished Seminar Series, Gainsville, FA, 7 May 2014. – Invited speaker
  • F Birgand, Etheridge, J R, and M Burchell . “Confirming Tidal Marshes as One-Way Outwelling Nutrient Pumps: Observations and Mechanisms” Skidaway Research Institute. Savannah, GA. – Invited speaker
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand and M Burchell . “Confirming Tidal Marshes as One-Way Outwelling Nutrient Pumps: Observations and Mechanisms (view presentation)” Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 19-20, 2014. (pdf)
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand and M Burchell . “Using in situ UV_vis spectroscopy to measure N, C, P and suspended solids at a high frequency in a brackish tidal marsh” Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 19-20, 2014. (pdf)
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand and M Burchell . “Illustrating critical knowledge (gap) provided by high time resolution water quality data (or lack thereof)” Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 19-20, 2014. (pdf)
  • Messer, T, M R Burchell, and F Birgand . “Determining ideal nitrogen loads for rerouted agricultural drainage water into restored forested wetlands: An experimental and modeling approach” Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 19-20, 2014.
• 2013 (11)
  • Etheridge, J R, M Burchell and F Birgand . “What water quality benefits does a constructed brackish marsh provide when receiving nutrients from agricultural drainage waters?” Southeast Tidal Creek Summit, Wilmington, NC. December 16-17, 2013. (pdf)
  • Skaggs, R W, S Tian, M A Youssef, D M Amatya, and F Birgand . “Effect of Afforestation on Watershed Outflows: A Simulation Study” Society of American Foresters National Convention, Charleston, SC, Oct. 23-27, 2013.
  • Moatar, F, M Meybeck, S Raymond and F Birgand . “Estimating riverine fluxes and their uncertainties from discrete surveys” * Joint IAHS, IAPSO, IASPEI. Gothenburg, Sweden. July 22-26, 2013.*
  • Messer, T, M Burchell and F Birgand . “Determining ideal nitrogen loads in rerouted drainage water from the Pamlico sound to restored forested welands - an experimental and modeling approach” ASABE Annual International meeting. Kansas City, MO. July 21 - 24, 2013. (pdf)
  • Bennett, E, F Birgand, G M Chescheir, E Allen, and T Appelboom . “Hydrology and Water Quality Impacts of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) and Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Intercropped Systems in Upland Southeastern Forested Watersheds” ASABE Annual International meeting. Kansas City, MO. July 21 - 24, 2013. (pdf)
  • Etheridge,J R, F Birgand, M R Burchell II, R O Evans, S W Broome . “Long-term nutrient and suspended solids mass balance for a restored brackish marsh in eastern North Carolina” 13th Annual American Ecological Engineering Society Meeting. East Lansing, MI. June 10-12, 2013.
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand, M R Burchell II, T M Barto . “Nutrient, organic matter, and suspended solids dynamics during and following Hurricane Sandy in a restored North Carolina brackish marsh” 13th Annual American Ecological Engineering Society Meeting. East Lansing, MI. June 10-12, 2013.
  • Etheridge, J R, Birgand, F and M R Burchell, II . “Quantifying nitrogen fluxes in a tidal marsh: Insights from capturing the rapid changes of flow and concentrations” Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 20-21, 2013.
  • Burchell, M B II, T L Messer, and F Birgand . “Determining Ideal Nitrogen Loads for Two Distinct Restored Wetland Soils _ An Experimental and Modeling Approach” Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 20-21, 2013.
  • Burchell, M, R Etheridge, Y Shiau, F Birgand, S Broome, and K Bass . “Salt marsh restoration in eastern NC - A good idea in the face of SLR? A case study at North River Farms” NOAA NC Sentinel Site Cooperative Sea Level Rise Research and Monitoring Coordination Workshop. Beaufort, NC. March 12-13, 2013.
  • Birgand, F. “High time resolution water quality data: key to new knowledge in Ecological Engineering and Environmental Sciences” Department of Geology, East Carolina University, February, 22nd, 2013. – Invited speaker
• 2012 (8)
  • Birgand, F and R Muñoz-Carpena . “Quantifying uncertainties in watershed nutrient loads: apportionment of uncertainty sources” ASABE Annual International meeting. Dallas, TX. July 29 - August 01, 2012. (pdf)
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand, and M R Burchell II . “Restored salt marsh: A source or a sink for nitrogen?” ASABE Annual International meeting. Dallas, TX. July 29 - August 01, 2012.
  • Allen, E L, V Andréassian, G M Chescheir and F Birgand . “Using the GR4J and NC Models to Quantify the Hydrologic Effects of Biomass Production” ASABE Annual International meeting. Dallas, TX. July 29 - August 01, 2012. (pdf)
  • Birgand, F. “High time resolution water quality data: key to new knowledge in Ecological Engineering and Environmental Sciences” Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, University of Florida, May 31st, 2012. – Invited speaker
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand, M R Burchell II and B Smith . “Capturing the ever changing world of a tidal marsh” Stewards of the future: Research for Human Health and Global Sustainability, a conference hosted by College of Agriculture and Life Sciencesm NC State University. Raleigh, NC. April 17, 2012..
  • Birgand, F, T Gilmore, A Brown and K Chapman . “Hydrology for all: measuring water levels using webcams” Stewards of the future: Research for Human Health and Global Sustainability, a conference hosted by College of Agriculture and Life Sciencesm NC State University. Raleigh, NC. April 17, 2012.
  • Birgand, F, M T Horstman, and B Reich . “Revising the kinetics of nitrate dissipation in wetlands and streams” Annual NC WRRI conference. Raleigh, NC. March 27-29, 2012. (pdf)
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand and M R Burchell II . “Nitrate Mass Balance in a Restored North Carolina Salt Marsh” Annual NC WRRI conference. Raleigh, NC. March 27-29, 2012. (pdf)
• 2011 (12)
  • Amatya, D, G Chescheir, J Nettles, T Appelboom, W Skaggs, M Youssef, and F Birgand . “Long-term Hydrologic and Water Quality Monitoring in NC” Forestry Research in the South - Forest Water Quality and Yield, Southern Forestry Research Partnership (SFRP), Inc. _ Center of Excellence, Monroe, GA..
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand and M R Burchell . “Benefits and challenges of continuous flow and nitrogen monitoring in a restored salt marsh in North Carolina” ASABE Annual International meeting. Louiville, KY. August 7-10, 2011. (pdf)
  • Horstman, M T, F Birgand and E L Allen . “A Mesocosm Study to Explore the Enhancement of Nitrate Dissipation Capacity in Treatment Wetlands” ASABE Annual International meeting. Louiville, KY. August 7-10, 2011. (pdf)
  • Gilmore, T, F Birgand K Chapman and A Brown . “GaugeCam: An Image-Based System to Measure Water Levels in Streams” ASABE Annual International meeting. Louiville, KY. August 7-10, 2011. (pdf)
  • Birgand F . “Evaluation of Uncertainties on Annual Nutrient Load Induced by Time Proportional Composite Sampling Strategies” ASABE Annual International meeting. Louiville, KY. August 7-10, 2011. (pdf)
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand and M R Burchell . “Intensive monitoring to develop a water and nitrogen balance for a constructed tidal stream” 11th Annual meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society. Ashville, NC. May 22-25, 2011. (pdf)
  • Gardner, A, G Jennings, S McMillan, F Birgand and A Tuttle . “Enhancing nutrient retention/removal in stream restoration projects” 11th Annual meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society. Ashville, NC. May 22-25, 2011. (pdf)
  • Kao, Y, F Birgand, B Reich and W J Showers . “Addressing the uncertainties on annual nitrate load calculations in the Neuse River, NC” Annual NC WRRI conference. Raleigh, NC. March 22-23, 2011. (pdf)
  • Chescheir G M, F Birgand, M A Youssef, R W Skaggs and J Nettles . “Hydrology and water quality impacts of biofuel feedstock production on forestry lands” Annual NC WRRI conference. Raleigh, NC. March 22-23, 2011. (pdf)
  • Etheridge, J R, M R Burchell II and F Birgand . “Continuously monitoring flow, carbon, and nitrogen in a restored North Carolina salt marsh” Annual NC WRRI conference. Raleigh, NC. March 22-23, 2011. (pdf)
  • Birgand F, G Lellouche and T M Appelboom . “Is measuring flow in streams such an easy thing to do?” Annual NC WRRI conference. Raleigh, NC. March 22-23, 2011. (pdf)
  • Horstman, M, E Allen, F Birgand and P Harris . “The Evaluation of a Combined Multiplexer Pumping System and Water Quality Probe for Use as a Portable Water Quality Lab” Annual NC WRRI conference. Raleigh, NC. March 22-23, 2011. (pdf)
• 2010 (3)
  • Etheridge, J R, A Lepistö, K Granlund, K Rankinen, M R Burchell II and F Birgand . “Calibration of the INCA-N Model in the Pyhäjoki and Yläneenjoki Catchments in Finland” ASABE International meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 20 - June 23, 2010.
  • Chescheir G M, F Birgand, S Tian and M A Youssef . “The effect of sampling frequency on the accuracy of nitrogen load estimates from a drained loblolly pine plantation in Eastern North Carolina” ASABE’s 9th International Drainage symposium. June 13-17, 2010, Québec city, Canada.
  • Birgand F, Bennett E, Gruau G . “Deriving Sampling Frequency Charts: example for Dissolved Organic Matter in Brittany, France” NC WRRI Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC, March 31st, 2010. (pdf)
• 2009 (3)
  • Birgand F, Faucheux C, Moatar F, Meybeck M . “Quelles erreurs pour quelles stratégies d’échantillonnage de l’eau dans les bassins versants ? (What kind of error for what sampling strategies in watersheds?)” Presentation at the international forum on integrated water resource management at the Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, June, 1-3, 2009.
  • Birgand F, Chescheir, G M . “Measuring Nutrient Retention in Streams: Scale Matters” ASABE International meeting, Reno, NE, June 21st-23rd, 2009.
  • Birgand F, Faucheux C, Moatar F, Meybeck M . “Uncertainties on nitrate water quality indicators associated with infrequent sampling in Brittany, France” ASABE International meeting, Reno, NE, June 21st-23rd, 2009.
• 2006 & before (10)
  • Billy, B, Kao, C, Birgand, F, Tournebize, J and Sebilo, M . “Nitrate dynamics in a sub-surface drained agricultural watershed” Man and Rivers II Symposium, 4-6th December 2006, Paris, France.
  • Gruau G, Birgand F . “Long-Term Trends in Dissolved Organic Matter in French Rivers : Assessing the relative effects of climate change and human activities using long-term records” Man and Rivers II Symposium, 4-6th December 2006, Paris, France. (pdf)
  • Birgand F, Faucheux C . “Evaluation of sampling strategies for estimating annual nutrient loads at the outlets of rural watersheds” Man and Rivers II Symposium, 4-6th December 2006, Paris, France. (pdf)
  • Billy, B, Birgand, F, Kao, C, Tournebize, J . “Water and nitrate balance in a poorly drained forested and agricultural watershed” International Conference Hydrology and Management of Forested Wetlands, ASABE, 8-12 Avril, 2006 New Bern NC, USA.
  • Birgand F, Appelboom T W, Chescheir G M, Skaggs R W and Gilliam J W . “Time Proportional Sampling Strategies for Estimating Annual Nutrient Fluxes at the Outlets of Coastal Plain Watersheds” International Conference Hydrology and Management of Forested Wetlands, ASABE, 8-12 Avril, 2006 New Bern NC, USA. (pdf)
  • Birgand F, Bordenave P, Saint-Cast P, Le Saos E and Serrand P . “Evaluation of sampling strategies for estimating nutrient fluxes at the outlets of agricultural watersheds” * International Conference of the EWRA. September 2005, Menton, France.* (pdf)
  • Laplana, R, Turpin, N, Kaljonen, M, Strauss, P, Bärlund, I, Benigni, G, Bioteau, T, Birgand, F, Bontems, P, Bordenave, P, Eklo, O M, Feichtinger, F, Garnier, M, Haverkamp, R, Leone, A, Tattari, S, Lescot, J M, Lo Porto, A, Piet, L, Ripa, M N, Romstad, E, Rotillon, G, Zahm, F . “How to compare best agricultural management practices at the watershed scale?” EWRA 6th international conference Sharing a common vision of our water resources, Menton, 7-10 september 2005.
  • Lefrançois J, Grimaldi C, Birgand F, Gascuel-Odoux C, Gilliet N . “Origins and dynamics of suspended sediment in two small agricultural catchments, Normandy, France” Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of water resources, Portugal, July 11-13,2005.
  • Lefrançois J, Grimaldi C, Gascuel-Odoux C, Birgand F, Gilliet N . “Suspended sediment concentration (SS)-discharge relationships : a way to identify the dominant processes implicated in the SS load on a small agricultural catchment” VIIth Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Foz Do Iguaçu, April 3-9, 2005 .
  • Peu, P, Martinez, J, Birgand, F, Hinsinger, P, Benedetti, M F . “Short term evolution of pig slurry macronutrients (N, P, K) accumulated into an over amended lysimeter (SOLEPUR)” 11th International conference of the FAO ESCORENA network on the recycling of agricultural, municipal and industrial residues in agriculture, Murcia, ESP, 6-9 October 2004. p. 55 - 58.

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Posters at conferences (56)

• 2023 (2)
  • Birgand, F, S Garvey. “A Multiplexed Sampler for high spatio-temporal resolution water quality data” IConS Symposium NC State University, May 25,2023 .
  • Nooshzadi, MM, F Birgand, K Chapman, S Young. “Machine Vision to Measure Stormwater Flow” IConS Symposium NC State University, May 25,2023 .
• 2020 (1)
  • Hammond, N., Schreiber, M., Bookout, B., Corrigan, R., Birgand, F., Carey, C.. “Assessing th Short-term Variability of Iron and Manganese Cycling in a Drinking-Water Reservoir Using a High-Frequency Water Quality Sensor” AGU Fall Meeting 2020. (pdf)
• 2019 (7)
  • Birgand, F., Maxwell, B, Thomas, A., Tian, S, Schipper, L, Christianson, L, Helmers, M, Williams, D, Chescheir, GM, Youssef, M. “Effects of drying and rewetting cycles on denitrification and greenhouse gas emissions in saturated ligneous substrate” AGU Fall Meeting – San Francisco 9-13 December, 2019. (pdf)
  • Liu, W, Maxwell, B, Birgand, F, Youssef, M, Chescheir, C. “Multi-Point High Frequency Sampling System to Gain Deeper Insights on the Fate of Nitrate in Artificially Drained Fields” ASABE Annual International Conference, Boston, MA, 7-10 July, 2019.
  • Howden, N, Burt, T, Worrall, F, Birgand, F, Gnann, S, Woods, R. “The dependence structure of daily UK hydrological time series” Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology and Geochemistry, Gordon Research Conference, Andover, NH, 23-28 June 2019. (pdf)
  • Moin, S, Birgand, F, Hunt, WF. “Exploring the benefits of high frequency water quality sampling in stormwater wetlands” ASCE - EWRI International Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 19-23 May, 2019.
  • Carey, C.C., R.Q. Thomas, R.J. Figueiredo, V. DaneshmandG, B.J. Bookout, F. Birgand, and H. Wander. “Integrating environmental sensor networks and real-time ecological forecasting to adaptively manage water quality” Ecological Forecasting Initiative Conference, Washington, D.C., May 2019.
  • Hang, Q, Birgand, F, Belenky, C, Lin, C-W. “The Short-term Response of Nutrient Loads to an Agricultural Stream Restoration in Coastal Plain of North Carolina” Innovations in Agriculture, BASF, Durham, NC, 1 May 2019. (pdf)
  • Blackman, S, Chen, C, Birgand, F. “Modeling Flow-Driven Nitrate Removal Rates and Prototyping Electrical-Augmentation for Woodchip Bioreactors” Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, N.C. , 4 April 2019. (pdf)
• 2018 (15)
  • Maxwell, B, Birgand, F, Schipper, L, Christianson, L, Tian, S, Helmers, M, Williams, D, Chescheir, GM, Youssef, M. “Impact of drying-rewetting cycles on nitrate removal rates in woodchip bioreactors” AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 December 2018.
  • Birgand, F, Howden, N, Belenky, C., Burt, T, Worall, F. “Integrative vs. derivative indicators: which should we use to detect water quality improvements?” AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 December 2018.
  • Liu, W, Tian, S, Youssef, MA, Birgand, F, Chescheir, GM. “Long-term temporal variation of nitrate concentration - stream discharge (C-Q) relationship from an agricultural watershed in Midwest U.S.” AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 December 2018.
  • Carey, C.C., Thomas, RQ, Figueiredo, RJ, Daneshmand, V, Bookout, BJ, Birgand, F. “Can we use GLM to predict fall turnover? Integrating sensor networks and real-time forecasting to manage water quality” GLEON 20 All Hands’ Meeting, 3–7 December 2018, Rottnest Island (near Perth), Australia.
  • Winter, D, Fox,G , Birgand, F. “Comparison of Pre-Restoration and Post-Restoration In-Stream Solute Transport and Treatment in a Restored Coastal Plain Stream” ASABE annual international meeting, July 29 - August 1st, 2018, Detroit, Michigan.
  • Maxwell, B, Birgand, F, Winter, D, Garvey, S, Ray, C, Gilmore, T. “Multi-point sampling methods to improve spatial and temporal resolution of water quality data” EWRI - World Environmental & Water Resources Congress Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 3–7, 2018. (pdf)
  • Moin, S, Birgand, F, Hunt, WF III. “Exploring The Benefits of High Resolution Water Quality Sampling in Stormwater Wetlands” EWRI - World Environmental & Water Resources Congress Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 3–7, 2018.
  • Liu, W, Tian, S, Youssef, M, Birgand, F, Chescheir, GM. “Long-term temporal variation of nitrate concentration-stream discharge (C-Q) relationship for an agricultural watershed in Midwest USA” Agricultural Drainage Management Systems Task Force/NCERA 217 - April 11-12, 2018 – Raleigh, NC. (pdf)
  • Liu, W, Maxwell, B, Birgand, F, Youssef, M, Chescheir, GM. “Insights from intensive water quality sampling in a drained agricultural field” Agricultural Drainage Management Systems Task Force/NCERA 217 - April 11-12, 2018 – Raleigh, NC. (pdf)
  • Maxwell, B, Birgand, F, Schipper, L, Christianson, L, Helmers, M, Youssef, M, Tian, S, Chescheir, GM, Williams, D. “Impacts of drying-rewetting cycles on nitrate removal in woodchip bioreactors” Agricultural Drainage Management Systems Task Force/NCERA 217 - April 11-12, 2018 – Raleigh, NC. (pdf)
  • Birgand, F, Lin, C-W. “Estimating uncertainties on annual nutrient loads using sensor concentrations” European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, 8–13 April 2018. (pdf)
  • Moin, S, Birgand, F, Hunt, W F III. “Exploring The Benefits of High Resolution Water Quality Sampling in Stormwater Wetlands” NC WRRI Annual Conferenc March 14-15, 2018, Raleigh, NC. (pdf)
  • Hang, Q, Birgand, F. “Quantifying the effects of stream restoration: A review” NC WRRI Annual Conferenc March 14-15, 2018, Raleigh, NC.
  • Winter, D, Maxwell, B, Birgand, F. “Microbes, Nutrients, and Twitter: What We Have Learned from a WRRI Student Grant” NC WRRI Annual Conferenc March 14-15, 2018, Raleigh, NC. (pdf)
  • Birgand, F, B Maxwell, S Tian, W Liu, L Negm, M Youssef, G Chescheir, L Schipper, L Christianson, M Helmers, D Williams. “Transforming denitrifying bioreactor research and applications: unveiling the inside of the blackbox” USDA NIFA and NSF Water and Soils Meeting, Project Director Meeting, January 29-31, 2018. (pdf)
• 2017 (4)
  • Birgand, F, N Howden, T Burt, and F Worrall. “Integrative indicators as robust metrics of catchment biogeochemical function” AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, December 11-15, 2017. (pdf)
  • Liu, W, M Youssef, F Birgand, GM Chescheir, B Maxwell, S Tian. “Nitrate concentration-drainage flow (C-Q) relationship for a drained agricultural field in Eastern North Carolina Plain” AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, December 11-15, 2017. (pdf)
  • Maxwell, B, Winter, D, Birgand F . “Monitoring of a floating treatment wetland retrofit on a stormwater pond using continuous, multipoint_in_situ sampling methods” 17th Annual Meeting of The American Ecological Engineering Society, Athens, GA, May 23-25, 2017.
  • Winter, D, Gardner, T, Birgand, F, Owiti, D, Maxwell, B . “Microbial Community Analysis of a Floating Island System in a Stormwater Wet Detention Basin” Soil Science Society of North Carolina Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC, January 2017.
• 2016 (3)
  • Winter, D, Gardner, T, Birgand, F, Owiti, D, Maxwell, B . “Microbial Community Analysis of a Floating Island System in a Stormwater Wet Detention Basin” NCSU’s Undergraduate Research Summer Symposium, Raleigh, NC, August 2016.
  • Winter, D, Birgand, F and C-W Lin. “Measuring the Water Quality Impact of a Stream Restoration during Construction” ASABE Annual International meeting. Orlando, FL, July 17-20, 2016.
  • Maxwell, B M and F Birgand . ” Can we rejuventate bioreactors using wetting and drying cycles? ” * ASABE Annual International meeting. Orlando, FL, July 17-20, 2016.*
• 2015 (1)
  • Dobbs, N, Allen, E, Carter, T, Birgand, F, and Aveni-Deforge, K . “Challenges of Monitoring Water Quality on a Continuous Basis at the Watershed Scale” Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 18-19, 2015. (pdf)
• 2014 (3)
  • Maxwell, B, F Birgand, K Aveni-Deforge, and B Smith . “Water Quality Data at High Time and Space Resolution in the Field : Expanding Spectrophotometer Capabilities with Arduino Driven Sequential Autosampler” AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 14-19, 2014. (pdf)
  • Muwamba, A, D M Amatya, H Ssegane, E W, Tollner, J Nettles, G Chescheir, F Birgand, M Youssef, T W Appelboom and R W Skaggs . “Effects of Intercropping Switchgrass on Drainage Water Nutrients and Sediment of a Planted Pine Forest in Coastal North Carolina” ASABE Annual International meeting. Montréal, Canada. July 14 - 16, 2014.
  • Maxwell, B, F Birgand, K Aveni-Deforge, B Smith and E Allen . “Evaluation of an Automated Micro-Volume in situ Spectrometry-based Lab for High Spatial and Temporal Resolution” Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Annual Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 19-20, 2014. (pdf)
• 2013 (5)
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand and M Burchell. “Insights into the Impact of Tropical Systems on Tidal Marshes: Results from High Frequency Monitoring in a Constructed Marsh During Hurricane Sandy” Southeast Tidal Creek Summit, Wilmington, NC. December 16-17, 2013. (pdf)
  • Allen, E, F Birgand, G M Chescheir, C L Osburn, K Aveni-Deforge, R Etheridge and J Nettles. “Continuous Monitoring of Hydrology and Water Quality to Detect Impacts of Biomass Intercropping in Managed Pine Plantations of the Southeastern United States” ASABE Annual International meeting. Kansas City, MO. July 21 - 24, 2013. (pdf)
  • Allen, E, F Birgand, G M Chescheir, E Bennett, V Andréassian, C Perrin and T Appelboom. “Hydrology and Water Quality Impacts of Biomass Intercropping in Managed Pine Plantations of the Southeastern United States” ASABE Annual International meeting. Kansas City, MO. July 21 - 24, 2013. (pdf)
  • Barto, T, F Birgand, R Etheridge, M Polizzotto and M Burchell. “The role of solid phases in nutrient cycling in a restored coastal marsh” Undergraduate Research Symposium, NCSU, Raleigh, NC. April 10, 2013.
  • Polizzotto, M, F Birgand, E Lineberger, B Badruzzaman, A Ali . “Novel Approaches for Removing Arsenic from Irrigation Water and Protecting Food Security in South Asia” India Reception, NCSU, Raleigh, NC, March 26, 2013.
• 2012 (1)
  • Birgand, F, G Lellouche and T M Appelboom. “Uncertainties on flow calculated from stage-discharge rating curves in small streams” ASABE Annual International meeting. Dallas, TX. July 29 - August 01, 2012. (pdf)
• 2011 (3)
  • Etheridge, J R, F Birgand, and M R Burchell. “Quantifying the Water Quality Benefits of a Restored Tidal Stream Using Intensive Nitrate and Flow Monitoring” * Southeast Tidal Creeks Summit, Charleston, SC. December 5-6, 2011.* (pdf)
  • Mikan, M, C Osburn and F Birgand. “Chromophoric dissolved and particulate organic matter cycling through a tidally influenced restored marsh ecosystem in Eastern North Carolina” Annual NC WRRI conference. Raleigh, NC. March 22-23, 2011. (pdf)
  • Gardner, A, McMillan, S, Tuttle, A, Birgand F and G Jennings. “Evaluating Nutrient Retention in Restored and Unrestored Urban Streams” Annual NC WRRI conference. Raleigh, NC. March 22-23, 2011. (pdf)
• 2010 (6)
  • Birgand, F and G M Chescheir. “Evaluation of Uncertainties on Annual Nutrient Load Induced by Time Proportional Composite Sampling Strategies” ASABE International meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 20 - June 23, 2010. (pdf)
  • Crouse, J A, Birgand, F Boyette M and Y Nedelec. “New instruments for surveying cross sections in stream restoration projects” ASABE International meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 20 - June 23, 2010. (pdf)
  • Gardner, A, S McMillan, G Jennings, F Birgand and A Tuttle. “Nutrient Injections: Evaluating differences in nutrient retention in restored and unrestored stream reaches” NC WRRI Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC, March 31st, 2010. (pdf)
  • Perkinson, A, Garland, C, Fitzgerald, S Perry, W, F Birgand, Boyette, M and Harris, P. “Multiplexor system to expand continuous water quality monitoring to multiple sources” National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Regional Summit, Raleigh, NC March 03-05.
  • Bennett, E Birgand, F, and Gruau, G. “Deriving sampling frequency guidelines for monitoring dissolved organic matter in Brittany, France” National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Regional Summit, Raleigh, NC March 03-05. (pdf)
  • Gilmore, T Birgand, F, Chapman, K, and Brown, A. ” Providing Real_Time Hydrologic Data Using Webcams” National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Regional Summit, Raleigh, NC March 03-05. (pdf)
• 2009 (1)
  • Gilmore, T Birgand, F, Chapman, K. “Internet-Connected Water Level Detection” State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium. University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC. Nov. 21st, 2009. (pdf)
• 2006 & before (4)
  • Birgand, F, Giraud F (deceased), Chescheir G M, Skaggs R W and J W Gilliam. “Measurement and modeling of denitrification in poorly drained soils of the lower coastal plain” International Conference Hydrology and Management of Forested Wetlands, ASABE, 8-12 Avril, 2006 New Bern NC, USA. (pdf)
  • Birgand, F, Chescheir G M, Skaggs R W and J W Gilliam. “Quantification and modeling of in-stream processes in forest impacted agricultural canals of the lower coastal plain” International Conference Hydrology and Management of Forested Wetlands, ASABE, 8-12 Avril, 2006 New Bern NC, USA. (pdf)
  • Riffard M, Birgand F Loumagne C Andréassian V, Kao, C and Ansart P. “ORACLE: An experimental site since 1962 for the study of hydrological hazards and biogeochemical processes” EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April 2006. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 02338, 2006.
  • Gruau, G, Jardé, E, Novince, E, Birgand, F, Panaget, T, Le Roy, S . “Pollution des Eaux Continentales Bretonnes par les Matières Organiques Facteurs de Contrôle, Indicateurs et Evolution dans le Temps” BV Futur : savoirs et savoir-faire sur les bassins versants. Vannes, 20-21 et 22 avril 2004. (pdf)

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Research Income and Grants

This following section provides a summary of research income to date which totals $5,987,764, with $1,632,374 as Principal Investigator (PI) and $4,169,908 as Co-Investigator (Co-PI).

• 2021
  • NCDOT – Low-Cost Visual Sensing of Stormwater Outlet Flow. (PI) $185,482
• 2019
  • Colonvade – Hydrological Effects of a Eucalyptus Plantation in Uruguay. (co-PI) $44,002
• 2018
  • NSF – Collaborative Research: Consequences of changing oxygen availability for carbon cycling in freshwater ecosystems. (co-PI) $63,073
• 2016
  • NC Department of Transportation – Continuing Intensive Monitoring of Nutrient and Material Load in Claridge Nursery Stream “the Canal”: assessing the water quality impacts & benefits of a stream restoration in the coastal plain. (Lead PI) $528,412
  • NCSU Water Resources Research Institute – Quantifying Treatment Potential of Floating Treatment Wetlands to Benefit North Carolina Waters Unising Improved Methodology and Novel Technology. (Lead PI) $9,994
  • Clean Water Management Trust Fund – Using Smart Control and Real-Time Data Collection to Improve SCM Design and Performance. (co-PI) $298,135
  • USDA NIFA – Transforming Denitrifying Bioreactor Research and Applications: Unveiling the Inside of the Blackbox. (Lead PI) $499,900
• 2013
  • NCSU Water Resources Research Institute – A Mesocosm Study to Determine Nitrogen Assimilation Capacity of a Restored Wetland Slated to Receive Pumped Drainage Water - a Critical Component to Maximize Improvement to the Pamlico Sound. (co-PI) $29,914
  • NC Department of Transportation – Intensive Monitoring of Nutrient and Material Load in Claridge Nursery Stream ‘The Canal’ Pre-, During and Post Construction of Highway 70 Bypass in Wayne County, NC. (Lead PI) $367,644
• 2012
  • USDC NOAA – Predicting Water Quality Impacts of Rerouting Drainage Water From the Pamlico Sound to Restored Wetlands. (co-PI) $19,814
  • NCSU Water Resources Research Institute – Predicting Water Quality Impacts of Rerouting Drainage Water From the Pamlico Sound to Restored Wetlands. (co-PI) $19,814
  • Weyerhaeuser NR Co. – Effects of Biofuel Planting, Growth and Harvesting on the Hydrology and Water Quality of Pine Plantations. (co-PI) $780,000
• 2011
  • USGS – Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Restored Salt Marshes. (co-PI) $56,808
  • NC Sea Grant Program – Quantification of Nutrient and Organic Matter Fluxes in a Restore Tidal Marsh. (Lead PI) $9,500
  • NCSU Water Resources Research Institute – Quantification of Nutrient and Organic Matter Fluxes in a Restored Tidal Marsh. (Lead PI) $20,000
  • NC Coastal Federation – Design and Implementation of an Innovative Water management system in Hyde County, NC: Phase 1. (co-PI) $108,934
• 2010
  • NC DENR – Water Quality & Biota Monitoring and Assessment of NC DFR Projects in Wayne, Durham and Granville Counties. (co-PI) $17,000
  • NCSU Water Resources Research Institute – Deriving Sampling Frequency Guidelines For Water Quality Monitoring in North Carolina. (Lead PI) $30,754
  • US Department of Energy – Optimization of Southeastern Forest Biomass Crop Production: A Watershed Scale Evaluation of the Sustainability and Productivity of Dedicated Energy Crop and Woody Biomass Operations. (co-PI) $2,092,892
• 2009
  • NC DENR – Quantification of In-Stream Water Quality Benefits of a Restored Coastal Marsh. (Lead PI) $166,170
• 2008
  • Weyerhaeuser Co. – Analysis of the Effects of Biofuel Planting, Growth, and Harvesting on the Hydrology and Water Quality of Pine Plantations. (co-PI) $620,320
  • NC Coastal Federation – Hydrologic Impacts of Rerouting Pumped Agricultural Drainage Water Through a Historical and Restored Wetland System as Part of a Innovative Integrated Water Management System in Hyde County, NC. (co-PI) $19,202

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Media exposure

• 2019
  • Coastwatch Currents – Wetland Chemical Composition Changes Hourly – September 2019
• 2017
  • NSF – Researchers to forecast water quality with NSF support – October 2017
• 2014
  • Coastwatch – NCSeagrant.org – Sensing the future: a new technique to monitor water quality – Summer 2014
  • Resource – ASABE magazine – Technique allows more frequent and detailed water quality monitoring – May/June 2014
  • Top Story – NSF Science 360 News - Technique allows frequent water monitoring for suite of pollutants – March 2014
  • NCSU News Room – New Technique Allows Frequent Water Quality Monitoring for Suite of Pollutants – March 2014
  • NC WRRI Newsletter – Sensing the future: a new technique to monitor water quality – March 2014
• 2011
  • NCSU News Room – Water Flow: A Picture’s Worth More Than A Thousand Words – October 2011
  • WUNC radio interview – “NC State Device Monitors Floods, Droughts” – November 2011

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Selected Reports

• 2004
  • Birgand, F., Novince, E. 2004. Factors explaining the presence of undesirable Organic Matter in Brittany surface waters: analyses of existing data. 84 p. (in French)
  • Gruau, G., Birgand, F., Jardé, E., Novince, E. 2004. Pollution of Brittany drinking water supply by Organic Matter: synthesis on the possible causes and mitigation. 109 p. (in French)
  • Laplana, R., Turpin, N., Bärlund, I., Bioteau, T., Birgand , F., Bontems, P., Bordenave, P., Eklo, O.M., Feichtinger, F., Garnier, M., Haverkamp, R., Kaljonen, M., Leone, A., Lescot, J.M., Lo Porto, A., Piet, L., Ripa, M.N., Romstad, E., Rotillon, G., Strauss, P., Tattari, S., Zahm, F. - 2004. Guidelines to compare best management practices at watershed scale: concepts, methods, demonstration, implementation. Report from the AgriBMPWater European Research Project. 35 p.
  • Baglinière, J.L. , Bardonnet, A. , Berard, A. , Berny, P. , Birgand, F. , Bolliet, V. , Caquet, T. , Druart, J.C. , Dumas, J. , Gascuel-Odoux, C. , Gilliet, C. , Grimaldi, C. , Haury, J. , Laplana, R. , Lazzarotto, J. , Leboulanger, C. , Lecœur, S. , Macary, F. , Montuelle, B. , Nirel, P. , Parade, M. , Quetin, P. , Régeard, A. , Roussel, J.M. , Trevisan, D. , Dorioz, J. M. , Ombredane, D. 2004. Watersheds and biological quality of streams: effect of watershed management on exportation of suspended solids and on stream biology in cattle rearing areas.. Dorioz, J. M. (ed.), Ombredane, D. (ed.) 51 p. (in French)
• 2003
  • Amatya, D.M., G.M. Chescheir, G.P. Fernandez, R.W. Skaggs, F. Birgand and J.W. Gilliam. 2003. Lumped Parameter Models for Pre¬dicting Nitrogen Loading from Lower Coastal Plan Watersheds. WRRI Report 347.
• 2001
  • Turpin, N., Granlund, K., Bioteau, T., Rekolainen, S., Bordenave, P., Birgand, F. - 2001. Testing of harp guidelines. Final report. 53 p. (Report from the µHARP European Project).
• 1995
  • Giraud, F. and F. Birgand. 1995. Measurements and modeling of nitrogen budget in poorly drained soils. OECD Report. 96 pp.

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Professional Societies

• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, member
• American Geophysical Union, member

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Professional services on campus

• 2018-2019:
  • Chair of Teaching Faculty search committee
• 2017:
  • Department Data Analytics Faculty search committee
• 2016-present:
  • College of Engineering Research Committee
  • College of Ag and Life Sciences CRC Committee
• 2016:
  • CALS BAE Department Head Search Committee
• 2012 - Present:
  • Department Graduate Studies Committee
• 2009-Present:
  • Department Recruitment and Placement Committee
  • Department Research Committee
• 2011 – 2013:
  • Junior Adviser - Student branch of AWRA
• 2008-2010:
  • 4 Departmental Ad hoc Committees

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Professional services off campus

• 2019:
  • Guest editor for Sensors, Associate editor in Frontiers in Water
• 2016:
  • Advisory Board member for the NSF EPSCoR NEWRnet program
  • panelist, NSF, Hydrological Sciences Program
• 2015:
  • International expert on environmental impacts and on compensation of wetland losses associated with the Airport ‘Notre Dame des Landes’, France
• 2014:
  • session chair, AGU Hydrology – new water quality sensors
• 2011 – present:
  • session organizer Annual international conference ASABE
• 2011:
  • panelist, NIFA Integrated Water Quality Program
• 2009-present:
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Transactions of the ASABE
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Hydrology
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Ecological Engineering
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of the Total Environment
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Water Resources Research
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Agricultural Water Management
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Hydrological Engineering
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Environmental Quality
• Peer Reviewer for professional journals:
  • Journal of Environmental Quality (1), Transactions of the ASABE (5), Agricultural Water Management (1), Ecological Engineering (1), Hydrological Processes (1), Revue des sciences de l’eau (1), Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (1), Hydrological Sciences (1), Journal of Hydrology (3), Journal of the Total Environment (2), Water Resources Research (2).