NSF INFEWS WaterSmart Project Kick-off Meeting
Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems
George Mason University
4087 University Drive, Room 3006, Fairfax, VA 22030
October 19, 2017
9:00-9:10 Welcome address
Prof. Deborah Crawford, Vice President for Research, George Mason University
9:10-9:40 WaterSmart project overview and tasks
Prof. Liping Di, Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems, GMU
9:40-10:10 Field-level crop identification and condition monitoring- current status and
research issue
Dr. Eugene Yu, Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems, GMU
10:10-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 Crop modeling and Irrigation scheduling
Prof. Haishun Yang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
11:00-11:30 Field-scale precipitation and soil moisture modeling
Dr. Mark Barlage, UCAR
11:30-12:00 Irrigation water and energy
Prof. William Kranz, UNL
12:00-1:30 Lunch Break (provided by CSISS)
1:30-1:45 Extension and Outreach Plan/thought
Prof. Roger Elmore, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1:45-2:00 Impact assessment plan/thought
Prof. Juan P. Sesmero, Purdue University
2:00-3:00 Group discussions:
Computing facility needs
Recommendation on advisory committee members
Education development and student involvement
3:00-3:30 Coffee break
3:30-5:00 Group discussions
Project coordination plan (Project all-hand meeting, monthly telecon, etc)
How to recruit farmers into the project as the tester
Extension activities, schedule, and resource needed
Field trip schedule
Any other topics to be discussed
5:30-8:00 Group Dinner (Restaurant TBD, provided by CSISS)