CHARLES SWANSON

 

Charles Swanson, M.Agr. Extension Associate - Landscape Irrigation 322 Scoates Hall 2117 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2117 Phone: 979/845-5614 Fax: 979/847-8828 Email: CLSwanson@ag.tamu.edu

Interests Agricultural Irrigation Groundwater Rights and Conservation Evapotranspiration & Irrigation Scheduling

Current Projects Turf Drip Project ET "SMART" Controller Testing

Background

 

Education

2002-2005 Texas A&M University College Station, TX
Bachelors Degree: Agricultural Systems Management

2005-2007 Texas A&M University College Station, TX
Masters of Agriculture: Agricultural Systems Management
"Determining the Irrigation Efficiency of Groundwater as a Source of Irrigation in Rice Production within the Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District"

Awards

2007 3rd Place Abstract & Poster Texas Plant Protection Conference

Employement

January 2008-Present Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Extension Associate

August 2007- December 2007 Dr Jim Gilley, Teaching Assitant

August 2006 - December 2007 Texas Agricultural Experiment Station-Cotton Physiology Workgroup, Graduate Research Assistant

May 2006-August 2006 Coastal Bend/Coastal Plains Groundwater Conservation District, Intern-Well Inspector

January 2006 - May 2007 Texas Agricultural Experiment Station- Animal Physiology, Graduate Student Worker

December 2004-December 2005 Texas Agricultural Experiment Station-Dairy Science Center, Herd Manager

May 2004-August 2004 Integrated Pest Management, Research Assistant-Cotton Scout