:: Charles M. Burt ::

Chairman of the Board, ITRC

Office: BRAE 08A-022B
Phone: 805-756-2379
Fax: 805-756-2433
cburt@calpoly.edu

Ph.D., P.E., CID

Author or co-author of 120 articles and study guides, related to on-farm irrigation, canal modernization, and efficiency (See below for a partial list of publications).
First chairman of the IA Certification Board.
Extensive field and design experience in drip, sprinkler, and surface.
Extensive field and theoretical experience in canal / pipeline / pump modernization.
Work experience in 26 countries.
Registered Civil Engineer and Agricultural Engineer, California.
Registered Professional Engineer, Utah.
Person of the Year (1997) - The Irrigation Association.
Person of the Year (2000) - California Irrigation Institute.

Professor, BioResource and Agricultural Engineering Department

Education:

B.S., Soil Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
M.S., Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Ph.D., Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT

Teaches the following University irrigation classes:

BRAE 331 Irrigation Theory
BRAE 532 Wells and Pumps
BRAE 533 Irrigation Project Design
BRAE 438 Drip Irrigation
BRAE 414 Irrigation Engineering
BRAE 440 Agricultural Irrigation Systems
BRAE 405 Chemigation

Examples of publications by Dr. Charles Burt:

Burt, C.M., G. Stringham and D. James. 1976. Increasing Yields on Recently Graded Land Through Proper Phosphate Fertilization. Utah Science. Reprinted in Nov/Dec 1976 issue of Irrigation Age.
Burt, C.M. and J. Keller. 1976. Very Low Pressure Sprinkler Irrigation. ASAE Paper No. 76-2517. , and Utah State University 2111(d)-12 bulletin. Dept. of Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering.
Merriam, J., Shearer and C.M. Burt. 1980. Evaluating Irrigation Systems and Practices. Chapter 17 in the ASAE Monograph No. 3. M.E. Jensen, editor. Pp. 721-762.
Burt, C.M. and J. Lord. 1981. Demand Theory and Application in Irrigation District Water Delivery. Proceedings of the ASAE Specialty Conference on Irrigation Scheduling, held at Chicago, Ill.
Burt, C.M. 1983. Regulation of Sloping Canals by Downstream Regulation Control. ASAE Paper No. 83-2582. Presented at the winter meeting of ASAE in Chicago, Ill.
Burt, C.M., R. Walker and S. Styles. 1992. Irrigation System Evaluation Manual - rev 1992. A comprehensive, documented software package for evaluation of agricultural irrigation systems. Funded by the OWC, Calif. DWR. Pub. by ITRC, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Burt, C.M. and G. Gartrell. 1993. Irrigation Canal - Simulation Model Usage. 1993. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 119 (4):631-636.
Plusquellec, H., C.M. Burt and H. Wolter. 1994. Modern Water Control in Irrigation - Concepts Issues and Applications. World Bank Technical Paper Number 246. Irrigation and Drainage Series. The World Bank. Washington, D.C.
Burt, C.M. 1994. The Irrigation Consumer Bill of Rights. Irrigation Journal. Vol 44(4): 32-33.
Burt, C.M. and S. Styles. 2000. Drip and Microirrigation for Trees, Vines, and Row Crops, with special sections on buried drip. Published by the ITRC, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA. ISBN 0-9643634-2-9. 292p.
Burt, C.M. 1995. The Surface Irrigation Manual - A Comprehensive Guide to Design and Operation of Surface Irrigation Systems. Waterman Industries. Exeter, CA. ISBN 0-9639016. 373 p.
Burt, C.M. 1995. Guidelines for Establishing Irrigation Scheduling Policies. Theme V: Interaction Between Water Delivery and Irrigation Scheduling. ICID/FAO Workshop on Irrigation Scheduling: From Theory to Practice. Sept. 12-13. Rome, Italy.
Burt, C.M., K. O'Connor and T. Ruehr. 1995. Fertigation. Published by the ITRC, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA. ISBN 0-9643634-1-0. 326 p.
Burt, C.M. and S. Styles. 1996. Modern Water Control and Management Practices in Irrigation: Impact on Performance. FAO Technical Papers. Water Report 19. ISSN 1020-1203. 223 p.
Burt, C.M., R. Mills, R. Khalsa, and V. Ruiz. 1998. Improved Proportional-Integral (PI) Logic for Canal Automation. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering.
Burt, C.M., A. Clemmens, T. Strelkoff, K. Solomon, R. Bliesner, L. Hardy, T. Howell, and D. Eisenhauer. 1998. Irrigation Performance Measures - Efficiency and Uniformity. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 123(6):423-442.
Burt, C.M. 2004. Rapid Field Evaluation of Drip and Microspray Distribution Uniformity. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Irrigation and Drainage Systems 18:275-297.
Burt, C.M., A.J. Mutziger, R.G. Allen, and T.A. Howell. 2005. Evaporation Research - A Review and Interpretation. Journal Irrig. Drain. Engr. 131(1): 37-58.
Mutziger, A.J., C.M. Burt, D.J. Howes, and R.G. Allen. 2005. Comparison of Measured and Modified FAO 56 Modeled Bare Soil Evaporation. Journal Irrig. Drain. Engr. 131(1): 59-72.
Allen, R.G., A.J. Clemmens, C.M. Burt, K. Solomon, and T. O'Halloran. 2005. Prediction Accuracy for Projectwide Evapotranspiration Using Crop Coefficients and Reference Evapotranspiration. Journal Irrig. Drainage. Engr. 131(1): 24-36.
van Overloop, P.J., J. Schuurmans, R. Brouwer, and C.M. Burt. 2005. Multiple Model Optimization of Decentralized PI-Controllers on Canals. Journal Irrig. Drain. Engr. 131(2: 190-196.
Burt, C.M. and B. Isbell. 2005. Leaching of Accumulated Soil Salinity Under Drip Irrigation. Trans. of ASAE 48(6): 2115-2121.
Burt, C.M. 2007. Volumetric Irrigation Water Pricing Considerations. Irrigation Drainage Syst. 21:133-144.
Burt, C.M. and S.W. Styles. 2007. Drip and Micro Irrigation Design and Management for Trees, Vines, and Field Crops. Practice plus Theory. 3rd Edition. ISBN 978-0-9643634-4-1. 396 p.
Burt, C.M., X. Piao, F. Gaudi, B. Busch, and NFN Taufik. 2008. Electric Motor Efficiency Under Variable Frequencies and Loads. ASCE Journal Irrig. Drain. Engr 134(2):129-136.
Styles, S.W., C. Burt, F. Gaudi, and S. Orvis. 2008. Assessment of ITRC’s Rapid Evaluation Procedure for Drip/Micro Irrigation Systems. ASCE Journal Irrig. Drain. Engr 134(3):292-297.
Clemmens, A.J., R.G. Allen, and C.M. Burt. 2008. Technical Concepts Related to Conservation of Irrigation and Rain Water in Agricultural Systems. Water Resources Research.44,W00E03,doi:10.1029/2007WR006095. Pub. 29 July 2008
Perry, C., P. Steduto, R.G. Allen, and C.M. Burt. 2009. Increasing Productivity in Irrigated Agriculture: Agronomic Constraints and Hydrological Realities. Agricultural Water Management. Elsevier B.V. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2009.05.005
Burt, C.M., S.Orvis, and N. Alexander. 2010. Canal Seepage Reduction by Soil Compaction. ASCE, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 136(7):479-485 : URL: http://link.aip.org/link/?QIR/136/479 DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000205
Howes, D.J., C. M. Burt, and B. F. Sanders. 2010. Subcritical Contraction Design for Improved Open Channel Flow Measurement Accuracy With An Upward-Looking ADVM. ASCE, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 136(9):617-626.