Dr. Aldo Piñón-Villarreal

Education

• Ph.D. (2017) — New Mexico State University
• M.S. (2008) — New Mexico State University
• B.S. (2005) — Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez

Teaching Areas

• Fluid Mechanics
• Water Resources Engineering
• Hydrology & Hydraulics
• Programming for Engineers
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Research

• Remote sensing
• Crop evapotranspiration
• Numerical modeling tools to assess hydrologic phenomena and water management issues
• Natural system engineering for water quality and riparian habitat ecological functionality
• Green technologies for passive treatment of impaired low-quality waters

Publications

• Pinon-Vilarreal, A. R., Bawazir, A. S., Shukla, M. K., Samani, Z., and King, J. P. Modeling
• capillary rise in clinoptilolite zeolite and riparian soils to sustain vegetation in water
  scarce areas. J. Irrig. Drain. Eng. 143: 04017044.
• Pinon-Vilarreal, A. R., Bawazir, A. S., Shukla, M. K., and Hanson, A. (2013). Retention and
  transport of nitrate and ammonium in loamy sand amended with clinoptilolite zeolite. J.
  Irrig. Drain. Eng., 139: 755–765.
• Samani, Z., Skaggs, R., Bawazir, A., Bleiweiss, M., Tran, V., and Piñón, A. (2012). Remote
  sensing of agricultural water use in New Mexico: From theory to practice. New Mexico
  Academy of Science, New Mexico Journal of Science, 47: 1–17.
• Granados Olivas, A., Brown, C., Esquivel Ceballos, V. H., Edwards, Z., and Piñón Villarreal, A.
  (2013). Cambios en el uso del suelo urbano: evaluación de riesgos hidrometeorológicos
  en la región Paso del Norte aplicando sistemas de información geográfica. In Dinámicas
  Locales del Cambio Ambiental Global (ed. Erick Sanchez Flores and Rolando E. Díaz
  Caravantes). Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, México: UACJ.
• Samani, Z., Bawazir, S., Skaggs, R., Longworth, J., Pinon, A. and Tran, V. (2011). A simple
  irrigation scheduling approach for pecans. Agric. Water Manage., 98: 661–664.
• Samani, Z., Bawazir, A. S., Bleiweiss, M., Skaggs, R., Longworth, Tran, V., and Pinon, A.
  (2009). Using remote sensing to evaluate the spatial variability of evapotranspiration and
  crop coefficient in the lower Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico. Irrig. Sci., 28: 93–100.
• Samani, Z., Bawazir, A. S., Skaggs, R. K., Bleiweiss, M. P., Piñón, A., and Tran, V. (2007).
  Water Use by Agricultural Crops and Riparian Vegetation: An Application of Remote
  Sensing Technology. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, 137: 8–
  13.