Expertise
Main areas of interest and expertise include the following:
Hydrology
Water resources modeling
Water quality
Environmental engineering My current interests center around operating an effective department. I teach the senior design courses and advise the College of Engineering Honor Students in the department. My professional interests, while limited at the present time, are in water resources and environmental engineering. I have worked many years with agriculturalists, biologists and environmental scientists on interdisciplinary education and research. Main areas of interest and expertise include the following:
Hydrology
Water resources modeling
Water quality
Environmental engineering
Professional engineer.
Experience as expert witness related to flooding, erosion damage, etc.

Dr. Koelliker is a native Kansan. Most of his career has been devoted to teaching and research, particularly on aspects of water resources systems and the impact of agricultural activities on water supply and water quality. He previously served 19 years as a faculty member in Civil Engineering at K-State. He was appointed to his present position as Professor and Head of the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at K-State in 1997. He is a registered professional engineer in Kansas and Colorado.
Real-time modeling of water resources using radar estimates of precipitation.
Affiliations

Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, Kansas State University
1973 - current

Communities
Agricultural Engineering, Environmental Engineering
Degrees
PhD, Iowa State University, Agricultural Engineering, 1972
MS, Iowa State University, Water Resources, 1969
BS, Kansas State University, Agricultural Engineering, 1967
PhD
BS
MS
Keywords
environmental engineering water resources engineering water resources management or planning hydrology water resources environmental impacts water quality
Languages
English, Spanish
Honors

James Koelliker, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engieers

Associations
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Tau Beta Pi