Anita M. Thompson

Associate Professor
Ph.D, University of Minnesota (2001)
Agricultural Engineering Building
Room 230
460 Henry Mall
Madison, WI 53706
Tel: (608) 262-0604
Fax: (608) 262-1228
E-mail: amthompson2@wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

  • Biological Systems Engineering
  • Institute for Environmental Studies

Courses

  • BSE 216 Irrigation Systems - Design and Use
  • BSE 218 Drainage Systems
  • BSE 473 Irrigation & Drainage Systems Design
  • BSE 571 Small Watershed Engineering
  • BSE 671 Special Topics in Natural Resources Engineering

Education

  • B.S. 1995, Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • M.S. 1997, Biosystems & Agric. Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Ph.D. 2001, Biosystems & Agric. Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2001

Fields of Interest

  • Urban hydrology and stormwater management
  • Thermal runoff modeling and mitigation
  • Changes in runoff generation with land use
  • Infiltration and groundwater recharge
  • Sediment and nutrient transport to surface waters
  • Use of polyacrylamides for water clarification, erosion control and fertilizer nutrient retention

Selected Publications

  • D’Cunha, N.J., D. Misra, and A.M. Thompson. An investigation into the applications of natural freezing and curdlan biopolymer for permeability modification to remediate DNAPL contaminated aquifers in Alaska. Cold Regions Science and Technology. In Review.
  • Nimmer, M., A.M. Thompson, and D. Misra. Water table mounding beneath stormwater infiltration basins. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Goescience. In Review
  • Mueller, G. and A.M. Thompson. The ability of lawns to hydrologically disconnect rooftops. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. In Review.
  • Misra, D., T. Oommen, A. Argarwal, S. Mishra, and A.M. Thompson. Application and analysis of support vector machine based simulation for runoff and sediment yield. Biosystems Engineering. In Review.
  • Lepore, B., A.M. Thompson, and A. Petersen. 200x. Impact of polyacrylamide delivery method with lime and gypsum for soil and nutrient stabilization. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. In Press.
  • Thompson, A.M., T. Wilson, J. Norman, A. Gemechu, and A. Roa-Espinosa. 200x. Modeling the effect of summertime heating on urban runoff temperature. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. In Press.
  • Thompson, A.M., K. Kim, and A.J. Vandermuss. 2008. Thermal characteristics of stormwater runoff from asphalt and sod surfaces. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 44(5):1325-1336.
  • Kim, K., A.M Thompson, and G. Botter. 2008. Modeling of the thermal runoff response from an asphalt-paved plot in the framework of the mass response functions. Water Resources Research. doi:10.1029/2007WR005993. In Press.
  • Thompson, A.M., A.J. Vandermuss, J.M. Norman, and A. Roa-Espinosa. 2008. Modeling the effect of a rock crib on reducing stormwater runoff temperature. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 51(3):947-960.
  • Thompson, A.M., A.C. Paul, and N.J. Balster. 2008. Physical and hydraulic properties of engineered soil media for bioretention basins. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 51(2):499-514.
  • Petersen, A.L., A.M. Thompson, C. Baxter, J. Norman, and A. Roa-Espinosa. 2007. A new polyacrylamide (PAM) formulation for reducing erosion and phosphorus loss in rain-fed agricultural. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 50(6): 2091-2101.
  • Steinke, K., J.C. Stier, W.R. Kussow, and A. Thompson. 2007. Prairie and turf buffer strips for controlling runoff from paved surfaces. Journal of Environmental Quality. 36(2):426-439.
  • Shrestha, R., A.M. Thompson, and A. Roa-Espinosa. 2006. The effectiveness of polymers and additives on reducing suspended sediment. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 61(3): 169-177.
  • Thompson, A.M. and B.N. Wilson. 2004. Calibration accuracy for a constant temperature thermal anemometer. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 130(8):833-836.
  • Thompson, A.M., B.N. Wilson, and B.J. Hansen. 2004. Shear stress partitioning for idealized vegetated surfaces. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 47(3):701-709.
  • Thompson, A.M., B.N. Wilson, and T. Hustrulid. 2003. Instrumentation to measure drag on idealized vegetal elements in overland flow. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 46(2):295-302.
  • Kumar, K., A.M. Thompson, A.K. Singh, Y. Chander, and S.C. Gupta. 2004. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for ultratrace determination of antibiotics in aqueous samples. Journal of Environmental Quality. 33:250-256.