Tammo Steenhuis
Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering

Prof. Tammo Steenhuis received a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1978’ He is a Professor in Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Bahir Dar in Ethiopia, working with Ph.D. graduate students. He is also a fellow of the American Geophysical Union. In the past, together with graduate students, his research ranged from soil colloid movement to basin-wide movement of water and constituents. Recently, Prof Steenhuis has been primarily interested in landscape processes in the northeastern US, Ethiopia and China. He cooperates on research in sustainable agricultural practices, self-organization distributed hydrological processes, pesticide movement and gully formation and prevention.
Education
Doctorate
University of Wisconsin
1977
Master of Science
University of Wisconsin
1975
Ir
State Agricultural University of Netherlands
1972
Bachelor of Science
State Agricultural University
1969
Awards & Honors
- Fellow (2009) American Geophysical Union
- International Award (2011) American Geophysical Union
- Partnership Award for integrating science, education and extension (2008) CSREES/USDA
Courses Taught
- BEE 4970: Individual Study in Biological and Environmental Engineering
- BEE 5951: Master of Engineering Design Project
- BEE 4940: Special Topics in Biological and Environmental Engineering
- BEE 4270: Water Measurement and Analysis Methods
- BEE 4270: Water Measurement and Analysis Methods
Contact Information
206 Riley Robb Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
tss1 [at] cornell.edu
Tammo in the news

News
Eight graduate students from 1890 land grant institutions across the United States have been selected as part of the inaugural cohort of Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellows at Cornell University. Representing a wide range of research specialties...
- Animal Science
- Biological and Environmental Engineering
- Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management