Bio
Guy Fipps, PhD, P.E.
Professor and Extension Agricultural Engineer – Irrigation, Water Management
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M University System
College Station, Texas 77843-2117
Education
- B.S. Biological and Agricultural Engineering, 1979, Texas A&M University
- M.S. Biological and Agricultural Engineering, 1984, North Carolina State University
- Ph.D. Biological and Agricultural Engineering, 1998, North Carolina State University
Academic and Professional Positions
- Professor and Extension Agricultural Engineer, 1988 – Present, Texas A&M University
- Promotions in 1994, 1999
- Senior Advisor for Water, 2005-2006, U.S. Department of State
- Afghan Reconstruction Group, US Embassy-Kabul
- Director, 2003 – 2012, Irrigation Technology Center
- Texas A&M University System
- USDA National Needs Fellow, 1985 – 1988, North Carolina State University
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Agricultural Engineer, 1984 – 1985, Care-International
- Chad, Africa
- Graduate Research Assistant, 1982 – 1984, North Carolina State University
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Engineer, 1981 – 1982, Radian Corporation
- Environmental and Engineering Consulting
- Research Associate, 1980 – 1981, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University
- Wells Specialist / Volunteer, 1975 – 1977, Peace Corps
- Upper Volta (Burkina Faso)
Honors and Awards
- Person of the Year, 2015
- Irrigation Association
- PEI Professional Engineer of the Year Award, 2014
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
- USCID Merrian Improved Irrigation Award, 2013
- United States Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
- Award for the Advancement of Surface Irrigation, 2012
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
- ICID Journal of Irrigation and Drainage – Best Paper of the Year Award, 2012
- International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
- Award for Superior Service, 2009
- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service