Garey Fox
Head
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

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- gafox2@ncsu.edu
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Dr. Garey Fox, P.E., D.WRE, F.ASABE, joined the Department in January 2017 as Professor and Department Head. Prior to this appointment, he was on the faculty at Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and holder of the Buchanan Endowed Chair. He also previously served as the Director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Center and holder of the Berry Endowed Professorship. His research specializes in stream/aquifer interaction; stream bank erosion and failure; seepage erosion; subsurface nutrient transport; vegetative filter strips; and contaminant transport modeling. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US Geological Survey (USGS), and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles in a number of refereed journals and also served as PI/co-PI on over $26 million in funded grant projects.
Fox was awarded the 2009 James Whatley Award for Meritorious Research in Agricultural Sciences at OSU, the 2010 Halliburton Outstanding Young Faculty Member in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology (CEAT) at OSU, the 2011 Sterling Burks Award for Outstanding Environmental Research at OSU, and three national/international awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE): the 2010 New Holland Young Researcher Award, the 2012 A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award, and a 2015 ASABE Leadership Citation from the Natural Resources and Environmental Systems (NRES) Technical Community. Dr. Fox also received a prestigious Oklahoma Excellence in Education Award from the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence and the 2015 National Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences from the USDA Higher Education Programs. Most recently, he was awarded the 2018 ASABE ADS/Hancor Soil and Water Engineering Award for his research advancements in surface water/groundwater interaction, named a fellow of ASABE in 2020, and recognized with the 2021 ASABE James and Karen Gilley Academic Leadership Award.
Education
Civil Engineering
Colorado State University
Agricultural Engineering
Texas A&M University
Agricultural Engineering
Texas A&M University
Research Description
Stream/aquifer interaction; stream bank erosion and failure; seepage erosion; subsurface nutrient transport; vegetative filter strips; and contaminant transport modeling.
Honors and Awards
- James and Karen Gilley Academic Leadership Award (ASABE), 2021
- ASABE Presidential Citation for Leadership as Editor-in-Chief of ASABE Journals, 2020
- ASABE Fellow, 2020
- Editor in Chief of the ASABE Journals, 2019
- ASABE Board of Trustees, 2019
- Food Systems Leadership Institute (FSLI) Cohort 14 Fellow, 2018
- 2018 ADS/Hancor Soil and Water Engineering Award (ASABE), 2018
- Medal for Excellence in University Teaching by Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, 2016
- Superior Paper Award (ASABE) – Heeren et al. (2015), 2016
- National USDA Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award, 2015
- Oklahoma State Regent’s Distinguished Research Award, 2015
- ASABE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award for Foundations of Oklahoma Water Video Series, 2015
- ASABE NRES Division Leadership Citation Award, 2015
- Holder of the Thomas E. Berry Endowed Professorship in Integrated Water Resou rces and Management, 2015
- LEAD-21 Class X, 2014
- Two Superior Paper Awards (ASABE) – Al -Madhhachi et al. (2013) and Daly et al. (2013), 2014
- Mortar Board Golden Torch Award (OSU), 2014
- Regents Distinguished Teaching Award (OSU), 2013
- Superior Paper Award (ASABE) – Guzman and Fox (2012), 2013
- Top 20 Science & Engineering Professor in Oklahoma, 2013
- Inaugural Holder of the Buchanan Endowed Chair in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (OSU), 2012
- A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award (National Award from ASABE), 2012
- Sterling L. (Bud) Burks Environmental Research Award (OSU Environmental Science Program), 2011
- New Holland Young Researcher Award (National Award from ASABE), 2010
- Halliburton Young Faculty Award (OSU CEAT), 2010
- James Whatley Research Award (OSU DASNR), 2009
- Alpha Epsilon Distinguished Service Award (OSU BAE), 2009
- Alpha Epsilon Distinguished Service Award (OSU BAE), 2008
- University of Mississippi Junior Faculty Award (Ole Miss College of Engineering ), 2005
- USDA National Needs Graduate Fellow (Colorado State University), 2000
- U.S. EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellow (Texas A&M University), 1998
Publications
- Quantifying the Impact of Model Selection When Examining Bank Retreat and Sediment Transport in Stream Restoration
- Kassa, K., Castro-Bolinaga, C., Guertault, L., Fox, G. A. A., Russell, P., & Brown, E. D. D. (2023), WATER, 15(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/w15081448
- GUIDANCE ON APPLIED PRESSURE HEADS FOR QUANTIFYING COHESIVE SOIL ERODIBILITY WITH A JET EROSION TEST (JET)
- Fox, G. A., Guertault, L., Castro-Bolinaga, C., & Swanson, A. (2022), JOURNAL OF THE ASABE, 65(6), 1443–1450. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.14884
- PERSPECTIVE: LESSONS LEARNED, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES IN QUANTIFYING COHESIVE SOIL ERODIBILITY WITH THE JET EROSION TEST (JET)
- Fox, G. A., Guertault, L., Castro-Bolinaga, C., Allen, P., Bigham, K. A., Bonelli, S., … Thompson, T. W. (2022), JOURNAL OF THE ASABE, 65(2), 197–207. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.14714
- ADVANCING SURFACE WATER PESTICIDE EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION
- Fox, G. A., Munoz-Carpena, R., Brooks, B., & Hall, T. (2021), TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASABE, 64(2), 377–387. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.14225
- Comment on "Modeling slope rainfall-infiltration-runoff process with shallow water table during complex rainfall patterns" by Wu et al. (2021)
- Munoz-Carpena, R., Lauvernet, C., Carluer, N., & Fox, G. A. (2021), JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY X, 13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydroa.2021.100113
- DETECTING MACROPORE FINGERING USING TEMPORAL ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING
- Halihan, T., Hager, J. P., Guertault, L., & Fox, G. A. (2021), APPLIED ENGINEERING IN AGRICULTURE, 37(5), 861–870. https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.14294
- HIGH-RESOLUTION PORE-SCALE WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENT IN A TRANSLUCENT SOIL PROFILE FROM LIGHT TRANSMISSION
- Orozco-Lopez, E., Munoz-Carpena, R., Gao, B., & Fox, G. (2021), TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASABE, 64(3), 949–962. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.14292
- A CASE STUDY ON THE RELEVANCE OF THE JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR
- Fox, G. A., Fox, A. K., & Guertault, L. (2020), TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASABE, 63(2), 243–249. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.13756
- Internal erosion of soil pipes: Sediment rating curves for soil pipes
- Wilson, G. V., Ursic, M., Fox, G. A., & Nieber, J. L. (2020), Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 10. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5009
- Performance of preferential flow models in predicting infiltration through a remolded soil with artificial macropores
- Guertault, L., & Fox, G. A. (2020), VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20055
Grants
- Harnessing (bio-)electrochemical Technologies as Sustainable Sources for on Demand Precision Agriculture
- Game-Changing Research Incentive Program for Plant Sciences (GRIP4PSI)(2/17/20 - 6/30/24)
- Determining Instream Flows Needed to Support the Federally-threatened Arkansas River Shiner Notropis Girardi and Associated Assemblage
- US Geological Survey (USGS)(8/01/18 - 12/31/20)
- REU Site: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Stream Restoration Project Based on Natural Channel Design Using Process-Based Investigations
- National Science Foundation (NSF)(3/01/17 - 8/01/18)
- Influence of Preferential Flow on Coupled Colloid, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Transport Through Riparian Buffers
- US Dept. of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA)(11/15/16 - 11/14/20)