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Derek Heeren

University of Nebraska at Lincoln

730 N. 14th Street

Lincoln, NE 68588

United States

  • University of Nebraska at Lincoln

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Scholarly Papers (7)

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1.

Dynamic Irrigation Management under Weather Uncertainty and Soil Heterogeneity

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 01 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2025
Erkut Sonmez, Baris Ata and Derek Heeren
University of Nebraska at Lincoln - College of Business Administration, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Nebraska at Lincoln
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Dynamic programming, Irrigation, Precision Agriculture, Sustainability

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Optimizing In-Season Nitrogen Management Through Satellite–Guided Fertigation in Commercial Maize Production

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Optimizing In-Season Nitrogen Management Through Satellite–Guided Fertigation in Commercial Maize Production

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Jul 2025
Precious Amori, Derek Heeren, Guillermo Balboa, Laila Puntel, Yeyin Shi, Daran Rudnick, Joe Luck, Eric Wilkening and Kuan Zhang
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Nitrogen use efficiency, Variable rate fertigation, Sufficiency index, NDRE, Satellite remote sensing, Grain yield, Stress classification framework

Optimizing In-Season Nitrogen Management Through Satellite–Guided Fertigation in Commercial Maize Production

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 15 Jul 2025
Precious Amori, Derek Heeren, Guillermo Balboa, Laila Puntel, Yeyin Shi, Daran Rudnick, Joe Luck, Eric Wilkening and Kuan Zhang
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Nitrogen use efficiency, Variable rate fertigation, Sufficiency index, NDRE, Satellite remote sensing, Grain yield, Stress classification framework

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Crop2cloud Platform: Real-Time Data Integration for Agricultural Water Monitoring

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Mar 2025
Abia Katimbo, Bryan Nsoh, Kendall C. DeJonge, Wei-zhen Liang, Hongzhi Guo, Yufeng Ge, Derek Heeren, Yeyin Shi, Xin Qiao, Daran Rudnick, Hope Njuki Nakabuye, Birru Girma, Isa Kabenge and Joshua Wanyama
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Makerere University and Makerere University
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Advanced sensors, Internet of Things, Data integration, Water Stress Indices, Irrigation Scheduling methods, Fuzzy logic schedule, Water Savings

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Real-Time Irrigation Scheduling of Maize Using Degrees Above Non-Stressed (Dans) Index in Semi-Arid Environment

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Apr 2022
Hope Njuki Nakabuye, Daran Rudnick, Kendall C. DeJonge, Tsz Him Lo, Derek Heeren, Xin Qiao, Trenton E. Franz, Abia Katimbo and Jiaming Duan
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Mississippi State University, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln and University of Nebraska at Lincoln
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Canopy Temperature, crop water stress index, Evapotranspiration, irrigation water productivity, Soil water content

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Scalable Machine Learning Framework for Adaptive Irrigation Management in Commercial Crop Fields

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Apr 2025
Precious Amori, Derek Heeren, Yeyin Shi, Eric Wilkening, Ivo Zution Gonçalves, Guillermo Balboa, Daran Rudnick, Abia Katimbo and Randall Ritzema
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of São Paulo (USP), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska at Lincoln and University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Precision Irrigation, Irrigation Scheduling, Soil Water Balance, Soil Water Depletion, Domain Knowledge-Guided Feature Selection

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Water-Energy-Food Linkages in Shared Smallholder Irrigation Schemes

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 20 Sep 2022
Ankit Chandra, Derek Heeren, Lameck Odhiambo and Nicholas Brozović
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Irrigation, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, performance assessment, irrigation decision-making, policy

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Hybrid mechanistic–machine learning framework for cross-site prediction of root-zone soil water depletion in agricultural water management systems

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Jun 2026
Precious Amori, Derek Heeren, Yeyin Shi, Guillermo Balboa, Daran Rudnick and Christopher Michael Usher Neale
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kansas State University and University of Nebraska at Lincoln
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Soil water balance, Irrigation decision support, Model generalization, Cross-site evaluation, Predictive uncertainty, Remote Sensing