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Title

Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Office Building

Raven Precision Agriculture Center

Office

206

Mailing Address

Raven Precision Ag Building 206
Ag and Biosystems Engineering-Box 2100
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

• B.S. in agricultural engineering | South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University | 1975
• M.S. in agricultural and structural engineering | Iowa State University | 1985
• Ph.D. in agricultural engineering | Iowa State University | 1987

Academic Responsibilities

• ABE 324 Agricultural Structures
• ABE 463 Applied Instrumentation
• ABE 763 Instrumentation

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

• Advise agricultural and biosystems engineering students
• Major professor for graduate students
• Thesis advisor for graduate students
• 1987-1990, ASAE student branch advisor
• 1988-1991, 1994, engineering phonathon
• 1996-1999, University Student Affairs Committee
• 1997-2002, University Academic Appeals Committee
• 1995, University Publications Council
• 1992, ad hoc Graduate School Proposal Review Committee
• Served on several departmental committees
• 1999, University Master Plan Committee
• 1999-2001, President’s representative on the Student Activities Advisory Council
• 2001-2004, Hazardous Materials and Laboratory Safety Committee
• 2000-2005, Engineering College Scholarship Committee
• 2000-Present, Engineering College Briggs Scholarship Committee
• 2000-2004, Engineering College Distinguished Engineer nominating Committee chair 2004
• 2004, Evaluated thesis for Midwest Association of Universities
• 2005-2007, Aided a M.S. student in his thesis work at Colorado State University
• 2013-2014, Aided M.S. student in thesis work from Washington State University
• 2013-2014, University Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Committee, chair
• 2013-2014, Editor of Journal on Agricultural Engineering published by Global Scientific and Technology Forum
• 2006-2014, Technical Editor for Frame Building News
• 2012-2018, Member of the Faculty Senate
• 2016-2018, Faculty Senate Executive Committee
• Member of the Library Committee

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Agricultural Engineers
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers
• National Frame Building Association

à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs and Honors

• 2014, Certificate of appreciation, USDA review panel
• 2009, Outstanding Reviewer à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã,ASABE
• 2009, Certificate of appreciation, USDA review panel
• 2003, Elected chair of the ASAE Membership Development Council
• 2001-2003, Appointed to the ASCE National Energy Policy Committee
• 2002, Nominated for ASAE Henry Geise Structures and Environment à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã
• 2002, Elected vice chair of the ASAE Membership Development Council
• 2000, College of Engineering Researcher of the Year à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã
• 1999, Elected as the membership development council representative for the 5th District of ASAE
• 1997, Elected to the Rural Builder Hall of Fame
• 1995, Edition of Dictionary of International Biography, International Biography Centre, Cambridge, England
• 1994, Edition of Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Publishing
• 1994, Edition of Who’s Who in the Midwest, Marquis Publishing
• Iowa Chapter of Alpha Epsilon
• South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta
• 1989, Outstanding Young Men of America
• 1991, Outstanding reviewer for ASAE Structures and Environment Division
• 1980, Army Commendation Medal
• 1975, Order of the Engineer

Work Experience

• 1999-present, teaching and research professor, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
• 2009-2012, professor and METLAB research engineer, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Mechanical Engineering
• 1993-1999, teaching and research associate professor, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
• 1987-1993, teaching and research assistant professor, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
• 1985-1986, research and teaching, Lab Prep and Research Agricultural Engineering, ISU
• 1982-1985, assistant professor, General Engineering, ISU
• 1981-1982, research assistant, ISU
• 1980-1981, teaching assistant, ISU
• 1976-1979, company grade training officer, Quarry/Asphalt OIC, Battalion Maintenance, Heavy Equipment Officer, Platoon Leader Executive Officer, U.S. Army

Areas of Research

• Light Frame Structures
• Development of a full scale Photobioreactor
• Vegetable Oil Filters