Professional Address
104 AERL West Campus Rt 4A
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843

Current Position Title
Professor and Agricultural Engineer

Professional Experience
1980-1999 Assistant, Associate and Full Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University.
1987-1988 Senior Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Higher Education
University of Missouri, B.S. Agricultural Mechanization, 1974
University of Missouri, B.S. Agricultural Engineering, 1976
University of Missouri, M.S. Agricultural Mechanization, 1976
Oklahoma State University, Ph.D. Agricultural Engineering, 1980

Professional Registration, Memberships and Activities
Registered Professional Engineer in Texas, Agricultural Engineering;
American Society of Agricultural Engineers (Member, Board of Directors, 1996-97);
National Society of Professional Engineers,
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology,
Editorial Board, Precision Agriculture Journal, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997-99;
Member, Committee on Precision Agriculture, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council, 1996-97

Honors
1987,1989 and 1992 Outstanding Paper Awards, ASAE and SAE
1994 and 1998 Blue Ribbon Award in the Educational Aids Competition, ASAE
1997-98 Big 12 Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University

Areas of Specialization and Expertise
Development and application of electronic system for agricultural production and processing, emphasis on information technologies for precision agriculture, teach courses on precision agriculture, microprocessor system design and research methods, develop and conduct extension education programs on precision agriculture.

Contracts And Grants
Served as PI or co-PI for research and extension programs conducted on precision agriculture, machine vision processing and inspection of food products, digital electronics for sensing and control of agricultural processes and automated guidance of agricultural field machinery.