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David L. Lawrence Convention Center 

General Information 

REGISTRATION 

Our registration desk is happy to answer any 

questions you may have during the conference. 

The registration desk is located right outside 

the Exhibit Hall entrance. Registration desk 

hours are: 

Saturday, June 19 

Sunday, June 20 

Monday, June 21 

Tuesday, June 22 

Wednesday, June 23 

12:00PM – 6:00PM 

7:00AM – 6:00PM 

6:00AM – 6:00PM 

6:00AM – 6:00PM 

6:00AM – 5:00PM 

LOCATION 

Unless otherwise noted, all conference events 

are scheduled at: 

David L. Lawrence Convention Center 

1000 Fort Duquesne Boulevard 

Pittsburgh, PA 15222 

Phone: 412-565-6000 

Fax: 412-565-6008 

NAME BADGES 

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is how we know you are a conference attendee 

and it will allow you access into meetings, the 

exhibit hall and meal function. 

ELECTRONIC DEVICES 

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off or silence all electronic devices during 

sessions, workshops and plenary addresses. 

QUESTIONS 

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MEDICAL EMERGENCIES 

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you. If you need assistance with non-life 

threatening medical emergencies, please visit 

the registration desk. We will be able to provide 

you with information to the nearest hospital or 

urgent care center.

Contents & General Session 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

ASABE Business Meeting 2 

CNH Global N.V. 3 

Committees to Convene 64 

Continuing Professional 10 

Development 

Cultural Tours 63 

Exhibits 68 

Exhibit Hall layout 69 

General Session 1 

Invited Technical Sessions 12 

International Community 16 

Meetings and Sessions 4 

Overview of Technical Sessions 33-34 

Preprofessional Community 51 

Socials and Hosted Receptions 58 

Spouse/Guest Programs 57 

Technical Sessions 18-50 

Technical Tours 62 

Young Professional Community 54 

201O GENERAL SESSION 

MONDAY, JUNE 21 

RECOGNITION: 

8:00AM- 8:45AM 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 

8:45AM-9:30AM 

MARK D. STOWERS 

Dr. Mark D. Stowers is the Senior Vice 

President of Science and Technology for 

POET, the world’s largest ethanol 

producer. He is responsible for the 

development and implementation of the 

company’s research and development 

strategy. Prior to joining POET, Dr. 

Stowers was President and CEO of the 

Michigan Biotechnology Institute and 

has served in executive and senior 

management positions at Monsanto and Eastman Kodak. 

Dr. Stowers received his Ph.D. in microbiology from North 

Carolina State University. He completed post-doctoral studies 

at the Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University and 

attended Washington University’s Olin School of Business in 

St. Louis. 

Dr. Stowers currently serves on advisory boards for the Joint 

Bioenergy Institute, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, 

International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and 

Sustainability, the Washington University Research Advisory 

Council and as President of the North Carolina Agriculture and 

Life Sciences Research Foundation. Dr. Stowers also serves on 

the editorial board of the Journal of Biobased Materials and 

Bioenergy. He was named North Carolina State University’s 

Distinguished Alumnus in 2003.

ASABE Business Meeting 

TUESDAY, JUNE 22ND – 12:30PM-2:00PM 

Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom, David L. Lawrence Convention Center – 3rd Floor 

PRESIDENT 

RONALD (RON) E YODER, P.E. 

Professor and Head, 

Biological Systems Engineering Dept.; 

Associate Director, Agricultural Water 

Management, Institute of Agriculture 

and Natural Resources, 

University of Nebraska – Lincoln 

Yoder is widely recognized for his outstanding accomplishments as professor 

and department head at the University of Tennessee and at the University of 

Nebraska. As a classroom instructor, Yoder has developed and taught numerous 

undergraduate and graduate courses, implementing innovative teaching 

activities throughout. At the University of Tennessee, Yoder served as part of a 

team that established a senior design sequence described by a recent ABET 

reviewer as “what senior design should be all about.” Since accepting his current 

position at the University of Nebraska in 2004 as department head and 

professor and also associate director of extension and agricultural research for 

Agricultural Water Management in 2006, Yoder has secured track replacement 

for the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab and hired its new director. He coordinated 

creation of a new university-wide minor in energy sciences and his efforts have 

helped to increase the department’s endowed scholarship funds. 

Yoder has given extensive support to the profession through his involvement 

with the agricultural engineering professional engineering exam. He has 

provided years of leadership and service to ASABE’s engineering licensure 

committee (ED-414), writing and reviewing exam questions, organizing and 

making presentations in review sessions and chairing the PAKS committee for 

developing exam specifications. Currently he is representing ASABE in a 

consortium of engineering societies exploring the feasibility of developing a 

biological engineering exam. He has also served the profession by supporting 

undergraduate program accreditation as a member of ED-204 Engineering & 

Technology Accreditation committee and by serving as program evaluator on 

three program visits and observer on a fourth. 

Yoder’s research work has focused on soil and water issues. He has authored or 

coauthored more than 130 refereed journal articles, conference proceedings and 

technical publications on irrigation water management, evapotranspiration, 

water quality, soil and weather monitoring and salinity management. 

A 31-year member of ASABE, Yoder has served in leadership roles on various 

Education, PEI, Soil and Water division and award committees. He has served 

as associate editor of the Soil and Water division and is currently serving as a 

Foundation trustee. He assumed the office of ASABE president from 2009- 

2010. 

His awards and honors include the University of Tennessee’s W.F. and Golda 

Moss Outstanding Teaching award and the Neal and Tacie Peacock 

Teaching/Learning Merit certificate in recognition for implementing innovative 

teaching activities. ASABE awards include two Paper awards, Presidential 

Distinguished Service award and the 2008 PEI Professional Engineer of the 

Year award. Yoder is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers 

and the American Society for Engineering Education. 

PRESIDENT-ELECT 

RONALD L. MCALLISTER 

Manager, CNH Global N.V. 

In over 37 years of employment with Case New 

Holland (CNH), McAllister’s technical and 

leadership abilities have led to many innovations. 

McAllister’s specialty is the design and 

improvement of equipment related to forage 

harvesting and round balers. Four years after 

receiving his bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering, McAllister was 

granted his first two patents, related to twine wrappers on baling equipment. 

He now holds six U.S. patents and has worked extensively in field tests, lab 

tests, prototyping, and product design management. Safety has always been a 

major concern for McAllister. He has worked to incorporate safety devices into 

round baling and forage harvesting equipment, and chaired CNH’s product 

safety review committee for four years. He has shared his experience through 

the development of industry-wide standards. 

An ASABE Member since 1973, McAllister has contributed his knowledge to the 

development of ASABE Standards in the power and machinery area, including 

S279 - Lighting and Marking. This standard covers markings on agricultural 

equipment that travels on highways, focusing on safety for the operator and for 

motorists. McAllister was also instrumental in establishing the Ergonomics, 

Safety, and Health division of ASABE and served as ESH division chair for three 

years. In addition, McAllister is a former chair of the Power and Machinery 

division and has served on the Board of Trustees, the Foundation, and on more 

than 25 technical committees, including: E-08, E-20, ESH-01, ESH-02, ESH-03, 

ESH-03/2, ESH- 04, ESH-04/1, M-102, M-157, PM-23/2, and T-13. 

McAllister has received two President’s Citations for participating in ASABE 

activities, and he was named an ASABE Fellow in 2007. He currently serves as a 

member of the finance committee, and has served as ASAE/ASABE treasurer 

for 2003-2008. His knowledge of finance and his strong sense of fiscal 

responsibility have helped guide the Board of Trustees in making monetary 

decisions. In particular, McAllister has worked closely with comptroller Mark 

Zielke to keep ASABE in a strong financial position at a time when other 

professional societies are struggling with financial burdens. 

AGENDA 

• Introduction & Society Update 

• State of the Society – President Yoder 

• Financial Overview – Treasurer Searcy 

• Old Business / New Business 

• Adjournment

At CNH, we make the tools used to shape our world, from 

machinery for building roads, bridges, schools and hospitals to 

equipment for growing and harvesting food. 

Formed in 1999 through the merger of New Holland NV and 

Case Corporation, CNH unites two renowned international 

companies with roots dating back to the 1800s. 

Today, it is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of 

agricultural tractors and combines and a leader in the markets for 

hay and forage and 

specialty harvesting 

equipment. In the 

construction industry, 

it maintains a top 

position in backhoe 

loaders and a strong 

position in skid steer 

loaders in North 

America and crawler 

excavators in Western 

Europe. 

Worldwide CNH is 

represented by two 

global agricultural 

brands, Case IH, New 

Holland Agriculture 

and Steyr in Europe, 

and two global 

construction brands, 

Case Construction 

Equipment, New 

Holland Construction and Kobelco in North America. The 

Company is supported globally by CNH Capital, one of the world’s 

largest equipment finance operations and CNH Parts & Service, 

the source for genuine CNH parts and components and full-service 

maintenance programs. 

CNH is perhaps the most geographically diversified 

manufacturer and distributor of agricultural and construction 

equipment in the industry. It is present on five continents and in 

approximately 170 countries, with a network of more than 

11,600 dealers and distributors, 38 manufacturing facilities and 

28 Research & Development centers. 

Product Development is of central importance to the group and, 

with the support of the Fiat Group, CNH continues to push forward 

to ensure that our engineering is at our industry’s cutting edge. 

Among other innovations, the Group has developed digital 

mock-up and virtual design tools which span all of CNH’s major 

design centers, allowing interaction between colleagues in all 

geographies; from the Virtual Center in Modena, Italy, to Chicago, 

USA, Zedelgem, Belgium and New Holland, USA, and the 

upcoming structure in Curitiba, Brazil … all in real time. 

Developed in cooperation with CRF and Elasis – two Fiat 

Group companies working in the area of research – the Virtual 

Center is able to set 

up all of the new 

models and study 

variations of them 

without having to 

physically create 

different prototype 

steps, thus 

drastically reducing 

development time 

and costs. In fact, 

the virtual room 

enables us to see all 

of the possible 

configurations and 

combinations of 

variations in real 

time on the screen, 

as well as move 

around the objects, 

set the moving 

parts in action to 

analyze the settings or the project, and carry out final testing. This 

kind of virtual approach allows us to draw on the entire group’s 

engineering expertise in order to improve the products’ safety 

standards, reliability, assemblage and functionality, ultimately 

increasing their quality and thus our clients’ satisfaction. 

Our CNH engineers are part of a truly integrated, highly 

diversified workforce where input is seen and appreciated 

throughout the group. This provides our employees great 

opportunities to broaden their professional and personal 

experiences.

Meetings & Sessions 

SUNDAY 

E#1 

AE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING EXAM 

QUESTION WRITING SESSION 

Sunday, June 20 – 8:00AM-4:00PM 

Location: 320 

ED-414 will be meeting to write questions for the upcoming PE Exam. 

Attendees MUST be a registered professional engineer. 

COST: No tickets – but preregistration is required 

ASABE WELCOME RECEPTION 

Sunday, June 20 – 4:30PM-6:00PM 

Location: Exhibit Hall C – 2nd Floor 

All meeting registrants are invited to attend our welcome recpetion. This is a 

good time to network with other attendees and to make further plans for 

dinner after the reception. The Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau will 

have a representative available to assist you in making your dining 

reservations. 

MONDAY 

WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT ASABE 

Monday, June 21 – 7:00AM-8:00AM 

Location: 333 

Come to an informal session hosted by the Young Professional Community to 

introduce new and old members alike to the many opportunities available in 

ASABE. Topics to be addresses include Professional Licensure, Upper-Level 

Organizational Structure of ASABE, What Does the Executive Director and 

Staff Do, and International Opportunities for ASABE members. Refreshments 

will be provided. All members, especially first-time meeting attendees and 

preprofessionals are invited to attend. 

GENERAL SESSION/RECOGNITIONS 

AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER 


Location: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom – 2nd Floor 

ASABE President Ron Yoder welcomes each of you to the ASABE Annual 

International Meeting. Our keynote speaker is Mark D. Stowers, Senior Vice 

Presient of Science and Technology for POET, the world’s largest ethanol 

producer. 

The awards being presented are: IET Division Meeting Paper Awards , 

Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Awards , Book authors, Retiring Division Editors, 

Outstanding Manuscript Reviewers, Conference Chairs, Superior Paper Awards, 

Standards Developers Award 

YOUR ROLE IN ASABE COMMITTEES 


Location: 335 

ASABE Staff and leadership will explain how to effectively participate in ASABE 

Committees, demonstrate the tools available for committee use, and answer 

questions from participants. 

Technical Session #118 

FIFTH ANNUAL BIOLOGICAL ENGINEER 

STANDARDS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION 

Monday, June 21 – 9:30AM-12:00PM 

Location: 323 

Moderator: Heather Jaffan 

Invited panelists, members from the Biological Engineering Division and other 

interested persons will meet to exchange ideas and stimulate discussion 

focusing on advancement of standards in Biological Engineering. 

FOUNTAIN WARS COMPETITION 


Location: Grassy Knoll 

Team Check-In 

2:00PM-2:30PM 

Construction of Fountains 2:30PM-4:30PM 

Final Construction and 

Safety Inspection 

4:30PM-5:00PM 

Team Test/Adjustment 

In Fountain 

5:00PM-5:30PM 

Competition 

5:30PM-7:30PM 

Fountain Wars is a competition aimed at students in their sophomore and 

junior years of study. It provides students with hands on experience in 

engineering design and most importantly the students have a great time. 

Teams are given an hour and a half to build a fountain that completes two 

technical tasks and provides an aesthetic display. 

Silent auction 

Sunday, June 20 - Wednesday, June 23 

Bidding ends at 3 p.m. 

on Wednesday. 

Located in the 

Exhibit Hall.



HISTORICAL AND RECENT ADVANCES IN 

VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIP (SW-21, SW-22, BE-22) 

– INVITED PRESENTATIONS 

Monday, June 21 – 2:30PM-6:00PM 

Location: 305 

Moderator: R. Munoz-Carpena, G. Fox 

• Vegetative Filter Strips – A historical Perspective – Ernest W. Tollner 

• Predicting Flow, Sediment, Chemicals, and Pathogens in VFS: The 

Kentucky, Oklahoms State and Clemson Models – John C. Hayes 

• Development and Implementation of a VFS Model for Surface Mined Lands 

– Bruce N. Wilson 

• Planning and Design Tools Developed from VFSMOD – Mike Dosskey 

• Modeling Nutrient and pesticide Trapping by Grass and Forest Buffers 

Using the Riparian Ecosystem Management Model – David D. Bosch 

• Evaluating and Modeling the Influence of Converging or Diverging Flow on 

Vegetative Filter Strip Performance – Matthew J. Helmers 

• Vegetative Filter Strip Field Data, Modeling, Function, and Implications for 

Deseign – Kyle Douglas-Mankin 

• Development and Testing of a VFS Empirical Pesticide Reduction 

Component – Garey A Fox 

• Incorporation of VFS Effects on the EPA Pesticide Assessment of Impacts to 

Aquatic Environment – George G. Sabbagh 

• Development and Testing of a Flexible Biogeochemical Multireaction 

Transport Component for VFSMOD – O. Perez-Ovilla 

• Modeling Transport of Colloids and Other Emerging Contaminants 

Through Dense Vegetation – Bin Gao 

Make plans to attend: 

TMDL 2010: Watershed 

Management to Improve 

Water Quality 

November 14-17, 2010 

Baltimore, Maryland 

http://www.asabe.org/meetings/tmdl2010/index.htm 


SPECTRAL SCATTERING TECHNOLOGY 

FOR FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY EVALUATION 

(FPE-701, IET-348) – INVITED PRESENTATIONS 


Location: 316 

Moderators: Yankun Peng and Renfu Lu 

Spectral scattering technology has recently emerged as a new means for food 

quality and safety evaluation. Compared to conventional near-infrared 

spectroscopy, spectral scattering technology can provide better quantification 

of the scattering and absorption properties of turbid media in the visible and 

near-infrared region. This special technical session, co-sponsored by FPE-701 

(Physical Properties of Agricultural Products) and IET-348 (Electromagnetics 

and Spectroscopy), has invited researchers from the United States and abroad 

to give talks about the latest progress in spectral scattering technology research 

and to discuss issues and challenges and new applications of the technology in 

food and quality and safety inspection. 

• Estimating Optical Properties of Apples During Controlled Atmosphere 

Cool Storage – Laszlo Baranyai 

• Optical Characterization of Biological Material: A Multiscale Approach – 

Wouter Saeys 

• A Comparison of Optical Measurements in Turbid Media – Paul Martinsen 

• Hyperspectral Imaging-Based Spatially-Resolved Technique for Measuring 

the Optical Properties of Horticultural and Food Products – Renfu Lu 

• Light Backscatter Applications in Milk and Dairy Foods Processing – Fred A 

Payne 

• Photon Migration in Skeletal Muscles and its Potential Application for 

Characterizing Beef Tenderness – Yao Gang 

• Spatially-Resolved Spectral Scattering Technique for Simultaneous 

Assessment of Multi Quality Attributes of Pork – Yankun Peng 

• Laser-Based Optical Scattering Technology for Direct Detection and Typing 

of Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens – Arun K. Bhunia 


PERSPECTIVES IN INDO-U.S. COLLABORATIVE 

PROJECTS – INVITED PRESENTATIONS 


Location: 330 

Moderator: Ganti S. Murthy 

Invited session to discuss challenges and opportunities for establishing 

collaborations with institutions in India. Presentations will be followed by a 

panel discussion 

Featured speakers: Dr. Ramesh Kanwar, Iowa State University; Dr. G.S.V. 

Raghavan, McGill University; Dr. Gajendra Singh. Indian Agricultural Research 

Institute (IARI); Dr. Jeyamkondan Subbiah, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 

Abstract: AABFEIO will conduct a session focused on Indo-U.S. collaborative 

projects. Speakers from various universities in North America will provide their 

perspectives on collaborative projects with institutions in India. They will share 

their experiences, and insights into the processes, existing mechanisms, 

avenues for funding and lessons learnt in collaborative projects. Presentations 

will be followed by an open panel discussion. The session is aimed at 

stimulating discussion amongst members, encourage formation of new 

collaborations and bring valuable insights to members for future collaborative 

efforts.


E#8 

ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL, FOOD AND 

BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS OF INDIAN ORIGIN 

(AABFEIO) MEETING 


Location: 301 

Association of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineers of Indian Origin will 

have their annual meeting. This is the second annual meeting of the 

association. The association dinner will take place at India Palace in Downtown 

Pittsburgh (two blocks from the conference hotel) following the business 

meeting. 

COST: $25.00 

TUESDAY 

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT 101 

Tuesday, June 22 – 7:30AM-9:00AM 

Location: 302 

This session is a series of invited speakers focused on developing members’ 

business and management skills. Outstanding industry, academic, and 

government employed ASABE members will share their experiences and 

knowledge to help develop the next generation of worldwide leaders in 

agricultural and biological engineering. 

ASABE ROBOTICS STUDENT 

DESIGN COMPETITION 


Demonstrations 8:00AM-10:00AM 

Presentations 10:00AM-12:00PM 


The ASABE Student Robotic Design Competition is a place where University 

student teams create robotic solutions for a Challenge with an Agricultural 

‘flavor.’ Past challenges include communicating Multiple Robot Systems 

mimicking a corn harvesting operation, harvesting trees in a forest, and in 

2010, the challenge is to measure the heights of trees in the same forest. The 

teams are judged based on performance, design and presentation. Check out 

http://abe-research.illinois.edu/ASABERobotics/index.html. 

ASABE CAREER FAIR 

Tuesday, June 22 – 9:30AM-12:00PM 


The Career Fair is just one of the many highlights of the ASABE Annual 

International Meeting. It is an outstanding networking opportunity that allows 

interested individuals to connect with Fortune 500 companies, agricultural and 

bio-based businesses, bio-research companies and major land grant universities 

looking for qualified candidates. 

The ASABE Career Fair provides an opportunity for employes and potential 

employees to come together informally and share information. Academia will 

also be represented with opportunities at the masters and doctoral level. 

Employers register their job positions at the membership desk and receive an 

interview table number. These openings are posted with the table numbers 

located near the ASABE registration desk for review. Prospective employees are 

invited to seek out employers of interest and exchange information. There is no 

addition fee for participating in the Career Fair. A minimum of one-day 

registration is required. 


PERSPECTIVES AND INNOVATIONS IN SOIL AND 

WATER ENGINEERING – INVITED PRESENTATIONS 


Location: 304 

Moderator: Indrajeet Chaubey 

This invited session will include presentations by some of the leading 

researchers in the field of soil and water conservation engineering. These talks 

will include discussions on the latest innovations and challenges in the area of 

evapotranspiration and crop water requirements, drainage water management, 

identification of sediment source areas in agricultural watersheds, and 

agricultural best management practices for water quality improvements. To 

give an opportunity for the conference attendees to participate in this session, 

no other Soil and Water Engineering Division session is planned during this 

period. 


CROP STORAGE AND HANDLING RESEARCH: 

CAPABILITIES AND NEEDS IN THE UNITED STATES 



Location: 318 

Moderator: Lester Pordesimo, Mark Casada 

Crop postharvest technology has matured as a sub-discipline within the field of 

agricultural and food process engineering over the last several decades. We 

could even argue that a significant portion of the engineering and scientific 

talent in food engineering and bioprocessing had their roots in crop 

postharvest technology. Now we ask: what are the new challenges in this subdiscipline 

and what needs to be done to maintain the high level of technical 

competence in crop postharvest technology Certainly, there has been a trend 

for agricultural engineering students to focus their abilities on the current hot 

topic — processing of biomass. It appears that we are quickly losing skilled 

personnel in the traditional postharvest area of grains and oilseeds and 

maintaining a high level of scientific and technical competence may become an 

issue. Knowledge about the capabilities, needs, and challenges in this mature 

area of research may convince students and researchers to maintain a 

peripheral interest in handling grains. This is the goal of this session. 

• A Historical Perspective and Conundrums of Grain Storage and Handling – 

Marvin Paulsen 

• Grain Quality or Quantity, and Why both matter to you – an industry 

perspective – Bob Marlowe 

• Research/Capacility Needs in Grain Postharest – Technology needs from an 

industry perspective – Tim Sullivan 

• Education and Technical Assistance for the Grain Industry – Ken Hellevang 

• Broadening Engineers’ Scope of Knowledge to Improve Post-Harvest Grain 

Handling and Storage – Terry Siebenmorgen 

ROBOTICS STUDENT 



Exhibit Hall C/2nd Floor 


Presentations 10:00AM-12:00PM



CHINA EXCHANGE 


Location: 326 

Moderator: Yubin Lan 

China Exchange is a jointly sponsored session by the American Society of 

Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and the Association of Overseas 

Chinese Agricultural, Biological and Food Engineers (AOCABFE). The purpose 

of this session is to provide a forum for sharing and exchanging visions, 

experiences and new ideas for promoting and developing scholarly cooperation 

activities between the institutions or individuals in China and in other 

countries in the areas of agricultural, biological and food engineering. 

• Culture of Water Pollution Control in Rural China – Karen Mancl 

• Review on Development of Agricultural Machinery in China – Caiqi Hu 

• Sensing Technology for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) – Yibin 

Yang 

• Introduction of Opto-Mechatronics Technology and Application Lab in East 

China Jiaotong University – Yande Liu 

• Development of Rapid Detection Technologies for Assessing Agri-Food 

Quality and Safety in China: Past, Present and Future – Yankun Peng 

• Pesticide Injection Using Micro-Synchronization Pump in Sprayers – Xinyu 

Xue 

• Development of an Integrated Environmental Control System for Livestock 

Breeding – Xinyu Xue 

• China’s Greater Role in ABE Communication and Journal Publishing: CIGR, 

IJABE and AAAE – Yingkuan Wang 

• GPS Based Information Collection Technology for Agriculture Mobile 

Management – Ciacong Wu 

• A Hybrid Wavelet Transform-Based Agricultural Image De-Noising 

Algorithm – Fuzeng Ya 


FUTURE OF EXTENSION PROGRAMMING 

THROUGH EXTENSION (ED-208) – RAP SESSION 


Location: 327 

Moderator: Matthew J. Helmers, Iowa State University 

A rap session on eXtension will be conducted and presenters will discuss their 

experiences with eXtension and how this may be used in the future for 

Extension programming. 


Tuesday, June 22, 9:30AM-12:00PM 


Don’t miss this outstanding networking 

opportunity that allows interested 

individuals to connect with Fortune 500 

companies, agricultural and bio-based 

businesses, bio-research companies and 

major land grant universities looking for 

qualified candidates. 


BURNING ISSUES IN AG & BIOLOGICAL 

ENGINEERING CURRICULUM (ED-211) - RAP SESSION 


Location: 329 

Moderator: Paul H. Heinemann 

This rap session is an open discussion for anyone interested in challenges and 

opportunities faced by Agricultural and Biological Engineering programs 

throughout the US and around the world. Topics may include accreditation, 

evolution of the discipline and how it affects curricula, changes in major 

names, emerging areas, etc. Come and share your experiences and ideas with 

others who have an interest in maintaining world-class Agricultural and 

Biological Engineering programs. 

ASABE BUSINESS MEETING 

Tuesday, June 22 – 12:30PM-2:00PM 

Location: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom, Convention Center 

President Ron Yoder and President-Elect Ron McAllister will preside over the 

Society’s update and business meeting. 


DISTINGUISHED LECTURE 

“NONROAD DIESEL ENGINE EMISSIONS AND 

TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS FOR MEETING THEM” 


Location: 301 

Presenters: Xinqun Gui, Danan Dou, and Richard Winsor, 

Product Engineering Center, Deere and Company 

The U.S. government enacted Clean Air legislation for the automotive industry 

in the 1970’s, followed by the truck engine industry in the late 1980’s, and 

nonroad engine industry in the 1990’s. Criteria for vehicle or engine exhaust 

gas emissions were established for nitric oxide (NOx), hydrocarbon (HC), 

carbon monoxide (CO), and particulate matter (PM). These emissions have 

been referred to as criteria pollutants. Following U.S. lead, emissions 

regulations have been enacted across the globe. Billions of dollars have been 

invested to reduce criteria pollutants by the auto and engine industry in 

research, engineering development and manufacturing. As a result, we breathe 

cleaner air and we live in healthier environment. 

This lecture will focus on emissions reduction of nonroad diesel engines though 

we will refer to onroad diesel engines often. We will highlight global emissions 

criteria and test procedures for the nonroad engines and compare them with 

onroad requirements. We will describe critical components and system 

integration technologies as building blocks for meeting emissions criteria. We 

will describe engine development through emissions tiers with emphasis on 

Tier 4. We will provide an outlook for what comes beyond criteria pollutant 

reduction. With the emissions focus, we will not discuss much about other 

product attributes such as reliability, not because they are not important, in 

fact they are critical, but because thorough discussion of those attributes 

requires lengthy papers on their own.



STANDARDS FOR CALIBRATION AND 

EVALUATION OF MODELS (RAP SESSION) 


Location: 306 

Moderator(s): Bruce N. Wilson, University of Minnesota; 

Daniel N. Moriasi, USDA ARS 

Discuss the possibility of ASABE standards for calibration and evaluation of 

models. The ultimate goal is to build consensus on whether these standards 

should be developed by ASABE and, if so, gather information to complete the 

ASABE Standards Project Proposal Form. Specifically, we need to discuss the 

value of the standards, potential pitfalls, people and committees needed for 

involvement, and tasks and timeline for successful completion. 


ASSESSMENT PRACTICES FOR THE ACADEMIC 

COMMUNITY (ED-204) – INVITED PRESENTATIONS 


Location: 326 

Moderator: Gary A Clark 

This session will focus on assessment practices for outcomes measurement and 

experiences associated with assessment visits. Participants from various levels 

of assessment experience will be involved in large and small group discussions. 


ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL 

ENGINEERING IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY (INTL)- 

PANEL DISCUSSION 


Location: 327 

Moderator: Irfan S. Ahmad, Univ of Illinois 

Panelists: Norm Scott, Cornell University; Charles Sukup, 

Sukup Manufacturing; and K.C. Ting, University of Illinois 

Since the formal inception of the agricultural engineering profession in 1907, 

its role has evolved from agricultural machinery design, irrigation and drainage, 

rural electrification, and farm structures, to processing, the environment, and 

most recently to information-based networked machinery and equipment, 

sensors, healthcare, and alternative sources of energy. 

The constantly evolving global, social, and technical landscape requires that 

engineers adapt rapidly. The role of agricultural and biological engineers 

specifically is transitioning, to include newer and wider areas, such as national 

security, food safety, public diplomacy, and the challenging ethical, geopolitical, 

legal, and economic issues contributing to the multidisciplinary discourse. How 

would an agricultural engineer in 2025 look like What sort of skill sets and 

leadership skills is the agricultural engineer expected to have How would 

agricultural engineers play a meaningful role in a global economy Just like 

agricultural mechanization has been a feather in the cap of agricultural engineers 

in the 20th century. What is it that will be the distinctive factor for agricultural 

engineers in the 21st century What can students, faculty, administrators, 

industry and policy makers do to help prepare the next generation workforce 

Who should attend: The discussion on the topic is part of the ongoing effort to 

articulate the evolving role of agricultural engineers in global economy, which 

started at the 2009 annual meeting. This session will continue to discuss some of 

the questions raised, and will be a focal point for similar future discussions and 

forums. Students, postdoctoral associates, faculty, administrators, industry, and 

policy makers will potentially gain by attending. For more information contact: 

Irfan Ahmad: isahmad@illinois.edu 

YOUNG PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY 

BUSINESS MEETING 


Location: 328 

The Young Professional Community annual business meeting is open to all YPC 

members. If you have a bachelor’s degree and are under the age of 35, you’re a 

member! Please come to discuss YPC activities, strategic goals, and meet your 

fellow YP’ers. 

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ASSOCIATION OF OVERSEAS CHINESE 

AGRICULTURAL, BIOLOGICAL AND FOOD 

ENGINEERS (AOCABFE) BUSINESS MEETING 

AND AWARD BANQUET 


Location: 333 

Promoting and facilitating research and educational exchanges with China in 

areas of agricultural, biological and food engineering. Conference attendees 

with international interests are invited to attend the AOCABFE business 

meeting where the AOCABFE activities in 2009-2010 will be reviewed and 

plans of action for 2010-2011 will be discussed. The AOCABFE Award Banquet 

will be followed in another location from 7:30PM-10:30PM after the business 

meeting. The banquet will provide an excellent opportunity for socializing and 

networking. Certificates of recognition and awards will be presented to 

members of AOCABFE at the banquet. 

COST: $75.00 

ASABE FELLOWS INDUCTION CEREMONY 


Location: Urban-Omni Hotel 

All ASABE attendees are invited to this special recognition ceremony honoring 

the 2010 ASABE Fellows – the most distinguished honor given to ASABE 

members. Join us for the reception immediately following the ceremony. 

WEDNESDAY 


CHARLIE FULHAGE MEMORIAL SESSION ON 

ANIMAL MANURE MANAGEMENT – (SE-40, 

SE-412, SW-263) – INVITED PRESENTATIONS 

Wednesday, June 23 – 9:30AM-12:00PM 

Location: 319 

Moderator: Christopher G. Henry 

The Animal Manure Management Session is being dedicated to Charlie 

Fulhage, Professor and Extension Ag Engineer, University of Missouri. This 

Memorial Session is a tribute by SE-412 and SW-263 for the many 

contributions Dr. Fulhage has made to the Animal Manure Management issues 

in research and extension. Dr. Joe Zulovich, friend and colleague will begin 

with a review of Dr. Fulhage’s many contributions and outcomes from his 

career.



INTRODUCTION TO ABET PROGRAM 

EVALUATION – 101 (RAP SESSION) 

Wednesday, June 23 – 9:00AM-10:00AM 

Location: 329 

ASABE is responsible for identifying people willing to be trained and then serve 

as program evaluators for accreditation by ABET. This session is intended for 

persons who are interested in becoming an ABET program evaluator (PEV) 

whether employed in government, industry, or academia. An open discussion 

will be held to provide basic information on the ABET PEV process, 

expectations, and timeliness. 


ABET PEV REFRESHER TRAINING 

(INVITED SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS) 


Location: 329 

This session is for persons who are already program evaluators and evaluators 

in training. Existing program evaluators are expected to periodically attend 

refresher training both to learn about changes in accreditation expectations 

and to share best practices related to the role of program evaluator. 

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AWARDS LUNCHEON 

Wednesday, June 23 – 12:30PM-2:00PM 


Plan to attend the most important recognition event of the year. The 

installation of ASABE’s 2010 President Ronald McAllister will immediately 

follow the awards presentation. 

The awards being presented are: Preprofessional (Student) Awards, G.B. 

Gunlogson Student Environmental Design – Open & Fountain Wars, Boyd- 

Scott Graduate Research Award, AGCO National Student Design, K.K. Barnes 

Student Paper Robotics Competition, 1/4 Scale Tractor Design. 

Major Award Recipient Recognitions: Young Engineering Awards & Gold Medal 

Award , Roger R. and Laura M. Yoerger Preprofessional Engineer of the Year 

Award, Robert E. Stewart Engineering-Humanities Award, Gale A. Holloway 

Professional Development Award, Young Researcher Award, Young Extension 

Worker Award, Young Educator Award, Young Designer Award, Massey 

Ferguson Educational Gold Medal Award, Professional & Technical /Non- 

Divisional Awards & Gold Medal Award, Engineering Concept of the Year 

Award, Evelyn E. Rosentreter Standards Award, PEI Professional Engineering 

Award, Kishida International Award, John Deere Gold Medal Award, Technical 

/Divisional Awards & Gold Medal Award, Henry Giese Structures and 

Environment Award, Hancor Soil and Water Engineering Award, G.B. 

Gunlogson Countryside Engineering Award, Mayfield Cotton Engineering 

Award, Ergonomics, Safety and Health Award. Heermann Sprinkler Irrigation 

Award, Cyrus Hall McCormick – Jerome Increase Case Gold Medal Award, and 

Presidential Distinguished Service Awards. 


PRECISION LIVESTOCK FARMING: DEFINING, 

RESEARCHING, IMPLEMENTING (SE-20) - 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS 


Location: 315 

Moderator: Angela R. Green 

Technical Session 341 

A PRIMER TO FUNDING FROM NIH 

(NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH) (ED-210) - 



Location: 325 

Moderators: 

Mary Leigh Wolfe, Virginia Tech 

Ajit Srivastava, Michigan State Univ 

The purpose of this session is to share information that could be helpful in 

increasing the amount of NIH funding secured by biological engineers. The 

session will include NIH program managers (invited) and biological engineers 

who have NIH funding, followed by a panel discussion. The goal is to provide 

helpful information for those seeking funding and to facilitate collaborative 

efforts. 

Mark your calendars! 

Louisville, Kentucky 

2011 ASABE Annual 

International Meeting 

August 7-10, 2011 




4:30PM-6:00PM

Continuing Professional Development 

SATURDAY 

CPD #1 

EVALUATION OF SAMPLING STRATEGIES FOR 

WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN WATERSHEDS 

AND RESEARCH PROJECTS 

Saturday, June 19 – 8:00AM-5:00PM 

Location: 306 

Instructor(s): Francois Birgand, North Carolina State Univ, 

Raleigh, NC 

Level of Difficulty: Entry Level 

Target Audience: People from division of Water Quality Agency, students, 

scientists 

Learning Objectives: Raise awareness of the magnitude of errors induced by 

infrequent sampling of fluxes and water quality indicators. 

Audience Benefit: Improve the ways agencies and research projects are designed 

for water quality monitoring. 

COST: $120.00 (minimum 15) Includes box lunch. 

SUNDAY 

CPD #2 

MULTISPECTRAL AND HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING 


Location: 306 

Instructor(s): Kurt Lawrence, Bosoon Park, and Seung Chul 

Yoon, USDA-ARS, Athens, GA 

Level of Difficulty: Entry Level, Intermediate 

Target Audience: Engineers, researchers, and graduate student interested in 

exploring and using multispectral and hyperspectral imaging in applied 

research. 

Learning Objectives: The course will be divided into two parts. The morning 

session will cover the basics of multispectral and hyperspectral imaging 

including hypercubes, data visualization, multispectral systems, hyperspectral 

systems, and lighting. The afternoon session will cover advanced topics of 

hyperspectral data exploration. There will be a hands-on demonstration of 

hyperspectral data analysis from a pushbroom hyperspectral imaging system 

(bring your own laptop). Analysis will include data collection, calibration, 

smoothing, filtering, feature extraction, classification, and modeling. Finally, an 

example using an online hyperspectral imaging system in a food processing 

plant will be demonstrated. 

Audience Benefit: Many multispectral and most hyperspectral imaging systems 

are still sold "as is". That is, the hardware of the system is assembled and 

packaged with some form of data acquisition software, but that is typically it. 

This course is intended to introduce multi- and hyperspectral imaging to the 

audience and help them understand the basics of system setup, calibration, 

lighting, data exploration and applications. 

COST: $129.00 (minimum 15) Box lunch is included with this workshop. 

CPD #3 

OPEN SOURCE 101 

Cancelled 

CPD #4 

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION TECHNOLOGIES 


Location: 310 

Instructor(s): Ruihong Zhang, University of California; 

Conly Hansen, Utah State University 


Target Audience: Engineers, researchers and other interested in waste to energy 

conversion 

Learning Objectives: Participants will learn methods on how to determine the 

biodegradability and biogas production potential of various biomass feedstock, 

different pretreatment technologies for enhancing biogas production potential 

of feedstock, design and operational guidelines for anaerobic digesters, selected 

anaerobic digester designs, and equipment used for anaerobic digesters and 

biogas cleaning technologies. 

Audience Benefit: Audience will gain basic and practical knowledge about 

feedstock testing and pretreatment, anaerobic digestion design and operation, 

and biogas processing for energy production. 

COST: $94.00 (minimum 15) 

CPD #5 

DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF VEGETATIVE FILTER 

STRIPS WITH VFSMOD-W TO CONTROL SURFACE 

RUNOFF POLLUTION OF SEDIMENT, NUTRIENTS 

AND PESTICIDES 


Location: 311 

Instructor(s): Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, University of Florida; Dr. 

Garey Fox, Oklahoma State University, Dr. Oscar Perez-Ovilla, 

University of Florida 

Level of Difficulty: Intermediate Level 

Target Audience: Researchers, consultants and other engineers and technical 

agency personnel (NRCS, EPA, city, county and State environmental divisions) 

with an interest in developing objective criteria for vegetative filter strip 

design. 

Learning Objectives: To design and evaluate vegetative filter strips (VFS) as a 

surface runoff pollution control measure in a variety of settings (agricultural, 

urban, forestry, transportation, etc). The workshop will include an overview of 

the physical and chemical basis for VFS pollutant trapping, including processes 

of flow modification, sediment and chemical and biological pollutant trapping 

(nutrients, pesticides and other emerging contaminants). VFSMOD will be 

presented as a design tool to optimize filter characteristics (length, vegetation, 

etc.), or evaluate existing filters. Hands-on design examples will be developed 

during the workshop for the users to explore the model capabilities. Advanced 

tools (global sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, flexible multispecies chemical 

and biological transport) will also be briefly introduced. 

Audience Benefit: Engineering Science based objective procedures for VFS 

design and evaluation. 

COST: $125.00 (minimum 15)

Continuing Professional Development 

CPD #6 

DESIGN OF BIOMASS HARVEST, HANDLING 

AND STORAGE 


Location: 315 

Instructor(s): John Cundiff, Virginia Tech Univ; Kevin Kenney, 

Idaho National Lab; Erin (Wilkerson) Webb, Oak Ridge 

National Lab 


Target Audience: Engineers in industry, research and academia that are 

interested in learning more about biomass supply chains 

Learning Objectives: This workshop deals with addressing the challenges of 

assembling a harvest, handling, and storage system capable of supplying a 24/7 

industrial operation with a seasonal feedstock. . Ways of addressing critical 

challenges such as low bulk density, seasonality, material degradation, etc will 

be discussed. Of particular interest is the interrelationships between four unit 

operations: harvest, in-field hauling, satellite storage, and highway hauling. 

Biomass from agricultural sources (residues and dedicated energy crops) will be 

the focus of this workshop, but many principles discussed can be applied to 

forestry systems as well. 

Audience Benefit: Attendees will explore some of the challenges in assembling 

agricultural biomass supply systems and work together to propose solutions. 

The insights gained in this workshop will assist engineers in industry, 

government, and academia in designing efficient and reliable biomass supply 

chains. 


CPD #7 

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND THEIR IMPACT 

ON AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS 


Location: 316 

Instructor(s): Russell McGee, Texas A&M University; Calvin 

Parnell Jr., Texas A&M University 

Level of Difficulty: Intermediate Level 

Target Audience: Air Quality Engineering Professionals, Managers of 

Agricultural Operations 

Learning Objectives: Gain knowledge of the potential impact of Greenhouse 

Gas Regulations on Agricultural Operations 

Audience Benefit As the debate over global warming “heats up”, proposed 

legislation aims to curb the emissions of greenhouse gases. This CPD discusses 

the potential impact on agricultural operations such as CAFOs, processing 

facilities, and field operations. Impact on regulatory agencies will also be 

discussed. 

What GHG legislation is currently proposed What court cases are driving EPA 

to regulate GHG emissions Can EPA regulate GHG emissions using Title V and 

PSD permitting What is the tailoring rule At what level will my operation be 

required to report and limit GHG emissions Will restricting US GHG 

emissions have an impact on curbing global warming 


CPD #8 

WEB-SOIL SURVEY: POWERFUL RESOURCE FOR 

MAKING GOOD LAND-USE DECISIONS 

Cancelled 

CPD #9 

CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINEERS 

Sunday, June 20 12:00PM-4:00PM 

Location: Convention Center, Room 318 

Instructor: Dr. Sue Miller 


Target Audience: Entry level and experienced engineers wishing to develop 

their skills at working with those from cultures outside of their own 

Learning Objectives: To better understand the implications of working across 

different cultures and how engineers can manage and leverage these differences 

to benefit agricultural and biological systems around the world. 

Audience Benefit: Students will learn about the cultural challenges of working 

in the modern business world. Through this class, they will obtain insight into 

methods of using these challenges to create opportunities to work more 

effectively in culturally diverse environments. 


CPD #10 

USDA/NRCS AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION 

HYDROLOGIC EVALUATION METHODS 

Cancelled 

MONDAY 

CPD #11 

THE PATH TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING 

LICENSURE 


Location: 301 

Instructor(s): Bruce Martin, NCEES, Chris Henry, PEI 

Target Audience: Engineers who want to become licensed Professional 

Engineers 

Learning Objectives: How do I become a PE What is the process, and when 

should I take the exams What impact will licensure have on my career Could I 

earn more if I have a license The licensure process and model law will be 

changing in coming years, learn how and when these changes will occur and the 

impact they will have to the profession. Finally the Principles and Practice exam 

will be different in 2010, learn how the content of the exam has changed based 

on the results of the recent task analysis. This session is free. Conducted and 

sponsored by the Professional Engineering Institute of ASABE. 

COST: Free workshop – registration is required.

Invited Technial Sessions 

MONDAY 


HISTORICAL AND RECENT ADVANCES 

IN VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIP 

(SW-21, SW-22, BE-22) – INVITED PRESENTATIONS 


Location: 305 

Moderator: R. Munoz-Carpena, G. Fox 

• Vegetative Filter Strips – A historical Perspective – Ernest W. Tollner 

• Predicting Flow, Sediment, Chemicals, and Pathogens in VFS: The 

Kentucky, Oklahoms State and Clemson Models – John C. Hayes 

• Development and Implementation of a VFS Model for Surface Mined Lands 

– Bruce N. Wilson 

• Planning and Design Tools Developed from VFSMOD – Mike Dosskey 

• Modeling Nutrient and pesticide Trapping by Grass and Forest Buffers 

Using the Riparian Ecosystem Management Model – David D. Bosch 

• Evaluating and Modeling the Influence of Converging or Diverging Flow on 

Vegetative Filter Strip Performance – Matthew J. Helmers 

• Vegetative Filter Strip Field Data, Modeling, Function, and Implications for 

Deseign – Kyle Douglas-Mankin 

• Development and Testing of a VFS Empirical Pesticide Reduction 

Component – Garey A Fox 

• Incorporation of VFS Effects on the EPA Pesticide Assessment of Impacts to 

Aquatic Environment – George G. Sabbagh 

• Development and Testing of a Flexible Biogeochemical Multireaction 

Transport Component for VFSMOD – O. Perez-Ovilla 

• Modeling Transport of Colloids and Other Emerging Contaminants 

Through Dense Vegetation – Bin Gao 

4th Annual 

Gale a. Holloway 

Memorial GOLF 

OUTING 


8AM-1PM 

Grand View Golf Club 


SPECTRAL SCATTERING TECHNOLOGY 

FOR FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY EVALUATION 

(FPE-701, IET-348) – INVITED PRESENTATIONS 


Location: 316 

Moderators: Yankun Peng and Renfu Lu 



spectroscopy, spectral scattering technology can provide better quantification 

of the scattering and absorption properties of turbid media in the visible and 

near-infrared region. This special technical session, co-sponsored by FPE-701 

(Physical Properties of Agricultural Products) and IET-348 (Electromagnetics 

and Spectroscopy), has invited researchers from the United States and abroad 

to give talks about the latest progress in spectral scattering technology research 

and to discuss issues and challenges and new applications of the technology in 

food and quality and safety inspection. 

• Estimating Optical Properties of Apples During Controlled Atmosphere 

Cool Storage – Laszlo Baranyai 

• Optical Characterization of Biological Material: A Multiscale Approach – 

Wouter Saeys 

• A Comparison of Optical Measurements in Turbid Media – Paul Martinsen 

• Hyperspectral Imaging-Based Spatially-Resolved Technique for Measuring 

the Optical Properties of Horticultural and Food Products – Renfu Lu 

• Light Backscatter Applications in Milk and Dairy Foods Processing – 

Fred A. Payne 

• Photon Migration in Skeletal Muscles and its Potential Application for 

Characterizing Beef Tenderness – Yao Gang 

• Spatially-Resolved Spectral Scattering Technique for Simultaneous 

Assessment of Multi Quality Attributes of Pork – Yankun Peng 

• Laser-Based Optical Scattering Technology for Direct Detection and Typing 

of Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens – Arun K. Bhunia 





Location: 330 







Institute (IARI); Dr. Jeyamkondan Subbiah, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

Abstract: AABFEIO will conduct a session focused on Indo-US collaborative 








efforts.

Invited Technical Sessions 

TUESDAY 


PERSPECTIVES AND INNOVATIONS IN SOIL AND 

WATER ENGINEERING – INVITED PRESENTATIONS 


Location: 304 

Moderator: Indrajeet Chaubey 

This invited session will include presentations by some of the leading 

researchers in the field of soil and water conservation engineering. These talks 

will include discussions on the latest innovations and challenges in the area of 


identification of sediment source areas in agricultural watersheds, and 

agricultural best management practices for water quality improvements. To 

give an opportunity for the conference attendees to participate in this session, 

no other Soil and Water Engineering Division session is planned during this 

period. 


CROP STORAGE AND HANDLING RESEARCH: 

CAPABILITIES AND NEEDS IN THE UNITED STATES 



Location: 318 

Moderator: Lester Pordesimo, Mark Casada 


agricultural and food process engineering over the last several decades. We 

could even argue that a significant portion of the engineering and scientific 

talent in food engineering and bioprocessing had their roots in crop 

postharvest technology. Now we ask: what are the new challenges in this subdiscipline 

and what needs to be done to maintain the high level of technical 

competence in crop postharvest technology Certainly, there has been a trend 

for agricultural engineering students to focus their abilities on the current hot 

topic — processing of biomass. It appears that we are quickly losing skilled 

personnel in the traditional postharvest area of grains and oilseeds and 

maintaining a high level of scientific and technical competence may become an 

issue. Knowledge about the capabilities, needs, and challenges in this mature 

area of research may convince students and researchers to maintain a 

peripheral interest in handling grains. This is the goal of this session. 

• A Historical Perspective and Conundrums of Grain Storage and Handling – 


• Grain Quality or Quantity, and Why both matter to you – an industry 

perspective – Bob Marlowe 

• Research/Capacility Needs in Grain Postharest – Technology needs from an 

industry perspective – Tim Sullivan 

• Education and Technical Assistance for the Grain Industry – Ken Hellevang 

• Broadening Engineers’ Scope of Knowledge to Improve Post-Harvest Grain 

Handling and Storage – Terry Siebenmorgen 




Location: 326 











• Sensing Technology for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) – Yibin 

Yang 





• Pesticide Injection Using Micro-Synchronization Pump in Sprayers – Xinyu 

Xue 










FUTURE OF EXTENSION PROGRAMMING 

THROUGH EXTENSION (ED-208) – RAP SESSION 


Location: 327 

Moderator: Matthew J. Helmers, Iowa State University 


experiences with eXtension and how this may be used in the future for 

Extension programming. 






Presentations 10:00AM-12:00PM



BURNING ISSUES IN AG & BIOLOGICAL 

ENGINEERING CURRICULUM (ED-211) - 

RAP SESSION 


Location: 329 

Moderator: Paul H. Heinemann 




evolution of the discipline and how it affects curricula, changes in major 

names, emerging areas, etc. Come and share your experiences and ideas with 

others who have an interest in maintaining world-class Agricultural and 

Biological Engineering programs. 


STANDARDS FOR CALIBRATION AND 

EVALUATION OF MODELS – RAP SESSION 


Location: 306 

Moderator(s): Bruce N. Wilson, University of Minnesota 

Daniel N. Moriasi, USDA ARS 








ASSESSMENT PRACTICES FOR THE ACADEMIC 

COMMUNITY (ED-204) – INVITED PRESENTATIONS 


Location: 326 

Moderator: Gary A Clark 


experiences associated with assessment visits. Participants from various levels 

of assessment experience will be involved in large and small group discussions. 










qualified candidates. 






Location: 327 

















agricultural mechanization has been a feather in the cap of agricultural 

engineers in the 20th century. What is it that will be the distinctive factor for 

agricultural engineers in the 21st century What can students, faculty, 

administrators, industry and policy makers do to help prepare the next 

generation workforce 



started at the 2009 annual meeting. The session at Pittsburg meeting will 

continue to discuss some of the questions raised, and will be a focal point for 

similar future discussions and forums. Students, postdoctoral associates, 

faculty, administrators, industry, and policy makers will potentially gain by 

attending. For more information contact: Irfan Ahmad: isahmad@illinois.edu 

WEDNESDAY 


CHARLIE FULHAGE MEMORIAL SESSION ON 

ANIMAL MANURE MANAGEMENT – (SE-40, SE-412, 

SW-263) – INVITED PRESENTATIONS 


Location: 319 

Moderator: Christopher G. Henry 

The Animal Manure Management Session is being dedicated to Charlie 

Fulhage, Professor and Extension Ag Engineer, University of Missouri. This 

Memorial Session is a tribute by SE-412 and SW-263 for the many 

contributions Dr. Fulhage has made to the Animal Manure Management issues 

in research and extension. Dr. Joe Zulovich, friend and colleague will begin 

with a review of Dr. Fulhage’s many contributions and outcomes from his 

career.



INTRODUCTION TO ABET PROGRAM EVALUATION 

– 101 (RAP SESSION) 

Wednesday, June 23 – 9:00AM-10:00AM 

Location: 329 

ASABE is responsible for identifying people willing to be trained and then serve 

as program evaluators for accreditation by ABET. This session is intended for 

persons who are interested in becoming an ABET program evaluator (PEV) 

whether employed in government, industry, or academia. An open discussion 

will be held to provide basic information on the ABET PEV process, 

expectations, and timeliness. 


ABET PEV REFRESHER TRAINING 

(INVITED SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS) 


Location: 329 

This session is for persons who are already program evaluators and evaluators 

in training. Existing program evaluators are expected to periodically attend 

refresher training both to learn about changes in accreditation expectations 

and to share best practices related to the role of program evaluator. 


PRECISION LIVESTOCK FARMING: DEFINING, 

RESEARCHING, IMPLEMENTING (SE-20) - 



Location: 315 

Moderator: Angela R. Green 


A PRIMER TO FUNDING FROM NIH 

(NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH) (ED-210) 


Location: 325 

Moderators: Mary Leigh Wolfe, Virginia Tech; Ajit Srivastava, 

Michigan State Univ 



session will include NIH program managers (invited) and biological engineers 

who have NIH funding, followed by a panel discussion. The goal is to provide 

helpful information for those seeking funding and to facilitate collaborative 

efforts. 

WATCH THEM COMPETE! 

2010 ASABE 




Exhibit Hall C – 2nd Floor 

Demonstrations: 8:00AM-10:00AM 

Presentations: 10:00AM-12:00PM 

The ASABE Student Robotic Design Competition is a place 

where university student teams create robotic solutions for a 

challenge with an agricultural ‘flavor.’ Past challenges include 

communicating Multiple Robot Systems mimicking a corn 

harvesting operation, harvesting trees in a forest, and in 2010, 

the challenge is to measure the heights of trees in the same 

forest. The teams are judged based on performance, design 

and presentation.

International Community 

The International Affairs Committee of ASABE welcomes 

members and guests to the ASABE Annual International 

Meeting. We hope that you will enjoy the meeting, find 

it a very rewarding experience and will establish many new 

contacts and friendships. The International Affairs Committee 

encourages you to attend the International committee 

meetings and become actively involved in our activities. 

SUNDAY 

ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY ALUMNI RECEPTION 

OF THE COLLEGE OF BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING 

AND FOOD SCIENCE 


Location: 319 

Alumni and visiting professors of College of Biosystems Engineering and Food 

Science, Zhejiang University are invited to enjoy a dinner at a local restaurant 

and catch up with the old friends. Please send email to shaojin_wang@wsu.edu 

by June 19th if you plan to attend. 

MONDAY 



Location: 333 











Location: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom – 2nd Floor 




producer. 

The awards being presented are: IET Division Meeting Paper Awards, 

Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Awards, Book authors, Retiring Division Editors, 

Outstanding Manuscript Reviewers, Conference Chairs, Superior Paper Awards, 

Standards Developers Award 

ASABE AWARDS LUNCHEON 


12:30PM-2:00PM 

Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom 






Location: 330 






Institute (IARI); Dr. Jeyamkondan Subbiah, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

Abstract: AABFEIO will conduct a session focused on Indo-US collaborative 








efforts. 

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Location: 301 


have their annual meeting. This is the second annual meeting of the 

association. The association dinner will take place at India Palace in Downtown 

Pittsburgh (two blocks from the conference hotel) following the business 

meeting. 

COST: $25.00 

AFRICAN ASABE NETWORK 


Location: 329 

TUESDAY 

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INTERNATIONAL BREAKFAST 


Location: 333 

The International Breakfast is a great opportunity to interact with peers from 

many different countries. If you are coming from abroad or have an interest in 

international issues this is the best place to meet new people and begin long 

and fruitful working relationships. The speaker for this International Breakfast 

will be the 2010 recipient of ASABE’s prestigious Kishida International Award. 

COST: $25.00

International Community 

International Affairs 

INTL-601 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 

COMMITTEE MEETING 


Location: 321 

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Location: 326 











• Sensing Technology for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) 

– Yibin Yang 





• Pesticide Injection Using Micro-Synchronization Pump in Sprayers 

– Xinyu Xue 














Location: 327 

















agricultural mechanization has been a feather in the cap of agricultural 

engineers in the 20th century. What is it that will be the distinctive factor for 

agricultural engineers in the 21st century What can students, faculty, 

administrators, industry and policy makers do to help prepare the next 

generation workforce 



started at the 2009 annual meeting. The session at Pittsburg meeting will 

continue to discuss some of the questions raised, and will be a focal point for 

similar future discussions and forums. Students, postdoctoral associates, 

faculty, administrators, industry, and policy makers will potentially gain by 

attending. For more information contact: Irfan Ahmad: isahmad@illinois.edu. 

ASSOCIATION OF OVERSEAS CHINESE 





Location: 333 










COST: $75.00 

WEDNESDAY 

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COST: Included with Full Meeting Registration and Spouse/Guest Registration. 

Additional tickets $40.00

TECHNICAL SESSIONS 

ASABE 2010 Annual International Meeting – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA 


SESSION 101 HARVEST SYSTEMS FOR BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS – 

Sponsored by PM-23/7/2 

Moderator: Jude Liu, Penn State University, University Park, PA 

LOCATION: 301 

Time Paper # Title/Authors 

9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008911 Design Considerations and Feasibility of a Prototype Mechanical Bokbunja 

(Rubus coreanus Miquel) Harvester 

Jung D. So, Jeonju University Technology Innovation Center, Kimje, Jeonbuk, 

South Korea (Jung D. So) 

9:50AM 1008988 Handling Corn Stover Bales for Combustion in Small and Large Furnaces 

Rene Morissette, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Quebec, QC Canada (Rene 

Morissette, Philippe Savoie and Joey Villeneuve) 

10:05AM 1009068 Analysis of Biomass Mechanical Properties for Efficient Size Reduction 

Shane D. Denson, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (Shane Denson, Jinglu 

Tan, Leon Schumacher, Kurt Herman, Harold Huff) 

10:20AM 1009070 Field and Laboratory Based Evaluation of Machinery Used for Harvesting 

Energy Crops 

Phillip C. Johnson, University of Illinois, Goshen, NY (Phillip C Johnson, Alan C 

Hansen) 

10:35AM 1009071 Spring Harvest of Corn Stover 

Pierre-Luc Lizotte, Université Laval, QC Canada (Pierre-Luc Lizotte, Philippe Savoie) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1009074 Densification Methods and their Impact on Large Scale Biomass Production 

Curt P. Thoreson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Curt Thoreson, Matt Darr, Keith 

Webster, Ben Potter, Stuart Birrell) 

11:15AM 1009207 Corn Stover Fractions as a Function of Hybrid, Maturity, Location and Year 

Philippe Savoie, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Quebec, QC Canada (Pierre-Luc 

Lizotte, Philippe Savoie, Mark Lefsrud and Jenna Senecal-Smith) 

11:30AM 1009210 Machinery Management Data for Willow Harvest with a Bio-Baler 

Pierre Luc Hebert, Quebec, QC Canada (Philippe Savoie, Pierre Luc Hébert and 

François-Simon Robert) 

11:45AM 1009222 Harvest Efficiency and Field Losses for High Yielding Sorghum 

John M. Gibson, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (John Gibson, 

Brandon Hartley, J. Alex Thomasson, Steve Searcy, Ruixiu Sui) 

12:00PM 1009360 Machine Performance of Forage Harvesting Equipment on High-Tonnage 

Sorghum 

Brandon E. Hartley, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Brandon Hartley, 

John Gibson, J. Alex Thomasson, Steve Searcy, Ruixiu Sui) 

12:15PM 1009855 Optimization and Energy-Cost Analysis of Crop Residue Harvesting Systems 

Ambika Karkee, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Ambika Karkee, Stuart J. Birrell, 

Matt Darr) 

12:30PM 1009973 Biomass Removal Rate Optimization using RUSLE 2 

Manoj Karkee, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (M. Karkee, R. McNaull, S. Birrell, 

B. Steward) 


SESSION 102 (PM-11) ADVANCES IN TRACTIVE AND TRANSPORT 

EFFICIENCY – Sponsored by PM-46 

Moderator: Pedro Andrade, University of Arizona, Maricopa, AZ 

LOCATION: 302 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008583 The Side-to-Side Load Transfer System for Agricultural Tractor 

Gedalyahu Manor, Technion Israel Inst of Tech, Israel (Gedalyahu Manor; 

Osetinsky Alexander) 

9:50AM 1009100 Evaluation of Agricultural Wheel Traction Prediction Models Using a Single 

Wheel Tester 

Mohammad Loghavi, Shiraz University, Iran (M. Loghavi and M. H. Gheisari) 

10:05AM 1009833 Nonlinear Powerhop Analysis 

Adam B. Flaugh, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (Adam Flaugh, Dr. Cho To, 

Dr. Roger Hoy, Dr. Mike Kocher, Dr. Anne Parkhurst) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1009456 Turning Dynamics Model of Tractor in Field Operation 

Qing Wei, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing China (J. Dai) 

10:45AM 1008558 Traction Potential of Bias-Ply Tyres Used in 2WD Agricultural Tractors 

Francisco Trejo Mejia, Col Vista Alegr, Mexico (Keshaw P Pandey, Vijay K Tiwari) 

11:00AM 1008610 The Influence of Implements and Operational Parameters on Draught and Soil 

Disturbance of Model Tillage Tools 

Seth I. Manuwa, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo Nigeria (S. I. 

Manuwa, O. C. Ademosun, L. A. S. Agbetoye, A. Adesina) 

11:15AM 1009952 DEM Simulation of Soil Plastic Deformation and Reaction Force during Wedge 

Penetration in Cohesive Soil 

Hiroaki Tanaka, National Agric Research Center for Western Region, Kagawa, 

Japan (Shrini K. Upadhyaya, Leroy O. Garciano, Mir S. Shafii) 


SESSION 103 (PM-19) VARIABLE-RATE TECHNOLOGY FOR PRECISION - 

AGRICULTURE – Sponsored by PM-54, PM-23/6 

Moderator: John P. Fulton, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL 

LOCATION: 303 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009956 Comparative Performance Evaluation of Open and Closed Loop System for 

Spinner Disc Control on Dry Fertilizer Spreader 

Dharmendra Saraswat, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (Leo Espinoza, 

Subodh Kulkarni, Terry Griffin) 

9:50AM 1009265 Using 3-D Simulation to Evaluate Spinner Spreader Performance for Variable- 

Rate Application of Poultry Litter 

Jonathan B. Hall, Auburn Univ, Auburn University, AL (Jonathan Hall, Dr. John 

Fulton, Dr. Tim McDonald, Dr. Oladiran Fasina, and Dr. Wesley Zech) 

10:05AM 1009400 A Single Nozzle High Pressure Liquid Pesticide Metering and Injection System 

for Precision Chemical Application 

Brian D. Luck, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (B. D. Luck, S. A. Shearer, T. 

S. Stombaugh, T. G. Mueller) 

10:20AM 1009598 Generating ‘As Applied’ Pesticide Distribution Maps from an Agricultural 

Sprayer Based on Nozzle Pressure Data 

Joe D. Luck, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (J. D. Luck, A. Sharda, S. K. 

Pitla, J. P. Fulton, and S. A. Shearer) 

10:35AM 1009386 Nozzle Uniformity for Agricultural Sprayers Operating under Field Operation 

when Using Automatic Section Technology 

Ajay Sharda, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (A. Sharda, J. D. Luck, J. P. Fulton, S. 

A. Shearer, T. P. McDonald) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1009403 Response Time of a Single Nozzle High Pressure Liquid Pesticide Metering and 

Injection System for Precision Chemical Application 

Brian D. Luck, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (B. D. Luck, S. A. Shearer, T. 

S. Stombaugh, T. G. Mueller, E. A. Alves) 

11:15AM 1008324 Development of a Prototype Variable Rate Sprayer for Spot-Application of 

Agrochemicals in Wild Blueberry Fields 

Qamar Uz Zaman, Nova Scotia Agr College, Truro, NS Canada (Q. Zaman, A. 

Schumann, D. Percival, S. Read, T. Esau) 

11:30AM 1009099 Design, Development and Field Evaluation of a Map-Based Variable Rate 

Granular Application Control System 

Mohammad Loghavi, Shiraz University, Iran (M. Loghavi and S. A. Frouzanmehr) 


SESSION 104 SOIL AND WATER DIVISION POSTER SESSION 

Moderators: 

SW-21 Hydrology Group 

Anita M. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 

SW-22 Erosion Group 

Johnny M. Grace, III, US Forest Service Southern Res Station, Evergreen, AL 

SW-23 Drainage Group 

George M. Chescheir, North Carolina State University, NC (SW-23) 

SW-24 Irrigation Group 

David Bjorneberg, USDA ARS, Kimberly, ID 

SW-25 Structures Group 

Sherry L. Hunt, USDA ARS, Stillwater, OK 

Kyle Douglas-Mankin, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 

LOCATION: Exhibit Hall C 

Poster # Paper # Title/Authors 

1 1008760 Hydrologic Responses to Long-term Climate Change from Forested Watershed 

in Mississippi 

Prem B. Parajuli, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (Prem B. Parajuli) 

2 1008770 Evaluating the Impacts of Land Use Changes on Hydrologic Responses in the 

Agricultural Regions of Michigan and Wisconsin 

Chopeng Shen, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (Shen, C., A.P. 

Nejadhashemi, and M.S. Phanikumar) 

3 1008925 Comparison of Performance with Surface Covering Material by Rainfall 

Simulation 

Hyun Jun Shin, Kangwon University, Chuncheon, Kangwon South Korea (Won 

Cheo-hee, Choi Yong-hoon, Kim ki-cheol, Kim Tae-yoo, Seo ji-yeon) 

4 1008927 Effect of Surface Cover and Slope on Runoff and Soil Erosion 

Taeyoo Kim, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-Do South Korea 

(Choi Joong-dae, Won Chul-hee, Choi Yong-hun, Kim Ki-chul, Seo Ji-yeon, Shin 

Hyun-jun) 

5 1009089 Modification of Rainfall Characteristics by the Maize Canopy 

Renato Prata de Moraes Frasson, IIHR-Hydroscience & Eng, IA (Witold F. 

Krajewski) 

6 1009187 Utilizing Space-Based GPS Technology to Determine Hydrological Properties of 

Soils for Watershed Management 

Charles V. Privette, III, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (Privette, III, C.V., 

Khalilian, A.) 

7 1009384 Enhancing NASA’s Coastal On-line Assessment and Synthesis Tool (COAST) as 

a Visual Interface for Model Based assessments 

Margaret W. Gitau, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL (M.W. Gitau, K. Milla, 

D. Bottcher, R.B. Brown, S. Pancholy, J. Folks) 

8 1009391 A simple distributed overland and channel routing method for the Time-Area 

approach to develop direct runoff hydrograph 

Younggu Her, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Y. Her, C. Heatwole) 

9 1009455 Patterns of Soil Moisture Depletion in Mature Pecan Orchards on the Rio 

Grande Plains, Las Cruces 

Sanjit Kumar Deb, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (Sanjit K. Deb, 

Parmodh Sharma, Manoj K. Shukla, John H. Mexal, Theodore W. Sammis, and 

Rolston St. Hilaire) 

10 1009530 Impact of Submergence on Parshall Flume Discharge Measurements in Low 

Gradient Headwater Streams 

Kevin W. King, USDA ARS, Columbus, OH (Kevin W. King, Norman R. Fausey) 

11 1009698 Effects of Soil and Precipitation Dataset Resolution on SWAT2005 Sediment 

and Total Phosphorus Simulation Accuracy and Outputs 

Daniel N. Moriasi, USDA ARS, El Reno, OK (Daniel N. Moriasi, Patrick J. Starks, 

and Jean L. Steiner) 

12 1009856 Simulating Dissolved Chemical Transport from Soil to Overland Flow: A 

Modified Diffusion-like Model by Adding Raindrop Impact 

Tingwu Lei, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China 

(Xiaonan Shi, Weiping Chen, Laosheng Wu, Tingwu Lei)



13 1009939 Effect of Wetland Water Retention on Water Storage and Hydro-Period in Two 

Isolated Wetlands in the Lake Okeechobee Basin, Florida 

Debashish Goswami, University of Florida, Fort Myers, FL (D. Goswami, S. Shukla, 

W.D. Graham) 

14 1009996 A Web-GIS-Based Eco-Hydrologic Data Sharing Protocol, Santee Experimental 

Forest, Coastal SC 

Devendra Man Amatya, USDA Forest Service, SC (D.M.Amatya, C.C. Trettin, N.S. 

Levine, Z. Dai, and H. Li) 

15 1009640 Impact of Rainfall Data Source on Hydrologic and Water Quality Model 

response of a Coastal Plain Watershed 

Aisha M. Sexton, University of Maryland, Cambria Heights, NY (Aisha M. Sexton, 

Ali M. Sadeghi, Adel Shirmohammadi) 

16 1009924 Comparing Digital Image Analysis and other Turf Quality Measurements in the 

Evaluation of “SMART” Irrigation Technologies 

Ihab E. Ghali, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Ihab Ghali, Dr. Garry 

Grabow, Dr. Grady Miller, Dr. Rod Huffman) 

17 1009082 Assessing Dissolved Oxygen Surface Water Impairments in the Naturally Low 

D.O. West Everglades 

Nathaniel O. Bailey, Florida Dept of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL 

(Nathaniel Bailey) 

18 1008351 Long-Range Streamflow Forecasts in the Tampa Bay Region Using ENSO 

Susan L. Risko, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Susan Risko, Chris Martinez) 

19 1008939 Web Based Water Management to Conserve Water and Energy in Agriculture 

using Weather Station Data 

Abdulrahman Ali Alazba, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Alazba, AA) 

20 1008959 A New Method to Simulate the Precititation in Small River Basin Based on 

Terrain Factors 

Xiao Liu, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong China (Xiao Liu, 

Peiling Gao) 

21 1009768 Trends in Precipitation and Air Temperature Time Series in Lexington/KY-USA 

Williams PM Ferreira, Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais Brazil (Williams P.M. Ferreira, 

Tom Priddy, Cecilia de F. Souza, James Mathews) 

22 1009825 Actual Water Balance and Simulation for Scenario A2 of ECHAMS - OM in the 

West Region of Bahia, Brazil 

Williams PM Ferreira, Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais Brazil (Marcos A. V. Silva; 

Williams Pinto Marques Ferreira; Evandro C. de Oliveira; Flávio B. Justino) 

24 1009361 Water Use for Three Biofuel Crops in South Florida 

Gregory S. Hendricks, University of Florida, Immokalee, FL (G. Hendricks, S. 

Shukla, Z. Helsel, R. Gilbert, J. Knowles, K. Morgan (Presenter Sanjay Shukla)) 

25 1009482 Investigation of Subsurface Hydraulic Parameter Estimation Using Airborne 

Electromagnetic Surveys 

Debasmita Misra, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (Peter A. Calvin and 

Debasmita Misra) 

26 1008688 Experimental and Numerical Study of Anomalous Solute Transport in Porous 

Media 

Kaili Wang, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing (Kaili Wang, Guanhua 

Huang, Yunwu Xiong) 

27 1009592 Critical Soil Moisture Thresholds for Runoff Generation in Southwestern 

Wisconsin Agricultural Basins 

Anita M. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (Timothy Radatz and 

Anita Thompson) 

28 1009694 Cropping Systems for Groundwater Security in India: Productivity and 

Groundwater Responses to Agricultural Land Management 

Daniel Dourte, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Daniel R. Dourte) 

29 1009923 Effect of Water and Nutrient BMPs on Water Quality and Crop Production Under 

Shallow Water Table Environments 

Gregory S. Hendricks, University of Florida, Immokalee, FL (Gregory Hendricks, 

Sanjay Shukla, Fritz M. Roka, and Thomas A. Obreza) 

30 1000009 Evaluation of SWAT Sub-Daily for Runoff Estimation at Jawoon-ri Watershed 

Ganga Maharjan, (G. Maharajan) 

33 1000012 Development and Application of L-THIA 2009 System for Accurate Dir 

Jong Gun Kim, Kangwon National University, Kangwondo, South Korea 

34 1000013 Evaluation of SWAT Direct Runoff and Baseflow Component using Web-based K- 

means Clustering EI Estimation System 

Won Seok Jang, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, South Korea 

35 1009459 Width: Critical Factor in the Functions of Buffer Strips as Wildlife Habitat and 

Protection of Quality of Depressional Wetlands in Minnesota 

Caleb Arika, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN (C. Arika, C. Lenhart, J. 

Nieber, M. Titov, K. Brooks, K. Graeve) 

37 1009122 Method to Integrate Overland, Ephemeral Gully and Stream Bank Erosion 

Models 

Naga Raghuveer Modala, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Naga 

Raghuveer Modala, Kyle R. Douglas-Mankin, Philip L.Barnes, Timothy D. Keane) 

38 1008779 Influence of Submerged Flexible Vegetation Arrangements on Flow Structure 

and Bed Form 

Yi-Ming Kuo, MingDao Universit, Chang-Hua, Taiwan Taiwan (Su-Chin Chen, 

Hsiao-Chia Yen) 

39 1008762 Modeling Phosphorus Loading to the Ross Barnett Reservoir Using SWAT in the 

Upper Pearl River Watershed in East-central Mississippi 

Prem B. Parajuli, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (Prem B. Parajuli, 

William L. Kingery, Mary Love Tagert, Joel O. Paz, Larry O. Oldham) 

40 1008503 Assessing RUSLE and Hill-slope Soil Movement Modeling in the Central 

Appalachians 

Jingxin Wang, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (Jingxin Wang, Pam 

Edwards, Greg Hamons, Tony Goff) 

41 1009279 Event-based Runoff and Sedimentation Processes from Two Watersheds of 

Different Land Use on the Loess Plateau 

Tingwu Lei, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China 

(Cuiping Yuan, Tinwu Lei (Presenter Xiusheng Yang)) 

42 1009431 LiDAR for Engineering Projects – Evaluating Appropriate use 

Norman J. Friedrich, USDA NRCS, West Union, IA (Norman Friedrich, Curt Fopma) 

44 1009515 Large-Scale, Real-Time Monitoring of Sediment Concentration and Sediment 

Movement Using Three-Tier Wireless Sensor Networks 

Naiqian Zhang, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Naiqian Zhang, Wei Han, 

Ning Wang, Joseph Dvorak, Xu Wang, Carl Johnson, Darrell Oard, Daniel Bigham, 

Taher Peyman, Steve McClung, James Steichen) 

45 1008681 Development of Regional-Scale Relationship between Fractal Dimension and 

Soil Physical Properties in the Hetao Irrigation District of China 

Zhongyi Qu, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Binayak P. Mohanty, Xixi 

Wang,Guanhua Huang) 

46 1008649 An Evaluation of the Toxicity of Accumulated Sediments in Stormwater 

Wetlands and Wetponds 

Jacquelyn McNett, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Jacquelyn K. 

McNett, William F. Hunt III) 

47 1008798 Design of Suitable Rainwater Management Structures in a Small Watershed 

Using Remote Sensing and GIS 

Rabindra Kumar Panda, Indian Institute of Tech, West Bengal, India (R. K. Panda 

and S. Arora) 

48 1009655 Development of Sand Water Storage as Surrogate for Rural-Water Supplies in 

Remote Communities of South Africa 

Olufisayo A. Olufayo, Oyo State, Nigeria (Olufayo O.A and Otieno F.A.O) 

49 1008921 Effects of Compaction on Nutrient Cycling in Grazing Systems 

Rhonda Miller, Utah State University, Logan, UT (Rhonda Miller, Erica Ross, Krista 

Payne, Bill Munns) 

50 1009688 Survey of Retention Basin Hydraulic Performance in Florida 

Eban Z. Bean, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Eban Z. Bean, Michael D. 

Dukes) 

51 1008906 Estimating Soil Moisture Content Variability Using Electromagnetic Induction 

Method within Wild Blueberry Fields 

Aitazaz Ahsan Farooque, NSAC, Truro, NS Canada (A. Farooque, Q. Zaman, A. 

Schumann, D. Percival, T. Esau (Presenter Q. Zaman)) 

52 1008590 Wetted Soil Volume as a Design Criteria in Drip Irrigation 

Claudinei Fonseca Souza, UFSCar, São Paulo, Brazil (Souza, C.F.; Santoro, B.L.; 

Sato, L.M. and Peres, J.P.) 

53 1008591 Analysis of Clogging in Drip Emitters during Application of Sewage Effluent 

under Different Chlorination Schemes 

Jiusheng Li, Dept of Irrigation & Drainage, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China (J. 

Li, L. Chen, H. Zhang, Y. Li, J. Yin) 

54 1008532 Dynamic Analysis on the Farming Water-Saving Irrigation in Shandong Province 

Xinzhu Lang, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong China (Lang 

Xinzhu, Gao Peiling, Liu Xianwei) 

55 1008975 Site-specific irrigation management for Peanut in the eastern Coastal Plain 

Kenneth C. Stone, USDA ARS, Florence, SC (K. C. Stone, P. J. Bauer, W. J. 

Busscher, J. A. Millen, D. E. Evans, and E. E. Strickland) 

56 1009132 Water Balance Evapotranspiration Estimates for the Devils Lake Basin Water 

Utilization Test Project 

Dean D. Steele, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (Joshua Moeller, Dean 

Steele, David Hopkins, and Xinhua Jia) 

57 1009427 Impact of Microclimate Data Measured over Grass and Soybean Canopy on 

Penman-Monteith Grass and Alfalfa-Reference Evapotranspiration 

Kari Skaggs, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (Kari Skaggs and Suat Irmak) 

58 1009526 Using Climate Forecasts to Predict Residential Irrigation Demand 

Jonathan S. Alldridge, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Jonathan Alldridge, 

Chris Martinez) 

59 1009983 Simulation of Rice Yield in a Paddy Field Irrigated with Reclaimed Wastewater 

Using Crop Model 

Choung Hyun Seong, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (Choung 

Hyun Seong, Jung Ki Woong, Tae Il Jang, Hak Kwan Kim, Eun Jung Lee, Moon 

Seoung Kang, Seung Woo Park) 

60 1008543 Evapotranspiration and Water Productivity of Irrigated Cotton in Semi-Arid 

Brazilian 

Bergson G. Bezerra, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, 

Paraiba Brazil (Bergson G. Bezerra, Bernardo B. da Silva, José R. C. Bezerra) 

61 1009096 Assessing Irrigation BMP for Water Conservation - Alternate Row Irrigation 

Edward Charles Martin, University of Arizona, Maricopa, AZ (E. C. Martin, J. 

Subramani) 

62 1009097 Assessing Irrigation BMP for Water Conservation - Land Levelling 

Edward Charles Martin, University of Arizona, Maricopa, AZ (E. C. Martin, J. 

Subramani) 

64 1009344 Characteristics of Carbonation of Ready-mixed-Concrete using Infrared Image 

Kisun Ryu, Cheongbuk National University, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk South Korea 

(Seongsoo Yoon, Kisun Ryu, Jeongbae Jeon, Jinseon Park, Hanjoong Kim ) 

65 1009336 Developing of the Model to Estimate Concrete Strength Using Infrared 

Thermography Technique 

Jinseon Park, Chungbuk National University., St. Paul, MN (Jinseon Park, 

Seongsoo Yoon, Kisun Ryu, Jongseok Lee, Hanjoong Kim, Presenter Seongsoo 

Yoon) 

66 1009340 Developing a Structural Design System Base on Load-Path for Agricultural 

Facilities Using Alternative-ESO Technique 

Jongseok Lee, ChungBuk National University, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk South 

Korea (Seongsoo Yoon, Jongseok Lee, Sihwan Kim, Hanjoong Kim, Presenter 

Seongsoo Yoon) 

67 1008486 Structural Enhancement of the Aluminum Drop Toewall Structure 

Stephan M. Becker, USDA NRCS, Livingston, MT (S.M. Becker, W.A. Wallace, G.R. 

Hahn) 

68 1009682 Repair Costs of Low Volume Roads in Spain 

Eutiquio Gallego Vazquez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (E. 

Gallego, E. Ayuga, C. González-Montellano, A.I. García, F. Ayuga) 

69 1008825 Urban Level Spreader – Vegetated Filter Strip Evaluation in the Coastal Plain of 

North Carolina 

Erica M. Petre, Penn State University, Lewisburg, PA (Erica M. Petre, William F. 

Hunt, and Ryan J. Winston)



70 1008671 Water Spreading Under Low Flow Conditions for Vegetated Treatment Area 

Applications 

Justin D. Bonnema, USDA NRCS, Brookings, SD (Justin D. Bonnema, Todd P. 

Trooien) 

71 1009130 Reactive Screw-Extrusion Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass with Acetic 

Acid for Ethanol Production 

Samuel A. Agyemang, North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, NC (Samuel A. 

Agyemang, Lijun Wang, Abolgashem Shahbazi, Jianzhong Lou) 

72 1009871 Simulation of Salinity in Iwon Lake using EFDC-Hydro and WASP models 

Ki Woong Jung, Seoul National University, Seoul, Gwanak South Korea (S.M. Kim, 

K.W. Jung, C.H. Seong, E.J. Lee, S. W. Park) 

73 1009713 Application of Floating Treatment Wetlands to Stormwater Management 

Chih-Yu Wang, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Chih-Yu Wang, David Sample, 

Adrian Fremont) 

74 1009471 Provision of Environmental Services of Water Storage on a Drained Ranchland 

in South Florida and the Simulation of Alternative Water Management 

Scenarios 

Alphonce C. Guzha, University of Florida, Immokalee, FL (Guzha A.C. and Shukla 

S.) 

76 1000030 NO3-N Loss from Cropland in Subsurface Drainage for Conventional Depth 

Drains with Flow-Controlled Outlets vs. Shallow Drains with Gravity-Flow 

Outlets 

James L. Fouss, (J.L. Fouss) 


SESSION 105 (IET-8A) MACHINE VISION FOR AGRICULTURAL 

AUTOMATION AND MANAGEMENT - PART 1 – 

Sponsored by IET-312 

Moderator: Govindarajan Konda Naganathan, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 

LOCATION: 306 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008373 Foreign Objects Recognizing in Shielded Packaged Food by Invariant Movement 

Matching 

Maocheng Zhao, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Peoples Republic of China 

(Zhao Maocheng, Ju Ronghua, Chenzuo, Wang Xiwei) 

9:50AM 1008878 Differentiation of decayed and healthy tissue in Fresh Michigan Chestnuts using 

X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) imaging 

Irwin R. Donis Gonzalez, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (Irwin R. 

Donis-Gonzalez, Daniel Guyer, Anthony Pease) 

10:05AM 1009954 Real-Time Poultry Inspection System Using High Speed Hyperspectral Imaging 

Seung-Chul Yoon, USDA, Athens, GA (S. C. Yoon, B. Park, K. C. Lawrence, W. R. 

Windham, G. W. Heitschmidt) 

10:20AM 1009216 Inter-plant Spacing Sensing at Early Growth Stages Using a Time-of-Flight of 

Light based 3D Vision Sensor 

Akash D. Nakarmi, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Akash D. Nakarmi, Jian Jin 

and Lie Tang) 

10:35AM 1009115 Three Dimensional Mapping of Citrus Fruits in the Canopy Using Computer Vision 

Venkatramanan Jayaraman, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Venkatramanan 

Jayaraman,Thomas F Burks, Duke M Bulanon, Jeffrey Ho) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1008791 Development of Advanced Pixel-March Algorithm to Determine the Width of 

Non-Convex Shaped Biomass Particles by Machine Vision 

Cannayen Igathinathane, North Dakota State University, Bismarck, ND (C. 

Igathinathane, S. Melin, L. O. Pordesimo, S. Sokhansanj, E. P. Columbus, X. Bi, C. 

J. Lim) 

11:15AM 1009546 An Adaptive Gain and Exposure Algorithm for Stereo Imaging 

Dvoralai Wulfsohn, DAYENU LTDA, San Fernando, Region VI, Chile (F. Garcia, D. 

Wulfsohn, C. Andersen, M. Larsen) 

11:30AM 1008834 ADABOOST and Support Machine Vector Based Classifier for Patch Spraying of 

Canola and Wheat 

Sunil Kumar Mathanker, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Sunil K 

Mathanker, Paul R Weckler, R K Taylor, and Guoliang Fan) 

11:45AM 1008582 Image Feature Selection in Machine Vision for Determining Sunagoke Moss 

Water Content (Bio-inspired Approaches) 

Yusuf Hendrawan, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan (Yusuf Hendrawan, 

Haruhiko Murase) 


SESSION 106 (IET-13A) MULTISPECTRAL AND HYPERSPECTRAL SENSING 

APPLICATIONS – Sponsored by IET-348, PM-54 

Moderator: Chenghai Yang, USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX 

LOCATION: 307 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009173 Identifying Distinctly Green and Heated Treated Seeds in Canola Using Machine 

Vision 

Geetika Dilawari, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Geetika Dilawari and 

Carol Jones) 

9:50AM 1008923 Serum Vitamin A Level Measurement in Beef Cattle Using Spectral Imaging 

Kazumi Yoshida, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto Japan (Noriko Takahashi, 

Naoshi Kondo, Takahiro Koike, Shoichi Mano, Kazumi Yoshida, Tomoo Shiigi, 

Hiroshi Shimizu, Nguyen Quoc Tuan, Moriyuki Fukushima, Kazuyuki Fukuzono, 

Mamoru Nakano) 

10:05AM 1008864 Tracking Phenological Development in Lesquerella with Hyperspectral Remote 

Sensing 

Kelly R. Thorp, USDA ARS, Maricopa, AZ (K.R. Thorp and D.A. Dierig) 

10:20AM 1008622 Detection of Human and Pig Hair on the Surface of Ginned Cotton by Hyper- 

Spectral Imaging 

Junxian Guo, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China (J. Guo, Xiuqin Rao, 

F. Cheng, Y. Ying) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1008514 Cotton Canopy Response to Nitrogen Treatments in Arkansas: Observations 

Using Crop Circle (ACS-470) 

Subodh S. Kulkarni, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, 

Fayetteville, AR (S.S. Kulkarni, L.T. Barber, E. Barnes, T.W. Griffin, and D. 

Saraswat.) 

11:00AM 1009038 Comparison Spectral Properties of Crops at Canopy Scale Measured with 

Spectroradiometer 

Huihui Zhang, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX (Huihui Zhang, Yubin Lan, John 

Westbrook, Charles Suh, Clint Hoffmann, Ronald Lacey) 

11:15AM 1009106 Development of a LCTF Based Near-infrared Hyperspectral Imaging System for 

Onion Quality Inspection 

Weilin Wang, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA (C. Li, C. Thai, R. Gitaitis, E. W. Tollner) 

11:30AM 1009214 Hyperspectral Imaging for Quality Evaluation on Tomato 

Sukwon Kang, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 

South Korea (Kangjin Lee, Jaeryong Son) 


SESSION 107 (IET-20A) SENSORS AND CONTROLS FOR PRECISION 

AGRICULTURE - PART 1: SENSORS – Sponsored by IET-353, 

PM-54 

Moderator: Dharmendra Saraswat, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 

LOCATION: 310 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009603 Sensor Evaluation 

Abhinaya Subedi, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (A. Subedi, D. Shrestha) 

9:50AM 1008734 Development of Stand Alone Tower Remote Sensing for Energy Crops 

Tofael Ahamed, Bangladesh Agricultural Uni, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh 

(T. Ahamed, L. Tian, Y. Jiang, H. Liu, B. Zhao, K. C. Ting) 

10:05AM 1008737 Spectral Sensing for Dry Matter Biomass Estimation of Energy Crops 

Tofael Ahamed, Bangladesh Agricultural Uni, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh 

(T. Ahamed, L. Tian, CJ Gadana, F. Pinto, H. Liu, K. C. Ting) 

10:20AM 1009313 Development of a Robust Weed Species Mapping System Using Hyperspectral 

Imaging for Precision Weed Control in Processing Tomato 

Yun Zhang, University of California, Davis, CA (Y. Zhang, D. C. Slaughter) 

10:35AM 1008566 On-tracking Control of Agricultural Mobile Robot Based on Inner Information 

Jun Chen, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi China (J. Chen, S. Lian, 

S. Xue) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1009220 Optimal Coverage Path Planning on 3D Terrain 

Jian Jin, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Jian Jin, Lie Tang (presenter Lie Tang)) 

11:15AM 1009424 Robust Navigation Control Design and Validation for an Agricultural Robotic 

Vehicle 

Xuyong Tu, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Xuyong Tu, Lie Tang) 

11:30AM 1008917 Analysis of Power Consumption in Tangential-Axial-Flow Threshing Units of 

Combine Harvester Machine 

Shumao Wang, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing China (Qingyuan Zhu, 

Shumao Wang, Qin Zhang, Du Cheng) 


SESSION 108 IET-18 ADVANCES IN INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROLS – 

Sponsored by IET-353, IET-254 

Moderator: Paul R. Weckler, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea 

LOCATION: 311 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009246 Site-Specific Fertigation with a Wireless Irrigation Control Network 

Bob Coates, University of California, Davis, CA (Robert W. Coates, Michael J. 

Delwiche) 

9:50AM 1009468 A Node and Network Level Self-Healing Distributed Wireless Sensor 

Architecture for Greenhouse Based Plant Monitoring Systems 

Gregory Striemer, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Gregory Striemer, Ali Akoglu, 

Murat Kacira) 

10:05AM 1009183 Microwave Moisture Meter for Rapid and Nondestructive Grading of Peanuts 

Samir Trabelsi, USDA ARS, Athens, GA (Samir Trabelsi, Micah A. Lewis, and 

Stuart O. Nelson) 

10:20AM 1009450 Sensor Fusion Technique to Determine Plant Water Potential 

Vasu Udompetaikul, University of California, Davis, CA (Vasu Udompetaikul, Shrini 

Upadhyaya, Bruce Lampinen, David Slaughter) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1009472 Large Scale Application of Vibration Sensors for Fan Monitoring at Commercial 

Layer Hen Barns 

Yan Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Yan Chen, Ji-Qin Ni, Claude A. 

Diehl, Albert J. Heber, Bill W. Bogan, Li-Long Chai) 

11:00AM 1008576 Data Transmission Performance for 2.4GHz In-field Soil Property Monitoring 

Wireless Sensor Network 

Zhen LI, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Ning Wang, Tiansheng Hong, 

Haixia Li) 

11:15AM 1009059 A Practical Data Reporting Solution for Free-ranging Cattle Monitoring 

Applications Using Wireless Sensor Networks 

Tsung Ta Wu, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland (T.-T. Wu, C. Di, B. 

Stephen, G. Tsao, H.G. Goh, K-H. Kwong, C. Michie, I. Andonovic) 

11:30AM 1009514 Three-tier Wireless Sensor Network Infrastructure for Environmental Monitoring 

Wei Han, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Wei Han and Naiqian Zhang)




SESSION 109 (SE-01) ANIMAL RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL 

FACTORS – Sponsored by SE-301, SE-413 

Moderator: Tami M. Brown-Brandl, USDA ARS-USMARC, Clay Center, NE 

LOCATION: 315 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009605 Implementation of a GPS Monitoring System for Cows on Pasture 

Angela R. Green, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (A.R. Green, L.F. Rodriguez) 

9:50AM 1009532 Physiological Responses of Dairy Cows during Extended Solar Exposure 

Kifle G. Gebremedhin, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (K. G. Gebremedhin, C.N. Lee, 

P.E. Hillman, R.J. Collier) 

10:05AM 1009452 Effects of Housing Systems on the Physiological Responses of Newborn 

Holstein Calves 

Soraia V. Matarazzo, Instituto de Zootecnia, Nova Odessa, SP Brazil (Matarazzo, 

S.V.; Arcaro, J. R. P.; Pozzi, C. R.; Campos, F. P.; Sarmento, P.; Conceição, M.G.; 

Castelani, L., Aracaro Jr., I; Fernandes, S. A. A.) 

10:20AM 1008909 An Evaluation of Young Laying Hen’s Environmental Preference 

Morgan D. Hayes, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (M. Hayes, H. Xin, H. Li) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1009155 Performance Assessment of an Environmental Preference Chamber for Animals 

Glogerley T. Sales, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (G. T. Sales, A. R. Green, R. S. 

Gates) 

11:00AM 1009619 Fuzzy Logic Application on the Determination of Noise Levels as an Indicative 

of Swine Welfare in Controlled Environments 

Giselle Borges, NUPEA - ESALQ - USP, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo Brazil (G. Borges, 

R.S. Gates, G.T. Sales, K.O.S. Miranda (Presenter Kesia Oliveira da Silva Miranda)) 

11:15AM 1009625 Environmental Conditions Effects in Noise Emission by Piglets in an Intensive 

Production Farm 

Giselle Borges, NUPEA - ESALQ - USP, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo Brazil (G. Borges, 

K.O.S. Miranda, R.S. Gates, G.T. Sales (Presenter Kesia Oliveira da Silva Miranda)) 

11:30AM 1009347 Effects of Neoprene Mat on Pre-weaning Piglet Limb Lesions and Lacation Sow 

Behaviour 

Zhaobing Gu, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing China (Z Gu) 


SESSION 110 (SE-7) MEASUREMENT AND MITIGATION OF GASEOUS 

POLLUTANTS FROM LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY MANURE 

STORAGE AND TREATMENT SYSTEMS – 

Sponsored by SE-305 

Moderator: Saqib Mukhtar, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 

Location: 316 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009109 Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Outdoor-Stored Broiler Litter 

William H. de Wit, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON Canada (W. de Wit, C. 

Wagner-Riddle and B.J. Van Heyst) 

9:50AM 1008659 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ground Level Area Sources in a Dairy 

Operation 

MD Saidul Borhan, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Borhan. M.S., S. 

Capareda, S. Mukhtar, W.B. Faulkner, R. McGee, C.B. Parnell, Jr.) 

10:05AM 1009528 Catalytic Ozonation of Gaseous Pollutants from Swine Manure Storage Pits 

Veronica Mbaneme, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Mbaneme, V and 

P. Kolar) 

10:20AM 1009288 Gases Emissions from Swine Manure Storage under Different Height and 

Temperature 

Hongmin Dong, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, Peoples 

Republic of China (H Dong) 

10:35AM 1009346 Perlite Covers for Emission Reduction during Manure Storage 

Werner Berg, Institute of Agricultural Engineering Bornim (ATB), Potsdam 

Brandenburg, Germany (Werner E. Berg, Simone Kraatz) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1009420 Development of a Wet Scrubber for Recovering Ammonia Emissions from Air 

Exhausts of Poultry Manure Composting Facilities 

Roderick B. Manuzon, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Roderick B. 

Manuzon, Lingying Zhao and Lara Jane S. Hadlocon) 

11:15AM 1009486 Development of Wet Scrubber Technology for Removal of Ammonia Emissions 

from Covered Manure Storages 

Lara Jane S. Hadlocon, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Lara Jane S. 

Hadlocon, Roderick B. Manuzon, Lingying Zhao, Jun Zhu) 

11:30AM 1009948 Factors Affecting NH3 and CO2 Emissions from Flux Chamber Systems in High 

Rise Layer Houses 

Ricardo R. Acevedo, Iowa State University, Bayamon, PR (R.R. Acevedo, H. Xin, H. Li 

(Presenter Morgan Hayes)) 


SESSION 111 (SE-13) ANAEROBIC DIGESTION ADVANCES IN MANURE, 

FOOD AND ORGANIC WASTES – Sponsored by SE-40, 

FPE-707, SE-412 

Moderator: Christopher G. Henry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 

LOCATION: 317 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009079 Co-digestion of Industrial Biowaste, Animal Manure, and Food Waste for 

Methane Production 

Danqi Zhu, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH (Danqi Zhu, Yebo Li) 

9:50AM 1008596 Enhancing CH4 Productivity by Co-Digesting Swine Manure with Crop Residues 

as an External Carbon Source 

Xiao Wu, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN (Xiao Wu, Wanying Yao, Jun Zhu, 

Curtis Miller) 

10:05AM 1008695 Serial CSTR Type Biogas Production System for the Treatment of Swine Manure 

with Vegetable Waste 

Gopi Krishna Kafle, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Kangwondo South 

Korea (Sang Hun Kim, Gopi Krishna Kafle) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1009963 Anaerobic Biodegradability of Complex Particulate Substrates under Mesophilic 

and Thermophilic Conditions 

Rodrigo A. Labatut, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Lars Angenent, Norm Scott) 

10:45AM 1009787 Continuous Operation of a Full Scale Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Reactor 

Treating Low Strength Swine Manure 

Matthew T. Steele, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Matthew T. Steele 

and Douglas W. Hamilton) 

11:00AM 1008473 Improving Economics of AD through Biomethane Production and Ammonia 

Recovery 

Dennis A. Burke, Environmental Energy & Engineering Co, Olympia, WA (Dennis 

Burke) 


SESSION 112 (SE-4) GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY TECHNOLOGY 

APPLICATIONS – Sponsored by SE-303 

Moderator: Mark G. Lefsrud, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC Canada 

LOCATION: 318 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009175 Results from Growing Lettuce in a Hydroponic Research Laboratory 

Robert C. Hansen, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH (R.C. Hansen, P.P. Ling, 

M.H. Klingman, M.J. Sciarini, H.M. Keener) 

9:50AM 1008581 Effect of Light Quality on Growth of Lactuca sativa L.“Greenwave” 

Hiroshi Shimizu, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (Hiroshi Shimizu, Yuta Saito, 

Hiroshi Nakashima, Juro Miyasaka, Katsuaki Ohdoi) 

10:05AM 1009793 Use of Reflective PAR Mulches to Enhance Winter-time Greenhouse Strawberry 

Production 

George E. Meyer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (G.E. Meyer, E.T. Paparozzi, 

S.A. Adams) 

10:20AM 1009899 The Risk of Pythium Aphanidermatum in Hydroponic Babyleaf Spinach 

Production 

Timothy J. Shelford, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Timothy Shelford, Louis 

Albright) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1008799 Design and Construction of a Pilot-Scale Plant-Factory with Multiple Lighting 

Sources 

Eiichi Ono, Tokyo, Japan (E. Ono, H. Watanabe) 

11:00AM 1008785 Dehumidification of Greenhouses in Cold Region 

Zhu Gao, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada (Z. Gao, H. Guo, R. 

Brad, D. Waters,) 

11:15AM 1009867 Development of Greenhouse Crop Model Base System Based on WEB 

Jizhang Wang, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu China (J. Wang) 

11:30AM 1009684 An Input-Output Nutrients Analysis in Greenhouse Vegetable Production 

Pingping Li, JingSu University Science & Technology, ZhengJiang JiangSu, 

Peoples Republic of China (P Li) 


SESSION 113 (ESH-3) SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH DESIGN 

Moderator: Dennis J. Murphy, Penn State University, University Park, PA 

LOCATION: 305 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008775 Holistic Ergonomics in Agriculture 

Chitaranjan Saran, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO (Chitaranjan 

(Jivan) Saran) 

9:50AM 1009715 Designing Tools and Agricultural Equipment for Women 

Aaron M. Yoder, Penn State University, University Park, PA (Aaron M Yoder) 

10:05AM 1008732 Increasing Tractor Operator Protection through NIOSH Crops Research 

Eugene A. McKenzie, Jr, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV (EA McKenzie, Jr & JR Harris) 

10:20AM 1008806 Evaluation of the Physical Load and Biomechanics Conditions of Workers in 

Poultry Houses 

Cecilia De Fatima Souza, Universidade Federal De Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, 

Brazil (Carvalho, Cinara da Cunha Siqueira; Souza, Cecília de Fátima; Tinôco, Ilda 

de Fátima Ferreira; Vieira, Maria de Fátima Araújo; Menegali, Irene) 


SESSION 114 (FPE-18) ADVANCES IN COPRODUCT AND BYPRODUCT 

MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION – Sponsored by FPE-707 

Moderator: Kurt A. Rosentrater, USDA ARS, Brookings, SD 

LOCATION: 327 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008604 Effects of Varying CDS levels and Drying/Cooling Temperatures on Flowability 

Properties of DDGS 

Rumela Bhadra, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (Rumela Bhadra, K. 

Muthukumarappan, and Kurt A. Rosentrater) 

9:50AM 1009198 New Way of DDGS Processing into High Value Added Products 

Pavel A. Krasutsky, NRRI-UMD, Duluth, MN (Alexey Kacharov, Jonason Lee and 

Pavel Krasutsky)



10:05AM 1009395 Effect of Die Temperature and Feed Moisture Content on Physical Attributes of 

Pelleted Wheat Distiller’s Dried Grains with Solubles 

Jaya Shankar Tumuluru, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (Tumuluru Jaya 

Shankar, Lope Tabil, Anthony Opoku, Maria Rosario Mosqueda and Olaniyi Fadeyi) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1008337 Twin-Screw Extrusion Processing of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles Based 

Rainbow Trout Feeds (Oncorhynchus mykiss) 

Ferouz Y. Ayadi, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (Ferouz Y. Ayadi, 

Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, Kurt A. Rosentrater, Michael L. Brown) 

10:45AM 1008469 Fractionation of Soybean Meal, Cottonseed Meal and Wheat Middlings using 

Combination of Sieving and Air Classification 

Ravi K. Challa, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS (Ravi K Challa, 

Radhakrishnan Srinivasan and Filip To) 


SESSION 115 (FPE-11) MICROWAVE AND RADIO FREQUENCY HEATING 

AND DRYING IN AG AND FOOD PROCESSING – 

Sponsored by FPE-703 

Moderator: Shaojin Wang, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 

LOCATION: 328 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008320 Developing Postharvest Disinfestation Treatments for Legumes Using Radio 

Frequency Energy 

Shaojin Wang, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (S. Wang, G. Tiwari, S. 

Jiao, J. A. Johnson, J. Tang) 

9:50AM 1008690 Microwave-Convective Drying Characteristics of Okra 

Deepak Kumar, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Deepak Kumar and Suresh 

Prasad) 

10:05AM 1009263 Effect of Thermal Processes on the Anti-Nutritional Factors of Red Lentils 

Satyanarayandev Raja Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de- 

Bellevue, QC Canada (S.R.S. Dev, Y. Gariepy, G.S.V. Raghavan, V.Orsat and S. 

Prakash) 

10:20AM 1009568 Coupled Electromagnetic and Heat Transfer Modeling of Microwave Heating 

Using Finite Difference Time Domain Method 

Krishnamoorthy Pitchai, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (Sohan L Birla, 

Jeyamkondan Subbiah, David D Jones) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1008932 Quality and Mold Control of Enriched White Bread by Combined Radio 

Frequency and Hot Air Treatment 

Zhihuai Mao, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China 

(Yanhong Liu, Juming Tang, Zhihuai Mao, Mah Jae-Hyung, Shunshan Jiao) 

11:00AM 1009275 Drying Speed Control in Microwave Drying of Carrots 

Ning Wang, McGill University, Pointe Claire, QC Canada (Zhenfeng Li, Ning Wang) 

11:15AM 1008556 Hybrid Solar - Microwave Drying of Grapes 

Abdel-Wahab S. Kassem, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt (Abdel-Wahab 

S. Kassem, A. Z. Shoukr, A. Aboukarima, and S. S. Kassem) 

11:30AM 1008761 Effect of the Process Parameters of Microwave Assisted Extraction (MAE) on the 

Polysaccharides YIelds from Pumpkin 

Xianzhe Zheng, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Peoples Republic of 

China (Zheng Xianzhe, Lan Yubin, Ding Ningye, Ye Fangping) 


SESSION 116 (FPE-7) CROP DRYING AND HANDLING – 


Moderator: Christopher L. Butts, USDA ARS, Dawson, GA 

LOCATION: 329 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009576 Investigation of Ethylene Gas as a Treatment for Stored-Product Insects 

Anthony J. Megel, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Anthony J. Megel; 

Carol L. Jones, Ph.D., P.E.; Edmond Bonjour; Jared Kinder) 

9:50AM 1010029 Grain Bag Internal Environment and Effects on Grain Quality 

Jason K. Ward, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS (Ward, J.K. and 

J.D. Davis) 

10:05AM 1009152 3-D and Quasi-2-D DEM Modeling of Grain Commingling in a Bucket Elevator 

Boot System 

Josephine M. Boac, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (J. M. Boac, M. E. 

Casada, and R. G. Maghirang) 

10:20AM 1009951 Development of a Headspace Model for Stored Grain Bin 

Johnselvakumar Lawrence, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (J. Lawrence and 

D. E. Maier) 


SESSION 118 FIFTH ANNUAL BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING STANDARDS 

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION – Sponsored by BE-03 

Moderator: R Heather Jaffan, Trak-Tech Corp, Fairfax, VA 

LOCATION: 323 

Invited panelists, members from the Biological Engineering Division and other 

interested persons will meet to exchange ideas and stimulate discussion focusing 

on advancement of standards in Biological Engineering. 


SESSION 119 (BE-15) AUTOMATION AND BIOSENSORS IN FOOD 

PROCESSING 

Moderator(s): Lamin S. Kassama, University of Wisconsin, Menimonie, WI 

Chenxu Yu, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 

LOCATION: 324 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008783 Rapid Identification of Rice Samples Using an Electronic Nose 

Yubin Lan, USDA ARS, College Station, TX (Y.-B. Lan, N.-Y. Ding, X. Zheng, J.-M. 

Zhu, J. Westbrook, W.C. Hoffmann, R.E. Lacey) 

9:50AM 1009269 Utilizing a Dual Recognition Mechanism for Detection of Foodborne Pathogens 

Using Nano Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic (SERS) Molecular Probes 

and Portable Raman Spectrosensor 

Nan Xiao, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Nan Xiao and Chenxu Yu (Presenter 

Chenxu Yu)) 

10:05AM 1009323 The Study of the Best Glassy Carbon Electrode Modification Methods in the 

Biosensor System 

Wenping Zhao, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong China (W 

Zhao) 

10:20AM 1009466 Nanobeads/Nanoelectrode Based Impedance Biosensor for Rapid Screening of 

Avian Influenza Virus 

Yanbin Li, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (Y Li, T. Huang, H Lu, W. Bottje, 

R Wang, X Mao, K Lassiter, J Lum) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1009126 Model-Based Ultrasound Measurements for Apple Crispness Evaluation 

Sri Waluyo, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (Gang Yao, Fu-Hung Hsieh, 

Jinglu Tan) 

11:00AM 1009476 Orienting Tomatoes Using Inertial Properties of Round Objects 

Alan M. Lefcourt, USDA ARS, Beltsville, MD (A. Lefcourt, P. Motabar, U. Tasch, M. 

Kim, R. Rostamian) 

11:15AM 1009612 Characterization of Ice Crystal Size and Distribution In Frozen Foods Using an 

Ultrasonic Technique 

Fatma Sahmurat, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (F. Sahmurat, P. K. Mallikarjunan) 

11:30AM 1009326 An Electrochemical Impedance Immunosensor for Triazophos Detection Using 

Au-Colloid Modified Gold Electrode 

Junran Huang, Zhejiang University, HangZhou, ZheJiang China (Junran Huang, 

Minghua Wang, Jianping Wang, Yanbin Li) 


SESSION 120 (BE-6) APPLICATIONS IN ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 

Moderator: Dawn M. Reinhold, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 

LOCATION: 325 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008504 Engineering Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Watersheds 

William T. Stringfellow, University of Pacific, Stockton, CA (William Stringfellow, 

Justin Graham, Sharon Borglin, Mark Brunell, Jeremy Hanlon, and Chelsea Spier) 

9:50AM 1009219 Emergy Analysis of Low-Cost Anaerobic Digestion Systems 

Stephanie A. Lansing, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (Stephanie 

Lansing, Rich Ciotola, Jay Martin) 

10:05AM 1009556 Single Use Carieer Sacs and Reverse Logistic -A Life Cycle Analysis based 

Approach 

Zulfiqar Ali Qureshi, University of Windsor, WINDSOR, ON Canada (Z Ali Qureshi) 

10:20AM 1009056 Using Ecologically Relevant Hydrologic Indices to Examine Temporal Changes 

in Unregulated Streams in Kansas 

Jonathan P. Aguilar, USDA/ARS/NPARL, Sidney, MT (J. Aguilar, J.K. Koelliker and 

D.G. Chandler) 

10:35AM 1008648 Benthic Macro Invertebrates: A New Way to Regulate BMPs 

Jacquelyn McNett, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Jacquelyn K. 

McNett, William F. Hunt III, Jason A. Osborne) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1008890 Phytoextraction of Triclosan and Triclocarban by Pumpkin and Zuchhini 

Niroj Aryak, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (Niroj Aryal, Dr. Dawn 

Reinhold) 

11:15AM 1008994 Kure Beach Dune Infiltration System: Examining Long-Term Effectiveness and 

Impacts of Stormwater Infiltration through Sand Dunes 

William D. Price, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (William D. Price, 

Michael R. Burchell, George M. Chescheir, and William F. Hunt) 

11:30AM 1009423 Enrichment of ANAMMOX Bacteria in Baffled Biofilters 

Jianfeng Wen, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY (Jianfeng Wen, 

Wendong Tao, Christopher T. Norton) 

11:45AM 1009845 Greywater and A/C Condensation Reuse in Arid Areas 

Fouad H. Jaber, Texas A&M University, Dallas, TX (Hazim M. Qiblawey) 


SESSION 121 (BE-18) BIOSEPARATION AND FRACTIONATION PROCESSES 

– Sponsored by BE-28, FPE-709 

Moderator: Lisa R. Wilken, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 

LOCATION: 326 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1000002 Commercial Opportunities and Challenges for Protein Products from Corn 

Zivko L. Nikolov, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (L. R. Wilken, Z. L. 

Nikolov)



9:50AM 1000003 Commercial Opportunities and Challenges for Protein Products from Transgenic 

Plants 

Zivko L. Nikolov, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Z.L. Nikolov, S.L. 

Woodard) 

10:05AM 1000004 Production of Monoclonal Antibodies under cGMP in Nocotiana Benthamiana 

Shawn Chen, Arizona State University The Biodesign Institute, Tempe, AZ (S. 

Chen) 

10:20AM 1009421 Processes Development for Initial Recovery and Purification of Human IgG from 

Tobacco Extract 

Andrew D. Fulton, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (A. Fulton and C. Zhang) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1008616 Removal of phenolic compounds by adsorption on polymeric resins before 

protein purification 

Georgia O.F. Barros, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Georgia O. F. 

Barros, Susan L. Woodard, Zivko L. Nikolov) 

11:00AM 1000005 Removal of Fermentation Inhibitors from Biomass Hydrolysates 

Vikas Nannapaneni, Brookings, SD (V. Nannapaneni, A. Muthukumarappan, B.E. 

Bjornson, Z. Gu) 

11:15AM 1008731 Application of the Elusieve Process to the Classification of Meat and Bone Meal 

Particles 

Rafael A. Garcia, USDA ARS, Wyncote, PA (Rafael A. Garcia) 

11:30AM 1010049 Distribution of Energy in Corn Plants 

Keri B. Cantrell, USDA ARS, Florence, SC (K. Cantrell; J. Novak; J. Frederick; D. 

Karlen; D. Watts) 


SESSION 122 (EDU-2) INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR ENGAGING 

STUDENTS – Sponsored by ED-205 

Moderator: Dennis R. Buckmaster, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 

LOCATION: 319 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008606 Effectiveness of a Biodiesel Education Workshop for Secondary School Students 

Donald M. Johnson, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (Sallee, C., D. Edgar, 

D. Johnson, G. Wardlow) 

9:50AM 1008548 Assessing the Impact of Co-Curricular Activities: What do Undergraduate 

Students Learn in a Quarter-Scale Tractor Design Competition 

Laura Hahn, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL (Laura D. Hahn and Alan C. 

Hansen) 

10:05AM 1008536 Using the Discipline of Agricultural Engineering to Integrate Math and Science 

Timothy L. Foutz, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (Tim Foutz, Sid Thompson, 

Maria Navarro, Roger Hill) 

10:20AM 1009041 Student Created Videos in Virtual Meeting Rooms 

Dennis R. Buckmaster, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Dennis Buckmaster) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1009902 Community Engagement in Biological & Agricultural Engineering 

Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Marybeth Lima) 

11:00AM 1008824 Option-Specific Program Outcomes and Performance Criteria to Meet Biological 

Engineering Program Criteria 

Garey A. Fox, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Garey A. Fox, Danielle 

Bellmer, and Ronald L. Elliott) 

11:15AM 1009966 A Mexican University BS Program Based in Competences: Biotechnological 

Engineering 

Iram F. Mondaca, Instituto Tecnologico De Sonora, Obregón, Sonora, Mexico 

(Isabel Estrada, Iram Mondaca, Ramsés Cuevas,Laura Gassós, José de Jesús 

Balderas) 

11:30AM 1009650 Using Real Data in Teaching Soil and Water Conservation Engineering 

Amy L. Kaleita, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Amy Kaleita) 


SESSION 123 (INTL-1A) TRENDS IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND 

BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICES IN DEVELOPING 

COUNTRIES - PART 1 – Sponsored by INTL-601 

Moderator: Israel Sunday Dunmade, Mount Royal University Calgary, Calgary, AB 

Canada 

LOCATION: 320 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008663 Malnutrition, a Global Problem 

Shirin Pourafshar, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (Shirin 

Pourafshar, Kurt A. Rosentrater, Padmanaban Krishnan) 

9:50AM 1008667 Some Middle Eastern Breads, Their Characteristics and their Production 


Pourafshar, Padmanaban Krishnan, Kurt A. Rosentrater) 

10:05AM 1008956 Learning with Information Technology: The Challenge of Globalization for Latin 

America and the Caribbean (LAC) 

Elsa Susana Sepulveda, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Elsa Susana 

Sepúlveda Bustos, PhD) 

10:20AM 1010044 Socio-cultural Lifecycle Impacts of Agricultural Technologies Deployed in a 

Rural Economy - A Conceptual Model 

Israel Sunday Dunmade, Mount Royal University Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada 

(I Dunmade) 

10:35AM 1008682 A Decision Support Model for Customizable Bio-greening Material in 

Developing Country 

Mirwan Ushada, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan (Mirwan 

Ushada, Haruhiko Murase) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1008578 Research on Machinery Cost of Grain-Production in China-Based on a 

Nationwide Questionnaire Survey 

Xiao Chen Cui, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing China (Cui Xiaochen, 

Wang Decheng) 

11:15AM 1008575 Research on the Policies and Practices of Chinese Agricultural Mechanization 

in the New Period 

Xiao Chen Cui, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing China (Cui Xiaochen, 

Wang Decheng) 

11:30AM 1009544 Investments in Agricultural Mechanization in India 

Gajendra Singh, Delhi, India (G. Singh, I. Mani) 

11:45AM 1008293 Performance Evaluation of a Cassava Chips Dryer 

Akindele Folarin Alonge, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, UYO Nigeria (A.F. 

Alonge) 

12:00PM 1009536 Flatbed Rice Dryer: The Philippine Experience 

Conrado M. Baltazar, Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite Philippines (Conrado 

Baltazar, Romeo Gavino, Teresito Aguinaldo, Chito Madamba) 


SESSION 124 (E-1) FOREST BASED BIOMASS: HARVESTING, 

PROCESSING, TRANSPORT, AND STORAGE – 

Sponsored by T-12 

Moderator: Steven E. Taylor, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 

LOCATION: 321 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008699 Economic Assessment of Coal and Biomass to Liquid Fuels in Central 

Appalachia, USA 

Jingxin Wang, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (Jinzhuo Wu, Jingxin 

Wang, Qingzheng Cheng, Joseph McNeel) 

9:50AM 1009401 A Technical Review on Processing of Biomass-Densification, Pretreatment, 

Modeling and Optimization 

Jaya Shankar Tumuluru, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (J.S. Tumuluru, 

K. Kenney, C. Wright, R. Hess) 

10:05AM 1009799 Evaluation of Hybrid Poplar and Salix (Salix) Biomass for Pellet Production 

Pak Sui Lam, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada (P. S. Lam, P. 

Y. Lam, S. Sokhansanj, C.J. Lim, X.Bi, D. Sidders, S. Melin) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1008701 Green Pretreatments on Genetically Improved Hybrid Poplar for Ethanol 

Production 

Qingzheng Cheng, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (Qingzheng Cheng, 

Adebola B. Adebayo, Jingxin Wang, Stephen DiFazio (Jingxin Wang)) 

10:45AM 1008984 Modeling of Forest Biomass Energy Potential in Pennsylvania 

Daniel E. Ciolkosz, Penn State University, University Park, PA (Daniel E Ciolkosz, 

Charles D Ray) 


SESSION 125 (PM-4) ENGINEERING FOR FORAGE HARVEST AND 

STORAGE – Sponsored by PM-23/7/2 

Moderator: Matthew Digman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 

LOCATION: 301 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008641 CFD Simulation and Experimental Research on the Four-Zone Rotary Drum 

Dryer-Separator for Fractionation of Chopped Alfalfa into Leaves and Stems 

Peng Guo Ning, Chincag Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing China (G. P. Ning, 

D. C.Wang, G. H. Wang, X. Y. Luo, Y. Gao, Y. You, Y. Zhang) 

2:50PM 1008613 Ensiling Characteristics of Alfalfa Leaves and Stems 

Richard E. Muck, USDA ARS, Madison, WI (R.E. Muck, K.J. Shinners and J.A. 

Duncan) 

3:05PM 1009402 Overlap Loss of Manually and Automatically Guided Mower Conditioners. 

Theodore J. Shinners, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (T.J. 

Shinners, M.F. Digman (Presenter Matthew Digman)) 

3:20PM 1009925 On-farm ANalysis of Forage Biomass Harvest Logistic Systems 

Nathan E. Dudenhoffer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (N.E. 

Dudenhoffer, M.F. Digman and K.J. Shinners) 


SESSION 126 (PM-6) ADVANCES IN COTTON ENGINEERING – 

Sponsored by PM-23/7/3 

Moderator: William B. Faulkner, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX 

LOCATION: 302 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009229 Harvesting to Optimize Fiber Quality 

John D. Wanjura, USDA ARS, Lubbock, TX (M. Kelley, R. Boman, G. Holt) 

2:50PM 1008829 Effects of Harvesting Method on Fiber and Yarn Quality Relationships 

William B. Faulkner, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX (W.B. Faulkner and E.F. 

Hequet) 

3:05PM 1009412 Improvement of a Harvester Based, Multispectral, Seed Cotton Fiber Quality 

Sensor 

Vince P. Schielack, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Vince Schielack III, 

J. A. Thomasson, Ruixiu Sui, Christine Morgan, Eric Hequet) 

3:20PM 1009185 Cotton Seed and Fiber Quality Versus Time 

Mark T. Hamann, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (M. T. Hamann, C. B. 

Parnell, R. O. McGee, W. B. Faulkner) 

3:35PM 

Break



3:45PM 1009083 A Survey of Seed Cotton Dryer Temperature Control 

Kevin D. Baker, USDA ARS, Mesilla Park, NM (Kevin D Baker) 

4:00PM 1009180 Effects of Processing Rate on the Performance of Seed Cotton Cleaning 

Equipment 

Robert G. Hardin, IV, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit, Greenville, MS 

(Robert G. Hardin IV, Richard K. Byler, Michael D. Buser, Derek P. Whitelock, Paul 

A. Funk, Carlos B. Armijo, J. Clif Boykin, Edward M. Barnes) 

4:15PM 1009117 Experiences in High-Speed Roller Ginning of Mid-South Grown Cotton 

Richard K. Byler, USDA ARS, Stoneville, MS (R. K. Byler) 

4:30PM 1008666 Approaches to Characterize Lint Removed During Processing 

Christopher D. Delhom, US Dept of Agriculture, New Orleans, LA (C.D. Delhom, 

J.C. Boykin, V. Martin, X. Cui, and E. Barnes) 

4:45PM 1010122 Benefits of Onsite Energy Production for Cotton Gins 

Cory L. Multer, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX (C. Multer) 


SESSION 127 (PM-21) GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND ANALYSIS OF 

MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING– Sponsored by PM-54, 

PM-43 

Moderator: Amy L. Kaleita, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 

LOCATION: 303 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008335 Development of Crop Yield Stabilty Methodology for a Field 

James Marvin McKinion, USDA ARS, Mississippi State, MS (J. N. Jenkins and J. l. 

Willers) 

2:50PM 1009790 Evaluating Field Shape Descriptors for Estimating Double Coverage Areas in 

Agricultural Fields 

Rodrigo S. Zandonadi, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (R. S. Zandonadi, J. 

D. Luck, T. S. Stombaugh, J. Fulton, E. A. Anastacio) 

3:05PM 1009325 Design of Research Platform for Integrating ICT and Automation in Organic 

Arable Cropping 

Dionysis D. Bochtis, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark (Oudshoorn F.W., 

Sørensen C.A.G., Green O., Bochtis D.D.) 

3:20PM 1009327 Recent State of the Development of the Hungarian Precision Agricultural 

technologies 

Miklos Nemenyi, University of West Hungary, Mosonmagyarovar, Hungary 

(Neményi M. - Milics G.) 

3:35PM 1009494 Exploring Georeferencing Techniques of Aerial Imagery for Use in Agricultural 

Applications 

Xavier S. Henry, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD (Xavier 

Henry, Abhijit Nagchaudhuri & Madhumi Mitra.) 

3:50PM 

Break 

4:00PM 1009930 Spatial Variability of Brix Degrees and its Correlation with the Beverage Quality 

of Coffee 

Enrique A. Alves, Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais Brazil 

(Enrique A. Alves, Daniel M. Queiroz, Francisco A. C. Pinto, Kennedy Dadalto, 

Nerilson T. Santos) 

4:15PM 1009862 Estimating In-Field Yield Variability Using Soil Erosion Models 

Brian K. Gelder, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Brian K. Gelder, Robert P. Anex) 

4:30PM 1009876 A Geographic Information Systems-Based Decision Support System for 

Municipal Solid Waste Management of Rapidly Urbanizing Cities in the 

Philippines 

Junel B. Guzman, Cagayan State University, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Philippines 

(Junel B. Guzman and Eduardo P Paningbatan) 

4:45PM 1009778 Complex Development of the Technical Environment of Precision Plant 

Production 

Miklos Nemenyi, University of West Hungary, Mosonmagyarovar, Hungary 

(Neményi Miklós - Milics Gábor) 


SESSION 128 (SW-2) LAND USE CHANGE EFFECTS ON WATER QUALITY – 

Sponsored by SW-21 

Moderator: Sumit Sen, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL 

LOCATION: 304 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008943 Land-based Measures of BMP Performance 

Eugene R. Yagow, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA (G. Yagow) 

2:50PM 1008776 Soil Chemical Properties as Affected by Chlorination Schemes of Drip Irrigation 

with Sewage Effluent 

Yanfeng Li, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, 

Beijing China (Yanfeng Li, Jiusheng Li) 

3:05PM 1008778 Detection of Trends in Stream Flow, Base Flow and Water Quality Parameters in 

the Alafia River 

Yogesh P. Khare, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Y.P. Khare, Dr. C.J. 

Martinez) 

3:20PM 1008585 Environmental Impact Analysis of Biofuel Crops Expansion in Michigan 

Brad J. Love, Michigan State University, Bancroft, MI (Love, B.J., Nejadhashemi, 

A.P., Shen, C.) 

3:35PM 1008477 Narrow Grass Hedge Effects on Nutrient transport following Variable Manure 

Application 

John E. Gilley, USDA ARS, Lincoln, NE (J.E. Gilley, L.M. Durso) 

3:50PM 

Break 

4:00PM 1009162 Hindcasting of Sediment and Nutrient Losses from a Dynamic Land Use 

Watershed 

Li-Chi Chiang, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Li-Chi Chiang and Indrajeet 

Chaubey) 

4:15PM 1009850 AGNPS Model Analysis of Cropping Practices and Best Management Practices 

within the St. Francis River Watershed in Arkansas 

Rodney E. Wright, Tyronza, AR (R. E.Wright, T. Griffin, R. L. Bingner, J. L. Bouldin) 

4:30PM 1008565 Develop the SWAT Model to Quantify Biofuel Production Related Impacts on 

Water Quality in the Upper Mississippi River Basin 

Zhonglong Zhang, WQCMB, Environmental Laboratory, Clinton, MS (Z. Zhang, M. 

Wu, E. Yan, B. E. Johnson, Y. Demissie) 

4:45PM 1009249 Carbon Losses in Denitrifying Drainage Bioreactors 

Alok Bhandari, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (A. Bhandari, L. Christianson, N. 

Hoover, M. Helmers) 


SESSION 129 (SW-8) HISTORICAL AND RECENT ADVANCES IN 

VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIP MODELING – Sponsored by 

SW-21, SW-22, BE-22 

Moderator: Rafael Munoz-Carpena, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 

LOCATION: 305 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009563 Vegetative Filter Strips — A Historical Perspective 

Ernest W. Tollner, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (E W Tollner) 

2:50PM 

Predicting Flow, Sediment, Chemicals, and Pathogens in VFS: The Kentucky, 

Oklahoms State and Clemson Models 

John C. Hayes, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (J.C. Hayes, B.J. Barfield, E.W. 

Tollner, S. Inamdar, M. Geza) 

3:05PM 

Development and Implementation of a VFS Model for Surface Mined Lands 

Bruce N. Wilson, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN (B. Wilson) 

3:20PM 

Planning and Design Tools Developed from VFSMOD 

Mike Dosskey, USDA Forest Service, Lincoln, NE (M.G. Dosskey, M.J. Helmers, 

D.E. Eisenhauer) 

3:35PM 

Modeling Nutrient and Pesticide Trapping by Grass and Forest Buffers using the 

Riparian Ecosystem Management Model 

David D Bosch, USDA ARS, Tifton, GA 

3:50PM 

Break 

4:00PM 

Evaluating and Modeling the Influence of Converging or Diverging Flow on 

Vegetative Filter Strip Performance 

Matthew J. Helmers, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (M. Helmers, R. Muñoz- 

Carpena) 

4:15PM 

Vegetative Filter Strip Field Data, Modeling, Function, and Implications for 

Design 

Kyle Douglas-Mankin, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (K.R. Douglas- 

Mankin) 

4:30PM 

Development and Testing of a VFS Empirical Pesticide Reduction Component 

Garey A. Fox, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (G.A. Fox, G.G. Sabbagh, 

R. Muñoz-Carpena) 

4:45PM 

Incorporation of VFS Effects on the EPA Pesticide Assessment of Impacts to 

Aquatic Environment 

George G. Sabbagh, Bayer CropScience, KS (G.A. Fox, G.G. Sabbagh, R. Muñoz- 

Carpena) 

5:00PM 

Development and Testing of a Flexible Biogeochemical Multireaction Transport 

Component for VFSMOD 

O Perez-Ovilla, University of Florida, FL (O. Pérez-Ovilla, R. Muñoz-Carpena) 

5:15PM 

Modeling Transport of Colloids and other Emerging Contaminants through 

Dense Vegetation 

Bin Gao, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (B. Gao, C. Yu, R. Muñoz-Carpena) 

5:30PM 

TENTATIVE: US EPA View on VFS Modeling: Needs and Challenges 

R David Jones, US-EPA, DC (R. D. Jones, M. Corbin) 


SESSION 130 (SW-18) STREAMBANK EROSION AND STREAM 

RESTORATION – Sponsored by SW-224 

Moderator: Sreekala G. Bajwa, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 

LOCATION: 306 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008891 A Rapid Summary of Stream Geomorphology Assessments 

Carolyn M. Jones, USDA NRCS, Napa, CA (C.M. Jones) 

2:50PM 1008704 Slope Stability Analysis Tools for Streambank Stabilization Projects 

Benjamin C. Doerge, USDA NRCS, Fort Worth, TX (Benjamin C. Doerge, P.E., G.E.) 

3:05PM 1009429 Streambank Stabilization and Stream Restoration in the Eastern United States 

Kerry M. Robinson, USDA NRCS, Summerfield, NC (K.M. Robinson) 

3:20PM 1008584 Straight Rock Vane Induced Scour in North Central Pennsylvania First and 

Second Order Gravel Bed Streams 

Michael D. McKay, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (Michael D 

McKay, Albert R Jarrett, Larry K Brannaka) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009917 Evaluation of Sedimentation Sources in East-Central Kansas with SWAT 

Aleksey Sheshukov, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Aleksey Y. 

Sheshukov, Seth Perkins, and Kyle R. Douglas-Mankin) 

4:00PM 1009872 Using Sonar-Based River Depth Measurement for Cross-Section and Thalweg 

Profile Mapping 

Kenneth W. Swinson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (Ken Swinson, Paul 

Ayers, Heidi Howard, Michael Peterkin) 

4:15PM 1000011 Enhancement of SWAT-REMM System to Analyze Reduction Characteristics of 

Nonpoint Source Pollution with Various Riparian Buffer System Scenarios 

Ji-Cheol Ryu




SESSION 131 (SW-27) DRAINAGE IMPACTS ON WATER QUALITY AND 

QUANTITY – Sponsored by SW-23 

Moderator: Xinhua Jia, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 

LOCATION: 307 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008500 Software for Lateral Effect Computations 

Patrick H. Willey, USDA NRCS WNTSC, Portland, OR (Jacobsen, SMM;Willey, Pat; 

Walker, Jerry; Weber, Richard) 

2:50PM 1009554 Comparison of Reference and Actual Evapotranspiration in North Dakota (ND) 

Ishara Rijal, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (Ishara Rijal, Xinhua Jia, 

Dean D.Steele, Thomas Scherer, Xiaodong Zhang, Xiao Pang) 

3:05PM 1009807 Travel Time Analysis for a Subsurface Drained Dub-watershed in Upper Big 

Walnut Creek Watershed, Ohio 

Vinayak Shamrao Shedekar, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Vinayak S. 

Shedekar, Larry C. Brown, Kevin W. King and Norman R. Fausey) 

3:20PM 1009859 Simulating the Impacts of Alternative Cropping Systems and Drainage Designs 

on Hydrology and Nitrate-nitrogen Loss in an Iowa Watershed 

Zhiming Qi, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Z Qi) 

3:35PM 1009884 Long-term performance of Drainage Water Management at Demonstration Sites 

in Northwestern Ohio 

Yuhui Shang, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Yuhui Shang, Larry C Brown, 

Norman R Fausey, Mohamad Youssef) 

3:50PM 

Breakq 

4:00PM 1009894 Evaluation of Conservation Drainage Systems in Illinois 

Siddhartha Verma, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (Siddhartha Verma, Jong Ahn 

Chun, Gregory Goodwin and Richard Cooke) 

4:15PM 1009921 Effect of Subsurface Drainage on Water Availability in the Red River Valley of 

the North 

Xiao Pang, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (Xiao Pang, Xinhua Jia, 

Thomas M. DeSutter, Thomas F. Scherer, Dean D. Steele, and Ishara Rijal) 

4:30PM 1009795 Graywater and Brackish Groundwater Irrigation and their Impacts on Vegetable 

Production 

Zhuping Sheng, Texas A&M University, El Paso, TX (Zhuping Sheng, Zhuming Ye, 

George Di Giovanni, Yi Liu) 

4:45PM 1008557 Analytic Solution to the Salt-Water Movement in Soil and the Rational 

Determination of the Hydrodynamic Dispersion Coefficient 

Juan Xiao, Taiyuan University of Technology, TaiYuan, ShanXi Province China (J. 

Xiao) 

5:00PM 1009005 Soil Moisture and Salinity under Sufficient and Deficit Irrigation with Saline 

Water in Northwest China 

Jing Jiang, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing China (J Jiang) 


SESSION 132 (SW-36) DAM REMOVAL AND REHABILITATION – Sponsored 

by SW-25 

Moderator: Kerry M. Robinson, USDA NRCS, Summerfield, NC 

LOCATION: 310 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009164 Large-Scale Testing: Inception Point Relationships for Stepped Spillwasy 

Sherry L. Hunt, USDA ARS, Stillwater, OK (Sherry L. Hunt, PhD., E.I.T. and Kem C. 

Kadavy, P.E.) 

2:50PM 1009167 Flow Depth on Stepped Spillways 

Sherry L. Hunt, USDA ARS, Stillwater, OK (Sherry L. Hunt, PhD., E.I.T. and Kem C. 

Kadavy, P.E.) 

3:05PM 1009838 Windam Part I: New Tool for Earth Embankment Overtopping Evaluation 

Gregory J. Hanson, USDA ARS, Stillwater, OK (Darrel M. Temple, Gregory J. 

Hanson, and Ronald D. Tejral (Presenter Darrel Temple)) 

3:20PM 1009840 Windam Part II: Material Parameter Inputs for Breach Prediction 

Gregory J. Hanson, USDA ARS, Stillwater, OK (Gregory J. Hanson, Darrel M. 

Temple, Sherry L. Hunt, and Ronald D. Tejral) 


SESSION 133 (IET-14) MULTISPECTRAL AND HYPERSPECTRAL SENSING 

METHODS AND TECHNIQUES – Sponsored by IET-348, 

PM-54 


LOCATION: 311 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008600 Optimization of the Hyperspectral Imaging-Based Spatially-Resolved Technique 

for Measuring the Optical Properties of Turbid Biological Materials 

Haiyan Cen, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (Haiyan Cen, Renfu Lu) 

2:50PM 1009114 Hyperspectral Image Analysis for Plant Stress Detection 

Yunseop Kim, USDA ARS, West Lafayette, IN (Yunseop (James) Kim, Michael D. 

Glenn, Johnny Park, Henry K. Ngugi, Brian L. Lehman) 

3:05PM 1008941 Calibration, Validation and Mapping of Daily Evapotranspiration in an Irrigated 

Banana Orchard is Northeast Brazil with TM - Landsat 5 Images and SEBAL 

Bernardo B. Silva, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grnd Paraiba, 

Brazil (Bernardo Barbosa da Silva, Saulo Tasso Araújo da Silva, Bergson Guedes 

Bezerra and Carlos Antonio Costa dos Santos) 

3:20PM 1008855 An Airborne Four-Camera Imaging System for Agricultural Applications 

Chenghai Yang, USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX (C. Yang) 

3:35PM 1008859 Hyperspectral Microscope Imaging for Pathogen Detection with Nanosubstrate 

Bosoon Park, USDA ARS, Athens, GA (Bosoon Park, Seung-Chul Yoon, Junxue Fu, 

Yiping Zhao, Samantha A. Hawkins, William R. Windham, Kurt C. Lawrence) 

3:50PM 

Break 

4:00PM 1008689 Integration of Hyperspectral Scattering Characteristics and Image Analysis 

Techniques for Improved Prediction of Apple Fruit Firmness and Soluble Solids 

Content 

Fernando M. Mendoza, Fondo de Garantia, Morelia Mich, Mexico (Fernando 

Mendoza, Renfu Lu, Diwan P. Ariana, and Benjamin B. Bailey) 

4:15PM 1008997 Automated Weed Detection System with Hortibot Robot 

Claus Gron Sorensen, University of Aarhus, Tjele, Denmark (Kishore C. Swain, 

Michael Nørremark, Dionysis Bochtis, Ole Green, Claus Sørensen) 

4:30PM 1009166 Development of a Raman Chemical Imaging System for Food Safety Inspection 

Jianwei Qin, USDA ARS, Beltsville, MD (Jianwei Qin, Kaunglin Chao, Moon S. Kim) 

4:45PM 1009308 Deriving the Spatial Distribution of Irrigated-Croplands in Texas Using MODIS 

Satellite Imageries 

Pushpa Tuppad, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX (Pushpa Tuppad, Taesoo Lee, 

Raghavan Srinivasan, John Kretzschmar, David Shoemate, and Aung Hla) 

5:00PM 1009826 Development of A Fluorescence Multispectral Imaging System to Study 

Aflatoxin Contaminated Corn Kernels 

Haibo Yao, Mississippi State University, Stennis Space Center, MS (Haibo Yao, 

Russell Kincaid, Zuzana Hruska, Ambrose E. Ononye,Robert Brown, Thomas 

Cleveland, Deepak Bhatnagar) 

5:15PM 1009905 Pork Tenderness Evaluation using Optical Scattering with Near-infrared (NIR) 

Hyperspectral Imaging 

Kim Cluff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (Kim Cluff, Govindarajan Konda 

Naganathan, Jeyamkondan Subbiah, Chris Calkins, Ashok Samal) 


SESSION 134 (IET-11) SENSORS AND ACTUATORS FOR AUTOMATION 

AND ROBOTICS – Sponsored by IET-318 

Moderator: Michio Kise, John Deere, Moline, IL 

LOCATION: 315 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008580 Energy Consumption and Energy Saving Potential Analysis for Fruit Harvesting 

Robot 

Ji-Zhan Liu, Jiangsu University, Jiangsu China (J. Liu) 

2:50PM 1009304 Improvement of Noise Tolerance and Positioning Accuracy Using Spread 

Spectrum Sound Wave in Noisy Environment 

Tomowo Shiigi, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan (Tomoo Shiigi, 

Naoshi Kondo, Shinji Tsuzuki, Shigeru Okada, Toshiharu Nobara, Akira Maekawa, 

Yuko Naniwada, Masao Sakakibara, Kenji Watanabe, Kiyotaka Okada) 

3:05PM 1009371 The Design and Implementation of the Bio-Robotic Plant System 

Chung-Liang Chang, Tainan City, Taiwan (Chung-Liang Chang and Ming-Fong Sie) 

3:20PM 1009495 A Laser System for Measuring High Resolution DEM 

Peng Li, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (P. Li, N. Zhang, F. Fox, L. 

Wagner, D. Oard, S. Wang, H. Zhang (Presenter Naiqian Zhang)) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009545 Dynamic Test of Sensors to Measure the Distance between Two Machines 

Rodrigo Baldo, Campinas, Sao Paulo Brazil (R. F. G. Baldo, T.S. Stombaugh, P. S. 

G. Magalhaes, R. S. Zandonadi) 

4:00PM 1008474 Model–Based Parameter Optimization of a Vacuum Suction Device for Tomato 

Harvesting Robot 

Ji-Zhan Liu, Jiangsu University, Jiangsu China (Jizhan Liu, Ping Li) 

4:15PM 1009985 Development of a Strawberry Packing Robot with a Machine Vision 

Satoshi Yamamoto, Saitama, Saitama Japan (Satoshi Yamamoto, Kohei Takahashi, 

Shigehiko Hayashi, Sadafumi Saito) 


SESSION 135 SPECTRAL SCATTERING TECHNOLOGY FOR FOOD QUALITY 

AND SAFETY EVALUATION – Sponsored by FPE-701, IET-348 

– Invited Presentations 

Moderator: Renfu Lu, USDA ARS, East Lansing, MI 

Yankun Peng, China Agricultural University,l Beijing, China 

LOCATION: 316 



spectroscopy, spectral scattering technology can provide better quantification of 

the scattering and absorpti) 

Time 

Title/Authors 

2:25PM 

Introduction 

2:30PM 

Estimating Optical Properties of Apples during Controlled Atmosphere Cool 

Storage 

Laszlo Baranyai, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary 

(L. Baranyai, C. Regen, M. Linke, M. Zude) 

2:50PM 

Optical Characterization of Biological Material: A Multiscale Approach 

Wouter Saeys, Katholieke University of Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium (W. Saeys, 

N. Nguyen Do Trong, R. Watte, M. Tsuta, H. Ramon, Bart. M. Nicolaï) 

3:10PM 

A Comparison of Optical Measurements in Turbid Media 

Paul Martinsen, New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, Ruakura, 

New Zealand (P. Martinsen, V. A. McGlone, B. Cletus, R. Künnemyer) 

3:30PM 

Hyperspectral Imaging-Based Spatially-Resolved Technique for Measuring the 

Optical Properties of Horticultural and Food Products 

Renfu Lu, USDA ARS, East Lansing, MI (R. Lu, H. Cen) 

3:50PM 

Break 

4:00PM 

Light Backscatter Applications in Milk and Dairy Foods Processing 

Fred A. Payne, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (F. A. Payne, M. C. Danao, 

M. Castillo) 

4:20PM 

Photon Migration in Skeletal Muscles and its Potential Application for 

Characterizing Beef Tenderness 

Yao Gang, University of Missouri, (G. Yao)



4:40PM 

5:00PM 

Spatially-Resolved Spectral Scattering Technique for Simultaneous Assessment 

of Multi Quality Attributes of Pork 

Yankun Peng, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China (Y. 

Peng, J. Wu) 

Laser-Based Optical Scattering Technology for Direct Detection and Typing of 

Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens 

Arun K. Bhunia, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (A. K. Bhunia, E. Bae, A. 

Bettasso, B. Rajwa, J. P. Robinson, E. D. Hirleman) 

SESSION 136 (IET-9) MACHINE VISION FOR AGRICULTURAL 

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND ROBOTICS – 


Moderator: Lie Tang, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 

LOCATION: 317 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008702 Low-Cost Obstacle Detection Sensor Array for Unmanned Autonomous 

Agricultural Vehicles 

Santosh K. Pitla, Lexington, KY (S.K.Pitla, J.D.Luck, S.A.Shearer and C.Corum) 

2:50PM 1008559 A Method to Estimate Heading Direction for Stereovision-Based Vehicle 

Navigation in Open Agricultural Fields 

Qi Wang, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (Qi Wang, Qin Zhang, Francisco Rovira- 

Más, Lei Tian) 

3:05PM 1009237 A New Approach to Crop-row Detection in Mature Corn 

Lei Zhang, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (Lei Zhang and Tony Grift) 

3:20PM 1009367 Multilayered Active Mesh Tracking for Grove Scene 

SangHoon Han, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (SangHoon Han (Presenter 

Tom Burks)) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009419 Rice Plant Detection in Pre-heading Term for Autonomous Robot Navigation 

Ryohei Masuda, Kyoto University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Japan (Ryohei Masuda, Kazuo 

Nomura, Kenta Nakayama) 

4:00PM 1008936 Omnidirectional Camera Calibration for Agricultural Vehicle Localization 

System 

Ming Li, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan China (Kenji Imou) 

4:15PM 1009342 Machine Vision for Automatic Grading and Sorting of Tomato Seedlings in 

Grafting Robot System 

Muhammad Ali Ashraf, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 

Mymensingh Bangladesh (M.A. Ashraf, N. Kondo, T. Shiigi, M. Iida, Y. Ogawa) 

4:30PM 1009510 Development of a Real-Time Fruit Recognition System for Pineapple Harvesting 

Robots 

Bin Li, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing China (B. Li, N. Wang, M. 

Wang) 


SESSION 137 (SE-20) HOUSING SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED ANIMAL CARE 

– Sponsored by SE-404, SE-412, SE-403, SE-405, SE-402 

Moderator: Matthew J. Robert, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 

LOCATION: 318 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009045 Development of a Low Cost Time-Lapse Recording Method for Observation of 

Extended Animal Activities, Construction Projects, and Field Operations Using a 

Digital Camera 

Dan F. McFarland, Penn State Cooperative Extension, York, PA (Dan F. McFarland) 

2:50PM 1009929 Development of an Embedded Microcomputer-based Force Plate System for 

Measuring Sow Weight Distribution 

Bernard Sheff, Sheff and Sons Engineering, PLLC, Eaton Rapids, MI ZZ (Gang 

Sun, Robert Fitzgerald, Steven Hoff, Kenneth Stalder) 

3:05PM 1009858 Expert System Development for Assessing Pig Claw Pathologies on Hard 

Flooring Using kinematics and Dynamic Pressure Distribution Data 

Victor Ciaco Carvalho, UNICAMP, Campinas, Sao Paulo Brazil (Victor Ricardo 

Carvalho; Silvia Regina Lucas de Souza; Mario Mollo Neto; Irenilza de Alencar Naas) 

3:20PM 1009944 Effects of Housing Systems on Behavioral Responses of Newborn Holstein 

Calves 

Soraia V. Matarazzo, Instituto de Zootecnia, Nova Odessa, SP Brazil (Matarazzo, 

S.V.; Arcaro, J. R. P.; Pozzi, C. R.; Campos, F. P.; Sarmento, P.; Castelani, L., 

Arcaro Jr, I.; Fernandes, S. A. de A.) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009517 Shade Effects on Cattle with Different Risk Factors 

Tami M. Brown-Brandl, USDA ARS-USMARC, Clay Center, NE (T.M. Brown-Brandl, 

R.A. Eigenberg, J.A. Nienaber) 

4:00PM 1008478 Field Evaluation of Sprinkler System in Cooling Broiler Chickens 

Yi Liang, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (Y. Liang, G.T. Tabler, T. A. 

Costello, I. Berry) 

4:15PM 1009820 Evaluation of Two-Stage Evaporative Cooling in Broiler Houses 

Joseph L. Purswell, USDA ARS, Starkville, MS (J. L. Purswell, R. S. Gates, J. D. 

Davis, S. L. Branton) 


SESSION 138 (SE-8) AIR QUALITY AS RELATED TO AGRICULTURAL 

WASTE MANAGEMENT - PART 1 – Sponsored by SE-305 

Moderator: Shafiqur Rahman, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 

LOCATION: 319 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009165 Concentrations of Culturable Airborne Bacteria and Fungi in Swine and Poultry 

Confinement Buildings 

Xufei Yang, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (Xinlei Wang, Yuanhui Zhang, 

Jongmin Lee, Jingwei Su) 

2:50PM 1008747 Chemical Speciation of PM2.5 Emitted from a Commercial Egg Production 

Facility and its Vicinity 

Qianfeng Li, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Qianfeng Li, Lingjuan 

Wang Zifei Liu, K.R. Jayanty) 

3:05PM 1009189 Relation of Ammonia Biofiltration and Nitrous Oxide Generation Affected by 

Moisture 

Guilherme Maia, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Del Nero Maia, G.; Day, G. 

B.; Taraba, J. L.; Gates, R. S.; Dutra de Melo, L.) 

3:20PM 1009777 Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Dairy Industry 

Dawn Sedorovich Chianese, ENVIRON International Corp, Los Angeles, CA (Dawn 

S. Chianese, Justine O. Harrison, Julia C. Lester) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009892 Greenhouse Gases From Community Anaerobic Digester in New York State with 

Mixed Organic Wastes 

Christopher Bentley, Cornell University, (Christopher Allen Bentley, Curt A. Gooch, 

Jennifer Pronto, Norman Roy Scott) 

4:00PM 1009176 Assessment of a Moisture Application System for Compost Biofilters 

Lucas Dutra DeMelo, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (L. Dutra de Melo, G. 

B. Day, J. L. Taraba, R. S. Gates, C. F. Souza) 

4:15PM 1009157 Effect of pH on Ammonia Emissions from Poultry Deadstock Composting Using 

Different Intermediate Amendments 

Jennifer L. Spencer, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON Canada (Jennifer Spencer 

and Dr. Bill Van Heyst, Ph.D., P.Eng.) 


SESSION 139 (SE-22) ANIMAL BIOMASS-TO-ENERGY – Sponsored by 

SE-412, SW-263, BE-28 


Location: 320 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008621 Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Lignocellulosic Biomass with Dairy Manure 

Zhengbo Yue, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (Z. Yue, C. Teater, 

J. AMacLellan, W. Liao) 

2:50PM 1008530 Developing a Pressure-Based Measuring System for Determining Biogas and 

Methane Production for Biochemical Methane Potentials and Anaerobic Toxicity 

Assays 

Gayle C. Bishop, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Gayle C. Bishop, Jacob Baker, 

Dr. Robert Burns, and Lara Moody) 

3:05PM 1009088 Assessing Solid Digestate from Anaerobic Digestion as a Feedstock for Ethanol 

Production 

Charles D. Teater, Michigan State University, Spring Lake, MI (Charles Teater, 

Zhengbo Yue, James MacLellan, Susie Liu, Wei Liao) 

3:20PM 

Break 

3:30PM 1009915 Biomass and Biogas Quantification and Implications: A Community Digester 

Feasibility Study for Lowville, NY 

Jennifer L. Pronto, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (J. L. Pronto, C. A. Gooch, S. T. 

McGlynn) 

3:45PM 1009957 Parametric studies on the Pyrolysis of Poultry Litter 

Nii Ofei D. Mante, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Nii Ofei Mante and Foster A. 

Agblevor) 

SESSION 140 (SE-23) ECONOMICS OF MANURE MANAGEMENT – 

Sponsored by SE-412, SW-263, FPE-707 

Moderator: Anissa M. Purswell, Enviro-Ag Engineering Inc, TX 

LOCATION: 321 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009916 Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Utilization Options for Lewis County 

Community Digester Project: Economic Assessments and Implications 

Curt A. Gooch, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Gloy, B. and Gooch, C.A and Pronto, 

J.L) 

2:50PM 1009169 Understanding the Low Deployment Rates of Manure AD in the US through an 

Engineering Economic Analysis 

Carol R. Faulhaber, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Carol Faulhaber, Robert 

Burns, D Raj Raman (presenter Raj Raman)) 

3:05PM 1009760 Mechanical/Chemical Liquid Solid Separation of Anaerobic Digestate 

Victor B. Johnson, Kemira Water Solutions,inc, Phil Campbell, AL (Victor Johnson, 

Pat Hartzell, Troy Hartzell, Marty tols) 


SESSION 141 (ESH-2) IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH DESIGN 

AND EDUCATION 

Moderator:Robert A. Aherin, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 

LOCATION: 323 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009063 Quality of Life Impacts of Adopting Precision Agriculture Technology on Farm 

Equipment Operators 

Terry W. Griffin, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (Terry W. Griffin, LaVona 

S. Traywick)



2:50PM 1008540 An Educational Program to Reduce Risk when Entering Confined-Space Manure 

Storages 

James Tillapaugh, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (J. A. 

Tillapaugh, D. J. Murphy, H. B. Manbeck) 

3:05PM 1008771 Improving the Quality of Life of U of A, Division of Agriculture Cooperative 

Extension Service Clientele through Strength Training Using Lay-Volunteers: 

The Case of Arkansas Strong Women 

Terry W. Griffin, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (L. Traywick, T. Griffin, L. 

Gilmore, A. Winstead) 

3:20PM 1008305 Energy Analysis of Selected Agricultural Engineering Workshop Tasks in Nigeria 

Simeon O. Jekayinfa, Ladoke Akintola University of Tech, Oyo State, Nigeria (S.O. 

Jekayinfa, A.O. Adebayo) 


SESSION 142 FOOD AND PROCESS ENGINEERING DIVISION POSTER 

SESSION 

Moderator: Oladiran O. Fasina, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL 



1 1008496 A Review of Alternative Protein Sources in Aquaculture Feeds 


Kurt A. Rosentrater, Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan) 

2 1008628 Black Germ Kernel Identification Based on Colour Linear CCD 

Fengnong Chen, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China (F. Chen, F. Cheng) 

3 1008777 Study on Detection Method for Cut Rose Based on Machine Vision 

Jiangbo Li, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China (Jiangbo Li, Xiuqin 

Rao*, Junxian Guo, Yibin Ying (Presenter Yibin Ying) 

4 1008951 Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy for Determination of Aspergillus flavus and 

Aspegillus paraciticus Contamination in Peanuts 

Hande Kaya-Celiker, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Hande Kaya-Celiker, Kumar 

Mallikarjunan and David G. Schmale III) 

6 1008571 The Prediction of Pork Water-Holding Capacity using Hyperspectral Scattering 

Techniques 

Wei Wang, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing China (Yankun Peng) 

7 1008745 Near infrared hyperspectral imaging for nondestructive measurement of 

strawberry quality 

Ruplal Choudhary, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (R. Choudhary, SIU 

Carbondale; J. Paliwal, U of Manitoba) 

8 1008913 Feature wavelengths selection using successive projections algorithm for 

prediction of apple firmness and soluble solids content 

Min Huang, Jiangnan University, Jiangsu, Peoples Republic of China (Q. Zhu, G. 

Zhao, M. Huang) 

9 1008620 Comparison of Modeling Methods in Rapid Estimation of Sugar Content of 

Apple Based on Near Infrared Spectrum 

Fen Dai, Guangzhou, Guangdong China (Fen Dai, Tiansheng Hong, Kun Zhang, 

Shuran Song, Xuejun Yue) 

10 1009519 Development of Band-Selective 3CCD Camera to Detect Surface Defect on Fruit 

Hoyoung Lee, Seoul National University, Seoul, Gwanak Gu South Korea (H Lee, S. 

H. Park, S. H. Kim, H. S. Kim, S. H. Noh) 

11 1009387 Research of S-Allyl-(L)-Cysteine Content Changes in Aged Garlic 

Hak-sung Kim, Seoul, Kanwak gu South Korea (S. H. Par, S. H. Kim, H. S. Kim, Y. 

K. Jung, H. Lee, Y.-R. Kim, S. H. Noh) 

12 1008316 Energy Management as a Means of Rural Development- Case Studies of 

Selected Crop Processing Operations in Nigeria 

Simeon O. Jekayinfa, Ladoke Akintola University of Tech, Oyo State, Nigeria (S. O. 

Jekayinfa) 

13 1008405 Studies of Sweetpotato Weight Loss in Storage 

Michael D. Boyette, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (M. D. Boyette) 

14 1008522 Cost Benefits Analysis of In-Field Presorting for the Apple Industry 

Akira Mizushima, USDA ARS, East Lansing, MI (A. Mizushima, R. Lu) 

15 1008574 Effects of High Oxygen Atmosphere on Quality and Physiology of Mushroom 

during Shelf Life 

Zhanli Liu, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong China (Z. Liu) 

16 1008945 Effects of Hyperbaric Treatment on Quality Attributes of Tomato Fruits 

Bernard Goyette, Agriculture Canada, Ste Jean-sur Richeli, QC Canada (Bernard 

Goyette, Marie-Thérèse Charles, Clément Vigneault, Vijaya G.S. Raghavan) 

17 1008957 Sorption Isotherm Modeling of Different Peanut Types 

Jaya Sundaram, USDA, Dawson, GA (Jaya Sundaram, Chari V. Kandala, 

Christopher L. Butts (Presenter Christopher Butts) 

18 1009594 Study on Non-Sulful Anti-Browning and Heated-Air Drying of Chinese Yam 


(Guangyue Ren, Dong Li, Zhihuai Mao) 

19 1009192 Enhancing Enzymatic Digestibility of Sweet Sorghum by Microwave 

Pretreatment 

Cong Chen, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Cong Chen, Giovanna 

Aita, Dorin Boldor (Presenter Dorin Boldor)) 

20 1009284 Temperature Dependent Dielectric Properties of Honeys 

Wenchuan Guo, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi China (Yi Liu, Shaojin Wang, 

Xinhua Zhu) 

21 1009949 Microwave Thermal Treatment for an Ostrich Meat Ready-to-Serve Dinner 

Maria Elena Sosa-Morales, Universidad de La Americas, Puebla, Cholula, Puebla 

Mexico (Mendez-Obregon, M., Lopez-Malo, A., and Sosa-Morales, M.E.) 

22 1010003 Temperature Rise and Non-Uniformity in Chicken Soup after Microwave Heating 

Manickavasagan Annamalai, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoud, Oman 

(Manickavasagan, A., D.S. Jayas and R. Vadivambal) 

23 1010004 Free-Fatty-Acid Values of Wheat Grains from Uneven Microwave Heating in a 

Continuous Type Microwave Dryer 


(Manickavasagan, A and D.S. Jayas) 

25 1009430 The Effect of Tempering on the Nutritional Quality of Retorted Canned Red 

Kidney Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) 

Lamin S. Kassama, University of Wisconsin, Menimonie, WI (Lamin Kassama amd 

Nava Thapa) 

26 1009955 Effect of Pulsed Ultraviolet Light on Quality of Sliced Ham 

Peter Wambura, Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, AL (M. Verghese, L. T. 

Walker, Y. Chukwumah, J. Boateng, S.Ogutu.) 

27 1008650 Artificial Neural Network Modeling for Moisture Content prediction in Okra 

Undergoing Microwave-Convective Drying 

Deepak Kumar, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Deepak Kumar and Suresh 

Prasad) 

28 1008816 Modelling of Infrared RadiationDrying Kinetics of Apple Slices 

Xi’na Lin, Shandong University of Technology, Zi’bo,shandong, China (Lin Xina , 

Wang Xiangyou) 

29 1009066 Using Neural Network for Predicting Germination Rate of Grain Drying Process 

Hang Zhu, Jilin University, College Station, TX (Hang Zhu, Wenfu Wu, Yubin Lan, 

Feng Han) 

30 1009255 Determination of Dichlorvos Using Acetylcholinesterase Biosensor with 

Polyaniline Modified Electrodes 

Xia Sun, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong China (Xia 

Sun;Xiangyou Wang) 

31 1009188 CFD Simulation of Gas Mixing in Anaerobic Digesters 

Binxin Wu, Philadelphia Mixing Solutions, Palmyra, PA (Binxin Wu) 

32 1000008 Evaluation of Models Describing Thermal Inactivation of a Salmonella Cocktail 

in Salmon and Shrimp 

Lauren M. Brookmire, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (L.M. Brookmire, H. Kaya- 

Celiker, K. Mallikarjunan, D.G. Schmale III) 

33 1009940 Formulation and Characterization of a Flavored Dairy Beverage 


Mexico (M. O. Ramírez-Sucre, M. E. Sosa-Morales, J. F. Vélez-Ruiz) 

34 1008572 Syngas Clean-Up, Conditioning, and Storage for Downdraft Fixed-Bed 

Gasification Systems 

Lin Wei, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (Lin Wei, Fei Yu, James 

Wooten, Eugene P. Columbus) 

35 1009098 Characteristics and Compositional Variation in Round and Square Switchgrass 

Bales under Different Storage Conditions 

Amit Khanchi, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Amit Khanchi, Carol L. 

Jones) 

36 1009305 Development of a Piece-Wise Equation to Predict Airflow vs. Pressure Drop for 

Wood Pellets Mixed with Fines 

Fahimeh Yazdanpanah, UBC, Vancouver, BC Canada (F.Yazdanpanah, S. 

Sokhansanj, A. Lau, X. Bi, C.J. Lim, S. Melin) 

37 1009413 Determining Optimal Locations of Pre-Processing Plants for a Large Cellulosic 

Ethanol Biorefinery 

Jason D. Judd, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (J. Judd, S. C. Sarin, J. S. Cundiff, 

R. D. Grisso) 

38 1009500 Comparison of Anti-Oxidant Additives to Improve the Oxidative Stability of 

Methyl and Ethyl Esters Made from Various Low and High FFA Feedstocks 

Joseph C. Thompson, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (J. Thompson, B. He, J. 

Van Gerpen) 

39 1009959 Effect of Wood on the storage Stability of Poultry Manure Biocrude Oils 

Nii Ofei D. Mante, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Nii Ofei Mante and Foster A. 

Agblevor) 

40 1009440 Growing Duckweed for Bioethanol Production 

Jiele Xu, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (W. Cui, J. Xu, J.J. Cheng, 

A.M. Stomp) 

41 1008802 Evaluation of Hulless Barley for Ethanol Production 

Nurhan T. Dunford, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (W. Septiano, N. T. 

Dunford, J. Edwards, M. Wilkins (Presenter Mark Wilkins)) 

42 1009800 Life Cycle Assessment of Corn Ethanol in each State of U.S. 

Yi Yang, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN (Y Yang) 

43 1009067 Microwave-assisted Transesterification of Soybean and Rice Bran Oil to 

Biodiesel 

Dorin Boldor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (D. Boldor, A. Kanitkar, 

P. Muley, S. Balasubramanian, M. Lima, C.M. Sabliov) 

44 1008317 Estimating Cost of Crop Residues for Energetic Use in Nigeria 

Simeon O. Jekayinfa, Ladoke Akintola University of Tech, Oyo State, Nigeria (S.O. 

Jekayinfa, V. Scholz) 

45 1009211 Characterization of Cornstover and Switchgrass Slurries for Pipeline Transport 

Amit Kumar, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada (M. Vaezi, A. Kumar) 

46 1009362 Shear Strength of Timothy Stem 

Guanghui Wang, China Agricultural University, Haidian District, Beijing China (G. 

Wang, D. Wang, L. Tabil, A. Opoku) 

47 1008711 A Literature Review of Energetic and Emissions Life Cycle Assessment of 

Cellulosic and Grain Ethanol 

Julie Sinistore, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (J. Sinistore, P. 

Eranki, S. Kim, P. Meier, B. Dale D. Reinemann) 

48 1009883 Strain Selection for Algae Based CO2 Mitigation of Flue Gas 

Keelin Cassidy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (K. Cassidy, A. Kroumov, C. 

Crofcheck, M.l Montross) 

49 1008736 Characterization and Comparion of Agricultural and Forestry Residues for 

Energy Purposes 

Jofran Luiz Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais Brazil 

(Jadir Nogueira da Silva, Jofran Luiz de Oliveira, Emanuele Graciosa Pereira, 

Cássio Silva Machado, Maria da Conceição Trindade Bezerra, Fábio Luiz Zanatta) 

50 1008845 Effect of Field Harvest Method, Timing, and Storage on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of 

Liquid AFEX Pretreated Switchgrass 

Alvin Ray Womac, University of Tennessee, Louisville, TN (V. S. P. Bitra, A. R. 

Womac, W. E. Hart, G. V. Melnichenko, T. Kraus, J. Hickman, D. Acheson)



51 1009204 Assessment of Impact of Density on Transportation Cost of Biomass Forms 

Amit Kumar, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada (A. Sultana, A. Kumar) 

52 1009439 Fast Pyrolysis Optimization of Corn Stover, Switch Grass and Prairie Cordgrass 

for the Production of Bio-Oil and Volatiles 

Rui Zhou, South Dakota State University, SD (R. Zhou, H. Lei, J. Julson) 

53 1008360 Mixed Hydrocarbons Production from Hydrodeoxygenation of Raw Bio-Oils 

Fei Yu, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS (Fei Yu, Sanjeev 

Gajjella, Philip Steele, William Batchelor) 

54 1008700 Rennin Production by Mucor Miehei 

Dana M. Mears-Leiner, Penn State University, State College, PA (Gulten Izmirlioglu, 

Dana Mears-Leiner, Yang Hu, Evan Rusadi (Presenter Yang Hu)) 

55 1008821 Mass Flow Discharge Design for Pecan Shells, Canola and Wood Chips from 

Storage Bins 

Oladiran O. Fasina, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL (Fasina, O., 

Kirkpatrick, R., Mullenix, D., Littlefield, B.) 

56 1008881 Microbial Populations in Sweet Sorghum Juice During Fermentation 

Paul Vijayakumar, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (P. Vijayakumar, D. 

Bellmer, R. Huhnke, P. Muriana) 

57 1008963 Using GIS to Identify Opportunities for Value-Added Product Development of 

Bioresidue Resources throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia 

John Ignosh, Virginia Tech, Harrisonburg, VA (John Ignosh, Jactone Arogo, 

Zhiyou Wen, Chantell Phillips, Bob Smith, Bill Carstensen) 

58 1008982 Systems Biology Approach to Understanding the Effect of Acetic Acid on the Cofermentation 

of Glucose and Xylose by S. cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST) 

Elizabeth R. Casey, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Elizabeth Casey, 

Miroslav Sedlak, Nancy Ho, Jiri Adamec, Amber Jannasch, Nathan S. Mosier) 

59 1008999 Weathering and Moisture Effects on Switchgrass Size Reduction 

Lester O. Pordesimo, ADM, Quincy, IL (Lester O. Pordesimo, Greg Holt, 

Igathinathane Cannayen) 

60 1009050 Compositional Analysis of Perennial Grass Species to Evaluate Potential as 

Individual or Conglomerate Bioenergy Crops 

Scott W. Pryor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (Ewumbua Monono and 

Scott W. Pryor) 

61 1009224 Preparation of Plastics from Acetylated Canola Proteins 

Scott W. Pryor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (Jaidev Sehrawat, 

Asanga Manamperi, Scott W. Pryor) 

62 1009338 Developing a Optimum Allocation System for Country of Renewable Energy 

Plant in Korea 

Jeongbae Jeon, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chuncheongbuk South 

Korea (Seongsoo Yoon, Jeongbae Jeon, Gwiseon Jo, Hyungsoo Park, Kyo Suh, 

Shinho Rhee (Presenter Seongsoo Yoon) 

63 1009414 Field Drying Characteristics of Switchgrass and Forage Sorghum and Potential 

Impacts on Bioenergy Feedstock Supply Chains 

Michael D. Montross, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Montross, M.D., E.G. 

Wilkerson ) 

64 1009448 Microwave Torrefaction of Corn Stover 

Hanwu Lei, Washington State University, Richland, WA (Hanwu Lei, Shoujie Ren, 

James Julson) 

65 1009522 Harvest Logistics and Economics of Sweet Sorghum for Fuel Ethanol Production 

Isaac P. Serbin, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN (I.P. Serbin, K.E.Ileleji (Presenter 

K.E. Ileleji)) 

66 1009578 Design, Development and Performance of a Laboratory Scale Fluidized Bed 

Biomass Gasifier 

Ashokkumar M. Sharma, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Ashokkumar 

M. Sharma, Ajay Kumar, and Raymond L. Huhnke) 

67 1009580 Recent Trends and Advancements in Fluidized Bed Biomass Gasification 

Technology - A Literature Review 


M. Sharma, Ajay Kumar, Raymond L. Huhnke) 

68 1009634 Development of an Algae-Based System for CO2 Mitigation from Coal-Fired 

Power Plants 

Courtney A. Fisk, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (M. Wilson, C. Fisk, J. 

Groppo, S. Morton, E. Antonson, M. Crocker, R. Andrews, C. Crofcheck, M. 

Montross) 

69 1009636 A Techno-Economic Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Bio-mitigation Using 

Microalgae 

Courtney A. Fisk, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (S. A. Morton III, C. A. 

Fisk) 

70 1009834 Comparison of Productions from the Pyrolysis of Three Biomasses: Corn Stover, 

Switch Grass and Prairie Cordgrass 

Hanwu Lei, Washington State University, Richland, WA (Hanwu Lei, Rui Zhou, 

James Julson) 

71 1009912 Screening Algal Species for Bio-Crude Oil Production through Hydrothermal 

Process 

Guo Yu, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (G. Yu, Y. Zhang, L. Schideman, T. Funk, 

Z. Wang, Y. Zhou) 

72 1009938 Predicting Biomass Yields and Siting a Biomass Processing Facility in Kentucky 

Using GIS 

Will C. Adams, University of Kentucky, Shelbyville, KY (W. C Adams, M. D. 

Montross, R. Smith, T. Keene) 

73 1009953 Quantification of The Degree of Torrefaction 

Dorde Medic, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (D. Medic, M. Darr, D. Maski) 

74 1010070 Prospects of Winter Wheat and Triticale Straw for Energy Production 

Keri B. Cantrell, USDA ARS, Florence, SC (K. Cantrell; D. Gunter; D. Watts) 

75 1008611 Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Soy Hull Pretreated with Alkali Aided High Shear and 

Ultrasonication Methods 

Veeramani Karuppuchamy, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (V. 

Karuppuchamy, K. Muthukumarappan, K. Chinnadurai (Presenter Karunanithy 

Chinnadurai)) 

76 1008634 Characterization of Biooils from Pilot Scale Microwave Pyrolysis Process 

Karunanithy Chinnadurai, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 

(C. Karunanithy and K. Muthukumarappan) 

78 1009023 Downdraft Gasification of Forage Sorghum 

Krushna N. Patil, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Krushna N. Patil, 

Prakash R. Bhoi, Raymond L. Huhnke, and Danielle D. Bellmer) 

79 1009030 Air-Steam Gasification of Switchgrass in a Downdraft Gasifier 

Prakash R. Bhoi, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (P. R. Bhoi, K. N. Patil, 

R. L. Huhnke, D. D. Bellmer) 

80 1009186 Steam Explosion Pretreatment of Biomass for Bio-oil Production 

Hui Wang, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (H. Wang) 

81 1009960 In-situ Upgrading of Bio-Oil with Metal Catalysts 

Chenguang Wang, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN (C. Wang) 

82 1009393 Kinetics of Physical Properties of Wood Pellets with Respect to Storage 

Temperatures 

Jaya Shankar Tumuluru, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (Allison Ray) 

83 1000006 Corn Cobs Dry Matter Loss with Different Storage Conditions 

Bernardo G. Del Campo, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (B. del Campo) 

84 1008837 Characterization of Biomass Using Hyperspectral Imaging Techniques 

Colm D. Everard, Moorepark Food Research Center, Fermoy, Cork Ireland (C. D. 

Everard, K. McDonnell, C. C. Fagan) 

85 1008960 Medium Optimization for Chlorella vulgaris for CO2 Mitigation of Flue Gas 

Czarena L. Crofcheck, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (C. Crofcheck, A. 

Kroumov, M. Montross) 

86 1008570 Application of Uninformative Variable Elimination Algorithm to Determine 

Organophosphorus Pesticide Concentration with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 

Yankun Peng, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China 

(Jingjing Chen, Yongyu Li) 

87 1009977 Ultrasonic Extraction of Oil from Oleaginous Yeast and Simultaneous 

Conversion to Biodiesel 

Priyanka Chand, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (David Grewell, John Verkade, 

Chinta Reddy Venkat Reddy, Priyanka Chand) 

88 1009841 Harvesting Algae by Optimizing Ionic Coagulation and Polymeric Flocculation 

Conditions 

Ryan T. Davis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Ryan Davis, Zivko 

Nikolov) 


SESSION 143 (FPE-16) ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AND BIOGAS 

PRODUCTION PROCESSING AND UTILIZATION – 


Moderator: William F. Ritter, University of Delaware, Elkton, MD 

LOCATION: 325 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008507 Impact of Ammonia on Biogas Production from Food Waste via Anaerobic 

Digestion and Control by Nitrification 

Jinming Pan, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples Republic of China 

(Yeting Gu, Liang Zhang, Jun Chai, Yibin Ying, Jinming Pan) 

2:50PM 1009076 Affect of Temperature on Codigestion of Dairy Manure and Aquatic Biomass 

Shannon L. Henderson, Michigan State University, Harrison Township, MI (Dr. 

Dawn Reinhold, Shannon Henderson, Sunirat Rattana) 

3:05PM 

CANCELLED 

3:20PM 1009433 Development of an Integrated Anaerobic Digestion System (iADs) for Methane 

Production from Organic Waste 

Jiying Zhu, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong Peoples Republic 

of China (Jiying Zhu, Yebo Li, Stephen Park) 

3:35PM 1009503 Anaerobic Digestion of Stillage from Cellulosic Ethanol Processes 

Pratap C. Pullammanappallil, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Zhuoli Tian, 

Pratap Pullammanappallil, Lonnie Ingram) 

3:50PM 1009885 Influence of Switchgrass Maturity on Dry Anaerobic Digestion Performance 

Hee Kwon Ahn, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD (H.K. Ahn, W.W. Mulbry, J.W. White) 


SESSION 144 (FPE-8) BIOENERGY CO-PRODUCTS – 

Sponsored by FPE-702, FPE-709 

Moderator: Carol L. Jones, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 

LOCATION: 326 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008879 Production of Activated Carbon from Fermentation Residues 

Dan Cheng, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC (E. D. 

Tillinghast) 

2:50PM 1008840 Comparison of Methods for Extracting Kafirin Proteins from Sorghum Distillers 

Dried Grains with Solubles 

Xiaorong Wu, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Y. Wang, M. Tilley, S. Bean, 

X. S. Sun, X. Wu, D. Wang) 

3:05PM 1008756 Opportunities for Process Improvements in the Drying of Distillers Grains with 

Solubles 

Tian Lan, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Tian Lan, Klein Ileleji, Dirk Maier) 

3:20PM 1009196 Modeling the Heat and Moisture Transfer in Corn Distillers Dried Grains with 

Solubles (DDGS) 

A. R.P. Ambrose, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (A.R.P.Kingsly and 

K.E.Ileleji) 

3:35PM 1009266 Recent Developments in Chemical Processes in Converting Glycerol to Value- 

Added Products 

Randy L. Maglinao, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (R. L. Maglinao, B. B. He)




SESSION 145 (FPE-6) ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN CROP DRYING – 


Moderator: Samuel G. McNeill, University of Kentucky, Princeton, KY 

LOCATION: 327 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008958 Energy Efficiency Study on Two Wisconsin Grain Drying Systems: Mixed Flow 

and Continuous Cross Flow Grain Dryers 

Jennifer L. Brinker, GDS Associates Inc, Green Bay, WI (Jennifer Brinker, Alex 

Johnson, Josh Kaurich, Joe Schultz) 

2:50PM 1009032 Curing Peanuts in Semi-Trailer Drying Units in the Southeastern U.S. 

Christopher L. Butts, USDA ARS, Dawson, GA (Marshall C. Lamb) 

3:05PM 1008931 Experimental study on solar drying of Kucha white apricot 


(Rouzi•Amuti1,Feng Li, Zebin Gao, Zhihuai Mao) 

3:20PM 1009354 A Review of Automatic Drying Process Control Strategies and their Impact on 

Energy Efficiency in Commercial Grain Dryers 

NDA Agyima K. Addae-Mensah, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN (N.A.K. Addae- 

Mensah and K.E. Ileleji) 

3:35PM 1000018 Self Assessment Tool for Gain Dryer Energy Audits 

Samuel G. McNeill, , (S.G. McNeill, M.D. Montross) 

SESSION 146 (BE-3) BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING DIVISION POSTER 

SESSION 

Moderator: Yebo Li, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 



90 1009976 Effect of Water Soluble Sugars on the Total Sugar Yields from Dilute Acid 

Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Switchgrass Varieties 

Jian Shi, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA (Jian Shi, Mirvat Ebrik, 

Tim Redmond, and Charles Wyman) 

91 1008493 Preliminary Parameters to Produce Lignocellulosic Ethanol from Pyrolitic 

Anhydrosugars 

Rex Livingston, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS (Rex 

Livingston, Fei Yu, Qi Li, and Philip H. Steele) 

92 1008672 Hydrolysis of Waste Potato Mash Potato for Ethanol Fermentation 

Gulten Izmirlioglu, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (Gulten 

Izmirlioglu and Ali Demirci (Presenter Ali Demirci)) 

93 1008673 Ethanol Production from Waste Potato Mash Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae 

Gulten Izmirlioglu, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (Gulten 

Izmirlioglu and Ali Demirci (Presenter Ali Demirci)) 

94 1009043 Fermentation of Sugar Beet Pulp Hydrolyzate with Saccharomyces cerevisiae 

and E. coli KO11 

Scott W. Pryor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (Rachel Rorick and Scott 

W. Pryor) 

95 1009090 New route to a Purified Stream of C5 Sugars from Hemicellulose for Novel 

Cellulosic Ethanol Co-products 

Alicia R. Abadie, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Alicia R. Abadie, Sue E. 

Nokes, Barbara Knutson, Steve Rankin) 

96 1009426 Localization and Interaction Pattern of AcsD, the Protein Involved in Bacterial 

Cellulose Synthesis 

Prashanti R. Lyer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (Prashanti 

Iyer, Jeffrey Catchmark, Nicole Brown, Ming Tien) 

97 1009438 The Selection of Microbial-Pretreated Lignocellulosic Feedstocks for Ethanol 

Production 

Yebo Li, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH (Yebo Li, Caixia Wan, Siam 

Racharaks,) 

98 1009509 A Flux Balance Based Approach of Hemicellulose Fermentation to Ethanol by 

Industrial Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae 

Ragothaman N. Avanasi, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Ragothaman 

Avanasi Narasimhan, Ganti S. Murthy, Frank W.R. Chaplen) 

99 1009065 Effects of Pre-Treatment Conditions on Downstream Bioconversion of Poplar 

Wood (Populus sp.) into Biofuels 

Jyotsna L. Pandey, Penn State University, University Park, PA (J. L. Pandey, T. L. 

Richard, M. N. Marshall) 

100 1008676 Modeling of Batch Fermentation Kinetics of Pullulan Production by 

Aureobasidium Pullulans 

Kuan-Chen Cheng, Penn State University, University Park, PA (Kuan-Chen Cheng, 

Ali Demirci, and Jeffrey Catchmark) 

101 1008874 From Fields to Fuels: Student Workshop on Conversion of Biomass to Ethanol 

Jessica L. Schwartz, Penn State University, Farmdale, OH (Jessica Schwartz, Irene 

Darku, Tamara Smith, Dr. Megan Marshall, and Dr. Tom L. Richard) 

102 1009947 Hydrogrnation 

April Lovelady, NASA/Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL (A 

Lovelady) 

103 1009143 Effect of Pressure Shock on Micro-algal cell lyses 

Nalin U. Samarasinghe, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Dr. Sandun 

Fernando, Nalin Samarasinghe) 

104 1009148 Irradiance, Temperature, and Pond Depth Effects in Microalgae Production 

Ponds 

Phillip R. Luedecke, Texas A&M University, TX (P. Luedecke, R. Davis, J. Lassig, J. 

Murdock, S. Emsoff, J. Stepp, Z. Nikolov, R.E. Lacey) 

105 1009151 Algae Biofuels Modeling and Life Cycle Assessment 

Kyle B. Sander, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Kyle Sander and Ganti 

Murthy) 

106 1009926 Modeling Lipid and Carbohydrate distribution in Green Algae, using Contraints- 

Based Modeling 

Chintan J. Joshi, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (C. J. Joshi, F. W. R. 

Chaplen, and G. S. Murthy) 

107 1008727 Delignification of Wheat Straw Using Industrial Biodiesel Glycerol 

Shuangning Xiu, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 

(Shuangning Xiu, Lijun Wang, Abolghasem Shahbazi) 

108 1008499 Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Grease Trap Waste and Dairy Manure for Biogas 

Energy Production 

Xiguang Chen, University of California Davis, Davis, CA (X. Chen, R. Romano, R. 

Zhang, H.-S. Kim) 

109 1008508 Analysis for the Factors Affecting on the Thermal Performance of Parabolic 

Trough Solar Collector 

Gwi-Hyun Lee, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea (Gwi-Hyun 

Lee) 

110 1009416 Automated Solid-Substrate Cultivation of the Anaerobic Thermophilic 

Bacterium Clostridium thermocellum 

Mathew Ruwaya, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (M. Ruwaya, S.E. Nokes, 

M.A Flythe) 

111 1009369 A Combinatorial Approach to Genetic Library Enrichment of C. cellulolyticum on 

Cellulose 

Ben Freedman, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (B. Freedman, R. S. Senger) 

112 1009370 Evaluation of a Potential Citrate Synthase in the Bio-Butanol Producer 

Clostridium Acetobutylicum 

Alexa S. Tenga, Virginia Tech, Fairfax, VA (A. Tenga, R. S. Senger) 

113 1009593 Optimization of the Synthesis of Polyurethane Foam Prepared from Liquefied 

Corn Stover by Response Surface Methodology 


(Tipeng Wang, Zhihuai Mao) 

114 1009033 An Exploration on Production of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) from Sugarbeet 

Juice using Acaligenes Latus 

Bingqing Wang, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Bingqing Wang, 

Ratna R. Sharma-Shivappa, Kimberly D. Tungate) 

115 1009458 Magnetic Nanoparticles Based Magnetophresis for Highly Efficient Separation 

of Foodborne Pathogens 

Haibo Huang, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (Haibo Huang, Chuanmin Ruan, 

Jianhan Lin, Min Li, Lisa Cooney, Yanbin Li, Andrew Wang) 

116 1008753 Nonthermal Plasma Inactivation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Spores 

Yaohua Huang, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (Y. Huang, L. Liu, X. P. Ye, 

M. Radosevich, C. J. Doona, F. E. Feeherry, S. A. Marcott) 

117 1009366 Determination of the Cellulosomal Operon Regulators and Inhibitors in 

Clostridium Acetobutylicum 

Hadi Nazem-Bokaee, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Hadi Nazem-Bokaee, Charlie 

Mayo, Ryan S. Senger) 

118 1009368 FITSelect: An Invention to Select Microbial Strains Maximizing Product 

Production from a Single Culture Without High-Throughput Screening 

Rui Zhou, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Rui Zhou, Ryan S. Senger) 

119 1009285 Assembly and Characterization of Lipid and Membrane Proteins Particles 

Wei Huang, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (W Huang) 

120 1008903 Effects of Enzyme and Glycerol Levels on the Corn Starch/PHBV Blended 

Biodegradable Resins Modeling by Re-sponse Surface Methodology 

Jinchyau Peng, Natl Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan (Jinchyau Peng, 

Wen-Yen Cheng, Wai-Bun Lui) 

121 1009828 Edible Composite Films Based on Konjac Glucomannan, Chitosan and 

Yanling Cheng, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN (S. Deng, P. Chen, R. 

Ruan) 

122 1009965 Evaluation of an Alcohol Oxidase-Based Enzyme Biosensor Immobilized in PVA- 

AWP Polymer 

Shilpa N. Beesabathuni, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (S. N. Beesabathuni, Dr. 

M.-G. C Danao) 

123 1009286 Modeling the Effects of Exhaled Breath Condensate Collection Conditions on 

Biomarker Concentrations 

Shih-Fang Chen, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (S. F. Chen, M. C. Danao) 

124 1009687 Integration of Different Types of Biological Signals – Bowel Sound and Salivary 

Amylase 

Osamu Sakata, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi Japan (Osamu Sakata, 

Takaaki Satake) 

125 1009281 Development of an Automatic Perfusion Flow Bioreactor System for Culturing 

Human Alveolar Bone Marrow Stem Cells 

Ki-Taek Lim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Gwanak-Gu South Korea (Ki-Taek 

Lim, Chong-Su Cho, Soo-Jung Baik, Jang-Ho Kim, Pill-Hoon Choung, and Jong 

Hoon Chung) 

126 1009073 Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Maize (Zea mays L.) Under Full and 

Deficit Irrigation: analyzing Strategies using Plant-Water-Nitrogen Productivity 

Modeling. 

Koffi Djaman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE (Koffi Djaman and Suat 

Irmak) 

127 1009085 Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiency, Crop Evapotranspiration, and Plant Growth 

and Yield Parameters of Maize (Zea mays L.) Under Full and Deficit Irrigation 

Koffi Djaman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE (Koffi Djaman and Suat 

Irmak) 

128 1009154 Correlating Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties of Composts 

Produced in Windrow and Lab-Scale Systems 

Megan N. Marshall, Penn State University, State College, PA (Megan Marshall, 

John Greening, Nadine Davitt, Robert Graves, and Tom L. Richard) 

129 1008589 Water Quality Best Management Practices, Effectiveness, and Cost for Reducing 

Contaminant Losses from Urban Areas 

Michael D. Prohaska, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (M. D. Prohaska, 

A. P. Nejadhashemi, X. Yu) 

130 1009449 Evaluation of the Levels of Nitrogen, Organic Matter and pH in Sols Cultivated 

with Prosopis 

Euler S. Franco, FACISA, Campina Grande, Paraiba Brazil (Euler Soares Franco; 

José Dantas Neto; Maria Sallydelandia de Sobral Farias; Vanda Maria de Lira)



131 1009852 Thickening Phosphorus Rich Sludge Using Enhanced Biological Phosphorous 

Removal System 

Isaac A. Alukwe, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Isaac A. Alukwe, Katharine F. 

Knowlton; Leslie V. Sarmiento; Jactone Arogo Ogejo) 

132 1008623 The Creep Properties of Timothy when Compressed to High Density 

Guanghui Wang, China Agricultural University, Haidian District, Beijing China 

(Guanghui Wang, Decheng Wang, Lope Tabil, Anthony Opoku) 

133 1008910 Research on Rice Seed-Metering Device of Vibration-Flow Type 

Xu Ma, South China Agricultural University, Guang Zhou, Guang Dong China (Yu 

Dalue, Qi Long) 

134 1009529 The sugarcane bagasse ash as a partial replacement material for cement 

Portland 

Mr Marcos Oliveira Paula, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil (M. O. Paula, 

I. F. F. Tinôco, J. A. O. Saraz, E. N. Silva) 

135 1008995 Investigation into the Effect of Surface Temperature Changes in on Beef Carcass 

Sides during Commercial Chilling 

Donal M. Bergin, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (Donal Bergin; Conor 

Shanahan, Francis Butler) 

136 1009672 Microwave Effect on Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cell Membrane Transport 

Agnes Szerencsi, University of West Hungary, Mosonmagyarovar, GY-M-S 

Hungary (Szerencsi A., Erdei J., Kovács A.J., Lakatos E., Neményi M.) 

137 1000016 A Decision Support System for the Spatial Control of Invasive Bioagents 

Luc Hebou, University of Maryland, Bryans Road, MD (L. Hebou, H.J. Montas, A. 

Shirmohammadi) 

138 1009181 BIOG-C: Modeling the Volumetric Methane Production in the Anaerobic 

Digestion Process Applied to Swine Wastes 


Brazil (C.F.Souza, G.B. Day, J.L. Taraba. R.S. Gates, W.P.M. Ferreira) 


SESSION 147 (EDU-3) INNOVATIONS IN UNDERGRADUATE AND 

GRADUATE EDUCATION – Sponsored by ED-203, ED-206, 

ED-206 

Moderator: Amy L. Kaleita, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 

LOCATION: 328 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008680 Spatial Reasoning Across the Curriculum: A GIS and Computer Modeling 

Approach 

Bruce Allison, Wesley College, Dover, DE (Bruce E. Allison) 

2:50PM 1008685 Experiences as a Graduate Student Mentor at a NSF REU Site in Biological 

Systems Engineering 

Shawn E. Rosenquist, Virginia Tech, Christiansburg, VA (S.E. Rosenquist D.H. 

Vaughan) 

3:05PM 1009060 Impact of Two Course Content Delivery Systems on Student Learning 

Darren H. Jarboe, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Darren H. Jarboe, D. Raj 

Raman, and Katrina L. Christiansen) 

3:20PM 

Break 

3:30PM 1009661 Study on Construction of Engineering Major in Agricultural Universities 

Muchun Wu, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China 

(Muchun Wu, Enli Lv, Huazhong Lu, Zhou Yang,Xiaoteng Han) 

3:45PM 1009662 Teaching Mode for Engineering Major Based on Multiple Practical Training 

Huazhong Lu, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China 

(Huazhong Lu, Zhou Yang, Jun Li, Enli Lv) 


SESSION 148 INTL-1B TRENDS IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL 

ENGINEERING PRACTICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES- 

PART 2 – Sponsored by INTL-601 


Canada 

LOCATION: 329 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009319 Tillage & Crop Establishment Technologies for Improved Labor Productivity & 

Energy Efficiency and Reduced Costs in Rice Production 

Manuel Jose C. Regalado, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Nueva Ecija, 

Philippines (M. J. C. Regalado, R. T. Cruz) 

2:50PM 1008560 Optimization of the Seed Spacing Uniformity Performance of a Precision Seeder 

Using Spherical Materials and Response Surface Methodology 

Adnan Degirmencioglu, EGE University, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey (Arzu Yazgi; Adnan 

Degirmencioglu; Ismet Onal; Emine Bayram) 

3:05PM 1009669 Design and Develop Sisal Decortication Machine 

Youssef F. Sharobeem, Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt 

(Youssef F Sharobeem, Safwat EL. ELKhawaga (Presenter John Cundiff)) 

3:20PM 1010027 Effect of Informal Discussions on Healthy Food in Behavioral Changes 

Manickavasagan Annamalai, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoud, Oman (A. 

Manickavasagan) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1010025 Assessment of health food awareness in Sultanate of Oman 


(Manickavasagan, A., Mohamed Essa, Amant Ali and Mustafa Waly) 

4:00PM 1008733 Energy Potential of Agricultural and Forestry Wastes in Brazil: Development of 

a Bioenergy Map 

Jofran Luiz Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais Brazil 

(Jadir Nogueira da Silva, Jofran Luiz de Oliveira, Emanuele Graciosa Pereira, 

Cássio Silva Machado, Maria da Conceição Trindade Bezerra, Samuel Martin) 

4:15PM 1008475 Swine Production System Nitrified Wastewater Reuse as a Strategy to Remove 

Nitrogen 

Airton Kunz, Embrapa Poultry and Swine, Concordia, Santa Catarina Brazil 

(A. Kunz) 

4:30PM 1008340 Product Temperature Response of a Locally Developed Extruder to Different 

Extrusion Conditions 

Folasayo T. Fayose, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Akure, Ondo State Nigeria 

(Fayose Folasayo Tititilola) 


SESSION 149 PERSPECTIVES IN INDO-US COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS – 



Location: 330 


collaborations with institutions in India. Presentations will be followed by a panel 

discussion 

Featured speakers: 

1. Dr. Ramesh Kanwar, Iowa State University 

2. Dr. G.S.V. Raghavan, McGill University 

3. Dr. Gajendra Singh. Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) 

4. Dr. Jeyamkondan Subbiah, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

AABFEIO will conduct a session focused on Indo-US collaborative projects. 

Speakers from various universities in North America will provide their perspectives 

on collaborative projects with institutions in India. They will share their 

experiences, and insights into the processes, existing mechanisms, avenues for 

funding and lessons learnt in collaborative projects. Presentations will be followed 

by an open panel discussion. The session is aimed at stimulating discussion 

amongst members, encourage formation of new collaborations and bring valuable 

insights to members for future collaborative efforts. 


SESSION 201 (PM-1A) APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT AND 

METHODS - PART 1 – Sponsored by PM-23/6 

Moderator: Harold W. Thistle, USDA FS, Morgantown, WV 

LOCATION: 301 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009541 The Spray Pattern of Entomopathogenic Nematodes 

David Nuyteens, Institute for Agr & Fisheries Research, Merelbeke, Belgium 

(E. Brusselman, B. Beck, F. Temmerman, S. Pollet, W. Steurbaut, M. Moens, D. 

Nuyteens) 

9:50AM 1008369 Degradation of Oil- and Water-Soluble Fluorescent Dyes 

Lav R. Khot, University of Florida, Winter Haven, FL (L. R. Khot, M. Salyani, R. 

Sweeb (Presenter M. Salyani)) 

10:05AM 1009008 Choosing the optimal tracer, sampling method and dosage adjustment for 

pesticide application in vineyards 

Jizhong Zhou, Cornell University, Geneva, NY (Jizhong Zhou, Andrew Landers) 

10:20AM 1009040 Effects of Spray Adjuvants on Spread Factors for Water Sensitive and 

Kromekote Paper 

Wesley Clint Hoffmann, USDA ARS, College Station, TX (W. C. Hoffmann, D. E. 

Martin, B. K. Fritz, R. E. Wolf, S. W. Bretthauer, W. E. Bagley) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1008964 The Development of a Fruit Canopy Sprayer Compatible with an Autonomous 

Tractor 

Brad Muise, Cornell NYSAES, Geneva, NY (Dr. Brad Muise, Dr. Andrew Landers) 

11:00AM 1008973 Developments Towards an Automatic Precision Sprayer for Fruit Crop Canopies 

Andrew John Landers, Cornell University, Geneva, NY (A. Landers) 

11:15AM 1009012 Development of a Spray Monitoring System for a Vineyard Canopy Sprayer 

Bill Larzelere, Cornell University NYSAES, Geneva, NY (B. Larzelere, A. Landers) 

11:45AM 1009142 Field Evaluations of Application Techniques and Equipment for Wheat Disease 

Management 

Richard C. Derksen, USDA ARS, Wooster, OH (P. Paul, H.E. Ozkan, H. Zhu) 


SESSION 202 (PM-5) STORAGE SYSTEMS AND LOGISTICS FOR BIOMASS 

FEEDSTOCKS – Sponsored by PM-23/7/2, FPE-702 

Moderator: Matthew Digman, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 

LOCATION: 302 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008854 Feedstock Logistics and Biomass Storage Systems Analysis 

Ajay Shah, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (A. Shah, M. Darr and S. Birrell) 

9:50AM 1009029 Optimization of Large Square Bale Density to Decrease Biomass Energy 

Feedstock Cost 

Benjamin D. Kemmerer, Penn State University, State College, PA (Benjamin 

Kemmerer) 

10:05AM 1009174 Optimizing the Logistics of a Mobile Fast Pyrolysis System for Sustainable Bio- 

Crude Oil Production 

Miae Ha, Texas A&M University, Richards, TX (Miae Ha, Brad Roberson, Marco 

Palma, Clyde Munster) 

10:20AM 1008833 Yield Mapping of High-Biomass Sorghm with Airborne Imagery 

Ruixiu Sui, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS (Ruixiu Sui, Brandon Hartley, John Gibson, 

Chenghai Yang, J. Alex Thomasson, and Steve Searcy) 

10:35AM 

Break



10:45AM 1008567 Productivity and Logistical Analysis of One Pass Stover Collection Systems 

Keith E. Webster, Iowa State University, La Fayette, IL (K. Webster, M. Darr, C. 

Thoreson, S. Birrell, R. McNaull, J. Johnson) 

11:00AM 1008985 Optimised biomass harvest scheduling and machinery performance 

Claus Gron Sorensen, University of Aarhus, Tjele, Denmark (Sørensen, C.A.G., 

Bochtis, D.D., Green, O., Bartzanas T) 

11:15AM 1009058 Computer Modeling for Biomass Handling Systems 

Douglas K. Brownell, Penn State University, State College, PA (Douglas Brownell, 

Jude Liu) 

11:30AM 1009512 Modifications to Fixed Cutter Grinders for Improved Capacity and Efficiency 

Neal A. Yancey, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (Neal A. Yancey, 

Christopher T. Wright, and Craig C. Conner) 


SESSION 203 PM-12 SPECIALTY CROP ENGINEERING – 

Sponsored by PM-48 

Moderatora: Loren D. Gautz, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, HI 

LOCATION: 303 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008746 Green Chile Harvester Development 

Paul A. Funk, USDA ARS, Mesilla Park, NM (P. Funk, S. Walker) 

9:50AM 1008384 Elimination of Debris Using De-Stemmers on a Continuous Citrus Canopy Shake 

and Catch Harvester 

Rohan Patil, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL ZZ (R. Patil, W. S. Lee, R. Ehsani, 

F. M. Roka) 

10:05AM 1009399 Novel Approaches to Passive Bin Filling for Apples 

William C. Messner, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (Brian Kliethermes, 

Alexander Leslie, Russel Rohrbaugh, Jacob Koan, Scott Wolford, Michael Glenn, 

Tara Baugher, and William Messner) 

10:20AM 1008721 Placing of Determined Plant Compounds in Row Crops by Position Controlled 

Seeding 

Peter Schulze-Lammers, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (P. Schulze 

Lammers, H. Kam O. Schmittmann) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1008866 Current Status and Technical Challenges of Asparagus Mechanical Harvesting 

Du Chen, Washington State University, Prosser, WA (Du Chen;Qin Zhang;Shumao 

Wang) 

11:00AM 1009839 Designing a High Volume Chile De-Stemming Machine 

Ryan Herbon, New Mexico State University M-TEC Dept, Las Cruces, NM (Ryan 

Herbon, Dale Cillessen, AEduardo Gamillo, Anthony Hyde (Presenter Dale Cillessen)) 

11:15AM 1009946 Citrus Tree Volume Estimation Using High Spatial Resolution Aerial Digital 

Images 

Joao Camargo-Neto, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL (J. Camargo-Neto, R. 

Ehsani and G. L. Albrigo) 


SESSION 204 (SW-50) PERSPECTIVES AND INNOVATIONS IN SOIL AND 

WATER ENGINEERING – Invited Presentations 

Moderator: Indrajeet Chaubey, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 

LOCATION: 304 

This invited session will include presentations by some of the leading researchers 

in the field of soil and water conservation engineering. These talks will include 

discussions on the latest innovations and challenges in the area of 


identification of sediment source areas in agricultural watersheds, and agricultural 

best management practices for water quality improvements. To give an 

opportunity for the conference attendees to participate in this session, no other 

Soil and Water Engineering Division session is planned during this period. 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 

tba 

Rameshwar S. Kanwar, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 

10:05AM 

Transport Research, History and Issues Related to Watershed Management 

Roger A. Kuhnle, Oxford, MS 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 

Advances in Crop Evapotranspiration Estimation and Measurement 

Richard G. Allen, University of Idaho, Kimberly, ID 

11:15AM 

tba 

Mary Leigh Wolfe, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 


SESSION 206 (IET-8B) MACHINE VISION FOR AGRICULTURAL 

AUTOMATION AND MANAGEMENT - PART 2 – Sponsored by 

IET-312 

Moderator: Ruixiu Sui, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS 

LOCATION: 305 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009345 Spectral Imaging for Greenhouse Cucumber Fruit Detection Based on Binocular 

Stereovision 

Ting Yuan, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing China (J. X. Zhang, Q. C. 

Feng, Y. X. Ren) 

9:50AM 1009441 On-the-Fly Tree Counting and Caliper Measurement 

Sanjiv Singh, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (W. Shi, S. Singh, J. 

Owen (Presenter Wenfan Shi)) 

10:05AM 1009488 Rough Rice Seeds Cultivar Identification by Digital Image Processing and 

Neural Networks 

Jose D. Guzman, Cagayan State University, Tuguegarao CIty, Cagayan Valley 

Philippines (Guzman, Jose D. and Engelbert K. Peralta) 

10:20AM 1009543 Machine vision for cherry grading: hyperspectral imaging bruise detection 

Per Bjarne Bro, Universidad de Talca, Region Del Maule, Chile (Per Bj. Bro, Trung 

Pham, Benjamin Ingram, Matt Bardeen) 

10:35AM 1009668 Study on Illumination Mode and Contour Extraction Algorithm of Pig Growth 

Inspecting System Base on Binocular Stereovision Technology 

Weisen Fu, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China (W Fu) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1009874 Machine Vision System with a PL Filter for Detecting Tomato Fruits and Flowers 

Yuichi Watanabe, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan (Naoshi Kondo, Kentaro 

Nishiwaki, Tomoo Shiiki, Yuichi Ogawa, Michihisa Iida) 

11:15AM 1010012 Thermal Imaging to Monitor Flour Temperature in Wheat Mills 

Annamalai Manickavasagan, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoudh, Muscat Oman 

(Manickavasagan,A., D.S. Jayas, M. Subramaniam and A. Sarkar) 

11:30AM 1008858 Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Measuring Forested Stream Topography: A 

Comparison with Traditional Surveying Techniques 

Jonathan P. Resop, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Jonathan P. Resop, Jessica L. 

Kozarek and W. Cully Hession) 

11:45AM 1008918 Combination Model Design for Field Insect Automated Monitoring and 

Classification 

Chenglu Wen, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (C. Wen, D. Guyer, W. Li) 


SESSION 207 (IET-13B) MULTISPECTRAL AND HYPERSPECTRAL SENSING 

APPLICATIONS - PART 2 – Sponsored by IET-348, PM-54 


LOCATION: 306 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009280 Freshness Monitoring of Chill-stored Pork Loins with Visible/Near Infrared and 

Fluorescence multispectral Imagery 

Wang Xiwei, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing Jiangsu, Peoples Republic of 

China (X. Wang, M. Zhao, R. Ju) 

9:50AM 1009351 Spectral Imaging Approach to Evaluate Degree of Tea Fermentation by Total 

Catechins 

Suming Chen, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (Suming Chen, Sheng- 

Jie Luo, Yu-Liang Chen, Yung-Kun Chuang, Chao-Yin Tsai, I-Chang Yang, Chun- 

Chi Chen, Yao-Jen Tsai, Cheng-Hung Cheng, Hsien-Tsung Tsai) 

10:05AM 1009475 Use of Hyperspectral Laser-Induced Fluorescence Imaging for Detection of 

Fecal Contamination on Apples 

Alan M. Lefcourt, USDA ARS, Beltsville, MD (Motabar, P., A. M. Lefcourt, M. Kim, 

and U. Tasch) 

10:20AM 1009492 Prediction of Chlorophyll Content in Wheat Leaves Using Hyperspectral Images 


(Hui Huang) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1009569 Canopy hyperspectral reflectance feature of rice caused by Brown Planthopper(Nilaparvata 

lugens) infestation 

Xiwen Luo, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Peoples Republic of 

China (Zhiyan Zhou, Xiwen Luo, Ying Zang (Presenter Zhiyan Zhou)) 

11:00AM 1009958 In-Plant Trials of High Speed Hyperspectral Imaging System for Online Fecal 

Detection 

Seung-Chul Yoon, USDA, Athens, GA (S. C. Yoon, B. Park, K. C. Lawrence, W. R. 

Windham, G. W. Heitschmidt) 

11:15AM 1009998 Application of Hyperspectral Imaging for the Detection of Citrus Greening 

Ashish Ratn Mishra, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL (Ashish Mishra, Reza 

Ehsani, Gene Albrigo) 

11:30AM 1009434 Spectral Characterization of Aflatoxin Contaminated Corn Kernels 

Ambrose Ononye, Institute for Technology Development, Bay Saint Louis, MS 

(Ambrose E. Ononye, Haibo Yao, Zuzana Hruska, Russell Kincaid) 


SESSION 208 (IET-20B) SENSORS AND CONTROLS FOR PRECISION 

AGRICULTURE - PART 2: SPRAYERS – Sponsored by 

IET-353, PM-54 

Moderator: Scott A Shearer, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 

LOCATION: 307 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009623 Development of a Scalable Control System for Variable-Rate Applications 

Michael P. Sama, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Sama, M.P., R.S. 

Zanonadi, J.D. Luck, T.S. Stombaugh, S.A. Shearer) 

9:50AM 1009618 Pneumatic Control of a Variable Orifice Nozzle 

Joe D. Luck, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (J.D. Luck, M.P. Sama, S.K. 

Pitla, and S.A. Shearer) 

10:05AM 1008774 Retrofitting an Orchard Sprayer Controller for use with an Autonomous Tractor 

Siza D. Tumbo, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania (S. D. 

Tumbo, A. W. Schumann and H. K. Hostler) 

10:20AM 1009895 Field Performance of the Liquid Volume Sensing Device for Agricultural 

Sprayers 


(Enrique A. Alves, Scott A. Shearer, Joe D. Lucky, Santosh K. Pitla) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1008609 Development of Real Time Based Automated System for Weeds and Bare Spot 

Detection in the Wild Blueberry Field 

Young Ki Chang, Truro, NS Canada (Y.Chang, Q. Zaman, A. Schuman, D. Percival)



11:00AM 1008687 Performance of a Targeting Spray System for Cutworm Control in Vineyards 

Feng Kang, Washington State University Prosser, Prosser, WA (F. Kang, M. Kise, 

Q. Zhang, D. B. Walsh, F. J. Pierce) 

11:15AM 1009880 3-D Maps of Japanese Citrus Information for Precision Agriculture 

Momoyo Yamakawa, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kinki Japan (Momoyo Yamakawa, 

Naoshi Kondo, Yasushi Kohno, Michihisa IIDA, Tomoo Shiigi, Mitsutaka Kurita, 

Yuichi Ogawa) 


SESSION 209 (IET-3) BIOENERGY SIMULATION, MODELING AND 

ANALYSIS – Sponsored by IET-217, FPE-709, T-11 

Moderator: Luis F. Rodriguez, III, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 

LOCATION: 310 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009999 Programmatic Requirements for Modeling and Analysis of Feedstock Logistics 

Sam G. Tagore, US Dept of Energy, Silver Spring, MD (Sam Tagore, Shahab 

Sokhansanj, Jake Jacobson) 

9:50AM 1009069 Superheated Steam Drying Technology in an Ethanol Production Process 

Matthew V. Pham, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN (Matthew Pham, R. 

Vance Morey, Huixiao Zheng, Nalladurai Kaliyan (Presenter Vance Morey)) 

10:05AM 1009201 Algorithms to Detect Hard-Coding Errors in Spreadsheets: Implementation in 

Excel Using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) 

Vertika Rawat, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Vertika Rawat, D. Raj Raman, and 

Robert Anex) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1009238 Biomass Synthesis Gas Composition Estimation Using Thermodynamic 

Equilibrium Modeling 

Gautam Gopal, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL (Gopal Gautam and 

Sushil Adhikari) 

10:45AM 1009376 Torrefaction of Cellulosic Biomass Upgrading – Cost and Energy Model 

Devanand Maski, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Devanand Maski, Matthew Darr, 

Robert Anex) 

11:00AM 1009405 Modeling Statistical Variability in IBSAL 

Shahab Sokhansanj, Oak Ridge National Lab, North Vancouver, BC Canada 

(T. Sowlati, M. Ebadian, M. Mobini) 

11:15AM 1000015 Combination of Simulation and Web Tools for Immediate Results Transfer to the 

User: The Case of Biomass Harvest 

Remigio E. Berruto, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy (R. Berruto) 


SESSION 210 (IET-15) DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY – Sponsored by 

IET-348 

Moderator: Samir Trabelsi, USDA ARS, Athens, GA 

LOCATION: 311 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008526 Monitoring Coaxial-Probe Contact Force for Dielectric Properties Measurements 

Stuart O. Nelson, USDA ARS, Athens, GA (S. O. Nelson) 

9:50AM 1009184 Microwave Dielectric Properties of Chicken Breast Meat 

Samir Trabelsi, USDA ARS, Athens, GA (S. Trabelsi, D. Samuel, S. O. Nelson) 

10:05AM 1009857 Stability and Type-Independence Analysis of Density-Independent Calibration 

Functions for Microwave Moisture Sensing in Unshelled and Shelled Peanuts 

Micah A. Lewis, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (M. Lewis, S. Trabelsi, S. O. 

Nelson, E.W. Tollner) 

10:20AM 1008899 Electromagnetic Analysis of Soil Moisture via Reflection Characteristics 

James Duvall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (J. Duvall) 

10:35AM 1008518 Microwave Dielectric Properties of Grain and Seed 

Stuart O. Nelson, USDA ARS, Athens, GA (S. O. Nelson, S. Trabelsi) 


SESSION 211 (SE-9) AIR QUALITY AS RELATED TO AGRICULTURAL 

WASTE MANAGEMENT - PART 2 – Sponsored by SE-305 

Moderator: Shafiqur Rahman, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 



2 1008658 Amendments for Mitigation of Odor Emissions from Dairy Manure 

Eileen Fabian Wheeler, Penn State University, University Park, PA (M. A. A. 

Adviento-Borbe, R. C. Brandt, P. A. Topper, D. A. Topper, H. A. Elliott, R.E. Graves, 

A. N. Hristov, M. A. Bruns, V. A. Ishler and E. F. Wheeler) 

4 1009804 Optimization of Biofilter for Livestock Ammonia Emission Removal II: Moisture 

Control 

Liangcheng Yang, urbana, IL (Liangcheng Yang, Nan Jiang, Xinlei Wang, Ted Funk) 

5 1009997 Field Evaluation of Dried Distiller Grain Solids and Best Management Practices 

to Reduce Ammonia Emissions from A High-Rise Layer Barn 

Teng Teeh Lim, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (Teng Teeh Lim, Albert J. 

Heber, Ji-Qin Ni, and Sam M. Hanni) 

6 1008602 National Air Quality Self Assessment Tool 

Wendy J. Powers, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (W Powers) 

7 1008624 The Influence of Feeding Times on Behaviour of Individually Housed Growing 

Pigs after Feeding 

Jun Bao, Northeast Agricultural University, Heilongjiang, China (Y. Kang, X. Wang, 

G.Yin) 

8 1009262 Reduction of P and N in Swine Manure to Improve Production Results 

Robert Spajic, Belje DD, Osijek, Croatia (Robert Spajic, Davor Kralik, Damir 

Rimac, Johannes Holler, Vladimir Poznic, Vladimir Puvaca, Velimir Sili, Domagoj 

Eman) 

9 1009609 Thermal Insulation of Poultry Houses during the Initial Growth Phase of Broiler 

Chickens and its Effects on Environmental Quality, Energy Rationalization, 

Welfare and Performance 

Mr Marcos Oliveira Paula, Federal Univeristy of Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil (M. O. Paula, 

I. F. F. Tinoco, J. A. O. Saraz, K. Sulivan, R. S. Gates) 

10 1008750 Spatial and Seasonal Variations of PM10 Mass Concentrations at Commercial 

Egg Productions Facility and its Vicinity 


Wang) 

11 1009133 Comparison of TEOM and Gravimetric Methods of Measuring PM 

Concentrations 

Francis J. Vanderlick, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (F. Vanderlick, 

R. McGee, V. Botlaguduru, C. B. Parnell, Jr., B. Auvermann,) 

12 1009046 Effect of Different Biofertizliers Produced by the Anaerobic Digestion of 

Manipueira in Soil Chemical Characteristics 


Brazil (K. R. A. Inoue, C. F. Souza, I. F. F. Tinoco, M. C. C. Guimaraes, I. Menegali, 

E. E. N. Alves) 

13 1009213 Potential of Production of Biogas from the Castor Bean (Ricinus communis L.) 

Cake 


Brazil (Alves, Elton Eduardo Novais; Souza, Cecília de Fátima Souza; Inoue, Keles 

Regina Antony; Leite, Tiago de Souza; Tinôco, Ilda de Fátima Ferreira) 

14 1008344 Innovation and Sustainability in the Nigeria Water Sector: Danger of Heavy 

Metal Poisoning 

Adebola Oyebola Elemide, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, Nigeria (O.A. 

Elemide) 

15 1008717 The Use of Rapid Watershed Assessments to Evaluate the Resource Conditions 

of the Shenandoah River Basin 

Alica J. Ketchem, USDA NRCS, Mechanicsville, VA (Alica J. Ketchem) 

17 1009484 Performance Comparison of of Packed and Spray Wet Scrubbers for Mitigating 

Ammonia Emissions from AFOs 

Lara Jane S. Hadlocon, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Lara Jane S. 

Hadlocon, Roderick B. Manuzon, Lingying Zhao) 

18 1009239 Evaluation of Different Minimum Ventilation Systems on Air Quality and 

Performance of Broilers in the Period of Fifteen to Twenty-one Days of Housing 

Ilda Ferreira Tinoco, Federal University of VicosaDepto De Eng Agricola, Vicosa, 

Brazil (Irene Menegali; Ilda de Fátima Ferreira Tinôco; Cecília de Fátima Souza; 

Keller Sullivan Oliveira Rocha; Maria Clara de Carvalho Guimarães) 

19 1009626 Porous Windbreak Wall for Treating and Diluting Animal House Exhaust 

Airstream 

Alex Ingalls, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (C. Dela Cruz, A. Ingalls, 

D. Sanders, L. Stikeleather, S.B. Shah) 

20 1009898 Ammonia Emission and Temporal Variations from Manure-Belt Poultry Layer 

Barns. 

Lingying Zhao, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Lingying Zhao, Roderick B. 

Manuzon, Matt Darr, Xinying Wang, Hui Li, Harold Keener, Albert Heber, Jiqin Ni) 

21 1009901 Odor Concentrations and Emission Rates of Manure-belt Poultry Layer Facilities 

Lingying Zhao, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Lingying Zhao, Roderick B. 

Manuzon, Matthew J. Darr, Xinying Wang, Hui Li, Harold M. Keener, Albert J. 

Heber, Jiqin Ni) 

22 1009910 Use of Technic’s CFD to Evaluate the Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Broiler 

Houses 

Silvia Souza, FEAGRI-UNICAMP, Campinas, Sao Paulo Brazil (Silvia Regina Lucas 

de Souza, Daniella Jorge de Moura, Karla Andréa Oliveira Lima, Thayla M. R. 

Carvalho, Leda Gobbo de Freitas Bueno) 

23 1008952 Effect of Distance and Number of Measurement Points when Determining 

Airflow Rates in a Conducted Fan 

Fernando Estelles, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Valencia Spain (F. 

Estellés, M. Montero, E. Bustamante, A. Torres, S. Calvet) 

24 1008830 Preliminary Results of Gaseous Emissions Monitoring from a Beef Cattle 

Feedyard 

William B. Faulkner, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX (W. B. Faulkner) 

25 1009679 Evaluation of Indoor Environmental Conditions of Micro-Fermentation Deep 

Litter Pig Building in Southeast China 

Kaiying Wang, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, Zhejiang Peoples Republic of China 

(Kaiying Wang, Bo Wei, Xiaorong Dai, Zhenyu Li, Haojie Luo (Presenter Bo Wei)) 

26 1008657 Measurements of Volatile Organic Compound and Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

from Ground Level Area Sources in a Beef Feedyard using Isolation Flux 

Chamber 

MD Saidul Borhan, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Borhan. M.S., S. 

Capareda, S. Mukhtar, W. B. Faulkner, R. McGee, C. B. Parnell, Jr.) 

28 1009200 Measurement of Ammonia Gas, Ammonium Aerosol, and Related Inorganic 

Particulate Matter in Vicinity of a Southeast Layer Pperation 

Zifei Liu, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI (Zifei Liu, Lingjuan Wang, 

Qianfeng Li) 

29 1009292 Ammonia Emissions in a Commercial Broiler Barn at Different Seasons in China 

Zhu Zhiping, Institute of Environmental and Sustainable Developing in Agriculture, 

CAAS, Beijing, Beijing China (Z Zhiping) 

30 1009527 Aerial Emissions Monitoring at a Dairy Farm in Indiana 

Yaomin Jin, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Y. Jin, T.-T. Lim, J.-Q. Ni, A.J. 

Heber, R. Liu, B.W. Bogan, C. Fillinger, S.M. Hanni (Presenter Teng Teeh Lim)) 

31 1008579 Procedures for Evaulating Undesigned Manure Transfer Systems in New York 

State 

Peter E. Wright, NRCS, Syracuse, NY (Peter Wright, Curt Gooch, Andrew Wedel, 

Larry Geohring) 

32 1009656 Development of a Cooling Unit Using Underground Water for Dairy Bull Pen in 

Summer 

Liansun Wu, China Agricultural Unviersity, Beijing, Beijing China (Liansun WU, 

Zhengxiang SHI, Chaoyuan WANG, Baoming LI)



33 1008868 Architectural and Construction Features Evaluation of Hangars in Broiler’s 

Farms Placed in the Garanhuns City – Pernambuco State - Brazil 

Ricardo Brauer Vigoderis, Agricultural Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil 

(Juliana Joice Pereira Lima, Ilda de fátima Ferreira Tinôco, Richard S. Gates, 

Glogerley Tatiana Sales) 

34 1010052 Study of Reduced Models Destined to the Prediction of Environmental Thermal 

Parameters in Agricultural Facilities 

Flavio A. Damasceno, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais Brazil 

(Rolf Jentzsch, Fernando da Costa Baêta, Ilda de Fátima Ferreira Tinôco, Flávio 

Alves Damasceno, Jairo Alexander O. Saraz) 

35 1009244 Evaluation of Minimum-Ventilation Systems in Broiler Houses Using Data 

Mining 

Daniella J. Moura, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Thayla 

morandi Ridolfi de Carvalho; Luiz Henrique Antunes Rodrigues) 

36 1009314 Spatial Distribution of Particulate Matter and Ammonia Concentrations in a 

Swine Building 

Sheryll B. Jerez, Stephen F Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX (S.B. Jerez, 

Y. Zhang, X. Wang) 

37 1008310 The Influence of the Antropogenic Factor on the Change of Number of 

Zooplankton Speciec of the Lake Arpi 

Karen Ghazaryan, Nature Protection, Yerevan, Capital, Armenia (K. Ghazaryan) 

38 1008987 Hybrid Ice Bank Technology for Dairies 

Jennifer L. Brinker, GDS Associates Inc, Green Bay, WI (J. Kaurich, A. Johnson, J. 

Brinker) 

39 1008978 AgEMP: Agriculture Environmental Management Plan Demonstration Project 

Jennifer L. Brinker, GDS Associates Inc, Green Bay, WI (J. Schultz, J. Brinker) 


SESSION 212 (ESH-1) ADDRESSING DISABILITY NEEDS AMONG THE 

FARM POPULATION 

Moderator: Dee Jepsen, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 

LOCATION: 315 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009980 Case Study of a Dairy Producer with Mobility Limitations 

Ronald T. Schuler, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (R. T. Schuler and P. 

Leverenz (Presenter Richard Straub)) 

9:50AM 1009992 Extending University Design Principes onto the Farmstead 

Dee Jepsen, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (D Jepsen) 

10:05AM 1009047 An Assistive Technology Curriculum for Rural Youth 

Paul J. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Paul J. Jones, William E. 

Field (ASABE #0009029)) 

10:20AM 1009469 Evaluation of the Wisconsin AgrAbility and Vocational Rebabilitation 

Relationship 

Ronald T. Schuler, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (Paul Leverenz 

(Presenter Richard Straub)) 


SESSION 213 (FPE-17-PART 1) PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES 

OF BIORESOURCE PRODUCTS, BYPRODUCTS AND 

COPRODUCTS – Sponsored by FPE-707 

Moderator: Radhakrishnan Srinivasan, Mississippi State University, Mississippi 

State, MS 

LOCATION: 316 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009250 Geometrical Characteristics and Model Development of Processing Tomatoes 

Xuan Li, University of California, Davis, CA (X. Li, Z. Pan, X. Zheng, G. G. 

Atungulu, T. H. McHugh) 

9:50AM 1008996 The Potential of Dimensional Measurements of Individual Pellets 

Lester O. Pordesimo, ADM, Quincy, IL (L. O. Pordesimo, Ig. Cannayen, B. Bevans, 

D. P. Holzgraefe) 

10:05AM 1008521 Grain and Seed Moisture and Density Measurement through Sensing of 

Dielectric Properties 

Stuart O. Nelson, USDA ARS, Athens, GA (S. O. Nelson, S. Trabelsi) 

10:20AM 1009190 Rapid and Nondestructive Determination of Bulk Density and Moisture Content 

of Peanut-Hull Pellets from Measurement of their Permittivity at Microwave 

Frequencies 

Samir Trabelsi, USDA ARS, Athens, GA (S. Trabelsi, A. M. Paz) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1008588 Structure and Energetics of Glucose and Tyrosine complex 

Mohamed Naseer Ali Mohamed, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 

(M. Mohamed Naseer Ali, Heath D. Watts,J ing Guo, Jeffrey M. Catchmark and 

James D Kubicki) 

11:00AM 1008691 Fructure Characteristics of Groundnut Pod and Kernel Under Compressive 

Loading 

Susanta Kumar Das, Indian Institute of Tech, Kharagpur, India (S. K. DAS, S. R. 

PANDA and A. CHAKRAVERTY) 

11:15AM 1009102 Some Physical and Mechanical Properties of Estahban Edible Fig Ficus Carica 

cv. Sabz 

Mohammad Loghavi, Shiraz University, Iran (M. Loghavi, S. Souri, D. Zare, F. 

Khorsandi) 


SESSION 214 (FPE-15) EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD PROCESSING 

– Sponsored by FPE-703 

Moderator: Lamin S. Kassama, University of Wisconsin, Menimonie, WI 

LOCATION: 317 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009052 Development of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and Ragi (Eleusine coracana) 

Based Ready-to-Eat Snacks Using Twin Screw Extruder 

Pavuluri Srinivasa Rao, Indian Institute of Tech, Kharagpur, India (P. Srinivasa 

Rao and M. Ravi Kumar) 

9:50AM 1008894 Evaluation of Breaded Chicken Patties Fried by the FryLess 100K Radiant 

System Compared to Oil Immersion Frying 

Kevin M. Keener, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Louis Nelson, Jean 

Jensen, Kevin Keener (Presenter Louis Nelson)) 

10:05AM 1009695 Effect of Ozonation on the Quality Parameters of Red Grape Juices 

Colm O’Donnell, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin Ireland (C.P.O’Donnell, 

B.K.Tiwari, N.P. Brunton and P.J.Cullen) 

10:20AM 1009105 Effect of Ozone Treatment on Shelf-Life of Refrigerated Potato Strips 

Manolya Oner, Penn State University, PA (Manolya E. Oner, Paul N. Walker 

(Presenter Paul N Walker) 

10:35AM 1009077 Shelf-life of Near-Aseptically Packaged Refrigerated Potato Strips 

Manolya Oner, Penn State University, PA (Manolya E. Oner, Paul N. Walker 

(Presenter Paul N Walker) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1009417 Improved Microbial Quality of Buckwheat using Ozonated Water and Acetic Acid 

Solution in a Fluidized Bed 

Bhavnita Dhillon, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (B. Dhillon, D. 

Wiesenborn, R. Brudvik, C. Wolf-Hall) 

11:15AM 1008389 Fouling of Food Processing Equipment – Critical Review 

Virendra M. Puri, Penn State University, University Park, PA (S.Balasubramanian, 

V. M. Puri) 

11:30AM 1009499 Effect of Partial Propane Extraction on the Quality of Dehydrated Cilantro 

Jasreen K. Sekhon, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (J. K. Sekhon, C. 

Jones, N. O. Maness) 

11:45AM 1009307 High Pressure Shelling of Shrimp and Quality Improvement 

Songming Zhu, McGill University, Ste Anne de Bellevue, QC Canada (H. Yang, J. 

Li, Y. Yu, W. Zheng, S. Zhu) 


SESSION 215 (FPE-5) CROP STORAGE AND HANDLING RESEARCH: 

CAPABILITIES AND NEEDS IN THE UNITED STATES – 


Moderator: Lester O. Pordesimo, ADM, Quincy, IL 

Mark Casada, USDA ARS GMPRC, Manhattan, KS 

LOCATION: 318 

Time 

Title/Authors 

9:30AM 

Introduction 


agricultural and food process engineering over the last several decades. We could 

even argue that a significant portion of the engineering and scientific talent in food 

engineering and bioprocessing had their roots in crop postharvest technology. 

Now we ask: what are the new challenges in this sub-discipline and what needs to 

be done to maintain the high level of technical competence in crop postharvest 

technology Certainly, there has been a trend for agricultural engineering students 

to focus their abilities on the current hot topic — processing of biomass. It 

appears that we are quickly losing skilled personnel in the traditional postharvest 

area of grains and oilseeds and maintaining a high level of scientific and technical 

competence may become an issue. Knowledge about the capabilities, needs, and 

challenges in this mature area of research may convince students and researchers 

to maintain a peripheral interest in handling grains. This is the goal of this 

session. 

A Historical Perspective and Conundrums of Grain Storage and Handling 


Grain Quality or Quantity, and Why Both Matter to You – An Industry Perspective 

Bob Marlowe 

Research/Capacility Needs in Grain Postharest – Technology Needs from an 

Industry Perspective 

Tim Sullivan 

Education and Technical Assistance for the Grain Industry 

Ken Hellevang 

Broadening Engineers’ Scope of Knowledge to Improve Post-Harvest Grain 

Handling and Storage 

Terry Siebenmorgen 


SESSION 216 (FPE-20A) BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK LOGISTICS AND 

PROCESSING - PART 1 – Sponsored by FPE-709 

Moderator: Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, South Dakota State University, 

Brookings, SD 

LOCATION: 319 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008488 BioFeed Optimization Model Enhancement and its Application to Miscanthus 

Production 

Yogendra Shastri, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (Yogendra Shastri, Alan 

Hansen, Luis Rodriguez, K.C. Ting) 

9:50AM 1008497 Bulk Density, Particle Size and Comminution Energy Consumption of Biomass

POWER & 

MACHINERY 

SOIL & 

WATER 

INFORMATION & ELECTRICAL 

TECHNOLOGIES 

STRUCTURES 

& ENVIRONMENT 

ER 

K E Y N O T E SPEAKER - GENERAL SESSION – 8:00AM-9:30AM 

MONDAY, JUNE 21 

9:30 AM to 12 NOON 

2:30 PM to 5:00 PM 

101 (PM-3) Harvest Systems for Biomass 

Feedstocks (PM-23/7/2) 

102 (PM-11) Advances in Tractive and 

Transport Efficiency (PM-46) 

103 (PM-19) Variable-Rate Technology for 

Precision Agriculture (PM-54, PM-23/6) 

125 (PM-4) Engineering for Forage Harvest 

and Storage (PM-23/7/2) 

126 (PM-6) Advances in Cotton 

Engineering (PM-23/7/3) 

127 (PM-21) Geospatial Technologies and 

Analysis for Management Decision 

Making (PM-54, PM-43) 

104 Soil and Water Division Poster Session 

SW-30 - Drainage Group (SW-23) 

SW-34 - Irrigation Group (SW-24) 

SW-37 - Structures Group (SW-25) 

SW-41 - Issues Involving the 

Rural/Urban Interface (SW-26) 

SW-13 - Erosion Group (SW-22) 

SW-4 - Hydrology Group (SW-21) 

128 (SW-2) Land Use Change Effects on 

Water Quality (SW-21) 

129 (SW-8) Historical and Recent 

Advances in Vegetative Filter Strip 

Modeling (SW-21, SW-22, BE-22) 

INVITED SPEAKERS 

130 (SW-18) Streambank Erosion and 

Stream Restoration (SW-224) 

131 (SW-27) Drainage Impacts on Water 

Quality and Quantity (SW-23) 

132 (SW-36) Dam Removal and 

Rehabilitation (SW-25) 

105 (IET-8a) Machine Vision for Agricultural 

Automation and Management - Part 1 

(IET-312) 

106 (IET-13a) Multispectral and 

Hyperspectral Sensing Applications - 

Part 1 (IET-348, PM -54) 

107 (IET-20a) Sensors and Controls for 

Precision Agriculture - Part 1: Sensors 

(IET-353, PM-54) 

108 (IET-18) Advances in Instrumentation 

and Controls (IET-353, IET-254) 

133 (IET-14) Multispectral and 

Hyperspectral Sensing Methods and 

Techniques (IET-348, PM-54) 

134 (IET-11) Sensors and Actuators for 

Automation and BioRobotics (IET-318) 

135 (IET) Spectral Scattering Technology 

for Food Quality and Safety Evaluation 

(FPE-701, IET-348) INVITED 

SPEAKERS 

136 (IET-9) Machine Vision for Agricultural 

Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics 

(IET-312) 

109 (SE-1) Animal Responses to 

Environmental Factors (SE-301, SE- 

413) 

110 (SE-7) Measurement and Mitigation of 

Gaseous Pollutants from Livestock and 

Poultry Manure Storage and Treatment 

Systems (SE-305) 

111 (SE-13) Anaerobic Digestion Advances 

in Manure, Food and Organic Wastes 

(SE-40, FPE-707, SE-412) 

112 (SE-4) Greenhouse and Nursery 

Technology Applications (SE-303) 

137 (SE-20) Housing Systems for Improved 

Animal Care (SE-404, SE-412, SE- 

403, SE-405, SE-402) 

138 (SE-8) Air Quality as Related to 

Agricultural Waste Management - Part 

1 (SE-305) 

139 (SE-22) Animal Biomass to Energy 

(SE-412, SW-263, BE-28) 

140 (SE-23) Economics of Manure 

Management (SE-412, SW-263, FPE- 

707) 

113 ( 

D 

141 ( 

T 

TUESDAY, JUNE 22 


2:30 PM to 5:00 PM 

201 (PM-1a) Application Technology 

Equipment and Methods (PM-23/6) 

202 (PM-5) Storage Systems and Logistics 

for Biomass Feedstocks (PM-23/7/2, 

FPE-702) 

203 (PM-12) Specialty Crops Engineering 

(PM-48) 

ASABE BUSINESS MEETING – 12:30PM-2:00PM 

225 Power and Machinery Division Poster 

Session 

(PM-14) Automation and New 

Technologies for Specialty Crops (PM- 

48, PM-58, PM-54) 

(PM-11) Advances in Tractive and 

Transport Efficiency (PM-46) 

(PM-15) Various Topics in Precision 

Agriculture (PM-54) 

(PM-7) Conservation Tillage Systems 

and Soil Sustainability (PM-42, SW- 

225, SW-26) 

Application Technologies (PM-23/6) 

248 Distinguished Lecture 

204 (SW-50) Perspectives and Innovations 

in Soil and Water Engineering INVITED 

SPEAKERS 

226 (SW-3) Hydrology and Water Quality 

Modeling: Advances, Challenges and 

Directions - Part 1 (SW-21) 

227 (SW-12) Application of Weather and 

Climate Forecasts in Water Resources 

(SW-21, SW-24, BE-22, BE-26) 

228 (SW-15) Soil Erosion Research (SW- 

223) 

229 (SW-31) Innovations in Irrigation (SW- 

24) 

230 (SW-51) Standards for Calibration and 

Evaluation of Models - RAP SESSION 

206 (IET-8b) Machine Vision for Agricultural 

Automation and Management - Part 2 

(IET-312) 

207 (IET-13b) Multispectral and 

Hyperspectral Sensing Applications - 

Part 2 (IET-348, PM-54) 

208 (IET-20b) Sensors and Controls for 

Precision Agriculture - Part 2: Sprayers 

(IET-353, PM-54) 

209 (IET-3) Bioenergy Simulation, Modeling, 

and Analysis (IET-217, FPE-709, T-11) 

210 (IET-15) Dielectric Spectroscopy (IET-348) 

231 Information and Electrical Technologies 

Division Poster Session 

IET-2 - Computational Methods (IET- 

217) 

IET-17 - Electromagnetics and 

Spectroscopy (IET-348) 

211 Structures and Environment Division 

Poster Session 

(SE-9) Air Quality as Related to 

Agricultural Waste Management - Part 

2 (SE-305) 

232 (SE12a) Measurement and Mitigation 

of Gaseous Pollutants from Livestock 

and Poultry Manure Storage and 

Treatment Systems - Part 1 (SE-305) 

233 (SE-11) Air Quality Modeling (SE-305) 

234 (SE-3) Energy Use in Livestock and 

Poultry Facilities (SE-302, SE-405, SE- 

31, SE-402, SE-403, SE-404) 

235 (SE-19) Dairy Manure Management 

and Treatment (SE-403, SE-412) 

247 (SE-25) Bulk Solids and Biomass 

Storage Handling (SE-20) 

212 

236 

A 

A 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 


2:30 PM to 5:00 PM 

301 (PM-1b) Application Technology, 

Modeling and Deposition Studies (PM- 

23/6) 

302 (PM-14) Automation and New 

Technologies for Specialty Crops (PM- 

48, PM-58, PM-54) 

303 (PM-20) Development and 

Performance of Yield Monitors (PM-54, 

PM-23/7/1) 

324 (PM-7) Conservation Tillage Systems 

and Soil Sustainability (PM-42, SW- 

225, SW-26) 

325 (PM-10) On-the-Go Soil Sensors for 

Precision Agriculture (PM-45, PM-54) 

326 (PM-13) Machine Vision Applications 

for Specialty Crops (PM-48, IET-312) 


with Karst Topography (SW-21) 


Modeling: Advances, Challenges and 

Directions - Part 2 (SW-21) 

306 (SW-16) Erosion Mechanics, 

Processes and Prediction (SW-223) 

307 (SW-21) Nutrient Transport and Water 

Quality - Part 1 ((SW-224) 

ASABE AWARDS LUNCHEON – 12:30PM-2:15PM 

327 (SW-10) Hydrology, Water Quality and 

Management of Groundwater, Forest, 

and Wetland (SW-21, SW-23) 

328 (SW-22) Nutrient Transport and Water 

Quality - Part 2 (SW-224) 

329 (SW-32) Micro Irrigation Design and 

Management (SW-24) 

308 (IET-1) Advanced Computing Methods 

(IET-217) 

309 (IET-16) Spectroscopy and 

Spectroscopic Sensing (IET-348) 

310 (IET-21) Sensors and Controls for Field 

Machinery (IET-353, PM-58, PM-48) 

311 (IET-5) Emerging Information 

Technologies (IET-254) 

312 (SE12b) Measurement and Mitigation 

of Gaseous Pollutants from Livestock 

and Poultry Manure Storage and 

Treatment Systems - Part 2 (SE-305) 

313 (SE-24) Heat and Power Generation 

from Renewable Energy (SE-414, T-11, 

FPE-709) 

314 (SE-14) Charlie Fulhage Memorial 

Session on Animal Manure 

Management (SE-40, SE-412, SW- 

263) INVITED SPEAKERS 

315 (SE-02) Environment Control for 

Animal Facilities (SE-302) 

330 (SE-10) Particulate Matter Emission 

Factors and Abatement Strategies (SE- 

305) 

331 (SE-26) Design, Assembly and Testing 

of Structures (SE-20) 

332 (SE-5) Innovative Energy Strategies 

and Instrumentation in Controlled 

Environment (SE-303) 

333 Precision Livestock Farming: Defining, 

Researching, Implementing (SE-20) 

INVITED SPEAKERS

S, SAFETY 

LTH 

FOOD & PROCESS 

ENGINEERING 

BIOLOGICAL 

ENGINEERING 

EDUCATION, INTERNATIONAL, & 

OTHER AREAS 

ENERGY & FORESTRY 

mprovements Through 114 (FPE-18) Advances in Coproduct and 

Byproduct Management and Utilization 

(FPE-707) 

115 (FPE-11) Microwave and Radio 

Frequency Heating and Drying in Ag 

and Food Processing (FPE-703) 

116 (FPE-7) Crop Drying, Handling and 

Storage (FPE-702 

117 CANCELLED 

118 (BE) Fifth Annual Biological Engineers 

Standards Roundtable Discussion - 

RAP SESSION 

119 (BE-15) Automation and Biosensors in 

Food Processing (BE-23) 

120 (BE-6) Applications of Ecological 

Engineering (BE-22) 

121 (BE-18) Bioseparation and 

Fractionation Processes (BE-28) 

122 (EDU-2) Instruction Activities for 

Engaging Students (ED-205) 

123 (INTL-1a) Trends in the Agricultural 

and Biological Engineering Practices in 

Developing Countries - Part 1 (Intl-601) 

124 (E-1) Forest Based Biomass: 

Harvesting, Processing, Transport & 

Storage (T-12) 


ng Quality of Life 

and Education 

142 (FPE) Food and Process Engineering 

Division Poster Session 

143 (FPE-16) Anaerobic Digestion and 

Biogas Production Processing and 

Utilization (FPE-707) 

144 (FPE-8) Bioenergy Co-Products (FPE- 

702, FPE-709) 

145 (FPE-6) Energy Consumption in Crop 

Drying (FPE-702) 

146 (BE) Biological Engineering Division 

Poster Session 

147 (EDU-3) Innovations in Undergraduate 

and Graduate Education (ED-203, ED- 

205, ED-206) 

148 (INTL-1b) Trends in the Agricultural and 

Biological Engineering Practices in 

Developing Countries - Part 1 (Intl-601) 

149 Perspectives n Indo-US Collaborative 

Projects INVITED SPEAKERS 

2:30 PM to 5:00 PM 

sing Disability Needs 

m Population 

213 (FPE-17a) Physical and Chemical 

Properties of Bioresource Products, 

Byproducts, and Coproducts - Part 

1(FPE-707) 

214 (FPE-15) Emerging Technologies in 

Food Processing (FPE-703) 

215 (FPE-5) Crop Storage and Handling 

Research: Capabilities and Needs in 

the United States (FPE-702) INVITED 

SPEAKERS 

216 (FPE-20a) Biomass Feedstock Logistics 

and Processing Part 1 (FPE-709) 

217 (BE-2) Explorations and Issues in the 

Application of Nanoscience and 

Nanoscale Engineering (BE-21, ESH- 

04, Intl-601, FPE-703) 

218 (BE-5) Engineering and Management 

for Sustainable Ecosystems and 

Monitoring of Emerging Contaminants 

(BE-22) 

219 (BE-19a) Bioprocessing for Value 

Added products - Part 1 (BE-28) 

220 China Exchange INVITED SPEAKERS 

(Intl-2) 

221 Future of Extension Programming 

through eXtension RAP SESSION (ED- 

208) 

222 (EDU-5) Ethics and Professionalism 

223 Burning Issues in Ag & Biological 

Engeering Curriculum (ED-211) RAP 

SESSION 

224 (E3) Woody Biomass Processing and 

Conversion (T-12, T-11, BE-28) 


mplications of 

pment on Roadways 

237 (FPE-17b) Physical and Chemical 

Properties of Bioresource Products, 

Byproducts, and Coproducts - Part 

2(FPE-707) 

238 (FPE-9) Food Safety Engineering 

(FPE-703) 

239 (FPE-21) Biodiesel Production 

Distribution and Engine Performance 

(FPE-709) 

240 (FPE-20b) Biomass Feedstock 

Logistics and Processing Part 2 (FPE- 

709) 

241 (FPE-3) Advances in Nondestructive 

Testing of Agricultural, Biological, and 

Food Products (FPE-701) 

242 (BE-21a) Challenges in Lignocellulosic 

Conversion - Fermentation and 

Microbial Treatment Part 1 (BE-28, 

FPE-709) 

243 (BE-9) Low Impact Development (BE- 

22, SW-21) 

244 (BE-13) Monitoring and Modeling of 

Pathogens (BE-22, SW-224, SW-21) 

245 Assessment Practices for the 

Academic Community (ED-204) 

246 Role of Agricultural and Biological 

Engineeering in the Global Economy 

(Intl) PANEL DISCUSSION 

2:30 PM to 5:00 PM 

316 (FPE-28a) Biomass Catalytic and 

Thermochemical Conversion - Part 1 

(FPE-709, BE-28) 

317 (FPE-14) Food and Bioproducts 

Process Modeling (FPE-703) 

318 (FPE-2) Impact of Physical Properties 

on End-Use Functionality of Food and 

Biological Materials (FPE-701) 

319 (FPE-22) Bioenergy Sustainability, 

Green House Emission and Life Cycle 

Assessment (FPE-709) 

320 (BE-21b) Challenges in Lignocellulosic 

Conversion - Fermentation and 

Microbial Treatment Part 2 (BE-28, 

FPE-709) 

321 (BE-7) Applications of Hydrologic and 

Biological Process Models (BE-22) 

322 9:00AM Intro to ABET Program 

Evaluation RAP SESSION (ED-204) 

323 10:00AM ABET PEV Refresher 

Training INVITED SPEAKERS (ED- 

204) 


334 (FPE-28b) Biomass Catalytic and 

Thermochemical Conversion - Part 2 

(FPE-709, BE-28) 

335 (FPE-1) Advances in Biocomposites 

and Bioproducts (FPE-701) 

336 (FPE-26) Scale-Up and Processing f 

Algae for Biofuels (FPE-709) 

337 (FPE12) Engineering for Functional 

Foods and Nutraceuticals (FPE-703) 

338 (FPE-19) Ethanol Development 

Research (FPE-709) 

339 (BE-19b) Bioprocessing for Value- 

Added Products - Part 2 (BE-28) 

340 (BE-12) Wetlands Engineering and 

Restoration (BE-22, SW-21, SW-22, 

SW-23, SW-26) 

341 (ED-210) A Primer to Funding from 

NIH (National Institutes of Health) 

2:30 PM to 5:00 PM



Size Reduction 

Zewei Miao, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China (Zewei Miao, Tony Grift and Alan 

Hansen) 

10:05AM 1008644 Effect of Angle of Cut on Corn Stalks Mechanical Cutting Strength and Energy 

Cannayen Igathinathane, North Dakota State University, Bismarck, ND (C. 

Igathinathane, A. R. Womac, S. Sokhansanj) 

10:20AM 1008748 Implications of Organic Acids in Wet Storage and Bioconversion of Corn Stover 

to Ethanol 

Irene D. Darku, Penn State University, State College, PA (Irene D. Darku, Megan N. 

Marshall and Tom L. Richard) 

10:35AM 1008820 Characterization of Pecan Shells for Value-added Applications 

Brad L. Littlefield, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (B. Littlefield, O. O. Fasina, S. 

Adhikari, B. Via, J. Shaw) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1009042 Logistic Modeling of a Biomass Utilization System 

Maetee Patana-Anake, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (Maetee Patana- 

Anake, Jinglu Tan, Steve Flick and Kurt Herman) 

11:15AM 1009051 Effect of Microwave Pretreatment on Densification of Wheat Straw 

Mahdi Kashaninejad, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada (Mahdi 

Kashaninejad, Batool Kashaninejad, Lope G. Tabil (Presenter Lope Tabil)) 

11:30AM 1009062 Commercial Scale Grinding of Corn Stover and Perennial Grasses 

Nalladurai Kaliyan, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN (Nalladurai Kaliyan, David 

R. Schmidt, R. Vance Morey) 

11:45AM 1009124 Biomass Transport by Pipeline 

Amit Kumar, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada (Jason Luk and Amit 

Kumar) 


SESSION 217 (BE-2) EXPLORATIONS AND ISSUES IN THE APPLICATIONOF 

NANOSCIENCE AND NANOSCALE ENGINEERING – 

Sponsored by BE-21, ESH-04, INTL-601, FPE-703 


Canada 

LOCATION: 323 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008882 Quantitation of Casein and Cellulose Binding Affinity 

Dana M. Mears-Leiner, Penn State University, State College, PA (Dana Mears) 

9:50AM 1009128 Transesterification with Partially Polymerized Metal Alkoxide Heterogeneous 

Catalysts 

Gayan I. Nawaratna, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Gayan I 

Nawaratna, Sandun Fernando) 

10:05AM 1009575 Screening for Cellulose Nanowhiskers Binding Peptides by Phage Display 

Jing Guo, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (Jing Guo, Ming Tien, 

Tei-hui Kao and Jeffrey M. Catchmark) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1009577 Thermodynamics of Famly 1 Cellulose-Binding Modules from T. reesei Cel7A 

and Cel6A 

Jing Guo, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (Jing Guo, Ming Tien, 

Tei-hui Kao and Jeffrey M. Catchmark) 

10:45AM 1009875 Effect of Plant Surface Microstructure and Material on Bacterial Attachment 

Bunpot Sirinutsomboon, University of California, Davis, CA (Sirinutsomboon, B., 

M. J. Delwiche) 

11:00AM 1009364 Quality Maintenance of Postharvest Banana Using Nanomaterials 

Ming-Hsien Yen, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan (Ming-Hsien 

Yen, Yao-Tung Lin, Jing-Hua Tzeng) 

11:15AM 1000008 Determination of Sulfate Esterification Levels in Cellulose Nanocrystals by 

Attenuated Total Reflectance - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy 

Jin Gu, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (J. Gu, J. Catchmark, 

D.D. Archibald, E.Q. Kaiser (Presenter Jin Gu)) 


SESSION 218 (BE-5) ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT FOR 

SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS AND MONITORING OF 

EMERGING CONTAMINANTS 

Moderator(s): Jason R. Vogel, USGS, Stillwater, OK 

Stephanie A. Lansing, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 

LOCATION: 324 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009533 Avian Pathogens in the Platte River During Spring Migration 

Jason R. Vogel, USGS, Stillwater, OK (Jason Vogel, Dale Griffin, Hon Ip, Jorge 

Santo Domingo, Nicholas Ashbolt) 

9:50AM 1009407 Comparison of SDI and Sprinkler Systems in Land Applying Swine Waste 

Garry Grabow, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Garry L. Grabow, 

Rodney L. Huffman, Sanjay Shah, Reid Evans) 

10:05AM 1009518 Temperature Variability within Livestock Mortality Composting Operations - 

Biosecurity Implications 

Thomas Dean Glanville, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (T.D. Glanville, H.K. Ahn, 

B.P. Crawford) 

10:20AM 1008839 Development of A Methodology to Quantify Ecosystem Services Using 

Landscape Models 

Rebecca A. Logsdon, Purdue, Springdale, AR (R. Logsdon, C. Maringanti, I. 

Chaubey, and B. Gramig) 

10:35AM 1010120 Multiple Use of Ground Water Resources Development Model May Changes the 

Rural Life Style and Livelihood in South East Asia 

M Nazrul Islam Khan, Rural Development Academy, Bogra, Bangladesh (M.N.I. 

Khan, T. Horri) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1008863 Effects of Feedlot Manure Handling and Application Strategies on Surface 

Runoff of Artificial Hormones Applied to Rowcrop Fields 

Sagor Biswas, Lincoln, NE (S. Biswas, W. Kranz, S. Ensley, S. Bartlett-Hunt, T. 

Mader, M. Mamo, D. Shelton, C. Shapiro, D. Snow, D. Tarkalson, S. van Donk, T. 

Zhang) 

11:15AM 1009234 Quantification and Detection of 17 ß-estradiol from Environmental Water 

Samples 

Senorpe Asem-Hiablie, Penn State University, University Park, PA (Senorpe Asem- 

Hiablie, Isoken T.Aighewi, Arthur L. Allen and Clinton D. Church) 

11:30AM 1009318 Concentration Dependence of Colloid Transport and Retention in Unsaturated 

Porous Media 

Wei Zhang, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Wei Zhang, Verónica L. Morales, M. 

Ekrem Cakmak, Anthony E. Salvucci, Larry D. Geohring, Anthony G. Hay, Jean- 

Yves Parlange, Tammo S. Steenhuis) 

11:45AM 1009913 Chemical Changes in Soils in Response to Vinasse Application 

Jarbas H. Miranda, ESALQ/USP, Piracicaba, SP Brazil (João Alberto Lelis Neto, 

Jarbas Honorio de Miranda, Marcos Yassuo Kamogawa, Gilmar Batista Grigolon e 

Richard A. Cooke) 

12:00PM 1009911 Application of Vinasse to Soil Columns: Simulating Nitrate and Potassium 

Transport 


Jarbas Honorio de Miranda, Marcos Yassuo Kamogawa, Gilmar Batista Grigolon e 

Marthinus Theodorus van Genuchten) 


SESSION 219 (BE-19A) BIOPROCESSING FOR VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS - 

PART 1 

Moderator: Lisa R. Wilken, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 

LOCATION: 325 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009454 Cellulose Ethers Using Reactive Extrusion 

Patrik N. Bhandari, Lincoln, NE (Pratik N. Bhandari, Milford A. Hanna) 

9:50AM 1008675 Optimization of Sucrose, Yeast Extract and Ammonium Sulfate on Pullulan 

Production by Aureobasidium Pullulans in a Biofilm Reactor by Using Response 

Surface Methodology 



10:05AM 1009380 Feasibility Analysis of Poly-ß-Hydroxybutyrate (PHB) from Hybrid Poplar Leaves 

Jacob M. Vinocur, Dr Ganti Murthy, Corvallis, OR (G.S. Murthy, D. Kumar, J. 

Vinocur) 

10:20AM 1008594 L-Lactic Acid Production by Rhizopus Oryzae NRRL-395 Using Protein Extract 

from Dairy Manure as a Nitrogen Source 

Wanying Yao, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN (Wanying Yao, Xiao Wu, 

Jun Zhu, Bo Sun, Curtis Miller) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1008612 Characterization of Oligosaccharides in High Shear Pretreated Soybean Meal 

Veeramani Karuppuchamy, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (V. 

Karuppuchamy, K. Muthukumarappan, K. Chinnadurai (Presenter Karunanithy 

Chinnadurai)) 

11:00AM 1008838 Adhesion Performance of Sorghum Protein from DDGS with Different Extraction 

Methods 

Ningbo Li, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Ningbo Li, Ying Wang, Michael 

Tilley, Scott Bean, Xiaorong Wu, Xiuzhi Susan Sun, and Donghai Wang) 

11:15AM 1008597 Screening of Kluyveromyces Marxianus IMB Strains at Microaerophilic 

Conditions for Xylitol Production 

Michael Mueller, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Michael M. Mueller, 

Mark R. Wilkins, Ibrahim M. Banat) 

11:30AM 1009900 Laboratory Scale Characterization of a Purple Rice Variety for Milling Quality 

and Value-Added Processing 

Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Rebecca Schramm 

and Marybeth Lima) 

Tusday, June 22 – 9:30AM-12:00PM 

SESSION 220 CHINA EXCHANGE – Invited Presentations – Sponsored by 

INTL-601 

Moderator: Yubin Lan, USDA ARS, College Station, TX 

LOCATION: 326 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008338 Culture of Water Pollution Control in Rural China 

Karen M. Mancl, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Karen Mancl) 

9:50AM 1008554 Review on Development of Agricultural Machinery in China 

Caiqi Hu, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, Shandong China (Hu Caiqi, 

Jude Liu, Zou Jian, Sui Rendong, Wang Fangyan) 

10:05AM 

Sensing Technology for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) 

Yibin Ying, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Peoples Republic of China (Y. Ying) 

10:20AM 

Introduction of Opto-Mechatronics Technology and Application Lab in East 

China Jiaotong University 

Yande Liu, East China Jiaotong University, Jiangxi Province CN, Peoples Republic 

of China (Y. Liu) 

10:35AM 

Development of Rapid Detection Technologies for Assessing Agri-food Quality 

and Safety in China: Past, Present and Future 


10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 

Pesticide Injection Using Micro-Synchronization Pump in Sprayers 

Xinyu Xue, NRIAM,



11:15AM 

11:30AM 

11:45AM 

12:00PM 

Development of an Integrated Environmental Control System for Livestock 

Breeding 

Xinyu Xue, NRIAM, 

China’s Greater Role in ABE Communication and Journal Publishing: CIGR, 

IJABE and AAAE 

Yingkuan (Y. Wang) 

GPS Based Information Collection Technology for Agriculture Mobile 

Management 

Caicong (C. Wu) 

A Hybrid Wavelet Transform-Based Agricultural Image De-Noising Algorithm 

Fuzeng (F. Ya) 


SESSION 221 (ED) FUTURE OF eXtension PROGRAMMING THROUGH 

eXtension – Sponsored by ED-208 

Moderator: Matthew J. Helmers, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 

LOCATION: 327 

Time 

9:30AM 

Introduction 


experiences with eXtension and how this may be used in the future for Extension 

programming. 


SESSION 222 (EDU-5) ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM: INNOVATIVE 

CLASSROOM AND BUSINESS APPROACHES 

Moderator: Daniel L. Thomas, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 

LOCATION: 328 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008314 Ethics Video Projects in a Biological Engineering Curriculum 

Daniel L. Thomas, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Steven K. Starrett, 

David F. “Boz” Bowles) 

10:05AM 1009559 Conflict Resolution on Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects 

Paul R. Weckler, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (P. Weckler, A. Riggs, 

S. Sitton, D. Tilley, R. Holcomb, C. Blackwell, R. Delahoussaye, M. Tilley, R. 

Cavaletto, M. Zohns, D. Jones, A. Yianaka,) 

10:35AM 

Ethical Considerations Tied to International Activities 

William T. Lawson, CNH America LLC, Raceland, LA 

11:05AM 

Ethical Decision Process for Small and Large Issues 

Glenn O. Brown, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 


SESSION 223 BURNING ISSUES IN AG & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 

CURRICULUM – RAP SESSION 

Moderator: Paul H. Heinemann, Penn State University, University Park, PA 

(ED-211) 

LOCATION: 329 

Time 

Title/Authors 

9:30AM 

Introduction 




evolution of the discipline and how it affects curricula, changes in major names, 

emerging areas, etc. Come and share your experiences and ideas with others 

who have an interest in maintaining world-class Agricultural and Biological 

Engineering programs. 


SESSION 224 (E-3) WOODY BIOMASS PROCESSING AND CONVERSION – 

Sponsored by T-12, T-11, BE-28 

Moderator: Bryce J. Stokes, Navarro Research & Engineering Inc, Fairfax, VA 

LOCATION: 320 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009256 Superheated Steam Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Pelletization 

Zahra Tooyserkani, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada (Zahra 

Tooyserkani, Shahab Sokhansanj, Stefan Cenkowski, Xiatao Bi, C.Jim Lim, 

Anthony K. Lau, Staffan Melin) 

9:50AM 1008846 Effect of Forest Residue Harvesting Methods on Char and Bio-Oil Production 

Using Pyrolysis 

Kaushlendra Singh, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (K. C. Das, K. 

Singh, B. Bibens, R. Hilten, S. Baker, W. D. Greene, J.D. Peterson) 

10:05AM 1009243 Production and In-situ Upgrading of Bio-Oil from Under-utilized Forest Biomass 

Ravindran Harideepan, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL (Harideepan 

Ravindran, Sushil Adhikari, Oladiran Fasina, Emily Carter, Brian Via and Maobing 

Tu) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1009796 Effect of Temperature, Time, Particle Size and Moisture Content on Physical 

Properties of Steam Exploded Woody Biomass 

Pak Sui Lam, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada (P. S. Lam, S. 

Sokhansanj, C. J. Lim, X. Bi, S. Larsson, Z. Tooyserkani, S. Melin) 

10:45AM 1008871 Production and Characterization of bio-Oil from Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass in a 

Fluidized Bed Reactor 

Ronghou Liu, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, Shanghai China (Ronghou 

Liu, Chunjiang Deng, Hanjing Wu, Chenjie Shen, Norman R. Scott) 


SESSION 225 POWER & MACHINERY DIVISION POSTER SESSION 


(PM-1) Application Technology - Poster Session 

Moderator: Harold W. Thistle, USDA FS, Morgantown, WV (PM-23/6) 

(PM-14) Automation and New Technologies for Specialty Crops 

Moderator: Changying Li, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA (PM-48, PM-58, PM- 

54) 

(PM-15) Various Topics in Precision Agriculture 

Moderator: Ganesh C. Bora, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (PM-54) 

Conservation Tillage Systems and Soil Sustainability 

Moderator: Randall C. Reeder, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (PM-42, SW- 

225, SW-26) 


1 1008374 In-swath Spray Deposition and Drift Characteristics of a Low Drift Nozzle for 

Aerial Application at Different Application Altitudes 

Yanbo Huang, USDA ARS JWDSRC APTRU, Stoneville, MS (Yanbo Huang, Steven 

J. Thomson) 

2 1008801 Evaluation of an Ultrasonic Sensor for the Variable Rate Liner Sprayer 

Development 

Hong Young Jeon, USDA ARS, Wooster, OH (Heping Zhu, Richard Derksen; Edal 

Ozkan; Charles Krause) 

3 1008842 A Multi-Pass Spray Drift Simulator 

John P. Kruckeberg, University of Tennessee, TN (John Kruckeberg, Dr. Mark 

Hanna, Dr. Brian Steward, Dr. Matt Darr) 

4 1008653 Advances in Interfacing AGDISP and CalPuff to Simulate Longer Range, Primary 

Pesticide Drift 

Harold W. Thistle, USDA FS, Morgantown, WV (Thistle and Strager) 

5 1008586 Evaporation and Spread of Droplets with Various Types and Concentrations of 

Adjuvants on Waxy and Hairy Leaves 

Linyun Xu, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Peoples Republic of 

China (Linyun Xu, Heping Zhu, H. Erdal Ozkan, William E. Bagley) 

6 1009018 Study of Pesticide Distribution in Soybean Canopy by Electrostatic and 

Conventional Methods 

Jizhong Zhou, Cornell University, Geneva, NY (Jizhong Zhou) 

7 1009039 Evaluation of an Airborne Meteorological Measurement Compared to Ground 

Measurements 

Wesley Clint Hoffmann, USDA ARS, College Station, TX (W.C. Hoffmann and B.K. 

Fritz) 

8 1009135 Effect of a Seed Tube Modification for Granular Pesticide Application on Corn 

Seeding Uniformity 

Kyle R. Bailey, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (K Bailey) 

9 1009505 Research on Atomization Effect of Air-assisted Electrostatic Spraying 

Chundu Wu, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiang, China (Wu Chundu, Zhang Bo) 

10 1009523 Dry Powder Transport and Deposition using Air-Induction Nozzles 

Durham K. Giles, University of California Davis, Davis, CA (P. Ponpesh, J. Tringe, 

H. Levie, P. Wilkins) 

11 1008924 Study on Working Parameters of 2QXP-1 Vacuum Soybean Seed-Metering Using 

Response Surface Methodology 

Qinghui Lai, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Hei Longjiang China (Q. Lai) 

12 1008686 A Trailer Based Multi-nozzle Sprayer System for Targeted Control of Cutworm in 

Vineyards 

Feng Kang, Washington State University Prosser, Prosser, WA (Feng Kang, Zhiyi 

Ma, Qin Zhang, Douglas B. Walsh, Francis J. Pierce) 

13 1008569 Evaluation on Effectiveness and Efficiency of Wind Machine for Frost Protection 

on Tea Farm 

Yongguang Hu, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jinagsu China (Yongguang Hu, 

Pingping Li) 

14 1009666 Development of a Mechanical Intra-Row Weeding Actuator for Organic 

Vegetables 

Mohd Taufik Ahmad, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Dr. Lie Tang, Dr. Brian 

Steward) 

15 1008315 Adapting an Insight Monitor to Record Research Data 

Randy R. Price, KSU-Precision Farm Tech, Manhattan, KS (R. Price) 

15 1008807 Detection of Orange Spotting Symptom on Oil Palm Using Remote Sensing 

Techniques 

Shohreh Liaghat, University of Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor Malaysia (S. 

Liaghat and S.K. Balasundram) 

16 1009199 Detection of Huanglongbing (Greening) in Citrus Plantations Using Infrared 

Spectroscopy 

Sindhuja Sankaran, University of Florida, Winter Haven, FL (Sindhuja Sankaran 

and Reza Ehsani) 

16 1008794 Design and Experiment of 3ZS-150 Type Paddy Weeding-Cultivating Machine 

Wang Jinwu, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang China (Wang 

Jinwu, Niu Chunliang, Zhang Chunjian, Wei Congmei, Chen Zhenxin) 

17 1008707 Pilot Orchards Provide Laboratories in the Field to Increase Industry Adoption 

of Labor Assist and Precision Technologies 

Tara A. Baugher, Penn State Extension, Gettysburg, PA (T. Baugher, J. Schupp, K. 

Lewis, G. Hoheisel, K. Ellis, D. Ames, J. Remcheck (Presenters Paul Heinemann, 

Reuben Dice)) 

18 1008642 Non-Selective Mechanical Thinning of Peaches 

Tara A. Baugher, Penn State Extension, Gettysburg, PA (T. Baugher, J. Schupp, K. 

Ellis, E. Winzeler, S. Miller, K. Lewis, J. McFerson, G. Reighard, G. Henderson, S. 

Johnson, R. Duncan, M. Norton, A. Dhaddey, C. Walsh (Presenters Paul 

Heinemann, Reuben Dice)) 

20 1009356 Methods and Models of Sharing Agricultural Machinery 

Yong You, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing China (Erchao Li, Minli 

Yang, Yong You)



21 1009611 Effects of Field Shape and Size on Application Errors Using Manual and 

Automatic Boom Section Control on an Agricultural Sprayer 

Joe D. Luck, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (J.D. Luck, R.S. Zandonadi, 

B.D. Luck, and S.A. Shearer) 

22 1009638 Performance of a Procedure for Yield Estimation in Fruit Orchards 

Dvoralai Wulfsohn, DAYENU LTDA, San Fernando, Region VI, Chile (Felipe 

Aravena Zamora, Camilla Potin, Dvoralai Wulfsohn, Ines Zamora, Marta García- 

Fiñana) 

23 1009798 Precision Agriculture on eXtension Web Site 

John Nowatzki, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (John Nowatzki) 

24 1009893 Influence of Field Slope and Application Management on Manure Distribution 


(Enrique A. Alves, Scott A. Shearer, Santosh K. Pitla, Joe D. Lucky) 

25 1008645 Conservation Tillage Methods and Key Techniques for Two-Crop Annual 

Rotation in Semi-Arid Regions in North China 

Patterson & Dewar Engineers, Norcross, GA (Q. Yang, S. Xue, R. Zhu) 

26 1009013 Optimization of Sliding Cutting Angle and Section Shape of the Gashing-Soil 

Blade 

Yong You, Penn State University, State College, PA (Yong You, Decheng Wang, 

Jude Liu, Guanghui Wang,Jizhe Zhang) 

27 1009418 Reduction in Clover-Grass Yield Caused by Different Traffic Intensities 

Claus Gron Sorensen, University of Aarhus, Tjele, Denmark (Ole Green, Rasmus 

N. Jørgensen, Kristian Kristensen, René Gislum, Dionysis Bochtis, Claus G. 

Sørensen) 

27 1008636 Effects of a Soil-gashing and Root-Cutting Mechanism on the Properties of 

Grassland (Leymus-chinensis) Soil 

Yong You, Penn State University, State College, PA (Decheng Wang, Jude Liu, 

Guanghui Wang) 

29 1009866 Effects of Various Residue Management Systems on Cotton Establishment and 

Yield in High-Residue 

Ted S. Kornecki, USDA ARS, Auburn, AL (T.S. Kornecki, A.J. Price, F.J. Arriaga, 

K.S. Balkcom) 


SESSION 226 (SW-3A) HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY MODELING: 

ADVANCES, CHALLENGES AND DIRECTIONS - PART 1 – 


Moderator: Patricia K. Smith, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 

LOCATION: 302 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008916 Sensitivity Analysis of Stream Glow Generation Parameters of SWAT Model 

Kulamulla Parambath Sudheer, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 

India (Athira, P., Sudheer, K. P., Cibin, R., Chaubey, I) 

2:50PM 1009309 Identifying prioritized subwatersheds from SWAT Model Simulated Flow, 

Sediment and Nutrient loadings in the Illinois River Drainage Area in Arkansas 

Dharmendra Saraswat, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (Dharmendra 

Saraswat, Naresh Pai, and Michael Daniels) 

3:05PM 1008640 Modeling Bioretention Hydrology with DRAINMOD 

Robert A. Brown, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Robert A. Brown, 

William F. Hunt III, R. Wayne Skaggs) 

3:20PM 1008843 Water Quality Modeling in the North Bosque Watershed – a Special Emphasis 

CEAP Watershed 

Xiuying Wang, Blackland Research & Ext Center, Temple, TX (Xiuying Wang, Paul 

Dyke, Jimmy R. Williams, Tim Dybala, Paul Duckworth) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1008328 Nutrient Component Development and Integration with USACE Watershed 

Hydrologic Models 

Zhonglong Zhang, WQCMB, Environmental Laboratory, Clinton, MS (Zhonglong 

Zhang, Billy E. Johnson and Terry K. Gerald) 

4:15PM 1008498 GIS Hydrology Tool for Basic Data 

Sonia M. Maassel Jacobsen, USDA NRCS, Roseville, MN (S.M.M. Jacobsen, P.D. 

Cooper) 


SESSION 227 (SW-12) APPLICATION OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE 

FORECASTS IN WATER RESOURCES – Sponsored by SW-21, 

SW-24, BE-22, BE-26 

Moderator(s): Debabrata Sahoo, Woolpert Inc, West Columbia, SC 

Christopher J. Martinez, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 

LOCATION: 303 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008325 Cligen Revision Addressing Deficiencies in the Generator and its Databases 

Larry E. Wagner, USDA ARS, Manhattan, KS (Larry Wagner, Fred Fox and Bill 

Rust) 

2:50PM 1010117 Using Analog and Regression Methods on a Reforecast Data Set to Downscale 

1-14 Day Weather Forecasts in the Tampa Bay Region 

Robert W. Rooney, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (R. Rooney, C. Martinez) 

3:05PM 1008577 Updating Rainfall Intensity Duration Curves in the Northeast for Runoff 

Prediction 

Peter E. Wright, NRCS, Syracuse, NY (Peter Wright, Arthur T. DeGaetano, William 

Merkel, Quan Quan, Chris Henry) 

3:20PM 1008587 Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Best Management Practices 

(BMPs) Implementation Strategies 

Sean A. Woznicki, Michigan State University, Warren, MI (Woznicki, S.A., 

Nejadhashemi, A.P.) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009967 Estimation of Future Reference Evapotranspiration using Artificial Neural 

Network and Climate Change Scenario 

Eun Jeong Lee, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (E. Lee, H. Kim, S. 

Park, R. Choi, M. Kang) 

4:00PM 1009081 The Impact of El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on Precipitation and Stream 

flow in Alabama 

Vaishali Sharda, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL (Vaishali Sharda, Puneet 

Srivastava, Muthuvel Chelliah, and Keith Ingram) 

4:15PM 1008709 Optimal Water Allocation Scenarios of Tampa Bay Water System 

Janak Timilsena, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (J. Timilsena, G.A. Kiker, C.J. 

Martinez) 


SESSION 228 (SW-15) SOIL EROSION RESEARCH – Sponsored by SW-223 

Moderator: Gregory J. Hanson, USDA ARS, Stillwater, OK (SW-223) 

LOCATION: 304 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008489 Cumulative Interactions for Military Vehicle Impact Assessment 

Daniel J. Koch, US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC-CERL, Champaign, IL (Koch, 

D.J., H.R. Howard, and N.G. Svendsen) 

2:50PM 1009044 Soil Mixing and Delivery System for a Storm Runoff Simulator 

Thomas G. Franti, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (T. Franti, D. Shelton, W. 

Alms, A. Boldt) 

3:05PM 1009092 Dynamic Modeling of Runoff and Sediment Process at Watershed Scale 

Xiusheng Yang, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (Liqin Qu, Xiusheng Yang, 

Tingwu Lei) 

3:20PM 1009231 Evaluating Temporary Erosion Control Measures on Disturbed Slopes in 

Alabama 

Mark Dougherty, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (Mark Dougherty, Ali Baharanyi, 

Beth Guertal, Johnny Grace III, Wesley Zech, Charlene LeBleu, Earl Norton) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009358 The Effect of Stones and Rock Fragments on Runoff and Soil Loss 

Majed Abu-Zreig, Jordan University of Science & Tech, Irbid, Jordan (A.A. Alazb, 

King Saud University) 

4:00PM 1009663 Identifying and Studying Ephemeral Gully Erosion using GIS and Field 

Measurements 

Naga Prasad Dagguapati, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS ZZ (Prasad 

Daggupati, Kyle R. Douglas-Mankin, Philip L. Barnes, Aleksey Sheshukov) 

4:15PM 1009978 Residue Characteristics for Wind and Water Erosion Control 

Donald K. McCool, USDA ARS PWA, Pullman, WA (D.M. McCool, B. Sharratt) 

4:30PM 1000014 Development of the Integrated SWAT-VFSMOD Model 

Youn Shik Park, Jr, Kangwon National University, Kangwondo, South Korea (Y.S. 

Park) 


SESSION 229 (SW-31) INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGES IN IRRIGATION – 


Moderator: David Bjorneberg, USDA ARS, Kimberly, ID (SW-24) 

LOCATION: 305 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009581 Evaluation of Two SMART Irrigation Technologies in the Town of Cary, NC 

Mayank Nautiyal, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Mayank Nautiyal, 

Dr. Garry Grabow, Dr. Grady Miller, Dr. R.L. Huffman) 

2:50PM 1009897 Irrigating Based on Plant Water Need with Wireless Sensor Networks 

George Kantor, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (Andrew Ristvey and 

George Kantor) 

3:05PM 1008873 Evaluation of Different Irrigation Scheduling Methods for Papaya Production in 

South Florida 

Kati White Migliaccio, Tropical Research & Education Center, Homestead, FL (Kati 

Migliaccio, Bruce Schaffer, Jonathan Crane, and Frederick Davies) 

3:20PM 1009442 Optimization of Irrigation Depth, Nitrogen Fertilization and Plant Density of 

Tomato by Response Surface Methodology in Uruguay 

Claudio Garcia, INIA, Montevideo, Uruguay (García, C.; Vilaró F.; Rabuffetti, A.; 

Gimenez, G.; Gonzales, M.) 

3:35PM 1009355 A Chlorophyll-Fluorescence-Based Irrigation Strategy for Efficient Biomass 

Production 

Ya Guo, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (Ya Guo and Jinglu Tan) 

3:50PM 

Break 

4:00PM 1009195 Extended Shuttleworth-Wallace Evapotranspiration Model to Partition Plant 

Transpiration and Soil Evaporation: Application to a Soybean Fields 

Lameck O. Odhiambo, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (Lameck O. Odhiambo 

and Suat Irmak) 

4:15PM 1008897 Modeling of Full and Limited Irrigation of Corn in a Semiarid Environment 

Kendall C. DeJonge, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (Kendall C. 

DeJonge, Allan A. Andales, James C. Ascough II, Neil Hansen) 

4:30PM 1009312 Relating Size Of Farm Holding To Farmer’s Decision To Irrigate 

Sanyogita Andriyas, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON Canada (Sanyogita 

Andriyas, Mac Mckee) 

4:45PM 1008942 Modeling Deficit Irrigation Water Productivity as a Function of crop Root Depth 

Musa Nagib Nimah, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (M.N. Nimah, 

R. M. Bachour and K. A. Jouni) 

5:00PM 1008512 Comparison of Evaluation Models for Sprinkler Irrigation Uniformity 

Wenting Han, Northwest A&F University Institute of Soil & Water Conservation, 

Yangling, Shaanxi China (Wenting Han)




SESSION 230 (SW-51) STANDARDS FOR CALIBRATION AND EVALUATION 

OF MODELS - RAP SESSION 

Moderators: Bruce N. Wilson, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 

Daniel N. Moriasi, USDA ARS, El Reno, OK 

LOCATION: 306 

Time 

Title/Authors 

2:30PM 

Introduction 








SESSION 231 INFORMATION & ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES DIVISION 

POSTER SESSION 

Computational Methods, Simulations, and Applications 

Moderator: Tamie L. Veith, USDA ARS, University Park, PA (IET-217) 

Electromagnetics and Spectroscopy 

Moderator: Changying Li, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA (IET-348) 



32 1008542 Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopy for Rapid Bacterial 

Screening 

Kuanglin Chao, USDA ARS ISL, Beltsville, MD (K. Chao, Y. Liu, M.S. Kim, C.C. 

Yang, J. Qin) 

33 1008722 Simulation of a Steering Aid Method for an Agricultural Tractor-Trailer System 

Payungsak Junyusen, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon 

Ratchasi Thailand (Payungsak Junyusen and Tomohiro Takigawa) 

34 1009972 Field Programmable Gate Array-based Simulation of Steering Valve Dynamics 

Manoj Karkee, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Manoj Karkee, Madhu Monga, 

Joseph Zambreno, Brian Steward, Atul Kelkar) 

35 1009918 Using Control Algorithm in Engine Performance Simulation 

Hai Wu, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (Hai Wu, Xinlei Wang) 

36 1008309 Automatic Assembly of Combined Fixture 

Caiqi Hu, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, Shandong China (Hu Caiqi, 

Jude Liu, Zou Jian, Wang Fangyan) 

38 1009118 Data Collection and Analyzation Of Solar 

Matthew Todd, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC (Abolghasem 

Shahbahzi, Matthew Todd) 

39 1008626 Research on Extract of Stream Runoff Nodes Based on geometric Network 

Xiao Liu, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong China (Xiao Liu, 

Peiling Gao) 

40 1009457 Comparison of Total SWAT Uncertainty Estimates on Stream Flow from Five 

USDA ARS Watersheds 

Tamie L. Veith, USDA ARS, University Park, PA (T. L. Veith) 

41 1008912 Research on Rice Blast Early Detection Based on Multispectral 

Long Qi, South China Agric University, Guang Dong, Peoples Republic of China 

(Ye Lei Zuo Yan jun) 

42 1008915 Apple Mealiness Detection Using Supervised Locally Linear Embedding and 

Support Vector Machine 

Min Huang, Jiangnan University, Jiangsu, Peoples Republic of China (Q. Zhu, G. 

Zhao, M. Huang) 

43 1008953 Time Series Analysis of Inline Sensor Milk Data in Mastitis Detection 

Xiangyu Song, Lely Industries NV, Rotterdam, Netherlands (Xiangyu Song, Rik 

van der Tol) 

44 1008822 Daily in Line Milk Fat and Protein Content Used in Dynamic Feeding and 

Milking Model in an Automatic Milking System 

Rik PPJ Van Der Tol, Lely Industries N.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands (R.PJ van der 

Tol,T. VanHolder, P. Neelis Kool, X. Song (Presenter Xiangyu Song)) 

45 1008625 Study on Air Temperature Interpolation Method Based on Temperature Gradient 

Correction——A Case in Shandong Province, China 

Xiao Liu, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong China (X Liu) 

46 1009886 A Hyperspectral Imaging System for Prediction of Beef Internal Quality 


(Jianhu Wu) 


SESSION 232 (SE-12A) MEASUREMENT AND MITIGATION OF GASEOUS 

POLLUTANTS FROM LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY HOUSING - 

PART 1 – Sponsored by SE-305, SE-405 

Moderator: Kenneth D. Casey, Texas AgriLIFE RESEARCH, Amarillo, TX 

LOCATION: 307 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009919 Ventilation Airflow Rates at NAMES Swine Finisher Site in Indiana 

Lide Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Lide Chen, Albert Heber, Teng 

Lim, Yaomin Jin, and Erin Cortus) 

2:50PM 1009235 Influence of Fan Operations on FANS (Fan Assessment Numeration System) 

Test Results 

Gabriela M. Morello, University of Kentucky, Princeton, KY (G. M. Morello, D. G. 

Overhults, I. M. Lopes, J. Earnest Jr., R. S. Gates, A. Pescatore, J. Jacob, M. 

Miller) 

3:05PM 1009564 Fan Monitoring and Ventilation Rate Calculation at Two Large Commercial 

Layer Barns 

Chai Lilong, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Li-Long Chai, Ji-Qin Ni, Claude 

A. Diehl, Yan Chen, Albert J. Heber, Erin L. Cortus, Bill W. Bogan, Teng T. Lim, 

Juan Carlos Ramirez-Dorronsoro, Lide Chen) 

3:20PM 1009914 Comparison Ammonia Emission in Tunnel-Ventilated Broilers Houses in Sao 

Paulo State - Brazil 

Daniella J. Moura, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Karla Andrea 

Oliveira de lima; Daniella Jorge de Moura; Thayla Morandi Ridolfi de Carvalho; 

Leda Gobbo de Freitas Bueno; Angela Green; Glogerley Tatiana Sales) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1010041 Mask Scentometer for Assessing Ambient Odors 

Christopher G. Henry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (C. G. Henry, G. E. 

Meyer, D. D. Schulte, R. R. Stowell,) 

4:00PM 1009597 A 24-hour Air Sample Collection System 

Kevin A. Janni, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN (K. A. Janni, N. Akdeniz, D. 

R. Schmidt, L. D. Jacobson and B. P. Hetchler) 

4:15PM 1009001 Use of CO2 Balance Method to Determine Ventilation Rate of High-Rise Laying- 

Hen Houses 

Hong Li, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Hong Li, Hongwei Xin, Robert Burns, 

Stacey Roberts, Kristjan Bregendahl and Shuhai Li) 

4:30PM 1008955 Estimation of Emission Uncertainty from a Broiler Building Using Numerical 

Methods 

Salvador Calvet, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain (Salvador 

Calvet, Fernando Estellés, María Cambra, Antonio Torres) 


SESSION 233 (SE-11) AIR QUALITY MODELING – Sponsored by SE-305 

Moderator; William B. Faulkner, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX 

LOCATION: 310 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008947 Process-Based Ammonia Emissions Modeling for Integrated Dairy and Beef 

Farm Systems 

Felipe Montes, PSWMRU-ARS-USDA, University Park, PA (Felipe Montes, Sasha 

D. Hafner, Alan C. Rotz) 

2:50PM 1009123 A Process-based Model for Ammonia Emissions from Storages of Flushed Dairy 

Manure 

Venkata K. Vaddella, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (Venkata Vaddella, 

Pius Ndegwa, Hung-soo Joo (Presenter Pius Ndegwa)) 

3:05PM 1009409 Prediction of Ammonia Emission from Large Dairy Barns Using an Alternative 

Mass-Balance Method 

Shunli Wang, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Shunli Wang, Lingying Zhao, 

Roderick Manuzon, Harold Keener, and Albert Heber) 

3:20PM 1008895 A Combined Mass Transport/Chemical Speciation Model for Simultaneous 

Volatilization of Ammonia and Carbon Dioxide from Cattle Manure 

Sasha D. Hafner, USDA-ARS, Syracuse, NY (Sasha D. Hafner, Felipe Montes, C. 

Alan Rotz) 

3:35PM 1008784 Development and Sensitivity Analysis of a Dynamic Model for Estimating 

Ammonia Emissions from Naturally Ventilated Dairy Cattle Buildings 

Chaoyuan Wang, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China 

(C Wang) 

3:50PM 

Break 

4:00PM 1009236 Broiler House Air Leakage 

Igor M. Lopes, University of Kentucky, KY (I. M. Lopes, D. G. Overhults, G. M. 

Morello,J. Earnest Jr, R. S. Gates, A. Pescatore, J. Jacob, M. Miller) 

4:15PM 1009240 Broiler House Fan Performance 

Douglas G. Overhults, University of Kentucky, Princeton, KY (D. G. Overhults, G. 

M. Morello, I. M. Lopes, A. Pescatore, J. Jacob, M. Miller, R. S. Gates, J. W. 

Earnest, Jr.) 

4:30PM 1009479 Numerical Simulation of Air Flow and Particle Collection by Porous Barriers 

around Area Sources 

Li Guo, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Ronaldo Maghirang, Xiaofan 

Yang) 

4:45PM 1009962 Simulated Impacts of Different Husbandry Management Practices and 

Geographical Area on Long-Term Air Quality 

Gang Sun, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Gang Sun, Steven Hoff) 


SESSION 234 (SE-3) ENERGY USE IN LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 

FACILITIES – Sponsored by SE-302, SE-405, SE-31, SE-402, 

SE-403, SE-404 

Moderator: Morgan D. Hayes, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 

LOCATION: 311 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008961 Energy Efficiency Recommendations for Robotic Milking Systems 

Jennifer L. Brinker, GDS Associates Inc, Green Bay, WI (Jennifer Brinker, Josh 

Kaurich, Alex Johnson, Joe Schultz) 

2:50PM 1008479 Ventilation Management Effect on Air Quality and Energy Use in Broiler 

Housing 

Yi Liang, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (Y Liang, G.T. Tabler, F. Zhao) 

3:05PM 1009232 Energy Use in Kentucky Broiler Houses 

Douglas G. Overhults, University of Kentucky, Princeton, KY (D. G. Overhults, I. M. 

Lopes, G. M. Morello, A. Pescatore, J. Jacob, M. Miller, R. S. Gates, J. W. Earnest, 

Jr.)



3:20PM 1009348 Computational Fluid Mechanics for Simulation of Temperature and Velocity of 

the Air in Poultry Building Heaters 

Flavio A. Damasceno, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais Brazil 

(Flavio A Damasceno, Marcio Arêdes Martins, Fernando da Costa Baêta, Jairo 

Alexander Osorio Saraz, Ilda de Fátima Ferreira Tinôco, Richard S Gates) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009116 Evaluation of a Transpired Solar Wall in a North Carolina Pig Nursery 

Sanjay B. Shah, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Trapier K. Marshall, 

Sanjay B. Shah, Steve Matthis) 

4:00PM 1009357 Utilization of Resources for Dairy Farming Considering Energy Input, 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Arable Land 

Simone Kraatz, Leibniz-Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Havelsee, Germany 

(S. Kraatz, W. E. Berg) 

4:15PM 1009615 Effects of Control Algorithm on Infrared Brooder Fuel Consumption 

Joseph L. Purswell, USDA ARS, Starkville, MS (J. L. Purswell, J. K. Ward, J. . 

Davis, S. L. Branton) 

234 

4:30PM 1009574 Electricity Energy Use in Broiler Houses with Negative and Positive Pressure 

Ventilation, Related to Thermal Comfort and Air Quality 

Leda LGFB Bueno, FEAGRI UNICAMP, Campinas, SP Brazil (Leda Gobbo de Freitas 

Bueno, Karla A. Lima Oliveira, Thayla M. R. Carvalho, Daniella Jorge Moura, Silvia 

R. L. Souza, Rimena Varcelino) 


SESSION 235 (SE-19) DAIRY MANURE MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT – 

Sponsored by SE-403, SE-412 

Moderator: Curt A. Gooch, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 

LOCATION: 315 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008292 Evaluating Existing Waste Storage Structures Using AWM 2.4 

Harbans Lal, USDA NRCS, Portland, OR (Chris Gross, Quan D. Quan, and Harris 

Cover) 

2:50PM 1009112 Anaerobic Digestion and Related Best Management Practices: Utilizing Life 

Cycle Assessment 

Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY (Mark Venczel, Susan Powers 

(Presenter Mark Venczel)) 

3:05PM 1008907 Bioclimatic Suitability Evaluation of Pernambuco State-Brazil for Milk 

Production 

Ricardo Brauer Vigoderis, Agricultural Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil 

(Juliana Joice Pereira Lima, Ilda de Fátima ferreira Tinôco, Richard S. Gates, 

Glogerley Tatiana Sales) 

3:20PM 1008662 Amendments for Mitigation of Dairy Manure NH3 and Greenhouse Gas 

Emissions: Preliminary Screening 

Eileen Fabian Wheeler, Penn State University, University Park, PA (M.A.A. 

Adviento-Borbe, R.C. Brandt, P.A. Topper, D.A. Topper, H.A. Elliott, R.E. Graves, 

A.N. Hristov, M.A. Bruns, V.A. Ishler and E.F. Wheeler) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1008809 Improving an Amish Manure Management System in Southeastern 

Pennsylvania: A Case Study 

Heather L. Smeltz, USDA-NRCS, Fredericksburg, PA (Heather Smeltz) 

4:00PM 1009212 Reducing the Effects of Calcium on Struvite Recovery from Liquid Dairy Manure 

Yanwen Shen, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Yanwen Shen, Jactone Arogo Ogejo, 

Keith Bowers) 

4:15PM 1009785 Chemically Amended Solids and Liquids. 

Victor B. Johnson, Kemira Water Solutions,inc, Phil Campbell, AL (Victor 

Johnson) 

4:30PM 1009950 Impermeable Gas Collection Covers for Long-Term Dairy Manure Storages: On- 

Farm Impact at Five Dairies In New York State 

Timothy A. Shepherd, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Jason Taylor) 


SESSION 236 (ESH-4) SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL 

EQUIPMENT ON ROADWAYS 

Moderator: Aaron M. Yoder, Penn State University, University Park, PA 

LOCATION: 316 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009035 ABS Braking System for Agricultural Tractors 

Riccardo Morselli, CNH, Modena, Italy (Riccardo Morselli, Francesco Canuto) 

2:50PM 1009550 Environmental Geospatial Traffic Safety Information in Rocky Mountain 

Juhua Liu, Colorado State University, Broomfield, CO (Juhua Liu, Suren Chen,Feng 

Chen,Jun Wu) 

3:05PM 1009716 Communicating the ASABE Lighting Recommendations for Horse-drawn 

Equipment to Amish Communities 

Dee Jepsen, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Dee Jepsen and Theresa Calip) 


SESSION 237 (FPE-17-PART 2) PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES 

OF BIORESOURCE PRODUCTS, BYPRODUCTS AND 

COPRODUCTS – Sponsored by FPE-707 

Moderator: Kurt A. Rosentrater, USDA ARS, Brookings, SD 

LOCATION: 317 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008603 Effects of Varying CDS Levels and Drying/Cooling Temperatures on Glass 

Transition Temperature of DDGS 

Rumela Bhadra, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (Rumela Bhadra, 

Kurt A. Rosentrater, and K. Muthukumarappan) 

2:50PM 1008336 Twin-Screw Extrusion Processing of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles Based 

Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) Feeds 


Kurt A. Rosentrater, Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, Michael L. Brown) 

3:05PM 1008715 Modeling of DDGS Flowability with Varying Drying and Storage Parameters 

Rumela Bhadra, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (Rumela Bhadra, 

Kurt. A. Rosentrater, and K. Muthukumarappan) 

3:20PM 1009223 Properties of Flexible Polyurethane Foams with Epoxdized Soybean Oil 

Fu-Hung Hsieh, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (Yuan-Chan Tu and Fu-Hung 

Hsieh) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1008668 A Review of Alternatives to Traditional All-purpose Flours 


Pourafshar, Padmanaban Krishnan, Kurt A. Rosentrater) 

4:00PM 1008718 Physical and Chemical Properties of Bio-oil Product from the Liquefaction of 

Manure and Manure/Crude Glycerol Mixtures 

Shuangning Xiu, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 

(Shuangning Xiu, Abolghasem Shahbazi) 

4:15PM 1009868 Ethanol Fermentation Performance of Grain Sorghums with Modified 

Endosperm Matrices 

Xiaorong Wu, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Wu, Xiaorong; Jampala, 

Babitha; Robbins, Adriana; Hays, Dirk; Yan, Shuping; Xu, Feng; Rooney, William; 

Shi, Yong-Cheng; and D. Wang) 

4:30PM 1009864 Grindability of Torrefied Biomass 

Sudhagar Mani, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (Sudhagar Mani) 


SESSION 238 (FPE-9) FOOD SAFETY ENGINEERING – Sponsored by 

FPE-703 

Moderator: Katherine L. Bialka, National Center for Food Safety and Technology, 

Summit-Argo, IL 

LOCATION: 318 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008677 Decontamination of Whole Chicken Carcasses by Using a Pilot-Scale Pulsed 

UV-light System 

Nene M. Keklik, Sivas, Turkey (Nene M. Keklik, Ali Demirci, and Randall G. Bock 

(presenter Ali Demirci)) 

2:50PM 1009397 Development of a Bulk Milk Transport Security and Traceability System 

Brian D. Luck, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (B. D. Luck, F. A. Payne, S. J. 

Mullins, C. Thompson) 

3:05PM 1009294 Modeling Inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes Using Weibull Model under 

Combined Effect of High Pressure and Temperature in Whole Milk 

Niharika Mishra, Penn State University, University Park, PA (Niharika Mishra, 

Virendra Puri) 

3:20PM 1009779 Fighting Food Allergy with Novel Processing Technologies 

Wade W. Yang, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Wade Yang, Si-Yin Chung, 

Nasson Mwakatage, Akshay Anugu, Olasumnbo Ajayi) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009660 Investigation and Analysis of Fruits and Vegetables Transportation 

Enli Lv, College of Engineering,South China Agricultural University, Guangdong, 

Peoples Republic of China (Enli Lv, Huazhong Lu, Zhou Yang, Muchun Wu, 

Yanhua Liu) 

4:00PM 1009341 Reduction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Staphylococcus aureas on Cucumber 

by Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water 

Wei Cao, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China (Wei 

Cao, Xiaodong Cui, Yongyu Li, Xiaoxia Hao, Baoming Li) 

4:15PM 1008630 The Method of Milk Electrical Conductivity Measurement 

P Tongel, Res Inst of Animal Prod, Nitra, Slovakia Slovak (P. Tongel) 

4:30PM 1008371 An Innovated Non-contact Capacitive Method in Fill Level Inspection 


(Zhao Maocheng, Ju Ronghua, Qiliang, Wang Xiwei) 

4:45PM 1008972 Feasibility Study for the Detection of Phenylethanol Content in Chinese Rice 

Wine by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 

Fei Shen, Zhejiang Unviersity, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China (Fei Shen, Yibin Ying) 


SESSION 239 (FPE-21) BIODIESEL PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION AND 

ENGINE PERFORMANCE – Sponsored by FPE-709 


Brookings, SD 

LOCATION: 319 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009571 Evaluation of Ethanol Introduction via Fumigation on Efficiency and Emissions 

of a CI Engine Using a New Atomization Technique 

Grant S. Janousek, University of Nebraska, Clarkson, NE (G Janousek) 

2:50PM 1008608 Biodiesel from Waste Oil and Grease: Effects on Engine Performance, 

Efficiency, and NOX Emissions 

Donald M. Johnson, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (Davis, J., D. 

Johnson, V. Skinner, R. Cox, D. Edgar, G. Wardlow) 

3:05PM 1009049 High Throughput Evaluation of Biodiesel: Cold Soak Filtration and Oxidative 

Stability Properties 

Hongjian Lin, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (Hongjian Lin, Darrin 

Haagenson, Rachel Brudvik, and Dennis Wiesenborn)



3:20PM 1009203 Impact of Algae Oil Composition on Biodiesel Properties and Combustion 

Jonathon P. McCrady, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (Jonathon P. McCrady, Alan 

C. Hansen, Chia-fon F. Lee) 

3:35PM 1009590 Small-scale Biodiesel Production: A Case Study of Cold Pressed Oil and Waste 

Vegetable Oil 

Daniel K. Mullenix, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (D.K. Mullenix, S. Adhikari, J.P. 

Fulton, T.P. McDonald, M. Dougherty) 

3:50PM 

Break 

4:00PM 1009382 Exhaust Emissions of a 4-Cylinder Diesel Engine Fueled with Biodiesel, Tire Oil 

and Diesel Fuel Blends 

Ali Bulent Koc, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (A. Bulent Koc, M. Kareem 

Abdullah, Leon Schumacher, Steven Borgelt) 

4:15PM 1009392 Kinetic Study of Palmitic Acid Esterification on Sulfated Zirconium Oxide 

Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Nourredine 

Abdoulmoumine, Foster Agblevor, Nuttapol Lerkkasemsan, Luke Achenie) 

4:30PM 1009535 Ultrasound Assisted Oil Extraction from Date Palm Kernels for Biodiesel 

Production 

M. Kareem Abdullah, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (M. Kareem Abdullah 

and A. Bulent Koc) 

4:45PM 1009586 Stable Solid Base Catalysts for Biodiesel Production 

Suguna Jairam, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (S. Jairam, P. Kolar) 


SESSION 240 (FPE-20B) BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK LOGISTICS AND 

PROCESSING - PART 2 – Sponsored by FPE-709 


Brookings, SD 

LOCATION: 320 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009316 Investigating Torrefaction Process Parameters For Biomass Feedstock 

Upgrading 

Dorde Medic, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Dorde Medic, Matthew Darr, 

Benjamin Potter) 

2:50PM 1009865 Pelleting of Torrefied Biomass 

Sudhagar Mani, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (Sudhagar Mani & Manunya 

Phanphanich) 

3:05PM 1009141 Feasibility Study on the Pelletization of Barley, Canola, Oat and Wheat Straw 

Grinds 

Phani Kumar Adapa, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada (Phani K. 

Adapa, Lope G. Tabil, and Greg J. Schoenau) 

3:20PM 1008738 The Role of Storage in Developing a Secure, Reliable Bioenergy Feedstock 

Supply Chain 

Erin G. Webb, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN (E. Wilkerson, P. Leiby, D. 

Oladosu, S. Sokhansanj) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009485 Criteria for Locating a Lignocellulosic Ethanol Plant in Idaho 

Tushar Jain, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (Tushar Jain, Dr. Jon Van Gerpen) 

4:00PM 1009381 Switchgrass Supply Chain and Logistics Model 

Bhavna Sharma, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (B. Sharma and C. L. 

Jones) 

4:15PM 1010039 Logistic Optimization of a Biomass Utilization System by Linear Programming 

Shane D. Denson, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (M Patana-Anake, S 

Denson, M Sir, L Schumacher, J. Tan,) 

4:30PM 1000016 Sustainability Evaluation of Manure Distribution with Dynamic Simulation 

Model 

Patrizia Busato, DEIAFA - University of Turin, Grugliasco (TO), Italy (P. Busato) 


SESSION 241 (FPE-3) ADVANCES IN N ONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF 

AGRICULTURAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND FOOD PRODUCTS – 


Moderator: Ching-Lu Hsieh, Nat Pingtung University of Sci & Tech, ROC, Taiwan 

LOCATION: 321 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009461 Ultrasound Transmission Characteristics for Mechanical Property Evaluation of 

Apples 

Jong Whan Lee, Hankyong National University, Columbia, MO (Jong Whan Lee, 

Sri Waluyo, Ki-Bok Kim, Fu-hung Hsieh, and Jinglu Tan) 

2:50PM 1009630 Application of Ultrasonic Technique in Nondestructive Food Quality Analysis: A 

Review 

Jaya Sundaram, USDA, Dawson, GA (Jaya Sundaram, Chari V. Kandala, 

Christopher L. Butts (Presenter Christopher Butts) 

3:05PM 1008646 Rapid Screening of Huanglongbing-Infected Citrus Leaves by Near-Infrared 

Spectroscopy 

William R. Windham, USDA ARS, Athens, GA (G. Poole, B. Park, G. Heitschmidt, 

T. Gottwald, and K. Lawrence) 

3:20PM 1009061 Predicting the Soluble Solids Content of Whole Apples Using Dielectric 

Spectroscopy 

Grace P. Okiror, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Grace P. Okiror, Carol L. 

Jones) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1008509 Rapid Determination of Fish Ffreshness Using Colorimetric Sensor Array 

Xingyi Huang, USDA Agricultural Research Service, East Lansing, MI (Xingyi 

Huang, Junwei Xin, Jiewen Zhao, Renfu Lu) 

4:00PM 1009271 Rapid Determination of Pork Sensory Quality Using Raman Spectroscopy 

Qi Wang, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Qi Wang, Chenxu Yu and Steven 

Lonergan (Presenter Chenxu Yu)) 

4:15PM 1010124 Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor to Evaluate the Freshness of Packaged Chicken 

Ki-Bok Kim, Korea Research Inst of Standards & Sci, Daejeon, South Korea (K.-B. 

Kim, H.-Y. Kim, B.-K. Cho, M.-S. Kim) 


SESSION 242 (BE-21A) CHALLENGES IN LIGNOCELLULOSIC CONVERSION 

- FERMENTATION AND MICROBIAL TREATMENT - PART 1 

Moderator: Mark R. Wilkins, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 

LOCATION: 323 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009478 Ligand Induced Fit Activation Mechanism of Family 5 Endoglucanase: A 

Molecular Dynamics Study 

Somayesadat Badieyan, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Somayesadat Badieyan, 

David Bevan, Mike Zhang) 

2:50PM 1009508 Hemicellulose Fermentation by Industrial Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae 

Ragothaman N. Avanasi, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Ragothaman 

Avanasi Narasimhan, Ganti S. Murthy, Frank W.R. Chaplen) 

3:05PM 1009101 The Effect of Temperature on Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation 

of Kanlow Switchgrass by Thermotolerant Kluyveromyces marxianus IMB3 

Naveen Pessani, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Naveen Pessani, Hasan 

K. Atiyeh, Mark R. Wilkins, Ibrahim M. Banat (Presenter Mark Wilkins)) 

3:20PM 1009435 In-storage Microbial Pretreatment of Corn Stover for Improving Sugar Yields 

Caixia Wan, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH (Caixia Wan, Yebo Li) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1008755 The Influence of Growth Maturity on Ethanol Production from Kanlow 

Switchgrass 

Michael E. Matousek, Oklahoma State University, Hennessey, OK (Michael 

Matousek, Mark R. Wilkins, Nurhan T. Dunford, Yanqi Wu) 

4:00PM 1008751 Effect of Composition and Pretreatment Processes on Ethanol Yield from Grass 

Straws in Pacific Northwest US 

Deepak Kumar, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Deepak Kumar and Ganti S. 

Murthy) 

4:15PM 1008767 Optimization of Manganese and Calcium for Ethanol Production by K. 

marxianus strain IMB3 in Simultaneous Saccharification Fermentation 

Reactions 

Jennine B. Terrill, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Jennine B. Terrill, 

Mark R. Wilkins, Ibrahim M. Banat) 

4:30PM 1009227 Enzymatic Saccharification of Switchgrass and Tall Wheatgrass Mixtures using 

Dilute Acid and Aqueous Ammonia Pretreatments 

Scott W. Pryor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (Scott W. Pryor and 

Nurun Nahar) 


SESSION 243 (BE-9) LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT – Sponsored by BE-22, 

SW-21 

Moderator: William F. Hunt, III, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 

LOCATION: 324 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008637 Impact of Maintenance and (Im)Properly Sizing Bioretention on Hydrologic and 

Water Quality Performance 

Robert A. Brown, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Robert A. Brown; 

William F. Hunt III) 

2:50PM 1008639 Hydrologic Impact of an Internal Water Storage (IWS) Layer on Bioretention 

Performance 

Robert A. Brown, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Robert A. Brown; 

William F. Hunt III) 

3:05PM 1008678 Impact of Hydraulic Conductivity Variability in Bioretention Cells 

Glenn O. Brown, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Brown, G.O., Chavez, 

R.A. & Storm, D.E.) 

3:20PM 1008823 Indicator Bacteria Removal by Bioretention in North Carolina 

Jon M. Hathaway, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Jon M. Hathaway 

and William F. Hunt) 

3:35PM 1009016 Improving Water Quality and Hydrology Associated with Highway Bridge Deck 

Runoff Using Bioretention and a Swale 

Stacy K. Luell, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Stacy Luell, William 

Hunt) 

3:50PM 

Break 

4:00PM 1009832 The Effectiveness of Rainwater Harvesting as a Stormwater BMP as Related to 

Irrigation Practices 

Fouad H. Jaber, Texas A&M University, Dallas, TX (Sa’d Shannak, Bruce Lesikar) 

4:15PM 1008684 The Urban Wetland Filter: Field Results and Continuing Research Needs in the 

Development of a Renewable Stormwater Management Practice for Phosphorus 

in High Land-Value Areas 

Shawn E. Rosenquist, Virginia Tech, Christiansburg, VA (S.E. Rosenquist D.H. 

Vaughan W.C. Hession M.J. Eick) 

4:30PM 1008880 Relating Stormwater Design to Stream Health: A Case Study in Chapel Hill, NC 

Erica D. Tillinghast, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Erica Tillinghast; 

Dr. William Hunt; Dr. Gregory Jennings) 

4:45PM 1008796 Reducing Carbon Emissions: Co-Firing Boilers Using Syngas Produced by 

Gasifying Irish Biomass Feedstocks. 

Tony Woodcock, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Leinster Ireland (Dr Tony 

Woodcock, Dr Kevin McDonnell)



uesday, June 22 – 2:30PM-5:00PM 

SESSION 244 (BE-13) MONITORING AND MODELING OF PATHOGENS – 

Sponsored by SW-22, BE-22 

Moderator: Michelle L. Soupir, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 

LOCATION: 325 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008742 Removal of Nitrate-N by Antibiotic Exposed Bacterial Isolates from a 

Constructed Wetland 

Syed Azfar Hussain, McGill University, Ste Anne De Bellevue, QC Canada (Syed 

Azfar Hussain, Shiv O. Prasher, Martin Chenier, Gitanjali Arya and M. Ilyas Tariq) 

2:50PM 1008716 Evaluation of Indicator Bacteria Export in an Urban Watershed 



3:05PM 1008728 Surface Runoff Transport of E. coli after Poultry Litter Application on 

Pastureland 

Garey A. Fox, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Jorge A. Guzman, Garey 

A. Fox, Josh Payne (Presenter Jorge Guzman)) 

3:20PM 1008647 Pathogen Reduction and Correlation to Factors Responsible for Pathogen 

Reduction in Dairy Farm Operations Treating Agricultural Waste 

Rajiv Narula, Clarkson University, NY (Rajiv Narula, Stefan J Grimberg, Shane 

Rogers, Sumona Mondal) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009290 Biological Speciation of Aerosols in Vicinity of a Layer Operation in Southeast 

U.S. 

Lingjuan Wang, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Lingjuan Wang, 

Qianfeng Li, Otto D. Simmons, III, and John Classen) 

4:00PM 1010118 Nitrate-N Removal by Antibiotic Resistant Bacterial Strains, Isolated from a 

Treatment Wetland 

Syed Azfar Hussain, McGill University, Ste Anne De Bellevue, QC Canada (Syed 

Azfar Hussain, Shiv O. Prasher, Martin Chenier, Gitanjali Arya, and M. Ilyas Tariq) 

4:15PM 1009889 Influence of Confined Feeding Operations on In-Stream E. coli Sediment 

Concentrations 

Pramod Kumar Pandey, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (P.K. Pandey) 


SESSION 245 ASSESSMENT PRACTICES FOR THE ACADEMIC 

COMMUNITY – Sponsored by ED-204 – INVITED 

PRESENTATIONS 

Moderator: Gary A. Clark, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 

LOCATION: 326 

Time 

Title/Authors 

2:30PM 

Introduction 


experiences associated with assessment visits. Participants from various levels of 

assessment experience will be involved in large and small group discussions. 


SESSION 246 ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS IN 

THE GLOBAL ECONOMY (INTL) – PANEL DISCUSSION 

Moderator: Irfan Saleem Ahmad, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 

LOCATION: 327 

Time 

Title/Authors 

2:30PM 

Introduction 

Panelists: Norm Scott, Cornell University; Charles Sukup, Sukup Manufacturing; 

and K.C. Ting, University of Illinois 

Since the formal inception of the agricultural engineering profession in 1907, its 

role has evolved from agricultural machinery design, irrigation and drainage, rural 

electrification, and farm structures, to processing, the environment, and most 

recently to information-based networked machinery and equipment, sensors, 

healthcare, and alternative sources of energy. 









agricultural mechanization has been a feather in the cap of agricultural engineers 

in the 20th century. What is it that will be the distinctive factor for agricultural 

engineers in the 21st century What can students, faculty, administrators, industry 

and policy makers do to help prepare the next generation workforce 



started at the 2009 annual meeting. The session at Pittsburg meeting will continue 

to discuss some of the questions raised, and will be a focal point for similar future 

discussions and forums. Students, postdoctoral associates, faculty, 

administrators, industry, and policy makers will potentially gain by attending. For 

more information contact: Irfan Ahmad: isahmad@illinois.edu 


SESSION 247 BULK SOLIDS AND BIOMASS STORAGE AND HANDLING – 

Sponsored by SE-20 

Moderator: Rodney B. Grossman, Brock Grain Systems, Milford, IN 

LOCATION: 328 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008476 Measurement of Stress Gradient inside the Cubical Powder Samples of 

Different Dimensions 

Ho-Jae Yi, Penn State University, University Park, PA (H. Yi, V.M. Puri) 

2:50PM 1009975 Preliminary Work on the Compression Behavior of Canola Straw to High Density 

Products 

Leticia Chico Santamarta, Harper Adams University College, Las Grañeras, Leon, 

Spain (L. Chico-Santamarta, M.J. O’Dogherty, T. Underhill, A.C. Humphries, K. 

Chaney, R.J. Godwin) 

3:05PM 1009676 Discrete Element Modelling of a 3D Scale Silo with Hopper 

Carlos Gonzalez-Montellano, Madrid, Madrid Spain (Carlos González-Montellano, 

Álvaro Ramírez, Eutiquio Gallego, José M. Fuentes, and Francisco Ayuga.) 

3:20PM 

Break 

3:30PM 1009406 Effect of Time Storage of Poultry Ration for Design of Silos 

Jose Pinheiro LN Lopes Neto, Federal University Campina Grande, Pombal, 

Paraiba Brazil (Valneide Rodrigues da Silva) 

3:45PM 1009404 Flow Properties of Food Powders Products 



SESSION 248 

Time 

2:30PM 

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE – “NONROAD DIESEL ENGINE 

EMISSIONS AND TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS FOR MEETING 

THEM” 

Moderator: Kenneth N. Brodbeck, Firestone Farm Tires, Des Moines, IA (PM-47) 

LOCATION: 301 

Title/Authors 

Introduction 

Presenters: Xinqun Gui, Danan Dou, and Richard Winsor, Product Engineering 

Center, Deere and Company 

The US government enacted Clean Air legislation for the automotive industry in 

the 1970’s, followed by the truck engine industry in the late 1980’s, and nonroad 

engine industry in the 1990’s. Criteria for vehicle or engine exhaust gas emissions 

were established for nitric oxide (NOx), hydrocarbon (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), 

and particulate matter (PM). These emissions have been referred to as criteria 

pollutants. Following US lead, emissions regulations have been enacted across the 

globe. Billions of dollars have been invested to reduce criteria pollutants by the 

auto and engine industry in research, engineering development and 

manufacturing. As a result, we breathe cleaner air and we live in healthier 

environment. 

This lecture will focus on emissions reduction of nonroad diesel engines though 

we will refer to onroad diesel engines often. We will highlight global emissions 

criteria and test procedures for the nonroad engines and compare them with 

onroad requirements. We will describe critical components and system integration 

technologies as building blocks for meeting emissions criteria. We will describe 

engine development through emissions tiers with emphasis on Tier 4. We will 

provide an outlook for what comes beyond criteria pollutant reduction. With the 

emissions focus, we will not discuss much about other product attributes such as 

reliability, not because they are not important, in fact they are critical, but because 

thorough discussion of those attributes requires lengthy papers on their own. 


SESSION 301 (PM-1B) APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY MODELING AND 

DEPOSITION STUDIES - PART 2 – Sponsored by PM-23/6 

Moderator: Harold W. Thistle, USDA FS, Morgantown, WV 

LOCATION: 301 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009781 A Spray Drift Model for Assessment of Ground Deposits from Boom Sprayers 

Clare Butler Ellis, Silsoe Spray Application Unit, Bedford, United Kingdom (Clare 

Butler Ellis, Paul Miller and others TBA) 

9:50AM 1008319 Spray Model to Predict Deposition in Air-Carrier Sprayer Applications 

Peter A. Larbi, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL (P.A. Larbi, M. Salyani) 

10:05AM 1008632 Considerations of Spray Cloud Relative Humidity Effects on Evolving Droplet 

Size in the Simulation of Fine Droplet Motion using AGDISP 

Milton E. Teske, Continuum Dynamics Inc, Ewing, NJ (Milton E Teske and Harold 

W Thistle) 

10:20AM 1009014 Effect of Air Support and Spray Angle on Coarse Droplet Sprays in Ivy pot plants 

David R Nuyteens, Institute for Agr & Fisheries Research, Merelbeke OVL, 

Belgium (Dieter Foqué, David Nuyteens) 

10:35AM 1009015 An Integrated Approach to Investigate the Orchard Spraying Process: Towards a 

CFD Model Incorporating Tree Architecture 

David R Nuyteens, Institute for Agr & Fisheries Research, Merelbeke OVL, Belgium 

(A. M. Endalew, N. Hendricks, T. Goossens, D. Nuyteens, D. Dekeyser, P. Verboven) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1008502 A Portable Scanning System for Evaluating Spray Deposit Distribution 

Heping Zhu, USDA ARS, Wooster, OH (H. Zhu, M. Salyani, R.D. Fox) 

11:15AM 1008752 The Use of Rotating Impactors in Spray Plume Movement Studies: Collection 

Efficiencies and Droplet Sizing Techniques 

Bradley K. Fritz, USDA ARS, College Station, TX (Fritz, B K; Hoffmann, W C; 

Bonds, J)



11:30AM 1009017 Drift from Field Crop Sprayers Using an Integrated Approach: Results of a 5 

Year Study 

David R Nuyteens, Institute for Agr & Fisheries Research, Merelbeke OVL, 

Belgium (D. Nuyteens, M. Deschampheleire, K. Baetens, E. Brusselman, D. 

Dekeyser, P. Verboven) 

11:45AM 1009218 Laboratory and Field Comparisons of Spray Droplet Spectra for Ground Sprayer 

Nozzle Types 

Robert E. Wolf, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (R.E. Wolf, D.E. Peterson, 

R.C. Derksen, H. Zhu, R.N. Klein, J.A. Golus, W.C. Hoffmann. B.K. Fritz) 


SESSION 302 (PM-14) AUTOMATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR 

SPECIALTY CROPS – Sponsored by PM-48, PM-58, PM-54 

Moderator: Changying Li, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 

LOCATION: 302 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008850 Development of an Autonomous Sensing and Positioning System for use with 

Tree Fruit Production Equipment 

Reuben J. Dise, Penn State University, Perkasie, PA (Reuben Dise, Paul 

Heinemann, Tara Baugher, Jim Schupp, Jude Liu) 

9:50AM 1008443 Mechanization and Automation of Tree Fruit Thinning 

Paul H. Heinemann, Penn State University, University Park, PA (Heinemann, P.H., 

Liu, J., Baugher, T.A., Schupp, J., Dise, R., Leslie, A.) 

10:05AM 1009146 Using Surveys to Overcome Obstacles to Specialty Crop Industry Adoption of 

Automated Technologies 

Katie A. Ellis, Penn State Cooperative Extension, Gettysburg, PA (K. Ellis, T. 

Baugher, K. Lewis, G. Hoheisel) 

10:20AM 1009324 Logistics for Teams of Robotic Transport Units in Harvesting of High Value 

Crops 

Dionysis D. Bochtis, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark (Bochtis D.D., Sørensen 

C.G., Hameed I.A., Vougioukas S.G.) 

10:35AM 1009470 Advanced Sensing for Tree Canopy Modeling and Precision Spraying 

Cristian S. Dima, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (Cristian Dima, Joan 

Campoy, Andrew Landers, Bradley Muise) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1009415 Improving Orchard Efficiency with Autonomous Utility Vehicles 

Bradley Hamner, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (Brad Hamner, Sanjiv 

Singh, Marcel Bergerman) 

11:15AM 1009474 A Multi-Modal System For Yield Prediction in Citrus Trees 

Cristian S. Dima, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (Cristian Dima, 

Matthew Swanson, Joan Campoy, Anthony Stentz, Reza Ehsani, Gene Albrigo) 

11:30AM 1009888 Measuring Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Drip Irrigation Applications, for 

Precision Sensor Placement 

John D. Lea-Cox, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (John D. Lea-Cox, 

Stephen Black and David S. Ross) 

11:45AM 1009890 Precision Irrigation and Nutrient Management for Nursery, Greenhouse and 

Green Roof Systems: Wireless Sensor Networks for Feedback and Feed-forward 

Control 

John D. Lea-Cox, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (J. Lea-Cox, G. Kantor, 

W. Bauerle, M. van Iersel, C. Campbell, T. Bauerle, D. Ross, A. Ristvey, D. Parker, 

D. King, R. Bauer, S. Cohan, P. Thomas, J. Ruter, M. Chappell, M. Lefsky, S. 

Kampf, L. Bissey, T. Martin) 


SESSION 303 (PM-20) YIELD MONITOR TECHNOLOGY AND BENEFITS OF 

PRECISION AGRICULTURE – Sponsored by PM-54, SE-30, 

PM-23/7/1 

Moderator: Joe D. Luck, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 

LOCATION: 303 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009310 Volumetric-Based Yield Monitoring System using Laser Scanner for Citrus 

Mechanical Harvester 

Ujwala S. Jadhav, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (R. Ehsani) 

9:50AM 1009311 Yield Monitoring Interface System for Citrus Mechanical Harvester 

Ujwala S. Jadhav, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (U Jadhav, J.Maja, R. Ehsani) 

10:05AM 1008860 Energy Savings by Adopting Precision Agricultural Technology in North Dakota 

Ganesh C. Bora, North Dakota State Univversity, Fargo, ND (G. Bora, J. Nowatzki) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1009021 Evaluating Adoption Barriers of Precision Agriculture Technologies by Farmers 

Terry W. Griffin, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (T. W. Griffin, S. H. 

Norwood, M. Runge, A. Adrian, J. Fulton) 

10:45AM 1009072 A Regional Cost Assessment of GPS Outage to Agricultural Guidance Technology 

Terry W. Griffin, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (T. W. Griffin, C. T. Lee) 


SESSION 304 (SW-1) HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY WITH KARST 

TOPOGRAPHY – Sponsored by SW-21 

Moderator(s): Debabrata Sahoo, Woolpert Inc, Portsmouth, VA 

Debasmita Misra, Univ of Alaska, Anchorage, AK 

LOCATION: 304 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009824 Application of SWAT Model on Chapel Branch Creek Watershed with a Karst 

Topography, SC 

Devendra Man Amatya, USDA Forest Service, SC (D. M. Amatya, A. E. Edwards, T. 

M. Williams, and D. R. Hitchcock) 

9:50AM 1008729 Impact of Preferential Flow Paths on Alluvial Groundwater Flow Patterns in the 

Ozark Ecoregion 

Garey A. Fox, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Derek M. Heeren, Ron B. 

Miller, Garey A. Fox, Dan E. Storm, Aaron R. Mittelstet (Presenter: Derek Heeren)) 

10:05AM 1009274 Challenges of Stormwater Modeling for Urbanized Karst Watersheds 

Katherine L. Blansett, State College, PA (Katherine Blansett, P.E., James Hamlett, 

Ph.D., P.E.) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1009057 Differences in Simulated Hydrologic Response of a Watershed Using NEXRAD 

and Gauged Precipitation, and Static and Dynamic Land Use: Implications for 

Ungauged Watersheds 

Suresh Sharma, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL (S Sharma, P. 

Srivastava, L. Kalin) 

10:45AM 1008730 Geophysical Mapping of Preferential Flow Paths across Multiple Floodplains 

Garey A. Fox, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Ron B. Miller, Derek M. 

Heeren, Garey A. Fox, Dan E. Storm, Todd Halihan, Aaron R. Mittelstet (Presenter 

Derek Heeren)) 


SESSION 305 (SW-5) HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY MODELING: 

ADVANCES, CHALLENGES AND DIRECTIONS - PART 2 – 


Moderator: Patricia K. Smith, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 

LOCATION: 305 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008803 Use of NRCS Win TR20 for Development of NOAA Atlas 14-Based Design 

Rainfall Amounts and Distributions in Pennsylvania 

Geoffrey A. Cerrelli, USDA-NRCS, Harrisburg, PA (Geoffrey A. Cerrelli) 

9:50AM 1009086 Uncertainty Analysis of Neural Network Based Rainfall Runoff Models 

Kulamulla Parambath Sudheer, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 

India (Dhanesh, Y, Sudheer, K. P.) 

10:05AM 1008607 Modeling Phosphorus Transport in Soil and Water Using HYDRUS-1D Model 

Sumit Sen, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL (Sumit Se, Puneet 

Srivastava, Jasmeet Lamba, Thomas Way) 

10:20AM 1009428 Characterizing Flow through the Soil Matrix and Preferential Flow Pathways 

(PFPs) 

Emily C. Sanders, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN (Emily C. Sanders, Majdi Abou 

Najm, Rabi H. Mohtar, Eileen J. Kladivko, Darrell G. Schulze) 

10:35AM 1008876 Simulating Nitrogen and Phosphorus Leaching in Calcareous Soils using 

LEACHM Model 

Nicholas S. Kiggundu, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Nicholas Kiggundu*, 

K. W. Migliaccio, J. W. Jones, K. Hatfield, and Y.C. Li) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1009197 Simulating the GroundWater Hydrology and Nitrate Dynamics of Two Riparian 

Buffers enrolled in Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in North 

Carolina using Riparian Ecosystem Management Model (REMM) 

Amey S. Tilak, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Amey S. Tilak, M.R 

Burchell II, M.A Youssef, R.R Lowrance and R.G Williams) 

11:15AM 1009483 Thermo- and Hydrodynamic Simulation of Variably Saturated Flow in Northern 

Latitude Peatlands 

Debasmita Misra, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (Collin A. Macheel, Ronald P. 

Daanen, Debasmita Misra, A. David McGuire, Mike Waddington, Merritt Turetsky, 

Evan Kane) 

11:30AM 1009158 Modeling Two-Stage Ditch Sustainability using CONCEPTS 

Joel R. Peterson, MN Board of Water & Soil Resources, MN (Joel Peterson, Bruce 

Wilson, Geoff Kramer (Presenter Bruce Wilson)) 

11:45AM 1009205 Streambank Erosion Assessment in Southeastern Plain Ecoregion Channels 

using in situ Monitoring and Submerged Jet Testing 

John J. Ramirez, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS (J. J. 

Ramirez-Avila, E. J. Langendoen, W.H. McAnally, J.L. Martin, S. L. Ortega-Achury, 

J. Diaz-Ramirez) 

12:00PM 1009501 Quantifying Uncertainty in Sediment Load Estimates from Streambank Retreat 

Measurements using Terrestrial Laser Scanning 

Jonathan P. Resop, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Jonathan P. Resop, W. Cully 

Hession) 


SESSION 306 (SW-16) EROSION MECHANICS, PROCESSES AND 

PREDICTION – Sponsored by SW-223 

Moderator: Larry E. Wagner, USDA ARS, Manhattan, KS 

LOCATION: 306 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008827 WEPP Model Application in CEAP watersheds in NE Indiana 

Dennis C. Flanagan, USDA ARS NSERL, West Lafayette, IN (D.C. Flanagan, K. 

Cechova, J.R. Frankenberger, B.W. Zuercher) 

9:50AM 1008434 Efficacy of Buffer Zones for Disconnecting Roads and Streams in the Coastal 

Plain 

Johnny M. Grace, III, US Forest Service Southern Res Station, Evergreen, AL (J. 

McFero Grace III and E. Davis) 

10:05AM 1009979 Effect of DEM Resolution on Estimated Hillslope Length and Steepness for 

Erosion Models 

Donald K. McCool, USDA ARS PWA, Pullman, WA (Chun Mei Yao, Donald K. 

McCool, William J. Elliot) 

10:20AM 1008348 Improving Wind Erosion Prediction in Areas with Complex Terrain 

Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research 

Station, Moscow, ID (N.S. Wagenbrenner and R.F. Foltz)



10:35AM 1008366 USLE “C” Values for Louisiana Sugarcane 

Richard L. Bengtson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Richard L. 

Bengtson) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1008505 Study on Soil Erosion Model of Watershed System 

Peiling Gao, Shandong University of Tech, Zibo, China (Peiling Gao, Tingwu Lei) 

11:15AM 1009945 Hydrological Modeling of a Ranchland for Providing Environmental Services of 

Water Storage in the Lake Okeechobee Watershed in Florida 

Alphonce C. Guzha, University of Florida, Immokalee, FL (A.C GUZHA and S. 

SHUKLA) 

11:30AM 1000007 Environmental Effects of Harvesting Agricultural Residues for Second- 

Generation Biofuels 

Mark A. Thomas, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (M.A. Thomas, B.A. Engel, 

I. Chaubey) 

11:45AM 1009552 Water Use Impact of Corn-Based Bioethanol Under Climate Change Scenarios 

Yi-Wen Chiu, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN (Yi-Wen Chiu, Sangwon 

Suh) 

12:00PM 1000010 Development and Application of SATEEC L Module for Slope Length Adjustment 

Based on Topography Change 

Hyunwoo Kang, Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea 


SESSION 307 (SW-21A) NUTRIENT TRANSPORT AND WATER QUALITY - 

PART 1 – Sponsored by SW-224 

Moderator: Sanjay Shukla, University of Florida, Immokalee, FL 

LOCATION: 307 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009270 Chemically-Modified Gold Nanorods as Highly Sensitive Colorimetric Aqueous 

Nitrate and Nitrite Sensors for Monitoring Water Quality 

Nan Xiao, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Nan Xiao and Chenxu Yu (Presenter 

Chenxu Yu)) 

9:50AM 1008501 Phosphorus Losses through Surface Runoff and Sub-Surface Drainage under 

free Drainage and Water Table Control Systems in Southern Ontario 

Chin Tan, Agriculture Canada, Harrow, ON Canada (C. S. Tan and T. Q. Zhang) 

10:05AM 1008979 Assessing Dissolved Oxygen Dynamics in an Upper Piedmont River of South 

Carolina 

Debabrata Sahoo, Woolpert Inc, West Columbia, SC (D. Sahoo, J. Riddle, B. Bates, 

B. Hammond, and J. Wortkoetter) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1009094 Treatment of Different Wastewater Sources by Algae 

Carole Abourached, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (C. Abourached, G. 

Murthy, M. English) 

10:45AM 1009208 Evaluation of Uncertainties on Annual Nutrient Flux and Arithmetic Average 

Concentration Induced by Time Proportional Composite Sampling Strategies 

Francois Birgand, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (G. M. Chescheir) 


SESSION 308 (IET-1) ADVANCED COMPUTING METHODS – Sponsored by 

IET-217 

Moderator: Klein E. Ileleji, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 

LOCATION: 310 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008885 Control Architecture for Autonomous Agricultural Machinery 

Thomas F. Burks, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Sundar Subbiah, Thomas F 

Burks) 

9:50AM 1008694 Intelligent Monitoring of Livestock Production Processes Based on Synergistic 

Control 

Kristof Mertens, Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Vlaams-Brabant Belgium (Kristof 

Mertens, Eddy Decuypere, Josse De Baerdemaeker and Bart De Ketelaere) 

10:05AM 1008487 A Novel Computational Approach to Solve Complex Optimization Problems 

Involving Multiple Stakeholders in Biomass Feedstock Production 

Yogendra Shastri, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (Yogenda Shastri, Alan Hansen, 

Luis Rodriguez, K.C. Ting) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1009453 Framework for the Understanding of Soil Moisture Patterns Using Self- 

Organizing Neural Networks 

Brett Nekolny, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (B. Nekolny, Kristin Crawford, L. 

Geiger, J. Goering, T. Richardson, A. Kaleita, E. Winer (Presenter A. Kaleita)) 

10:45AM 1009678 Development of an Application Program Interface (API) for Biomass Feedstock 

Production Engineering 

Konstantinos Domdouzis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 

(K Domdouzis, L.F. Rodriguez, A. Hansen, K.C. Ting) 

11:00AM 1008948 A Decision Support System for Tactical and Operational Decisions on 

Machinery Management in Controlled Traffic System 

Dionysis D. Bochtis, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark (D. D. Bochtis, C. G. 

Sørensen, I. A. Hameed, J. Olesen, O. Green) 


SESION 309 (IET-16) SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPIC SENSING – 


Moderator: Sreekala G. Bajwa, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 

LOCATION: 311 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009125 Non Destructive Estimation of Erucic Acid in Canola 

Geetika Dilawari, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (G. Dilawari, C. Jones) 

9:50AM 1008808 Determination of Fatty Acid Profile of Biodiesel Using Mid-Infrared 

Spectroscopy 

Marcelo Coronado, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Marcelo Coronado, 

Wenqiao Yuan, Donghai Wang) 

10:05AM 1009504 Rapid and Non-invasive Quantitation of Lipid and Chlorophyll Contents in 

Biodiesel-Microalgae by Visible and near Infrared Spectroscopy 

Di Wu, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China (Di Wu, Hongxi Wu, Jingbo 

Cai, Xiaojing Chen, Zhenhuang Huang, J. Cuello, Yong He) 

10:20AM 1009113 Spectroscopic Determination of Chemical Properties of DDGS 

Marvin R. Paulsen, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (Marvin R. Paulsen, Samarth 

Rathore, Ronald W. Steffen, Yanhong Zhang, Brian Wrenn, Martha A. Schlicher, 

and Adam L. Kennay) 

10:35AM 1008708 Evaluation of Three Cotton Trash Measurements by Visible / Near-Infrared 

Reflectance Spectroscopy 

YongLiang Liu, USDA, Clemson, SC (Yongliang Liu, Gary Gamble, and Devron 

Thibodeaux) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1008857 Identification of Citrus Greening Disease Using FTIR Spectroscopy and 

Chemometric Analysis 

Samantha Hawkins, US Dept of Agriculture Research Services, Athens, GA 

(Samantha Hawkins, Bosoon Park, Gavin Poole, Tim Gottwald,Bob Windham, Kurt 

Lawrence) 

11:15AM 1009385 Chemical Shift Imaging of Spatial-Temporal Changes of Lycopene in Tomatoes 

During Ripening 

Ta-Te Lin, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (Yu-Che Cheng, Tsu-Tusen 

Wang, Jyh-Horng Chen, Ta-Te Lin) 

11:30AM 1008601 Determination of the Optical Properties of Unpeeled and Peeled ‘Golden 

Delicious’ Apples and their Correlation with Fruit Firmness and Soluble Solids 

Content 

Haiyan Cen, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (Haiyan Cen, Renfu Lu) 

11:45AM 1009860 Determination of Yolk Contamination in Liquid Egg White Using Raman 

Spectroscopy 

Govindarajan Konda Naganathan, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (G. K. 

Naganathan, D. Jonnalagadda, R. Wehling, J. Subbiah) 


SESSION 310 (IET-21) SENSORS AND CONTROLS FOR FIELD MACHINERY 

– Sponsored by IET-353, PM-58, PM-48 

Moderator: Brenda V. Ortiz, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 

LOCATION: 315 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008754 Integration of Real Time Kinematic Satellite Navigation with Ground- 

Penetrating Radar Surveys 

Robert S. Freeland, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (R. S. Freeland, B. J. 

Allred) 

9:50AM 1008638 Design and Application of a Tractor Vibration Testing System 

Patterson & Dewar Engineers, Norcross, GA (Li Min tong, Yang Qing, Chen Jun) 

10:05AM 1008605 Accurate GPS-free Positioning of Utility Vehicles for Specialty Agriculture 

Jacqueline K. Libby, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (Jacqueline Libby, 

George Kantor) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1009078 Throughput Control on a Combine Harvester Using Model-based Predictive 

Control 

Josse G. De Baerdemaeker, K U Leuven, Leuven Heverlee, Belgium (T. Coen, J. De 

Baerdemaeker, W. Saeys) 

10:45AM 1009272 A Sensor Prototype for the Impact Measurement during Blueberry Mechanical 

Harvesting 

Pengcheng Yu, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (Pengcheng Yu, Changying Li, 

Glen Rains, Takoi Hamrita) 


SESSION 311 (IET-5) EMERGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES – 


Moderator: Howard W. Beck, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 

LOCATION: 316 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009064 Web-Based Decision Support Tool to Forecast Nutrient Losses from Agricultural 

Watersheds 

Acushla Antony, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (A Antony, B. Engel, I. 

Chaubey) 

9:50AM 1009927 Web-Based Model-Driven Decision Support System for Biomass Feedstock 

Production 

Yung Chen Liao, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (Y.C. Liao, Yogendra Shastri, 

Konstantinos Domdouzis, Ming-Che Hu, Luis Rodriguez, Alan Hansen, K.C. Ting) 

10:05AM 1000001 Virtual Learning Environment: An Application to the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem 

Yun-Chul Jung, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Y. Jung, H. Beck, M. 

Bannister, W. Crooper, C. Staudhammer) 

10:20AM 

Break 

10:30AM 1008703 Multi-Robot System Control Architecture (MRSCA) for Agricultural Production 

Santosh K. Pitla, Lexington, KY (S.K.Pitla, J.D.Luck and S.A.Shearer) 

10:45AM 1009588 Fleet modularization of autonomous vehicles for environmental and 

aquacultural applications 

Steven G. Hall, P.E., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Daniel Smith, 

Steven Hall)




SESSION 312 (SE-12B) MEASUREMENT AND MITIGATION OF GASEOUS 

POLLUTANTS FROM LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY HOUSING - 

PART 2 – Sponsored by SE-305, SE-405 

Moderator: Kenneth D. Casey, Texas AgriLIFE RESEARCH, Amarillo, TX 

LOCATION: 317 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009024 Efficacy of Bacterial Treatment to Mitigate Odor, Ammonia and Hydrogen 

Sulfide Emissions from Gestation-Farrowing Barns in North Dakota 

Shafiqur Rahman, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (Shafiqur Rahman and 

David Newman) 

9:50AM 1009802 Optimization of Biofilter for Livestock Ammonia Emission Removal I: Medium 

Selection 

Liangcheng Yang, urbana, IL (Liangcheng Yang, Nan Jiang, Xinlei Wang, Ted Funk) 

10:05AM 1009422 Optimization and Modeling of Ammonia Absorption in a Spray Wet Scrubber 

Roderick B. Manuzon, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Roderick B. Manuzon 

and Lingying Zhao) 

10:20AM 1009986 Fine Dust Removal by Air Scurbbers Treating Animal House Exhaust Air 

Roland W. Melse, WUR, Wageningen, Netherlands (R. W. Melse, N. W.M. Ogink) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1008962 Emissions of Ammonia, Hydrogen Sulfide and Greenhouse Gases from Highrise 

Laying-Hen Houses as Affected by Dietary Modifications 

Hong Li, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Hong Li, Hongwei Xin, Robert Burns, 

Stacey Roberts, Kristjan Bregendahl and Shuhai Li) 

11:00AM 1008743 Fingerprinting Elements in Particulate Matter Emitted from Egg Production 

Facility 

Qianfeng Li, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Lingjuan Wang, Zifei Liu, 

K.R. Jayanty) 

11:15AM 1009252 Ammonia Emissions of Laying Hens as Affected by Stocking Density and 

Manure Accumulation Time 

Luciano Barreto Mendes, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Luciano Barreto 

Mendes, Hongwei Xin & Hong Li (Presenter Hong Li ) 

11:30AM 1009788 Effect of Partially Covering Turkey Litter Surface on Ammonia Emission 

Justin H. Chepete, Botswana College of Agr, Gaborone, Botswana (H. J. Chepete, 

H. Xin and H. Li) 


SESSION 313 (SE-24) HEAT AND POWER GENERATION FROM 

RENEWABLE ENERGY – Sponsored by SE-414, FPE-709, 

T-11 

Moderator: Amit Kumar, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada 

LOCATION: 318 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008853 Development of a Solar Tracker Microcontrolled 

Daniel Rizzo Carvalho, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Vicosa, MG Brazil (Daniel 

Rizzo Carvalho, Edinei Canuto Paiva, Adilio Flauzino de Lacerda Filho, Ana Paula 

Sato Ferreira,) 

9:50AM 1008792 Performance of Mixed Salt Solution in Solar Dehumidification System 

Ding Tao, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Hai Dian qu China (Zhiwei,Liu) 

10:05AM 1008793 Study the dehumidification/regeneration efficiency of the mixture salt solution 

in the solar dehumidification system 

Ding Tao, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Hai Dian qu China (Zhiwei,Liu) 

10:20AM 1008495 Rotational Frame Fluid Dynamics: A Centrifugal Hydro-Power Concept 

Idowu Oduniyi, ALED Conglomerate NIG LTD, LAGOS, Nigeria (A.I. Oduniyi) 

10:35AM 1009293 Using Optimization Methodology to Identify Suitable Biodiesel Blend Ratio 

Yu Liang Chen, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan (Yu-Liang Chen, 

Suming Chen, Chao-Yin Tsai, Sen-Yuan Liu, Jin-Ming Tsai, Ruei-Hong Sun, and 

Hsin-Hsiung Fang) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1008991 Performance Characteristics and Exhaust Emissions of a Diesel Engine 

Powered by Chicken Fat Biodiesel 

Bjorn S. Santos, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (B.Santos, S. 

Capareda) 

11:15AM 1008535 A Hybrid Power Generating System Using Producer Gas and Biodiesel Blend 

Hifjur Raheman, Indian Institute of Tech, Kharagpur, India (Snehalrao S. Jadhav) 

11:30AM 1009171 Biomass Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Systems at Corn Ethanol 

Plants 

Huixiao Zheng, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN (Huixiao Zheng, R. Vance 

Morey, Nalladurai Kaliyan, Matthew Pham) 

11:45AM 1009349 Energy and Emission Analysis of Production of Agricultural Pellet 

Amit Kumar, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada (Arifa Sultana and Amit 

Kumar) 


SESSION 314 (SE-14) CHARLIE FULHAGE MEMORIAL SESSION IN 

ANIMAL MANURE MANAGEMENT – Sponsored by SE-40, 

SE-412, SW-263 


LOCATION: 319 

The Animal Manure Management Session is being dedicated to Charlie Fulhage, 

Professor and Extension Ag Engineer, University of Missouri. This Memorial 

Session is a tribute by SE-412 and SW-263 for the many contributions Dr. Fulhage 

has made to the Animal Manure Management issues in research and extension. 

Dr. Joe Zulovich, friend and colleague will begin Part 1 with a review of Dr. 

Fulhage’s many contributions and outcomes from his career. 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009990 The Career and Impact of Charlie Fulhage 

Joseph M. Zulovich, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (J Zulovich) 

9:50AM 1009194 Manure Application under Winter Conditions: Nutrient Runoff and Leaching 

Losses 

Mark R. Williams, USDA ARS US MARC, University Park, PA (M.R. Williams, G.W. 

Feyereisen, and G.J. Folmar) 

10:05AM 1008944 Using TDR to Define Soil-Crop Dynamic Depth 

Bryan L. Woodbury, USDA ARS, Clay Center, NE (Bryan L. Woodbury, Roger A. 

Eigenberg, Mindy J. Spiehs) 

10:20AM 1008593 The Use of Phosphorus Sorption Isotherms to Project VTA Life Expectancy 

Jacob F. Baker, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Jacob Baker, Daniel Andersen, Dr. 

Robert Burns, Lara Moody) 

10:35AM 1009022 On-Farm Turkey Carcass Composting Using Sunflower Hulls-based Turkey Litter 

in North Dakota Climatic Conditions 

Shafiqur Rahman, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (Shafiqur Rahman and 

Saqib Mukhtar) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1009193 A Phosphorus Transport Study: Influence of Poultry Litter Application Method on 

Leaching 

Gary W. Feyereisen, USDA ARS SWMRU, St Paul, MN (G.W. Feyereisen, P.J.A. 

Kleinman, G.J. Folmar, L.S. Saporito, A.L. Allen) 

11:15AM 1009784 An implement for subsurface band application of poultry litter in row crops and 

pastures 

Thomas R. Way, USDA ARS, Auburn, AL (Thomas R. Way) 

11:30AM 1008376 Removal of Ammonia From Liquid Swine Manure Using Gas Permeable 

Membranes 

Matias B. Vanotti, USDA ARS, Florence, SC (Matias Vanotti, Ariel Szogi) 

11:45AM 1008946 Sludge Reduction and Water Quality Improvement in Anaerobic Lagoons 

Through Influent Pre-treatment 

Ariel A. Szogi, USDA ARS, Florence, SC (Matis B. Vanotti) 


SESSION 315 (SE-2) ENVIRONMENT CONTROL FOR ANIMAL FACILITIES – 

Sponsored by SE-302, SE-403 

Moderator: Richard R. Stowell, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 

LOCATION: 320 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008950 Dairy Heat Abatement System Selection Tool 

John T. Tyson, Penn State Extension, Lewistown, PA (John T. Tyson) 

9:50AM 1009150 3D-CFD Modeling of a Typical Insulated and Evaporatively Cooled Tunnel 

Ventilated Brazilian Poultry House 

Jairo A Osorio, Saraz, Vicosa, Minas Gerais Brazil (F. A. Damasceno, J.A.O. Saraz, 

K.S. Oliveira Rocha, M. Arêdes Martins, I. de F. F. Tinôco, F. da C. Baêta, R. S. 

Gates) 

10:05AM 1008313 Closed-Loop Control of Poultry Deep Body Temperature Using Variable Air 

Velocity 

Takoi K. Hamrita, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (Takoi K. Hamrita; Chris 

Hoffacker) 

10:20AM 1008919 Characterization of an Experimental Water-Cooled Cover for Pregnant Sows 

Zhenzhen Pang, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing China (Zhenzhen 

Pang, Baoming Li, Hongwei Xin, Xiaoyan Yuan, Chaoyuan Wang) 

10:35AM 1008937 Designing and Building Dairy Cattle Freestalls 

John T. Tyson, Penn State Extension, Lewistown, PA (John T. Tyson, Robert E. 

Graves, Dan F. McFarland) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1009394 Revision of The Design of Dairy Cows Housing CIGR WG 14 Cattle Housing 

Robert E. Graves, Penn State University, University Park, PA (R Graves) 

11:15AM 1009048 Water Use on Modern Holstein and Jersey Dairy Farms 

Michael F. Brugger, North Point Engineering, Wooster, OH (Michael Brugger) 

11:30AM 1008926 Disinfection Effect and Application of Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water in a 

Dairy Cattle Farm 

Songjian Nan, Beijing, Beijing China (Songjian Nan, Chaoyuan Wang, Wei Cao, 

Qijun Ma, Shuhua Wang, Baoming Li, Zhanjun Hou) 

11:45AM 1009343 Application of slightly acidic electrolyzed water for disinfection in a broiler 

farm 

Wei Cao, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China 

(Yuchao Shang1, Baoming Li, Yingying Ji, Chaoyuan Wang, Dong Zhou, Wei Cao) 


SESSION 316 (FPE-28A) BIOMASS CATALYTIC AND THERMOCHEMICAL 

CONVERSION - PART 1 – Sponsored by FPE-709, BE-28 


Brookings, SD 

LOCATION: 323 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008669 Hydrothermal Conversion of Cellulose and Lignin 

Jing Gan, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Jing Gan, Wenqiao Yuan) 

9:50AM 1008888 Effect of Pressure on Deoxygenation of methanol over ZSM-5 using a High 

Pressure Pyroprobe 

Duminda A. Gunawardena, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Duminda A 

Gunawardena, Sandun D Fernando,) 

10:05AM 1008811 Polyurethane Production Using Polyols Obtained from the Liquefaction of 

Lignocellulosic Biomass and Crude Glycerin 

Arnold A. Lubguban, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH (Arnold A. Lubguban, 

Yebo Li)



10:20AM 1008573 Preliminary Study of the Conversion of Biomass Gasification Syngas to 

Gasoline-range Hydrocarbons over Mo/HZSM-5 

Lin Wei, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (Lin Wei, Fei Yu, Eugene P. 

Columbus, William D. Batchelor (Presenter Jin Hu)) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1009179 Catalytic Glycerol Conversion to Acrolein —-A Value-Added Chemical from 

Biodiesel Byproduct 

Lu Liu, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN ZZ (Lu Liu, Leming Cheng, and 

Xiaofei P. Ye) 

11:00AM 1009247 In-situ Deoxygenation of Bio-Oil under Reducing Environment 

Suchithra Gopakumar, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL (Suchithra 

Thangalazhy Gopakumar and Sushil Adhikari) 

11:15AM 1009254 Non-catalytic pyrolysis of Irish based biomass feedstocks for liquid transport 

fuel substitution. 

Eoin G. Butler, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Dublin Ireland (Eoin Butler, Dr. 

Kevin McDonnell) 

11:30AM 1009267 Thermochemical Conversion of Glycerol from Biodiesel Production to Primary 

Alcohols 

Randy L. Maglinao, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (Randy L. Maglinao and B. 

Brian He) 

11:45AM 1009539 Pyrolysis of Pulverized Biomass in a Down-flow Tube 

Weiming Yi, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo City, Shandong Province, 

Peoples Republic of China (W. Yi, Z. Li, Y. Yang, X. Bai) 


SESSION 317 (FPE-14) FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESS MODELING – 


Moderator: Lope G. Tabil, Jr, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada 

LOCATION: 324 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008692 Numerical simulation and optimization of a multilayer belt dryer for granular 

food materials 

Xiang-dong Liu, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China 

(Jian Chang, Xiang-dong Liu) 

9:50AM 1008552 Modeling the dielectric properties of pineapples during drying 

Grace P. Okiror, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Grace P. Okiror, Carol L. 

Jones) 

10:05AM 1009398 Effect of Extrusion Process Variables on Fiber and Ash Content of Fish and Rice 

Flour Coextrudates 

Jaya Shankar Tumuluru, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (Tumuluru Jaya 

Shankar, Shahab Sokhansanj & Sukumar Bandyopadhyay) 

10:20AM 1008832 Metabolic Flux and Control Analyses of Wild Type and Ethanol Adapted 

Clostridium thermocellum 

Bless Adotey, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (B. Adotey, S.E. Nokes, B.L. 

Knutson, B.C. Lynn and M. Flythe) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1009984 Improvement of Work Methods in Fresh Herb Crops 

Avital Bechar, Institute of Agr Eng, Bet Dagan, Israel (A. Livaderu, R. Yerusalmi, A. 

Rennert, R. Mintz and Y. Edan) 

11:00AM 1009363 Drying Rate Modeling through Variable Diffusivity Approach for Vacuum Drying 

of Onion Slices 

Pavuluri Srinivasa Rao, Indian Institute of Tech, Kharagpur, India (J. Mitra, S. L. 

Shrivastava, R. P. Srinivasa) 

11:15AM 1008800 Simulation of the Electric Field Strength for Different Pulsed Electric Field 

(PEF) Treatment Chamber Designs 

Kang Huang, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China (K. Huang; L. Yu; J. Wang) 


SESSION 318 (FPE-2) IMPACT OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES ON END-USE 

FUNCTIONALITY OF FOOD AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS – 


Moderator: Stefan Cenkowski, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada 

LOCATION: 325 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009260 Moisture Distribution of Walnuts and Their Components 

Ragab Khir Gebreil, University of California, Davis, CA (Ragab Khir, Zhongli Pan, 

Griffiths G. Atungulu, Dongyan Shao, Xia Zheng, James F. Thompson, and Ron 

Haff) 

9:50AM 1009140 Dehulling and Cooking Qualities of Red Lentils – Effects of Cultivar, Storage 

Time, Moisture Content, and Pre-treatments 

Stefan Cenkowski, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada (Dagmara Head, 

Daniella Alejo-Lucas, Stefan Cenkowski, and Susan Arntfield) 

10:05AM 1009264 Effects of postharvest processes including pre-conditioning, drying and 

rewetting cycles and storage period on dehulling and cooking quality 

characteristics of red lentils 

Lope G. Tabil, Jr, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada (L. Tabil, A. 

Opoku, O.A. Fadeyi and Y. Zhang) 

10:20AM 1009259 Physiological and Sensory Quality of Chenna (Milk Protein Coagulate) Made 

from Biochemically Modified Buffalo Milk 

Baishali Dutta, McGill University, Ste Anne de Bellevue, QC Canada (Baishali Dutta, 

Satyanarayan R.S Dev, Ritika Gupta, Shah M. Manoj, Guruprasad Sulebele and 

Vijaya G.S. Raghavan) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1009943 Sucrose Substitution by Non-caloric Sweeteners and their Effects on the 

Characteristics on Sweetened Condensed Milk 


Mexico (González-Cruz A.S., Sosa-Morales M.E., and Vélez-Ruiz, J.F.) 

11:00AM 1008780 Comparison of Temperatures Measurements with Thermal Infrared imaging and 

Thermocouples in Cut Flower Vacuum Cooling 

Yunfei Li, Dept. of Food Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong, Shanghai, 

Peoples Republic of China (Xiaoyong Song, Yunfei Li) 

11:15AM 1009591 Effect of Flaxseed Meal Addition on Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Rice 

Starch Films 


(Min Wu, Zhihuai Mao) 


SESSION 319 (FPE-22) BIOENERGY SUSTAINABILITY, GREEN HOUSE 

EMISSION AND LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT – Sponsored by 

FPE-709 


Brookings, SD 

LOCATION: 326 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008724 A Spreadsheet-Based Modeling Framework to Evaluate Greenhouse Gas 

Emissions from Multiple Biomass Feedstocks 

D Raj Raman, PE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Guiping Hu, Raj Raman, Rob 

Anex, Katrina Christiansen) 

9:50AM 1008719 Energy Intensity and GHG Emissions of Integrated Dairy/Biofuels Systems in 

Wisconsin 

Thais Fonseca, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (T.H.P. Fonesca, H. 

A. A. Villegas, D. Reinemann, L. Armentano, K. Karthekeyan, J. Norman,) 

10:05AM 1008720 Framework for Evaluating Biomass Energy Feedstocks 

Katrina L. Christiansen, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Dr. Dave Raj Raman and 

Dr. Robert Anex) 

10:20AM 1009110 Comparison of energy and environmental impacts from utilizing Northern New 

York biomass as a domestic heating pellet fuel and an ethanol vehicle fuel 

Brendan M. Cook, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY (Brendan Cook, Susan E. 

Powers) 

10:35AM 1008902 Reducing Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emission of Corn Ethanol 

Nalladurai Kaliyan, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN (Nalladurai Kaliyan, R. 

Vance Morey, Douglas G. Tiffany) 

10:50AM 

Break 

11:00AM 1008875 Evaluation of Global Warming Potential of Cropping Pattern and Land Use 

Changes for achieving 15 Billion Gallons of Corn Ethanol 

Kyo Suh, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN (Kyo Suh, Sangwon Suh, Ryan 

Barker) 

11:15AM 1009467 Localized Life Cycle Assessment of Soybean Biodiesel in the U.S. 

Junbeum Kim, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN (Junbeum Kim, Yi Yang, 

Sangwon Suh) 

11:30AM 1009553 Life Cycle Assessment of landfill biogas: A Minnesota case study 

Brian C. Walseth, Saint Paul, MN (Brian Walseth) 

11:45AM 1009572 Environmental Consequences of Cellulosic Ethanol for Different Corn Stover 

Production Practices 

Junaghan Bae, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN (Junghan Bae, Sangwon 

Suh) 


SESSION 320 (BE-21B) CHALLENGES IN LIGNOCELLULOSIC CONVERSION 

- FERMENTATION AND MICROBIAL TREATMENT - PART 2 – 

Sponsored by BE-28, FPE-709 

Moderator: Mark R. Wilkins, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 

LOCATION: 327 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1009028 Three-scale Approach for Fluid Transport through Plant Cell Assemblies: Model 

Development and Measurement of Properties 

Ho-Jae Yi, Penn State University, University Park, PA (Hojae Yi, Megan Marshall, 

Jyotsna Pandey, Virendra Puri, and Tom Richard) 

9:50AM 1008553 Characterization of Xylose Oligomers From Birchwood Xylan During 

Pretreatment 

Danielle Julie Carrier, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (Ching-Shuan Lau, 

Kris Bunnell, Edgar Clausen, Greg Thoma, Danielle Julie Carrier) 

10:05AM 1009091 SPORL: An Effective and Robust Pretreatment for Lignocellulosic Ethanol 

Production 

Xuejun Pan, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (Xuejun Pan and J.Y. Zhu) 

10:20AM 1009020 Effect of Ozonolysis on Bioconversion of Miscanthus to Ethanol 

Anushadevi Panneerselvam, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Anushadevi 

Panneerselvam, Ratna Sharma-Shivappa, Praveen Kolar) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1008848 Optimization of Lignocellulosic Biomass Pre-treatment Process: Integration of 

Extrusion and Clean Fractionation 

Grzegorz P. Brudecki, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (Grzegorz 

Brudecki, James Julson) 

11:00AM 1009182 Optimization of lime pretreatment of sweet sorghum bagasse for enzymatic 

saccharification 

Ruplal Choudhary, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (Umagiliyage A. H. 

L., Choudhary R., Liang Y., Haddock J.) 

11:15AM 1008847 Optimization of Clean Fractionation as a Biomass Pretreatment Method 

Iwona Cybulska, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (Iwona Cybulska, 

Hanwu Lei, James Julson) 

11:30AM 1008844 Hydrothermal Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Prairie Cord Grass 

Iwona Cybulska, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (Iwona Cybulska, 

Hanwu Lei, James Julson)




SESSION 321 (BE-7) APPLICATIONS OF HYDROLOGIC AND BIOLOGICAL 

PROCESS MODELS – Sponsored by SW-22, BE-22 

Moderator: Michelle L. Soupir, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 

LOCATION: 328 


9:30AM 

Introduction 

9:35AM 1008893 ENSO Impact on Rainfed Cotton: Implications of Spatial Aggregation 

Joel O. Paz, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS (Joel O. Paz, Axel 

Garcia y Garcia, James W. Jones and Gerrit Hoogenboom) 

9:50AM 1009489 Evaluation of DSSAT-WHEAT in Jordan 

Ayman A. Suleiman, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan (Jamal Ayad) 

10:05AM 1009365 Increased microbial biofuels production through systems biology 

Ryan S. Senger, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Ryan Senger) 

10:20AM 1008920 Calibration of the INCA-N Model in Pyhäjoki and Yläneenjoki Catchments in 

Finland 

James R. Etheridge, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (J. Randall 

Etheridge, Ahti Lepistö, Kirsti Granlund, Katri Rankinen, Michael R. Burchell II, 

François Bigrand) 

10:35AM 

Break 

10:45AM 1000017 The Effect of Elevated Carbon Dioxide and Water on Growth and Photosynthesis 

in Corn 

Jong Ahn Chun, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD (J.A. Chun, Y. Yang, D. Timlin, D. 

Fleisher, V.R. Reddy) 

11:00AM 1009177 Nonpoint Source Pollution Uncertainty: Stakeholder Perceptions 

James K. Newman, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (J.K. Newman and A.L. 

Kaleita) 

11:15AM 1009168 Evaluation of Watershed Management Outcomes Using Empirical Models and 

Comparison to Project Implementation Goals 

Lindsay N. Birt, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Lindsay Birt, Jane 

Frankenberger, Indrajeet Chaubey, and Bernie Engel) 

11:30AM 1009549 Impact of Optimized Model Outputs on Stakeholder Decisions about Agricultural 

BMPs 

Elizabeth M. Trybula, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN (Elizabeth Trybula, Jane 

Frankenberger, Indrajeet Chaubey, Mazdak Arabi, Mehdi Ahmadi, Chetan 

Maringanti) 

11:45am 1008481 Modelling of Respiration Kinetics 

Tridib Kumar Goswami, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India (T.K. Goswami, R.R. Menon) 


SESSION 322 INTRODUCTION TO ABET PROGRAM EVALUATION - 101 – 

Sponsored by ED-204 – RAP SESSION 


LOCATION: 329 

Time 

9:00AM 

Introduction 

ASABE is responsible for identifying people willing to be trained and then serve as 

program evaluators for accreditation by ABET. This session is intended for persons 

who are interested in becoming an ABET program evaluator (PEV) whether 

employed in government, industry, or academia. An open discussion will be held 

to provide basic information on the ABET PEV process, expectations, and 

timeliness. 


SESSION 323 ABET PEV REFRESHER TRAINING – Sponsored by ED-204 – 

Invited Presentations 


LOCATION: 329 

Time 

10:000AM 

Introduction 

This session is for persons who are already program evaluators and evaluators in 

training. Existing program evaluators are expected to periodically attend refresher 

training both to learn about changes in accreditation expectations and to share 

best practices related to the role of program evaluator. 


SESSION 324 (PM-7) CONSERVATION TILLAGE SYSTEMS AND SOIL 

SUSTAINABILITY – Sponsored by PM-42, SW-225, SW-26 

Moderator: Randall C. Reeder, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 

LOCATION: 301 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009681 Twenty-five Years of Drainage, Tillage, Crop Rotation, and Yield Studies on a 

Silty Clay Loam in Ohio 

Ehsan Ghane, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (E. Ghane, R.C. Reeder, L.C. 

Brown) 

2:50PM 1008529 Evaluation of the Cellulose Absorption Index (CAI) Method of Crop Residue 

Assessment in the Northern Great Plains 

Jonathan P. Aguilar, USDA/ARS/NPARL, Sidney, MT (J. Aguilar; R. Evans) 

3:05PM 1008539 Double Crop Sunflower Stand Establishment 

Randal K. Taylor, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (C. Godsey, R. 

Kochenower) 

3:20PM 

Break 

3:30PM 1008484 Biology of Soil Compaction and Soil Structure 

James J. Hoorman, (Hoorman, J.J. and R. Reeder) 

3:45PM 1009991 The Effects of Different Blades on the Performance of Vineyard Stalk Choppers 

Engin Cakir, Auburn, AL (I. Dereli, E. Cakir) 

4:00PM 1009383 Effect of Tillage Systems on the Performance of Cowpea in Nigeria 

Jacob O. Akinyemi, Ogun State University, Ibadan, Nigeria (J.O. Akinyemi, O.E. 

Akinpelu, A.O. Olaleye) 


SESSION 325 (PM-10) ON-THE-GO SENSING AND DETECTION 

TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRECISION AGRICULTURE – 

Sponsored by PM-54, IET-353, PM-45 

Moderator: Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, University of Nebraska-Lincoln / McGill 

University, Lincoln, NE 

LOCATION: 302 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009111 Active spectral sensor evaluation under varying conditions 

Yunseop Kim, USDA ARS, West Lafayette, IN (Yunseop (James) Kim, Michael D. 

Glenn, Johnny Park, Henry K. Ngugi, Brian L. Lehman) 

2:50PM 1009156 Development of On-the-go Nitrogen Application Algorithms for Cotton 

Production based on Active Reflectance Sensors 

Terry W. Griffin, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (Terry W. Griffin) 

3:05PM 1009178 Evaluation of an Application Control System for a Sensor-Based Variable Rate 

Nitrogen Application 

D Kent Shannon, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (Kenneth A. Sudduth and 

Peter C. Scharf) 

3:20PM 1009432 Site-Specific Compaction and Crop Yield Relationships for Claypan Soils 

Kenneth A. Sudduth, USDA ARS, Columbia, MO (Kenneth A. Sudduth, Newell R. 

Kitchen, Sun-Ok Chung, Scott T. Drummond) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009817 Integrated On-the-Go Sensing of Physical Soil Properties 

Rajveer Dhillon, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE (Rajveer Dhillon, 

Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, Kyle H. Holland, and Roger M. Hoy) 

4:00PM 1008922 Precision Spray Robot for Trellis Plant Diseases Management in Greenhouse 

Changxing Geng, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Beijing (Changxing Geng, 

Junxiong Zhang, Zhengyong Cao, Wei Li) 

4:15PM 1008804 Evaluation of a Real-time Variable Rate Sprayer for Liner Application 

Hong Young Jeon, USDA ARS, Wooster, OH (Heping Zhu; Richard Derksen; Edal 

Ozkan; Charles Krause) 


SESSION 326 (PM-13) MACHINE VISION APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIALTY 

CROPS – Sponsored by PM-48, IET-312 

Moderator: Won Suk (Daniel) Lee, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 

LOCATION: 303 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008511 Development of a Machine Vision System for Infield Grading and Sorting of Apples 

Brian D. Young, Lakeville, OH (Akira Mizushima, Benjamin Bailey, Renfu Lu) 

2:50PM 1009202 3-D Range Imaging of Peach Braches for Selective Robotic Blossom Thinning 

Katrina G. Emery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (Katrina Emery, Yang 

Tao, Christopher Walsh) 

3:05PM 1009172 A Tree Counting and Caliper Measurement System for Open Field Nursery Using 

Image Processing 

Joe Mari Maja, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL (JM Maja, R. Ehsani, D. 

Sarasawat ,and Jim Robbins) 

3:20PM 1009637 Automated In-Orchard Imaging of Pecan Weevils for Insect Recognition 

Aaron J. Franzen, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (A. Franzen, P. 

Weckler, N. Wang) 


SESSION 327 (SW-10) HYDROLOGY, WATER QUALITY AND MANAGEMENT 

OF GROUNDWATER, FOREST, AND WETLAND – Sponsored 

by SW-23 

Moderator: Devendra Man Amatya, USDA Forest Service, SC 

LOCATION: 304 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008852 Modeling Agricultural Management Policy Implications on the Groundwater 

Levels in the Northern Texas High Plains 

Jairo E. Hernandez, USDA ARS, Bushland, TX (Jairo E. Hernandez, Prasanna H. 

Gowda, Lal K. Almas, Thomas H. Marek, Terry A. Howell, and Wonsook Ha) 

2:50PM 1009104 Effectiveness of Nitrate Reduction Efficiency in Differing Riparian Widths 

Tiffany L. Messer, North Carolina State University, Durham, NC (Tiffany L. Messer 

and Michael R. Burchell II) 

3:05PM 1009119 Groundwater nitrate reduction in a riparian buffer enrolled in NC Conservation 

Reserve Enhancement Program 

Jacob D. Wiseman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Jacob D. 

Wiseman and Michael R. Burchell II) 

3:20PM 1009480 A three-dimensional numerical groundwater model for simulating the hydraulic 

effects of climate change on groundwater in the Philippines 

Victor B. Ella, University of the Philippines Los Banos, Philippines (Victor B. Ella) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1008349 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation (BAER) 

Road Treatments 

Randy B. Foltz, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, ID (R.B. Foltz and N.S. 

Wagenbrenner) 

4:00PM 1009805 Hydraulic Efficiency and Treatment Performance of Constructed Wetland Basins 

Mark D. Wahl, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Mark Wahl, Larry Brown, Bin 

Dong, Alfred Soboyejo)



4:15PM 1009974 Quantification of Evapotranspiration from Isolated Wetland in the Lake 

Okeechobee Basin 

Wu Chin-Lung, Gainesville, FL (Chin-Lung Wu, Sanjay Shukla, James M. Knowles, 

Amy Swancar, Wendy D. Graham) 

4:30PM 1010000 Existing Potential Evapotransiration Models Do not Apply to Forests 

Ge Sun, USDA Forest Service Southern Global Change Program, Raleigh, NC (Ge 

Sun, Devendra Amatya) 


SESSION 328 (SW-22B) NUTRIENT TRANSPORT AND WATER QUALITY - 

PART 2 – Sponsored by SW-224 

Moderator: Bruce N. Wilson, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 

LOCATION: 305 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009209 Evaluation of Best Management Practices on Croplands and Pastures in North 

Central Texas 

Fouad H. Jaber, Texas A&M University, Dallas, TX (E. Guzik, P. Ampim, J. J. Sloan, 

R. I. Cabrera) 

2:50PM 1009251 Effect of Nonionic Surfactant Brij 35 on the Fate of Oxytetracycline Antibiotic in 

a Sandy Soil 

Eman M. ElSayed, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC Canada (E. ElSayed 

and S. O. Prasher, R. M.Patel) 

3:05PM 1009373 Transport of Hormones in Vadose Zone Soil after Land Application of Manure 

Simon J. Van Donk, University of Nebraska, North Platte, NE (S. van Donk, S. 

Bartlett-Hunt, S. Ensley, W. Kranz, T. Mader, C. Shapiro, D. Shelton, D. Snow, D. 

Tarkalson, and T. Zhang) 

3:20PM 

Break 

3:30PM 1008472 Nutrient Transport in Runoff Resulting from Variable Manure Application and 

the Use of Ethanol Byproducts 

John E. Gilley, USDA ARS, Lincoln, NE (John E. Gilley and Lisa M. Durso) 

3:45PM 1009861 Nutrient Loading Assessment and Associated Uncertainty in a Subtropical 

Reservoir Watershed 

Tzyy-Woei Chu, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (Tzyy-Woei Chu, Yen- 

Chang Chen, Yu-Chi Huang) 

4:00PM 1009812 Temporal Dynamics of Tillage Impacts on Herbicide Transport 

Elizabeth A. Pappas, USDA ARS, West Lafayette, IN (E.A Pappas) 


SESSION 329 (SW-32) MICRO IRRIGATION DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT – 


Moderator: Dana O. Porter, Texas A&M University, Lubbock, TX 

LOCATION: 306 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008764 Why Field Crop Growers Love Drip Irrigation: Alfalfa, Corn, Cotton, Onions, 

Potatoes and Processing Tomatoes 

Inge Bisconer, Toro Micro-Irrigation, El Cajon, CA (Inge Bisconer) 

2:50PM 1009298 Farmers Knowledge and Extent of Adoption Level on Drip Irrigation 

Management Practices in Karnataka, India - A Case Study 

Lakeshman Jayappa Pol, B.V.B. College of Engineering & Technology, Hubli, 

Karnataka India (Lakshman J. Pol Shashidhar K.C, Nagaraj M.K) 

3:05PM 1008651 Salinity control with drip irrigation 

Blaine R. Hanson, University of California Davis, Davis, CA (Don May) 

3:20PM 1009463 Microirrigation for Vegetable Crops in the Nile Delta: I. Water use, Crop yield, 

and Water Productivity 

Abdrabbo A. Shehata, Water Management Res Institute, Colby, KS (A. Aboukheira) 

3:35PM 1009464 Microirrigation for Vegetable Crops in the Nile Delta: II. Soil Water Status and 

Salinity 

Abdrabbo A. Shehata, Water Management Res Institute, Colby, KS (A Aboukheira) 

3:50PM 

Break 

4:00PM 1009253 Sub-Surface Drip Irrigation and Fertigation for Precision Management of Cotton 

Mark Dougherty, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (M. Dougherty, A. H. AbdelGadir, 

J. P. Fulton, C. H. Burmester, B.E. Norris, H. D. Harkins,) 

4:15PM 1010121 Optimizing Subsurface Drip Irrigation Design and Management in the Texas 

High Plains 

Vinicius Bufon, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (V. Bufon, R.J. Lascano, C. 

Bednarz, J. Booker) 

4:30PM 1009477 Improving the Water Distribution Uniformity of a Low-Cost Drip Irrigation 

System Using Adjustable Pressure-Loss Lateral Takeoff Valves 

Victor B. Ella, University of the Philippines Los Banos, Philippines (Victor B. Ella, 

Jack Keller, Manuel R. Reyes and Bob Yoder) 

4:45PM 1009396 Using TDR to Estimate Water Application Efficiency for Drip Irrigation Emitter 

Patterns on Banana 

Jarbas H. Miranda, ESALQ/USP, Piracicaba, SP Brazil (A. Jadavi Pereira da Silva, 

E. Ferreira Coelho, J. Honorio de Miranda, S. Ray Workman) 

5:00PM 1009891 Obstruction Evaluation of Drippers Due to the Application of Vinasse 


Rubens Duarte Coelho, Marconi Batista Teixeira e Jarbas Honorio de Miranda) 


SESSION 330 (SE-10) PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSION FACTORS AND 

ABATEMENT STRATEGIES – Sponsored by SE-305, SE-412, 

PM-23/7/3 

Moderator: Russell O. McGee, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 

LOCATION: 307 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008744 Comparison of Particular Matter Concentration Measurements in Animal 

Feeding Operation Environment: TEOM vs. Gravimetric Sampler 


Wang, Zifei Liu) 

2:50PM 1008749 The Environmental Cost of Reducing Agricultural PM2.5 Emissions 

Paul A. Funk, USDA ARS, Mesilla Park, NM (Paul Funk) 

3:05PM 1008989 Evaluation of EPA Approved FRM PM10 Sampler Performance through Wind 

Tunnel Testing 

Mary K. Thelen, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (M Thelen) 

3:20PM 1009283 Particulate emissions from fall tillage operations as determined via inverse 

modeling and lidar mass balance techniques 

Kori D. Moore, Space Dynamics Laboratory, Logan, UT (Kori Moore, Michael 

Wojcik, Randal Martin, Christian Marchant, Derek Jones, Jerry Hatfield, Richard 

Pfeiffer, John Prueger, William Bradford, Vladimir Zavyalov, Doug Ahlstrom, 

Tanner Jones, Phil Silva, Gail Bingham) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009287 Seasonal Variations of Particle Size Distribution of Particulate Matter at a 

Commercial Egg Production Facility 

Lingjuan Wang, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Lingjuan Wang, 

Zihan Cao, Qianfeng Li, Zifei Liu) 

4:00PM 1009425 PM10 Emission Rates from Beef Cattle Feedlots in Kansas 

Henry F. Bonifacio, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (H.F. Bonifacio, R.G. 

Maghirang, E.B. Razote) 

4:15PM 1009941 Measurement of Size Distribution and Concentration of Particulate Matter 

Emitted from a Commercial Cattle Feedlot in Kansas – Laser Diffraction 

Howell B. Gonzales, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (H. Gonzales, R.G. 

Maghirang, J. Wilson, L. Guo, E. Razote) 


SESSION 331 (SE-26) DESIGN, ASSEMBLY, AND TESTING OF 

STRUCTURES – Sponsored by SE-20 

Moderator: Volkan Kebeli, Global Industries Inc, Grand Island, NE 

LOCATION: 310 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009221 The Use of Fire Retardant Treated Wood in Agicultural and Industrial Buildings 

David G. Bueche, Hoover Treated Wood Products, Lakewood, CO (David G. 

Bueche) 

2:50PM 1009411 Friction Forces in Vertical Silos with Multiple Discharges 

Wallace B. Nascimento, Federal University de Campina Grande, CEP 58 105-606, 

Brazil (Valneide Rodrigues da Silva) 

3:05PM 1009410 Friction Forces in Vertical Silos with Eccentric Discharges 



3:20PM 

Break 

3:30PM 1008934 Development of a Collector for Plastic Film during Seedling Period 

Li Yang, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Haidian China (Li Yang, Dongxing 

Zhang, Shulin Hou,Fei Xu, Yunwen Zhang) 

3:45PM 1008935 Development of sharing grafting robot for cucurbits and tomato seedlings 

Li Yang, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Haidian China (Li Yang, Kailiang 

Zhang, TieZhong Zhang, Tianjuan Zhou) 


SESSION 332 (SE-5) INNOVATIVE ENERGY STRATEGIES AND 

INSTRUMENTATION IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS – 

Sponsored by SE-303, BE-4, BE-22, IET-318 

Moderator: Murat Kacira, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

LOCATION: 311 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009822 Improving HVAC Controls with Weather Forecast Integration 

Jeffrey M. Kellow, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Dr. Donald Colliver, 

Jeffrey Kellow, Benjamin Hobbs (Presenter Ben Hobbs)) 

2:50PM 1009159 Biomass heating system for greenhouses with exhaust gas utilisation for CO2 

enrichment 

Louis-Martin Dion, McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada (Dion, Louis-Martin; 

Lefsrud, Mark) 

3:05PM 1009388 Developing a control strategy for greenhouse natural ventilation equipped with 

variable pressure fogging: evapotranspiration models and simulated 

comparison of fixed vs. variable pressure fog cooling 

Federico Villarreal Guerrero, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Murat Kacira, Efren 

Fitz Rodriguez) 

3:20PM 1009436 Dynamic response and environmental uniformity of a naturally ventilated 

greenhouse cooled with variable-pressure fogging systems 

Efren Fitz-Rodriguez, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Efrén Fitz-Rodríguez, 

Murat Kacira, Federico Villarreal-Guerrero) 

3:35PM 1009827 Updating Energy Audit Practises in Greenhouses and Nurseries 

Thomas O. Manning, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (T.O. Manning & A.J. 

Both) 

3:50PM 

Break 

4:00PM 1009961 Comparison of a dynamic model and neural network model for predicting the 

environment of a naturally ventilated and fog-cooled greenhouse 

Efren Fitz-Rodriguez, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Efrén Fitz-Rodríguez, 

Murat Kacira, Federico Villarreal-Guerrero) 

4:15PM 1008835 Energy Analysis of a Solar Heater Low Cost 

Daniel R. Carvalho, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Vicosa, MG Brazil (R.A.A. 

Ruas, E.A. Magalhaes, A.F. Lacerda Filho, J. Souza Silva, D.R. Carvalho)



4:30PM 1008970 Design of Greenhouse Operating System to Integrate Environmental Control and 

Energy Consumption Monitoring 

Seunghwan Yang, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (S. Yang, C. Lee, 

J. Kim, W. Lee, A. A. Ashtiani, J. Rhee) 

4:45PM 1010042 Evaluation of Intelligent Greenhouse Climate Control System, Based Fuzzy 

Logic in Relation to Conventional Systems 

Ahmad Tabatabaeifar, University of California, Davis, CA ZZ (P. Javadikia, A. 

Tabatabaeifar, M. Fathi, M. Omid, R. Alimardani) 


SESSION 333 PRECISION LIVESTOCK FARMING: DEFINING, 

RESEARCHING, IMPLEMENTING – Sponsored by SE-20 

Moderator: Angela R. Green, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 

LOCATION: 315 

Time 

2:30PM 

Introduction 


SESSION 334 (FPE-28B) BIOMASS CATALYTIC AND THERMOCHEMICAL 

CONVERSION - PART 2 – Sponsored by FPE-709, BE-28 


Brookings, SD 

LOCATION: 316 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009460 Effect of hydrothermal pretreatment on the thermochemical conversion of paper 

mill sludge into fuels and chemicals 

Umakanta Jena, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (Umakanta Jena, K. C. Das) 

2:50PM 1009782 Separation of H2, CH4 and CO, Produced from Thermo-Chemical Pyrolytic 

Process on 2 decoupled Metal Impregnated Zeolite Adsorbent Beds by Pressure 

Swing Adsorption 

Eliasu Teiseh, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (E. Teiseh, S. Capareda) 

3:05PM 1009877 Development of Computer Control System for the Pilot Scale Fluidized Bed 

Biomass Gasification System 

Amado L. Maglinao, Jr, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Amado L. 

Maglinao Jr., Sergio C.Capareda) 

3:20PM 1009579 The Effect of Air-Steam Injection on Performance of Laboratory-Scale Fluidized 

Bed Biomass Gasifier 


M. Sharma, Ajay Kumar, Raymond L. Huhnke) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009780 Optimizing Hydrogen and Methane Production from Industrial Sludge by 

Thermo-Chemical Means 

Eliasu Teiseh, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (E. Teiseh, S. Capareda) 

4:00PM 1009696 Cracking of Tars over Olivine-nickel Catalysts Synthesized by Electrochemical 

Deposition 

Veronica Mbaneme, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Veronica 

Mbaneme and Praveen Kolar) 

4:15PM 1009863 Catalytic Cracking of Tar Using Biochar as a Catalyst 

Sudhagar Mani, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (A. Juneja, S. Mani, J. Kastner 

(Presenter Ankita Juneja)) 

4:30PM 1009881 Corn Stover Pyrolysis Using a High-Pressure/High-Temperature Reactor: 

Evaluation of Product Yields and Conversion Efficiencies 

Jewel A. Capunitan, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Jewel A. 

Capunitan and Sergio C. Capareda) 

4:45PM 1008861 Tar Removal Performance of Nickel/Alumina Catalyst in a Downdraft Biomass 

Gasifier 

Duo Wang, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (D. Wang) 


SESSION 335 (FPE-1) ADVANCES IN BIOCOMPOSITES AND BIOPRODUCTS 

– Sponsored by FPE-701 

Moderator: Lope G. Tabil, Jr, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada 

LOCATION: 317 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008841 Biodegradation and Mechanical Properties of Starch-Polyvinyl Alcohol Films 

Madhusweta Das, Indian Institute of Tech, Kharagpur, India (M. Das, S.R. Kumar) 

2:50PM 1010123 Sorption Isotherms of Natural and Chemically Modified Biofiber 

Lope G. Tabil, Jr, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada (M. 

Soleimani, L. Tabil, S. Panigrahi) 

3:05PM 1008674 Effects of plastic composite support and pH profile on pullulan production using 

repeated-batch fermentation 



3:20PM 1008697 Studies on sphere-like bacterial cellulose produced by Acetobacter xylinum 

under agitated culture 

Yang Hu, Penn State University, University Park, PA (Yang Hu, Jeffrey M. 

Catchmark) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1008696 Incorporation of Cellulase Enzymes into Bacterial Cellulose for Controlled 

Degradation in Wound Care Applications 

Yang Hu, Penn State University, University Park, PA (Yang Hu, Jeffrey M. 

Catchmark) 

4:00PM 1009531 Comparison of cellulose and biomass yield of two different Acetobacter xylinum 

strains using both glucose and galactose as a carbon source 

Lin Fang, Penn State University, University Park, PA (Lin Fang and Jeffrey M. 

Catchmark) 

4:15PM 1010097 A Kinetic Study of Extraction and Decomposition of Hemicellulosic 

Monosaccharides from Biomass 

Majid Soleimani, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada (M 

Soleimani, L. Tabil, S. Panigrahi) 


SESSION 336 (FPE-26) SCALE-UP AND PROCESSING OF ALGAE FOR 

BIOFUELS – Sponsored by FPE-709 


Brookings, SD 

LOCATION: 318 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008555 Commercilizing innovative technology for widspread utilization in the Algae 

industry 

Bryan Yeh, SAIC, Oakland, CA (Bryan Yeh) 

2:50PM 1009139 Interaction Effects between Algae Cells and Solid Carriers 

Yan Cui, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Yan Cui, Wenqiao Yuan, ZJ Pei) 

3:05PM 1009160 Production and Harvesting of Scenedesmus Dimorphous Algae in a Novel Deep 

Open Pond Design 

Kyle B. Sander, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Kyle Sander and Dr. Ganti 

Murthy) 

3:20PM 1009261 Scale-up Feasibility of Algal Biomass Propagation in Temperate Conditions 

Liam Brennan, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (Liam Brennan and Philip 

Owende) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009359 Toward On-line Measurement of Algal Properties 

J. Alex Thomasson, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (J. A. Thomasson, 

R. Sui) 

4:00PM 1009942 Pyrolysis or Hydrothermal liquefaction: which process is the better choice for 

production of biooil from microalgae 

Umakanta Jena, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (Umakanta Jena, K. C. Das) 


SESSION 337 (FPE-12) ENGINEERING FOR FUNCTIONAL FOODS AND 

NUTRACEUTICALS – Sponsored by FPE-703 

Moderator: Lamin S. Kassama, University of Wisconsin, Menimonie, WI 

LOCATION: 319 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008631 Microencapsulation of Omega-3 Rich Lipids for Inclusion in Dairy Products 

Lucas Z. Pinckney, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Pinckney, L.; Mallikarjunan, P. 

K., and Duncan, S.E.) 

2:50PM 1009131 Fed batch two-stage culture of Aurantiochytrium limacinum SR21 for DHA 

production 

Zhayou Chi, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (Z. Chi) 

3:05PM 1008896 Reduction of Water Consumption and Pollution in the Nixtamalization 

Production Process 

Jayne Piepenburg, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Kyle Probst, Jayne 

Piepenburg, Lindsay Birt, Majdi Abou Najm, Yan Chen, Maya Zawadsky-Weist and 

Martin Okos) 

3:20PM 1008635 Effects of Frying Conditions on the Quality of Breaded Vegetables 

Nihat Yavuz, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Yavuz, N. and Mallikarjunan, P.K.) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1008520 Nondestructive Moisture Content Determination of Valencia Peanuts by NIR 

Reflectance Spectroscopic Method 

Venkatkrishna Chari Kandala, USDA ARS, Dawson, GA (Chari V. Kandala, Jaya 

Sundaram) 

4:00PM 1008537 Fruit Size Effect on Predicting Soluble Solids Content of Pears by Vis/NIR 

Spectroscopy 

Tong Sun, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ZheJiang China (Tong Sun, Jingjin 

Zhang, Yibin Ying) 

4:15PM 1008372 The template Image Structured in Foreign Objects Identification in Shielded 

Packaged Food by Wavelet 


(Zhao Maocheng, Ju Ronghua, Chenzuo, Wang Xiwei) 

4:30PM 1010125 Development of Ultrasonic Transducer for Non Contact Measurement of Fruit 

Firmness 

Ki-Bok Kim, Korea Research Inst of Standards & Sci, Daejeon, South Korea (T. 

Ha, K.-B. Kim, S. Lee, J.W. Lee, J. Tan) 


SESSION 338 (FPE-19) ETHANOL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH – Sponsored 

by FPE-709 


Brookings, SD 

LOCATION: 320 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008908 Comparative Study of Ethanol Production from Corn, Sweet Sorghum and 

Switchgrass in Missouri 

Roland A. Holou, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (Roland Holou and Gene 

Stevens) 

2:50PM 1008872 Comparison of Different Pretreatment Methods on Cellulosic Conversion of 

Photoperiod Sensitive Sorghum 

Feng Xu, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Feng Xu, Scott Staggernborg, 

Yong-Cheng Shi, and Donghai Wang)



3:05PM 1008976 Synergetic Production of Ethanol and Acetic Acid from Lignocellulosic Biomass 

Zhenglin Luo, Greensboro, NC (Zhenglin Luo, Lijun Wang, Abolghasem Shahbazi 

and Michele Mims) 

3:20PM 1009103 Critical analysis of trickle-bed reactor used in syngas fermentation for 

biological alcohol production by Clostridium strain P11 

Mamatha Devarapalli, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Mamatha 

Devarapalli, Hasan K. Atiyeh, Randy S. Lewis and Raymond L. Huhnke) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1009127 Scale-up of Solventogenic Clostridium Stain P11 Fermentation in a Pilot Scale 

Fermentor 

Dimple K. Kundiyana, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Dimple K. 

Kundiyana, Mark R. Wilkins, Raymond L. Huhnke) 

4:00PM 1009693 Ethanol Fermentation from Sweet Sorghum 

Tahmina Imam, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX (Tahmina Imam, Sergio 

Capareda) 

4:15PM 1009548 Evaluation of Corn Steep Liquor as an Inexpensive Nutrient for Ethanol 

Production from Syngas using Clostridium Strain P11 

Hasan K. Atiyeh, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Prasanth B. Maddipati, 

Hasan K. Atiyeh and Raymond L. Huhnke) 

4:30PM 1009843 Heat Shocking of Clostridium Strain P11 to Promote Sporulation and Ethanol 

Production 

Karthikeyan D. Ramachandriya, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 

(Kathikeyan Ramachandriya and Mark R. Wilkins) 


SESSION 339 (BE-19B) BIOPROCESSING FOR VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS - 

PART 2 

Moderator: Ganti S. Murthy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 

LOCATION: 323 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1009791 Algal Cultivation on Anaerobic Digested Animal Wastes for Nutrient Removal 

and Biofuel Production 

Rui (Ray) Chen, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (Rui Chen, Lauren 

Deitz, Yan (Susie) Liu, Wei Liao and Jan Stevenson) 

2:50PM 1009276 Application of Response Surface Methodology for Optimization of Protein 

Extraction from Chlorella sorokiniana 

Changchun Hao, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (Changchun Hao; 

Zhihuai Mao; Shulin Chen; Dong Li, Tao Dong, Chao Miao) 

3:05PM 1009191 The Effect of Growth Time and Media Composition on Enzymatic Production of 

Biodiesel Using R.oryzae Whole-Cell Biocatalysts. 

Sneha K. Athalye, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Sneha Athalye, 

Ratna Sharma-Shivappa, Steven Peretti) 

3:20PM 1009451 Production of Docosohexanoic Acid by Schizochytrium limacinum Using a 

Continuous Culture 

Shannon E. Ethier, Virginia Tech, Yorktown, VA (Shannon Ethier and Zhiyou Wen) 

3:35PM 1008886 Production of Monoclonal Antibodies Under cGMP in Nicotiana benthamiana 

Qiang Chen, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Qiang Chen, Huafang Lai) 


SESSION 340 (BE-12) WETLANDS ENGINEERING AND RESTORATION – 

Sponsored by BE-22, SW-21, SW-22, SW-23, SW-26 

Moderator: Michael R. Burchell, II, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 

LOCATION: 324 


2:30PM 

Introduction 

2:35PM 1008710 An Evaluation of Stormwater Wetlands in Series 



2:50PM 1008333 From Cattle to Cattails - Transforming Seagoville Ranch into NTMWD’s East 

Fork Constructed Wetland 

Timothy J. Noack, PE, Alan Plummer & Associates, Inc, Flower Mound, TX (T.J. 

Noack) 

3:05PM 1008547 Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Biodegradation of Chlorpyrifos in 

Riparian Wetlands in Agricultural Watersheds 

William T. Stringfellow, University of Pacific, Stockton, CA (Ekrem Karpuzcu, 

Jeremy Hanlon, David Sedlak, and William Stringfellow) 

3:20PM 1008735 Correlation of Stream Water Surface with Floodplain Groundwater Level 

Richard A. Weber, USDA NRCS, Crowley, TX (Richard A. Weber) 

3:35PM 

Break 

3:45PM 1008766 Global Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of a Coastal Habitat Model 

Librada Chu Agor, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Chu-Agor, M.L., A. 

Emanuelsson, R. Muñoz-Carpena, G. Kiker) 

4:00PM 1008670 Coastal Restoration via Bioengineered Oyster Dominated Reefs: Carbon 

Sequestration Implications 

Steven G. Hall, P.E., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Steven G. Hall, 

Daniel Dehon, William Shockey, Brian Thompson) 

4:15PM 1009129 Six Years of Lessons Learned about Restoration of Multiple Wetland 

Communities in eastern NC 

Michael R. Burchell, II, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (M. R. 

Burchell, R. O. Evans, K. L. Bass, S. W. Broome, R. Jarzemsky, E. Corbin, J. . 

Etheridge, J. A. Lindgren) 


SESSION 341 A PRIMER TO FUNDING FROM NIH (NATIONAL INSTITUTE 

OF HEALTH) – Sponsored by ED-210 - INVITED 

PRESENTATIONS 

Moderator: Mary Leigh Wolfe, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 

LOCATION: 325 

Time 

Title/Authors 

2:30PM 

Introduction 



session will include NIH program managers (invited) and biological engineers who 

have NIH funding, followed by a panel discussion. The goal is to provide helpful 

information for those seeking funding and to facilitate collaborative efforts. 

Make plans to attend: 

TMDL 2010: Watershed 

Management to Improve 

Water Quality 

November 14-17, 2010 

Baltimore, Maryland 

http://www.asabe.org/meetings/tmdl2010/index.htm 

quilt raffle 

Hand-made, unique, 

one-of-a kind 

t-shirt quilt – each 

stitch is filled with 

memories from ASABE. 

Raffle tickets are just 

$10 each or 3 for $25. 

Drawing in Silent 

Auction area at 3:00PM 

Wednesday, June 23.

Preprofessional Community 

SATURDAY 

PREPROFESSIONAL SOCIAL 

Saturday, June 19 – 8:00PM-9:00PM 

Location: 306 

All Preprofessionals are invited to attend a mixer-reception to start off the 

convention in Pittsburgh. A time for networking and reconnecting will follow a 

brief introduction hosted by the International Preprofessional Community. 

Come learn about the different events the preprofessional community hosts 

and learn some tips on how to get the most out of the meeting: from technical 

sessions to night life. 

T3 

YPC SOCIAL OUTING – 

SIGHTSEEING CLIPPER CRUISE AND DINNER 


Location: Meet in East Lobby of Convention Center 

NOTE: The walk to the Clipper Cruise is about 1 mile through the city and 

across the river. Taxi’s will post at this location for you to share a ride at your 

own expense for those not wishing to walk. 

Spend Saturday evening with fellow young professionals in ASABE! Join us 

outside the East Lobby of the Convention Center at 3:15PM. We will arrange to 

have several taxis available at this location for you to share the ride across the 

river to Station Square. At Station Square, we’ll catch a Sightseeing Clipper 

Cruise at 4:00PM (boards at 3:50PM), taking in the views of Pittsburgh from 

the water. The captain will point out distinctive sites and provide a narration of 

Pittsburgh’s history and what is hapenneing currently. After the boat docks at 

5:00PM, we’ll find dinner at a restaurant nearby. Station Square is a charming 

riverfront restoration of the former Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad 

Headquarters and is now a popular complex housing an array of specialty 

shops, boutiques and eateries. The outing is open to everyone - Senior Actives, 

Student Members, International Preprofessional Council members - come join 

us if you can! Preregister and save about a dollar off the dockside price. 

COST: $14.00 plus taxi and dinner on own. 

SUNDAY 

OPEN CHAPEL 

Sunday, June 20 – 8:00AM-9:00AM 

Location: 321 

All Preprofessionals and Professionals are invited to attend Open Chapel. Dr. 

Joe Glass of California Polytechnic State University will preside over the 

service. 

FOUNTAIN WARS PRESENTATION JUDGING 


Location: 310 

Are you interested in the preparation and creative behind the scenes efforts of 

the different Fountain Wars teams Come listen to the oral presentation phase 

of the competition and get a heads up on what is going to be displayed at the 

building-testing phase on Monday. 

PREPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR 


Location: 321 

INTERNATIONAL PREPROFESSIONAL 



Location: 321 

This is the main event of the International Preprofessional Community at AIM 

2010. The current IPC officers will share the year’s progress and then hold roll. 

Also on the agenda is a parliamentary procedure refresher and elections for the 

2010-2011 IPC officers. Come represent your school and preprofessional 

chapter! All students are highly encouraged to come to this function 

UNDERGRADUATE POSTER COMPETITION 



This undergraduate poster competition encourages Preprofessional ASABE 

members to interact with industry, faculty, and fellow students by giving a 

technical poster presentation on an engineering project useful to agriculture 

and related areas. Feel free to come browse the posters, engage the students in 

dialogue about their experiences, or listen to their brief research-poster 

summary. Winners of this competition will receive cash awards of $500, $300, 

and $200 for first, second and third places respectively. Registration ends May 

12, 2010, for more information contact Mary Thelen at the11@tamu.edu 








reservations. 

YPC ALL IN GOOD FUN CONTEST 

Sunday, June 20, Monday, June 21 

Location: YPC booth – Exhibit Hall 

This contest is a fun way to support the Young Professionals Community while 

providing laughs for all. This event is used as an icebreaker during the Fountain 

Wars Event. To support your favorite contestant stop by the YPC booth. 

INDUSTRY STUDENT EXCHANGE PANEL 


Location: 321 

Don’t miss out on an opportunity to build professional contacts in a relaxed 

atmosphere, while learning about what challenges others in your field have 

dealth with during their careers. Professionals and students will break into 

small group discussions based on their areas of expertise, study, or interest. 

Discussion topics will include Power Machinery, Structures and Environment, 

Soil and Water, Biofuels and Bioenergy, and more. Professionals will come from 

industry positions, government agencies, and academic environments and will 

have a variety of life experiences to share with students. So, come out and take 

advantage of this great opportunity to network and learn some “tricks of the 

trade” for success in your future career!


MONDAY 



Location: 333 











Location: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom – 3rd Floor 




producer. 

AEM STUDENT AWARDS LUNCH 


Location: 403/404/405 

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is once again pleased to 

invite all of the ASABE student members to attend the 73rd Annual AEM 

Student Awards Luncheon. This event is a wonderful time to learn more about 

the professional side of the world as you dine. Luncheon reservations will be 

confirmed at the Preprofessional Business Meeting. Student Branch Advisors 

and AEM company members are also encouraged to attend. AEM company 

members are asked to contact AEM directly if they wish to attend the 

luncheon. 

AGCO NATIONAL STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION 


Location: 333 

The top three entries for the student design competition have been invited to 

this oral competition. Listen to these outstanding engineering design project 

presentations. Winners will be recognized at the Awards Recognition Luncheon 

on Wednesday. 

GUNLOGSON ENVIRONMENTAL 



Location: 333 

The top three entries for the environmental design competition have been 

invited to this oral competition. 

K.K. BARNES STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION 


Location: 333 

Invitations will be extended to the top three entries in the student paper 

competition. You can hear the authors of outstanding papers make their 

presentations. Come support the students from your school who may be 

participating. Winners will be recognized at the Awards Recognition Luncheon 

on Wednesday. 

FOUNTAIN WARS COMPETITION 


Location: Grassy Knoll outside David L. Lawrence Convention 

Center 

Team Check-In 

2:00PM-2:30PM 

Construction of Fountains 2:30PM-4:30PM 



4:30PM-5:00PM 


In Fountain 

5:00PM-5:30PM 

Competition 

5:30PM-7:30PM 

Fountain Wars is a competition aimed at students in their sophomore and 

junior years of study. It provides students with hands on experience in 

engineering design and most importantly the students have a great time. 

Teams are given an hour and a half to build a fountain that completes two 

technical tasks and provides an aesthetic display. 

BOYD-SCOTT GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD 


Location: 333 

The Graduate Student Research Award (GSRA) Competition sets out to 

recognize excellence in the conduct and presentation of agricultural and 

biological engineering research carried out by graduate student members. The 

competition is held in two parts: a written competition and an oral 

presentation competition for the top three finalists in the M.S. and Ph.D. 

categories, which is held at the ASABE Annual International Meeting. 

TUESDAY 



Location: 302 






ASABE AWARDS LUNCHEON 


12:30PM-2:00PM 

Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom


ASABE ROBOTICS STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION 



Presentations 10:00AM-12:00PM 


The ASABE Student Robotic Design Competition is a place where University 

student teams create robotic solutions for a Challenge with an Agricultural 

‘flavor.’ Past challenges include communicating Multiple Robot Systems 

mimicking a corn harvesting operation, harvesting trees in a forest, and in 

2010, the challenge is to measure the heights of trees in the same forest. The 

teams are judged based on performance, design and presentation. The website 

for the robotics competition is: http://abe-research.illinois.edu/ASABE 

Robotics/index.html. 




The Career Fair is just one of the many highlights of the ASABE Annual 

International Meeting. It is an outstanding networking opportunity that allows 

interested individuals to connect with Fortune 500 companies, agricultural and 

bio-based businesses, bio-research companies and major land grant universities 

looking for qualified candidates. 

The ASABE Career Fair provides an opportunity for employes and potential 

employees to come together informally and share information. Academia will 

also be represented with opportunities at the masters and doctoral level. 

Employers register their job positions at the membership desk and receive an 

interview table number. These openings are posted with the table numbers 

located near the ASABE registration desk for review. Prospective employees are 

invited to seek out employers of interest and exchange information. 

There is no addition fee for participating in the Career Fair. A minimum of oneday 

registration is required. 

ASABE BUSINESS MEETING 

Tuesday, June 22 - 12:30PM-2:00PM 

Location: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom – 3rd Floor 

President Ron Yoder and President-Elect Ronald McAllister will preside over 

the society’s update and business meeting. 

WEDNESDAY 

E#14 


Wednesday, June 23 12:30PM-2:00PM 






Additional tickets $40.00 



7:00AM-8:00AM 

Room 333 

Don’t miss this informal session hosted by the Young 

Professional Community to introduce new and old members 

alike to the many opportunities available in ASABE. 

DON’T MISS THE EXCITEMENT! 

2010 FOUNTAIN 

WARS COMPETITION 


Come join the fun in the grassy knoll just outside the 

David L. Lawrence Convention Center. 

Team Check-In 

Construction of Fountains 




in Fountain 

Competition 

2:00PM-2:30PM 

2:30PM-4:30PM 

4:30PM-5:00PM 

5:00PM-5:30PM 

5:30PM-7:30PM

Young Professional Community 

Saturday 

T3 





















COST: $14.00 plus taxi and dinner on own 

SUNDAY 

E#3 

YPC FUN RUN 

Sunday, June 20 – 8:00AM 

Location: Meet at main registration desk 

The Young Professional Committee is proud to sponsor the fifth annual YPC 

Fun Run, a 5K run/walk, at the 2010 Annual International Meeting in 

Pittsburgh, PA, on Sunday June 20. The Fun Run will be held on the Station 

Square Trail on the south bank of the Monongohela River. For an overview of 

the trail, please see the map at www.friendsoftheriverfront.org/map; detailed 

maps will be provided to all runners. A group will depart to the start of the run 

at 7:20AM from the Convention Center, crossing the Smithfield St. bridge 

enroute. For additional details contact bkgelder@iastate.edu. Proceeds will help 

support future YPC events focused on young member retention. Show your 

support for the YPC while staying active! 

COST: $20.00 (includes t-shirt and refreshments). 








reservations. 



Location: YPC booth 




E#4 

WOMEN IN ASABE 


Location: Grassy Knoll – David L. Lawrence Convention Center 

The Women in ASABE social is an informal event open to all ASABE members. 

This event provides a unique opportunity to meet, socialize and network with 

women members from across ASABE. 

COST: $55.00; (E#4a) $20.00 for students 

MONDAY 


Monday, June 21 – 7:00am-8:00am 

Location: 333 











Location: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom 




producer. 

YOUR ROLE IN ASABE COMMITTEES 


Location: 335 

ASABE Staff and leadership will explain how to effectively participate in ASABE 

Committees, demonstrate the tools available for committee use, and answer 

questions from participants. 




4:30PM-6:00PM

Young Professional Community 

TUESDAY 



Location: 302 






YOUNG PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY 



Location: 328 

The Young Professional Community annual business meeting is open to all YPC 

members. If you have a bachelor’s degree and are under the age of 35, you’re a 

member! Please come to discuss YPC activities, strategic goals, and meet your 

fellow YP’ers. 

WEDNESDAY 

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FOUNDATION BENEFIT DINNER 

AND ENTERTAINMENT 

Tuesday, June 22 - 8pm 

(following the Fellows Ceremony) 

OMNI William Penn Hotel 

Enjoy a delicious dinner at the elegant OMNI 

Willima Penn Hotel and then sit back and enjoy the 

talented Re-Creation. 

Re-Creation’s 35th edition presents “LOVE” – a 

grand celebration highlighting the most popular 

movie songs of all time! And every show includes 

rousing Patriotic music … in 

honor of America's hospitalized 

veterans and troops! These 

young, talented, performers will 

keep you captivated! 

Don’t miss this magical 

program that transforms the 

stage into a wondrous 

showplace of unforgettable 

entertainment! Colorful, flashing 

costumes ... state-of-the art 

sound reinforcement ... professional, stylized 

choreography. Take time out from the busy meeting 

for this memorable event – what a great way to 

support the ASABE Foundation! 

Sign up today for the 

5th Annual 

Fun Run/Walk! 


8AM 

Sponsored by the YPC

Spouse/Guest Program 

The lounge is a great place to relax and enjoy a cold glass of lemonade. This lounge will also be the 

Spouse/Guest information center. Please find updates on events here. Coffee and tea will be served in 

the morning and cold drinks in the afternoon. The lounge will be open from 8:00AM-5:00PM Monday, 

Tuesday, and Wednesday. The lounge is located in Alcove C on the 2nd floor near the exhibit hall. 

SATURDAY 

T3 

YPC SOCIAL OUTING – SIGHTSEEING CLIPPER 

CRUISE AND DINNER 




















SUNDAY 

ASABE FOUNDATION SILENT AUCTION 

Sunday, June 20 through 

Wednesday, June 23rd – 8:00AM-5:00PM 

Location: Exhibit Hall C – 2nd Floor Exhibit Hall 

A highlight of the ASABE Annual International Meeting will once again be held 

in the convention center. Items will be available to bid on from all over the 

world. Universities provide items representing their schools; ASABE Sections 

donate baskets brimming with goodies reflecting their part of the country. 

Many individuals contribute artwork, hand made gifts, books, electronic 

equipment and much more. To donate, please visit www.asabe.org and click on 

Foundation. The ASABE Foundation Silent Auction will be opened for bidding 

beginning at 10:00AM on Sunday, June 20 and daily 8:00AM-5:00PM through 

Wednesday, June 23. Bidding ends at 3:00PM on Wednesday. 

PITTSBURGH CITY TOUR 

Sunday, June 20 – 1:30PM – 4:30PM 

Tour departs from the Convention Center. Pittsburgh's story comes alive on 

this specially designed, narrated tour of one of America's most livable cities. 

Interesting stories about prominent Pittsburghers, both past and present, 

punctuate the narration related to historical landmarks, corporate 

headquarters, fascinating architecture, and important events. Step aboard your 

coach at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and the Pittsburgh welcome 

begins. A visit to the Nationality Classrooms is like a mini-tour of 23 nations in 

a time-warp that transports you from 5th century B.C. Greece, through 1st 

century Israel, 6th century Ireland, 15th century Italy, to 18th century Poland. 

Original and recreated furnishings combine with carved stone, stained glass, 

sculptured and inlaid wood to provide unforgettable glimpses of the European, 

Scandinavian, Middle Eastern, African, and Asian cultures that have influenced 

Pittsburgh. The tour winds through the Golden Triangle focusing on significant 

developments and statuesque buildings within this compact and defined area. 

PPG has been voted the nation's most interesting new building by 

contemporary architects. The 40-story tower and five satellite buildings are 

sheathed in reflective glass with 231 spires. Nearby are One Oxford Center, 

Liberty Center, CNG Tower and Fifth Avenue Place. The tour concludes atop 

Mt. Washington where the spectacular view of the whole Pittsburgh scene 

unfolds – a view that prompted Frank Lloyd Wright to call this the world’s most 

beautiful setting for a city. Guests may descend Mt. Washington in the 

Duquesne Incline, a veritable museum on wheels. 

COST: $40.00 all inclusive. 








reservations. 






Wars Event. To support your favorite contestant stop by the YPC booth.

Spouse/Guest Program 

MONDAY 




Location: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom 




producer. 

E#7 

SPOUSE/GUEST BRUNCH 


Location: Grand Concourse Restaurant in Station Square. 

Bus will depart from the Convention Center. Meet 15 minutes 

prior to departure. 

Station Square is the charming riverfront restoration of the former Pittsburgh 

and Lake Erie Railroad Headquarters and now a popular complex hosting an 

array of specialty shops, boutiques and eateries. A delightful brunch will be 

planned in the Edwardian splendor of the Grand Concourse, P. & L. E.’s turn-ofthe-century 

terminal. This brunch will feature fresh fruit, cold cereal with 

milk, scrambled eggs, cinnamon raisin French toast, bacon strips and sausage 

links, home fried potatoes, a selection of breakfast pastries, butter and 

preserves, fruit juice and fresh brewed coffee and tea. The price also includes 

one drink per person which would be a Bloody Mary or Mimosa. 

The room we will be in is the picture above on the right. This room overlooks 

the river and the city sky line. Guests can browse the shops and boutiques 

following brunch if desired. 

Includes motor coach transportation, driver gratuity, brunch with one drink, all 

taxes and gratuities, and all arrangements and coordination. 

COST: Included in Spouse/Guest Registration, additional tickets are $49.75. 

FALLINGWATER TOUR 

Monday June 21, 2010 – 12:30PM-6:00PM 

Drive through the magnificent mountain scenery of the Laurel Highlands in a 

privately chartered coach to Fallingwater, famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s 

most widely acclaimed work. Over a million people from every corner of the 

earth have come to see this masterpiece, built as a summer home for the Edgar 

Kaufmann family, prominent Pittsburgh merchants. Dramatic cantilevered 

terraces soar over a cascading waterfall. The living room hearth embodies an 

immense boulder in the setting nature created. Completed in 1939 with guest 

wing and servants quarters, it is as fresh today as when it was built. This 

breathtaking house was judged by the American Institute of Architects in 1986 

to be the nation’s most successful example of architectural design. It is 

described as the clearest expression of Wright’s ideal...that man can live in 

harmony with nature. 

COST: $59.00 all inclusive. Tour departs from the Convention Center. Lunch is 

not included so please plan accordingly. If you would like a boxed lunch, please 

indicate that when you register. 

ALL TOURS – Meet 15 minutes 


TUESDAY 



Location: Urban Omni Hotel 


the 2010 ASABE Fellows – the mst distinguished honor given to ASABE 


E#13 

2010 ASABE BENEFIT CELEBRATION DINNER 


Location: Grand Ballroom, Omni Hotel 

Following the Fellows Ceremony, please join us for dinner. 

COST: $100.00 

WEDNESDAY 

E#14 







COST: Included with Full Meeting Registration and Spouse/Guest Registration, 


quilt raffle 

Hand-made, unique, one-of-a 

kind t-shirt quilt – each stitch 

is filled with memories from 

ASABE. 

Raffle tickets are just 

$10 each or 3 for $25. 

Drawing in Silent Auction area at 3:00PM on 

Wednesday, June 23.

Socials & Hosted Receptions 

SATURDAY 

PREPROFESSIONAL SOCIAL 


Location: 306 

All Preprofessionals are invited to attend a mixer-reception to start off the 

convention in Pittsburgh. A time for networking and reconnecting will follow a 

brief introduction hosted by the International Preprofessional Community. 

Come learn about the different events the preprofessional community hosts 

and learn some tips on how to get the most out of the meeting: from technical 

sessions to night life. 

T3 






















SUNDAY 

E#2 

4TH ANNUAL GALE A HOLLOWAY 

MEMORIAL GOLF OUTING 


Location: Grand View Golf Club 

Challenge your friends, colleagues and fellow students to a friendly 18 holes of 

golf at the ASABE Annual International Meeting in Pittsburgh. Grand View 

Golf Club is a unique and challenging layout of 18 superbly designed golf holes 

that will test the skills of the accomplished golfer, while providing the novice 

golfer a pleasant, fun day on the links. 

Our objectives are to have fun … and to raise money for ASABE. Any team can 

win! The format will be Best Ball (Captain’s Choice). Amendments will be 

available (at a small price, of course) to improve your score. They include 

Mulligans, red tees, and string (red tees and string not available to previous 

year’s winning team). Want to putt but not drive Each team can have one 

member ho putts in regular turn, but assigns his/her drives and fairway shots 

to other team members on a rotating basis. 

COST: $100.00 per person (portion tax deductible) and the price includes 

18 holes, cart, lunch, trophies, and prizes. 

Proceeds from the Foundation activities benefit ASABE members and the 

profession through a variety of activities, including: Standards development, 

professional recognition, scholarships, electronic publishing, industry outreach, 

student competitions, and more. 

E#3 

YPC FUN RUN 

Sunday, June 20 – 8:00AM 

Location: Meet at main registration desk 

The Young Professional Committee is proud to sponsor the fifth annual YPC 

Fun Run, a 5K run/walk, at the 2010 Annual International Meeting in 

Pittsburgh, PA, on Sunday June 20. The Fun Run will be held on the Station 

Square Trail on the south bank of the Monongohela River. For an overview of 

the trail, please see the map at www.friendsoftheriverfront.org/map; detailed 

maps will be provided to all runners. A group will depart to the start of the run 

at 7:20AM from the Convention Center, crossing the Smithfield St. bridge 

enroute. For additional details contact bkgelder@iastate.edu. Proceeds will help 

support future YPC events focused on young member retention. Show your 

support for the YPC while staying active! 

COST: $20.00 (includes t-shirt and refreshments). 

Silent auction 

Sunday, June 20 - Wednesday, June 23 

Bidding ends at 3 

p.m. on Wednesday 

Located in the 

Exhibit Hall. 










qualified candidates.


ASABE FOUNDATION SILENT AUCTION 

Sunday, June 20 through 


Location: Exhibit Hall 

A highlight of the ASABE Annual International Meeting will once again be held 

in the convention center. Items will be available to bid on from all over the 

world. Universities provide items representing their schools; ASABE Sections 

donate baskets brimming with goodies reflecting their part of the country. 

Many individuals contribute artwork, hand made gifts, books, electronic 

equipment and much more. To donate, please visit www.asabe.org and click on 

Foundation. The ASABE Foundation Silent Auction will be opened for bidding 

beginning at 10:00AM on Sunday, June 20 and daily 8:00AM-5:00PM through 

Wednesday, June 23. Bidding ends at 3:00PM on Wednesday. 

E#4 

WOMEN IN ASABE 



The Women in ASABE social is an informal event open to all ASABE members. 

This event provides a unique opportunity to meet, socialize and network with 

women members from across ASABE. 

COST: $55.00; (E#4a) $20.00 for students 

MONDAY 

OPEN CHAPEL 


Location: 321 

All Preprofessionals and Professionals are invited to attend Open Chapel. Dr. 

Joe Glass of California Polytechnic State University will preside over the service. 



Location: Exhibit Hall C 


good time to network with other attendees and to make further plans for dinner 

after the reception. The Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau will have a 

representative available to assist you in making your dining reservations. 







OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI 

AND FRIENDS SOCIAL 


Location: 310 

Join members of the OSU Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering family at a 

local restaurant for good food and fellowship. Enjoy the company of old and 

new friends in an informal setting. For more details and to RSVP, contact Ron 

Elliott at ron.elliott@okstate.edu or 405-744-5431. 

ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY ALUMNI RECEPTION 

OF THE COLLEGE OF BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING 

AND FOOD SCIENCE 


Location: 319 

Alumni and visiting professors of College of Biosystems Engineering and Food 

Science, Zhejiang University are invited to enjoy a dinner at a local restaurant 

and catch up with the old friends. Please send email to shaojin_wang@wsu.edu 

by June 19th if you plan to attend. 

E#5 

PRAYER BREAKFAST 


Location: 334 

The Fellowship of Christian Agricultural Engineers invites all meeting 

registrants, spouses and guests to the interdenominational prayer breakfast. 

The continental breakfast will begin promptly at 6:30AM and close at 8:00AM. 

Pre-registration and ticket is required. 

COST: $25.00 

E#6 

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY ABE BREAKFAST 


Location: 330 

Meet your old friends and make new friends and find out what is happening in 

the department of agricultural biosystems engineering at Iowa State University. 

COST: $20.00 

E#7 

SPOUSE/GUEST BRUNCH 


Location: Grand Concourse Restaurant in Station Square. Bus 

will depart from the Convention Center. Meet 15 minutes prior 

to departure. 

Station Square is the charming riverfront restoration of the former Pittsburgh 

and Lake Erie Railroad Headquarters and now a popular complex hosting an 

array of specialty shops, boutiques and eateries. A delightful brunch will be 

planned in the Edwardian splendor of the Grand Concourse, P. & L. E.’s turn-ofthe-century 

terminal. This brunch will feature fresh fruit, cold cereal with milk, 

scrambled eggs, cinnamon raisin French toast, bacon strips and sausage links, 

home fried potatoes, a selection of breakfast pastries, butter and preserves, 

fruit juice and fresh brewed coffee and tea. The price also includes one drink 

per person which would be a Bloody Mary or Mimosa. 

The room we will be in is the picture above on the right. This room overlooks 

the river and the city sky line. Guests can browse the shops and boutiques 

following brunch if desired. 

Includes motor coach transportation, driver gratuity, brunch with one drink, all 

taxes and gratuities, and all arrangements and coordination. 

COST: Included in Spouse/Guest Registration, additional tickets cost $49.75.


AEM STUDENT AWARDS LUNCH 


Location: 403/404/405 

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is once again pleased to 

invite all of the ASABE student members to attend the 73rd Annual AEM 

Student Awards Luncheon. This event is a wonderful time to learn more about 

the professional side of the world as you dine. Luncheon reservations will be 

confirmed at the Preprofessional Business Meeting. Student Branch Advisors 

and AEM company members are also encouraged to attend. AEM company 

members are asked to contact AEM directly if they wish to attend the luncheon. 

E#8 





Location: 301 


have their annual meeting. This is the second annual meeting of the association. 

The association dinner will take place at India Palace in Downtown Pittsburgh 

(two blocks from the conference hotel) following the business meeting. 

COST: $25.00 

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY RECEPTION 


Location: 334 

Texas A&M University invites former students and friends to a social 

gathering. 

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ALUMNI & 

FRIENDS RECEPTION 


Location: Roof Terrace 

Alumni and friends of the University of Illinois, Department of ABE are invited 

to attend. We will feature a hosted bar and snacks. Please come and share this 

opportunity to visit and hear what is new with the Orange & Blue I-L-L-I-N-I! 

VIRGINIA TECH ALUMNI & FRIENDS SOCIAL 



The Biological Systems Engineering Department at Virginia Tech cordially 

invites alumni and friends to this gathering on Monday evening. Come enjoy 

some refreshments and catch up on the latest happenings in the Department 

and at Virginia Tech! 

TUESDAY 

E#9 

INTERNATIONAL BREAKFAST 


Location: 333 

The International Breakfast is a great opportunity to interact with peers from 

many different countries. If you are coming from abroad or have an interest in 

international issues this is the best place to meet new people and begin long 

and fruitful working relationships. The speaker for this International Breakfast 

will be the 2010 recipient of ASABE’s prestigious Kishida International Award. 

COST: $25.00 

E#10 

PENN STATE ALUMNI BREAKFAST 


Location: 338 

Alumni and friends of the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department 

of The Pennsylvania State University are invited to enjoy breakfast to visit with 

friends and to catch up with happenings at PSU. 

COST: $11.00 

PURDUE ALUMNI & FRIENDS - 

COMPLIMENTARY BREAKFAST 


Location: 334 

Purdue University/s Dean of Agriculture, the Agricultural & Biological 

Engineering Department, and the Engineering Alumni Association invite all 

alumni and friends to their complimentary breakfast. Reservations are 

required!! Call 765-494-1162, fax 765-496-1115 or email peerb@purdue.edu. 

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS 

ALUMNI AND FRIENDS ANNUAL BREAKFAST 

Tuesday, June 22 – 7:30AM 

Location: 330 

Alumni and friends from the University of California will once again meet at 

the conference registration and then walk to a nearby restaurant for breakfast 

and networking. 

Don’t miss the FOUNTAIN 

WARS COMPETITION 

Monday, June 21, 5:30PM-7:30PM 

Located in the grassy knoll outside 

the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.


E#11 

ASSOCIATION OF OVERSEARS CHINESE 





Location: 333 










COST: $75.00 

PLAN TO ATTEND: 

International Symposium 

on Air Quality and Manure 

Management for 

Agriculture 

September 13-16, 2010 

DoubleTree Hotel Dallas 

Dallas, Texas USA 

The International Symposium on Air Quality and 

Manure Management for Agriculture is the result of 

formally combining two historic symposiums in an 

effort to facilitate increased information exchange 

and networking opportunities. The International 

Symposium for Animal, Agricultural and Food 

Processing Wastes and Air Pollution from 

Agricultural Operations were combined into one 

conference beginning in 2007. The goal of the 

combined conference is to give attendees with interest 

and expertise in both areas the ability to participate in 

both events. Through coordination of the two multifacetted 

topics the organizers aim to fit the conference 

to the needs of the participants. 

Go to: http://www.asabe.org/meetings/airwaste2010 

/index.htm for more information. 



Location: Urban, Omni Hotel 


the 2010 ASABE Fellows – the mst distinguished honor given to ASABE 


E#13 

2010 ASABE BENEFIT CELEBRATION DINNER 


Location: Grand Ballroom, Omni Hotel 

Following the Fellows Ceremony, please join us for dinner… 

COST: $100.00 

WEDNESDAY 

E#14 


Wednesday, June 23 12:30PM-2:00PM 





COST: Included with Full Meeting Registration and Spouse/Guest Registration, 

additional tickets $40.00. 

Mark your calendars! 

Louisville, Kentucky 

2011 ASABE Annual 

International Meeting 

August 7-10, 2011

Technical Tours 

SATURDAY 

T1 

DAIRY FACILITIES: MILKING, MANURE HANDLING 

& HOUSING SYSTEMS 

Saturday, June 19 – 8:00AM-5:00PM 

Note: This tour begins at the Hampton Inn near Baltimore Airport (BWI) on 

Saturday morning and ends in Pittsburgh (one way). Due to the early start on 

Saturday, a specially priced room block at $79 has been reserved for Friday 

night, June 18 at The Hampton Inn at BWI Airport (6617 Ritchie Highway, 

Glen Burnie, MD 21061) which includes a complimentary shuttle from the 

airport, free parking, and breakfast. Please call 410-761-7666 or go online 

www.hamptoninnbaltimore.com by May 18, 2010 to make your reservations, 

and reference ASABE for the group rate. 

The dairy facilities tour is an excellent opportunity to see innovations and 

advances in dairy facility design. Specifically, see innovative housing, milking, 

and manure systems at: 

• Mason Dixon Farms (2,000 milking), Gettysburg, PA: robotic milking, 

innovative housing systems, and anaerobic digestion. 

• Mercer Vu Dairy (1,000 milking), Mercersburg, PA: freestall housing, sand 

bedding, high-capacity flush system, and sand-manure separation system. 

• Penn England Farms (850 milking), Williamsburg, PA: freestall housing, 

manure bedding, and anaerobic digestion. 

This tour is targeted to interest dairy facility designers, extension personnel, 

equipment suppliers and dairy producers. Wear clothing conducive to summer 

walking on dairy farms. Biosecurity footwear will be provided at each site. This 

tour will originate at the Hampton Inn near BWI Airport and will conclude at 

your hotel for the ASABE meeting in Pittsburgh. 

COST: $70.00, plus hotel and lunch on own (a stop for lunch is planned). 

T3 

YPC SOCIAL OUTING – SIGHTSEEING CLIPPER 

CRUISE AND DINNER 









Cruise at 4:00PM (boards at 3:50PM), taking in the views of Pittsburgh from the 

water. The Captain will point out distinctive sites and provide a narration of 

Pittsburgh’s history and what is happening currently. After the boat docks at 

5:00PM, we’ll stop for dinner at a restaurant nearby. Station Square is a 

charming riverfront restoration of the former Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad 

Headquarters and is now a popular complex housing an array of specialty shops, 

boutiques and eateries. The outing is open to everyone - Senior Actives, Student 

members, International Preprofessional Council members - come join us if you 

can! Preregister and save about a dollar off the dockside price. 

COST: $14.00, plus taxi and dinner on own. 



SUNDAY 

T4 

ROBOTICS INSTITUTES AT 

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY 


Engineers interested in mechanization and automation for specialty crops, and 

those with general interest in robotics will benefit from this tour. Participants will 

observe comprehensive mechanization and automation efforts for fruit crops and 

nurseries at three locations, and will have the opportunity to interact with Carnegie 

Mellon investigators working on automating many of the labor-intensive activities 

associated with specialty crops. Stops include Pittsburgh’s Supercomputing Center 

at Carnegie-Mellon University, The Robotics Engineering Consortium, and Soergel 

Greenhouses and Garden. Demonstrations of the equipment are also planned. 

COST: $40.00, includes transportation. Tour departs from the Convention Center. 

MONDAY 

T5 

TOUR-ED COAL MINE & MUSEUM 

Monday, June 21, 1:00PM-4:30PM 

Come on this tour and learn about Pittsburgh’s rich coal mining history! Join us as 

we tour a historic mine, guided by miners who have worked in the industry. The 

tour includes a journey underground for live demonstrations (wear a jacket – it’s 

cool!). You can learn about the tools and methods used throughout history, and 

you will have the chance to ask the miners about their work. This educational tour 

promises to be a real treat. Check it out at www.tour-edmine.com. 

COST: $40, includes entry to the Coal Mine and transportation. Tour departs 

from the Convention Center. 

TUESDAY 

T6 

ALTER NRG TOUR–PLASMA GASIFICATION 

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY 


Engineers interested in alternative energy production will benefit from this tour. 

Participants will tour the Westinghouse research center and have the opportunity 

to interact with engineers working on research related to commercial alternative 

energy generation sources, particularly the use of gasification to turn various 

materials into energy. Currently the Westinghouse Plasma Center is conducting a 

demonstration project to convert biomass feedstocks into Ethanol in cooperation 

with Westinghouse Plasma’s partner, Coskata. The Waltz Mill Site is staffed by 

security officers 24 hours a day. The identification badge you are given by 

security must be visibly displayed on the upper portion of your body at all 

times. The host recommends using sun screen or sun protection when 

attending this tour. The following items cannot be brought on site: cameras, 

firearms, alcohol, drugs and drug paraphernalia, recording devices. You must 

remain with your escort at all times and wear safety glasses, hard hats and 

hearing protection in areas as directed by your escort. Dress properly for a visit 

to an industrial facility. Business casual, flat comfortable walking shoes - open 

toed, or open backed shoes, sandals or high heels are not allowed. 

COST: $50.00 includes transportation and boxed lunch. Tour departs from the 

Convention Center.

Cultural Tours 

SUNDAY 

PITTSBURGH CITY TOUR 


Pittsburgh’s story comes alive on this specially designed, narrated tour of one 

of America’s most livable cities. Interesting stories about prominent 

Pittsburghers, both past and present, punctuate the narration related to 

historical landmarks, corporate headquarters, fascinating architecture, and 

important events. Step aboard your coach at the David L. Lawrence Convention 

Center and the Pittsburgh welcome begins. A visit to the Nationality 

Classrooms is like a mini-tour of 23 nations in a time-warp that transports you 

from 5th century B.C. Greece, through 1st century Israel, 6th century Ireland, 

15th century Italy, to 18th century Poland. Original and recreated furnishings 

combine with carved stone, stained glass, sculptured and inlaid wood to 

provide unforgettable glimpses of the European, Scandinavian, Middle Eastern, 

African, and Asian cultures that have influenced Pittsburgh. The tour winds 

through the Golden Triangle focusing on significant developments and 

statuesque buildings within this compact and defined area. PPG has been voted 

the nation’s most interesting new building by contemporary architects. The 

40-story tower and five satellite buildings are sheathed in reflective glass with 

231 spires. Nearby are One Oxford Center, Liberty Center, CNG Tower and 

Fifth Avenue Place. 

The tour concludes atop Mt. Washington where the spectacular view of the 

whole Pittsburgh scene unfolds – a view that prompted Frank Lloyd Wright to 

call this the world’s most beautiful setting for a city. Guests may descend Mt. 

Washington in the Duquesne Incline, a veritable museum on wheels. 

COST: $40.00 all inclusive. Tour departs from the Convention Center. 

MONDAY 

FALLINGWATER TOUR 


Drive through the magnificent mountain scenery of the Laurel Highlands in a 

privately chartered coach to Fallingwater, famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright's 

most widely acclaimed work. Over a million people from every corner of the 

earth have come to see this masterpiece, built as a summer home for the Edgar 

Kaufmann family, prominent Pittsburgh merchants. Dramatic cantilevered 

terraces soar over a cascading waterfall. The living room hearth embodies an 

immense boulder in the setting nature created. Completed in 1939 with guest 

wing and servants quarters, it is as fresh today as when it was built. This 

breathtaking house was judged by the American Institute of Architects in 1986 

to be the nation’s most successful example of architectural design. It is 

described as the clearest expression of Wright’s ideal ... that man can live in 

harmony with nature. 

COST: $59.00 all inclusive. Tour departs from the Convention Center. Lunch is 

not included so please plan accordingly. If you would like a boxed lunch, please 

indicate that when you register. 



FOUNDATION BENEFIT DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT 

Tuesday, June 22 - 8pm (following the Fellows Ceremony) 

Omni William Penn Hotel 

Enjoy a delicious dinner at the elegant OMNI Willima Penn Hotel and then sit back and enjoy the talented 

Re-Creation. 

Re-Creation’s 35th edition presents “LOVE” – a grand celebration highlighting the most popular movie songs 

of all time! And every show includes rousing Patriotic music … in honor of America's hospitalized veterans and 

troops! These young, talented, performers will keep you captivated! 

Don’t miss this magical program that transforms the stage into a wondrous showplace of unforgettable 

entertainment! Colorful, flashing costumes ... state-of-the art sound reinforcement ... professional, stylized 

choreography. Take time out from the busy meeting for this memorable event – what a great way to support 

the ASABE Foundation!

Committee Meetings 

COMMITEES TO CONVENE 

These committees are scheduled to meet in conjunction with the 2010 ASABE Annual International Meeting. An asterisk (*) by a 

specific committee indicates that the committee is meeting in closed session. Interested persons are welcome to all other committee 

meetings. Note that this schedule is subject to change. Meetings will be held at David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania unless noted otherwise. Committes are listed by day, time and then room. 

PLEASE NOTE: If you are a member of a committee and your committee is listed as TBA please contact your committee chair for 

further information. At the time of printing, a listing of TBA identifies that the committee chair has not submitted a request for a 

meeting time. 

UPDATED: June 3, 2010 

EXECUTIVE 

ASABE Board of Trustees 

SUNDAY, 10:30AM-1:30PM – Fayette- 

Westin 

THURSDAY, 10:00AM-2:30PM – Frick- 

Omni 

ASABE Foundation Board of Trustees 

WEDNESDAY, 9:00AM-12:00PM – 321 

E-02 Constitution and Bylaws 

– Not Meeting 

E-05 External Marking and 

Communications 

WEDNESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 305 

E-07 Issues Management & Social 

Action 


E-08 Fellows 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 303 

E-20 Finance 

SUNDAY, 9:00AM-10:00AM – Butler- 

East-Westin 

*Nominating Committee 2010 

MONDAY, 12:15PM-2:00PM – 325 


*Nominating Committee 2011 


MEETINGS COUNCIL 

SUNDAY, 1:30PM-3:30PM – Butler West- 

Westin 

THURSDAY, 7:00AM-10:00AM – Oliver- 

Omni 

MEMBERSHIP 

DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 

SUNDAY, 1:30PM-3:30PM – Somerset 

East-Westin 

THURSDAY, 8:00AM-10:00AM – 

Oakmont-Omni 

M-102 Awards Coordinating 

WEDNESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 302 

M-105 Coordination of Special Awards 


M-111 John Deere/McCormick-Case 

Gold Medal 


*M-112 Massey-Ferguson Gold Medal 

– TBA 

*M-113 Engineering Concept of the 

Year 

– TBA 

M-114 Young Researcher (New Holland) 


M-115 Young Educator (A.W. Farrall) 


M-116 Young Designer (Sunkist) 


M-117 Young Extension Worker 

– TBA 

M-122 Stewart Engineering Humanities 

– TBA 

*M-131 Fellows Screening 


M-141 Technical Paper Awards 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 334 

*M-151 Henry Giese ASABE Structures 

& Environment 


M-152 Hancor Soil & Water Engineering 

– TBA 

M-153 Natl Food & Energy Coun Elec 

Technology 

– TBA 

*M-154 FPSA Foundation - FPEI Food 

Engineering 

MONDAY, 12:15PM-2:15PM – 327 

*M-155 Gunlogson Countryside 

Engineering 


*M-156 Kishida International 


M-157 Ergonomic Safety and Health 

– TBA 

*M-158 Mayfield Cotton Engineering 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 317 

M-159 Award for the Advancement of 

Surface Irrigation 


M-160 Evelyn E. Rosentreter Standards 

Award 


M-161 PEI Professional Engineer of the 

Year 


M-162 Heermann Sprinkler Irrigation 

Award 


M-163 Gale A. Holloway Professional 

Development Award 


M-164 Yoerger Preprofessional Engineer 

of the Year Award 


M-170 Historic Commemoration 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 302 

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 

INTL-601 International Affairs 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:15AM – 321 

SECTION STEERING 

COMMITTEE 

MDC-S02 Section Steering 

MONDAY, 12:15PM-1:15PM – 305 

STUDENT ORGANIZATION 

AND AWARDS 

P-120 Student Organizations 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 310 

P-121 G.B. Gunlogson Student Environ 

Design Competition 


P-122 Boyd-Scott Graduate Research 

Award 

– TBA 

P-123 Student Paper Competition 

(K.K. Barnes) 

TUESDAY, 6:30AM-7:00AM – 304 

P-124 AGCO National Student Design 

Competition 

MONDAY, 10:30AM-12:00PM – 333 

P-125 AEM Student Trophies Competition 

– TBA 

P-126 Rules Subcommittee 

– TBA

Commitee Meetings 

P-127 Robotics Student Design 

Competition 


PUBLICATIONS COUNCIL 

SUNDAY, 1:30PM-3:30PM – Somerset 

West-Westin 


Shadyside-Omni 

P-511 Refereed Publications 


P-513 Resource Editorial Board 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:15AM – 307 

P-515 Textbooks and Monographs 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 303 

STANDARDS COUNCIL 

SUNDAY, 1:30PM-3:30PM – Butler East- 

Westin 


Phipps-Omni 

T-01 Standards (Policy & Adoption) 


T-13 International Standardization 

MONDAY, 6:30PM-7:30PM – 336 

BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 

DIVISION 

BE-01 Executive 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-8:00PM – 320 

BE-02 Steering 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-8:00PM – 320 

BE-03 Standards 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 324 

BE-05 Publications 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:15AM – 325 

BE-21 Applications in Biological 

Engineering 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 320 

BE-22 Ecological Engineering 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 323 

BE-23 Biosensors 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 326 

BE-24 Soil and Groundwater 

Remediation 

MONDAY, 1:30PM-2:15PM – 325 

BE-25 Biological Engineering Education 


BE-28 Bioconversion and Bioprocesses 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 323 

EDUCATION DIVISION 

ED-01 Executive/Steering 


ED-04 Referred Publications Review 

and Paper Awards 

– TBA 

ED-203 Undergraduate & Graduate 

Instruction 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 325 

ED-204 Engineering & Technology 

Accreditation 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:15AM – 328 

ED-205 Engineering Technology & 

Management Education 

TUESDAY, 12:30PM-2:15PM – 319 

ED-206 Agr Tech & Mgmt Curriculum 

Review & Program Recog 

TUESDAY, 12:30PM-2:15PM – 319 

ED-208 Extension 


ED-210 Academic Program 

Administrators 

MONDAY, 12:30PM-2:15PM – 304 

ED-210/1 Steering 

MONDAY, 12:15PM-1:00PM – 304 

ED-211 Undergraduate Engineering 

Prgm & Instructional Chairs 

MONDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 321 

ED-412 Professional Ethics 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:15AM – 327 

ED-414 Engineering Licensure 

– TBA 

ED-416 Continuing Professional 

Development 

MONDAY, 6:30AM-8:00AM – 302 

EDUCATION COMMUNITY 

– TBA 

ERGONOMICS, SAFETY AND 

HEALTH DIVISION 

ESH-01 Executive / Oversight 


ESH-02 Policy and Forward Planning 


ESH-03 Standards 

TUESDAY, 4:30PM-6:30PM – 335 

ESH-03/1 External Standard 

Development 

TUESDAY, 4:30PM-6:30PM – 335 

ESH-03/2 Internal Standard 

Development 

TUESDAY, 4:30PM-6:30PM – 335 

ESH-04 Technology Exchange 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 336 

ESH-04/1 Journal of Agricultural Safety 

and Health 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 336 

ESH-04/2 Farmers With Disabilities 

Technology Exchange 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 336 

ESH-05 Nominations 


FOOD AND PROCESS 

ENGINEERING INSTITUTE 

FPE-01/02 Executive & Steering 

SUNDAY, 3:30PM-5:30PM – 316 


FPE-02/2 Nominating 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 319 

FPE-03 Standards Group 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 325 

FPE-04 Publications Group 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:15AM – 316 

FPE-041 Refereed Publications 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:15AM – 316-meets 

with 04 

FPE-06 General Program 


FPE-701 Physical Properties of 

Agricultural Products 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 317 

FPE-702 Crop & Feed Processing & 

Storage 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 326 

FPE-703 Food Processing 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 318 

FPE-707 Food and Organic Waste 

Management & Utilization 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:15AM – 318 

FPE-709 Biomass Energy & Industrial 

Products 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:15AM – 317 

FPE-712 Speciality Crop Post-harvest 

Engineering 


FPE-80 Education Priorities Group 

MONDAY, 6:30AM-8:00AM – 327 

INFORMATION AND 

ELECTRICAL 

TECHNOLOGIES DIVISION 

IET-01 Executive 

SUNDAY, 3:30PM-5:30PM – 311 

IET-02 Steering 


IET-03 Standards 


IET-04 Publications Review and Paper 

Awards 


IET-06 Programs 


IET-07 Forward Planning & Structure 


IET-217 Computational Methods, 

Simulations, and Applications 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 310


IET-254 Emerging Information Systems 

MONDAY, 7:00PM-8:00PM – 311 

IET-312 Machine Vision 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 321 

IET-318 Mechatronics and Biorobotics 


IET-348 Electromagnetics and 

Spectroscopy 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 324 

IET-353 Instrumentation & Controls 

MONDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 316 

IET-433 Electrical Utilization & Energy 

Apps 

– TBA 

IET-433/2 Electric Fence Controller 

– TBA 

IET-433/3 Fan Testing 

– TBA 

IET-435 Electrical Code for Agriculture 

– TBA 

IET-441 Milk Handling Equipment 


POWER AND MACHINERY 

DIVISION 

PM-01 Executive 

SUNDAY, 6:00PM-8:00PM – 311 


PM-02 Steering 

SUNDAY, 6:00PM-8:00PM – 311 


PM-03 Standards 


PM-03/2 Farm Materials Handling 

MONDAY, 12:15PM-2:15PM – 328 

PM-03/3 Farm Materials Transport 

– TBA 

PM-04 Publications Review 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:15AM – 301 

PM-05 Nominating 


PM-23 & US TAG ISO/TC23 


PM-23/19 Agric Electronics & US TAG 

ISO/TC-23/SC29 and ALL PM-23/19 

working groups 

TUESDAY, 2:30PM-4:30PM – 335 

PM-23/2 Ag Machinery - Common Tests 

and US TAG ISO/TC23/SC2 

MONDAY, 1:30PM-3:30PM – 336 

PM-23/2/2 ATSC ROPS Subcommittee 

MONDAY, 9:30AM-10:30AM – 335 

PM-23/3 Ag Machinery- Operator 

Comfort & US TAG ISO/TC23/SC3 

TUESDAY, 10:30AM-12:30PM – 336 

PM-23/3/1 Implement Jacks [PM-03/5] 

Not Meeting 

PM-23/4 Tractors and US TAG ISO 

TC23/SC4 


PM-23/4/1 Agricultural Equipment 

Braking 

TUESDAY, 2:30PM-4:30PM – 336 

PM-23/4/3 Lighting & Marking 

MONDAY, 3:30PM-5:30PM – 336 

PM-23/4/4 Tractor and Implement 

Hydraulics 

TUESDAY, 10:00AM-12:30PM – 335 

PM-23/4/5 Tractor Implement 

Interface/PTO 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-10:00AM – 335 

PM-23/6 Application Sys & US TAG 

ISO/TC23/SC6 

MONDAY, 4:30PM-6:30PM – 335 

PM-23/6/1 Liquid Materials Application 

MONDAY, 3:00PM-4:30PM – 335 

PM-23/6/2 Aviation 

– TBA 

PM-23/6/3 Dry Materials 

TUESDAY, 4:30PM-6:30PM – 336 

PM-23/6/4 Spray Modeling and 

Application Techniques 

– TBA 

PM-23/7 Harvest and US TAG 

ISO/TC23/SC7 


PM-23/7/1 Grain Harvesting 

– TBA 

PM-23/7/2 Forage & Biomass 

Engineering 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 335 

PM-23/7/3 Cotton Engineering 

MONDAY, 9:30AM-10:30AM – 336 

PM-42 Cultural Practices Equipment 


PM-43 Farm Machinery Management 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 316 

PM-45 Soil Dynamics Research 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 301 

PM-46 Tractive & Transport Efficiency 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 304 

PM-47 Distinguished Lecture Series 

– TBA 

PM-48 Speciality Crop Production 

Engineering 


PM-52 Turf & Landscape Equipment 

Systems 

– TBA 

PM-54 Precision Agriculture 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-10:00AM – 336 

PM-58 Agricultural Equipment 

Automation 

TUESDAY, 6:30PM-8:00PM – 336 

STRUCTURES AND 

ENVIRONMENT DIVISION 

SE-01 Executive 

SUNDAY, 3:30PM-5:30PM – 315 1-2-6 

WEDNESDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 303 1- 

2-6 

SE-02 Steering 

SUNDAY, 3:30PM-5:30PM – 315 1-2-6 

WEDNESDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 303 1- 

2-6 

SE-03 Standards 

TUESDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 311 

SE-04 Paper Awards 

– TBA 

SE-05 Publications Review 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 316 

SE-06 Program 

SUNDAY, 3:30PM-5:30PM – 315 1-2-6 

SE-06 Program 


1-2-6 

SE-07/1 Agri-Industrial Facility Design 

and Operation 

– TBA 

SE-20 Structures Group 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 311 

SE-20/4 Bulk Solids Handling 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:00AM – 311 

SE-30 Environmental Quality & Control 

Group 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:00AM – 306 

SE-301 Environmental Physiology 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 306 

SE-302 Environment of Animal 

Structures 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 323 

SE-303 Environment of Plant Structures 

MONDAY, 12:15PM-2:15PM – 315 

SE-305 Environment Air Quality 


SE-40 Facilities & Systems Group 


SE-402 Beef Facilities 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 330 

SE-403 Dairy Housing 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 315 

SE-404 Swine Housing 

TUESDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 310 

SE-405 Poultry Housing 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 321 

SE-412 Agricultural Waste Management 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 301


SE-413 Animal Welfare & Care 

MONDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 323 

SE-414 Renewable Power Generation 

Committee 

MONDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 321 

SOIL AND WATER DIVISION 

SW-01 Executive 

SUNDAY, 3:30PM-5:30PM – 310 with 

04,09 

SW-02 Steering 


SW-03 Standards 


SW-03/2 US TAG ISO/TC/23/SC18 

– TBA 

SW-04 Program 


01, 09 

SW-05 Publications Review 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 315 

SW-06 Paper Awards 

– TBA 

SW-07 Nomenclature 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 306 

SW-09 Forward Planning 


01, 04 

SW-21 Hydrology Group 

TUESDAY, 8:00AM-9:15AM – 305 

SW-22 Erosion Control Group 

MONDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 306 

SW-223 Erosion Control Research 

MONDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 306 

SW-224 Pollution by Sediment 

MONDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 306 

SW-225 Conservation Systems 

MONDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 306 

SW-23 Drainage Group 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 306 

SW-24 Irrigation Group 


SW-241 Sprinkler Irrigation 


SW-242 Surface Irrigation 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 310 

SW-243 Irrigation Water Supply & 

Conveyance 


SW-244 Irrigation Management 


SW-245 Microirrigation 


SW-246 Turf & Landscape Irrigation 


SW-25 Water Resource Structures 

Groups 


SW-26 Countryside Engineering Group 


SW-262 Home Sewage Disposal 


SW-263 Land Application of Waste 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 301 

NON-DIVISIONAL 

TECHNICAL GROUPS 

T-07 Liaison to Aquacultural 

Engineering Society 


T-09 Environmental Quality 

Coordinating 

– TBA 

T-11 Energy 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 317 

T-12 Forest Engineering 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 307 

PROFESSIONAL 

ENGINEERING INSTITUTE 

PEI Professional Engineers Institute 

MONDAY, 12:15PM-2:15PM – 324 

OTHER COMMITTEES 

AABFEIO Community 

MONDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 301 

AEM Ag ROPS Ad Hoc Committee 

MONDAY, 7:30PM-8:30PM – 336 

AETC Planning Committee 

MONDAY, 12:15PM-2:00PM – 302 

AE-50 Judges 

MONDAY, 4:30PM-5:30PM – 333 

Air Waste Conference Planning 

Committee 

TUESDAY, 7:00PM-9:00PM – 301 

African ASABE Network 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 329 

AG-9000, Ag Quality Management 

Standardization 

– TBA 

Bioenergy Education Materials 

Exchanging System (BEEMS) 

MONDAY, 12:15PM-2:15PM – 318 

International Standards Training 

MONDAY, 5:30PM-6:30PM – 336 

ISELE (Soil Erosion) Planning 

Committee 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 318 

ISO Auto-Guidance Testing 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 302 

Northeast Agricultural/Biological 

Engineering Conference 

– TBA 

Past President’s Roundtable 

TUESDAY, 2:30PM-5:00PM – 329 

Precision Ag Extension Community of 

Practice 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 319 

Preferential Flow Conference Planning 

Committee 


SDC for X559 


SDC for X564 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 303 

SDC for X607 

MONDAY, 12:15PM-2:15PM – 303 

SDC for X620 Ad Machinery: Safety for 

Anydrous Ammonia Application 

Equipiment 

MONDAY, 1:30PM-3:00PM – 335 

Senior Actives 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 327 

TMDL Conference Planning 

TUESDAY, 7:00AM-8:15AM – 315 

USDA-ARS 

MONDAY, 12:15PM-2:15PM – 306 

USDA-NRCS 

MONDAY, 5:15PM-7:00PM – 328 

X606 SDC 

– TBA 

Young Professionals Community 

TUESDAY, 5:15PM-6:00PM – 328 

Your Role in ASABE Committees 

MONDAY, 7:00AM-8:00AM – 335

Exhibit Hall 

BIOPROCESS CONTROL – BOOTH 12 

Scheelevägen 22, SE-22363, Lund, Sweden 

Phone: +46(0)46163950 

www.bioprocesscontrol.com, info@bioprocesscontrol.com 

Bioprocess Control is a market leader in providing advanced control technologies 

for the commercial biogas industry. The company’s Automatic Methane Potential 

System (AMPTS) is quickly becoming the preferred technology among biogas 

operators and laboratories interested in understanding the true methane potential 

of different organic substrates. Today, Bioprocess control offers a portfolio of 

products and services that assist with the efficient design and operation of biogas 

plants and processes, with a clear focus on maximizing the profitability of biogas 

operators. As a winner of 10 prestigious awards over the past 5 years, the 

company is further poised to add value to its customers with the introduction of 

new laboratory equipment, advanced sensor technologies and real-time 

applications that focus on improving the efficiency of biogas plants and processes. 

CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC, INC. – BOOTH 15 

815 West 1800 North, Logan, UT 84321 

Phone: 435-753-2342; Jason Ritter: jritter@campbellsci.com 

www.campbellsci.com 

For over 35 years, Campbell Scientific has manufactured rugged, reliable data 

acquisition instrumentation used in earth science, meteorology, hydrology, 

agronomy, and engineering applications worldwide. Our products are known for 

their flexibility, low power requirements, precise measurements, and 

dependability in remote, harsh environments. Stop by our booth to discuss your 

research instrumentation needs. 

CNH GLOBAL N.V. – BOOTHS 16 & 24 

6900 Veterans Blvd, Burr Ridge IL 60527 

Phone: 630-887-2233 

www.cnh.com 

CNH Global N.V. is a world leader in the agricultural and construction equipment 

businesses. Supported by more than 11,600 dealers and 28 R&D centers in 

approximately 170 countries, CNH brings together the knowledge and heritage 

of its Case and New Holland brand families with the strength and resources of its 

worldwide commercial, industrial, product support and finance organizations. 

CNH Global N.V., whose stock is listed at the New York Stock Exchange 

(NYSE:CNH), is a majority-owned subsidiary of Fiat S.p.A. (FIA.MI). 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, DEPT OF BIO & 

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING – BOOTH 5 

104 Riley Robb Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-5701 

Phone: 607-255-2270; Daniel Aneshansley: dja4@cornell.edu 

www.cornell.edu 

Cornell University’s combination of joint identities is unique among leading 

institutions of higher education—it is the federal land-grant institution of New 

York State, a private endowed university, a member of the Ivy League (or Ancient 

Eight), and a partner of the State University of New York. The university is 

dedicated to its original mission of accessibility and opportunity, outreach, and 

public service. 

HEADWALL PHOTONICS INC. – BOOTH 14 

601 River St., Fitchburg PA 01420 

Phone: 978-353-4054 

www.headwallphotonics.com 

Products & Services: In-line, high speed food safety and quality inspection 

instruments; in-line, high speed food safety and quality inspection instruments; 

spectral imaging sensors for spectral sensing of food/agriculture; reflectance/ 

fluorescence hyperspectral instruments; motorized pan & tilt hyperspectral 

instruments for field & environmental research; handheld instruments for 

spectral analysis. 

Manufacturer Line Brands: Hyperspec, Raman Explorer, Raman Discovery, 

Summit spectrometers. 

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY – BOOTH 2 

Ames, Iowa 50011 

Phone: 515-294-4111; Raj Raman: rajraman@iastate.edu 

www.iastate.edu 

Iowa State is an international, prestigious university with a friendly welcoming 

personality. Nearly 28,000 students choose from 100 majors, study with worldclass 

scholars and hone their leadership skills in more than 750 student 

organizations. Iowa State offers a great environment where students can enjoy 

reaching their potential and discovering their passions. It’s a culturally diverse 

student body with students from all 50 states and more than 110 countries. 

KEMIRA WATER SOLUTIONS – BOOTH 13 

9 Steele St., Phil Campbell, AL 35581 

Phone: 256-668-4750 

www.kemira.com 

Products & Services: Chemicals, solids separation equipment, biogas, odor 

control, poultry litter amendments, nutrient management. 

Line Brands: Coagulants, Flocculants, Polymers. 

LEDEBUHR INDUSTRIES INC. – BOOTH 11 

101 Innovation Pkwy, Williamston, MI, 48895 

Phone: 866-641-4671 

www.ledebuhr.net 

Products & Services: Rotary atomizer spraying equipment and Peristaltic pumps 

Line Brands: Proptec, Penguin, and Accu-Staltic 

LOUISVILLE CVB – BOOTH 4 

One Riverfront Plaza, 401 W. Main St., Ste 2300, Louisville, KY 40202 

Phone: 502-736-3496; Allison Kuussalo: akuussalo@gotolouisville.com 

www.gotolouisville.com 

PURDUE UNIVERSITY – BOOTH 6 

225 S University St., West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2903 

Phone: 765-494-1162; email: taylordc@purdue.edu 

www.purdue.edu/ABEF 

The Purdue University Agricultural & Biological Engineering mission is to 

prepare students, citizens, and industry for the future through innovative 

education and extension/outreach programs and the discovery of knowledge. 

ABE cross-disciplinary strengths include academic and research programs in 

agriculture, biology, and engineering, as well as dual degree programs. 

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER, 

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY – BOOTH 1 

130 Creelman Street, Mississippi State, MS 39759 

Phone: 662-325-7938; manderson@abe.msstate.edu 

www.serc.msstate.edu 

The Sustainable Energy Research Center (SERC) was established in January 2006 

at Mississippi State University (MSU) through funding from the U.S. Department 

of Energy (DOE). SERC was formed to create an infrastructure for coordinated 

interdisciplinary collaboration at MSU in the development of environmentally and 

economically sustainable energy sources specific to the Southeastern United 

States. SERC serves as a conduit for the development of integrated research and 

educational programs at MSU. The Center is also a catalyst for forging 

partnerships between academia, business, and the U.S. government. 

VIRGINIA TECH BIO SYSTEMS ENG DEPT – BOOTH 7 

302 Seitz Hall, Blacksburg, VA, 24061 

Phone: 540-231-2454; Theresa Wynn: tesswynn@vt.edu 

www.vt.edu 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is a public land-grant 

university serving the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world 

community. The discovery and dissemination of new knowledge are central to its 

mission. Through its focus on teaching and learning, research and discovery, and 

outreach and engagement, the university creates, conveys, and applies knowledge 

to expand personal growth and opportunity, advance social and community 

development, foster economic competitiveness, and improve the quality of life.

Exhibit Hall 

Booth 

1 Mississippi State University 

2 Iowa State University 

3 Pittsburgh CVB 

4 Louisville CVB 

5 Cornell University, Dept of 

Bio & Environmental Eng 

6 Purdue University 

7 Virginia Tech Biological 

Systems Eng Dept 

11 Ledebuhr Industries Inc. 

12 Bioprocess Control Sweden A 

13 Kemira Water Solutions 

14 Headwall Photonics Inc 

15 Campbell-Scientific 

16 CNH Global N.V. 

24 CNH Global N.V. 

8, 9 Young Professionals 

18 ASABE Board of Trustees 

19 ASABE Standards 

20, 21 ASABE Publications 

22, 23 ASABE Membership 

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN 

THE EXHIBIT HALL 

• Welcome Reception 

• Board of Trustees Booth 

• Coffee Breaks 

• Presentation Stage 

• Member Services 

• Poster Sessions 

• Press & Media Center 

• ASABE Foundation Silent 

Auction 

• Cyber Cafe

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