EDUCATION:

  • BSAE Agricultural Engineering University of Georgia 1961
  • USAF Certificate of Completion St. Louis University 1962
  • MSAE Agricultural Engineering Purdue University 1966
  • PhD Automatic Controls Purdue University 1969

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AFFILIATION:

  • RANK: Adjunct Professor, College of Engineering
  • APPOINTED: August 8,1991

EXPERIENCE:

  • Meteorologist: U.S. Air Force, 1961-1964
  • Agricultural Engineering Extension Specialist: Purdue University, 1966-68
  • Research Agricultural Engineer: Southeast Poultry Res. Lab, USDA-ARS, 1969-2005 (began as GS-12, GS-15 until retirement December 3, 2005
  • Collaborator, Southeast Poultry Res. Lab, USDA-ARS, December 3, 2005 until 2007
  • Engineering Consultant, Electrostatic Space Charge Systems, LLC, January, 2006 until present

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: (1988-99)

  • Member, Sigma Xi (1976-2015)
  • Member, Alpha Epsilon (1967-1970)
  • Fellow, ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers)
    • Chairman EES Division, 1988-1989
    • Chairman Fixed Equipment Communications Standards EES-53/2, (1992 – 2001)
    • Chairman Meetings Committee E-10, (1993 – 1995)
    • Steering Committee Automated Agriculture for the 21st Century, (1991)
  • Editorial Board, Computers and Electronics for Agriculture (1985 – 1993)
  • Member, Agricultural Electronics Association (1995 – 2000)
  • Member, Association of Agricultural Computing Companies (1995 – 2000)
  • Chairman, Georgia Section ASAE (April, 1996 – March, 1997)
  • Member Working Group 13 Committee of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural Engineers) working on “Climatization of Animal Houses.” (approx. 1996 – 2000)
  • Member, DC98-03 Southern Regional Research Committee “Systems for controlling air pollutant emissions and indoor environments of poultry and livestock facilities” (1998-2005).

AWARDS AND HONORS:

  • 1972   Outstanding Paper Award from ASAE
  • 1984   American Society of Agricultural Engineers Commendation for leadership roles in ASAE’s first National Conference on Agricultural Electronics Applications
  • 1987   USDA Certificate of Merit for service as Contracting Officer’s Representative for construction of new filtered-air, positive-pressure poultry houses
  • 1995   USDA Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Performance
  • 1997 – 2001  USDA Certificate of Merit for Superior Performance
  • 1998   Certificate of Merit for exceptional management of the electronic monitoring system at the Southeast Poultry Research Lab.
  • 1999   ARS Superior Award for Technology Transfer
  • 2001   Certificate of merit for ADODR
  • 2001   Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer
  • 2002   Engineer of the Year, Georgia Section of ASAE
  • 2003   ARS Engineer of the Year