- 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
- RANK: Adjunct Professor, College of Engineering
- APPOINTED: August 8,1991
- 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
- 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).
- 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