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Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department: State of the ABE department Fall 2007

Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department: State of the ABE department Fall 2007. Dorota Z. Haman ABE/UF Professor and Chair September 17, 2007. Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department Mission (Department web site).

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Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department: State of the ABE department Fall 2007

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  1. Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department: State of the ABE department Fall 2007 Dorota Z. Haman ABE/UF Professor and Chair September 17, 2007

  2. Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department Mission(Department web site) The mission of our department is to develop professionals, create and disseminate knowledge, promote the application of engineering, science and management principles to meet societal needs with respect to agricultural, biological and land and water resource systems. 

  3. ABE Department – Fall 2007 • Faculty (28.85 FTE State funded) • Gainesville (24) • Research and Education Centers (5) • Students • Undergraduate (306) • Graduate (92) • US News and World Report Rankings • Undergraduate – 7th in the nation -2007 • Graduate – 11th in the nation - 2003

  4. Human resources in the ABE Department – Fall 2007 • Faculty FTE (on-campus -23.85 and RECs - 5.00) – 38.85 State – 28.85 Grant – 10.00 • Teams/USPS FTE – 27.00 State – 20.50 Grant – 6.50 • Graduate Research Assistants and Fellows - 70

  5. Teaching Programs (7.96 FTE - in Gainesville, 0.15 FTE at RECs) • Agricultural and Biological Engineering • Agricultural Operations Management • Packaging Science • Plus minors in Precision Agriculture, Packaging Science, and Information Technology

  6. Engineering program Statistics from 2006 ABET Report (1995 to 2000) vs. (2001 to 2006) • Graduation rates for Engineering program in ABE have increased 61% from total of 70 to 113. • Overall GPAs have risen from 2.83 to 3.27. • Average time to graduate has dropped from 5 years to 4.5 years. • 60% of the 113 graduates continue on for graduate/professional degrees compared to 18.6% for the 70 graduates.

  7. 177 155 143 136 110 103 87

  8. Number of Students per Specialization in ABE • 28 students S’07 with summer and fall estimated

  9. Graduates per Specialization

  10. AOM Enrollment

  11. AOM Enrollment by Option 2003-2007

  12. UF-PKG: Enrollment Trend

  13. Student Clubs ASABE Packaging President: Lauren Hunter Co-Presidents: Laura Knoll/ Caitlin Cloney Vice Pres: David Palubin faculty Advisor: Bruce Welt Treasurer: Maggie Lanigan Secretary: Chrissy Foster BEC Rep: Matt Forhan Ag Council: Colleen Howard Faculty Advisor: Jim Leary Society of Pre-Med Engineers (SPME) President: Bagher (Roozi) Ehtaramian (also the founder, Spring 2007) Vice Pres: Max De Azevedo Secretary: Raul Prado Treasurer: Miranda (Brittany) Bales Public Rel: Tommy Mosley III Social Chr: Joshua Proemsey Faculty Advisor: Jim Leary AOM Ryan Burley:  President Michael Moran: Vice President Secretary:  Caroline Oliviera PR:  Brandon Segermeister Faculty Advisor : Wendell Porter

  14. Graduate student distribution in ABE(Fall 2007) 25 ME (25 EG) 14 MS (8 AG, 5 EG, 1SNRE) 1 Engineer (1 EG) 52 PhD (13 AG, 36 EG, 3 SNRE) 92 Total (21 AG, 67 EG) These include: 4 Concurrent with other COE programs. 4 School of Natural Resources and Environment Total in ABE programs: 92 (75 in Spring 2007) 69 Males 23 Females

  15. What Impacts Research Thrusts at ABE? • Geographic location (subtropical climate) • Diverse agricultural systems • Fragile ecosystems and vulnerable surface and ground waters • Active environmental regulation community • Proximity to NASA and the Kennedy Space Center • Proximity to medical, dental and veterinary schools

  16. Agricultural and Biological EngineeringResearch Programs • Engineering, management, and modeling of agricultural, biological, and natural ecosystems • Bringing systems-approach and precision technologies to water, nutrient, pesticide and waste management in diverse agricultural and natural ecosystems (including space-based systems)

  17. Research – Thrust Areas ( 20.24 FTE – 11.14 state 9.10 grants – in Gainesville, 3.35 FTE at the REC) • Agricultural Production Engineering • Biological Engineering • Land and Water Resources Engineering • Modeling and Decision Support Systems • Post Harvest & Packaging Operations

  18. Agricultural Production Engineering (Bucklin, Burks, Ehsani, Lee, Mishoe, Porter, Salyani) • Environmental control • Precision agriculture • Pesticide Application • Remote Sensing • Machine systems • Robotics

  19. Biological Engineering(Bucklin, Teixeira, Correll, Pullammanappallil, Kiker) • Process microbiology • Food processing • Space-based Agriculture • Space Biotechnology • Functional Genomics • Ecological Modeling • Bio-energy

  20. Post Harvest & Packaging Operations(Emond, Welt) • RFID • Improved Packaging Material Properties • Modified Atmosphere Packaging • Air Transport Issues

  21. Land & Water Resources Engineering(Boman, Campbell, Dukes, Gao, Graham, Haman, Judge, Kiker, Munoz-Carpena, Overman, Shukla, Migliaccio) • Irrigation & water quality • Ecological restoration • Watershed hydrology • Waste management • Water management conservation & reuse • BMP development • Fate and transport

  22. Modeling and Decision Support Systems(Beck, Campbell, Gao, Graham, Jones, Judge, Kiker, Mishoe, Martinez, Migliaccio, Munoz-Carpena, Shukla) • Integrated modeling of hydroagroecological systems • Climate forecasting for risk reduction • Assimilation of remotely sensed measurements • Knowledge-based DSS

  23. Safety and Disaster Management (Lehtola) • Machinery safety • Youth safety • Agromedicine • Agricultural risk management • Deep South Agricultural Health and Safety Center • Florida Disaster Management Team • Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)

  24. Weather and Climate (Jones, Fraisse, Ingram, Migliaccio, Porter, Shrikant) Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department is involved with the Southeast Climate Consortium in the fields of extension, crop modeling, and decision support tools.

  25. Extension (3.35 FTE in Gainesville, 1.5 FTE at RECs) • Irrigation and Water Management • Watershed Management • Climate Consortium • Safety • Energy

  26. ABE Centers • UF/IFAS Research Center for Food Distribution and Retailing (CFDR) • Center for Remote Sensing (CRS)

  27. UF/IFAS Research Center for Food Distribution and Retailing (CFDR) • Since the start of CFDR three years ago, hosted about 550 visitors. • Among research topics brought by CFDR is the technology for tracking food products called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). • The center received major donations to put in place one of the most advanced RFID laboratories in the world. • In the last 3 years, ABE faculty is responsible for bringing 7 commercial contracts totaling $1.4 millions to the Center. This work with the Center has also resulted in 4 UF invention disclosures.

  28. Center for Remote Sensing (CRS) • The research goals of the CRS include investigating new methodologies for applications of RS, GIS, and GPS in environmental, agricultural, and hydrological modeling; in monitoring and management of water and natural resources; in agricultural production/yield; and in biological engineering. • The CRS is providing continuing education to trainees from Taiwan through intensive training courses at no cost. • The research activities have resulted in funding of about $900,000 from external federal and state agencies, and 21 refereed journal articles published/in review.

  29. New faculty positions • Dr. Clyde Fraisse accepted the tenure-track position in Climate Extension/Research (60% extension, 40% research). He has been instrumental in development of the extension program in this area and actively working with the Southeast Climate Consortium. • Dr. Bin Gao from Cornell University accepted tenure-track position in nanotechnology and water management (75% research, 25% teaching). He has been working with colloidal nanoparticles and water quality issues. Started in July 2007. • Dr. Christopher Martinez works in Urban Water Management (60% research, 40% extension). Chris graduated from Environmental Engineering at the University of Florida. Started in September 2007.

  30. Main UF Campus Frazier Rogers Hall Gainesville Research & Education Centers (REC) with ABE faculty: 1. Citrus REC (Lake Alfred)] 2. Indian River REC (Ft. Pierce) 3. Southwest Florida REC (Immokalee) 4. Tropical REC (Homestead)

  31. We are working on a stronger collaboration with Research and Education Centers throughout the State encouraging: Co-investigators on the research projects Co-chairing graduate students Polycom faculty meetings Polycom participation in departmental committees Keeping center faculty “in the loop” Close collaboration with RECs

  32. Citrus REC – Lake Alfred Reza Ehsani, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor Mechanical Harvesting; Precision Agriculture; GPS/GIS Applications; Sensors and Automation for Agricultural Systems; Wireless Networks. Masoud Salyani, Ph.D. - Professor Agrochemical Application Technology; Spray Deposition and Drift; Sprayer Design and Operational Variables

  33. Indian River REC- Ft.Pierce Brian J. Boman, Ph.D., P.E - Professor Flatwoods Citrus Water Management; Citrus Irrigation and Drainage Requirements; Fertigation; Citrus Irrigation with Saline Water; Water Table Management.

  34. Southwest Florida REC - Immokalee Sanjay Shukla, Ph.D. - Associate Professor Evaluation of Effects of Agricultural Practices on Water Quality and Quantity.

  35. Tropical REC - Homestead Kati White Migliaccio, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor GIS and watershed modeling, water conservation for sustainable agriculture, water quality assessment and evaluation, and soil moisture based irrigation systems

  36. Future Goals for Agricultural and Biological Engineering- Research and Education Center Programs – 3 more ABE faculty in critical location in the state (Apopka, Quincy, Balm) Milton Campus Gainesville NWFREC - Quincy MFREC - Apopka CREC - Lake Alfred IRREC - Ft Pierce GCREC - Balm RCREC - Ona EREC - Belle Glade ABE Programs Ft Lauderdale Campus No ABE Programs SWFREC - Immokalee TREC - Homestead

  37. Faculty Awards - 2007 • Tom Burks - ASABE Outstanding Reviewer Award - 2007 • Melanie Correll - ASABE Fl. Section Young Researcher- 2007 • Michael Dukes - ASABE Outstanding Reviewer Award - 2007 • Michael Dukes - ASABE Fl. Section Outstanding Service - 2007 • Bruce Welt – North American Colleges and Teachers of America (NACTA) 2007 Teacher Fellow - 2007

  38. Faculty Awards -2006 • Ray Bucklin - Henry Giese Structures & Environ - 2006 • Direlle Baird – ASABE FL Section Special Recognition – 2006 • Ken Campbell - Hancor Soil & Water Engineering Award -2006 • Wendy Graham – ASABE FL Section Distinguish Achievement Award – 2006 • Shrikant Jagtap – ASABE Paper Award – 2006 • Jim Jones – ASABE Paper Award - 2006 • Jim Jones – Soil Science Society of America Fellow -2006 • Jim Jones - Malone International Leadership Award - 2006 • Jasmeet Judge – Society of Women Engineers Region D Faculty Advisor Award - 2006 • Greg Kiker – Internationalizing the Curriculum-UF International Center – 2006 • Wendell Porter - Outstanding Educator in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences - 2006

  39. Faculty Awards – 2006 (continuation) • Sanjay Shukla – USDA-CSREE Southern Region Applied Research Award – 2006 • Sanjay Shukla - Dallas Townsend Extension Professional Enhancement Award – 2006 • Robert Peart – McCormick –Jerome Increase Case Gold Medal - 2006 • Masoud Salyani - IFAS Gold Image Award - 2006 • Masoud Salyani – ASTM Award of Appreciation - 2006 • Fedro Zazueta – GSD Distinguish Service to Agriculture - 2006 • Fedro Zazueta – ASABE Outstanding Leadership Award -2006

  40. Staff Awards 2006-2007 • Mary Garvin - Superior Accomplishment Award - 2007 • Ralph Hoffman – Superior Accomplishment Award – 2006 • Orlando Lanni – Superior Accomplishment Award – 2006 • Robin Snyder – IFAS Silver Image Award 05 - 2006

  41. Graduate Students (2006-07) • Mary Shedd - Soil & Crop Science Society of Fla. Research Paper (Mike Dukes) • Fernando Vargas – Finalist - Institute of Food Technologists - Graduate Student Poster Competition “Effects of gamma irradiation on molecular weight of polylactic acid.”(Bruce Welt) • Bernard Cardenas-Lailhacar – ASABE Grad Student Research Paper (Mike Dukes) • Elana Rich - Marvin Byer Award (Art Teixeira) • Stuart Muller - Alec Courtelis Award, UF International Student Award (Rafael Munoz-Carpena) • Cecilia Amador - Outstanding Student Award, from the UF International Center (JP Emond) • Susana Sepúlveda Bustos - ASABE Honorable Mention Paper Award (Fedro Zazueta)

  42. Scholarships for undergraduate students 2007-2008 (33)

  43. Prinda Wanakule was selected as one of only two recipients of an Outstanding Gator Engineering 4 Year Scholar Award from the Engineering Commencement Committee. To support her studies, Wanakule received a Doctoral Fellowship from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, as well as a THRUST Fellowship from the University of Texas at Austin's College of Engineering.

  44. The 2007 ABE Fountain Wars Team received third place in the annual G.B. Gunlogson Environmental Student Design Competition at the ASABE National Meeting in Minneapolis. Team members (l-r) include Maggie Lanigan, Jon Alldrige, David Palubin, Colleen Howard, Jack Cowen and Lauren Hunter.

  45. International Programs in ABE Research Projects in following countries:Benin, Ghana, Mali, Taiwan, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Mexico, Costa-Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Chile, Honduras, Peru Service on International Boards ABE faculty have been serving on five International Boards in the last two years (CIAT Board of Trustees, International Advisory Board of the Wageningin Agricultural University Graduate School, International Science Advisory Board of the International Institute for Climate Prediction, and the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem Advisory Panel, and Chair of the International Consortium for Agricultural Systems Applications Board).  Service as Advisors to Foreign Institutions ABE faculty members have served on the Academic Advisory Board of the Escola Superior de Biotecnologia in Porto, Portugal, and Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria in Valparaiso, Chile. Service on Editorial Boards for International Journals 

  46. RankingsSummary for 2004-2005* *based on 28 self- reports **$4,021,900 in 2006

  47. Gator Engineering National Rankings* 16th Overall 27th in Research Expenditures 11th Agricultural & Biological Engineering (7th in August 2007) 15th Environmental Engineering Sciences 10th Industrial & Systems Engineering 5th Materials Science & Engineering (10 in August 2007) 9th Nuclear & Radiological Engineering 15th Aerospace Engineering 13th Chemical Engineering 9th Nuclear Engineering Source: US News & World Report April 2007 * Ranking for public graduate institutions

  48. Where are we planning to go in 2008? • CSREES Comprehensive Review of the ABE in March 2008 • Strategic Planning for ABE

  49. Strategic Planning Strategic planning is a dynamic process and it must be sensitive to new opportunities, to changes in resources and conditions, and to new information. Strategic plan should be re-evaluated and refocused periodically in the light of accomplishments and new opportunities. Where are we now? • Reviewing our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats • Exploring potential synergies to develop programs cutting across 5 major existing departmental programs • Refocusing our direction for the next 5 -10 years in teaching, research, and extension

  50. Teaching • Reviewing all three curricula and the graduate programs • Evaluating involvement in Distance Learning • Reviewing Graduate Manual

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