The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
ANNUAL REPORTING FORM
 
Jaehoon Lee, Assistant Professor
Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science
Annual Performance Period: January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006


A. SUMMARY AND IMPACTS.

1. Summary. Provide an overall summary (500 words or less) of your accomplishments during the reporting period.

My appointment is 80% research and 20% teaching. During the reporting period, major accomplishments include 1) one 3-credit course taught, 2) advised two graduate students (one doctoral student finished), 3) three refereed professional journal articles, 4) one invited abstract and presentation in the national scientific conference, 5) one external grant was funded ($90,000), and 6) served on committees for five graduate students. Three internal research projects are developed with various faculty members in the univerisity. One multi-institutional research project is also developed to examine fate and transport of contaminants such as antibiotics and endocrine disrupting chemicals in soil. A comprehensive teaching peer review was done this year. Evaluation and comments were very good and positive.

2. Impacts. List up to three significant impacts of your program. Impact statements should be one to three sentences and should be written in a way that would be meaningful to the public.

Current methods for measuring soil properties and water and chemical movement in soil require extensive subsoil sampling or expensive field instrumentation such as tile drains ($10,000/ha) and lysimeters ($5,000 - $20,000/unit). Our improved heat-pulse probe costs less than $3,000 for monitoring an hectare field. The new probe is also 50% more accurate than a current method for prediction of chemical distributions in soil. The improved heat-pulse probe will minimize soil heterogeneity effects and provide more accurate measurements for agricultural and environmental monitoring.


B. PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS (EXTENSION, RESEARCH AND TEACHING). As applicable, list title, names of participants (PIs, Leaders, Co-PIs, Co-leaders, Collaborators etc.), project number, sponsor, your role ( leader/co-leader/collaborator) and your percent effort on the project as stated in the project description or document.

- Fate and transport of bioreactive chemicals in soil (J. Lee, M. Essington), W-1188, leader, 30%

- Development and evaluation of a mechanistic-stochastic method for field-scale solute transport prediction (J. Lee), W-1188, CSREES, leader, 20%

- Soil and plant analysis using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. (J. Lee and N. Eash), Co-leader, Rural Development Administration of Korea, 20%

- Development and evaluation of a heat-pulse probe for simultaneous measurement of water flow and soil properties (J. Lee), leader, 20%

- Non-point source tracking using rare soil element analysis (M. Essington, F.R. Walker, and J. Lee), Co-leader, 10%


C. INSTRUCTION, TEACHING AND EXTENSION EDUCATION. Detail credit and non-credit instruction and teaching activities.

1. College credit instruction. List courses in which you were an instructor or guest lecturer during the current calendar year. Include special topics, independent study and internship courses. Provide course number and title, your involvement, semester(s), credit hours and number of students. Please append a summary of teaching evaluations (student and/or peer) if this information is available.

Course number and title Involvement Semester Credit
hours
Number of
students
ESS444 Environmental Soil PhysicsTotalSpring312

2. Formal continuing education (certification programs, seminar series, in-service training, field days, faculty and/or staff training, journal club, etc.). Provide descriptive title of activity, your involvement, number of participants or students involved, number and duration of each session.

Descrip. title, including dates Involvement Number of students
or participants
Number of
sessions
Duration of each
session (hours)
         

3. Extension presentations and workshops. Indicate title, type, and scope of presentation; number of times presented; attendance estimates. Include evidence of effectiveness (e.g. evaluation summaries) where applicable.

Title/Type of presentation Scope Number of times presented Total attendees
       

4. Public addresses to lay audiences (TV/radio presentations, service groups, etc.). Indicate title, type, scope of presentation; number of times presented; attendance estimates. Include evidence of effectiveness (e.g. evaluation summaries) where applicable.

Title/Type of presentation Scope Number of times presented Total attendees
       

5. Presentations at professional meetings, without published abstracts. List presenter, co-authors (if any), title, date and name of meeting (list scientific oral or poster presentations having published abstracts or proceedings at D5).

6. Student mentoring. Fill in the boxes to indicate number of students in each category.

Level of students No. of students advised No. of active graduate committees on which you served as:
Major professor Committee member
Undergraduate      
Masters  
Doctoral  

7. Student or commodity club activities (e.g. club advisor, team competitions, honor or professional societies, etc.). List the club or group; your role with the club or group; and the activities, honors or awards received by this group under your mentorship.

8. Other instructional and teaching activities.


D. PUBLICATIONS. List only publications that were published during the annual reporting period (for #8, submitted during reporting period). Format citations as typical and appropriate for outlet. If a co-author(s) is a student or was working under your direct supervision, place an asterisk after that person's name.

1. Refereed articles or refereed reviews appearing in peer-reviewed professional journals.

Cho, K., H. Toler, J. Lee, B. Owenley, J. Stutz, J. Moore, and R. Auge.  2006.  Mycorrhizal symbiosis and response of sorghum plants to combined drought and salinity stresses.  J. Plant Physiology, 163 (5): 517-528.

Chun, S.*, J. Lee, M. Radosevich, D. White, and R. Geyer.  2006.  Influence of agricultural antibiotics and 17beta estradiol on microbial community of soil.  J. of Environ. Sci. & Health, 41:923-935.

Tyner, J. S., W. C. Wright, and J. Lee.  2006.  Lagoon sealing and filter cakes.  Transactions of the ASABE. 49(2):527-531.

2. Book chapters or books.

3. Bulletins, reports, circulars, pamphlets, factsheets.

4. Popular press, trade, UTIA magazine or newsletter articles.

5. Abstracts from scientific or discipline meetings, papers from conference proceedings, etc.

Lee, J., Seo, Y., and M. E. Essington.  2006.  Nonequilibrium sorption and transport of agricultural antibiotics in soil.  Annual Meetings Abstracts [CD-ROM]. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI.  (invited)

6. Theses/Dissertations completed by students that you directed.

Seo, Y.*  2006.  Characterizing the fate and transport of solutes in soil. 

7. Other publications.

8. Articles submitted during the reporting period that are in review, in press or rejected. Please do not list articles in preparation.

Chun, S.*, and J. Lee.  2006.  Leaching of Folicur (Tebuconazole) and Mocap (Ethoprophs) from sand-based soil incorporated with activated charcoal or peat moss.  Soil and Sediment Contamination.  (in review)

Chun, S.*, J. Lee, J.L. Wight, M. Lyons, and C.E. Sams.  2006.  Effects of methyl bromide alternatives and compost on soil properties.  Soil and Tillage Research.  (in review)


E. FUNDING. Format each entry as a citation, include as applicable: investigators (with percent effort shown on grant or contract document), title, source/agency.

1. Grant and contract proposals submitted but not awarded during this reporting period. Indicate date of submission and status (still pending, rejected).

2. Grants and contracts awarded during this reporting period. List inclusive period of support (start and end dates) and total amount of award.

Lee, J. (50%), N. S. Eash (50%).  Soil and plant analysis using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.  Rural Development Administration of Korea.  5/1/06-4/30/09.  $90,000.

3. Grants and contracts awarded in past years that continued into this reporting period. List inclusive period of support (start and end dates) and total amount of award.

Lee, J. (100%).  Fate and transport of endocrine disruptors in soil water systems.  NSF/North Dakota State University.  6/1/03-5/31/06.  $85,876.

Tyner, J. S. (80%), M. E. Essington (10%), J. Lee (10%).  Subsurface Phosphorous Transport by Colloid Association and Preferential Flow.  USGS .  3/1/05-2/28/06.  $27,228.

Lee, J. (90%), J. S. Tyner (10%).  Development of a novel heat-pulse probe for the simultaneous measurement of soil water flow.  UTIA- Idea Grant.  8/5/05-12/31/06.  $2,500.

4. Gifts. List recipients, donor, items or amount donated and dollar equivalent received during the reporting period.

5. Grant reports submitted. List authors, title, to whom submitted, date submitted.

Casey, F.X.M. and J. Lee, Fate and transport of endocrine disruptors in soil water systems, NSF, December 17.

6. Other (e.g. sales, royalties).


F. OTHER CREATIVE ACTIVITIES.

1. Tech. advances (intell. prop., patent, copyright, products, processes, genetic lines/varieties).

2. Computer software (e.g. instructional or research software, CD ROMs).

3. Educational tools.

4. Internet activities.

5. Other creative products and activities.


G. SERVICE. List client outreach activities (both public and private sectors) and professional service.
    
1. Client service.
 a. Commodity or discipline group service activities. List committees, offices held or other roles.

b. Clinical and diagnostic services. List type of service provided and client(s).

c. Service to individual producers, businesses, or corporations as a specialist, consultant or expert advisor (whether paid or unpaid). List your one-on-one service activities with this group of clients.

d. Other (e.g. Ag Day activities, Varsity Visit, judging, presentations at clubs and K-12 schools).

2006 Ag Day preparation

2. Professional service (for professional colleagues).
a. Within the university.
I. Committee work. Briefly describe your involvement during the reporting period.
i. University.

ii. UTIA.

iii. Department.

Graduate Committee
Department Bylaw Committee
Soil Fertility Position Search Committee

II. Other (e.g. technical assistance to colleagues, peer reviews,
mentoring of junior faculty, hosting visiting scientists).


b. Outside the university (e.g. committee work/offices in professional or public organizations or societies, editorship, editorial boards, review of manuscripts (indicate outlet) and project proposals (indicate agency), meetings organized, member of grant review panel or study section, moderator, etc.).

- President of IEG-73 Regional Soil Physics Group, hosted 2006 Annual Meeting.
- President of Korean Association of Agricultural/Environmental Scientists in North America
- Review of SARE Research and Education Grant proposals
- Review of two manuscripts for Soil Science Society of America Journal and Vadose Zone Journal.
- Session chair for 2006 Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting



H. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (meetings, workshops, classes, trips, etc.). List the event or activity, sponsor, duration of event and your role.


I. PERSONNEL SUPERVISION. List the postdoctoral fellows, research associates, research assistants, technicians, extension associates, extension assistants, graduate assistants, undergraduate students, clerical personnel or others that you supervised during the year.

ClassificationFTE's per semester
SpringSummerFall
Postdoctoral fellows      
Research associates, assistants, technicians      
Extension associates, assistants      
Graduate students, assistants
Undergraduate students  
Clerical personnel      
Other      


J. HONORS AND AWARDS. List honors and awards received during reporting period, including the name of the organization presenting the award.