The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
ANNUAL REPORTING FORM
 
John Ammons, Professor
Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science
Annual Performance Period: January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007


A. SUMMARY AND IMPACTS.

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

Started 2007 teaching a graduate class in Pedology and continuing research on the TWRA sand blow project. I travelled to Western Australia to spend four days in the field with scientists from CSIRO sampling well bores and studying lanforms related to water quality.Completd most of the laboratory data on minesoils from Australia and presented results to national ASA meetings. Began completion of sand Blow project and submitted publications. I taught ESS 442 and ESS 242 in the fall semester. I coached the soil judging team and they qualified for the nationals in the spring of 2008. I was faculty advisor for the Plant, Soil and Environmental Science Club. Club activities included a field trip to the Smokys, and 6 students competed at the national ASA meetings in New Orleans, LA. I was fculty advisor for University of Tennessee Bluegrass Music club. Listed on Senior Fulbright Specialist Roster (peer reviewed). One grant proposal pending.

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.

1. Added to the world knowledge base on minesoils.
2. Presentation of reclamation research sucess in the Copper Basin televisd on PBS.
3. Impact of using GPR to find earthquake fissures along the New Madrid Fault.


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.

Investigation of Soil Genesis, Classification, and Landscapes by the Major Land resource Areas in Tennessee.TEN0283, Principal Investigator.

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
ESS512 PedologyTotalSpring33
ESS442 Soil Genesis and ClassificationTotalFall310
ESS242 Soil MorphologyTotalFall113

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
Copper Basin Restoration, Fall 2007, Presented on "This Amerocan Land, PBS series telecast on PBS and available on the Internet.International109000 

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).

AMMONS, J.T. 2007,. update on TAES soil survey activities. Tennessee Soil Survey Work Planning Conference.

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 3     
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.

Faculty advisor to Plant Soil and Environmental Sciences Club. Conducted club field trip (White Oak Sink) in the Smokys. Took 6 undergrate students to Natioal American Society of Agronomy Meetings. Students competed in national poster contest, Quiz Bowl, oral research presentation, poster research presentation.
Coached the University of Tennessee Soil Judging team in Southeastern Regional and qualified for the National Ccontest in April 2008. Coducted 2 three day field trips to study soils across Tennessee.

8. Other instructional and teaching activities.

Faculty Advisor to the University of Tennessee Bluegrall Music Club. Played music for AG. Day


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.

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.

Eash, N. S., J. Lee, Y.S. Zhang, C. Johns, and J. T. Ammons.  2007.  Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for quantitative soil analysis.  Annual Meetings Abstracts [CD-ROM]. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI.

Freeland, R. S., J. T. Ammons, and C.L. Wirwa.  2007.  Ground-penetrating Radar Mapping of agricultural Landforms within the New Madrid Seismic Zone of the Mississippi Embayment.  American Society of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. Paper number 073099.

Hull, R. A., J. S. Journey, and R. R. Noble., and J. T. Ammons.  2007.  Hall, R.A., J.Journey, R.R.R.P. Noble, M.A. Stewart, J.T. Ammons.2007.Select Physical and Chemical Properties of Australian Minesoils. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI.  Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison WI (d-rom).

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

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.

Freeland, R. S., J. T. Ammons, and C.L. Wirwa.  2007.  The Subsurface Anatomy of the Northwest Tennessee’s Sand Blows.  Soil Survey Horizons . Soil Science Society of America.  (in review)

Freeland, R. S., J. T. Ammons, and C. L. Wirwa.  2007.  GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR MAPPING OF AGRICULTURAL LANDFORMS WITHIN THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE OF THE MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT.  Manuscript IET-07069-2007.R1 accepted Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 25-Nov-2007. Proof accepted from editor on Jan. 10, 2008.  (in press)

T.J.F. Cook, R.T. Watkins, J. T. Ammons, and R.I. J. Vogwill.  2007.  Characteristics of Acid Podzols in the Perth Metropolitian Region, Western Australia.  Australian Geochemistry Journal.  (in press)


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).

Ammons, J. T. (50%), A. M. Johnson (50%).  Soil Studies on Big South Fork.  National Park Service.  2/16/07.  $25,000.  (still pending)

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

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.

Ammons, J. T. (100%).  Soil Survey Laboratory and Field Characterization for MO-18.  USDA.  10/1/03-10/1/07.  $40,000.

Freeland, R. S. (50%), J. T. Ammons (50%).  GPR Survey of TWRA Bogota Site.  Tenn. Wildlife Resources Agency.  5/1/06-12/31/08.  $20,350.

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.

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.

Set up state 4-H and FFA state land judging contest in Greenville, TN.

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

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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.

Hosted Tennessee Soil Survey Work Planning Conference.

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

Provided music for Ag Day with the University of Tennessee Bluegrass Music Club.

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

Faculty Senate

ii. UTIA.

Liasion from TAES to the National Cooperative Soil Survey

iii. Department.

Graduate Review Committee

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

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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.).

State Land Judging Committee (4-H, FFA)
Reviewer fo SSJ and SSSAJ
Certification Board, Soil Scientist Association of Tennessee


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

Field trip with CSIRO to collect water samples in the Muckinbudin Shire in Western Australia. Spent four days in the wheat growing region of Western Australia collabrating with CSIRO scientists on Landform relationships to water quality.




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 2  2  2 
Clerical personnel      
Other      


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

Outstanding Teacher in Environmental and Soil Sciences, 2007