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John Wilkerson, 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. Research: My hatch project terminated in 2007. One additional journal article was published during 2007 based on Roberto Barbosa's dissertation, "Development of an Electronic System for Field-Scale Geomorphometric Measurements”. There are no plans to further this research effort. One journal article was published during 2007 on insect detection based on a joint effort with Dr. Raj Raman. There are no immediate plans to further this collaborative work. One draft paper has been developed based on the work just completed by Philip Allen titled: Developing a Technique for Evaluating Weed-Specific Mapping Systems. This USDA sponsored project terminates 09/08. The Tennessee Discrete Mapping System is currently being used on selective spraying systems in Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arizona, and North Carolina. A non-intrusive corn population sensing system has been successively designed and field tested based on the successful completion of Haizhou Li's dissertation. Two journal articles have been written and submitted for publication. AgLeader Technology has requested a proposal for further research and potential commercialization as an integral component of the grain yield monitoring system for precision farming. A new project was funded through Cotton Incorporate title: Integration of real-time spectral sensing technologies with historic data. This project was funded in 2007 for $30,000 and renewed in 2008 for $30,000. A second new project was funded through Delta & Pine Land Company to investigate cotton yield monitors errors between varieties. Funding in 2007 was 14,380 plus $20,000 in-kind for cotton seed and technology A non-intrusive corn population sensing system has been successively designed and field tested (H. Li's Ph.D. project). This sensor will allow producers to analyze corn yield on a per plant basis. AgLeader Technology has requested a proposal for further research and potential commercialization as an integral component of the grain yield monitoring system for precision farming. Commercialization of the intellectual property from the seed-specific applicator project has not come to fruition. The industry trend is shifting away from in-furrow treatments and toward seed treatments. A refined concept has been developed that will permit chemistry to be applied directly to individual seeds during the metering process. We are looking for industry support to further develop this concept. The patent filed in 2004 should issue this year. New efforts have been directed toward animal health sensing. The concept involves sensing the change in animal temperature and activity level by a small electronic system that is small enough to implant under an animals skin. Cooperators and potential funding opportunities are being identified. This project is in the early stage of development but has great impact potential for herd management, bio-security, etc. Hatch windfall support has been granted to support this effort. David Smith is getting up to speed on the new low-power microcontroller technology necessary for such a project to be successful. Teaching: This year I had full teaching responsibilities for one graduate classes and one undergraduate class. There were a total of 25 students in the graduate GIS/GPS class serving students majoring in Biosystems Engineering, Biosystems Engineering Technology, Environmental Engineering, Plant Science, Forestry-Wildlife & Fisheries, Environmental Science, Geology, Biology, and Public Health (Vet. Med.) In 2007, I chaired 1 Ph.D., 2 M.S. graduate committees, and co-chaired one M.S. student. I served on 6 graduate thesis committees chaired by other faculty in three departments. I think my contributions to UTIA have been significant through my willingness to assist students and faculty alike. Producing well trained students that can work at the interface of their given discipline with technology is crucial in today’s job market. I coordinated the 4th Annual Freshman Engineering Design Contest, a recruiting event targeted toward undecided freshman engineering students. However, this event was canceled due to pour early enrollment numbers. 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. Spectral-based real-time crop health sensors are now being commercialized for row-crop production. Field evaluation of this technology for the last two seasons indicates that crop sensors in conjunction with previous yield history can be combined to optimize nitrogen application rates within a field. 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. Title: Rapid Sensing and Assessment of In-Field Soil Resource Variability Collaborators: John Wilkerson, Paul Denton, Robert Freeland, Donald Tyler, & William Hart Project No.TEN00248 Sponsor: Hatch (terminated 07/07) Role: Principle Investigator Title: Development of a Variable Placement Seed Protectant Applicator Participants: John Wilkerson, Melvin Newman, Philip Allen, and William Hart Funding: Cotton, Inc. $3,750 USDA/Lubock,TX (2007) Role: Leader Title: Design and Evaluation of a Corn Population Sensor Participants: John Wilkerson, Haizhou Li (graduated ’07), Stacy Worley, and William Hart Funding: pending AgLeader Role: Leader Title: Integration of real-time spectral sensing technologies with historic data Participants: John Wilkerson, Marisol Bentez, Willie Hart, and Philip Allen Funding: Cotton Inc. (2007-2008) $60,000. Role: Leader Title: Evaluating the Potential for Using Normalized Difference Vegetative Index (NDVI) Participants: Mike Buschermohle, John Wilkerson, & Hugh Savoy Funding: Cotton, Inc. (2007). $12,500. Title: Dynamic Response to Discrete and Continuous Set-Point Changes for Variable Rate Controllers. Participants: John Wilkerson, William Hart, and Stacy Worley Role: Leader Title: Tracking Re-Introduced Elk in Tennessee. Participants: Lisa Muller, John Wilkerson, David Buckley, Joe Clark Role: Cooperator, Ph.D. committee member Title: Geo-spatial Analysis to Predict Non-target Impacts of Classical Biological Control of Exotic Plants Participants: Jerome Grant, Paris Lambdin, Gregory Wiggins, John Wilkerson Role: Collaborator, Ph.D. committee member Title: Compensating for Cotton Yield Monitor Errors by Variety Participants: John Wilkerson, William Hart, Jason Head, & Philip Allen Role: Leader Funding: Delta & Pine Land Company $14,380 (grant) + $20,000 in-kind (seed & technology) Title: Impact of Highway Wildlife Underpasses on Black Bear Spatial Ecology in Eastern North Carolina Participants: Frank vanManes, Matthew McCollister, & John Wilkerson Role: M.S. committee member 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.
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.
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.
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.
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). John Wilkerson, Real-time, Active NDVI sensing, Precision Cotton Workers Conference, Cotton Incorporation, Austin,TX - presenter and session discussion coordinator (invited speaker) 6. Student mentoring. Fill in the boxes to indicate number of students in each category.
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. Coordinated the 4th Annual Freshman Engineering Design Competition, Sept. 28, 2006 (Cancelled due to poor pre-registration numbers) 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. Raman, D. R., R. R. Gerhardt, and J. B. Wilkerson. 2007. Detecting Insect Flight Sounds in the Field: Implications for Acoustical Counting of Mosquitoes. Transactions of the ASABE 50(4): 1481–1485 . Roberto N. Barbosa*, J. B. Wilkerson, D. C. Yoder, and H. Paul Denton. 2007. Sensing Techniques for Geomorphometric Measurements. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 59 (2007) 13-20. 2. Book chapters or books. 3. Bulletins, reports, circulars, pamphlets, factsheets. Buschermohle, M. J., J. B. Wilkerson, and H. J. Savoy. 2007. Evaluating the Potential for Using Normalized Difference Vegetative Index (NDVI) and/or Soil Electrical Conductivity Maps to Predict Variable Rate Applications of Nitrogen for Tennessee Cotton Production. Wilkerson, J. B., W. E. Hart, P. B. Allen, and S. K. Worley. 2007. Non-Intrusive Sensor Development for Supplemental Nitrogen Applications in Cotton. Cotton Incorporate, 2006 Annual Report, Project #03-378. 4. Popular press, trade, UTIA magazine or newsletter articles. 5. Abstracts from scientific or discipline meetings, papers from conference proceedings, etc. Ye, X. P., C. Li, Z. Hu, A. R. Womac, and J. B. Wilkerson. 2007. Autothermal conversion of glycerol to hydrogen under nano-catalysis. Paper No. 076002, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, MI. 6. Theses/Dissertations completed by students that you directed. Allen, P. B.* 2007. Developing a Technique for Evaluating Weed-Specific Mapping Systems. Masters Thesis, December 2007. Haizhou Li* 2007. Design and Evaluation of a Non-Intrusive Corn Population Sensor. Doctoral Dissertation, August 2007. 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. Li, H.*, S. K. Worley, and J. B. Wilkerson. 2007. Design of a Temperature Gradient Seed Germination Table. Transactions of ASABE. (in review) Li, H.*, S. K. Worley, and J. B. Wilkerson. 2007. Biomass sensor field modeling: Identification, classification, and evaluation of patterns. Transactions of ASABE. (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). Buschermohle, M. J. (25%), J. B. Wilkerson (5%), H. J. Savoy (5%). Evaluating the Potential for Using Normalized Difference Vegetative Index (NDVI) and/or Soil Electri. Cotton Inc. 12/7/07. $12,500. (still pending) Wilkerson, J. B. (50%), S. K. Worley (50%). Development of a non-intrusive corn stalk sensor for mapping plant population and biomass estimates . AgLeader Technology. 11/1/07. $50,000. (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. Buschermohle, M. J. (70%), J. B. Wilkerson (15%), H. J. Savoy (15%). Evaluating the Potential for Using Normalized Difference Vegetative Index (NDVI) ..... Cotton, Inc.. 1/1/07-12/31/07. $12,500. Wilkerson, J. B. (70%), W. E. Hart (30%). Compensating for Cotton Yield Monitor Errors Between Varieties. Delta Pine & Land Company. 7/1/07-1/31/07. $14,380. 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. John Wilcut, Gail Wilkerson (40%), Peter Dotray (20%), Charles Snipes (20%), J. B. Wilkerson (20%). Site-Specific Herbicide Management to Reduce Usage & Enhance Understanding of Weed Ecology. USDA-CSREES. 9/15/04-9/14/08. $564,393. Wilkerson, J. B. (80%), W. E. Hart (20%). Integration of real-time spectral sensing technologies with historic data. Cotton Inc.. 1/1/07-12/31/08. $60,000. 4. Gifts. List recipients, donor, items or amount donated and dollar equivalent received during the reporting period. $20,000 - Delta & Pine Land, cotton seed and technology fees, 200+ acres. In-kind for a portion of sponsored budget assocated with cotton yield monitor error evaluations. (see D&PL grant) 5. Grant reports submitted. List authors, title, to whom submitted, date submitted. Wilkerson, John., W. Hart, P.Allen, & S. Worley. Non-intrusive Sensor Development for Supplemental Nitrogen Applications in Cotton, Cotton Incorporated, Raleigh, NC, 4th year, report # 03-378-05 6. Other (e.g. sales, royalties). F. OTHER CREATIVE ACTIVITIES.
G. SERVICE. List client outreach activities (both public and private sectors) and professional service.
H. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (meetings, workshops, classes, trips, etc.). List the event or activity, sponsor, duration of event and your role. Precision Cotton Workers Conference: Spatial Statistics, Austin, TX, November 13-14, 2007. 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.
J. HONORS AND AWARDS. List honors and awards received during reporting period, including the name of the organization presenting the award. Outstanding Teacher in Biosystems Engineering - 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||