Biological Systems Engineering, Department of
Department of Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
2018
Climate-Driven Crop Yield and Yield Variability and Climate Change Impacts on the U.S. Great Plains Agricultural Production, Meetpal Singh Kukal and Suat Irmak
U.S. Agro-Climate in 20th Century: Growing Degree Days, First and Last Frost, Growing Season Length, and Impacts on Crop Yields, Meetpal Singh Kukal and Suat Irmak
Comparison of nitrogen fertigation management strategies for center-pivot irrigated maize in the sub-humid area of China, Jingjing Li, Wenjing Zang, Yaojun Li, Derek M. Heeren, and Haijun Yan
DYNAMIC ROPS TEST FOR TRACTORS OVER 6,000 KILOGRAMS, Caleb M. Lindhorst, Roger M. Hoy, Santosh Pitla, and Michael F. Kocher
Detection of multi-tomato leaf diseases (late blight, target and bacterial spots) in different stages by using a spectral-based sensor, Jinzhu Lu, Reza Ehsani, Yeyin Shi, Ana Isabel de Castro, and Shuang Wang
Invasion of the P elements: Tolerance is not futile, Colin D. Meiklejohn and Justin P. Blumenstiel
Investigation of Organic Solvents’ Effects on Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) Biomass Conversion in Subcritical Water, Bahar Meryemoglu, Arif Hasanoglu, Mehtap Kurtulus, and Sibel Irmak
EVALUATION OF THE ACCURACY OF MACHINE REPORTED CAN DATA FOR ENGINE TORQUE AND SPEED (J1939), Rodney A. Rohrer, Joe D. Luck, Santosh K. Pitla, and Roger M. Hoy
Unmanned aerial systems-based remote sensing for monitoring sorghum growth and development, Sanaz Shafian, Nithya Rajan, Ronnie Schnell, Muthukumar Bagavathiannan, John Valasek, Yeyin Shi, and Jeff Olsenholler
Special Issue: Microbial Community Modeling: Prediction of Microbial Interactions and Community Dynamics, Hyun-Seob Song
Prediction of Agricultural Implement Hydraulic Power Requirements Using Controller Area Network Bus Data, Gabriel P. Stoll, Rodney A. Rohrer, Santosh K. Pitla, and Joe D. Luck
Portable Flux Tower Deployments Field Campaign Report, M. S. Torn, L Kuepper, S. C. Biraud, and D. P. Billesbach
Comparison of three regionalization techniques for predicting streamflow in ungaged watersheds in Nebraska, USA using SWAT model, Michael W. Van Liew and Aaron R. Mittelstet
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Beef Feedlot Surface Materials as Affected by Diet, Moisture, Temperature, and Time, Bryan L. Woodbury, John E. Gilley, David B. Parker, and Bobbi S. Stomer
Rapeseed Seedling Stand Counting and Seeding Performance Evaluation at Two Early Growth Stages Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery, Biquan Zhao, Jian Zhang, Chenghai Yang, Guangsheng Zhou, Youchun Ding, Yeyin Shi, Dongyan Zhang, Jing Xie, and Qingxi Liao
Registration for Optical Multimodal Remote Sensing Images Based on FAST Detection,Window Selection, and Histogram Specification, Xiaoyang Zhao, Jian Zhang, Chenghai Yang, Huaibo Song, Yeyin Shi, Xingen Zhou, Dongyan Zhang, and Guozhong Zhang
Impact of Eastern Redcedar Proliferation on Water Resources in the Great Plains USA—Current State of Knowledge, Chris B. Zou, Dirac Twidwell, Christine H. Bielski, Dillon T. Fogarty, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Patrick J. Starks, Rodney E. Will, Yu Zhong, and Bharat Sharma Acharya
2017
The assessment of water resources in ungauged catchments in Rwanda, O. P. Abimbola, J. Wenninger, R. Venneker, and Aaron R. Mittelstet
The effect of single-handed lifting tasks on the activation of the neck-shoulder shared musculature, Mohamed R. Amar, David Cochran, and Jeffrey Woldstad
Soil water content monitoring for irrigation management: A geostatistical analysis, J. Burdette Barker, Trenton E. Franz, Derek M. Heeren, Christopher M.U. Neale, and Joe D. Luck
Optical probing of gastrocnemius in patients with peripheral artery disease characterizes myopathic biochemical alterations and correlates with stage of disease, Ryan A. Becker, Kim Cluff, Nithyanandhi Duraisamy, Hootan Mehraein, Hussam Farhoud, Tracie Collins, George P. Casale, Iraklis I. Pipinos, and Jeyamkondan Subbiah
Quantifying Effectiveness of Streambank Stabilization Practices on Cedar River, Nebraska, Naisargi Dave and Aaron R. Mittelstet
Performance of Twelve Mass Transfer Based Reference Evapotranspiration Models under Humid Climate, Koffi Djaman, Komlan Koudahe, Mamadou Sall, Isa Kabenge, Daran Rudnick, and Suat Irkmak
Evaluation of Valiantzas’ Simplified Forms of the FAO-56 Penman-Monteith Reference Evapotranspiration Model in a Humid Climate, Koffi Djaman, Daran Rudnick, Valere C. Mel, Denis Mutiibwa, Lamine Diop, Mamadou Sall, Isa Kabenge, Ansoumana Bodian, Hossein Tabari, and Suat Irmak
Spatial and temporal variation in precipitation in Togo, Koffi Djaman, Vivek Sharma, Daran Rudnick, Komlan Koudahe, Suat Irkmak, Kokou Adambounou Amouzou, and Jean Mianikpo Sogbedji
A Tunable, Three-Dimensional in vitro Culture Model of Growth Plate Cartilage Using Alginate Hydrogel Scaffolds, Alek G. Erickson, Taylor D. Laughlin, Sarah Romereim, Catherine Sargus-Patino, Angela K. Pannier, and Andrew T. Dudley
Chitosan-zein nano-in-microparticles Capable of Mediating in vivo Transgene Expression Following Oral Delivery, Eric Farris, Deborah M. Brown, Amanda Ramer-Tait, and Angela K. Pannier
LABORATORY AND FULL BOOM-BASED INVESTIGATION OF NOZZLE SETUP ERROR EFFECTS ON FLOW, PRESSURE, AND SPRAY PATTERN DISTRIBUTION, Shane H. Forney, Joe D. Luck, Michael F. Kocher, and Santosh Pitla
LABORATORY AND FULL BOOM-BASED INVESTIGATION OF NOZZLE SETUP ERROR EFFECTS ON FLOW, PRESSURE, AND SPRAY PATTERN DISTRIBUTION, S. H. Forney, J. D. Luck, Michael F. Kocher, and Santosh K. Pitla
A case study of field-scale maize irrigation patterns in western Nebraska: implications for water managers and recommendations for hyper-resolution land surface modeling, Justin P. Gibson, Trenton E. Franz, Tiejun Wang, John Gates, Patricio Grassini, Haishun Yang, and Dean E. Eisenhauer
Setback Distance Requirements for Removal of Swine Slurry Constituents in Runoff, John E. Gilley, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Kent M. Eskridge, Xu Li, Amy M. Schmidt, and Daniel D. Snow
Multiple drivers of seasonal change in PRI: Implications for photosynthesis 1. Leaf level, Anatoly A. Gitelson, John A. Gamon, and Alexei E. Solovchenko
Multiple drivers of seasonal change in PRI: Implications for photosynthesis 2. Stand level, Anatoly A. Gitelson, John A. Gamon, and Alexei E. Solovchenko
METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUBSTITUTED POLYSACCHARIDES VIA REACTIVE EXTRUSION, Milford Hanna and Pratik Bhandari
Impact of macropores and gravel outcrops on phosphorus leaching at the plot scale in silt loam soils, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, Chad Penn, Todd Halihan, Daniel E. Storm, and Brian Haggard
Differences in soil biological activity by terrain types at the sub-field scale in central Iowa US, Amy L. Kaleita, Linda R. Schott, Sarah K. Hargreaves, and Kirsten S. Hofmockel
Fuel Consumption Models for Tractor Test Reports, Michael F. Kocher, Bryan J. Smith, Roger M. Hoy, Jeffrey C. Woldstad, and Santosh Pitla
Trend Analysis in Rainfall, Reference Evapotranspiration and Aridity Index in Southern Senegal: Adaptation to the Vulnerability of Rainfed Rice Cultivation to Climate Change, Komlan Koudahe, Koffi Djaman, Ansoumana Bodian, Suat Irkmak, Mamadou Sall, Lamine Diop, Alpha B. Balde, and Daran Rudnick
Spatial and Temporal Changes in Maize and Soybean Grain Yield, Precipitation Use Efficiency, and Crop Water Productivity in the U.S. Great Plains, Meetpal S. Kukal and S. Irmak
SENSOR SYSTEM, IMPLANTABLE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR REMOTE SENSING OF A STIMULUS IN VIVO, Eric H. Ledet, Rebecca A. Wachs, Keegan Paul Cole, and David Fiorella
Field Characterization of Field Capacity and Root Zone Available Water Capacity for Variable Rate Irrigation, Tsz Him Lo, Derek M. Heeren, Luciano Mateos, Joe D. Luck, Derrel L. Martin, Keith A. Miller, J. Burdette Barker, and Tim M. Shaver
Center Pivot Irrigation Handbook (EC3017), Derrel Martin, William Kranz, Tyler Smith, Suat Irmak, Charles Burr, and Ron Yoder
Comparison of Four Nitrate Removal Kinetic Models in Two Distinct Wetland Restoration Mesocosm Systems, Tiffany L. Messer, Michael R. Burchell, and François Birgand
Correction: Messer, T.L.; Burchell, M.R.; Birgand, F. Comparison of Four Nitrate Removal Kinetic Models in Two Distinct Wetland Restoration Mesocosm Systems. Water 2017, 9, 517, Tiffany L. Messer, Michael R. Burchell, and François Birgand
In vitro porcine blastocyst development in three-dimensional alginate hydrogels, Jeremy R. Miles, Taylor D. Laughlin, Catherine Sargus-Patino, and Angela K. Pannier
A geospatial variable rate irrigation control scenario evaluation methodology based on mining root zone available water capacity, K. A. Miller, Joe Luck, Derek M. Heeren, T. Lo, Derrel Martin, and J. B. Barker
Geometry-based Mass Grading of Mango Fruits using Image Processing, M. A. Momin, Md Towfiqur Rahman, M. S. Sultana, C. Igathinathane, A. T. M. Ziauddin, and T. E. Grift
Supraspinatus tendon micromorphology in individuals with subacromial pain syndrome, Federico Pozzi, Amee L. Seitz, Hillary A. Plummer, Kira Chow, Gregory R. Bashford, and Lori A. Michener
Large CO2 and CH4 emissions from polygonal tundra during spring thaw in northern Alaska, Naama Raz-Yaseef, Margaret S. Torn, Yuxin Wu, David P. Billesbach, Anna K. Liljedahl, Timothy J. Kneafsey, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, David R. Cook, and Stan D. Wullschleger
TRACTOR POWER TAKE-OFF TORQUE MEASUREMENT AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM, James BW Roeber, Santosh Pitla, Roger M. Hoy, Joe D. Luck, and Michael F. Kocher
TRACTOR POWER TAKE-OFF TORQUE MEASUREMENT AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM, James B. W. Roeber, Santosh K. Pitla, R. M. Hoy, J. D. Luck, and Michael F. Kocher
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A TRACTOR DRAWBAR FORCE MEASUREMENT AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM (DAQ), James Roeber, Santosh Pitla, Roger M. Hoy, Joe D. Luck, and Michael F. Kocher
TISSUE DECELLULARIZATION METHODS, Christine E. Schmidt, Rebecca A. Wachs, and Robert Chase Cornelison
Runoff water quality characteristics following swine slurry application under broadcast and injected conditions, Nicole R. Schuster, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Lisa M. Durso, John E. Gilley, Xu Li, David B. Marx, Amy M. Schmidt, and Daniel D. Snow
Crop canopy sensor orientation for late season nitrogen determination in corn, T. M. Shaver, Greg Kruger, and Daran Rudnick
Regulation-Structured Dynamic Metabolic Model Provides a Potential Mechanism for Delayed Enzyme Response in Denitrification Process, Hyun-Seob Song, Dennis G. Thomas, James C. Stegen, Minjing Li, Chongxuan Liu, Xuehang Song, Xingyuan Chen, Jim K. Fredrickson, John M. Zachara, and Timothy D. Scheibe
NANOPARTICLE FOR TARGETING BRAIN TUMORS AND DELIVERY OF O6 - BENZYLGUANINE, University of Washington, Seattle
Creation of an injectable in situ gelling native extracellular matrix for nucleus pulposus tissue engineering, Rebecca A. Wachs, Ella N. Hoogenboezem, Hammad I. Huda, Shangjing Xin, Stacy L. Porvasnik, and Christine E. Schmidt
Green and Sustainable Technology for High-Efficiency and Low- Damage Manipulation of Densely Crosslinked Proteins, Helan Xu, Kaili Song, Bingnan Mu, and Yiqi Yang
A Novel Diffuse Fraction-Based Two-Leaf Light Use Efficiency Model: An Application Quantifying Photosynthetic Seasonality Across 20 AmeriFlux Flux Tower Sites, Hao Yan, Shao-Qiang Wang, Kai-Liang Yu, Bin Wang, Qin Yu, Gil Bohrer, Dave P. Billesbach, Rosvel Bracho, and Faiz Rahman
Moving integrated weed management from low level to a truly integrated and highly specific weed management system using advanced technologies, S. L. Young, S. K. Pitla, F. K. Van Evert, J. K. Schueller, and F. J. Pierce
Crop Classification and LAI Estimation Using Original and Resolution-Reduced Images from Two Consumer-Grade Cameras, Jian Zhang, Chenghai Yang, Biquan Zhao, Huaibo Song, Wesley Clint Hoffmann, Yeyin Shi, Dongyan Zhang, and Guozhong Zhang
A comprehensive dosimetric study on switching from a Type-B to a Type-C dose algorithm for modern lung SBRT, Christina Zhou, Nathan Bennion, Rongtao Ma, Xiaoying Liang, Shuo Wang, Kristina Zvolanek, Megan Hyun, Xiaobo Li, Sumin Zhou, Weining Zhen, Chi Lin, Andrew Wahl, and Dandan Zheng
2016
WETLANDS AND COASTAL SYSTEMS: PROTECTING AND RESTORING VALUABLE ECOSYSTEMS, C. T. Agouridis, K. R. Douglas-Mankin, A. C. Linhoss, and A. R. Mittelstet
ECOSYSTEM EVAPOTRANSPIRATION: CHALLENGES IN MEASUREMENTS, ESTIMATES, AND MODELING, D.M. Amatya, Sibel Irmak, P. Gowda, G. Sun, J.E. Nettles, and K.R. Douglas-Mankin
ECOSYSTEM EVAPOTRANSPIRATION: CHALLENGES IN MEASUREMENTS, ESTIMATES, AND MODELING, D.M. Amatya, Suat Irmak, P. Gowda, G. Sun, J.E. Nettles, and K.R. Douglas-Mankin
Incorporation of globally available datasets into the roving cosmic-ray neutron probe method for estimating field-scale soil water content, William A. Avery, Catherine Finkenbiner, Trenton E. Franz, Tiejun Wang, Anthony L. Nguy-Robertson, Andrew E. Suyker, Timothy J. Arkebauer, and Francisco Munoz-Arriola
A multi-sensor system for high throughput field phenotyping in soybean and wheat breeding, Geng Bai, Yufeng Ge, Waseem Hussain, P. Stephen Baenziger, and George L. Graef
Protein-targeted corona phase molecular recognition, Gili Bisker, Juyao Dong, Hoyoung D. Park, Nicole M. Iverson, Jiyoung Ahn, Justin T. Nelson, Markita P. Landry, Sebastian Kruss, and Michael S. Strano
Effect of rainfall timing and tillage on the transport of steroidhormones in runoff from manure amended row crop fields, Sagor Biswas, William L. Kranz, Charles A. Shapiro, Daniel D. Snow, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Mitiku Mamo, David D. Tarkalson, Tian C. Zhang, David P. Shelton, Simon J. van Donk, and Terry L. Mader
Analyses, calibration and validation of evapotranspirationmodels to predict grass-reference evapotranspiration in theSenegal river delta, Koffi Djaman, Hossein Tabari, Alpha B. Balde, Lamine Diop, Koichi Futakuchi, and Suat Irmak
Micro- and nanoparticulates for DNA vaccine delivery, Eric Farris, Deborah M. Brown, Amanda Ramer-Tait, and Angela K. Pannier
Switchgrass storage effects on the recovery of carbohydrates after liquid hot water pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis, Noaa Frederick, Mengxing Li, Danielle Julie Carrier, Michael D. Buser, and Mark R. Wilkins
Temporal dynamics of maize plant growth, water use, and leaf water content using automated high throughput RGB and hyperspectral imaging, Yufeng Ge, Geng Bai, Vincent Stoerger, and James C. Schnable
Removal of cattle manure constituents in runoff from no-till cropland as affected by setback distance, John E. Gilley, Aaron J. Sindelar, and Brian L. Woodbury
Removal of cattle manure constituents in runoff from no-till cropland as affected by setback distance, John E. Gilley, Aaron J. Sindelar, and Bryan L. Woodbury
Quantifying an aquifer nitrate budget and future nitrate discharge using field data from streambeds and well nests, Troy E. Gilmore, David P. Genereux, Kathleen M. Farrell, and Helena Mitasova
Groundwater transit time distribution and mean from streambed sampling in an agricultural coastal plain watershed, North Carolina, USA, Troy E. Gilmore, David P. Genereux, D. Kip Solomon, and John E. Solder
Quantifying the fate of agricultural nitrogen in an unconfined aquifer: Stream-based observations at three measurement scales, Troy E. Gilmore, David P. Genereux, D. Kip Solomon, John E. Solder, Briant A. Kimball, Helena Mitasova, and Francois Birgand
Efficiency of chlorophyll in gross primary productivity: A proof of concept and application in crops, Anatoly A. Gitelson, Yi Peng, Andrés Viña, Timothy J. Arkebauer, and James S. Schepers
Glucocorticoid Cell Priming Enhances Transfection Outcomes in Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Abby M. Kelly, Sarah A. Plautz, Janos Zempleni, and Angela K. Pannier
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR SPEED TO ACHIEVE A DESIRED OPERATING POINT FOR A GIVEN FAN OR PUMP, Michael F. Kocher and Jeyamkondan Subbiah
Calibration Procedure for Fuel Flow Meters at the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab, Michael F. Kocher, Matthew T. Wold, Roger M. Hoy, Austin Lammers, and Erin E. Blankenship
Long-Term Patterns of Air Temperatures, Daily Temperature Range, Precipitation, Grass-Reference Evapotranspiration and Aridity Index in the USA Great Plains: Part II. Temporal Trends, Meetpal S. Kukal and Suat Irmak
Long-Term Patterns of Air Temperatures, Daily Temperature Range, Precipitation, Grass-Reference Evapotranspiration and Aridity Index in the Usa Great Plains: Part I. Spatial Trends, Meetpal S. Kukal and Suat Irmak
262. Direct Measure of Cervical Interbody Forces in Vivo: Load Reversal after Plating, Eric H. Ledet, Josh Peterson, Rebecca A. Wachs, Mary Beth M. Grabowsky, Joseph C. Glennon, and Darryl J. DiRisio
Pumpage Reduction by using Variable Rate Irrigation to Mine Undepleted Soil Water, Tsz Him Lo, Derek M. Heeren, Derrel Martin, Luciano Mateos, Joe D. Luck, and Dean E. Eisenhauer
Recalibration Methodology to Compensate for Changing Fluid Properties in an Individual Nozzle Direct Injection Systems, Joe D. Luck, S. A. Shearer, B. D. Luck, and M. P. Sama
Comparing various hardware/software solutions and conversion methods for Controller Area Network (CAN) bus data collection, Samuel E. Marx, Joe D. Luck, Santosh Pitla, and Roger M. Hoy
Objective Climatological Analysis of Extreme Weather Events in Arizona during the North American Monsoon, Jeremy J. Mazon, Christopher L. Castro, David K. Adams, Hsin-I Chang, Carlos M. Carrillo, and John J. Brost
Heterogeneity influences on stream water–groundwater interactions in a gravel-dominated floodplain, R. B. Miller, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, Todd Halihan, and Daniel E. Storm
Using SWAT to enhance watershed-based plans to meet numeric water quality standards, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Daniel E. Storm, and Michael J. White
MODELING STREAMBANK EROSION ON COMPOSITE STREAMBANKS ON A WATERSHED SCALE, A. R. Mittelstet, D. E. Storm, G. A. Fox, and P. M. Allen
High-throughput screening of clinically approved drugs that prime polyethylenimine transfection reveals modulation of mitochondria dysfunction response improves gene transfer efficiencies, Albert Nguyen, Jared P. Beyersdorf, Jean-Jack Riethoven, and Angela K. Pannier
Neural encoding of saltatory pneumotactile velocity in human glabrous hand, Hyuntaek Oh, Rebecca Custead, Yingying Wang, and Steven M. Barlow
In-field fuel use and load states of agricultural field machinery, Santosh Pitla, Joe D. Luck, Jared Werner, Nannan Lin, and Scott A. Shearer
Control Architecture For Multi-Robot System, John H. Posselius, Christopher A. Foster, Santosh K. Pitla, Scott A. Shearer, Joe D. Luck, Michael P. Sama, and Rodrigo S. Zandonadi
Critical factors affecting the integration of biomass gasification and syngas fermentation technology, Karthikeyan D. Ramachandriya, Dimple K. Kundiyana, Ashokkumar M. Sharma, Ajay Kumar, Hasan K. Atiyeh, Raymond L. Huhnke, and Mark R. Wilkins
A Generalized Spatial Measure for Resilience of Microbial Systems, Ryan S. Renslow, Stephen R. Lindemann, and Hyun-Seob Song
Tractor hydraulic power data acquisition system, J. B.W. Roeber, Santosh Pitla, Michael F. Kocher, Joe D. Luck, and Roger M. Hoy