Biological Systems Engineering, Department of
Department of Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
2016
Direct and indirect effects of climatic variations on the interannual variability in net ecosystem exchange across terrestrial ecosystems, Junjiong Shao, Xuhui Zhou, Yiqi Luo, Bo Li, Mika Aurela, David Billesbach, Peter D. Blanken, Rosvel Bracho, Jiquan Chen, Marc Fischer, Yuling Fu, Lianhong Gu, Shijie Han, Yongtao He, Thomas Kolb, Yingnian Li, Zoltan Nagy, Shuli Niu, Walter C. Oechel, Krisztina Pinter, Peili Shi, Andrew Suyker, Margaret Torn, Andrej Varlagin, Huimin Wang, Junhua Yan, Guirui Yu, and Junhui Zhang
Impact of scale/resolution on evapotranspiration from Landsat and MODIS images, Vivek Sharma, Ayse Kilic, and Suat Irmak
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for High-Throughput Phenotyping and Agronomic Research, Yeyin Shi; J. Alex Thomasson; Seth C. Murray; N. Ace Pugh; William L. Rooney; Sanaz Shafian; Nithya Rajan; Gregory Rouze; Cristine L. S. Morgan; Haly L. Neely; Aman Rana; Muthu V. Bagavathiannan; James Henrickson; Ezekiel Bowden; John Valasek; Jeff Olsenholler; Michael P. Bishop; Ryan Sheridan; Eric B. Putman; Sorin Popescu; Travis Burks; Dale Cope; Amir Ibrahim; Billy F. McCutchen; David D. Baltensperger; Robert V. Avant, Jr.; Misty Vidrine; and Chenghai Yang
Cellulase immobilization on superparamagnetic nanoparticles for reuse in cellulosic biomass conversion, Qing Song, Yu Mao, Mark Wilkins, Fernando Segato, and Rolf Prade
Inter-row Robot Navigation using 1D Ranging Sensors, Tyler A. Troyer, Santosh Pitla, and Ethan Nutter
Moisture insensitive prediction of soil properties from VNIR reflectance spectra based on external parameter orthogonalization, Nuwan K. Wijewardane, Yufeng Ge, and Cristine L.S. Morgan
A multi-scale comparison of modeled and observed seasonal methane emissions in northern wetlands, Xiyan Xu, William J. Riley, Charles D. Koven, Dave P. Billesbach, Rachel Y.-W. Chang, Roisin Commane, Eugenie S. Euskirchen, Sean Hartery, Yoshinobu Harazono, Hiroki Iwata, Kyle C. McDonald, Charles E. Miller, Walter C. Oechel, Benjamin Poulter, Naama Raz-Yaseef, Colm Sweeny, Margaret Torn, Steven C. Wofsy, Zhen Zhang, and Donatella Zona
2015
Evaluation of a hybrid remote sensing evapotranspiration model for variable rate irrigation management, J. Burdette Barker, Christopher M. U. Neale, and Derek M. Heeren
Underwater sound transmission through arrays of disk cavities in a soft elastic medium, David C. Calvo, Abel L. Thangawng, Christopher N. Layman Jr., Riccardo Casalini, and Shadi F. Othman
Bionanotechnology and the Future of Glioma, Peter A. Chiarelli, Forrest M. Kievit, Miqin Zhang, and Richard G. Ellenbogen
Robust estimates of soil moisture and latent heat flux coupling strength obtained from triple collocation, Wade T. Crow, Fangni Lei, Christopher R. Hain, Martha C. Anderson, Russell L. Scott, David P. Billesbach, and Timothy Arkebauer
REVIEW OF ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY FOR STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION, S. G. Defterli, Yeyin Shi, and Yunjun Xu
Evaluation of sixteen reference evapotranspiration methods under sahelian conditions in the Senegal River Valley, Koffi Djaman, Alpha B. Balde, Abdoulaye Sow, Bertrand Muller, Suat Irmak, Mamadou K. N'Diaye, Baboucarr Manneh, Yonnelle D. Moukoumbi, Koichi Futakuchi, and Kazuki Saito
HETEROGENEITY OF INFILTRATION RATES IN ALLUVIAL FLOODPLAINS AS MEASURED WITH A BERM INFILTRATION TECHNIQUE, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, and Daniel E. Storm
Use of Precisely Sculptured Thin Film (STF) Substrates with Generalized Ellipsometry to Determine Spatial Distribution of Adsorbed Fibronectin to Nanostructured Columnar Topographies and Effect on Cell Adhesion, Tadas Kasputis, Alex Pieper, Keith Brian Rodenhausen, Daniel Schmidt, Derek Sekora, Charles Rice, Eva Schubert, Mathias Schubert, and Angela K. Pannier
Nanoparticle mediated silencing of DNA repair sensitizes pediatric brain tumor cells to y-irradiation, Forrest M. Kievit, Zachary R. Stephen, Kui Wang, Christopher J. Dayringer, Jonathan G. Sham, Richard G. Ellenbogen, John R. Silber, and Miqin Zhang
A prototype on-line AOTF hyperspectral image acquisition system for tenderness assessment of beef carcasses, Govindarajan Konda Naganathan, Kim Cluff, Ashok Samal, Chris Calkins, David D. Jones, Carol Lorenzen, and Jeyamkondan Subbiah
Potential Irrigation Reductions From Increasing Precipitation Utilization With Variable Rate Irrigation, Tsz Him Lo, Derek M. Heeren, Luciano Mateos, Joe D. Luck, Derrel L. Martin, and Dean E. Eisenhauer
Flow, Spray Pattern, And Droplet Spectra Characteristics Of An Electronically Actuated Variable-Orifice Nozzle, Joe D. Luck, Santosh Pitla, M. P. Sama, and S. A. Shearer
Control System Development And Response Analysis Of An Electronically Actuated Variable-Orifice Nozzle For Agricultural Pesticide Applications, Joe D. Luck, S. A. Shearer, M. P. Sama, and Santosh Pitla
Identifying Intracellular pDNA Losses From a Model of Nonviral Gene Delivery, Timothy Michael Martin, Beata Joanna Wysocki, Tadeusz Antoni Wysocki, and Angela K. Pannier
Temporal endogenous gene expression profiles in response to lipid-mediated transfection, Timothy M. Martin, Sarah A. Plautz, and Angela K. Pannier
Temporal endogenous gene expression profiles in response to polymer-mediated transfection and profile comparison to lipid-mediated transfection, Timothy M. Martin, Sarah A. Plautz, and Angela K. Pannier
Using SWAT to simulate crop yields and salinity levels in the North Fork River Basin, USA, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Daniel E. Storm, and Art L. Stoecker
Using SWAT to simulate crop yields and salinity levels in the North Fork River Basin, USA, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Daniel E. Storm, and Art L. Stoecker
Computer Vision System for Grading Mangos in Bangladesh, Md Abdul Momin, Md Towfiqur Rahman, Mst Sabrina Sultana, and Igathinathane Cannayen
Uncertainty analysis of an irrigation scheduling model for water management in crop production, S. Mun; G. F. Sassenrath; Amy M. Schmidt; N. Lee; M. C. Wadsworth; B. Rice; Jason Q, Corbitt; J. M. Schneider; M. L. Tagert; J. Pote; and R. Prabhu
DETECTING GRAIN FLOW RATE USING A LASER SCANNER, Hossein Navid, Randal K. Taylor, Arzu Yazgi, Ning Wang, Yeyin Shi, and Paul Weckler
Development of a Turbidity Prediction Methodology for Runoff-Erosion Models, Sagar Neupane, Jason R. Vogel, Daniel E. Storm, Bill J. Barfield, and Aaron R. Mittelstet
Surface Energy Balance, Evapotranspiration, And Surface Coefficients During Non-Growing Season In A Maize-Soybean Cropping System, Lameck O. Odhiambo and Suat Irmak
Vulnerability of crops and native grasses to summer drying in the U.S. Southern Great Plains, Naama Raz-Yaseef, Dave P. Billesbach, Marc L. Fischer, Sebastien C. Biraud, Stacey A. Gunter, James A. Bradford, and Margaret S. Torn
Integrating Ecological and Engineering Concepts of Resilience in Microbial Communities, Hyun-Seob Song, Ryan S. Renslow, Jim K. Fredrickson, and Stephen R. Lindemann
Narrow Grass Hedges Reduce Tylosin and Associated Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Agricultural Runoff, Bhavneet Soni, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Daniel D. Snow, John E. Gilley, Bryan Woodbury, David B. Marx, and Xu Li
VOC emissions from beef feedlot pen surfaces as affected by within-pen location, moisture and temperature, Bryan L. Woodbury, John E. Gilley, David B. Parker, David B. Marx, and Roger A. Eigenberg
Robust and Flexible Films from 100% Starch Cross-Linked by Biobased Disaccharide Derivative, Helan Xu, Hazal Canisag, Bingnan Mu, and Yiqi Yang
Sustainable and Hydrolysis-Free Dyeing Process for Polylactic Acid Using Nonaqueous Medium, Suxin Xu, Jiangang Chen, Bijia Wang, and Yiqi Yang
CHITOSAN-ALGINATE SCAFFOLD CELL CULTURE SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS, Miqin Zhang, Forrest Kievit, Matthew Chi-hang Leung, and Stephen Florczyk
A Sustainable Slashing Industry Using Biodegradable Sizes from Modified Soy Protein To Replace Petro-Based Poly(Vinyl Alcohol), Yi Zhao, Yuzhu Zhao, Helan Xu, and Yiqi Yang
2014
Soil Carbon Accumulation under Switchgrass Barriers, Humberto Blanco-Canqui, John E. Gilley, Dean E. Eisenhauer, Paul J. Jasa, and Alan L. Boldt
Surface-enhanced Raman spectral biomarkers correlate with Ankle Brachial Index and characterize leg muscle biochemical composition of patients with peripheral arterial disease, Kim Cluff, Abby M. Kelly, Panagiotis Koutakis, Xiang N. He, Xi Huang, Yongfeng Lu, Iraklis I. Pipinos, George P. Casale, and Jeyamkondan Subbiah
Uncertainties in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. beef cattle, Quentin M. Dudley, Adam Liska, Andrea K. Watson, and Galen E. Erickson
Finite element modeling of long-term phosphorus leaching through macropores in the Ozark ecoregion, Ryan P. Freiberger, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, Chad J. Penn, and Dean E. Eisenhauer
NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS OF RUNOFF AS AFFECTED BY THE DIAMETER OF UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL FROM FEEDLOT SURFACES, John E. Gilley, Gregory Boone, and David B. Marx
Divergence and flow direction as indicators of subsurface heterogeneity and stage-dependent storage in alluvial floodplains, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, A. K. Fox, Daniel E. Storm, Ronald B. Miller, and Aaron R. Mittelstet
Berm Method for Quantification of Infiltration at the Plot Scale in High Conductivity Soils, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, and Daniel E. Storm
Biomass round bales infield aggregation logistics scenarios, Cannayen Igathinathane, David Archer, C. Gustafson, Marty Schmer, John Hendrickson, Scott Kronberg, Deepak R. Keshwani, Leslie Backer, Kenneth Hellevang, and Timothy Faller
Principles and Operational Characteristics of Watermark Granular Matrix Sensor to Measure Soil Water Status and Its Practical Applications for Irrigation Management in Various Soil Textures, Suat Irmak, Jose O. Payero, Brandy VanDeWalle, Jenny Rees, and Gary Zoubek
Soybean Yield, Evapotranspiration, Water Productivity, And Soil Water Extraction Response To Subsurface Drip Irrigation And Fertigation, Suat Irmak, James E. Specht, Lameck O. Odhiambo, J. M. Rees, and K. G. Cassman
Identification of Wheat Varieties with a Parallel-Plate Capacitance Sensor Using Fisher’s Linear Discriminant Analysis, C. V. K. Kandala, George Meyer, N. Puppala, V. Settaluri, and R. S. Reddy
Dynamic analysis of DNA nanoparticle immobilization to model biomaterial substrates using combinatorial spectroscopic ellipsometry and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation, Tadas Kasputis, Alex Pieper, Mathias Schubert, and Angela K. Pannier
Combined QCM-D/GE as a tool to characterize stimuli-responsive swelling of and protein adsorption on polymer brushes grafted onto 3D-nanostructures, Meike Koenig, Tadas Kasputis, Daniel Schmidt, Keith B. Rodenhausen Jr., Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn, Angela K. Pannier, Mathias Schubert, Manfred Stamm, and Petra Uhlmann
Experimental Tools to Study Molecular Recognition within the Nanoparticle Corona, Markita P. Landry, Sebastian Kruss, Justin T. Nelson, Gili Bisker, Nicole M. Iverson, Nigel F. Reuel, and Michael S. Strano
Biofuels from crop residue can reduce soil carbon and increase CO2 emissions, Adam J. Liska, Haishun Yang, Maribeth Milner, Steve Goddard, Humberto Blanco-Canqui, Matthew P. Pelton, Xiao X. Fang, Haitao Zhu, and Andrew E. Suyker
The Applicability of VRI for Managing Variability in Infiltration Capacity and Plant-Available Water: A Preliminary Discussion and GIS Study, Tsz Him Lo, Luciano Mateos, Derek M. Heeren, and Joe D. Luck
Integrating mitosis, toxicity, and transgene expression in a telecommunications packet-switched network model of lipoplex-mediated gene delivery, Timothy M. Martin, Beata Wysocki, Jared P. Beyersdorf, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, and Angela K. Pannier
Sources and sinks of carbonyl sulfide in an agricultural field in the Southern Great Plains, Kadmiel Maseyk, Joseph A. Berry, David P. Billesbach, John Elliott Campbell, Margaret S. Torn, Mark Zahniser, and Ulli Seibt
Combining Site Specific Data with Geospatial Analysis to Identify Variable Rate Irrigation Opportunities in Irrigated Agricultural Fields., K. A. Miller, T. H. Lo, J. D. Luck, and D. M. Heeren
The hydraulic conductivity structure of gravel-dominated vadose zones within alluvial floodplains, Ronald B. Miller, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, Todd Halihan, Daniel E. Storm, and Aaron R. Mittelstet
Long-term activity of biohybrid coatings of atrazine-degrading bacteria Pseudomonas sp. ADP, Angela K. Pannier, T. Lehrer, M. Vogel, U. Soltmann, H. Bottcher, S. Tarre, M. Green, J. Raff, and K. Pollmann
Alginate/silica hybrid materials for immobilization of green microalgae Chlorella vulgaris for cellbased sensor arrays, Angela K. Pannier, Ulrich Soltmann, Bettina Soltmann, Rolf Altenburger, and Mechthild Schmitt-Jansen
Application of Isothermal Calorimetry to Phosphorus Sorption onto Soils in a Flow-Through System, Chad Penn, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, and Ajay Kumar
Use Of Controller Area Network (Can) Data To Determine Field Efficiencies Of Agricultural Machinery, Santosh Pitla, N. Lin, Joe D. Luck, and Scott A. Shearer
United States Patent Application Publication, John H. Posselius, Christopher A. Foster, Santosh Pitla, Scott A. Shearer, Joe D. Luck, Michael P. Sama, and Rodrigo S. Zandonadi
Parallel Synthesis of Poly(amino ether)-Templated Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Transgene Delivery, James Ramos, Thrimoorthy Potta, Olivia Scheideler, and Kaushal Rege
In vitro development of preimplantation porcine embryos using alginate hydrogels as a three-dimensional extracellular matrix, Catherine Sargus-Patino, Elane C. Wright, Sarah A. Plautz, Jeremy R. Miles, Jeff L. Vallet, and Angela K. Pannier
Seed Tape Effects on Corn Emergence under Greenhouse Conditions, Ramarao Venkatesh, Peter R. Thomison, Colette K. Gabriel, Mark A. Bennett, Elaine M. Grassbaugh, Matthew D. Kleinhenz, Scott A. Shearer, and Santosh Pitla
Development and Testing of an In-Stream Phosphorus Cycling Model for the Soil and Water Assessment Tool, Michael J. White, Daniel E. Storm, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Philip R. Busteed, Brian E. Haggard, and Colleen Rossi
Emission of volatile organic compounds after land application of cattle manure, Bryan Woodbury, John E. Gilley, David B. Parker, David B. Marx, Daniel N. Miller, and Roger A. Eigenberg
Simulation Supported Estimation of End-to-End Transmission Parameters in Non-Viral Gene Delivery, Beata J. Wysocki, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, Timothy M. Martin, and Angela K. Pannier
Simulation Supported Estimation of End-to-End Transmission Parameters in Non-Viral Gene Delivery, Beata Wysocki, Timothy M. Martin, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, and Angela K. Pannier
Water-Stable Three-Dimensional Ultrafine Fibrous Scaffolds from Keratin for Cartilage Tissue Engineering, Helan Xu, Shaobo Cai, Lan Xu, and Yiqi Yang
Intrinsically Water-Stable Keratin Nanoparticles and Their in Vivo Biodistribution for Targeted Delivery, Helan Xu, Zhen Shi, Narendra Reddy, and Yiqi Yang
Controlled De-Cross-Linking and Disentanglement of Feather Keratin for Fiber Preparation via a Novel Process, Helan Xu and Yiqi Yang
Damage Mapping of Powdery Mildew in Winter Wheat with High-Resolution Satellite Image, Lin Yuan, Jingcheng Zhang, Yeyin Shi, Chenwei Nie, Liguang Wei, and Jihua Wang
2013
Use of a surrogate to evaluate the impact of tillage on the transport of steroid hormones from manure-amended agricultural fields, Sagor Biswas, William L. Kranz, Charles A. Shapiro, Mitiku Mamo, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Daniel D. Snow, David P. Shelton, David D. Tarkalson, Terry L. Mader, Simon J. van Donk, and Tian C. Zhang
Use of a surrogate to evaluate the impact of tillage on the transport of steroid hormones from manure-amended agricultural fields, Sagor Biswas, William Kranz, Charles A. Shapiro, Mitiku Mamo, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Daniel D. Snow, David P. Shelton, David D. Tarkalson, Terry L. Mader, Simon J. van Donk, and Tian C. Zhang
Temperature-dependent Dielectric and Thermal Properties of Whey Protein Gel and Mashed Potato, Jiajia Chen, Krishnamoorthy Pitchai, Sohan Birla, Ricardo Gonzalez, David Jones, and Jeyamkondan Subbiah
Acetyl-CoA carboxylases are checkpoints in adipocyte differentiation, Elizabeth Lyn Cordonier, Daniel Camara Teixeira, Zhonghi Han, Angela K. Pannier, and Janos Zempleni
Maize evapotranspiration, yield production functions, biomass, grain yield, harvest index, and yield response factors under full and limited irrigation, Koffi Djaman, Suat Irmak, William R. Rathje, Derrel L. Martin, and Dean E. Eisenhauer
Finite element modeling of phosphorus leaching through floodplain soils dominated by preferential flow pathways, Ryan P. Freiberger, Derek M. Heeren, and Garey A. Fox
Runoff nutrient transport as affected by land application method, swine growth stage, and runoff rate, J. E. Gilley, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, S. J. Lamb, X. Li, D. B. Marx, D. D. Snow, D. B. Parker, and B. L. Woodbury
NARROW GRASS HEDGE EFFECTS ON NUTRIENT TRANSPORT FOLLOWING SWINE SLURRY APPLICATION, John E. Gilley, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Seth J. Lamb, Xu Li, David B. Marx, Daniel D. Snow, David B. Parker, and Brian L. Woodbury
HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO NOT MOVE UNCONSOLIDATED SURFACE MATERIAL LOCATED WITHIN FEEDLOTS, John E. Gilley, Gregory D. Boone, and David B. Marx
CO2 uptake and ecophysiological parameters of the grain crops of midcontinent North America: Estimates from flux tower measurements, Tagir G. Gilmanov, Bruce K. Wylie, Larry L. Tieszen, Tilden P. Meyers, Vern S. Baron, Carl J. Bernacchi, David P. Billesbach, George G. Burba, Marc L. Fischer, Aaron J. Glenn, Niall P. Hanan, Jerry L. Hatfield, Mark W. Heuer, Steven E. Hollinger, Daniel M. Howard, Roser Matamala, John H. Prueger, Mario Tenuta, and David G. Young
Impact of Measurement Scale on Infiltration and Phosphorus Leaching in Ozark Floodplains, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, Daniel E. Storm, Brian E. Haggard, Chad J. Penn, and Todd Halihan
Testing the Fuel Efficiency of Tractors with Continuously Variable and Standard Geared Transmissions, Christopher N. Howard, Michael F. Kocher, Roger M. Hoy, and Erin E. Blankenship
Hourly and daily single and basal evapotranspiration crop coefficients as a function of growing degree days, days after emergence, leaf area index, fractional green canopy cover, and plant phenology for soybean, Suat Irmak, Lameck O. Odhiambo, James Specht, and Koffi Djaman
Efficient extraction method to collect sugar from sweet sorghum, Fei Jia, Jeerwan Chawhuaymak, Mark R. Riley, Werner Zimmt, and Kimberly L. Ogden
Fate and Transport of Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Soil and Runoff Following Land Application of Swine Manure Slurry, Stacy R. Joy, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Daniel D. Snow, John Gilley, Brian L. Woodbury, David B. Parker, David B. Marx, and Xu Li
Evapotranspiration and Surface Energy Balance of a Common Reed-dominated Riparian System in the Platte River Basin, Central Nebraska, Isa Kabenge, Suat Irmak, John E. Gilley, George E. Meyer, Stevan Z. Knezevic, Timothy J. Arkebauer, Duane Woodward, and Milton Moravek
Implementation of a ”Rapid Design Challenge” in a Cross-Disciplinary Senior Capstone Course and Evaluation of Device Performance, Abby M. Kelly, Austin Lammers, David D. Jones, Richard Stowell, Roger Hoy, Evan Curtis, and Angela K. Pannier
The limits to complexity: A thermodynamic history of bioenergy, Adam J. Liska and Casey D. Heier
Network analysis of endogenous gene expression profiles after polyethyleneimine-mediated DNA delivery, Timothy M. Martin, Sarah A. Plautz, and Angela K. Pannier
In Situ Soil Pipeflow Experiments on Contrasting Streambank Soils, T. L. Midgley, G. A. Fox, G. V. Wilson, R. M. Felice, and D. M. Heeren
Seepage-Induced Streambank Erosion and Instability: In Situ Constant-Head Experiments, T. L. Midgley, G. A. Fox, G. V. Wilson, D. M. Heeren, E. J. Langendoen, and A. Simon
AVHRR-NDVI-based crop coefficients for analyzing long-term trends in evapotranspiration in relation to changing climate in the U.S. High Plains, Denis Mutiibwa and Suat Irmak
Transferability of jarvis-type models developed and re-parameterized for maize to estimate stomatal resistance of soybean: analyses on model calibration, validation, performance, sensitivity, and elasticity, Denis Mutiibwa and Suat Irmak
Surface- and Hydrogel-Mediated Delivery of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles, Angela K. Pannier and Tatiana Segura
Application of isothermal calorimetry to the study of phosphorus sorption onto soils in a flow-through system, Chad J. Penn, Derek M. Heeren, and Garey A. Fox
Variability of extreme precipitation in coastal river basins of the southern mexican Pacific region, Nancy Perez-Morga, Thomas Kretzschmar, Tereza Cavazos, Stephen V. Smith, and Francisco Munoz-Arriola