Biological Systems Engineering, Department of
Department of Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
2013
LABORATORY EVALUATION OF A TURN COMPENSATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A GROUND SPRAYER, W. M. Porter, J. A. Rascon, Yeyin Shi, Randal K. Taylor, and Paul A. Weckler
Impact of water and nitrogen management strategies on maize yield and water productivity indices under linear-move sprinkler irrigation, Daran Rudnick and Suat Irmak
Development and evaluation of ordinary least squares regression models for predicting irrigated and rainfed maize and soybean yields, Vivek Sharma, Daran R. Rudnick, and Suat Irmak
Water productivity of corn and dry bean rotation on very fine sandy loam soil in western Nebraska, William E. Spurgeon and C. Dean Yonts
Nanowell-Trapped Charged Ligand-Bearing Nanoparticle Surfaces – A Novel Method of Enhancing Flow-Resistant Cell Adhesion, Phat L. Tran, Jessica R. Gamboa, Katherine E. McCracken, Mark R. Riley, Marvin J. Slepian, and Jeong-Yeal Yoon
Transport of steroid hormones in the vadose zone after land application of beef cattle manure, Simon van Donk, Sagor Biswas, William L. Kranz, Daniel D. Snow, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Terry L. Mader, Charles A. Shapiro, David P. Shelton, David D. Tarkalson, Tian .. Zhang, and Steve Ensley
Assessing climate change impacts on water balance, runoff, and water quality at the field scale for four locations in the heartland, Michael W. Van Liew, Song Feng, and T. B. Pathak
Elementary Implantable Force Sensor For Smart Orthopaedic Implants, Rebecca A. Wachs, David Ellstein, John Drazan, Colleen P. Healey, Richard L. Uhl, Kenneth A. Connor, and Eric H. Ledet
Two-Dimensional Blood Flow Velocity Estimation Using Ultrasound Speckle Pattern Dependence on Scan Direction and A-Line Acquisition Velocity, Tiantian Xu and Gregory R. Bashford
2012
Effectiveness of Grass Filters in Reducing Phosphorus and Sediment Runoff, Ahmed Al-wadaey, Charles S. Wortmann, Thomas G. Franti, Charles A. Shapiro, and Dean E. Eisenhauer
Hydrologic Evaluation of Established Rain Gardens in Lincoln, Nebraska, Andrew R. Anderson, Thomas G. Franti, and David P. Shelton
SWAT: Model Use, Calibration, and Validation, Jeffrey G. Arnold, Daniel N. Moriasi, Philip W. Gassman, Karim C. Abbaspour, Michael J. White, Raghavan Srinivasan, Chinnasamy Santhi, Daren Harmel, Ann van Griensven, Michael W. Van Liew, Narayanan Kannan, and Manoj K. Jha
First long-term, direct measurements of evapotranspiration and surface water balance in the Nebraska SandHills, David P. Billesbach and Timothy J. Arkebauer
Soil water extraction patterns and crop, irrigation, and evapotranspiration water use efficiency of maize under full and limited irrigation and rainfed settings, Koffi Djaman and Suat Irmak
Carbon, water, and heat flux responses to experimental burning and drought in a tallgrass prairie, Marc L. Fischer, M S. Torn, David P. Billesbach, Geoffrey Doyle, Brian Northup, and Sebastien C. Biraud
Effect of Ultrasonic and Osmotic Dehydration Pretreatments on the Color of Freeze-Dried Strawberries, Juan Garcia-Noguera, Francisca I. P. Oliveira, Curtis Weller, Sueli Rodrigues, and Fabiano A.N. Fernandes
Nutrient losses in runoff from feedlot surfaces as affected by unconsolidated surface materials, John E. Gilley, Jason R. Vogel, Roger A. Eigenberg, David B. Marx, and Brian L. Woodbury
Field performance evaluation of a ventilation system: a swine case study, Jay D. Harmon, Michael C. Brumm, Larry D. Jacobson, Stephen H. Pohl, David R. Stender, and Richard R. Stowell
Berm Method for Quantification of Infiltration and Leaching at the Plot Scale in High Conductivity Soils, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, and Daniel E. Storm
Quantification and Heterogeneity of Infiltration and Transport in Alluvial Floodplains, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, Daniel E. Storm, Peter Q. Storm, Brian E. Haggard, Todd Halihan, and Ronald B. Miller
Subsurface Phosphorus Transport and Scale Dependent Phosphorus Leaching in Alluvial Floodplains, Derek Michael Heeren
USING RAPID GEOMORPHIC ASSESSMENTS TO ASSESS STREAMBANK STABILITY IN OKLAHOMA OZARK STREAMS, Derek M. Heeren, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Garey A. Fox, Daniel E. Storm, Abdulsahib T. Al-Madhhachi, Taber L. Midgley, Ashley F. Stringer, Kevin B. Stunkel, and Ron D. Tejral
Large-scale on-farm implementation of soil moisture-based irrigation management strategies for increasing maize water productivity, Suat Irmak, Michael J. Burgert, Haishun Yang, Kenneth G. Cassman, Daniel T. Walters, William R. Rathje, Jose O. Payero, Patricio Grassini, Mark S. Kuzila, Kelly J. Brunkhorst, Dean E. Eisenhauer, William L. Kranz, Brandy VanDeWalle, Jennifer M. Rees, Gary L. Zoubek, Charles A. Shapiro, and Gregory J. Teichmeier
Evaporative losses from a common reed-dominated peachleaf willow and cottonwood riparian plant community, Isa Kabenge and Suat Irmak
Energy Issues Affecting Corn/Soybean Systems: Challenges for Sustainable Production, Douglas L. Karlen, David Archer, Adam Liska, and Seth Meyer
The Role of Surface Chemistry-Induced Cell Characteristics on Nonviral Gene Delivery to Mouse Fibroblasts, Tadas Kasputis and Angela K. Pannier
A 3-D Computational Fluid Dynamics Model for Forced Air Cooling of Eggs Placed in Trays, Vikas Kumar, Ai Pheeng Wee, Sohan Birla, Jeyamkondan Subbiah, and Harshanardhan Thippareddi
Evaluation of a rhodamine-WT dye/glycerin mixture as a tracer for testing direct injection systems for agricultural sprayers, Joe D. Luck, Scott A. Shearer, Brian D. Luck, and Fred A. Payne
Selecting sprinkler packages for center pivots, Derrel L. Martin, William L. Kranz, Allen L. Thompson, and Hong Liang
Evaluation of the bank stability and toe erosion model (BSTEM) for predicting lateral retreat on composite streambanks, Taber L. Midgley, Garey A. Fox, and Derek M. Heeren
FIELD SCALE MODELING TO ESTIMATE PHOSPHORUS AND SEDIMENT LOAD REDUCTIONS USING A NEWLY DEVELOPED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Erin R. Daly, Daniel E. Storm, Michael J. White, and Greg A. Kloxin
Evaluation of the impact of surface residue cover on single and dual crop coefficient for estimating soybean actual evapotranspiration, Lameck O. Odhiambo and Suat Irmak
Trapping Phosphorus in Runoff with a Phosphorus Removal Structure, Chad J. Penn, Joshua M. McGrath, Elliott Rounds, Garey A. Fox, and Derek M. Heeren
Coupled electromagnetic and heat transfer model for microwave heating in domestic ovens, Krishnamoorthy Pitchai, Sohan Birla, Jeyamkondan Subbiah, D. D. Jones, and Harshanardhan Thippareddi
Sensitivity of grass- and alfalfa-reference evapotranspiration to weather station sensor accuracy, Dana O. Porter, Prasanna H. Gowda, Thomas H. Marek, Terry A. Howell, Jerry Moorhead, and Suat Irmak
Fabrication and Characterization of DNA-Loaded Zein Nanospheres, Mary C. Regier, Jessica D. Taylor, Tyler Borcyk, Yiqi Yang, and Angela K. Pannier
Accounting for indirect land-use change in the life cycle assessment of biofuel supply chains, Susan Tarka Sanchez, Jeremy Woods, Mark Akhurst, Matthew Brander, Michael O'Hare, Terence P. Dawson, Robert Edwards, Adam J. Liska, and Rick Malpas
Field application uniformity and accuracy of two rate control systems with automatic section capabilities on agricultural sprayers, Ajay Sharda, Joe D. Luck, John P. Fulton, Timothy P. McDonald, and Scott A. Shearer
Comparison of 2-way versus metered 3-way boom shut-off valves for automatic section control on agricultural sprayers, Ajay Sharda, Joe D. Luck, John P. Fulton, Timothy P. McDonald, Scott A. Shearer, and Daniel K. Mullenix
MAPPING SPATIALLY INTERPOLATED PRECIPITATION, REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, ACTUAL CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, AND NET IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS IN NEBRASKA: PART I. PRECIPITATION AND REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, Vivek Sharma and Suat Irmak
Long-Term Trends in Air Temperature Distribution and Extremes, Growing Degree-Days, and Spring and Fall Frosts for Climate Impact Assessments on Agricultural Practices in Nebraska, Kari E. Skaggs and Suat Irmak
Whose Water Is It Anyway? Comparing the Water Rights Frameworks of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, M. D. Smolen, Aaron R. Mittelstet, and Bekki Harjo
THE BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROGRAM IN NEBRASKA 1895-2011, William Splinter
Effects of Manure Handling and Application Method on Odor and Gas Emission Potential of Swine Manure, Rick R. Stowell
RUNOFF NUTRIENT LOADS AS AFFECTED BY RESIDUE COVER, MANURE APPLICATION RATE, AND FLOW RATE, Chance Thayer, John E. Gilley, Lisa M. Durso, and David B. Marx
WHEAT STRIP EFFECTS ON NUTRIENT LOADS FOLLOWING VARIABLE MANURE APPLICATIONS, Chance Thayer, John E. Gilley, Lisa M. Durso, and David B. Marx
Climate change impacts on streamflow, water quality, and best management practices for the shell and logan creek watersheds in Nebraska, M. W. Van Liew, S. Feng, and T. B. Pathak
P95. In Vivo Loads in the Cervical Spine: A Preliminary Investigation Using a Force-Sensing Implant, Rebecca A. Wachs, Mary Beth M. Grabowsky, Joseph C. Glennon, and Eric H. Ledet
P96. Three-Dimensional Morphometry of Human Cervical Endplates, Rebecca A. Wachs, Victoria M. Michna, and Eric H. Ledet
Fluidized-bed gasification of dairy manure by Box–Behnken design, Hanjing Wu, Milford A. Hanna, and David D. Jones
Curcumin-loaded magnetic nanoparticles for breast cancer therapeutics and imaging applications, Murali M. Yallapu, Shadi F. Othman, Evan T. Curtis, Nichole A. Bauer, Neeraj Chauhan, Deepak Kumar, Meena Jaggi, and Subhash C. Chauhan
Value-added uses for crude glycerol–a byproduct of biodiesel production, Fangxia Yang, Milford Hanna, and Runcang Sun
Global estimation of evapotranspiration using a leaf area index-based surface energy and water balance model, H. Yan, S.Q. Wang, David P. Billesbach, Walter Oechel, J.H. Zhang, Tilden Meyers, TA. Martin, Roser Matamala, Dennis D. Baldocchi, G. Bohrer, D. Dragoni, and R. Scott
2011
Spatial Variability of Field Machinery Use and Efficiency, Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, Robert Grisso, and Michael F. Kocher
Development of an angular scanning system for sensing vertical profiles of soil electrical conductivity, Viacheslav Adamchuk, Ahmad S. Mat Su, Roger A. Eigenberg, and Richard B. Ferguson
Improved soil mixing and delivery system for a storm runoff simulator, William C. Alms, Thomas G. Franti, and David P. Shelton
Cellular Arrays for Large-Scale Analysis of Transcription Factor Activity, Abigail D. Bellis, Beatriz Peňalver-Bernabé, Michael S. Weiss, Michael E. Yarrington, Maria V. Barbolina, Angela K. Pannier, Jacqueline S. Jeruss, Linda J. Broadbelt, and Lonnie D. Shea
Effect of distillers grains moisture and inclusion level in livestock diets on greenhouse gas emissions in the corn-ethanol-livestock life cycle, Virgil R. Bremer, Andrea K. Watson, Adam J. Liska, Galen Erickson, Kenneth Cassman, Kathryn J. Hanford, and Terry Klopfenstein
EVALUATION OF A STREAM‐AQUIFER ANALYSIS TEST FOR DERIVING REACH‐SCALE STREAMBED CONDUCTANCE, Garey A. Fox, Derek M. Heeren, and Michael A. Kizer
Flow and transport experiments for a streambank seep originating from a preferential flow pathway, Garey A. Fox, Derek M. Heeren, Ronald B. Miller, Aaron R. Mittelstet, and Daniel E. Storm
NARROW GRASS HEDGE CONTROL OF NUTRIENT LOADS FOLLOWING VARIABLE MANURE APPLICATIONS, John E. Gilley, Lisa M. Durso, Roger Eigenberg, David B. Marx, and Brian L. Woodbury
RUNOFF, EROSION, AND SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF SEDIMENT FROM BEEF CATTLE FEEDLOTS, John E. Gilley, Jason R. Vogel, Roger Eigenberg, David B. Marx, and Brian L. Woodbury
Stage-dependent transient storage of phosphorus in alluvial floodplains, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, Ronald B. Miller, Daniel E. Storm, Amanda K. Fox, Chad J. Penn, Todd Halihan, and Aaron R. Mittelstet
DEVELOPMENT OF DEFICIT IRRIGATION STRATEGIES FOR CORN USING A YIELD RATIO MODEL, Derek M. Heeren, Todd P. Trooien, Hal D. Werner, and Norman L. Klocke
Irrigation Efficiency and Uniformity, and Crop Water Use Efficiency, Suat Irmak, Lameck O. Odhiambo, William L. Kranz, and Dean E. Eisenhauer
Verifying Power Claims of High‐Power Agricultural Tractors without a PTO to Sell in Nebraska, Michael F. Kocher, Viacheslav Adamchuk, John A. Smith, and Roger M. Hoy
Corn Seed Spacing Uniformity as Affected by Seed Tube Condition, Michael F. Kocher, John M. Coleman, John A. Smith, and Stephen D. Kachman
Detection and quantification of poliovirus infection using FTIR spectroscopy and cell culture, Felipe T. Lee-Montiel, Kelly A. Reynolds, and Mark R. Riley
Evaluation of soil salinity leaching requirement guidelines, John Letey, Glenn J. Hoffman, Jan W. Hopmans, Stephen R. Grattan, Donald Louis Suarez, Dennis L. Corwin, Jim D. Oster, Laosheng Wu, and Christopher Amrhein
Climate change policy could make Keystone XL obsolete, Adam Liska
Review of Gasoline, Diesel, and Ethanol Biofuels from Grasses and Plants, by Ram B. Gupta and Ayhan Demirbas., Adam J. Liska
Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ethanol and Biopolymers, Adam J. Liska and Xiao Xue Fang
Energy and Climate Implications for Agricultural Nutrient Use Efficiency, Adam J. Liska and Richard K. Perrin
A Case Study Concerning The Effects Of Controller Response And Turning Movements On Application Rate Uniformity With A Self-Propelled Sprayer, Joe D. Luck, A. Sharda, Santosh Pitla, J. P. Fulton, and S. A. Shearer
Streambank Erosion and Instability Induced by Groundwater Seepage, Taber L. Midgley, Garey A. Fox, Glenn V. Wilson, Derek M. Heeren, Andrew Simon, and Eddy J. Langendoen
Evaluation of Select Sensors for Real-Time Monitoring of Escherichia coli in Water Distribution Systems, Syreeta L. Miles, Ryan G. Sinclair, Mark R. Riley, and Ian L. Pepper
Design and Application of a Direct-Push Vadose Zone Gravel Permeameter, Ronald B. Miller, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, Daniel E. Storm, and Todd Halihan
Comparison of subsurface and surface runoff phosphorus transport rates in alluvial floodplains, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, Daniel E. Storm, Michael J. White, and Ronald B. Miller
Comparison of Aquifer Sustainability Under Groundwater Administrations in Oklahoma and Texas, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Michael D. Smolen, Garey A. Fox, and Damian C. Adams
Performance Of Extended Shuttleworth‐Wallace Model For Estimating And Partitioning Of Evapotranspiration In A Partial Residue‐Covered Subsurface Drip‐Irrigated Soybean Field, Lameck O. Odhiambo and Suat Irmak
In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Elastography of Mesenchymally Derived Constructs, Shadi F. Othman, Evan T. Curtis, and Huihui Xu
Glypican-3 Targeting of Liver Cancer Cells Using Multifunctional Nanoparticles, James O. Park, Zachary Stephen, Conory Sun, Omid Veiseh, Forrest M. Kievit, Chen Fang, Matthew Leung, Hyejung Mok, and Miqin Zhang
Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression Profiles in Cells Transfected With Nonviral Vectors, Sarah A. Plautz, Gina Boanca, Jean-Jack M. Riethoven, and Angela K. Pannier
High temperature dilute acid pretreatment of coastal Bermuda grass for enzymatic hydrolysis, Arthur P. Redding, Ziyu Wang, Deepak R. Keshwani, and Jay J. Cheng
Biocomposites developed using water-plasticized wheat gluten as matrix and jute fibers as reinforcement, Narendra Reddy and Yiqi Yang
Completely biodegradable soyprotein–jute biocomposites developed using water without any chemicals as plasticizer, Narendra Reddy and Yiqi Yang
Biological approaches for addressing the grand challenge of providing access to clean drinking water, Mark R. Riley, Charles P. Gerba, and Menachem Elimelech
Ethanol yields and cell wall properties in divergently bred switchgrass genotypes, Gautam Sarath, Bruce S. Dien, Aaron J. Saathoff, Kenneth P. Vogel, Robert B. Mitchell, and Han Chen
Characterization of potential health promoting lipids in the co-products of de-flossed milkweed, Vicki Schlegel, Richard Zbasnik, Tammy Gries, Bo Hyun Lee, Timothy Carr, Ji-Young Lee, Curtis Weller, and Susan Cuppett
Flocculation of wall-deficient cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant cw15 by calcium and methanol, Matt Scholz, Takanori Hoshino, Mark R. Riley, and Joel Cuello
APPLICATION OF GIS AND GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION TO EVALUATE THE SPATIAL NON‐STATIONARITY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PRECIPITATION VS. IRRIGATED AND RAINFED MAIZE AND SOYBEAN YIELDS, Vivek Sharma, Ayse Kilic, Isa Kabenge, and Suat Irmak
Identification of holocarboxylase synthetase chromatin binding sites in human mammary cell lines using the DamID technology, Dipika Singh, Angela K. Pannier, and Janos Zempleni
Magnetite nanoparticles for medical MR imaging, Zachary R. Stephen, Forrest M. Kievit, and Miqin Zhang
TRANSPORT OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN RUNOFF FROM UNAMENDED AND POND‐ASH AMENDED FEEDLOT SURFACES, Jason R. Vogel, John E. Gilley, Gary L. Cottrell, Brian L. Woodbury, Elaine D. Berry, and Roger Eigenberg
Effect of flow gradient, ROI size and random scatterer movement during speckle size estimation based blood flow measurement, Tiantian Xu and Greg Bashford
2010
Emissions Savings in the Corn-Ethanol Life Cycle from Feeding Coproducts to Livestock, Virgil R. Bremer, Adam Liska, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Galen E. Erickson, Haishun Yang, Daniel T. Walters, and Kenneth G. Cassman
Testing Fuel Efficiency of a Tractor with a Continuously Variable Transmission, Bart A. Coffman, Michael F. Kocher, Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, Roger M. Hoy, and Erin E. Blankenship
Testing of RTK-Level Satellite-Based Tractor Auto-Guidance Using a Visual Sensor System, Dwight Easterly, Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, Roger M. Hoy, and Michael F. Kocher
Using a vision sensor system for performance testing of satellite-based tractor auto-guidance, Dwight Easterly, Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, Michael F. Kocher, and Roger M. Hoy
Extrusion Systems: Components, Qi Fang and Milford Hanna