Biological Systems Engineering, Department of
Department of Biological Systems Engineering: Papers and Publications
2012
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
Extrusion Systems: Design, Qi Fang and Milford Hanna
Numerically Predicting Seepage Gradient Forces and Erosion: Sensitivity to Soil Hydraulic Properties, Garey A. Fox, Derek M. Heeren, Glenn V. Wilson, E. J. Langendoen, Amanda K. Fox, and Maria L. Chu-Agor
Enhanced Anthocyanin Extraction from Red Cabbage Using Pulsed Electric Field Processing, Tanya K. Gachovska, David A. Cassada, Jeyamkondan Subbiah, Milford Hanna, Harshavardhan Thippareddi, and Daniel D. Snow
Ultrasound-Assisted Osmotic Dehydration of Strawberries: Effect of Pretreatment Time and Ultrasonic Frequency, Juan Garcia-Noguera, Francisca I. P. Oliveira, Maria Izabel Gallão, Curtis L. Weller, Sueli Rodrigues, and Fabiano A. N. Fernandes
Dual-stage sugar substitution in strawberries with a Stevia-based sweetener, Juan Garcia-Noguera, Curtis L. Weller, Francisca I. P. Oliveira, Sueli Rodrigues, and Fabiano A. N. Fernandes
NUTRIENT TRANSPORT IN RUNOFF AS AFFECTED BY DIET, TILLAGE, AND MANURE APPLICATION RATE, John E. Gilley, Lisa M. Durso, R.A. Eigenberg, David B. Marx, and Brian L. Woodbury
NUTRIENT TRANSPORT IN RUNOFF FROM FEEDLOTS AS AFFECTED BY WET DISTILLERS GRAIN DIET, John E. Gilley, Jason R. Vogel, Roger A. Eigenberg, David B. Marx, and Brian L. Woodbury
161. The Potential Role of Extensor Muscle Fatigue in the Onset of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: A Novel In Vivo Model, Mary Beth M. Grabowsky, Nicholas A. Pallota, Matthew W. Connelly, Brett Van Etten, Rebecca A. Wachs, Max Alley, Joseph C. Glennon, Andrew H. Dubin, John W. German, Richard L. Uhl, and Eric H. Ledet
Impact of Preferential Flow Paths on Alluvial Groundwater Flow Patterns and Phosphorus Transport, Derek M. Heeren, Ronald B. Miller, Garey A. Fox, Daniel E. Storm, Aaron R. Mittelstet, and Chad J. Penn
PREFERENTIAL FLOW EFFECTS ON SUBSURFACE CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT IN ALLUVIAL FLOODPLAINS, Derek M. Heeren, Ron B. Miller, Garey A. Fox, Daniel E. Storm, Todd Halihan, and Chad J. Penn
NEBRASKA WATER AND ENERGY FLUX MEASUREMENT, MODELING, AND RESEARCH NETWORK (NEBFLUX), Suat Irmak
On the dynamics of canopy resistance: Generalized linear estimation and relationships with primary micrometeorological variables, Suat Irmak and Denis Mutiibwa
Net Radiation Dynamics: Performance of 20 Daily Net Radiation Models as Related to Model Structure and Intricacy in Two Climates, Suat Irmak, Denis Mutiibwa, and José O. Payero
Nebraska Agricultural Water Management Demonstration Network (NAWMDN): Integrating Research and Extension/Outreach, Suat Irmak, Jennifer M. Rees, Gary L. Zoubek, Brandy S. van DeWalle, William R. Rathje, Rodney DeBuhr, Dan Leininger, Darrel D. Siekman, James W. Schneider, and Andrew P. Christiansen
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION NETWORK (NAWMDN): INTEGRATING RESEARCH AND EXTENSION/OUTREACH, Suat Irmak, Jennifer M. Rees, Gary L. Zoubek, Brandy S. van DeWalle, William R. Rathje, Rodney DeBuhr, Dan Leininger, Darrel D. Siekman, James W. Schneider, and Andrew P. Christiansen
Cytocompatible cross-linking of electrospun zein fibers for the development of water-stable tissue engineering scaffolds, Quiran Jiang, Narendra Reddy, and Yiqi Yang
Microwave-Based Alkali Pretreatment of Switchgrass and Coastal Bermudagrass for Bioethanol Production, Deepak R. Keshwani and Jay J. Cheng
Modeling Changes in Biomass Composition During Microwave-Based Alkali Pretreatment of Switchgrass, Deepak R. Keshwani and Jay J. Cheng
Optimization and Economic Evaluation of Industrial Gas Production and Combined Heat and Power Generation from Gasification of Corn Stover and Distillers Grains, Ajay Kumar, Yaşar Demirel, David D. Jones, and Milford Hanna
The other Gulf oil crisis - in Southwest Asia, Adam Liska
Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biofuels: Variability, Uncertainty, and Steps Toward Accurate Regulation, Adam J. Liska and Bruce E. Dale