Contents Personnel Administration 2 School of Agriculture Faculty 3 Agricultural and Biological Engineering – ABE Agricultural Economics – AG ECON Agronomy – AGRY Animal Sciences – ANSC Biochemistry – BCHM Botany and Plant Pathology – B&PP Entomology – ENTM Food Science – FS Forestry and Natural Resources – F&NR Horticulture and Landscape Architecture – H&LA School of Consumer and Family Sciences Faculty 9 School of Veterinary Medicine Faculty 11 Research Projects School of Agriculture 16 Agricultural and Biological Engineering Agricultural Economics Agronomy Animal Sciences Biochemistry Botany and Plant Pathology Entomology Food Science Forestry and Natural Resources Horticultural and Landscape Architecture School of Consumer and Family Sciences Faculty 25 School of Veterinary Medicine Faculty 27 Publications 29 Financial Support Government 61 Non-Government 76 Agricultural Research Programs Graduate Opportunities Doctoral Programs 96 Graduat e Opportunities Masters Program 96 Lynn Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship 96 Agricultural Research Programs Assistantship Grants 96 Purdue Research Foundation Grants 97 Center for Food Safety Engineering Projects 98 Expenditures 99 1 Administration Agriculture Victor L. Lechtenberg, Dean William R. Woodson, Associate Dean and Director, Agricultural Research Programs David C. Petritz, Associate Dean and Director, Cooperative Extension Service Dale Whittaker, Associate Dean and Director, Academic Programs David J. Sammons, Associate Dean and Director, International Programs in Agriculture Agricultural Research Programs William R. Woodson, Director Marshall A.Martin, Associate Director Richard H. Linton, Assistant Director, Food Safety Lesley Oliver, Assistant Director, Sponsored Program Development Ron Turco, Assistant Director, Environmental Sciences Lynn Okagaki, Assistant Director, Consumer & Family Sciences Greg Stevenson, Assistant Director, Veterinary Medicine Jerry Fankhauser, Director, Purdue Agricultural Centers Steve Hawkins, Assistant Director, Purdue Agricultural Centers Agriculture Departments Chris W. Sigurdson, Interim Head, Agricultural Communication Service Vincent F. Bralts, Head, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Sally Thompson, Head, Agricultural Economics Craig Beyrouty, Head, Agronomy Alan L. Grant, Animal Sciences James D. Forney, Head, Biochemistry Raymond D. Martyn, Head, Botany and Plant Pathology J. Steve Yaninek, Head, Entomology Philip E. Nelson, Head, Food Science Dennis C. LeMaster, Head, Forestry and Natural Resources Edward N. Ashworth, Head, Horticulture David C. Petritz, Interim Head, 4-H Youth Development Consumer and Family Sciences Departments William G. Graziano, Head, Child Development and Family Studies Richard Widdows, Consumer Sciences and Retailing Connie M. Weaver, Head, Foods and Nutrition Ray Kavanaugh, Head, Hospitality and Tourism Management Veterinary Medicine Departments L. Kirk Clark, Head, Veterinary Clinical Sciences Harm HogenEsch, Head, Veterinary Pathobiology Gordon L. Coppoc, Head, Basic Medical Sciences Service and Regulatory Functions John G. Baugh, Director, Agricultural Services and Regulations Ralph, W. Gann, Head, Agricultural Statistics H. Leon Thacker, Director, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory Alan R. Hanks, State Chemist and Seed Commissioner David J. Steen, Executive Administrator, Indiana State Egg Board Myron G. Bozell, Manager, Creamery License Division 2 School of Agriculture Faculty Areas of Expertise Agricultural and Biological Engineering – ABE Name Area of Expertise Bralts, VF Department Head - Irrigation systems, hydraulic design analysis, evaluation and management Campanella, OH Food rheology, food extrusion, evaporation Carroll, NJ Hydrologic modeling, finite element analysis Diefes-Dux, HA Software development for food process design, educational research Engel, BA Decision support, water resources, GIS Ess, DR Precision agriculture Field, WE Agricultural safety and health, rural rehabilitation, agriAbility Flanagan, DC Erosion mechanics, erosion prediction, water quality Frankenberger, JR Hydrologic modeling, water quality, GIS, watershed analysis and protection Gibson, HG Forestry and agricultural equipment, computer-aided engineering (CAE), machinery simulation Haghighi, K Machine systems engineering, finite element analysis, modeling and simulation of food, agricultural, and biological products and process and environmental problems Heber, AJ Ventilation, air quality, odor, livestock facilities Jones, DD Animal housing and waste handling, onsite waste water systems Krutz, GW Optimization of farm field machinery Ladisch, MR Bioseparations, chemical and biochemical reactor design and kinetics, biomass conversion Maier, DE Post-harvest engineering, value-added processing Miles, GE Systems engineering, robotics sensors, precision agriculture, knowledge-intensive agriculture Mohtar, R Numerical methods, natural resources simulation modeling, hydrological systems and environmental interactions, irrigation systems design Morgan, MT Meat quality sensors, control systems, precision farming technology Narsimhan, G Bioprocess engineering, separations Nearing, MA Erosion processes, hydrology, erosion modeling, erosion control Okos, MR Processing of agricultural products Parsons, SD Machine systems for field crop production Strickland, RM Agricultural systems management, computer applications, precision agriculture Stroshine, RL Physical properties of agricultural and biological materials (including foods), sensors for measuring quality of fruits, vegetables, grain and seeds Sumali, H Structural dynamics, vibration control, acoustic control, adaptive signal processing Tao, BY Bioprocess engineering, enzyme genetics Agricultural Economics – AG ECON Thompson, S Department Head Abbott, PC International trade and development, quantitative economics Akridge, JT Agricultural business management and marketing Arndt, TC Production economics, international development Ayres, JS Community and leadership development Baker, TG Agricultural finance, production economics Barnard, FL Agricultural finance and credit Binkley, JK Econometrics, welfare economics, trade Boehlje, MD Agricultural finance, production, policy Connor, JM Marketing, industrial organization DeBoer, LP Jr State and local finance, macroeconomics Dobbins, CL Farm management, production economics 3 Name Area of Expertise Doering, OC III Public policy, resource economics, energy Dooley, FJ Agribusiness management, farm supply firm management Downey, WD Agricultural business management and marketing Eales, JS Price analysis, econometrics Foster, KA Livestock and production economics Fulton, JR Marketing and agribusiness Gray, AW Agribusiness management, farm supply firm management Harrison, GA Estate income tax financial planning, legal affairs education, land use Hertel, TW Economy-wide analysis of public policies Huie, JM State and local government, public policy Hurt, CA Livestock and grain marketing Lee, JG Natural resource economics Loehman, ET Resource economics, risk Lovejoy, SB Water quality, rural sociology, environmental policy Lowenberg-DeBoer, JM Production economics, agricultural finance, development Masters, WA Agricultural development and trade McNamara, KT Rural development Miller, DJ Econometrics, applied statistics, commodity markets Paarlberg, PL International trade Patrick, GF Production economics, farm management, agricultural finance, tax Preckel, PV Operations research, production economics Sanders, JH International economic development, production economics Shively, GE Natural resource economics and policy Taylor, RW Farm management, farm property transfer Tyner, WE Resource policy issues, economic development Uhl, JN Marketing, consumer economics Wilson, C Agribusiness management, finance, and marketing Agronomy - AGRY Beyrouty, C Department Head Volenec, JJ Associate Department Head – crop physiology Anderson, JM Plant molecular biology (USDA) Brouder, SM Plant mineral nutrition, soil fertility Christmas, EP Soybean production, specialty oilseed crops Cushman, JH Soil physics, modeling of soil-solution interaction Doerge, RW Quantitative genetics, molecular statistics Ejeta, G Sorghum breeding and genetics, international agriculture Franzmeier, DP Soil genesis and classification Grant, RH Agricultural meteorology, biometeorology Graveel, JG Environmental soil science, NRES Director Housley, TL Plant physiology, carbohydrate metabolism, partitioning Huang, CH Soil erosion Jackson, S Soybean genomics and mapping Joern, BC Environmental soil chemistry, plant nutrition Johannsen, CJ Remote sensing, information systems, LARS Director Johnson, KD Forage production and utilization Johnston, CT Soil and environmental physical chemistry Kladivko, EJ Soil physics, soil management Lee, B Soils and land use Lee, LS Environmental organic chemistry McFee, WW Forest soil fertility, effects of contaminants on soils McIntyre, LM Plant molecular genetics Nakatsu, CH Molecular microbial ecology Nielsen, NC Soybean seed protein research (USDA) Nielsen, RL Corn production and management 4 Name Area of Expertise Norton, LD Soil science (USDA) Ohm, HW Wheat and oat genetics and breeding Rao, PSC Environmental organic chemistry Reicher ZJ Turfgrass Romero-Severson, J Quantitative molecular genetics Schulze, DG Soil mineralogy and genesis chemistry Schwab, AP Soil chemistry Schweitzer, LE Plant physiology, carbon and nitrogen assimilation Steinhardt, GC Soil management, soil genesis Stott, DE Soil microbiology and biochemistry (USDA) Szymanski,