Section II: Structures and Environment
Farm Buildings, Equipment, Structures and Environment
Optimizing the interaction of living organisms with their individual micro-environment by using structures and guaranteeing the long term sustainability (product quality and safety, human/animal health and welfare), of these biological systems in their surrounding environment.
Members
Chair: A/Prof. Thomas Banhazi, National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture (NCEA), Faculty of Engineering and Surveying, University of Southern Queensland (USQ), West Street, Toowoomba QLD, 4350, Australia
T.: +61 7 4631 1191
F.: +61 7 4631 1870
E-mail: thomas.banhazi@usq.edu.au
Vice Chair:
Prof. Eberhard Hartung, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Max-Eyth-Str. 6, 24118 Kiel, Germany
T.: +49 431 880 2107
F.: +49 431 880 4283
E-mail: ehartung@ilv.uni-kiel.de
Secretary: Prof. Giovanni Cascone, Dept. of Agri-food and Environmental Systems Management,
University of Catania,
Via S. Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
T.: +39 095 7147571
F.: +39 095 7147600
E-mail: gcascone@unict.it
Members:
Prof. Mohamed Hatem, Agricultural Engineering Dept., Faculty of Agriculure, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
T.: +2 02 5738000 / +2 0101016796
F.: +2 02 5717355
E-mail: hatem@cu.edu.eg
Prof. Bart Sonck, Animal Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Scheldeweg 68, B-9090 Melle, Belgium
T.: +32 9 272 2604
T.: +32 9 272 2601
E-mail: bart.sonck@ilvo.vlaanderen.be
Prof. Eileen Fabian Wheeler, The Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, 228 Agricultural Engineering Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
T.: +1 814 865 3552
F.: +1 814 863 1031
E-mail: efw2@psu.edu
A/Prof. Shuso Kawamura, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 9 Nishi 9 Sapporo, 060 8589 Japan
T.: +81 11 706 2558
F.: +81 11 706 3886
E-mail: shuso@bpe.agr.hokudai.ac.jp
Prof. Baoming Li, Dept. of Agricultural Structure and Bioenvironmental Engineering, China Agricultural University Beijing, 100083, China
T.: +86 10 62736904
F.: +86 10 62737570
E-mail: libm@cau.edu.cn
Dr. Andre Aarnink, Livestock Environment Wageningen UR Livestock Research, P.O. Box 135 6700 AC Wageningen The Netherlands
T.:+ 31 320 293589
F.:+ 31 320 238094
E-mail: andre.aarnink@wur.nl
Prof. Daniella Jorge Moura, State University of Campinas, Agricultural Engineering College, FEAGRI-UNICAMP, 501 Padua Dias Avenue, 13083875, Campinas SP, Brazil
T.: +55 19 3788 1027
F.: +55 19 3788 1027
E-mail: daniella.moura@agr.unicamp.br
A/Prof. Sven Nimmermark, Dept. of Rural Buildings, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 86, 230 53 Alnarp, Sweden
T.: +46 40 41 54 96
F.: +46 40 46 42 41
E-mail: sven.nimmermark@slu.se
A/Prof. Anders Peter S. Adamsen, Deparment of Biosystems Engineering, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
T.: +45 8999 1882
E-mail: Adamsen@agrsci.dk
A/Prof. Fatima Baptista, University of Évora (ICAAM), Science and Technology School, Department of Rural Engineering, Núcleo da Mitra, Apartado 94, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal
T.: +351 266 760823
E-mail: fb@uevora.pt
A/Prof. Panos Panagakis, Dept. of Natural Resources Management & Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 11855, Greece
T.: +0030 210 529 4024
F.:+ 0030 210 529 4023
E-mail: ppap@aua.gr
A/Prof. In-Bok Lee, Laboratory of Aero-Environmental Engineering, Department of Rural System Engineering, Seoul National University San56-1, Silim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul Republic of Korea
T.: +82 2 880 4586
F.: +82 2 873 2087
E-mail: iblee@snu.ac.kr
A/Prof. Álvaro Ramírez Gómez, BIPREE Research Group, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avda. Complutense s/n 28040 Madrid, Spain
T.: +34 913 365 625
F.: +34 913 365 625
E-mail: alvaro.ramirez@upm.es
Honorary Chairs:
Prof. Daniel Berckmans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven M3-BIORES: Measure, Model & Manage Bioresponses, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30 B - 3001 Leuven – Belgium
T.: +32 16 32 17 26
F.: +32 16 32 14 80
E-mail: daniel.berckmans@biw.kuleuven.be
Prof. Søren Pedersen, Department of Biosystems Engineering. Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus
Birketoften 1 DK-8700 Horsens, Denmark
T..: +45 2548 7761
E.-mail: Soeren.Pedersen@agrsci.dk
Honorary Members:
Prof. Irenilza de Alencar Nääs, Agricultural Engineering College, State University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-970, Brazil
T.: +55 19 35211039
F.: +55 19 35211039
E-mail: irenilza@feagri.unicamp.br
Prof. Jorge Ferro. Meneses, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Tapada da Ajuda, P-1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
T.: +351 21 3653482
F.: +351 1 3621575
E-mail: jmeneses@isa.utl.pt
Mission, Scope, Objectives and Activities
Mission/Scope:
CIGR Section II is a worldwide information platform and task force dealing with issues related to "Engineering for Structures and Environment". It will provide and distribute information, organise, coordinate and co-organise activities, such as working groups, conferences, etc. with strong emphasis of encouraging the involvement of young scientists. Therefore Section II will act as an umbrella organisation for all national committees and coordinate conferences/workshops.
Objectives:
- Section II will motivate more young researchers from different countries to attend our meetings;
By allowing all interested people to attend our Board Meetings as "Special Guests" and by sending the minutes of Section Board Meeting to all Board Members and Special Guests
- Section II will continue to publish documents of general interest on the CIGR website, including all Section II related reports and the 'Glossary of definitions' produced by the "hot Climate Working Group"
- CIGR Section II will improve and intensify the cooperation with different groups;
By intensifying the cooperation with EurAgEng working group on Air Emission and by improving the relation between PLF and aquaculture groups
Activities:
Section II had a number of important activities in the last few years and some of the activity highlights are listed below:
XVIIth CIGR World Congress, Quebec City, Canada, June 13 to 17, 2010
- 96 out of 504 presentations and 30 out of 440 posters were related to Section II topics;
- Prof. Hisamitsu Takai was responsible for the successful organization of the special session on “Natural ventilation”. The outcome of the session might become a reviewed paper;
- Prof. Eberhard Hartung and Dr. Eiko Thissen were responsible for the successful organization of the special session on “Aquaculture”.
Working Group on “Animal Housing in hot climates”
- 3 workshops were held: in Catania organized by Prof. Giovanni Cascone, in Cairo organized by Prof. Mohamed Hatem and in Chongqing organized by Prof. Baoming Li;
- the new focus of the Working Group will be on “application” and the next workshop will be an “extension related conference”;
- Prof. Eileen Wheeler, Prof. Baoming Li and Prof. Mohamed Hatem have become the “pulling persons” of this working group and will organize themselves in the function of chair, co-chair and secretary;
- Israeli colleagues at the Volcani Institute have been asked if they are willing to organize the fourth Hot Climate workshop. As an alternative, the workshop can also be organized by Prof. El Houssine Bartali from Morocco.
Working Group on “Cattle Housing”
- Dr. Josi Flaba, after 10 years of chairing this working group, is looking for successor;
- within this year the new report on housing systems will be available on the CIGR website.
Glossary of Definition
- is available over CIGR website;
- a translation in certain languages is still in progress.
List of upcoming Conferences
- EFITA – ECPA – ECPLF – ISAF Joint International Agriculture Conference 2011, 11th-14th July 2011, Prague, Czech Republic;
- 7th International Symposium on Cement Based Materials for a Sustainable Agriculture, 18th-21st September 2011, Château Bonne Entente, Quebec City, Canada;
- International Conference of Agricultural Engineering CIGR-AgEng 2012, Agriculture & Engineering for a Healthier Life, 8th-12th July 2012, Valencia, Spain;
- XVIIIth CIGR World Congress, 16th-19th September 2014, Beijing, China.
