Section III: Plant Production


Equipment Engineering for Plants

Engineering of equipment and systems to produce plants, including equipment design, manufacture, and use to establish plants, protect plants, harvest plant products, and transport. Engineering of components and systems for improved productivity, efficiency, and sustainability.

 


Members


Chair: Prof. John K. Schueller, University of Florida, Mechanical Engineering, P.O. Box 116300 Gainsville, Florida, FL 32611-6300, United States of America
T.: +1 352 392 0828
F.: +1 352 392 1071
E-mail: schuejk@ufl.edu

Vice Chair: Prof. Karl Wild, University of Applied Sciences, Pillnitzer Platz 2, 01326 Dresden, Germany
T.: +49 351 4622110
F: +49 351 4622167

Secretary: Prof. Noboru Noguchi, Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kita-9, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
T.: +81 11 706 3847
F.: +81 11 706 4800
E-mail: noguchi@bpe.agr.hokudai.ac.jp

 

Members:

Dr. Stanley Best, Nacional Programa Agricultura de Precisión, INIA Quilamapu, Avenida Vicente Méndez 515 Chillán, Chile
T.: +56 42 209761
F.: +56 42 209799
E-mail: sbest@inia.cl

Prof. El Hassan Bourarach, Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan II (IAV), Dpt. Energy and Agro-equipment, B.P. 6202 Rabat-Instituts
Rabat, Morocco
T.: +212 537 77 31 85
F.: +212 537 68 04 55
E-mail: e.bourarach@iav.ac.ma

Dr. Chee Wan Chan, MARDI, Mechanisation & Automation Research Center, P.O. Box 12301, 50774 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
T.: +60 3 8941 6851
E.-mail: cwchan@mardi.my

Prof. Ing. Pierluigi Febo, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Dept. Ingegneria e, Tecnologie Agro-Forestali (ITAF), Viale delle Scienze Ed.4, 90128 Palermo, Italy
F.: +39 091 7028283
E-mail: pierfebo@unipa.it

Prof. Daniel Marçal de Queiroz, Depto. Eng. Agrícola, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36.570-000 Viçosa MG, Brasil
T.: +55 31 3899 2783
F.: +55 31 3891 1943
E-mail: queiroz@ufv.br

Prof. Vladimir Popov, North-West Research Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Electrification, Filtrovskoye Avenue 3, 189625 Saint Petersburg – Pavlovsk, Russia
T.: +7 812 466 7804
F.: +7 812 466 5666
E-mail: popov_vd@mail.ru

Prof. Francisco Rovira-Mas, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Departamento de Ingeniería Rural y Agroalimentaria, Unidad de Mecanización y Tecnología Agraria, Campus Camino de Vera, 46022 Valencia, Spain
T.: +34 963877291
F.: +34 963877299
E-mail: frovira@dmta.upv.es

Prof. Vilas M. Salokhe, Flat BF-1, Royal Gateway Apartment, Near Yallama Temple, Kasaba Bawada - 416 006, India
T.: +91 231 2655 999
E-mail: vsalokhe@yahoo.com

Dr. Fang Xianfa, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences (CAAMS), No. 1 Beishatan Deshengmen Wai, Beijing 100083, Peoples Republic of China
T: +86 10 64882234
F.: +89 10 64872806
E-mail: fangxf@caams.org.cn

Prof. Qin Zhang, Washington State University, Irrigated Agriculture Research & Extension Center, 24106 N. Bunn Road, Prosser, WA 99350-8694, United States of America
T.: +1 509 786 9360
E-mail: qinzhang@wsu.edu

 

Honorary Chair:

Prof. Oleg Marchenko, All Russian Institute for Mechanization in Agriculture (VIM), 1st Institutsky proezd., 5, VIM, 109428 Moscow, Russia
T.: +7 095 174 8700
F.: +7 095 171 4349
E-mail: oleg072000@mail.ru

 

Honorary Member:

Dr. Markus Demmel, Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry, Voettinger Strasse 36, 85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
T.: +49 8161 715830
F.: +49 8161 4048
E-mail: markus.demmel@LFL.bayern.de