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Mechanized Systems Management

Graduate Program Summary

Graduate Degrees Offered

M.S.
Specialization - what's a specialization?
Water Resources Planning and Management

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Equipment and Facilities Management

Todd Cole, a mechanized systems management graduate student, adjusts a piece of equipment used for crop collection. Collecting yield and crop quality data contribute to advancements in site-specific crop production.

Description of Program

In order to address issues related to increasingly complex technical systems and personnel issues in agriculture and agribusiness, the Department of Biological Systems Engineering offers a master's program in mechanized systems management. Graduate study can be directed to emphasize the mechanization, processing, and business field of the following areas: agricultural power and machinery systems; soil and water conservation; irrigation systems and water management; plant and animal environments; food and industrial materials handling and processing systems; computer applications, sensors and controls; and other areas of technical and applied operations as related to agricultural and biological systems. Also, a specialization in water resources planning and management is available.

State-of-the-art research facilities and equipment are available to meet particular needs and/or special interests. These facilities include 10 laboratories in L. W. Chase Hall and Research and Extension Centers at Concord, North Platte, and Scottsbluff.

Contact

Graduate Chair
Dr. Milford Hanna
mhanna1@unl.edu
402-472-1634
Fax: 402-472-6338
Department Address
209 L. W. Chase Hall
Lincoln NE 68583-0730
Department Website
http://msym.unl.edu/

Faculty and Research

Viacheslav Adamchuk Precision Agriculture
Gregory Bashford Biomedical Imaging; Noninvasive Blood Flow Velocity Measurement; DNA Sequencing Instrumentation
David Billesbach Greenhouse Gases and Emissions
Tami Brown-Brandl Livestock Environment
Bruce Dvorak Small System Drinking Water Issues; Applied Pollution Prevention
Roger Eigenberg Livestock Environment
Dean Eisenhauer Hydrologic and Irrigation Engineering; Infiltration; Overland and Vadose Zone Flow
Thomas Franti Surface Water Quality Engineering; Surface Water Management
John Gilley Soil and Water Conservation Engineering; Land Application of Manure; Surface Hydrology and Water Quality
Milford Hanna Value-Added Process Engineering; Physical Properties of Food
Roger Hoy Machine Performance
Ayse Irmak Crop Modeling; GIS; Precision Agriculture
Suat Irmak Land and Water Resources Engineering
Erkan Istanbulluoglu Surface Hydrology; Ecohydrology Modeling; Surficial Processes; Landscape Evolution
David Jones Risk Assessment and Modeling
Michael Kocher Sensors and Controls
Richard Koelsch Whole Farm Nutrient Management; Odor Control from Livestock Systems
William Kranz Irrigation Engineering
Derrel Martin Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering
George Meyer Sensors and Machine Vision
Jack Nienaber Livestock Environment
Jack Schinstock Engine Power Systems
Dennis Schulte Air Pollution; Nonpoint Source Pollution Control; Animal Waste Management
David Shelton Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
John Smith Machinery Management
Richard Stowell Animal Housing Systems; Odor and Gas Emissions; Heat Stress Abatement
Jeyamkondan Subbiah Hyperspectral Imaging and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Systems
Lijun Wang Food and Bioprocess Engineering
Curtis Weller Food and Bioproducts Engineering; Value-Added Processing; Biopolymeric Films
Wayne Woldt Groundwater Engineering and Management; Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment; Odor Management
Bryan Woodbury Environmental Engineering
     Adjunct Faculty
Yiqi Yang Textile Chemistry, Wet Processing, and Testing; Polymer and Fiber Sciences; Biomaterials; Biotextiles
Ron Yoder Crop Water Use; Vadose Zone Transport of Water and Solutes
C. Dean Yonts Irrigation Engineering
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