Education

• Ph.D., Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky.
• M.S., Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University.
• B.S., Agricultural Engineering, Texas Tech University.

Experience Record

• July 2020 – Present, Professor, Department Head, and William B. and Sherry Berry Endowed Chair, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
• 2005 – 2020, Professor and Endowed Chair of Cotton Engineering, Ginning, and Mechanization, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
• 1997 – 2004, Assistant/Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
• 1989 – 1997, Agricultural Engineer/Research Scientist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Stoneville, MS

Specialty Areas

• Precision Agriculture
• Remote Sensing
• Image Analysis
• Spectroscopy
• Drones
• Optoelectronic Sensors
• Cotton Production and Processing
• Instrumentation and Control Systems
• Design of Machines and Components
• Bioenergy

Research Interests

• Agricultural Autonomy and Robotics
• Optical Sensing Technologies for Agricultural Applications
• Rural and Remote Broadband Wireless
• Calibration of Remote Sensing Images Collected with Drones