Past research and Development projects:
 

•     equipment development for handling trickle irrigation tubing
•     evaluation of a prototype wheel for a Mars rover
•     screening transplants for uniformity using digital imagery
•     evaluation of field equipment for the Italian Trade Commission
•     evaluation of tractor drive tires for a national manufacturer
•     development of gang saw for rose propagation
•     use of electric fields to control insects in stored grains
•     development of a field method to apply enzymes to cotton to reduce stickiness
•     assessment of agricultural chemicals as a source of hazardous air pollutants
•     evaluation of electrostatic and other spraying methodologies for cotton and vegetable crops
•     development of a track mounted gantry
•     development of a cotton stalk harvesting and utilization system
•     development of a machine to remove bindings and covers from books and magazines
•     evaluation of minimum tillage, precision cultivation and controlled traffic farming systems to
         reduce herbicide use in cotton through mechanical culitvation for weed control
•     leader of cooperative venture between The University of Arizona and the government
         of Argentina to develop the Chaco and Patagonia regions

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