State climatologist for Idaho. Specialties include welding, small engines and electricity. Major responsibilities involve the support of research projects in the area of Biofuels. Administrative Assistant for department head and faculty located in the Engineering Physics Building. Specialties areas agricultural machinery systems and management.
Emphasis is in tillage, conservation tillage and minimum till and no till farming methods.
Most experience is in farming practices in the dryland farming areas of the Pacific Northwest. Also have experience and knowledge in the areas of soil erosion and fertility management. Teaches one ASM course in Agricultural Machinery Systems Management and another ASM course that covers engines and agricultural tractors. Teaching areas include biological and agricultural engineering, and fluid mechanics of porous media. We have research projects underway in these areas and thesis topics are available on most of these projects.