Interested in Natural Resources and Development. Currently working with Missouri's Division of Tourism and MU's Tourism Research and Development Center on the Economic Impacts of Tourism. There are lots of potential thesis topics related to this work, both empirical and theoretical. There is also access to a large, national , monthly data base containing survey information about domestic travel. Also interested in pursuing research into other topics involving natural resources, the environment, or amenities.
Interests lie in decision making strategies and computerized decision tools.
Current topics include manure management, identity preserve grain production , and precision agriculture. Applied research in the area of the environmental and economic impact of land applied manure. The objective of my research is to evaluate alternative grain marketing strategies. General areas of interest include microcomputer applications to farm management decisions, mathematical programming and optimization techniques. Farm management topics include incorporating economics into precision agriculture and crop simulation models.