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Updated October 3, 2011
Category Tabs…
 | Ag Systems & Optimization
 | Animal Production & Manure Management
 | Biorefining & Bioproducts
 | Fiber Handling & Processing
 | Food Handling, Processing & Safety
 | Precision Agriculture
 | Soil Engineering
 | Water Management
 | Miscellaneous Research Engineering
 | Facilities Engineering
Category | E-mail | Job Classification | Expertise | State | City
Ag Systems & Optimization | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | 1. Improve on-farm economic and environmental sustainability through optimized Best Management Practices (BMPs) 2. Design and evaluation of conservation management systems at the field, farm, and watershed scale 3. Increase farmer’s awareness of risk through demonstration and application of user-friendly web-based risk analysis tools | CO | Ft. Collins
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Development of mechanistic, process level crop models to study soil-plant-atmosphere interactions, 2. Agricultural systems analyses, including crop and natural resource management and climate change, 3. Controlled environment technology and studies for characterizing plant responses to the environment , 4.  Gas exchange measurements of C3 and C4 crops | MD | Beltsville
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Use agricultural system models to enhance and extend field data  2. Explore complex climate and weather interactions on long-term field and modeling data such as crop yield and nitrate leaching. 3. Improve agricultural system model calibration using automatic model optimization software | IA | Ames
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Process-level measurement and modeling of gaseous emissions from silage, 2. Quantification and reduction of gaseous emissions from farms, 3. Carbon footprint of farm production systems, 4. Evaluation of the performance, environmental impact and economics of farming systems | PA | University Park
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Develop and apply crop systems models 2. Develop and apply remote sensing technology 3.  Improve management of water and nutrients within crop systems  4. Improve agricultural drainage and irrigation systems 5. Develop precision agriculture technologies for crop management | AZ | Maricopa
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Cost-effective BMP selection and placements with multiple objectives, 2. Effects of management on farm nutrient balances and watershed water quality, 3. Understanding the impact of experimental uncertainty and scale on long-term model predictions | PA | University Park
Animal Production & Manure Management | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Develop tools to monitor dynamic physiological and behavioral responses of livestock, 2. Updating livestock heat and moisture production standards for improved environmental control of production facilities, 3. Develop management tools to improve animal care, well-being, and performance, 4. Model development to estimate an individual animal’s susceptibility to heat stress | NE | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Development of precision management solutions for livestock waste, 2. Harvesting of recoverable nutrient products from livestock waste, 3. Engineering solutions for conservation of water and soil, 4. Model creation for estimation of livestock environmental stress, 5. Development of sensor solutions for monitoring livestock physiological responses | NE | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Manure management | NE | Lincoln
 | [EMAIL] | environ | 1. Evaluate treatment technologies for odor abatement and improve air quality at animal production facilities, 2. Examine/evaluate value-added from animal wastes (e.g., optimization of sequential anaerobic digesters). | KY | Bowling Green
 | [EMAIL] | chem | 1. Quantify ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from broiler litter and facilities, 2. Evaluate methods for controlling ammonia and greenhouse gases in broiler houses and for land application of litter | MS | Starkville
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Improving silage quality, 2.  Reducing silage losses, 3.  Understanding and controlling nitrogen transformations in dairy manure management systems | WI | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Agricultural air quality (odor, VOC, GHG, NH3, H2S), 2. Manure and nutrient management, 3. Bioenergy from manure | NE | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Improving production efficiency of poultry the following areas:      1. Improve environmental control in poultry production facilities,    2. Improve energy efficiency and reduce energy usage in poultry production, 3. Optimization of vaccination application techniques for commercial poultry production | MS | Starkville
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Design and development of field implements for land application of manure, 2.  Evaluating the performance of row crop planters in conservation tillage systems, 3.  Determining tractive performance and soil compaction characteristics of agricultural tractor tires, rubber tracks, and forestry tires. | AL | Auburn
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Mitigation of pollutants from animal feeding operation to the environment, 2. Nutrient transformation and fate in feedlot and agricultural soils, 3. Development of engineering approaches for soil and water quality conservation, 4. Odor mitigation from animal confinement and processing operations, 5. Engineering solutions for pathogen life-cycle abatement | NE | [NAME]
Biorefining & Bioproducts | [EMAIL] | chem | 1. Cost-effective production of liquid fuel intermediates (pyrolysis oils) from lignocellulosic biomass.  2.  Design and operation of on-farm scale thermal conversion systems (combustors, gasifiers and pyrolyzers) for renewable fuels and biochar production.  3. Increase value of pyrolysis oils for cost-effective shipping, storage and upgrading to transportation fuels and chemicals. | PA | Wyndmoor
 | [EMAIL] | chem | 1. Design processes for the separation of milk proteins, 2. Develop new value-added food products and packaging from milk proteins, 3. Focus on nutrition and sustainability | PA | Wyndmoor
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Biochar production from animal manure-based feedstocks, 2. Increase value of pyrolytic by-products from animal manures, 3. Impact of biochar use as a fertilizer/soil amendment, 4. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of biomass | SC | Florence
 | [EMAIL] | chem | 1.  Develop process to separate oil from corn or corn germ,   2. Develop process to improve stability of bio-oil from flash pyrolysis | PA | Wyndmoor
 | [EMAIL] | chem | 1. Developing new processes for converting cellulosic biomass into ethanol 2. Assaying bioenergy crops for conversion efficiencies 3. Integrated processing of biomass into biofuels | IL | Peoria
 | [EMAIL] | chem | 1. Improve cold flow properties and performance of biodiesel , 2. Improve storage stability of biodiesel | IL | Peoria
 | [EMAIL] | Chem | 1. Meat animal processing byproducts, 2. Biobased product/process development, 3. Processing of granular materials. | PA | Wyndmoor
 | [EMAIL] | general | Economic evaluations of products and processes under development by scientists and engineers throughout ARS | PA | Wyndmoor
 | [EMAIL] | chem | 1. Fuel ethanol production from winter barley, 2. Cellulosic biomass pretreatment,3. Fermentation process development for production of value-added products from biomass-derived C5 sugars, 4. Integration of fuel and chemical production in biorefinery | PA | Wyndmoor
 | [EMAIL] | chem | 1. Recovery of low concentration renewable chemicals and fuels via extraction, membrane permeation and adsorption processes. 2. Biofuel/bioproduct production from agricultural waste feedstocks. | CA | Albany
 | [EMAIL] | chem | 1. Butanol production from cellulosic biomass 2.  Downstream Processing of butanol 3. Developing high productivity reactors 4.  Developing butanol producing cultures | IL | Peoria
 | [EMAIL] | environ | 1. Production of renewable energy and biochar from thermo-chemical treatment of animal manures, 2. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from biochar-applied soils, 3. Activation of biochar to increase its adsorptive capacity, 4. Measuring NH3 and  GHG emissions from distributed emission sources using open-path remote sensing instruments, 5. [NAME], volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and ammonia mass transfer in municipal/agricultural wastewater treatment processes | SC | Florence
 | [EMAIL] | chem | 1.  Reduce energy use for biorefining (especially dehydration problems), 2. Chemical modification of cereal proteins to increase value for biobased products, 3. Protein functionality and analysis in cereal products and Bioproducts, 4. Biorefining separations (solid and liquid components) | CA | Albany
 | [EMAIL] | chem | Develop stress tolerant yeast and fermentation processes for efficient conversion of lignocellulose to ethanol | IL | Peoria
Fiber Handling & Processing | [EMAIL] | ag | Developing/improving cotton ginning machines and processes | NM | Las Cruces
 | [EMAIL] | materials | 1. Field to Fabric Cotton Research  2. Cotton Nep Research 3. Image analysis of fabric to quantify defects. 4. Image analysis of cotton fiber to evaluate maturity. 5. Develop prediction equations for fabric quality for White Speck Neps and Seed Coat Fragments from fiber quality measurements. 6. Seed Coat Fragment Research -Evaluate the [NAME] analyser for measurement of Seed Coat Fragments and the Seed Shear tester for Seed Coat Fragility and resultant Seed Coat Fragments. 7. Evaluate enzyme bleaching using image analysis | LA | New Orleans
 | [EMAIL] | materials | 1. Increase the value of cotton and other staple fiber crops, 2. Image analysis for the measurement of fiber characteristics (edge and shape detection, color measurement), 3. Composite materials research from natural materials, 4. Polymer-clay Nanocomposites, 5. Flame retardant research, 6. Textile Processing Machinery Design, 7. HVAC design for materials testing laboratories, 8. Energy efficiency in processing machinery | LA | New Orleans
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Forage (perennial grasses, legumes)  harvesting systems (modeling, mowing, conditioning, merging, size reduction, fractionation, maceration, packaging and densification, storage, pretreatment) 2. On-harvester sensor technologies (capacitance, microwave, near infra-red reflectance 3. Forage and biomass composition analysis (moisture, fiber, protein, starch, ash) | WI | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | chem | Develop value-added products from cottonseed | LA | New Orleans
 | [EMAIL] | mechanical | Testing, utilizing, and processing natural fibers | SC | Clemson
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Developing/improving cotton ginning machines and processes | NM | Las Cruces
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Identify cotton and flax fiber properties | SC | Clemson
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Developing/improving cotton ginning machines and processes | NM | Las Cruces
 | [EMAIL] | materials | 1. Nondestructive methods to characterize the quality of fibrous materials, 2. Mathematical models for mechanical operations to improve the softness, strength, and dimensional stability of biobased materials, 3. Fracture mechanism, 4. Fine structure of fibrous materials, 5. Methods to increase the fracture resistance of biobased materials | PA | Wyndmoor
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Developing/improving cotton ginning machines and processes, through instrumentation and sensor development | TX | Lubbock
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Machinery design for cotton harvesting equipment to improve productivity, cotton quality, and profitability, 2. Evaluation and improvement of modern cotton harvest systems, 3. Cotton ginning research to improve worker safety, fiber quality, and minimize processing costs | TX | Lubbock
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Developing/improving cotton ginning machines and processes | NM | Las Cruces
Food Handling, Processing & Safety | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  NIRS Single kernel selection for breeding programs, 2. Sensor and systems development for stored grain, 3.  Automated sensing systems for research | KS | Manhattan
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Developing spectral imaging technologies for food safety inspection, such as high speed inspection of chicken carcasses in a processing environment, or high-throughput inspection of fruits and vegetables for surface contamination or defects. | MD | Beltsville
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Improve crop drying and storage, predominantly peanuts, 2. Design machinery to harvest and process peanuts, 3. Design crop drying systems, 4. Design peanut storage facilities, 5. Instrumentation and control systems | GA | Dawson
 | [EMAIL] | chem | 1. Develop controlled release systems from starch helical inclusion complexes 2. Develop processing methods to extract and concentrate bioactive components from brans and flours | IL | Peoria
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Management of on-farm and industrial stored grain, 2. Using aeration and heat treatments to control stored grain insects, 3. Grain commingling in elevator equipment, 4. Movement of insect infestations in grain elevators, 5. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of terrain and barrier effects on wind flow and suspended particulate flow on the landscape during wind erosion events | KS | Manhattan
 | [EMAIL] | chem | Thermal and nonthermal intervention technologies to improve food safety of shell eggs, fruits and vegetables | PA | Wyndmoor
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Methods for detecting and removing defects and contaminants from food processing streams.” | CA | Albany
 | [EMAIL] | chem | 1. Develop methods to assess and improve poultry and egg quality; 2. Develop methods to improve poultry processing efficiency; 3. Develop feeds to maintain or improve poultry meat quality; 4. Design feed formulations with bioactive components to improve poultry meat nutritional quality; 5. Assess feed formulations designed to improve poultry meat nutritional quality | GA | Athens
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Develop methods to detect and sort out defects and contaminants from food streams | CA | Albany
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Development of optical and electronic sensors and instrumentation for nondestructive measurement of quality (moisture, oil, protein etc.) of food products. | GA | Dawson
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Optical detection of food safety and food defense hazards; 2. Develop methods to assess and improve poultry and egg quality; 3. Sensing methods and instrumentation for rapid determination of moisture content, bulk density and other quality attributes of grains, seeds and nuts | GA | Athens
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Sensors and sensing for quality evaluation of tree fruits and pickling vegetables before, at and after harvest; property characterization of horticultural crops; mathematical modeling for quality evaluation of horticultural and food products. | MI | East Lansing
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Develop instrumentation and procedures for grain quality measurement, 2. Identify measurable grain characteristics that relates to end-use quality, 3. Develop sorting technology to improve selection methods in plant breeding, 4. Develop methodologies for measuring insect characteristics using techniques such as near-infrared spectroscopy, 5. Research management and coordination | KS | Manhattan
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Novel food processing technologies, particularly microwave and solar, 2. Model mass transport in foods using multiphysics simulation software, 3. Add value to specialty crops (fruits, vegetables, nuts) and their coproducts, 4. Integrate chemometrics with food processing unit operations to improve in-line quality control | CA | Albany
 | [EMAIL] | chem | 1. Integrated approach to develop treatment processes and combinations to control pathogens on fresh produce, RTE foods, liquid eggs, milk, cheese etc.  and to minimize loss of product quality , 2. Effect of interventions and processes on persistence of pathogens on foods, 3. Development of green bioplastics composites from renewable agricultural resources, 4. Extraction and analysis  of functional micronutrients from natural/plant sources | PA | Wyndmoor
 | [EMAIL] | general | New processing technologies (IR, Ultrasound, PEF) for improved value and safety of agricultural and food products | CA | Albany
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Imaging technology for food safety and security 2. Ultrasound for food quality evaluation 3. Multi- and hyperspectral imaging for food safety and quality 4. Nanotechnology for food pathogen and toxin detection 5. Real-time imaging for food processing automation 6. Hyperspectral microscope imaging 7. Bioinstrumentation and biosensing for food safety and quality applications  8.  Visible/NIR spectroscopy for food quality assessment | GA | Athens
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Make peanut grading inspection faster and more accurate | GA | Dawson
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Development of nondestructive methods for quality analysis of peanuts and grains. | GA | Athens
 | [NAME].[NAME] @ars.usda.gov | electronics | 1. Sensing methods and instrumentation for rapid determination of moisture content, bulk density and other quality attributes of grains, seeds and nuts; 2. Develop cost-effective systems and sensors for rapid and nondestructive measurement of moisture content and density of cereal grains, oilseeds and nuts that can be used in static and dynamic situations (on line and in process applications); 3. Develop a portable system for moisture measurements of shelled and unshelled peanuts that can be used in the field and at peanut grading stations. 4. Improve peanut grading processes by developing a rapid system for nondestructive determination of peanut kernel moisture from measurements on pre-cleaned samples and samples consisting of a mixture of pods and foreign materials | GA | Athens
 | [EMAIL] | electronics | 1. Develop hyperspectral and multispectral  imaging technology for safety and quality assessment of poultry meat and eggs, 2. Develop machine vision systems for online real-time inspection of poultry and egg products, 3. Nondestructive evaluation of poultry meat and egg quality | GA | Athens
Precision Agriculture | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Spatial and temporal analysis of cropping diversity; 2. Database management; 3. GIS and remote sensing applications on rangeland and agricultural landscape | ND | Mandan
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Development of improved methods for on-farm water management using ground-based remote sensing techniques, 2. Assessment techniques for crop spatial variability within agricultural fields | CO | Ft. Collins
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Remote sensing for irrigation management and evapotranspiration mapping, 2. Design and evaluation of pressurized irrigation systems (mechanical move, drip). | TX | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | electronics | 1) Electromagnetic modeling; 2) Sensor design and optimization; 3) Pattern recognition and machine learning; 4) Agricultural applications of sensors | TX | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Increase delivery efficiency of pesticides and other agrochemicals to food and ornamental crops  2.  [NAME] off-target movement of pesticides and nutrients | OH | Wooster
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.   Crop-specific irrigation water management including deficit irrigation and fertigation, 2. Development of site-specific sprinkler irrigation systems including sensors, feedback, wireless communications and decision support systems, 3. Development of strip tillage for small seeded crops, 4. Management of surface irrigation with high amounts of crop residue for reducing wind and water erosion of soils, 5. Design and management of microirrigation systems, 6. Use of sprinkler irrigation systems for both frost management and crop cooling of high value crops | MT | Sidney
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Plant-soil-water interactions., 2. Regional evapotranspiration (ET) mapping (Energy Balance), 3. Micrometeorological measurements, 4. Weather networks, 5. Scintillometry, 6. GIS and remote sensing applications for efficient water management, 7. [NAME] and water quality modeling for TMDL development (surface and ground water), 8. Crop residue mapping for managing soil and water conservation, 9. [NAME] modeling, 10. Precision farming (irrigation and nutrient management). | TX | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Develop a variable rate spray application 2.  Implementing sensors and controller for field application  3. Outdoor machine vision  4. Precision weed control | OH | Wooster
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Water conservation in semi-arid agriculture, 2. Irrigation systems and technology to improve effectiveness, 3. Evapotranspiration of irrigated and dryland cropping systems to quantify water use, 4. Irrigation scheduling to increase crop water productivity and reduce groundwater depletion, 5. Micrometeorology and surface energy balance for crop, soil, and residue surfaces. | TX | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Crop evapotranspiration and crop coefficient applications for irrigation scheduling, 2. Remote sensing for improving crop water use efficiency and management, 3. Determine water management for new alternative biofuel crops | AZ | Maricopa
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Irrigation Water Management, 2. [NAME], 3. Site-Specific Irrigation, 4. Irrigation Technology Evaluation | ID | Kimberly
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.Precision Aerial Application (piloted and unmanned), 2. Remote Sensing for Precision Application (space-borne, airborne, and ground truthing), 3. Sensor and Controls Development, and Mechatronics. | TX | College Station
 | [EMAIL] | general | 1.   Increase the efficacy of aerially-applied pesticides  2. Maximize the deposition of aerially-applied pesticides  3. Evaluate and improve aerial variable-rate technology components and systems 4. Development of aerial electrostatic spraying systems | TX | College Station
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Wireless sensor networks for agricultural applications, 2. Infrared thermography for assessing spatial variation in crop water-stress, 3. Center pivot automation for improved irrigation management and water use efficiency. | TX | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Optimize spatial water and nutrient management using site-specific irrigation systems. 2. Develop and optimize water management systems using recycled and saline waters for turf grass and biofuel crops. 3. Develop strategies and techniques to access and mitigate the impacts of bio-energy crop production on available water resources. 4. Develop water and nutrient management systems that integrate and optimize the effective implementation of riparian buffers, conservation tillage, crop residue recycling and emerging carbon credit programs, | SC | Florence
 | [NAME].[EMAIL] | ag | 1. Develop sensor systems for soil and plant variables, 2. Apply and evaluate precision agriculture technologies | MO | Columbia
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Develop and apply crop systems models 2. Develop and apply remote sensing technology 3.  Improve management of water and nutrients within crop systems  4. Improve agricultural drainage and irrigation systems 5. Develop precision agriculture technologies for crop management | AZ | Maricopa
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Precision agriculture and remote sensing for pest management | TX | Weslaco
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Development of improved and innovative application technologies and strategies associated with spray and irrigation to precisely and accurately deliver chemical pesticides or natural pest control agents to target areas to control insects and diseases | OH | Wooster
Soil Engineering | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Management of on-farm and industrial stored grain, 2. Using aeration and heat treatments to control stored grain insects, 3. Grain commingling in elevator equipment, 4. Movement of insect infestations in grain elevators, 5. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of terrain and barrier effects on wind flow and suspended particulate flow on the landscape during wind erosion events | KS | Manhattan
 | [EMAIL] | electronics | 1) Electromagnetic modeling; 2) Sensor design and optimization; 3) Pattern recognition and machine learning; 4) Agricultural applications of sensors | TX | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Reduce manure-related nutrient losses  2. Filter nutrients from agricultural sources  3. Model cover crop water and nutrient dynamics  4. Manage manure under winter conditions | MN | St. Paul
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Soil erosion by water mechanics, including sediment detachment, transport and deposition 2. Erosion prediction technology development   3. Erosion control methodologies, especially soil amendments such as PAM and gypsum | IN | West Lafayette
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Enhance water and N use efficiencies, 2. Prevent or reduce soil compaction, 3. Improve soil and water quality, 4. Assess spatial and temporal variability of soil properties, 5. Test and evaluate water quality models | MT | Sidney
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Develop erosion prediction technologies for government agencies to implement and assess US-sponsored conservation programs  2. Conduct fundamental research to understand soil erosion and sediment transport mechanics 3. Quantify and document current and historical soil erosion rates on agricultural and range lands | AZ | Tucson
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Development of sustainable bioenergy production systems that benefit small farms; 2. Development of soil management systems that reduce energy use and petroleum inputs | AR | Booneville
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Wind Erosion and Air Quality Research | KS | Manhattan
Water Management | [EMAIL] | ag | Develop hydrologic models for environmental and conservation assessment. | TX | Temple
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | 1. Develop new watershed modeling tools to evaluate the effects of cropping, limited water, and N management on water quantity, water quality, and crop production. 2. Quantify and assess spatially targeted agricultural conservation effects on water quantity and quality.  3. Simulate the combined effects of projected climate change on crop production, water use, and N transport. | CO | Ft. Collins
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Irrigation water management in arid areas  2.  Drainage water management in arid areas | CA | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | 1. Hydraulic modeling of surface irrigation systems, 2. Parameter estimation for surface irrigation systems , 3. Canal control | NM | Maricopa
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Improve models to identify sources of water, sediment and chemicals  2. Determine pollutant fate and transport within watersheds  3. Evaluate watershed water quality impacts in terms of implementation of land conservation and stream rehabilitation practices | MS | Oxford
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | Hydrology, hydraulics, water quality, erosion modeling and data analysis | OH | Coshocton
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | 1. Precipitation / Streamflow / groundwater relationships 2. Agricultural impacts on water resources 3. Water quality modeling 4. Watershed-scale conservation practice assessment | GA | Tifton
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Calculation of crop water use (evapotranspiration), 2. Uniformity of irrigation systems, 3. Improved irrigation management, 4.  Measurement of bulk electrical conductivity of soil | CO | Ft. Collins
 | [EMAIL] | electronics | 1) Electromagnetic modeling; 2) Sensor design and optimization; 3) Pattern recognition and machine learning; 4) Agricultural applications of sensors | TX | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1) Remote sensing (regional, farm, and site-specific crop management); 2) Evapotranspiration (energy balance, water balance); 3) Irrigation scheduling (models, water management); 4) Lysimeters; 5) Subsurface drip irrigation; 6) Mechanical-move irrigation systems; 7) Site specific irrigation system design for precision agriculture | TX | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.   Crop-specific irrigation water management including deficit irrigation and fertigation, 2. Development of site-specific sprinkler irrigation systems including sensors, feedback, wireless communications and decision support systems, 3. Development of strip tillage for small seeded crops, 4. Management of surface irrigation with high amounts of crop residue for reducing wind and water erosion of soils, 5. Design and management of microirrigation systems, 6. Use of sprinkler irrigation systems for both frost management and crop cooling of high value crops | MT | Sidney
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Reduce manure-related nutrient losses  2. Filter nutrients from agricultural sources  3. Model cover crop water and nutrient dynamics  4. Manage manure under winter conditions | MN | St. Paul
 | [EMAIL] | civic | 1.  Hydrologic systems modeling,2. [NAME] soil modeling, 3. Near-surface modeling of plant microclimate | ID | Boise
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | 1.  Impact of climate variability on watershed water resources, 2. Effectiveness of soil conservation practices in watersheds, 3. Development of synthetic weather generation tool, 4. Application of seasonal weather forecasts in grazing management | OK | El Reno
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | 1.  Rainfall-runoff prediction and computer modeling, 2.  Integration of science with policy and decision making,  3.  Using remote sensing for watershed characterization and hydrological modeling | AZ | Tucson
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Plant-soil-water interactions., 2. Regional evapotranspiration (ET) mapping (Energy Balance), 3. Micrometeorological measurements, 4. Weather networks, 5. Scintillometry, 6. GIS and remote sensing applications for efficient water management, 7. [NAME] and water quality modeling for TMDL development (surface and ground water), 8. Crop residue mapping for managing soil and water conservation, 9. [NAME] modeling, 10. Precision farming (irrigation and nutrient management). | TX | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Increase land sustainability through characterizing spatial interactions of soils, terrain, water and plant attributes, 2. Measure and simulate water and energy fluxes to increase water productivity, 3. Improve predictions of hydrological process responses to management and climate | CO | Ft. Collins
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Increase the efficiency and decrease the uncertainty associated with water quality monitoring, 2.  [NAME] the economic and environmental impacts of fertilizer alternatives | TX | Temple
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Water conservation in semi-arid agriculture, 2. Irrigation systems and technology to improve effectiveness, 3. Evapotranspiration of irrigated and dryland cropping systems to quantify water use, 4. Irrigation scheduling to increase crop water productivity and reduce groundwater depletion, 5. Micrometeorology and surface energy balance for crop, soil, and residue surfaces. | TX | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Crop evapotranspiration and crop coefficient applications for irrigation scheduling, 2. Remote sensing for improving crop water use efficiency and management, 3. Determine water management for new alternative biofuel crops | AZ | Maricopa
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | 1. Water flow and flood management/protection., 2. Spillway hydraulics and earthen spillway stability and integrity, 3. Embankment failure and dam safety, 4. Open channel flow, vegetated channels, channel erosion, and channel stabilization, 5. Scale modeling, 6. Development of computational tools, testing methods, and standards to aid in engineering design. | OK | Stillwater
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Enhance water and N use efficiencies, 2. Prevent or reduce soil compaction, 3. Improve soil and water quality, 4. Assess spatial and temporal variability of soil properties, 5. Test and evaluate water quality models | MT | Sidney
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Water flow and flood management/protection., 2. Spillway hydraulics and earthen spillway stability and integrity, 3. Embankment failure and dam safety, 4. Open channel flow, vegetated channels, channel erosion, and channel stabilization, 5. Scale modeling, 6. Development of computational tools, testing methods, and standards to aid in engineering design. | OK | Stillwater
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Hydrology and water quality data collection 2. Water quality modeling 3. Watershed-scale conservation practice assessment 4. Environmental impacts of turfgrass management | OH | Columbus
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Irrigation Water Management, 2. [NAME], 3. Site-Specific Irrigation, 4. Irrigation Technology Evaluation | ID | Kimberly
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | Mechanics of the flow of water and its interactions with the sediment to cause erosion and sediment movement. | MS | Oxford
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Simulate the effects of conservation practices on water quality | ID | Kimberly
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | 1. Quantify sediment fluxes in semiarid watersheds, 2. Quantify fluvial geomorphic processes in ephemeral channels | AZ | Tucson
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1) Center Pivot Automation; 2) Precision Irrigation Feedback and Control; 3) Time-Temperature_Threshold (TTT) Method of Irrigation Scheduling; 4) Canopy Temperature Based Water Stress Indicies; 5) Irrigation efficiency | TX | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | 1. Decrease water pollution by pesticides,2. Predict hydrology and water pollution under changing land use and / or climate,3. Develop analytical methods for herbicides, 4. Characterize sampling and analytical uncertainties | IN | West Lafayette
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | Restoration of freshwater aquatic ecosystems, principally streams and rivers | MS | Oxford
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Develop sensors and controls for measurement of soil water content and plant response to water stress; 2. Develop improved technologies for irrigation application and scheduling; 3. Develop ground-based remote sensing systems for site-specific nutrient management. | MS | Stoneville
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Surface and ground water hydrology; 2. Water quality; 3. Water and wastewater treatment; 4. Professional Engineer (GA and MD) | MD | Beltsville
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | 1. Mathematical modeling of open-channel flow, 2. Simulation of surface irrigation to aid in the selection of design and management strategies, 3. Fate and transport of sediment and nutrients in furrow water | AZ | Maricopa
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Physical embankment breach modeling 2. Computational modeling of dam breach  3. Software development for hydraulic engineering | OK | Stillwater
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1.  Develop and apply crop systems models 2. Develop and apply remote sensing technology 3.  Improve management of water and nutrients within crop systems  4. Improve agricultural drainage and irrigation systems 5. Develop precision agriculture technologies for crop management | AZ | Maricopa
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Improve irrigation water management | CO | Ft. Collins
 | [NAME].[EMAIL] | ag | Improve the efficiency of irrigation | MO | Columbia
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Application and development of water resource simulation models | TX | Temple
 | [EMAIL] | hydraulic | 1. Investigate mechanisms and measurement of sediment transport, 2.  Assess changes in watershed erosion using sediment stored in lakes, 3. Design floating wave barriers for protecting earthen levees | MS | Oxford
Miscellaneous Research Engineering | [EMAIL] | ag | Develop sustainable cropping and grazing systems for the Southeast. | GA | Watkinsville
 | [EMAIL] | ag | Increase efficiency and efficacy of aerial application of crop protection and production products. | TX | College Station
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Develop and evaluate agricultural chemical application equipment to maximize efficacy and minimize off-target movement; 2. Investigate the role of spray adjuvants on droplet size characterization and spray movement to enhance deposition and mitigate drift; 3. Develop application equipment and methodologies to solve problems related to Areawide management of economically significant arthropod pests of important U.S. crops. | TX | College Station
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Design & setup experimental instrumentation in agricultural environments, 2. Evaluate environmental sampling methods | SC | Florence
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Rural and remote applications of renewable energy (solar and wind), 2. Instrumentation and controls of renewable energy systems, 3. Electrical microbial fuel cells. | TX | [NAME]
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Development of sustainable bioenergy production systems that benefit small farms; 2. Development of soil management systems that reduce energy use and petroleum inputs | AR | Booneville
 | [EMAIL] | ag | 1. Reduction of off-target drift and increase in efficacy from aerial application, 2. Develop and improve performance of variable-rate aerial application systems, 3. Aerial remote sensing from agricultural aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles to assist in site-specific crop management, 4. Remote sensing to detect plant damage due to off-target drift of pesticide and to determine field areas of water deficit, 5. Improve water management using farmer-friendly irrigation scheduling aids | MS | Stoneville
 | [EMAIL] | mechanical | 1. Develop renewable energy (wind, solar, biofuel) systems for on-farm or agricultural and rural business energy requirements, 2. Renewable energy potential for agricultural applications, 3. Hybrid wind-solar systems. | TX | [NAME]
Facilities Engineering | [EMAIL] | general | Project Management for the Design and Construction of Research Laboratories | MD | Beltsville
 | [EMAIL] | general | 1. HVAC Manufacturing 2. Process Automation 3. Facility Design and Construction | MS | Stoneville
 | [EMAIL] | general | 1.  Assist with design of new research facilities, 2.  Repair and maintain existing facilities | GA | Athens
 | [EMAIL] | general | Design and maintenance of agricultural research facilities | CO | Ft. Collins
 | [EMAIL] | general | 1. Research facilities operation & management, 2. Boiler & Chiller plant operation, 3. Research laboratories design and operation, 4. Biological Containment Facilities design and operation, 5. Laboratory HVAC systems testing, 6. Large animal research facilities design | IA | Ames
 | [EMAIL] | general | 1. Energy information systems deployment and performance benchmarking at agricultural research facilities including greenhouses and laboratories 2. Electrical system retrofit for bio-fuel cogeneration 3. Water re-use from agricultural tile drainage systems and agricultural research experiment tanks | CA | Albany
 | [EMAIL] | general | Design of the Laboratory Facilities at SRRC, Houma, Louisiana, and Alcorn State Agriculture Research Facility | LA | New Orleans
 | [EMAIL] | general | 1. Chilled Water Secondary/Tertiary Systems Optimization,2 . Campus-wide Utility Management Systems Development, 3. [NAME], 4. Steam Distribution System Troubleshooting, 5. Building Energy Utilization Optimization, 6. Hydronic Piping System Analysis, 7. Geothermal HVAC System Analysis, 8. Wind Power Analysis Studies, 9. Waste Energy Recovery Analysis, 10. HVACR Commissioning | IA | Ames