Cotton Engineering-Systems - Wednesday Afternoon Session

Wednesday, January 7, 2009: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Salons E/F (Marriott Riverwalk Hotel)
Organizer:
John Wanjura
1:30 PM
Evaluating Temporal Variation in Active-Light Plant Sensors
Philip Allen, University of Tennessee; John Wilkerson, University of Tennessee; Marisol Benitez Ramirez, University of Tennessee
1:45 PM
Identification and Quantification of Cotton Yield Monitor Errors
Jason C. Head, University of Tennessee; John Wilkerson, University of Tennessee; William E. Hart, University of Tennessee; Philip Allen, University of Tennessee
2:00 PM
Development of Cotton Fiber Quality Sensor
Vince Schielack III, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University; Ruixiu Sui, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University; Alex Thomasson, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University; Christine Morgan, Texas A&M University, Soil & Crop Sciences Department; Eric F. Hequet, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University
2:15 PM
Sensor Based Soil Water & Crop Monitoring in Cotton Production
C.a. Bellamy, Clemson University; Ahmad Khalilian, Clemson University; H. J. Farahani, Clemson University; C. Privette, Clemson University; Will Henderson, Clemson University
2:30 PM
Trash Particle Attachment to Fiber and the Effects of Various Machine-Fiber Interactions
J. Alex Thomasson, Texas A&M University, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering; Ruixiu Sui, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University; Richard K. Byler, USDA-ARS; J. Clif Boykin, USDA, ARS, Cotton Ginning Lab; Edward M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated
3:15 PM
Air Permitting Issues Associated with Cotton Byproduct Manufacturing Facilities
Barry Goodrich, Trinity Consultants; Mita Upadhyay, Trinity Consultants; Mike Meister, Trinity Consultants
3:30 PM
Evaluations of EPA Approved FRM PM2.5 and PM10 Samplers
Abhinav Guha, Texas A&M University; William B. Faulkner, Texas A&M University; Mary Thelen, Texas A&M University; B.W. Shaw, Texas A&M University; Calvin B. Parnell, Texas A&M University
3:45 PM
Cotton-Based Hydromulches for Seeded Bermudagrass Establishment
Elizabeth Guertal, Auburn University; Greg Holt, USDA-ARS; Edzard van Santen, Auburn University