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Dr. Lei Tian

TA: 
Haibo Yao
 
 
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2002 Fall Course Description:

Design and development concepts of agricultural and industrial machines; analysis and synthesis of tillage, planting, chemical application, harvesting, and material handling mechanisms; Introduction on high-tech equipment for precision farming.
 

Prerequisite:

Agricultural Engineering 221 and Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 212. 3 hours or 3/4 unit. 

Text: Srivastava, A.K., C.E. Goering, and R.P. Rohrbach. 1993. Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machines. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.

Reference: The Precision-Farming Guide for Agriculturists, John Deere Publishing, Moline, Illinois.

Kepner, R.A., R. Bainer, E.L. Barger. 1982. Principles of Farm Machinery, Third Edition. AVI Publishing Co., Inc. Westport, Connecticut. 
 

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