Department
of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Qin Zhang
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Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
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Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building
360N AESB, MC-644
1304 W. Pennsylvania Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Ph: (217) 333-9419
Fax: (217) 244-0323
E-mail: qinzhang@uiuc.edu
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What's Next: A-Z of the technology changing agriculture |
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| Research Areas |
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Mechatronics |
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Infotronics |
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Two-Eyed Tractor |
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Smart Tractor |
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Computer-Aided Farming Systems |
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Equipment
Diagnosis and Prognosis |
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Tractor Warns Driver the Danger |
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| Transferable Technologies |
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On-line
Hydraulic Pump Diagnostic System (U.S.
Patent
7,013,223) |
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Adaptive Imaging Data Validating Method (U.S.
Patent
6,898,585) |
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Crop Edge Detection Method for Combine Harvester (U.S.
Patent
6,721,453) |
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Fuzzy Steering Controller (U.S. Patent
6,443,463) |
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| Graduate Research Opportunities |
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Off-road vehicle mechatronics |
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Agricultural infotronic systems |
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Intelligent off-road equipment |
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| Courses Taught |
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ABE 463 - Electrohydraulic
Systems |
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ABE 561 - Off-Road Vehicle Mechatronics |
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TSM 363 - Fluid Power Systems |
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| Education |
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Ph.D., Agricultural Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991 |
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M.S., Agricultural Engineering,
University of Idaho, 1988 |
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B.S., Mechanical Engineering,
Zhejiang Agricultural University, China, 1982 |
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| Professional Experience |
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Associate Professor, Aug 2002-date, Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Illinois |
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Assistant Professor, Aug 1997-Jul 2002, Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Illinois |
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Senior Research Engineer, Jan 1995-Jul 1997, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL
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Senior Project Engineer, Apr 1994-Dec 1994, Automated Analysis Corporation, Peoria, IL
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Post Doctoral Research Associate, Jan 1982-Mar 1994, Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Illinois
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Instructor, Jan 1982-Dec 1985, Zhejiang Agricultural University, China |
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| Honors and Awards |
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Best Paper in the Decade Award, Transactions of Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, 1995
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General Electric Scholar, University of Illinois College of Engineering, 1998
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Collins Award for Innovative Teaching, University of Illinois College of Engineering, 1999
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Information and Electrical Technologies (IET) Division Select Paper Award, American Society of
Agricultural Engineers, 2001
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SCI Control Systems Best Paper Award, World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Information (SCI), 2001
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Fellow, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 2002
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Adjunct Chair Professor, China Agricultural University, 2003
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Adjunct Professor, College of Biological Engineering and Food Sciences, Zhejiang University, China 2003
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Fellow, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, 2004
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Information and Electrical Technologies (IET) Division
Select Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2005
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College Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, University of Illinois College of
Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, 2005
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Adjunct Chair Professor, Yanshan University, China, 2006
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Superior
Paper Award, American Society of
Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2007
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