Department
of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Tony E. Grift
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Agricultural Robotics
Biosystems Automation
Safety on Off-Road Equipment
Engineering Solutions for Biomass Feedstock Production
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| Research Group |
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Craig Cordill MSc student. BSc Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University.
Development of tools and sensors to enable Mechanical Robotic Weed control. Expected graduation Spring 2009.
Chufan Lin MSc student. BSc Agricultural Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guandong, China. Weed recognition and teleoperation tools for adaptive weed control.
Expected graduation Spring 2009.
Lei Zhang PhD student, MSc Electrical Engineering, Harbin University, Harbin, China. Algorithms for weed recognition,
weed image database development. Expected graduation Spring 2010.
Joana Novais MSc Student Co-advisor to Dr. Martin Bohn, Crop Sciences. Corn root complexity assessment using Fractal Dimension and Entropy
of images. Expected graduation Spring 2008.
Dexing Zhong Visiting PhD student 2007-2009. MSc Industrial Automation, XiAn, China. Granular mass flow sensing.
Dr. Zewei Miao Research Associate. Dr. Miao is leading the Transportation Task within the framework of a program titled
"Engineering Solutions for Biomass Feedstock Production" funded by BP through the Energy Biosciences Institute at the University of Illinois.
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| Current Courses
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ABE 221 (221): Agr & Bio Engineering I
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ABE 425 Engineering Measurement Systems
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TSM 262: Off-Road Equipment Management
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| Education |
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Ph.D., Engineering, University of Arkansas, USA, 1998 |
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M.S., Systems and Control in Agricultural Engineering, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, 1992 |
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B.S., Industrial Automation. Utrecht Polytechnic, The Netherlands, 1987 |
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| Professional Experience |
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Associate Professor, 2008-date, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois
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Assistant Professor, 2002-2008, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois
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Assistant Professor, 1998-2002, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University
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Graduate Research Assistant, 1995-1998, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas
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Research Engineer, 1993-1995, Department of Agricultural Engineering & Physics, Wageningen Agricultural University
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System Engineer, 1992-1993, Vertis Information Technology, Veendam, The Netherlands
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First Lieutenant, 1987-1989, Royal Dutch Airforce
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| Honors and Awards |
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Superior Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, 2002
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Superior Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, 2003
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IET Meeting Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, 2003
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Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) Fellowship, 2005
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