Education

• 2000, Ph.D. / Biological Systems Engineering
  University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• 1975, MS / Agricultural Engineering
  South Dakota State University, Brookings
• 1973, BS / Agricultural Engineering
  South Dakota State University, Brookings.

Academic Teaching

• AST 423 Rural Structures
• Guest Speaker for Swine & Dairy Classes

Extension

• Livestock Production Systems
• Livestock Production Systems Planning
• Agricultural Structures
• Ventilation Systems Design
• Manure Storage Systems
• Farmstead Planning

Other Responsibilities

• Chair of the Midwest Plan Service Executive Committee.
• Co-authoring revised Pork Industry Handbook fact sheet Space Requirements for Swine (PIH-55).
• Trained Land O' Lakes Farmland employees covering the principals of ventilation and genetic potential of growing and finishing swine. Fall 2001.
• Teaching Rural Structures covering structures and environment.

Innovative Page Programming

• Dairy
• Beef
• Swine
• Sheep

Professional Organizations

• American Society of Agricultural Engineers
• Midwest Plan Service
• Minnkota-Agribuilders & Association

Awards & Honors

• 1998 Received 1998 American Society of Agricultural Engineers Blue Ribbon
• Award for Midwest Plan's Swine Nursery Facilities Handbook (MWPS-41).
• 1997 South Dakota Honorary Master Pork Producer
• 1994 Dedicated and Distinguished Service Award to the swine industry of South Dakota, South Dakota Pork Producers Council
• 1994 Distinguished Achievement in Extension Award, Ag Engineering Department, South Dakota State University
• 1993 Extension Specialists Association Distinguished Service Award, South Dakota State University
• 1991 Gamma Sigma Delta Extension Award, South Dakota State University  

Publication

• Environmental Effects on Growing Swine Performance, SDSU Swine Research Report 2001
• Thermal Environmental Effects and Groups Size on Growing Swine Immune Status, SDSU Swine Research Report 2001
• Scan-AirTM: The air quality evaluation kit, International Winter Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph, MI.
• Scan-AirTM Handbook: "The users guide to hands-on air management", Rural Technologies, Brookings, SD
• Electronic environmental monitoring equipment for swine production facilities, National Pork Producers Council, Des Moines, IA, Unpublished Report.
• Swine Nursery Facility Handbook, 1st edition, Midwest Plan Service, Iowa State University, Ames IA.
• Remodeling ideas for farrowing facilities, Pork Industry Handbook, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
• Troubleshooting swine ventilation systems, Pork Industry Handbook, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
• Environmental effects on growing swine performance and immune status with comparisons between predicted an actual growth. Unpublished dissertation. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
• Thermal environmental effects and group
  size on growing swine performance. American Association of Swine Practitioners Annual Meeting. St. Louis, MS.
• Scan-AirTM, The hands-on air management kit, Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Association of Swine Practitioners, Des Moines, IA, pp 63- 64.
• Reversing hairpin gutters: what's the problem? Pork 94.
• Remodel your breeding facility for productivity. Pork94.
• The perils of pit ventilation. Pork 94.
• Remodeling an MOF: is it worth it? Pork 94.
• Your swine operation: is it time for a checkup? Pork 95
• Converting from farrowing house to nursery. Pork95.
• Troubleshooting your ventilation woes, Pork95.
• Facility tips to improve sow productivity. Pork95.
• Key building design considerations for new and remodeled swine buildings, Proceedings: Making Swine Buildings a Safer Place to Work, National Pork Producers Council, Des Moines, IA, pp118-134.