SREEKALA G. BAJWA

Associate Professor

Address:

231 Engineering Hall

Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department

Fayetteville, AR 72701

Tel: (479) 575-2878

Fax: (479) 575-2846

Email: sgbajwa@uark.edu

FACULTY POSITIONS BACKGROUND RESEARCH TEACHING PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/ ACTIVITIES PUBLICATIONS:

Associate Professor [Jul. 2007 to present] Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Arkansas Fayetteville Assistant Professor [Aug. 2001 to Jun. 2007] Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Arkansas Fayetteville Adjunct Faculty [Jun. 2003 to 2006] Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas Fayetteville Postdoctoral Research Associate [Jul. 2000 to June 2001]. Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Research Assistant [Aug. 1996 to Jun. 2000] Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Teaching Assistant [Aug. 1997 to May 1999] Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Assistant Professor [Oct. 1994 to Aug. 1996] College of Agricultural Engineering, Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala, India. Research Assistant [Feb. 1994 to Oct. 1994] Agricultural Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India Research Intern [May 1993 to Jan. 1994] American Springs and Pressing Works, Inc., Bombay, India. 2000 Ph.D. - Agricultural Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dissertation: Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture: Within-field Spatial Variability Assessment and Mapping with Aerial Digital Multispectral Images. 1994 MS - Agricultural Engineering. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. Thesis: Design and Performance Evaluation of an Air Carrier Sprayer for Mango Orchards. 1991 B.Tech - Agricultural Engineering. Kerala Agricultural University, Tavanur, India. Thesis: Solar Powered Automatic Drip Irrigation System for Brinjal Crop. Research interests include application of sensing and modeling techniques for natural resources monitoring and management. Specific areas include remote sensing for natural resources monitoring, artificial neural networks, spatial modeling, precision agriculture air quality monitoring, modeling and mitigation, and bio-composites. Courses taught include BENG 3803 Mechanical Design in Biological Engineering BENG 4803 Precision Agriculture BENG 5113 Digital Remote Sensing and GIS BENG 2612 Design Studio II (Co-taught) Member: ASABE (American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers) Member: ASPRS (American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) Member: IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Member: A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) Secretary: ASABE Arkansas Section Associate Editor: ASABE IET Division Professional Reviewer: Computers & Electronics in Agriculture, Remote Sensing of Environment, Canadian Biosystems Engineering, Transactions of ASAE, Applied Engineering in Agriculture 30 peer reviewed publications and over 50 conference presentations. The most recent peer-reviewed publications are listed here. Bajwa, S. G., and E. D. Vories. 2007. Spatial analysis of cotton canopy response to irrigation in a moderately humid area. Irrigation Science 25(4): 429-221. Bajwa, S. G., and M. Mozaffari. 2007. Effect of N treatments on vegetative index of cotton canopy – A spatial regression approach. Transactions of the ASABE (in press) Bajwa, S. G., and H. Gadiraju. 2007. Laboratory evaluation of clinoptilolite for ammonia emission mitigation from broiler houses. In. Proc. International Symposium on Air Quality and Waste Management for Agriculture. St. Joseph, MI: ASABE. Bajwa, S. G., J. Kandaswamy, and J. K. Apple. 2007. Analysis of nutrient value of ground beef with VNIR spectroscopy. Food Chemistry (In Review) Bajwa, S. G., J. Kandaswamy, and J. K. Apple. 2007. The effect of scanning angle on measured reflectance and tenderness prediction in beef longissimus thoracis steaks. Transactions of the ASABE (In Review). Kulkarni, S.S., and S. G. Bajwa, J. Rupe, and T. Kirkpatrick. 2007. Spatial correlation of crop response to soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines). Transactions of the ASABE (In Review) Bourne, P. J., S.G. Bajwa, and D. S. Bajwa. 2007. Evaluation of cotton gin waste as a lingo-cellulosic substitute in wood-plastic composites. Forest Products Journal 57(1/2): 127-131. Bajwa, S. G., D. S. Bajwa, and A. S. Anthony. 2007. Effect of laboratory aging on the physical and mechanical properties of wood-polymer composites. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials (In Review) Bourne, P. J., S. G. Bajwa, and D. S. Bajwa. 2006. Evaluation of rice hull as a lignocellulosic substitute in wood plastic composites. Inquiry 7:66-71. Bajwa, S. G. 2006. Partial least square regression modeling of rice plant nitrogen on spectral data. Transactions of the ASAE 49(1): 229-237. Bajwa, S. G., and A. R. Mishra. 2006. Effect of suspended sediment and chlorophyll concentrations on water reflectance. International Agricultural Engineering Journal 15(2-3): 139-150. Bajwa, S. G., and L. F. Tian. 2005. Soil fertility characterization in agricultural fields using hyperspectral remote sensing. Transactions of the ASAE 48(6): 2399-2407. Kandaswamy, J., S. G. Bajwa, and J.K. Apple. 2005. Chemometric modeling of fat, cholesterol and caloric content in cooked and fresh ground beef with NIR reflectance spectroscopy. In. Proc. of SiCON-Sensor for Industry Conference, Houston, TX, Feb 8-10, 2004. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. Bajwa, S. G., P. Bajcsy, P. Grove, and L. F. Tian. 2004. Hyperspectral image data mining for band selection in agricultural applications. Transactions of the ASAE 47(3): 895-907. Bajwa, S. G., M. Mozaffari, and A. Mishra. 2004. Remote sensing and petiole nutrient analysis for cotton nitrogen management. In: Proc. International Precision Agriculture Conference, July 25-28, Minneapolis, MN. Kulkarni, S. S., and S. G. Bajwa. 2004. Spatial modeling of soil compaction with geographically weighted regression. In: Proc. ASPRS Annual Fall conference, Sept 12-16, Kansas City, MO. Bajwa, S. G., Mason, J. M., and Rupe, J. 2003. Remote sensing for agricultural crop stress monitoring and diagnosis. In. Proc. 30th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 10-14 November, 2003. Honolulu, Hawaii.