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ANNUAL REPORT 2002-2003 Table of Contents

I. OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

II. HIGHLIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

III. PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3a) Undergraduate and Graduate Student Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3b) Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

i) Undergraduate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ii) Graduate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

c) Retention (Undergraduate and Graduate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5d) Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5e) Academic Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

IV. EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE PERTAINING TO OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . 6a) Activities between the Department and the Faculty of Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . 6b) International Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7c) Academic Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7d) Peer Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8e) Complementary Descriptions

1. Service to the Academic and Broader Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82. Closing Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

APPENDIX I: Consulting Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

APPENDIX II: Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12a) Publications in Refereed Journals and Conference Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

APPENDIX III: Supplementary Information a) Staff

1. Full-Time - Academic, Research, Technical and Secretarial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162. Part-Time Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173. Post-Doctoral and Visiting Scientists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174. Honours, Awards and Official Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185. Administrative and other Academic Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

i) Departmental Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19ii) University Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21iii) External Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22iv) Administrative Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24v) Other Professional Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25vi) International Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

b) Students1. Graduate Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282. Postgraduate Degrees Awarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333. Graduate Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

c) Research and Publications1. Current Research Projects & Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342. Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

i) Other Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47ii) Submitted Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

3. Co-Authors of Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574. Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535. Supervision and Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586. Refereeing and Editorial Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608. Other Scientific Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Department of Bioresource Engineering, 2002-2003

Table 1 Summary of Research Funding, Publications and Other Productivity . . . . . 10Figure 1. Age Distribution of Academic Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Strategic Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

G L O S S A R YAAAE Asian Association of Agricultural EngineersAAEJ Asian Agricultural Engineering JournalAPPC Academic Policy and Planning CommitteeASAE American Society of Agricultural EngineersASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning EngineersCAE Canadian Agricultural EngineeringCANMET Canadian Centre for Mineral and Energy TechnologyCANCID Canadian National Committee on Irrigation and DrainageCCPE Canadian Council of Professional EngineersCCHEP Canada China Higher Education ProgramCEAB Canadian Engineering Accreditation BoardCFI Canadian Foundation for InnovationCIDA Canadian International Development AgencyCO Country of OriginCRAES Chinese Research Academy of Environmental SciencesCSAE Canadian Society of Agricultural EngineersCWRA Canadian Water Resources AssociationDABE Department of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringFAEME Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Multimedia in EducationFAES Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental SciencesFCAR Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'aide à la RechercheFE Faculty of EngineeringFMT Farm Management TechnologyFTE Full Time EquivalentICID International Commission on Irrigation and DrainageIDRC International Development Research CouncilOIQ Ordre des ingénieurs du QuébecMESS Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la ScienceMSE McGill School of the EnvironmentNABEC North-East Agricultural and Biological Engineering ConferenceNATEQ Le Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les TechnologiesNSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaRD Research DirectorRESOL Réseau d’expertise sure le sol Contaminé à QuébecSTRI Smithsonian Tropical Research InstituteTT Thesis TopicUAS University of Agricultural Sciences


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UNICAMP Universidad CampinasUSMA Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua WSU Weighted Student UnitSection I - OBJECTIVES

Engineering can be defined as "the scientific art of making practical application of pure science knowledge;

such as physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics for the optimum conversion of resources to benefit

humankind".

By extension of the above definition, bioresource engineering is the art of science of application of pure

sciences and mathematics for the optimization of the systems providing food for humankind while maintaining

or improving the environmental quality of the agro-eco system. Over the years, the discipline has developed

into various areas or sub-specialities. These are:

i) The development of systems for soil and water management including drainage, irrigation, and soil

conservation and reclamation; ii) The development of systems for agricultural materials processing and

handling including post harvest engineering, food processing, food and bioprocess engineering, and

biotechnology and fermentation engineering, iii) The design and development of machinery, equipment and

power units for the mechanization of the production and handling of food and animal feed; iv) The design of

agricultural buildings and associated systems for optimum production of animals and animal products as well

as for the storage of agricultural materials v) Agricultural production systems automation and control including

the application of computer technology to agricultural systems; vi) Pollution control, environment and

ecosystem design.

Based upon the above brief description of engineering and biosystems design, the aims and objectives of the

Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, can be stated as follows:

1. To provide an excellent engineering education to high quality undergraduate and graduate students,

so they may serve as leading professionals in Québec, Canada and internationally.

2. To carry out outstanding research and scholarly activities in the strategic areas of bioresource

engineering which includes agriculture, biotechnology, environment, food and information technology.

3. To provide leadership in the profession of bioresource engineering so that the profession will remain

a vital and viable part of the Provincial, National and International mosaic.

Section II - HIGHLIGHTS


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Students:

The past academic year consisted of activities in the fields of undergraduate teaching, graduate teaching,

research, professional activities, and international relations. The academic excellence of the department was

Students (Continued):

successfully maintained by the student body as reflected by their academic performance, participation in

professional competitions and their varied achievements in winning awards in these competitions at both

national and international levels. The award winners and the details are listed below:

• Pascal Normandeau and Sylvain Chabot were top winners in the Undergraduate Design Competition

of the CSAE.

• Adwoa Cobbina and Jordan Ann Kevan were winners in the National Undergraduate Paper

Competition.

• Xiangjun Liao was a finalist in the CSAE Graduate Paper Competition.

• The following students designed, built and participated in the tractor design competition held May 30 -

June 1, 2003, at the Quad City Downs, Moline, Illinois, U.S.A.: Jean-François Grandmaître (Captain),

Chris Somerville, Nicolas Francoeur, David Giard, Sam Price and Alexander Maclaren.

• Stephanie Briggs won an award at the I.F.T. Graduate Paper Competition (for the non-thermal

division).

Many of our graduate students presented papers at national and international conferences held during the

2002-03 year. This information is presented elsewhere in the report.

Academic Staff:

The success of the students was also supported by the many accomplishments and involvement in key

initiatives of the staff of the department.

• Professor Barrington served as Chair of the Scholarship Committee of the Canadian Memorial

Engineering Foundation.

• Professor Bonnell served as the Director of the Barbados Field Study Semester Program.

• Professor Kok served as Chair of the Faculty Committee on Academic Standing.

• Professor Chandra Madramootoo is selected to receive the “Prix Michel-Jurdant 2003 -- dédié aux

Sciences de l’environnement”.


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• Professor Edward McKyes continued to serve as Associate Editor for the “Soil and Tillage Research

Journal” and the “Journal of Terramechanics”

• Professor Michael Ngadi received the Young Engineer Award of NABEC. He also received a

CSAE/SCGR Certificate of Commendation for his service as Vice-President, Regional, during 2000-

2002.

Academic Staff (Continued):

• Professor Eric Norris continues to be involved in the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board

activities.

• Professor Shiv Prasher was named as James McGill Professor.

• Professor Vijaya Raghavan served as Director, CIDA-McGill Tier I Project. He also served as

Director, CIDA-McGill CCHEP Project. He received an Award of Excellence in leading the

activities of the International Drying Symposium Series. He served as co-editor of Handbook of

Postharvest Technology.

• Professor John Sheppard was elected to serve as Chair, Biological Eng. Division of CSAE.

• Professor Wang served as Secretary for the ASAE Instrumentation and Control Committee.

Departmental Highlights:

The Department organized a number of major conferences during the past academic year.

Professors Chandra Madramootoo and Edward McKyes were responsible for the planning of the I.C.I.D.

Conference, held in July 2002 at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal.

The Department also undertook the planning and organization of the CSAE Annual Conference (July 2003),

under the direction of the Co-Chairs, Professor Michael Ngadi and Professor Suzelle Barrington.

The Brace Centre for Water Resources Management held the Second Annual Graduate Student Colloquium

in March 2003, organized and chaired by Dr. Caroline Begg.

On May 14, 2003 Senate approved the departmental name change from Agricultural and Biosystems

Engineering to Bioresource Engineering, a name which more accurately reflects the current teaching and

research activities of the department.

Section III - PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE


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For the self evaluation of performance in relation to teaching, research and service to the academic and

broader community, the relevant planning parameters listed in the electronic fact book and the data in the

appendices will be used.

a) Undergraduate and Graduate Student Admissions

The undergraduate applications received were higher than the year 2001-02. However, the ratio of

accepted/applied was much lower (50%) compared to the year 2000-01. The number registered was also

a) Undergraduate and Graduate Student Admissions (Continued)

lower (56%) compared to the 2001-02 year (64%). To improve this situation the departmental undergraduate

program offering has been revised in addition to the degree designation and the departmental name.

Graduate admissions statistics are also available in the electronic format. Accepted/applied ratio is 64%

compared to 75% for the year 2001-02. The ratio for the Master’s and Ph.D. students are respectively 44%

and 43% for the 2002-03 year. The Master’s students’ yield percentage is lower than the five-year average

of 57%. This is attributable to the non-availability of financial resources. The doctoral students’ yield

percentage is also lower than the five-year average of 51%. This is partly attributable to financial resources

available for the graduate work, especially for international students. Our graduate students’ origin is well

represented in the following categories: Québec, other Canadian provinces, U.S.A., and international

institutions. As usual, it was easier to recruit graduate students than undergraduates. This is attributable to

the high research profile of the units’ academic staff.

b) Teaching

i) Undergraduate

The Undergraduate FTE taught by the department is lower by 2% in 2002-03 compared to that of 2001-02.

The total undergraduate FTE of 2002-03 is made up of 35% in the department’s own program and 65% in

other programs of the faculty. These percentages are similar to those of the previous years. The total

undergraduate FTE has decreased by 6% in 2002-03 as compared to the average of the past five years. In

addition to the undergraduate FTE listed in the electronic factbook, the department makes contributions to

the Faculty of Engineering, the FMT program in the FAES and in the McGill School of Environment. All the

tenure track professors taught undergraduate courses in both semesters.


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ii Graduate

The enrollment statistics for the past five years are in the electronic factbook. In 2002-03, 8 new students

were registered in the M.Sc. program and 3 new students in the Ph.D. program. The total graduate WSU

generated in 2002-03 is 75.7 which is 3% higher than the average of the past five years. We had 14 students

graduating this year from the department, 12 Masters and 2 Ph.D.s.

The department continues its efforts at expediting the completion of the Master’s degree and doctoral theses

through close monitoring by the advisor and the committees. About 40% of the students are funded by Major

ii Graduate (Continued)

Fellowships (NSERC, FCAR, McGill Majors, Commonwealth, CIDA, IDRC, government support from the

country of origin), and 45% are funded by research assistantships.

d) Retention (Undergraduate and Graduate)

The retention rates of both undergraduate and graduate students are over 90%, as has been the case in the

past five years.

e) Research

A summary of research funding and publications of the staff for the past five years is listed in Table 1. The

peer-reviewed grant dollars for the 2002-03 year are higher than the dollar value of the average of the last

five years. The total funding is 94% higher than the average of the past five years without considering CFI.

Further there was an overwhelming increase in total funding due to CFI activities over the past three years.

The various sources of external funding have helped establish improved facilities which include the following:

i) Waste Management Lab; ii) Soil-Plant Water Systems Lab; iii) Ground Water Quality Lab; iv) GIS Lab;

v) Artificial Intelligence Lab; vi) Ecocyborg Lab vii) Biological Materials Testing Lab; viii) Food

Engineering/Pilot Plant Lab; ix) Fermentation Labs; x)Post Harvest Drying/Processing Lab; xi)

Electrotechnology Lab/CA-MA Lab; xii) Computer Lab; xiii) Olfactory Lab; xiv) Instrumentation and Control

Lab.

During the past academic year, Dr. Wang established an Instrumentation and Control lab for the department,

and she collaborated with undergraduate and graduate students on several research projects. Professor

Madramootoo continues to operate an instrumented lab in the field; Professor Prasher manages a field site

for soil core studies dealing with pesticides. These various facilities continue to provide quality graduate

education and also allow the department to perform research of the highest quality.


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In 2002-03, there were 26 Post Doctoral Fellows and Visiting Scientists who were all funded by one of the

following sources: CIDA, IDRC, Industry, the government of the country of origin, research grants, and

contracts.

Table 1 also includes information on refereed journal papers and invited papers, conference presentations,

and engineering reports produced by the departmental staff. The per capita performance in these categories

are 5.2 and 8.4. The measure of the research productivity, quality, and activities of the academic staff in the

international community, indicates that the group is well recognized in their individual areas internationally.

There is a desperate need for additional space to accommodate the funding obtained from CFI. The

department’s overall need is still short by 20% without considering the CFI requirement.


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Academic Staff

The department has ten academic staff funded by the FAES and one academic staff funded by the

Brace bequest. The age distribution of the staff is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Age distribution of academic staff

N 6

U 5

M 4

B 3

E 2

R 1

under

30

30-

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35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 over

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Section IV - EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE PERTAINING TO OBJECTIVES

Section III has covered the areas of undergraduate and graduate teaching, and research activities. In

this section the aim is to cover information unique to the department, especially relations with the Faculty of

Engineering, international activities, collaborative activities, academic planning, peer institutions and other

professional accomplishments.

a) Activities between the Department and the Faculty of Engineering

• The Brace Centre for Water Resources Management has been very active in the past year (refer

to the Brace Centre’s report for details). Staff from both the FAES and the FE are involved.

• Many graduate student committees consist of staff from both faculties.

• A minor program in Environmental Engineering is being offered between the two faculties.

• Participation in the Academic Committee of the Faculty of Engineering.

• A joint Master’s program in Environmental Engineering is being offered.

• There exists student movement/exchange between the two faculties.

• The Chair of the department provides input to various NSERC Committees which are invited to the

Faculty of Engineering.


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• The Brace Centre for Water Resources Management held the Second Annual Graduate Student

Colloquium on March 20, 2003.

Activities between the Department and the Faculty of Engineering (Continued)• The Department of Bioresource Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering worked closely

together on undergraduate program revision and the change of degree designation. b) International Activities

The Department continues to be actively involved in inter-university activities. In addition to thecollaboration with Université de Laval; Université de Montréal; University of Agricultural Sciences,Bangalore, India; Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia; Assiut University in Egypt; Universityof Aleppo, Syria; University of Manitoba; University of Saskatchewan; University of Guelph; Universityof the West Indies; Polish Academy of Sciences; UNICAMP Brazil, Federal University of Saõ Carlos,Saõ Carlos, Saõ Paulo State, Brazil; Institute of Chemical Engineers, Argentina; CRAES, Beijing, PRC;Nankai University, Tianjin, PRC; Iranian Ministry of Agriculture and Tehran University; SmithsonianTropical Institute and with the Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua in Panama, new initiatives wereundertaken with the University of West Indies, Barbados, Carribean Development Bank, InternationalInstitute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Universidad de san Buenaventura, Columbia, Tamil NaduAgricultural University, Coimbatore, India; University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India. Also, theDepartment staff is active in University-Government, University-Industry, University-Government-Industrycollaborative projects.c) Academic Planning

Based on the departmental involvement in its own departmental program, FMT,MSE and otherprograms of the faculty, the expected projection of WSU five years from now will be around 100 at theundergraduate level. The projected graduate FTE in five years will be at 80. This FTE will be from theM.Sc. (Non-thesis), M.Sc. (Thesis) and Ph.D. programs. Development in the areas of mechatronics androbotics in the department is underway as per the suggestions of the Canadian Engineering AccreditationProgram Visitor. The biotechnology area requires additional staff to meet with the growing demand. Thedepartmental technical staff is at an all time low at the current time. It is essential to increase the requiredtechnical positions to four. The strategic areas identified for NSERC-CRC activities are: i) WaterResources Management, ii) Food Processing; iii) Information Technology; iv) Environmental Management.The detailed strategic academic plan, drafted in November 2002, is attached.


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d) Peer Institutions

Peer Institution comparison is made using the Gourman’s report which classifies undergraduate

programs of Canadian and American Schools into different categories as shown below:

i) Very strong = 4.51-4.99; ii) Strong = 4.01-4.49; iii) Good = 3.61-3.99;

iv) Acceptable = 3.01-3.59; v) Adequate = 2.51-2.99; vi) Marginal = 2.01-2.49.

Based on this report, the department’s placement is in the “very strong” category(first). Further,

comparisons were made with respect to undergraduate, graduate, research, professional and international

stature attributes of the offerings at Laval University, University of Manitoba and University of

Saskatchewan. This comparison leads to the ranking of the department of Bioresource Engineering of

McGill at the first position.

All academic staff actively participated in the department’s own program and many are also involved

in teaching courses for other majors of the Faculty, MSE, and also in the teaching of the FMT program. To

foster the learning experience of undergraduate students, several steps are taken by the department staff:

i) Almost all courses carry laboratory sessions with active hands-on experience;

ii) Almost all courses require extensive computer use;

iii) Field trips are included to appropriate industrial establishments;

iv) Several guest lectures are arranged throughout the year in order to bring expertise beyond the confines

of the university;

v) Students are encouraged to get involved in professional activities at both national and international levels.

vi) All undergraduates register for the seminar course.

e) Complementary Description

1. Service to the Academic and Broader Community

Some of the most significant community and professional activities of our staff are listed below:

• Professor Barrington served as President of the Committee “Women in Engineering” of the Ordre

des ingénieurs du Québec.

• Professor Bonnell served as Director of the Barbados Field Study Semester Program.

• Professor Broughton continued to serve as “Professor Emeritus” in the department.

• Professor Kok continued to serve as Chair, Faculty Committee on Academic Standing (2002-03).

• Professor Madramootoo continued to serve as Director ,Brace Centre for Research Water

Resources Management, and also served as Chair, Permanent Committee on Strategic Planning and

Organizational Affairs, ICID, 2002-present.

• Professor McKyes continued to serve as Associate Editor of two journals; 1) Journal of

Terramechanics and 2) Soil and Tillage Research Journal. He also continued to serve as Associate

Director of the Brace Centre.


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1. Service to the Academic and Broader Community (Continued)

• Professor Ngadi served as the NABEC Representative to the ASAE Membership Development

Council and as Co-Chair for the CSAE Annual Conference.

• Professor Norris is serving as Associate Dean (Student Affairs) in the Faculty.

• Professor Prasher served as Chair, International Executive Committee and International Steering

Committee of ASAE.

• Professor Raghavan served as Director of two CIDA-funded projects; 1) Microwave Processing

in China, and 2) Consolidation of Food Security in South India.

• Professor Raghavan continued, during 2002-2003, to serve as Chair of the Department.

• Professor Sheppard continued to serve as Treasurer, Biotechnology Division of CSChE.

• Professor Wang served as Secretary of the ASAE Instrumentation and Control Committee.

• Contributions were made by the staff in the international activities involving the following countries:

Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Grenada, Greece, India, Indonesia,

Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Syria, Thailand, and Venezuela.

2. Closing Remarks

The dedic ation of the Academic, Research, Technical, and Office staff is what makes this department

outstanding, as reflected by the comments of our graduates. I have been fortunate to serve this fine group

of individuals who are always willing to contribute beyond the call of duty.

As of May 31st, 2003, I completed my second term as Chair of the Department. I take this opportunity

to welcome Dr. Robert Kok in his new role as Chair and I look forward to the department’s development

under his leadership. I also wish to thank our Dean and Associate Deans who are always supportive and

enthusiastic about our department activities. Our interaction with the Faculty of Engineering continues to

grow. This is due to the support given by the Dean and Associate Deans of the Faculty of Engineering. We

welcome the 2003-04 academic year and look forward to another productive and challenging year.


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Table 1. Summary of Research Funding, Publications (Refereed) and Other Productivity

Type of Funding 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-02 2002-03

Operating and #Strategic Grants $

27948,275

19701,738

281,445,572

292,179,058

253,036,719

CFI #$

34,398,484

612,875,407

515,306,926

Equipment #Grants $

135,000

149,370

343,481

2184,716

0

Contracts #$

8651,550

13325,460

7689,460

314,690

171,858,790

Other #$

150,000

1850

122,000

Total Funding $without CFI 1,623,185 1,525,568 2,228,545 2,379,314 4,917,509

Total Funding $with CFI 6,627,029 15,254,721 20,224,435

No. of Refereed Publications 63 50 46 41 52

Invited Papers, ConferencePresentations, Proceedings & Engineering Reports

91 103 98 102 84

No. of Tenure Track Staff 11 11 11 11* 11**

Per Capita Funding with CFI $ 602,457 1,386,792 2,022,443

Per Capita Funding without CFI $ 147,562 138,688 202,595 216,301 491,750

Per Capita Publications (Refereed) 5.7 4.5 4.2 3.7 5.2

Per Capita Presentations, Invitedpapers, etc. 8.3 9.4 8.9 9.2 8.4

*Position vacancy since October 2001, average still worked out for 11 people.

**One of the Professors’ activities include mainly administration in addition to the teaching activities;therefore per capita is worked out for the 10 professors.


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APPENDIX I: CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

JUNE 1, 2002 - MAY 31, 2002

Faculty: Agricultural & Environmental Sciences

Department: Bioresource Engineering

Name of Faculty Private Sector Public Sector Other ClientMember Consulting Consulting

Barrington, S. 15 days Encon InsurancesDefense of an engineer responsible for a construction job3 days Brouillette realitiesImpact study of a GPA golf course

Bonnell, R. 2 daysAnalysis of Flooding control options

Madramootoo, C.A. 15 days Agr. Canada15 days Mekong River Comm.

Mckyes, E. 5 days Legau l t , Des j a rd ins ,Simon

6 days Groupe Consulteaux Cons.6 days Percan

Norris, E. 15 days Canadian Eng. Acc. Board

Prasher, S.O. 30 days Kowaco (Korean Water Res. Corp.)

Raghavan, G.S.V. 30 days CIDA 5 days U. of West Indies

1 day Les Serres Rougemont

Wang, N. 5 days USDA GMPRC3 days Prec. Agr. Center

China Agr. U.


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APPENDIX II: Publicationsa) Publications in Refereed Journals and Conference Proceedings

Barrington, S.

Barrington, S., D. Choinière, M. Trigui and W. Knight. 2002. Effect of carbon source on compost N andClosses. Bio Resource Technology. 83: 189-194.

Barrington S., D. Choinière, M. Trigui and W. Knight. 2002. Compost convective airflow under Passiveaeration. Journal of Bio Resource Technology. 86: 259-266.

Barrington, S., P. Nieuwenhof, C. Vigneault, D. Choinière and S. Clarke. 2002. A computer program toSize agricultural electrical entrances and standby power units. Journal of Computer and Electronicsin Agriculture. 36: 79-86.

Barrington, S., D. Choinière, M. Trigui and W. Knight. 2002. Compost air flow resistance. J. Agricultural Engineering Research.81 (4): 433-441.

Barrington, S., P. LeSauteur, M. Shin and J.B.. Gélinas. 2002. Precipitation of swine and cattle manurephosphorous using limestone dust. Journal of Environmental Sciences and Health. Part B. Pesticides,Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes. Vol. B37 (6): 613-623.

Barrington, S.F. and I. Fortier. 2002. Work satisfaction for Quebec women engineers. ICWES 12, 12th

International Conference of Women in Engineering and Science, Ottawa, Ontario.

Barrington, S.F. 2002. Understanding and controlling manure odour emissions. 15th Conference on Bio-meteorology and Aero-biology. Kansas City, Missouri. Paper 10B.7. American MeteorologicalAssociation, Boston, MA, USA.

Bonnell, R.

Patel, R.M., S.O. Prasher, R.B. Bonnell, and R.S. Broughton. 2002. Development of Comprehensive SoilSalinity Index. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Vol. 128(3), pp. 185-188.

Goel, P.K., S.O. Prasher, Y. Karimi, R.B. Bonnell, Y. Uno, R.M. Patel and A. Viau. 2002. Applications ofremote sensing for crop stress management. Paper presented at the 18th ICID Congress and 53rd IECmeeting, Montreal, Canada, July 21-28, 2002.

Patel, R.M., S.O. Prasher, R.S. Broughton, R.B. Bonnell, P.K. Goel, D.J. Donnelly. 2002. Brackish watersubirrigation for crop production: a feasibility study. Paper presented at the 18th ICID Congress and53rd IEC meeting, Montreal, Canada, July 21-28, 2002.

Patel, R.M., S.O. Prasher, R.B. Bonnell, P.K. Goel, Y. Karimi and A. Viau. 2002. Effect of water andnitrogen stresses on maize growth: a greenhouse study. Paper presented at the 18th ICID Congressand 53rd IEC meeting, Montreal, Canada, July 21-28, 2002.


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Atti, S., R. Bonnell, D.L. Smith, S. Prasher and Alain Viau. 2002. Assessment of water stress on soybeanand the impact of LCO spray on that stress. Paper presented at the 18th ICID Congress and 53rd IECmeeting, Montreal, Canada, July 21-28, 2002.

Kok, R.

Parrott L., Kok, R. 2002. A generic, individual-based approach to modelling higher trophic levels insimulation of terrestrial ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 154:151-178.

Yang, C.C., Prasher, S.O., Landry, J.A., Kok, R. 2002. A vegetation localization algorithm for precisionfarming. Biosystems Engineering 81(2): pp 137-146.

Madramootoo, C.A.

Elmi, A.A., C.A. Madramootoo, M. Egeh, A. Liu and C. Hamel. 2002. Environmental and agronomicimplications of water table and nitrogen fertilization management. J. Environ. Qual. 31:1858-1867.

Romero, D., C.A. Madramootoo and P. Enright. 2002. Modelling the hydrology of an agricultural watershedin Quebec using SLURP. Canadian Biosystems Engineering 44:1.11-1.20.

Qureshi, S.A., G.T. Dodds and C.A. Madramootoo. 2002. Simulation modelling to optimize warabandi-typeirrigation for sugarcane in Pakistan. Sugar Cane International, 2:9-14.

Qureshi, S.A., C.A. Madramootoo and G.T. Dodds. 2002. Evaluation of irrigation schemes for sugarcanein Sindh, Pakistan, using SWAP93. Agricultural Water Management, 54(1): 37-48.

M.S. Burgess, G.R. Mehuys and C.A. Madramootoo. 2002. Decomposition of grain-corn residues (Zeamays L.): A litterbag study under three tillage systems. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 82: 127-138.

Helwig, T.G., C.A. Madramootoo and G.T. Dodds. 2002. Modelling nitrate losses in drainage water usingDRAINMOD 5.0. Agricultural Water Management, 56:153-168.

Elmi, A.A., C.A. Madramootoo, M. Egeh, G. Dodds and C. Hamel. 2002. Water table management asa natural bioremediation technique of nitrate pollution. Water Qual.Res.J. 37(3):563-576.

Burgess, M.S., G.R. Mehuys and C.A. Madramootoo. 2002. Nitrogen dynamics of decomposing cornresidue components under three tillage systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am.J. 66:1350-1358.

Ngadi, M.O.

Hwang, D.K. and Ngadi, M.O. 2002. Kinetics of heterocyclic amines formation in meat emulsion atdifferent fat contents. Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft und-Technologie (LWT) 35(7): 600-606.

Ngadi, M.O. 2002. Modelling heat and moisture transfer during shrimp cooking. Paper accepted forpublication in the book: Managing Risks and Technological Innovations in the Fish Industry. Publishedby the AFTC and MAPAQ.


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Ngadi, M.O. and Bazhal, M. 2002. Emerging non thermal technologies: food safety and quality. Paperaccepted for publication in the book: Managing Risks and Technological Innovations in the FishIndustry, publised by the AFTC and MAPAQ.

Zuta, P.C., Simpson, B., Chan, L., Ngadi, M.O. and Leclerc, L. 2002. Production of polyunsaturated fattyacid concentrates from Mackerel (Scomber scrombrus). Paper accepted for publication in the book: Managing Risks and Technological Innovations in the Fish Industry, publised by the AFTC and

MAPAQ.

Prasher, S.O.

Goel, P.K., S.O. Prasher, R.M. Patel, D.L. Smith, and A. DiTommaso. 2002. Use of airborne multispectralimagery for weed detection in field crops. Transactions of the ASAE, Vol. 45(2): 443-449.

Patel, R.M., S.O. Prasher, P.K. Goel, and R. Bassi. 2002. Soil salinity prediction using artificial neuralnetworks. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 38(1): 91-100.

Yang, C.-C., S. O. Prasher, J.-A. Landry and R. Kok. 2002. A Vegetation Localization Algorithm forPrecision Farming, Biosystems Engineering, 81(2): 137-146.

Chen, C.R., H.S. Ramaswamy, and S.O. Prasher. 2002. Dynamic modeling of retort processing using neuralnetworks, Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, Vol. 26(2002): 91-111.

Andrade, M.-D., S.O. Prasher, D. Ahmad, and G. Clark. 2002. Enhancement of denitrification by subsurfaceirrigation with sucrose enriched water. Transactions of the ASAE, Vol. 45(6): 1749- 1755.

Yang, C.-C., S. O. Prasher, J. Whalen and P.K. Goel. 2002. Use of hyperspectral imagery foridentification of different fertilization methods with decision tree technology. BiosystemsEngineering, Vol. 83(3): 291-298.

Yang, C.-C., S. O. Prasher and J.-A. Landry. 2002. Development of neural networks for weedrecognition in corn fields. Transactions of the ASAE, Vol. 45(3):859-864.

Patel, R.M., S.O. Prasher, R.B. Bonnell, and R.S. Broughton. 2002. Development of a comprehensive soilsalinity index. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Volume 128(3): 185-188.

Jutras, P., S.O. Prasher, C.-C. Yang, and C. Hamel. 2002. Urban tree growth modeling with artificialneural networks. Proceedings of the 2002 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks,held from May 12-17, 2002 in Honolulu, Hawaii, pp-1385-1389.

Patel, R.M., S.O. Prasher, R.B. Bonnell, P.K. Goel, Y. Karimi, and A. Viau. 2002. Effect of water andnitrogen stress on maize growth: a greenhouse study. Proceedings of the 18th Congress onIrrigation and Drainage – Food production under conditions of water scarcity, increasingpopulation and environmental pressures, held from July 21-28 in Montreal, Quebec, pp. 133-135.


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Patel, R.M., S.O. Prasher, R.S. Broughton, R.B. Bonnell, P.K. Goel, and D. Donnelly. 2002. Brackishwater subirrigation for crop production: a feasibility study. Proceedings of the 18th Congress onIrrigation and Drainage – Food production under conditions of water scarcity, increasingpopulation and environmental pressures, held from July 21-28 in Montreal, Quebec, pp. 204-206.

Goel, P.K., S.O. Prasher, Y. Karimi, R.B. Bonnell, Y. Uno, R.M. Patel, and A. Viau. 2002. Applicationsof remote sensing for crop stress management. Proceedings of the 18th Congress on Irrigationand Drainage – Food production under conditions of water scarcity, increasing population andenvironmental pressures, held from July 21-28 in Montreal, Quebec, pp. 207-209.

Atti, S., R. Bonnell, D.L. Smith, S.O. Prasher, and A. Viau. 2002. Assessment of water stress onsoybean and the impact of LCO spray on that stress. Proceedings of the 18th Congress onIrrigation and Drainage – Food production under conditions of water scarcity, increasingpopulation and environmental pressures, held from July 21-28 in Montreal, Quebec, pp. 230-233.

Raghavan G.S.V.

Huang, G., Z. Liu, C. Zhang, X. Liao, G.S.V. Raghavan and J. Dai. 2002. Effect of microwavetreatment on root formation and root activity of excised cucumber cotyledon. Journal ofMicrowaves (Chinese). Vol.18(1):79-82.

Prabhanjan, D.G., G.S.V. Raghavan and T.J. Rennie. 2002. Comparison of heat transfer rates betweena straight tube heat exchanger and a helically coiled heat exchanger. InternationalCommunications in Heat and Mass Transfer. Vol.29(2):185-191.

Liao, X., G.S.V. Raghavan, and V.A. Yaylayan. 2002. A novel way to prepare n-butylparaben undermicrowave irradiation. Tetrahedron Letters 43(2002):45-48.

Orsat, V., G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Integrated approach for the preservation of fresh salad vegetables. Leatherhead Food Industry Journal, Volume 5 (1): 16-25.

Sanga, E.C.M., A. S. Mujumdar and G. S. V. Raghavan. 2002. Simulation of convection-microwavedrying for a shrinking material. Journal of Chemical Engineering and Processing. Volume 41,Issue 6, July 2002, Pages 487-499.

Liao, X., G.S.V. Raghavan, and V.A. Yaylayan. 2002. Dielectric properties of aqueous solutions of ?-D-glucose at 915 MHz. Journal of Molecular Liquids 100(3):199-205.

Gupta, P., J. Ahmed, U.S. Shivhare, and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Drying characteristics of red chilli. Drying Technology Vol.20(10):1975-1987.

Orsat, V., and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Initial studies on super-high frequency microwave heating offoods. In: Drying 2002, Proceedings of IDS 2002, Beijing, China. C.W. Cao, Y.K. Pan, X.D.Liu, X.X. Qu and A.S. Mujumdar, Editors. pp:1577-1582.


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Williams, O.J., G.S.V. Raghavan and V. Orsat. 2002. Degradation of unsaturated fatty acids duringsoybean drying. In: Drying 2002, Proceedings of IDS 2002, Beijing, China. C.W. Cao, Y.K.Pan, X.D. Liu, X.X. Qu and A.S. Mujumdar, Editors. pp:1398-1405.

Ranganna, B., C. Kammar, A. Rajendra Prasad, and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Drying of oilseeds forseed production. In: Drying 2002, Proceedings of IDS 2002, Beijing, China. C.W. Cao, Y.K.Pan, X.D. Liu, X.X. Qu and A.S. Mujumdar, Editors. pp:1209-1217.

Wang, N.

Zhang, N., M. Wang and Wang, N. 2002. Precision Agriculture – a Worldwide Overview. Computersand Electronics in Agriculture. Elsevier Press. 36(2-3): 113-132.

Zhang, N., Wang, N. Wei, J. and Stoll, Qu. 2002. A real-time, embedded, weed-detection and spray-control system. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Precision Agriculture.Minneapolis, MN.

APPENDIX III: Supplementary Information

a) Staff1. Full-time - Academic, Research, Technical and Secretarial

Dr. Suzelle Barrington ProfessorDr. Robert Bonnell Associate Professor

(Brace Centre for Water Resources Management)Dr. Robert S. Broughton Emeritus ProfessorDr. Robert Kok Professor Dr. Chandra Madramootoo James McGill Professor and Director of the Brace Centre for Water

Resources ManagementDr. Edward McKyes Professor and Associate Director of the Brace Centre for Water

Resources ManagementDr. Michael O. Ngadi Assistant Professor Dr. Eric Norris Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Academic & Student Affairs)Dr. Shiv Prasher James McGill ProfessorDr. G.S.Vijaya Raghavan James McGill Professor and ChairDr. John Sheppard Associate ProfessorDr. Ning Wang Assistant ProfessorDr. Darakhshan Ahmad Adjunct Professor

TechnicalMr. Ray Cassidy Lab Superintendent Dr. Samson Sotocinal Professional Associate

Computing CentreMr. Pierre Langlois Chief Technician


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b) Staff1. Full-time - Academic, Research, Technical and Secretarial (Continued)

AdministrationDiane Chan-Hum Administrative Assistant (Acting until August 31, 2002)Ms. Susan Gregus Administrative Assistant (Returned from Maternity leave Sept. 1, 2002)

Professional AssociatesMr. Yvan Gariépy Professional Associate

Research AssociatesMr. Peter Enright Research AssociateDr. Valérie Orsat Research Associate

2. Part-Time StaffAcademicMr. Peter Enright Faculty LecturerMr. Pierre Langlois Faculty LecturerMr. Guillaume Larocque Faculty LecturerDr. Samson Sotocinal Faculty Lecturer

SecretarialMs. Abida Subhan Secretary C-6Ms. Patricia Singleton Part-time Secretary C-4

3. Post-Doctoral and Visiting Scientists

The Right Honorable Herb Gray, Co-Chair of the International Joint Commission visited McGill onOctober 30, 2002 in order to learn of the activities in the Faculty of Agricultural and EnvironmentalSciences, and in the Brace Centre for Water Resources Management. He was briefed on Departmentand Brace staff activities in Canada and Central Asia and the symposia held with respect to the St.Lawrence River and environmental impact studies.

Ms. L. Wang Visiting Scientist, ChinaDr. S. Kim Visiting Scientist, South KoreaDr. J. Givi Visiting Scientist, IranMr. Thomas Brouillet Visiting Student, FranceDr. Zhun Liu Visiting Scientist, ChinaProf. G. Sun Visiting Scientist, China Dr. Weixiang Li Visiting Scientist, ChinaDr. A.M. Krishnappa Vice-Chancellor, IndiaDr. Patil Vice-Chancellor, India Ms. S. Geyer Visiting Student, FranceDr. V.V. Sreenarayanan Visiting Professor, IndiaDr. C.T. Devadas Visiting Professor, IndiaMs. K.C. Venkatesan Visiting Student, India Dr. Naiqian Zhang Professor, Kansas State University, USA


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3. Post-Doctoral and Visiting Scientists (Continued)

Dr. A. Sarangi Post Doctoral Fellow, New Delhi, IndiaDr. S.M. Behbahani Visiting Professor, University of TehranEng. E. El-Gammal Visiting Drainage Engineer, EgyptDr. Maksym Bazhal Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow, UkraineDr. C.-C. Yang Post-Doctoral Fellow, McGill UniversityDr. R. Patel Post-Doctoral Fellow, McGill UniversityDr. Valerie Orsat Post-Doctoral Fellow, McGill UniversityDr. R.A. Budihal Visiting Scientist, IndiaDr. T. Guruswamy Visiting Professor, IndiaDr. K.C. Shashidhar Visiting Professor, IndiaDr. V. Kiresur Visiting Scientist, IndiaMr. Juraj Cajko Visiting Scientist, Technical University of SlovakiaDr. Stanislav Baxa Visiting Scientist, Prague Research Institute

4. Honours, Awards and Official Positions

Barrington, S.Chair of the Scholarship Committee of the Canadian Memorial Engineering FoundationPresident of the Committee Women in Engineering of the Ordre des ingénieurs du QuébecCo-Chair of the organization committee, CSAE Summer 2003 technical meeting.Member of the Committee Women in Engineering of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec

Bonnell, R.Director, Barbados Field Study Semester Program

Kok, R.Chair, Faculty Committee on Academic Standing

Madramootoo, C.A.Prix Michel-Jurdant 2003 – dédié aux Sciences de l’environmentDirector, Brace Centre for Water Resources ManagementMember, Advisory Council, Brace Centre for Water ResourcesJames McGill Professor, in recognition of his outstanding professional and academic performance

McKyes, E.Examiner, Order of Engineers of Québec, continuingAssociate Editor, Soil and Tillage Research Journal, continuingAssociate Editor, Journal of Terramechanics, continuing

Ngadi, M.O.NABEC Young Engineer Award. Northeast Agricultural and Biological Engineering Conference(NABEC) - a community of the ASAENABEC representative at the ASAE Membership Development CouncilCo-Chair: 2003 CSAE Annual Meeting Organizing CommitteeAssociate Editor: Canadian Biosystems Engineering


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Editorial Board member: Resource Magazine of the ASAE5. Honours, Awards and Official Positions (Continued)

Ngadi, M.O. (Continued)Associate Editor: Transactions of the ASAE

Norris, E.Associate Dean, Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences

Prasher, S.O.James McGill Professor, in recognition of his outstanding professional and academic performancePast-Chair, M-156 Kishida International Award Committee of ASAE, continuingPast-Chair, Intl-611 ASAE’s International Affairs Committee, continuingChair, Intl-601 International Executive Committee of ASAE (new)

Raghavan, G.S.V.James McGill Professor, in recognition of his outstanding professional and academic performanceChair, Dept. of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agr. & Envir. Sciences, 1993-2003Director, CIDA-McGill-UAS-Dharwad, UAS-Bangalore and TNAU, Coimbatore Project. Consolidationof Food Security in South India. 2002-2007.Director, CIDA-McGill-Nankai University Project: Microwave processing in China, 1997-2003.External Examiner, University of West Indies; Asian Institute of TechnologyCo-Editor, Handbook of Postharvest Technology

Sheppard, J.Treasurer, Biotechnology Division of CSChE.Chair, Biological Engineering Division of CSAE.

Wang, N.Secretary, ASAE Instrumentation and Control Committee

5. Administrative And Other Academic Activitiesi) Departmental Activities

Barrington, S.Development of a recruitment pamphlet for the departmentChair, Accreditation of department by Ordre des Agronomes du Québec

Bonnell, R.McGill Open House, Feb 2002. Organized Department boothDepartment Rep to the Faculty of Graduate StudiesDepartment Rep to the Undergraduate Engineering Student Club Academic advising 5 studentsThesis examiner of numerous Masters and Doctorate ThesesPro-Dean at one Ph.D oral DefenseActing Chair at one Ph.D oral DefenseActing Chair of Department during absence of Dr. Raghavan


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5. Administrative And Other Academic Activities (Continued)i) Departmental Activities

Kok, R. (Continued)Chair of departmental hiring committee - total time involvement during this period ~ 10 hoursActing chair of department June 24-July 23, 2002 - total time involvement ~ 10 hoursManager of website project for new departmental website - total time involvement ~ 50 hoursAcademic advisor for U2 of AgrEng major - total time involvement during this period ~ 30 hoursWorked on new academic program for AgrEng major - total time involvement during this period ~ 50hours

McKyes, E.Department telephone coordinatorParticipation in development of Department new BSc program design

2. Ngadi, M.O.3. Academic Advisor, U3 Undergraduate StudentsExaminer, Undergraduate design projectsParticipated, McGill University Open House promotionInternal Examiner, Several graduate thesisCommittee member, Graduate thesis committeeDepartmental Representative, Graduate Faculty Council

Norris, E.Academic Advisor, Special and Visiting Students

Prasher, S.O.Academic Advisor, U3 Undergraduate StudentsExaminer, Undergraduate design projectsParticipated, McGill University Open House promotionInternal Examiner, Several graduate thesisCommittee member, Graduate thesis committeeDepartmental Representative, Graduate Faculty Council

Raghavan, G.S.V.Chair, Dept. of Agric. & Biosystems Engng, Faculty of Agr & Envir Sciences, 1993-2003.Chair, Departmental Scholarships' CommitteeChair, all departmental PhD. Exam Committees Chair, Graduate Students Admissions Committee of the Dept. Agr. & Biosys. Engineering

Wang, N.Information Technologies Committee, Faculty of Agricultural and Environment Sciences, McGillUniversity, December 2002 – present


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5. Administrative And Other Academic Activitiesii) University Activities

Barrington, S.Farm Board memberTenure Committee member, Faculty of Engineering

Bonnell, R.Student Recruitment Committee, Oct 2001 – 2003Academic Program Committee, 2001 – 2004Information Tech Committee, 2001 – 2004Associate Member in the McGill School of EnvironmentCommittee Chair for Development of a semester of studies in BarbadosDepartment Rep to the Faculty of Graduate StudiesDepartment Rep to the Undergraduate Engineering Student ClubDirector, The Macdonald Faculty ClubDirector, McGill Alumni Board, Macdonald BranchMember, Environmental Engineering CommitteeMember, Feasibility Study for Mac Campus Composting Facility.Academic advising - Two students

Kok, R.Brace Centre for Water Resources Management - total time involvement during this period ~ 5 hoursFaculty Committee on Academic Standing, Chair - total time involvement during this period ~ 100 hours

Madramootoo, C.A.Director, Brace Centre for Water Resources ManagementMember, Advisory Council, Brace Centre for Water Resources managementChairman, Joint Executive Committee, McGill-MRC-ICWC

McKyes, E.Associate Director, Brace Centre for Water Resources ManagementAdvisory Board Member, Brace Centre for Water Resources ManagementBoard of Directors, Macdonald Faculty ClubSub-Committee on Faculty PromotionsMember, Faculty Tenure CommitteeMember, Faculty Nominations CommitteeMember, Faculty Nominations Committee

Ngadi, M.O.Faculty Representative, Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning (SCTL)secretary; Faculty Meeting

Norris, E.Associate Dean (Student Affairs) Member, Committee on Academic StandingMember, Admissions Committee


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Member, Scholarships Committee

5. Administrative And Other Academic Activities (Continued)ii) University Activities

Norris, E. (Continued)Member, Committee on Teaching ExcellenceMember, Faculty Promotions CommitteeMember, Gold Key Award CommitteeMember, Committee on Student AffairsMember, Senate Co-ordinating Committee on Student ServicesMember, CAPS Advisory BoardMember, Counselling Service Advisory Board

Prasher, S.O.Faculty Representative, Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning (SCTL)Secretary; Faculty Meeting

Raghavan, G.S.V.Member, Intellectual Property Appeals Committee, McGill University, 2002-2005.Member, Advisory Committee, Brace Centre for Water Resources Management, 2001-Member, University Statutory Committee - Faculty of Agr. & Env. Sciences and Faculty of EngineeringMember, Farm Advisory CommitteePro-Dean, Ph.D. Oral Committees

Sheppard, J.Member, Faculty of Engineering Academic CommitteeMember, Animal Care Committee

Wang, N.I represented the department to attend the “Iron Ring” ceremony in November 2002. I was interviewed by McGill Reporter and provided necessary materials for an article "New Professors",

which was published on McGill Reporter on February 13, 2003.I prepared a new faculty profile for the Academic Personnel Office for publication on the McGill Website.

5. Administrative And Other Academic Activitiesiii) External Activities

Barrington, S.NSERC - Evaluation of applications for the Chair for Women in Science and Engineering

- Evaluation of three research applications FCAR/FRNT -Evaluation of M. Sc. ScholarshipsÉcole Polytechnique – selection committee for the OIQ bursaryCCPI - Department of Agricultural and Bioresource EngineeringUniversity of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, October 2002. CEMAGREF – Review of M. Sc. thesis, Rennes Research Centre, FranceInternational Foundation for Science- Stockholm, Sweden - review of scholarship application.


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CORPAQ – Evaluation of manure treatment research applications.

5. Administrative And Other Academic Activitiesiii) External Activities

Bonnell, R.Freshman program advisor, summer of 2002.CSAE student affairs committee member.

Madramootoo, C.A.Vice-President, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, 2000-2003Member, Management Board, ICID, 2002-present.Chair, Permanent Committee on Strategy Planning and Organizational Affairs, ICID, 2002-present.Scientific Manager of the Water Sector of Canadian Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation ResearchNetwork, 2002-present.

Ngadi, M.O.Executive Council Member, NABECNABEC Representative to the ASAE Membership Development Council Co-ordinator; Emerging Technologies in Food Processing, ASAE Meeting Technical Session # 609Co-Chair; CSAE 2003 meetingMember, Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food and Biological Systems; ASAEMember, Canadian Society for Agricultural Engineering; CSAE, Member, Institute of Food Technologist; IFTMember, Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia (APENS)Member, Non-thermal Pasteurization division of the IFTMember, Food Engineering Division of the IFTReviewer: ASAE Standard S353: Moisture measurement of ground meat

Norris, E.Accreditation visiting team member - CEAB activities

Prasher, S.O.Executive Council Member, NABECNABEC Representative to the ASAE Membership Development Council Co-ordinator; Emerging Technologies in Food Processing, ASAE Meeting Technical Session # 609Co-Chair; CSAE 2003 meetingMember, Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food and Biological Systems; ASAEMember, Canadian Society for Agricultural Engineering; CSAE, Member, Institute of Food Technologist; IFTMember, Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia (APENS)Member, Non-thermal Pasteurization division of the IFTMember, Food Engineering Division of the IFTReviewer: ASAE Standard S353: Moisture measurement of ground meat


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Raghavan, G.S.V.Member, Meetings Council of ASAE, 1998-2002Member, Electromagnetics and Spectroscopy Committee, ASAE, IET-348, 2002-

5. Administrative And Other Academic Activities (Continued)iii) External Activities

Raghavan, G.S.V. (Continued)Member, P124, Student Design Competition Committee, ASAE, 1997-2003Member, Food Engineering Technical Committee of CSAEMember, NABEC Excutive CommitteeMember, CSAE Fellow's Selection CommitteeMember, CSAE Education's Committee

Sheppard, J.Treasurer, Biotechnology Division of CSChE.Member, NSF (USA) Bioprocessing PanelMember Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering Member Chemical Institute of CanadaMember American Society of Agricultural EngineersMember Canadian Society for Agricultural EngineeringMember Professional Engineers Ontario

Wang, N.Secretary, ASAE Instrumentation and Control Committee (IET-353)Board Member and Chair of Student Activity Committee, Association of Overseas Chinese Agricultural,

Biological and Food Engineers (AOC)Vice Chair, ASAE Instrumentation and Control Committee (IET-353)Board Member and Student Advisor, AOC.Associate Editor of the Division of Power and Machinery, International Journal of Agricultural, Biosystems,

and Food Engineering, which will be co-published by Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering andAssociation of Overseas Chinese Agricultural, Biological, and Food Engineers.Session organizer and moderator for the 2003 ASAE Meeting Session 322 on Recent advances in

instrumentation and control. Volunteer for preparation of CSAE annual meeting:Organizer, poster sessionSite visit and discussion on meeting arrangement with Holiday Inn Hotel

5. Administrative And Other Academic Activitiesiv Administrative Activities

Bonnell, R.Acting Chair of Department during absence of Dr. RaghavanDirector of Barbados Field Study Semester Program

Raghavan, G.S.V.Advisory Member of IDS 2004


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Wang, N. Interviewing potential graduate students: By email: 10 persons Meeting on campus: 7 personConsulting for other professors in the department on their research project:

Pulse Electric Field system, data recording and storageMicrowave power control Temperature measurement and recording for a composter

5. Administrative And Other Academic Activitiesv) Other Professional Activities

Barrington, S.Visit of two universities in Tunisia march 2003- Université du centre, Monastir - Université du 7Novembre, Medjez el Bab

Bonnell, R.Member of:

Canadian Society of Agr EngineeringAmerican Society of Agr. EngineersCanadian Water Resources AssociationInternational Network on Participatory Irrigation ManagementCanadian National Committee on Irrigation and DrainageOrdre des Ingenieurs du Quebec

Bonnell, R. (Continued)Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario

Tour guide for technical mission tour of the ICID world water conference, Montreal, July 2002.Student Representative to the OIQ,, New position.

Ngadi, M.O.Collaborative project agreement with Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK.Name of project director: M.O.NgadiNature of activity: Research on pulse technology applications in food processingPartner country: United Kingdom


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5. Administrative And Other Academic Activities (Continued)v) Other Professional Activities

Ngadi, M.O. (Continued)Collaborative project agreement with Ukrainian State University of Food TechnologiesName of project director: M.O.NgadiNature of activity: Research on pulse technology applications in food processingPartner country: Ukraine

Collaborative project agreement with Laval UniversityName of project director: M.O.Ngadi and Jean-Pierre EmondNature of activity: Air transportation of perishable productsPartner country: Canada

5. Administrative And Other Academic Activitiesvi) International Activities

Bonnell, R.Robert Bonnell (project director), Water Resource Mgmt, IICA funding of $2,500, Panama, Seed money

for developing project proposals. March 2003.

Robert Bonnell, presentation of a course to 14 McGill students on conservation of natural resources:given in Barbados, February 2003.

Madramootoo, C.A.Training, research, capacity building, instituitional strengthening, international development

We have two projects with CIDA and one project with the Inter-American Development Bank. The twoCIDA projects are $1.8 million and $250,000. The IDB project is US$171,000.

For the CIDA projects, the partner countries are Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tadjikistan, Kazakstan,Kyrgyz Republic. For the IDB project, it is Jamaica.

CIDA projects are: 2000-2005 and 2003-2006 and the IDB project is 2003-2005.

Prasher, S.O.

- Environmental Impact Assessment of Community-Based Water Resources Management Projects inUttranchal, India.


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- Research on the Development of Testing of a Pesticide Movement Model - Indo-Canadian ShastriInstitute, Korean Water Resources Corporation, India, South Korea.

Raghavan, G.S.V.

Consolidation of Food Security in South India

Project Director: G.S. Vijaya Raghavan

Nature of the Activity: Institutional Cooperation (including research, international

development, teaching and training).

Source and level of funding: Canadian International Development Agency. $5,000,000

Partner Country: India. Three Indian Institution, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore, TheUniversity of Agricultural Sciences in Dharwad, and the University of Agricultural Sciences inBangalore.

Project Duration: July 2002 till June 2007.

Microwave Processing in China

Project Director: G.S. Vijaya RaghavanNature of the Activity: Institutional Cooperation (including research, international development, teaching

and training).

Source and level of funding: Canadian International Development Agency. $1,000,000Partner Country: China. Two Chinese Institutions, Nankai University in Tianjin and the Chinese

Research Academy of Environmental Sciences in Beijing.

Project Duration: June 1997 till December 2003.

Other International Collaboration in research and teaching includes:

Collaborative Graduate Student Supervision with the Agricultural Engineering Program at the Universityof Chiang Mai in Thailand.

Sheppard, J.Research was funded under the CIDA - PTP program. ($20k)

Slovakia

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b) Students

1. Graduate Students, Country of Origin, Research Director, Thesis Topic

M.Sc. Students

STUDENT DIRECTOR RESEARCH OR THESIS TOPIC

Arevalo, Patricio Mr.

(Peru) M.Sc. 3*

G.S.V. Raghavan /

M.O. Ngadi

Effect of pulsed electric fields onphysical properties of apples andpotatoes.

Atti, Sarra Ms.

(France) M.Sc.2*

R. Bonnell Assessment of soybean (Glycine Max(L.) Merr.) Water Stress: Lipo-chitooligosaccharides application andspectral response.

Bera, Pubalee Ms.

(India) M.Sc.3*

S.O. Prasher Computer models for simulatingpesticide fate and transport in soil.

Briggs, Stephanie Ms.

(Canada) M.Sc. 3*

M.O. Ngadi Evaluation of lab for the acceleration ofcheese ripening using PEF

Cheng, Hoi Po

(Canada) M.Sc.1

G.S.V. Raghavan Popcorn as a packaging material

Cheng, Wei Min Mr.

(China) M.Sc.1

G.S.V. Raghavan/

M.O. Ngadi

Heatpump and microwave drying

Choquette, Stephanie Ms.

(Canada) M.Sc.2

C.A. Madramootoo Application of the WEND model tophosphorus movement in LakeChamplain

Cochran, Jason. Mr.

(U.S.A.) M.Sc.2

R. Bonnell Agro-forestry sustainability in Panama

Dam, Rikke Ms.

(Canada) M.Sc 3*

C.A. Madramootoo Impacts of long term tillage and residuepractices on selected soil properties

Desrochers, Anne Ms.

(Canada) M.Sc. 2

R. Bonnell On farm pond management in Panama


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M.Sc. Students (Continued)


El-Dirani, Khaldoun Mr.

(Lebanon) M.Sc 3*

M.O. Ngadi Textural and mass transfercharacteristics of chicken nuggetsduring deep fat frying and oven baking

Erindi-Kati, Anila Ikbal Ms.

(Canada) M.Sc.1

R. Bonnell Remote sensing of root-zone soilmoisture

Forero, Maria Paulina Ms.

(Columbia) M.Sc.2

G.S.V. Raghavan Phytohormones and modifiedatmosphere storage of avocado fruits

Gonzalez, Mauricio Mr.

(Canada) M.Sc.1

J. Sheppard Non-thesis program

Handyside, Patrick Mr.

(Canada) M.Sc 3*

C.A. Madramootoo Water table management for cranberryproduction on sandy and peat soils inQuebec

Johnson, Gregory Mr.

(Canada) M.Sc 2A*

G.S.V. Raghavan/

J. A. Landry

Non-thesis program

Kulumarva, Arun Mr.

(India) M.Sc.1

G.S.V. Raghavan A study of the thermal and rheologicalproperties of sorghum (sorghum bicolor)dough.

Laflamme, Christina Ms.

(Canada) M.Sc.1

C.A. Madramootoo Sediment and nutrient removal efficienciesin a constructed wetland in SouthernQuebec

Leung, Stanley Mr.

(Canada) M.Sc.1

S. Barrington Reducing swine manure odor using zeolite

Li, Yunsheng Mr.

(China/ LI) M.Sc.1

M.O. Ngadi The relationship between oil quality andchicken nuggets


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Morin, Sophie Ms.

(Canada) M.Sc.1

S. Barrington Irrigation field system for an effectivemanagement of dairy wastewater

M.Sc. Students (Continued)STUDENT DIRECTOR RESEARCH OR THESIS TOPIC

Nieuwenhof, Freddie Mr.

(Canada) M.Sc. 2

G.S.V. Raghavan Novel dryer using the venturi concept

Sunjka, Predrag Mr.

(Yugoslavia - P.R.) M.Sc. 2*

G.S.V. Raghavan Microwave/vacuum and osmotic dryingof cranberries.

Tafazoli, Sarah Ms.

(Iran/Perm.Res.) M.Sc.4*

S.O. Prasher Modeling pesticide fate and transport insoils.

Tani, Fahima Ms.

(Canada) M.Sc.3*

S. Barrington Zinc and Copper uptake by wheat andbuckwheat under two transpirationrates.

Tasneem, Azra Ms.

(Pakistan) M.Sc.1

G.S.V. Raghavan Effects of different postharvesttreatments to reduce chilling injurysymptoms in stoved mangoes

Uno, Yoji Mr.

(Japan) M.Sc. 3

S.O. Prasher Applicaton of machine learning methodsand airborne hyperspectral remotesensing for crop yield estimation

Vann, Lucas Mr.

(Canada) M.Sc3*

J. Sheppard Development of a biosensory for onlinemeasurement of diacetyl in beer

Wellman, Daphne Ms.

(Canada) M.Sc.1

C.A. Madramootoo Water balance study of the covey hillaquifer

Yu, Lijuan Ms.

(China/PR) M.Sc.2

M.O. Ngadi Rheological properties of dough and qualitycharacteristics of instant fired noodles

Ph.D. Students



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Abou Nohra Joumana Ms.

(Lebanon)Ph.D3

C.A. Madramootoo Modelling phosphorus losses in surface andsubsurface runoff

Amiali, Malek Mr.

(Algeria/LI) Ph.D.3

M.O. Ngadi/

G.S.V. Raghavan

P.E.F. processing of liquid foods

Ph.D. Students (Continued)


Andrade, Marc-Andre Mr.

(Canada) Ph.D4

S. O. Prasher Remediation of metal-contaminated soilsby drip irrigation and convective dispersion

Bujatzeck,Baldur

Heinz Johannes, Mr.

(Germany) Ph.D3

C. A. Madramootoo A decision support system for phosphorusmanagement

Changrue, Viboone Mr.

(Thailand) Ph.D3

G.S.V. Raghavan Hybrid drying systems

Cox, Christopher Mr.

(Canada) Ph.D.7*

C.A. Madramootoo Integrated watershed managementplanning for St. Lucia.

Dai, Jianming Mr.

(China) Ph.D.5

G.S.V. Raghavan Scale up aspects of microwave assistedchemistry

Goel, Pradeep Kumar Mr.

(India) Ph.D.6*

S.O. Prasher Hyper-spectral remote sensing for wordand nitrogen stress detection.

Jazestani, Jamshid Mr.

(Canada) Ph.D.7

S.O. Prasher Bioavailability and fate of selectedPolycyclic aromotic hydrocarbons indifferent soil environments

Jutras, Pierre Mr.

(Canada) Ph.D.3

S.O. Prasher Urban tree growth modelling with artificialneural network

Kaoser, Saleh Mr.

(Canada) Ph.D.7

S. Barrington Differentiation of movement of heavymetals through liners and soil profile

Karimi, Yousef Mr.

(Iran) Ph.D.4

S.O. Prasher Use of remote sensing for precisionagriculture


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Karsten, Jennifer Ms.

(U.S.A.) Ph.D.5

R. Kok Teaching about complexity in K-12: Anexploration of new approaches toecosystem education

Kassama, Lamin Mr.

(Gambian) Ph.D.4

M.O. Ngadi Pore development in foods during deep-fatfrying

Ph.D. Students (Continued)


Kim, Jin-Woo Mr.

(Korean/Perm Res.) Ph.D.3

S. Barrington Citric acid production by aspergtilus nigerNRRL 567 for the bioremediation of soilscontaminated with heavy metal

Kunjikutty, Sobhalatha Ms.

(India/Perm Res.) Ph.D.2

S.O. Prasher Tertiary treatment of municipalwastewater using floodplain filtrationtechnique

Lanphere, Tania Ms.

(US) Ph.D.2

R. Kok Case-Based Engineering of Complexity inEcosystems.

Lin, Xing Jun Mr.

(China) Ph.D.2

S. Barrington The study on odor particle deposition

Liu, Zhan Hong Ms.

(China/PermRes.)Ph.D.3

G.S.V. Raghavan Super high frequency interaction with bugs

Muffels, Michael John Mr.

(Canada) Ph.D.2

R. Kok Cognitive control of greenhouse climate

Ortega Charleston, Luis Mr.

(Mexico) Ph.D.3

S. Barrington Organic Fraction Municipal Solid Waste: Anaerobic Hyperthermophilic-Digestion

Rennie, Timothy John Mr.

(Canada) Ph.D. 4

G.S.V. Raghavan Numerical studies of a tube-in-tube helicalheat exchanger

Shin, Mari Ms.

(Korea) Ph.D.4

S. Barrington Micelle-solubilized ligand to remediate soilscontaminated with heavy metals

Templeton, Karen Ms.

(US) Ph.D.2

R. Kok Low-tech, Hydroponic Rooftop GardeningSystems


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Van Bergen, Barry Mr.

(Canada) Ph.D.3

J.D. Sheppard The characterization of brewing yeastbehaviour in industrial fermentations

*Denotes students graduating in 2002-2003


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b) Students

2. Postgraduate Degrees Awarded

M.Sc. Degree

Arevalo, Patricio Mr. Thesis Directors: Dr.M.O. Ngadi/Dr. G.S.V. Raghavan

Effect of pulsed electric fields on physical properties of apples and potatoes.

Atti, Sarra Ms. Thesis Director: Dr. R. Bonnell

Assessment of Soybean (Glycine Max (L.) Merr.) Water Stress: Lipo-chitooligosaccharides applicationand spectral response.

Bera. Pubalee Ms. Thesis Director: Dr. S.O. Prasher

Computer models for simulating pesticide fate and transport in soil.

Briggs, Stephanie Ms. Thesis Director: Dr. M.O. Ngadi

Evaluation of lab for the acceleration of cheese ripening using PEF.

Dam, Rikke Friis Ms.. Thesis Director: Dr. C.A. Madramootoo

Impacts of long term tillage and residue practices on selected soil properties.

El-Dirani, Khaldoun Mr. Thesis Director: Dr. M.O. Ngadi

Textural and mass transfer characteristics of chicken nuggets during deep fat frying and oven baking.

Handyside, Patrick Mr. Thesis Director: Dr. C.A. Madramootoo

Water table management for cranberry production on sandy and peat soils in Quebec.

Sunjka, Predrag Mr. Thesis Director Dr. G.S.V. Raghavan

Microwave/vacuum and osmotic drying of cranberries

Tafazoli, Sara Ms. Thesis Director: Dr. S.O. Prasher

Modeling pesticide fate and transport in soils.

Tani, Fahima Ms. Thesis Director: Dr. S. Barrington

Zinc and copper uptake by wheat and buckwheat under two transpiration rates.

Vann, Lucas Mr. Thesis Director: Dr. J. Sheppard

Development of a biosensor for online measurement of diacetyl in beer.

b) Students

M.Sc. A. Degree

Johnson, Gregory Mr. Supervisor: Dr. G.S.V. Raghavan


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b) Students

Ph.D. Degree

Cox, Christopher Mr. Thesis Director: Dr. C.A. Madramootoo

Integrated watershed management planning for St. Lucia.

Goel, Pradeep Mr. Thesis Director: Dr. S.O. Prasher

Hyper-spectral remote sensing for word and nitrogen stress detection.

b) Students

3. Graduate Student Funding

Due to confidentiality of graduate funding, these pages are not included.

c) Research and Publications

1. Current Research Projects and Funding

Barrington, S.

2000-2001

Agency Title of Project Value

OMAFRA and AAC A computer model to size generators $ 25,000

NSERC Operating grant $ 18,000

Omya St.Armand Inc. Precipitating manure P with limestone $ 20,000

2001-2002


NSERC Operating grant $ 18,000

Boulianne, R. Precipitating manure P with limestone $ 1,000

GreenCrop Testing odour reduction of a manure additive $ 13,000

Aurora Agritech Testing of manure seperator $ 13,500

Ventilation Max. Testing of natural ventilation chimneys $ 3,600

2002-2003


CDAQ Testing of a surface irrigation system for $ 26 500dairy wastewater disposal


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c) Research and Publications (Continued)1. Current Research Projects and Funding

Barrington, S. (Continued)

2002-2003Agency Title of Project Value

CDAQ Comparing odor dispersion models $ 51 000

NSERC Operating grant $ 18 000

FPPQ Zeolite as swine feed additiveto reduce$ 81 000

Environmental impacts

Éco-Cartier Jeanne Mance Developing an urban composter $ 28,500

Bonnell, R.

2000-2001


IDRC (G) Supplemental Irrigation with Brackish Water in Syria. (G)A research grant from IDRC 2.5 years startingJuly'97 This is a collaborative effort between;The University of Aleppo, ICARDA (a field research station in Aleppo) and McGill University for which Dr. Bonnell is the principle researcher from McGill.

The project was extended to Jan 2001. $250,000

IICA (G) To develop water management scenarios for sustainable agricultural production in Panama. Summer of 2000 $5,300

CFI Equip. (G) La Geomatique au service de l'agriculture: PI isDr. Alain Viau of University of Laval;total of 10 researchers $6,900,000

CFI Equip. (G) Research facilities for Non-Intrusive, near field, subsurface sensing. PI is Dr. F. Hasani; total of 10 researchers $1,000,000

NSERC (G) A research grant to study water quality issues in Quebec surface waters of the Norton Creek. 2000-2003. $ 70,000


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Bonnell, R. (Continued) 2000-2001Agency Title of Project Value

GEOID (G) A research grant to study the use of remotesensing for water, weed and nutrient stress in a cropcover. 2000-2001. A two year project shared withPI Dr. Alain Viau plus 10 researchers $ 70,000

2001-2002Agency Title of Project ValueCORPAQ(G) Developpement d’une nouvelle utilisation des

Legumineuses comme source de nutraceutiques CORPAQ. $ 43,333

CDAQ (G) Filtre cultural pur la gestion efficace des purins et Et des eaux de laiterie. CDAQ.S., $ 60,666

FRAQ (G) Infrastructure de recherché our le suivi hydro-et l’agriulcure de precision FCAR-Strategique $ 95,500

IICA(G) Irrigation Water Resources Mgmt. Panama $ 2,500

CFI (G) Resource Facility for Non-Intrusive Sensing. $ 192,000

CFI (G) La Geomatique au service de l’agriculture $3,450,000

GEOIDE (G) Analysis of Reflectance and Remote Sensing $ 50,000

2002-2003


Canadian Space Détermination de l’humidité du sol en territoireAgricole avec des données ROS polarimétriques $ 195,000

CORPAQ Developpement d’une nouvelle utilisation deslegumineuses comme source de nutraceutiques $ 130,000

CDAQ Filtre cultural pur la gestion efficace des purinset des eauz de laiterie $ 182,000

FCAR-strategic Infrastructure de recherché pour le suivihydro-meteorologique et l’agriculture de precision $ 390,000

IICA Irrigation water resources management Panama $ 2,500


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CFI Resource facility for non-intrusive sensing $ 384,000

CFI La Geomatique au service de l’agriculture $ 6,900

c) Research and Publications (Continued)


Bonnell, R. (Continued)

2002-2003


GEOIDE Analysis of reflectance and remote sensing $ 100,000

IDRC Supplemental Irrigation - Syria$ 241,000

IICA Water Resources Management $ 5,300

Alberta Irr. PVC friction coefficients, Lethbridge NorthernIrrigation District $ 16,000

Kok, R.

2000 -2001


CFI (G) Canadian Foundation for Innovation - received $1,500,000$120,000 for acquition of computing equipmentas part of the larger grant entitled “Alleviation of environmental degradationdue to intensive agriculture and anthropogenic Contamination” (Project leader Madramootoo)

2001 -2002Agency Title of Project Value

CFI (G) Canadian Foundation for Innovation - received $1,200,000$120,000 for acquition of computing equipmentas part of the larger grant entitled “Alleviationof environmental degradation due to intensive agriculture and anthropogenic Contamination” (Project leader Madramootoo)

Other McGill Faculty of Graduate Studies and Researchgrant to support the Angus Banting MemorialLecture series $ 850.00


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Madramootoo, C.A. 2000 - 2001


FCAR Team (G) Long term impacts of tillage and residue on $ 47,000soil quality

CIDA/IWMI (C) Managing water as a basic human need $ 50,000

FCAR/IRDA (G) Phosphorous levels in Lake Champlain $ 114,500

MAPAQ/PAR (G) Influence of different water management practices on yield, quality and drying characteristicsof cranberries grown onpeat bog and sandysoils in Quebec $ 70,000

CDAQ (C) Production d’un guide pour l’analyse et l’interprétationde la variabilité en rendement d’une culture $ 39,960

IDRC/IWMI (C) Agro-ecosystem management for human $ 50,000health in Sri Lanka

CIDA (C) Water resources management in Central Asia $ 360,000

NCE Creation of a network of centres of excellence $ 35,000 in clean water

NSERC (G) Impacts of agricultural water management systems $ 45,000

NSERC Equip (G) Water quality lab equipment $ 58,196

NSERC - Equip (G) Soil microbiology automated sampler $ 11,414

CFI (G) Alleviation of environmental degradation $1,500,000due to intensive agriculture and anthropogenic Contamination Team: Madramootoo(PI),Kok,


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Barrington, Prasher, Hendershot, Marshall, Smith,Hamel, Caron, Mehuys


Madramootoo, C.A. (Continued)2001 - 2002



CIDA/IWMI (C) Managing water as a basic human need $ 50,000

FCAR/IRDA (G) Phosphorous levels in Lake Champlain $ 114,500

MAPAQ/PAR (G) Influence of different water management practices on yield, quality and drying characteristicsof cranberries grown onpeat bog and sandysoils in Quebec $ 48,000

NSERC (G) Impacts of agricultural water management systems $ 45,000

CFI (G) Alleviation of environmental degradation $1,500,000due to intensive agriculture and anthropogenic Contamination Team: Madramootoo(PI),Kok,Barrington, Prasher, Hendershot, Marshall, Smith,Hamel, Caron, Mehuys

CIDA(G) Water Resources Studies, Symposia and Seminars $ 34,000

Natural ResourceCanada (G) Water Resources Node, Canada Climate Change

Impacts and Adaptation Research Network $ 82,000

NSERC (G) Spatial observation and modelling of sourcesof erosion and non-point pollution inagricultural watersheds $ 22,000

CIDA (G) Water Resources Management and TrainingProject in hte Aral Sea Basin. (Loosening ofcohesive soils by different tillage tool designs $ 458,000

2002 - 2003Agency Title of Project Value

NSERC (G) Impacts of agricultural water managementsystems on environmental quality $ 180,000



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Madramootoo, C.A. (Continued)2002 - 2003



CIDA/IWMI (C) Water resources management in Central Asia $ 360,000

CFI (G) Alleviation of environmental degradation $2,796,969due to intensive agriculture and anthropogenic Contamination Team: Madramootoo(PI),Kok,

Barrington, Prasher, Hendershot, Marshall, Smith,Hamel, Caron, Mehuys

Natural Resources Water resources node, Canada climate change $ 375,000Canada (C) impacts and adaptation research network

NSERC (G) Spatial observation and modelling of sourcesof erosion and non-point pollution inagricultural watersheds $ 84,000

Nature Conservancy The Adirondack aquifer project $ 22,000of Canada

AAFC/Canadian Targeted phosphorous applications based on Pork Council(G) grid soil sampling $ 42,500

CIDA (C) Addressing water scarcity due to drought in Central Asia $ 250,000

NSERC MFA (G) Field research facilities for plant agricultlureand the environment $ 215,000

FAQDD (C) La réduction de la pollution diffuse agricolepar l’utilisation de marais filtrants $ 31,050


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c) Research and Publications (Continued)1. Current Research Projects and FundingMcKyes, E.2000-2001

Agency Title of Project Value NCE (G) Creation of a network of centres of excellence

in clean water with C.A. Madramootoo $ 35,000

CIDA (C) Water resources management in Central Asiawith C.A. Madramootoo $ 458,000

CIDA (G) Water Resources Management and Training

Project in hte Aral Sea Basin. (Loosening of

cohesive soils by different tillage tool designs $ 458,000





2002-Present





IDB Water resources development plan for Jamaica $ 160,000

Ngadi, M.O.

2000-2001


NSERC (Oper) Oil absorption and re-absorption in fried foods $ 22,575

CFI/FCAR (G) Infrastructure for food engineering laboratory $ 179,294

Dr. Louis G. Water activity of foods $ 10,570 Johnson Found.

McGill NSERC Pulsed electric field pasteurization $ 10,000Seed (G)

AAFC (G) Pulsed electric field applications $ 15,000


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Ngadi, M.O. (Continued)2000-2001


NSERC (G) Optimization of enzymatic methods for semi-pilot scale production of high value-added marinebioingredients from shrimp processing discards $ 91,340


NSERC (G) Oil absorption and re-absorption in fried foods $ 22,575

CFI/FCAR (G) Infrastructure for food engineering laboratory $ 179,294


NSERC (G) Pulsed electric field pasteurization of liquid egg $ 61,934(Strategic) products


NSERC (G) Oil absorption and re-absorption in fried foods $ 22,575


NSERC (G) Pulsed electric field pasteurization of liquid egg $ 46,552(Strategic) products

PIC (G) Control of pathogenic microorganisms in poultry $ 16,000processing water

NSERC (G) Development of a precision farming system forQuébec $ 35,000


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Prasher, S.O.


NSERC A laboratory study on the development of a remediationTeam Grant system for metal contaminated soilsand wastewaters

Shiv O. Prasher (PI) and B.K. Simpson $ 79,500

NSERC Simultaneous determination of multiple metal residueswith an ICP spectrometer (G), Team Grant, S.O. Prasher (Principal Inv). and W.D. Marshall $ 62,542

FCAR Artificial Neural Network modeling in food andTeam Grant agricultural systems, H.S. Ramaswamy (PI) and

and S.O. Prasher $ 20,000

GEOIDE Use of visible, NIR, and fluorescence data toTeam Grant determine nutrient stress in corn, Shiv Prasher (PI),

Jacques-André Landry, and Robert Bonnell $ 100,000

CFI (G) Alleviation of environmental degradation due to intensiveagriculture and anthropogenic contamination,C.A. Madramootoo (PI), Shiv Prasher, and others $2,796,969

CFI La géomatique au service de l’agriculture de Precision: projet d’infrastructure, AlainViau (Principal Inv.), R. Bonnell and others. $7,789,718

CCRS Remote sensing in agriculture $ 23,000


NSERC (G) Development of a precision farmingsystem for Québec $ 35,000

NSERC A laboratory study on the development of a remediationTeam Grant system for metal contaminated soilsand wastewaters

Shiv O. Prasher (PI) and B.K. Simpson $ 79,500


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Prasher, S.O. (Continued)2001-2002


FCAR Artificial Neural Network modeling in food andTeam Grant agricultural systems, H.S. Ramaswamy (PI) and

and Shiv Prasher $ 20,000

GEOIDE Use of visible, NIR, and fluorescence data toTeam Grant determine nutrient stress in corn, Shiv Prasher (PI),

Jacques-André Landry, and Robert Bonnell $ 100,000

CFI (G) Alleviation of environmental degradation due to intensiveagriculture and anthropogenic contamination,C.A. Madramootoo (PI), Shiv Prasher, and others $ 2,796,969

CFI (G) La géomatique au service de l’agriculture de precision:projet d’infrastructure, Alain Viau (PI), Shiv Prasher(McGill PI), Robert Bonnell, and others $ 7,789,718

CCRS (G) Remote sensing in agriculture $ 23,000

FCAR (G) McGill International Center of Biosensors(Strategic) (Principal Investigator M. Tabrizian) $ 370,000


NSERC (G) Development of a precision farmingsystem for Québec $ 35,000

FCAR Artificial Neural Network modeling in food andT eam Grant agricultural systems, H.S. Ramaswamy (PI) and

and Shiv Prasher $ 20,000

FCAR (G) McGill International Center of Biosensors and (Strategic) Biochips (Principal Investigator M. Tabrizian) $ 370,000

FCAR (G) Regroupement stratégique FQRNT - HYMAP(Principal Investigator Alain Viau) $ 390,000

CFI Sustainable agricultural development technologies(Strategic) (Principal Investigator Leon-Etienne Parent) $11,900,000 c) Research and Publications (Continued)1. Current Research Projects and Funding


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Raghavan, G.S.V.2000-2001Agency Title of Project Value

NSERC (G) Heat and mass transfer studies of Hybrid Systems $ 44,640Research

NSERC (G) Pulsed electric field food processing. $ 48,130 Team Grant Principal Investigator Ngadi, co-inv.: Raghavan

CFI Innovative agri-food processing $ 3,175,826Innovation Fund Principal Inv. G.S.V. Raghavan, Co-inv Ramaswamy

Ismail

FCAR Procédés électrothermiques agro-alimentaires(Equipment G) Principal Inv. Raghavan, Co-inv: Mujumdar, van

de Voort, Ratti $ 37,500

CORPAQ Pasteurisateur jumalant un échangeur de chaleur àsprirales hélicoidales au chauffage inductif (Individual Grant) $ 30,000

CORPAQ Integrated cranberry production and post-harvestPrincipal Inv. Madramootoo, Co-inv. Raghavan,Fortin $ 60,000




NSERC Development of a technology for early detection of $ 86,000(Strategic) diseases usingvolatile fingerprints

CFI Innovative agri-food processing $ 575,100Innovation Fund Principal Inv. G.S.V. Raghavan, Co-inv Ramaswamy

Ismail

CORPAQ Early warning for potato postharvest disease $ 50,000Principal Inv. Kushalappa, Co-inv. RaghavanYaylayan and Beaulieu



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Raghavan, G.S.V. (Continued)2002-2003Agency Title of Project Value



Poultry Ind.council Control of pathogenic microorganisms in poultry $ 16,000for Res. & processing water using combined ozone.Education (G) Principal Inv. Ngadi, Co-inv. Smith & Raghavan

CFI Innovative agri-food processing $ 219,057Innovation Fund Principal Inv. G.S.V. Raghavan, Co-inv Ramaswamy

Ismail

Sheppard, J.2000-2001Agency Title of Project ValueNSERC Operating Dynamic Control of Microbial Cultures $ 24,948Stewart Brown Fund $ 50,000

2001-2002Agency Title of Project ValueNSERC Operating Dynamic Control of Microbial Cultures $ 24,948Myco Forestis Inc. Contract $ 3,440

2002-2003Agency Title of Project ValueNSERC Operating Dynamic Control of Microbial Cultures $ 25,000Myco Forestis Inc. Contract $ 3,440Unibroue Inc. Contract $ 89,500Vitesse Inc. Contract $ 3,000

Wang, N.2002-presentAgency Title of Project ValueRes. Develop. Autonomous mobile robot for weed control $ 20,000Committee (G)Dept. Startup Fnd Setting up an Intelligent sensing and control lab $ 40,000NSERC Discovery Intelligent sensing and control systems for $ 19,000(G) Agricultural and food productionFaculty Startup Sensing and Control $ 20,000

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2.(i) Other PublicationsBarrington, S.Barrington, S.F. 2002. The three R’s of manure management. Canadian Conference of Environmental Ministers. Quebec City, Canada.

Barrington, S.F. 2002. The role of Canadian women engineers in water management. 18th

Congress and 53rd International Executive Council Meeting. International Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, Montréal, Canada.

Barrington, S.F., G.B. Gélinas, S. Kaoser and Mari Shin. 2002. Precipitating swine manure P using fine limestone. CSAE Annual Technical Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada. Paper No.02-609.

Barrington, S.F. 2002. Reducing odours and manure surplus nutrients at the Macdonald farm of McGill University. CSAE Annual Technical Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada. Paper No. 02-620.

Bonnell, R.Managing water resources for irrigation via a GIS based decision support system. R. Bonnell & A.

Dominquez. Universidad Technologica de Panama. Los Santos, Panama, June 2002.

A model for watershed scale management of water resources. R. Bonnell. Universidad Technologica dePanama. Los Santos, Panama. June 2003.

Workshop leader at the 1st Watershed Mgmt Workshop, Los Santos, Panama. June 2003.

World water crisis: Food Safety Issues, Guest Lecturer, Nutrition Students, Macdonald Campus, November2002.

Invited speaker to the Freshman program. Sept 2002

Ngadi, M.O.Amiali, M., Ngadi, M.O. and Raghavan, V.G.S. 2002. Inactivation of e.coli in liquid egg using pulsed electric

fields. Paper presented at the ASAE annual international meeting. July 30 - July 31, 2002. Chicago,Il.

Amiali, M., Ngadi, M.O. and Raghavan, V.G.S. 2002. Determination of electrical properties of liquid foodsexposed to pulsed electric fields. Paper presented at the International Institute of FoodTechnologists (IFT) annual international meeting. June 15 - 19, 2002. Anaheim, CA.

Bazhal, M., Ngadi, M., Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Textural changes in apple tissue during combined pressureand pulsed electric field treatment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the CSAE. July 14to 17, 2002. Saskatoon, Sasketchwan.

Ngadi, M.O. and Hwang, D.K. 2002. Modeling heat transfer and heterocyclic amines formation in meatpatties during frying. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the CSAE. July 14 to 17, 2002.Saskatoon, Sasketchwan.

Bazhal, M., Ngadi, M.O. and Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Application of pulsed electric field technologies infood extraction processes. Paper presented at NABEC 2002, June 16 -19, 2002. Quebec City.



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2.(i) Other Publications

Raghavan, G.S.V.Vigneault, C., G.S.V. Raghavan and R. Prange. 2002. Atmosfera controlada. Em: Tecnologia pos-colheita

para frutas e hortalicas. L.A. Cortez, C. Moretti, S. Honorio Eds. Campinas, SP, Brasil. ChapterVI. 18p.

Wang, N.Wang, N., N. Zhang, J. Wei, Q. Stoll, D. Peterson, and F. Dowell. 2002. Wheat field tests for an optical

sensor-based, real-time, embedded, weed-detection and spray-control system. ASAE Paper No. 02-1179, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph, MI.

Wei, J., N. Zhang, N. Wang, D. Lenhert, M. Neilsen, M. Mizuno, and G. Singh. 2002. A structural andmodular approach to implement communication interface for tractor electronics communication usingCAN Kingdom. ASAE Paper No. 02-1178, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph,MI.

c) Research and Publications2(ii) Submitted Publications

Barrington, S.Salah, S.A. and S.F. Barrington, 2003. Zn and Cd uptake by young wheat plants (Triticum aestivum) under

two transpiration rates. Journal of Water, Soil and Air Pollution. Submitted August 2002.

Shin, M., S. and Barrington, S . 2004. Micelle solubilized ligand to remove Cd from soils. Journal of Soil, water and air contamination, Submitted in March 2003.

Ngadi, M.O.Hwang, D.K. and Ngadi, M.O. 2003. Kinetics of heterocyclic amines formation in meat emuulstion

extended with soy protein. Paper submitted for publication to the Journal of Food Processing andPreservation.

Bazhal, M., Ngadi, M.O. and Raghavan, G.S.V. 2003. Influence of pulsed electroplasmolysis on structuralproperties of apple tissue. Paper submitted for publication to the Biosystems Engineering.

Ngadi, M.O. and Hwang D.K. 2003. Modelling heat transfer and heterocyclic amines formation in meatpatties during frying. Paper submitted to the Journal of Food Science and Agriculture.

Amiali, M., Ngadi, M.O. and Raghavan, G.S.V. 2003. Electrical conductivities of liquid egg products andfruit juices exposed to high pulsed electric fields. Paper submitted for publication to the InnovativeFood Science and Emerging Technologies.

Ngadi, M.O., Smith, J.P. and Simard, C. 2003. Kinetics of ultraviolet light inactivation of E.coli 0157:H7 inliquid foods. Paper submitted to the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

Bazhal, M., Ngadi, M., Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Modeling compression of cellular systems exposed tocombined pressure and electric fields. Paper submitted to the ASAE Transactions.



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Ngadi, M.O.

Amiali, M., Ngadi, M.O., Raghavan, V.G.S. and Smith, J.P. 2003. Inactivation of Escherichia O157:H7in Liquid egg using pulsed electric fields. Paper submitted to Food and Bioproducts Processing.

Claire, B., Smith, J.P., El-Khoury, W., Cayouette, B., Ngadi, M., Blanchfield, B. and Austin, J.W. 2003.Challenge studies with listeria moncytogene and proteolytic clostribium botulinun in hard-boiled eggspackaged under modified atmospheres. Paper submitted to Journal of Food Protection.

Prasher, S.O.Yang, C.C., S.O. Prasher and P.K. Goel. 2003 Differentiation of crop and weeds by decision tree analysis

of multi-spectral data. Accepted for publication in the Transactions of the ASAE. May 20, 2003.

Yang, C.C., S.O. Prasher, R. Lacroix and S.H. Kim. 2003. Application of multivariate adaptive regressionsplines (MARS) to simulate soil temperature. Paper accepted for publication in the Transactionsof the ASAE. May 11, 2003

Yang, C.C., S.O. Prasher, R. Lacroix, S.H. Kim. 2003. A multivariate adaptive regression splines modelfor simulation of pesticide transport in soils. Paper accepted for publication in BiosystemsEngineering Journal, May 19, 2003.

Raghavan, G.S.V.Bazhal, M.I., M.O. Ngadi, and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Influence of pulsed electroplasmolysis on

structural properties of apple tissue. Submitted to Biosystems Engineering.

Ngadi, M.O., B. Duval-Arnould and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Sorption isotherms of banana slices.Submitted to the Journal of Food Engineering.

Fennir, M.A., J.A. Landry and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Respiration rate of potatoes (Solanum tuberosumL.) measured in a two-bin research scale storage facility, using heat and moisture balance and gasanalysis techniques. Submitted to Canadian Biosystems Engineering.

Fennir, M.A., J.A. Landry and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Respiration rate of potatoes (Solanum tuberosumL.) as affected by soft rot (Erwinia carotovora) and determined at various storage temperatures.Submitted to the Journal of Biosystems Engineering.

Liao, X., G.S.V. Raghavan, G. Wu and V.A. Yaylayan. 2002. Dielectric properties of Lysine AqueousSolutions at 2450 MHz. Submitted to Molecular Liquids.

Liao, X., G.S.V. Raghavan, and V.A. Yaylayan. 2002. Application of dielectric properties at microwavefrequencies to monitor chemical reactions. Submitted to Chemical Physics Letters.

Venkatesh, M.S. and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. An overview of microwave processing and dielectricproperties of agri-food materials. Submitted to the Journal of Biosystems Engineering.


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Raghavan, G.S.V. (Continued)

Venkatesh, M.S. and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. An overview of dielectric properties measuring techniquesand recent developments. Submitted to Canadian Biosystems Engineering

Venkatesh, M.S., G.S.V. Raghavan, C. Akyel, and J. Gauthier. Integrated dual frequency dielectricproperties analyzer using Cavity Perturbation Concept Part I. Submitted to Journal of MicrowavePower and Electromagnetic Energy.

‘Venkatesh, M.S., G.S.V. Raghavan, C. Akyel, and J. Gauthier. Integrated dual frequency dielectricproperties analyzer using Cavity Perturbation Concept Part II. Submitted to Journal of MicrowavePower and Electromagnetic Energy.

Wang, N.Wang, N., N. Zhang, J. Wei, and Q. Stoll. 2002. Design of a real-time, embedded, weed-detection and

spray-control system. Transaction of the ASAE, submitted.

c) Research and Publications3. Co-Authors of Publications

Kok, R. Landry, JA. former departmental colleagueParrott, L. former graduate studentPrasher, SO. departmental colleagueYang, CC. former graduate student of S. Prasher

Madramootoo, C.A.Rebecca Shortt Irrigation Engineer, OMAFRAEline Boelee Water Specialist, IWMIY. Matsuno Professor, JapanGaetan Faubert Institute of Parasitology, Macdonald CampusWim van der Hoek Health Specialist, The NetherlandsShiv Prasher Bioresource Engineering, Macdonald CampusC. Hamel Researcher, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SaskatchewanR.S. Broughton Emeritus Professor, Bioresource Engineering, Macdonald CampusPeter Enright Bioresource Engineering, Macdonald CampusMagdalena Burgess Natural Resource Sciences, Macdonald CampusIan Callum Private Consultant, New JerseyAndrew Jamieson Environmental Engineer, OMAFRA, LondonKimberley Cameron Environmental Scientist, Ministry of the Environment, Hull, QuebecAnna Crolla Wetlands Research Centre, OMAFRA, Alfred College, OntarioChristopher Kinsley OMAFRA, Alfred College, Ontario


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c) Research and Publications3. Co-Authors of Publications

Ngadi, M.O.Hwang, D.K. Chem. Eng. Dept., McGill UniversityKassama, L. Bioresource Eng. Dept., McGill UniversityRaghavan, G.S.V. Bioresource Eng. Dept., McGill UniversityAhmed, J. Food Sci. Dept., UAE University, U.A.E.Ramaswamy, H.S. Food Sci. & Ag. Chem Dept., McGill UniversityAlli, I. Food Sci. & Ag. Chem Dept., McGill UniversityBazhal, M.I. Bioresource Eng. Dept., McGill UniversityChinnan, M.S. Food Sci. Dept., University of GeorgiaMallikarjunan, P. Biological Systems Eng. Dept.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityZuta, P.C. Food Sci. & Ag. Chem Dept., McGill UniversitySimpson, B. Food Sci. & Ag. Chem Dept., McGill UniversityChan, L. School of Dietetics & Human Nutrition, McGill UniversityLeclerc, L. Food Sci. & Ag. Chem Dept., McGill UniversityAmiali, M. Bioresource Eng. Dept., McGill UniversityClaire, B. Food Sci. & Ag. Chem Dept., McGill UniversitySmith, J.P. Food Sci. & Ag. Chem Dept., McGill UniversityEl-Khoury, W. Food Sci. & Ag. Chem Dept., McGill UniversityCayouette, B. Food Sci. & Ag. Chem Dept., McGill UniversityBlanchfield, B. Food Sci. & Ag. Chem Dept., McGill UniversityAustin, J.W. Food Sci. & Ag. Chem Dept., McGill University

Prasher, S.O.Yang Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringGoel Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringAndrade Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringPatel Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringKim Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringBonnell Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringKarimi Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringBroughton Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringClark Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringBassi Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringLandry Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringKok Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringEnright Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringMadramootoo Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringCallum Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringUno Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems EngineeringLacroix Dept. of Animal ScienceDonnelly Dept. of Plant ScienceWhelan Dept. of Natural Resource SciencesBurgess Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences


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Atti Dept. of Plant ScienceSmith Dept. of Plant ScienceRamaswamy Dept. of Food Science and Agricultural ChemistryChen Dept. of Food Science and Agricultural ChemistryAhmad Université du Quebec, IAF-INRS-SantéViau Université LavalApostol Université LavalParent Université LavalMoya Universite LavalMiller York UniversityTremblay Agriculture and Agrifood CanadaBriantais Agriculture and Agrifood Canada

Raghavan, G.S.V.Akyel, C. Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole PolytechniqueAmiali, M. PhD candidate, Agric & Biosystems Engineering, McGill UniversityBazhal, M.I. Post-Doc, Agric & Biosystems Engineering, McGill UniversityGauthier, J. Professional Associate, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole PolytechniqueVenkatesh, M.S. Assistant Professor, Dept. Agric. & Bioresource Engineering, University of

Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan (former PhD student).Liao, X. Assistant Professor, Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin

China (former PhD student).Yaylayan, V. Professor, Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, McGill

University.Wu, G. Research scientist, Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University,

Tianjin China.Fennir, M.A. Professor, University of Tripoli, Lybia (former PhD student).Landry, J.A. Assistant Professor, École de Technologies Supérieures, Montreal, Canada Ngadi, M.O. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agric. & Biosystems Engineering, McGill UniversityDuval-Arnould, B. Undergraduate stage student from France.Smith, J.P. Professor, Dept. of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, McGill University.Sarrazin, P. Graduate Student, Dept. Animal Science, McGill UniversityMustafa, A.F. Professor, Dept. Animal Science, McGill University

Wang, N.Naiqian Zhang Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University,

USAFloyd Dowell USDA Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, USAMaohua Wang Center of Precision Agriculture, China Agricultural University, P.R. ChinaDallas E. Peterson Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, USAJiantao Wei Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USAQuentin Stoll Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University,

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c) Research and Publications4. Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures

Barrington, S.Barrington, S. 2003. Bioresource Engineering - a new career opportunity. Université du 7 novembre,

Medjez el Bab, Tunisia.

Bonnell, R.Managing water resourc es for irrigation via a GIS based decision support system. R. Bonnell & A.

Dominquez. Universidad Technologica de Panama. Los Santos, Panama, June 2002.

A model for watershed scale management of water resources. R. Bonnell. Universidad Technologica dePanama. Los Santos, Panama. June 2003.

Workshop leader at the 1st Watershed Mgmt Workshop, Los Santos, Panama. June 2003.

World water crisis: Food Safety Issues, Guest Lecturer, Nutrition Students, Macdonald Campus, November2002.

Invited speaker to the Freshman program. Sept 2002.

Madramootoo, C.A.El-Gammal, E.E., E. Khalifa, F.M. Ramadan and C.A. Madramootoo. 2003. Assessment of monitoring

program for soil and irrigation water salinity by using geostatistical analysis in some NAWQAMproject pilot areas. Presented at the National Water Quality and Availability Management ProjectSymposium, Alexandria, Egypt, January 21-24, 2003.

Senecal, C. And C.A. Madramootoo. 2003. The Diverse Nature of River Basin Management inCanada. Presented at the Second International Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, Phoenix,Arizona, May 12-15, 2003.

Madramootoo, C.A. 2003. The Aral Sea Basin: Canada - Central Asia Cooperation in Integrated WaterResources Management. Presented at the 10th Annual International Conference on the St.Lawrence River Ecosystem, Cornwall, Ontario, May 13-15, 2003.

Mehdi, B.B. and C.A. Madramootoo. 2003. Facilitating Climate Change Compacts and AdaptationResearch for Canadian Water Resources. Presented at the 10th Annual International Conferenceon the St. Lawrence River Ecosystem, Cornwall, Ontario, May 13-15, 2003.

Amiali, M., Ngadi, M.O. and Raghavan, V.G.S. 2002. Inactivation of e.coli in liquid egg using pulsed electricfields. Paper presented at the ASAE annual international meeting. July 30 - July 31, 2002. Chicago,Il.

Ngadi, M.O.Amiali, M., Ngadi, M.O. and Raghavan, V.G.S. 2002. Determination of electrical properties of liquid foods

exposed to pulsed electric fields. Paper presented at the International Institute of FoodTechnologists (IFT) annual international meeting. June 15 - 19, 2002. Anaheim, CA.


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c) Research and Publications (Continued)4. Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures

Ngadi, M.O. (Continued)Bazhal, M., Ngadi, M., Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Textural changes in apple tissue during combined pressureand pulsed electric field treatment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the CSAE. July 14 to 17, 2002.Saskatoon, Sasketchwan.

Ngadi, M.O. and Hwang, D.K. 2002. Modeling heat transfer and heterocyclic amines formation in meatpatties during frying. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the CSAE. July 14 to 17, 2002.Saskatoon, Sasketchwan.

Bazhal, M., Ngadi, M.O. and Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Application of pulsed electric field technologies infood extraction processes. Paper presented at NABEC 2002, June 16 -19, 2002. Quebec City.

Prasher, S.O.Yang, C.-C., S. O. Prasher and P. K. Goel. 2002. Differentiation of crop and weeds by decision tree

analysis of multi-spectral data. ASAE Paper No. 02-1080 presented at the 2002 ASAE InternationalMeeting held in Chicago, IL.

Wang, S., S. O. Prasher, C.-C. Yang, S. H. Kim, A. Madani, P. M. MacDonald and S. D. Robertson. 2002.Field validation of a mathematical model to estimate nitrate-nitrogen pollution from subsurfacedrained farmlands. ASAE Paper No. 02-2039 presented at the 2002 ASAE International Meetingheld in Chicago, IL.

Yang, C.-C., S. O. Prasher and J. Whalen. 2002. Prediction of yields for corn and soybean withhyperspectral imagery. ASAE Paper No. 02-3139 presented at the 2002 ASAE InternationalMeeting held in Chicago, IL.

Yang, C.-C. S. O. Prasher, S. Wang, S. H. Kim. C. S. Tan and C. Drury. 2002. Simulation of nitrate-Npollution in southern Ontario with DRAINMOD-N. NABEC Paper No. 02-028 presented at theNortheast Agricultural and Biological Engineering Conference (NABEC)in Quebec City, QC.

Raghavan, G.S.V.Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Global perspective in post-harvest technology and its impact on value addition of

commodities. Keynote Address at the Second International Agronomy Congress on Balancing Foodand Environmental Security - A Continuing Challenge. New Delhi, India, November 2002.

Liao, X., G.S.V. Raghavan, and V.A. Yaylayan. 2002. Dielectric properties of chemicals at 2450 and 915MHz. The Fourth Chinese Microwave Chemistry Symposium. Chengdu, China, September 2002.

Dai, J., and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Extraction of ginsenosides from American Ginseng (Panasquinquefolium L.) root with different extraction methods. The Fourth Chinese MicrowaveChemistry Symposium. Chengdu, China, September 2002.

Williams, O.J., G.S.V. Raghavan and V. Orsat. 2002. Degradation of unsaturated fatty acids duringsoybean drying. IDS 2002 (International Drying Symposium), Beijing, August 2002.


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Raghavan, G.S.V. (Continued)Orsat, V., and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Initial studies on super-high frequency microwave heating of foods.

IDS 2002 (International Drying Symposium), Beijing, August 2002.

Sarrazin, P., A.F. Mustafa, P.Y. Chouinard and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Effects of feeding raw androasted sunflower seed on rumen fermentation and total tract nutrient utilization by lactating dairycows. Joint Meeting American Dairy Science Association, the American Society of Animal Scienceand the Canadian Society of Animal Science. Quebec City, July 21-25, 2002. Paper number 280.

Amiali, M. M.O. Ngadi, G.S.V. Raghavan and J.P. Smith. 2002. Inactivation of E.coli in liquid egg usingpulsed electric fields. ASAE Conference, July 2002, Chicago. Paper #026019.

Bazhal, M., M.O. Ngadi, and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Modeling compression of cellular systems exposedto combined pressure and pulsed electric fields. ASAE Conference, July 2002, Chicago. Paper#026021.

Williams, O.J., G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Modified atmosphere refrigerated storage of bananas. ASAEConference, July 2002, Chicago. Paper # 026194.

Williams, O.J., G.S.V. Raghavan, V. Orsat and J. Dai. 2002. Microwave assisted extraction ofcapsaicinoids from capsicum species. ASAE Conference, July 2002, Chicago. Paper #026003.

Liao, X., G.S.V. Raghavan, and V.A. Yaylayan. 2002. Dielectric properties of esterification. ASAEConference, July 2002, Chicago. Paper # 026006.

Dai, J., E. Quintas and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Microwave-Assisted Extraction of American Ginseng(Panax quinquefolius) root. IMPI Conference, July 2002, Atlantic City, NJ, USA.

Liao, X., G.S.V. Raghavan, and V.A. Yaylayan. 2002. Use of microwave data to study the muta-rotationof glucose in water. IMPI Conference, July 2002, Atlantic City, NJ, USA.

Bazhal, M., M. Ngadi and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Textural changes in apple tissue during combinedpressure and pulsed electric field treatment. AIC-CSAE/SCGR 2002 meeting, Saskatoon,Saskatchewan. July 14-17, 2002. Paper no.02-401.

Fennir, M.A., J.A. Landry, G.S.V. Raghavan and A. Kushalappa. 2002. Application of heat and massbalance on a two-bin research scale potato storage facility. AIC-CSAE/SCGR 2002 meeting,Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. July 14-17, 2002. Paper no.02-403.

Fennir, M.A., J.A. Landry, G.S.V. Raghavan and A. Kushalappa. 2002. Respiration rates of healthy anddiseased potatoes under experimental storage. AIC-CSAE/SCGR 2002 meeting, Saskatoon,Saskatchewan. July 14-17, 2002. Paper no.02-402.


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Raghavan, G.S.V. (Continued)Rennie, T.J. and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Laminar parallel flow in a tube-in-tube helical heat exchanger.

AIC-CSAE/SCGR 2002 meeting, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. July 14-17, 2002. Paper no.02-406.

Amiali, M., M.O. Ngadi and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Determination of electrical properties of liquid foodsexposed to pulsed electric fields. IFT Annual conference, Anaheim, California, June 2002.

Bazhal, M., M. Ngadi, and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Application of pulsed electric field technologies in foodextraction processes. NABEC 2002, June 2002, Quebec City. Paper no. 02-035.

Liao, X., G.S.V. Raghavan, and V.A. Yaylayan. 2002. Changes in dielectric properties of MaillardReaction Model System. NABEC 2002, June 2002, Quebec City. Paper no. 02-038.

Sunjka, P., and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Hybrid drying of cranberries. Poster presented at NABEC 2002(Northeast Agr-Bio Engineering Conference), Quebec City, June 2002. Paper no. 02-040.

Tavora, L.N., V. Orsat and G.S.V. Raghavan. 2002. Cranberry storage and packaging studies. Posterpresented at NABEC 2002 (Northeast Agr-Bio Engineering Conference), Quebec City, June 2002.Paper no. 02-012.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Past, present and future of post-harvest technology. Invited lecture given atCentral Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology, (CIPHET), Ludhiana, Punjab, India,November 2002.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Inaugural Address, Opening Ceremony of the Agro-processing centre at KanurPudur, Tamil Nadu, India, November 2002.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Inaugural Address, Opening Ceremony of the Agro-processing centre at BabyGrama, Karnataka, India, November 2002.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Institutional linkages to address issues related to post-harvest technology. Invitedpresentation at the Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China, September 2002.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Institutional linkages to address issues related to post-harvest technology. Invitedpresentation at the Northwest Agricultural University, Chongqing, China, September 2002.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Future prospects of neem industry using microwave assisted processing. Invitedpresentation at the Yunnan Zhongke Bio-Industry Co. Ltd., Kunming, China, September 2002.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Microwave assisted processing. Invited lecture at the Chinese ResearchAcademy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), August 26, 2002.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Food security in South India, CIDA Tier 1 project. Invited lecture presented atUniversity of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India. July 2002.


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Raghavan, G.S.V. (Continued)Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Food security in South India, CIDA Tier 1 project. Invited lecture presented atCollege of Agricultural Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur. July 2002.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Post-harvest production handling of fruits and vegetables. Invited lecture toindustry and government scientists and engineers under NABAD, University of AgriculturalSciences, Bangalore, India. July 18, 2002.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Post-harvest technology: Future of Food Security. Invited lecture presented atTamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India. July 11, 2002.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2002. Post-harvest potential in Karnataka, Invited lecture presented at University ofAgricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, India, June 27, 2002.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2003. Inaugural Address, Opening Ceremony an Agro Processing Centre atKutthinagere, Karnataka, India, March 2003.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2003. Higher education in food process engineering. Invited presentation at the Collegeof Agricultural Engineering, Kumlur Campus of TNAU, Tamil Nadu, India, March 2003.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2003. Loss reduction through post-harvest technology in food systems. Invitedpresentation at the first training programme conducted by UAS-Bangalore for the UAS-Dharwadstaff in the area of postharvest technology and food processing. February 2003.

Raghavan, G.S.V. 2003. CIDA/McGill project: Goals. Invited presentation to the UAS-Dharwad,UAS-Bangalore and TNAU-Coimbatore Staff, February 2003.

Wang, N.Applications of embedded systems and Controller Area Network in Agriculture. Forum on Agricultural and

Biosystems Engineering Development Strategy (FABEDS-2002), June 25-28, 2002; Yangling,China.

Wheat field tests for an optical sensor-based, real-time, embedded, weed-detection and spray-controlsystem. Paper No. 02-1179. 2002 ASAE Annual Conference. July 28-30, 2002.

A structural and modular approach to implement communication interface for tractor electronics communication using CAN Kingdom. ASAE Paper No. 02-1178, 2002 ASAE Annual Conference.July 28-30, 2002.

c) Research and Publications5. Supervision of and collaboration with postdoctoral fellows and other visitors

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Madramootoo, C.A. (Continued)Eng. E. El-Gammal Visiting Drainage Engineer, Egypt

Ngadi, M.O.Maksym Bazhal Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow, Ukraine

Prasher, S.O.Dr. C.-C. Yang Post-Doctoral Fellow, McGill UniversityDr.Raman Patel Post-Doctoral Fellow, McGill UniversityDr. S. Kim Visiting Scientist, South KoreaMs. L. Wang Visiting Scientist, ChinaDr. J. Givi Visiting Scientist, IranMr. T. Brouillet Visiting Student, France

Raghavan, G.S.V.Dr. Valerie Orsat Post-Doctoral NSERC Fellow. October 2000 - September 2002.Dr. Zhun Liu Senior Staff, University of Nankai, Tianjin, China. Microwave assisted chemistry

training in Canada. May - October 2002. CIDA-China Microwave Processingin China Project.

Prof. G. Sun Professor, University of Nankai, Tianjin, China. Microwave assisted chemistrytraining in Canada. May - September 2002. CIDA-China Microwave Processingin China Project.

Dr. Weixiang Li Professor, University of Nankai, Tianjin, China. Microwave assisted chemistrytraining. May - September 2002. CIDA-China Microwave Processing in ChinaProject.

Dr. A.M. Krishnappa Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, India. Technicaltour in Canada, October 2002. CIDA-India Project “Consolidation of FoodSecurity in South India”.

Dr. Patil Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad, India. Technicaltour in Canada, November 2002. CIDA-India Project “Consolidation of FoodSecurity in South India”.

Ms. S. Geyer Engineering Training at the B.Sc. Level. Undergraduate exchange student fromFrance. In-training June-September 2002.

Dr. V. Sreenarayanan Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India. Technicaltour in Canada, May 2003. CIDA-India Project “Consolidation of FoodSecurity in South India”.

Dr. CT. Devadass Head, Department of Agricultural Processing, TNAU, Coimbatore, India.Technical tour in Canada, May 2003. CIDA-India Project “Consolidation of FoodSecurity in South India”.

Ms. K.C. Venkatesan Graduate Student, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.Technical tour in Canada, May 2003. CIDA-India Project “Consolidation of FoodSecurity in South India”.

Dr. R.A. Budihal Extension Leader, UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. Technical tour in Canada,May 2003. CIDA-India Project “Consolidation of Food Security in South India”.


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Raghavan, G.S.V. (Continued)Dr. T. Guruswamy Director of Instruction, College of Agricultural Engineering, Raichur, UAS,

Dharwad. Technical tour in Canada, May 2003. CIDA-India Project"Consolidation of Food Security in South India".

Dr. K.C. Shashidhar Asst. Prof., Dept. of Agric. Engineering, UAS, Dharwad, Technical tour inCanada, May 2003. CIDA-India Project “Consolidation of Food Security in SouthIndia”

Dr. V. Kiresur Head, Project Planning & Monitoring Cell, UAS, Dharwad, Technical tour inCanada, May 2003. CIDA-India Project “Consolidation of Food Security in SouthIndia”

Wang, N.Dr. Tom Pearson (Scientist) and Dr. Feng Xie (postdoctoral fellow), Measuring wheat kernel vitreousnessusing image processing and neural network, USDA Grain Marketing and Production Research Center,Manhattan, Kansas, USA.

Dr. Feng Xie (postdoctoral fellow), Measuring wheat kernel vitreousness using image processing andneural network, USDA Grain Marketing and Production Research Center (GMPRC), Manhattan,Kansas, USA.

Prof. Naiqian Zhang -- Visiting Professor from Kansas State University, USA

c) Research and Publications6. Refereeing and Editorial Work

Barrington, S.Ph. D. Examination committee. Mrs. Portejoie, CEMAGREF, Rennes, France and invited to attend aEuropean Community for research in agro-food waste management. December 2002.

Review of grant applications for:USDA Small Business Innovation Research, Washington, DCNatural Science and Engineering Research Council of CanadaSocial Science Research Council of Canada

Quebec Ministry of Environment, Innovative initiatives.


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Barrington, S. (Continued)Review of refereed papers for:

- Canadian Agricultural Engineering, Saskatoon, Canada - Journal of Environmental Quality, New York, USA. - Journal of Environmental technology, Europe. - Agricultural Engineering Research, Silsoe Research Institute, Silsoe, UK- Bioresource Technology, Elsevier Publishers, The Netherlands- Separation Technology, Marcel Decker inc., New York, USA- Agricultural Systems, Elsevier Publishers, The Netherlands- Soil, Air and Water Pollution, The Netherlands.- Soil and Sediment Contamination, Lewis Publishers, Florida, USA.- Environmental Engineering Science, London, England.- Canadian Soil Science, Agricultural Institute of Canada. - Transactions of the ASAE, St Joseph, Michigan, USA.- Agricultural Engineering, St Joseph, Michigan, USA.- The West Indies Journal of Agricultural Engineering. - The Canadian Journal of Soil Science, Agricultural Institute of Canada.

- Hong Kong Baptist University Journal.

Bonnell, R.Paper reviewing for: Natural Resources Forum Journal Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology Revue des Sciences de l`eau World Development Journal Canadian Water Resources Association, CWRA CSAE judge of :

Student design project reports Student Paper competition Graduate Student Thesis competition

Kok, R.I regularly review papers for various journals - I don’t track this type of activity.

Madramootoo, C.A. Canadian Water Resources JournalCanadian Agricultural Engineering JournalComputers and Electronics in AgricultureJournal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering of ASCEJournal of Environmental QualityRevue des Sciences de l’EauReviewed NSERC and FCAR research grant applicationsCanadian Water Resources JournalCanadian Agricultural Engineering JournalComputers and Electronics in AgricultureJournal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering of ASCEJournal of Environmental Quality


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c) Research and Publications (Continued)6. Refereeing and Editorial Work

Madramootoo, C.A. (Continued)Revue des Sciences de l’EauReviewed NSERC and FCAR research grant applications

McKyes, E.Associate Editor, Soil and Tillage Research Journal.Associate Editor, Journal of Terramechanics.Reviewer, Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research (U.K.).Reviewer, Canadian Agricultural Engineering.Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering.Reviewer, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage Journal

Ngadi, M.O.Applied BiotechnologyTransactions of the ASAECanadian BiosystemsCIGR EjournalJournal of Food MicrobiologyJournal of Food ScienceJournal of the Science of Food and AgricultureLebensmittel-Wissenschaft und-Technologie (LWT)Food Research International

Prasher, S.O.Transactions of the ASAECanadian Biosystems EngineeringEnvironmental TechnologyNSERC Strategic GrantCanadian Journal of Remote SensingInternational Journal of Colloids and SurfacesJournal of Environmental Engineering

Raghavan, G.S.V.Editorial Board Member, Hungarian Agricultural Engineering Journal. Hungarian Academy ofSciences. 2001 -Editorial Board Member, The West Indian Journal of Engineering, 2001 - Editorial Board Member, Journal of Food Engineering (Elsevier) 1999 -Served as a reviewer for Power and Machinery, Electric Power and Processing, and Food

Engineering Divisions of American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Canadian Societyof Agricultural Engineers, Journal of Food Process Engineering, Canadian Journal ofChemical Engineering (Canadian Biosystems Engineering), and Journal of AgriculturalEngineering Research, Drying Technology, Journal of Food Engineering, Journal ofFood Science, Iranian Journal of Agricultural Engineering.


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c) Research and Publications (Continued)6. Refereeing and Editorial Work

Raghavan, G.S.V. (Continued)Served as external referee for the USDA granting committeesServed as external referee for CORPAQ granting committeesServed as external referee for NSERC granting committeesCo-Editor, Handbook of Postharvest Technology: Cereals, fruits, vegetables, tea and spices.

Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2002-Advisory Board Member, International Drying Symposium (Biennial) activities.

Sheppard, J.Manuscript Reviews: Biotechnology Progress, Water ResearchThesis Examiner: Ph.D. - McGill

M.Sc. - McGillGrant application reviews: NSERC, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Wang, N.Transactions of the ASAE 6Applied Engineering in Agriculture 2Canadian Biosystems Engineering 1

c) Research and Publications7. Other Scientific Activities

Bonnell, R.Thesis examiner of numerous Masters and Doctorate ThesesPro-Dean at one Ph.D. oral defenseActing Chair at one Ph.D. oral defenseReviewer of Scientific and technical merits, strategic projects competition, NSERC.

Madramootoo, C.A.

Vice-President, Canadian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CANCID), 1999 - present

Vice-President, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, 2000-2003.

Member, Management Board, ICID, 2002 - present.

Chair, Permanent Committee on Strategy Planning and Organizational Affairs, ICID, 2002 - present.

Scientific Manager of the Water Sector of Canadian Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation ResearchNetwork, 2002 - present.

McKyes, E.Associate Editor, Soil and Tillage Research Journal.Associate Editor, Journal of Terramechanics.


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Reviewer, Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research (U.K.).

c) Research and Publications (Continued)7. Other Scientific Activities

McKyes, C.A. (Continued)Reviewer, Canadian Agricultural Engineering.Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering.Reviewer, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage Journal

Wang, N.NSERC International Opportunity Funds: Prepared with Dr. Suzelle Barrington (Principal), Dr.Vijaya Raghavan, and Dr. Khaled El Moueddeb, November 2002.NATEQ Strategic Grant proposal, November 2002FQRNT proposal, Autonomous Mobile Robot for Weed Control, February 2003FPCCQ proposal, Autonomous Mobile Robot for Weed Control, February 2003.The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAP) - Food Safety Research Program, Development of a Rapid and Reliable System for the Detection of Grain Damage and Contamination, March 2003. NSERC Strategy grant submission: Prepared with Dr. Shiv Prasher and Dr. Michael Ngadi.Hyperspectral imaging system for meat quality evaluation, April 2003Establishing an Instrumentation and Control Laboratory for the ABE Department:

Equipment purchasing:o General purpose instruments:

P Oscilloscope P Function generator P Power supply P Digital multimeter (DMM) P Handheld DMMs P Light meter

o Microcontroller system development P Tasking C166 embedded system development tools P Phytec kitCon C166 board

o NI data acquisition system P NI LabView software P NI data acquisition system (hardware) P NI communication modules (GPIB and CAN)

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McGill University, Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental SciencesDepartment of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering

Strategic PlanNovember 2002

1. The Evolution of Bioresource Engineering

Over the past two centuries, great strides in technological development, coupled with an expandingworld population, have contributed to complex global problems, including vast amounts of urban,industrial and rural wastes, air and water pollution, shrinking natural resources, forests and biologicaldiversity, shortages of food and clean water, and the accelerated consumption of nonrenewableresources. In the twenty-first century, the confronting of these global problems will demandprofessional engineers who are trained to seek and develop sustainable solutions that are economicallyviable, environmentally sustainable, and socially acceptable. Bioresource Engineers combine technicalskills, expert knowledge and environmental sensitivity to seek sustainable solutions for existing andemerging problems in natural resources, the environment, and food production and processing.

Bioresource Engineers combine the biological sciences with evolving engineering principles to solveproblems in producing, processing, packaging and distributing food and fiber, protecting andenhancing the environment for an ever-increasing world population, and seeking sustainable,environmentally sound solutions that minimize waste and continually recycle materials. They designsystems to protect our water and soil resources, develop machine systems for food and fiberproduction and processing, design structures and environmental control systems, and design andanalyze systems for processing and adding value to food products and biological resources.

The particular specialties in which Bioresource Engineers can study and work include:? Natural resources and ecosystem management? Water and land resources management, drainage, irrigation, water quality, and land

reclamation? Soil machine interactions? Environmental quality, waste management and bioremediation? Plant and animal production systems? Design of mechanically sound, biologically sensitive machines? Design of structures and buildings for crops, animals, and biological materials? Energy production and conservation? Food and fiber processing engineering

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# Biotechnology and Fermentation Engineering

2. The Evolution of McGill University's Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering Degree

In 1910 a Manual Training Program was instituted at Macdonald College of McGill University, tobe renamed the Department of Agricultural Engineering and Manual Training in 1914, and more simplythe Agricultural Engineering Department in 1918. In 1946 the Agricultural Engineering program wasformed as an option in the B.Sc. (Agr.) degree in the Faculty of Agriculture. During the 1960's, theDepartment developed the third accredited professional engineering B.Sc. (Agr. Eng.) degree programin Canada, from which the first students graduated in 1971. In addition, the first postgraduate studentcompleted his M.Sc. degree in 1968, followed by the first Ph.D. degree in 1969. Since then over 250postgraduate degrees have been earned by men and women in the Department. Thirty years ago, the B.Sc. (Agricultural Engineering) program at McGill followed the traditionallines of other North American universities, offering basic science, mathematics and engineeringcourses, together with areas of specialization in agricultural soil and water engineering, power andmachinery, structures and animal environment, and farm power and processing. In the 1970's thetraditional role of agricultural engineers began to evolve and expand to incorporate facing thechallenges in food production, processing, packaging and storage engineering, as well as a broaderrange of problems in environmental and natural resources protection, management and remediation,and information technology. Since then, most Agricultural Engineering educational programs in the western world have changedtheir names to Biosystems or Bioresource(s) Engineering to reflect their widening professional studiesand research activities. These developments have been accompanied by explosive advancements incomputer and materials technologies, as well as biological sciences, which have been incorporatedimmediately into Agricultural and/or Bioresource Engineering education and research programs, andprofessional careers. As of this year, graduates of the McGill B.Sc. (Agricultural Engineering) programhave found employment in various sectors in the following proportions:

Sector No. Graduates

Industry, including machinery companies, buildings, high technology,information technology, construction

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Government extension, research and administration in departments ofAgriculture, Environment, Water Development, Foreign Affairs, etc.

120

Consulting engineering for small and large companies 90

Education in universities, colleges and schools 55

Advanced studies, M.Sc., Ph.D., postdoctoral 35

Other, retired, deceased, unknown 210


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2. The Evolution of McGill University's Bachelor of Agricultural Eng. Degree (Cont’d)

At the present time, the number of undergraduate students in the program should be higher, and theundergraduate program design is more than 20 years old. In addition, much of the teaching laboratoryfacilities and equipment is outdated, some of it being more than 30 years old.

The Department sees undergraduate student recruitment as one of its priorities. It will endeavor toincrease undergraduate enrolment through the redesign of the undergraduate curriculum, the proposedname change and by the development of streams in Bioresources Engineering.

3. Department Research Activities and Postgraduate Programs:

The research strength of the Department lies in the following areas:

(a) Water and land resources management including drainage, irrigation, water quality and landreclamation; and decision support system for precision crop cultivation and management.

(b) Biotechnology, for example the scale-up of food bio-reactor processes based on recombinantmicroorganisms and marine-product related studies of bio-fermentation; the evaluation of foodfunctionality through Raman/FT-IR interfacing of rheological and super-critical extraction equipment;food and bioprocess engineering and preservation of fresh produce; the evaluation of thermal, physicaland functional properties of food systems for process optimization, product quality and safety.

(c) Environmental Engineering, such as ecological ways and means of utilizing renewable wastes andwastewater with specialized bio-digestion systems using a combination of anaerobic and aerobicdigestion; manure management and odor control practices for the conservation of air, water and soilresources resulting from agri-food activities; intelligent control systems to achieve a quantum leap insystem performance and productivity in agricultural and food applications.

The researchers in the department have been successful in attracting over 10 million dollars infunding (in 2001-2002) from various agencies, viz. NSERC, FCAR, Industry, CFI, CIDA, IDRC,and IICA. The major projects funded by the CFI and FCAR-stratégique are:

(i) Alleviation of environmental degradation due to intensive agriculture and anthropogeniccontamination,

(ii) Integrated and Innovative technologies for agri-food processing,

(iii) Food process engineering laboratory,

(iv) La géomatique au service de l'agriculture de précision, projet d'infrastructure (in collaborationwith Laval University),

(v) Infrastructure de recherche pour le suivi hydro-météorologique et l'agriculture de précision (withLaval University),

3. Department Research Activities and Postgraduate Programs (Cont’d):

(vi) La Géomatique au service de l'agriculture (with Laval University).


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Major CIDA funded international projects are:

(i) Water Resources Management and Training Project in the Aral Sea Basin,

(ii) Microwave Assisted Processing in China: Towards Cleaner Industry and Environment,

(iii) Consolidating Food Security in South India.

Negotiations are under way to obtain another major CIDA Project in China under the auspices ofthe Canada- China Higher Education Program, namely improved post-harvest handling, food processengineering and nutrition.

The research program of the department is well recognized both nationally and internationally,which helps in the recruiting of high quality graduate students to our graduate degree programs. Theapplication numbers to undertake graduate studies in the department are high; hence there is noproblem in recruiting well qualified graduate students. Appendix I of this report gives the numbers ofpostgraduate students enrolled, and the volume of research activities and output of the Departmentover the past five years.

4. The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Five Year Plan, 2003-2008:

The Department sees undergraduate student recruitment as one of its priorities. It will endeavor toincrease undergraduate enrolment through the redesign of the undergraduate curriculum, the proposedname change, and by the development of streams in Bioresources Engineering.

Executive Summary

The staff of the Department have discussed and agreed upon the desired changes to the program'scurriculum structure following recent scientific and professional events described above. Theobjectives and means that they have planned for the next five years are summarized below.

(a) Redesign the B.Sc. curriculum to reflect current and future developments in Bioresourcetechnology and areas of activity, and submit these changes for University approval.

(b) Change the Department and degree names to Bioresource Engineering.(c) Improve and upgrade material for printed and internet publicity about the modernized

program.(d) Integrate new staff replacements and development with the directions of the B.Sc. curriculum

modifications in objective (a) above, as well as with current and planned areas of research andpostgraduate training.

4. The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Five Year Plan, 2003-2008:Executive Summary (Cont’d)

(e) Locate resources for and plan upgraded teaching laboratories and equipment.

(f) Expand academic involvement in McGill and international academic programs.

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Department staff agreed, after many months of reflection and discussion, that there should be amore flexible choice of specialty areas offered to students in Bioresource Engineering, which requires alarger number of engineering complementary courses and fewer required courses in the program. Also,it is desired to identify for incoming students several streams or options of study to follow in order thatthey may concentrate clearly on certain areas of the broad discipline of Bioresource Engineering.Other proposed changes include the renaming of many courses to reflect their scientific andtechnological evolution over recent decades, the participation of students in more research andprofessional seminars, the creation of an introductory Principles of Biosystems / BioresourceEngineering course for new students, and the initiation of a wide choice of basic sciencecomplementary courses to give students the scientific background in many new areas of study andfuture careers. The proposed revised curriculum is available upon request.

(b) Change the Department and degree names to Bioresource Engineering

To reflect the modern evolution of the engineering education, activities and research of theDepartment, and to symbolize this enlarged scope of career opportunities to potential students, theDepartment is in the process of applying for changes in the names of the unit and its bachelor’s degreeto the Department of Bioresource Engineering, and the B.Eng. (Bioresource), respectively.

(c) Improve and upgrade material for printed and internet publicity about the modernizedprogram

In order to attract undergraduate students from both urban and rural milieu, and to inform them ofthe breadth of and career opportunities in Bioresource Engineering, it is necessary to improve andupgrade material for printed and internet publicity about the modernized program. Work has begun onnew internet web pages for the Department undergraduate program, facilities, student clubs, staff andresearch activities. It remains to prepare high quality printed material and a compact disk to presentthis material at fairs, shows and school visits.

(d) Integrate new staff replacements

Any staff replacements and development over the next five years will be integrated with thedirections of the B.Sc. curriculum modifications in objective (a) above, as well as with current andplanned areas of research and postgraduate training.

(e) Locate resources for and plan upgraded teaching laboratories, equipment and computers

The proposed B.Eng. (Bioresource) program will replace the present B.Sc. (AgriculturalEngineering) but will maintain an emphasis on hands-on laboratory work in most courses. Since muchof the present equipment and facilities are 20 or 30 years old and more, and technology has evolvedconsiderably, it is necessary to locate resources for and plan modern teaching laboratories, equipmentand computers. Examples of facilities and equipment that are in critical need at the present timecomprise:

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software.· Modern fluid mechanics laboratory equipment, including water flow measurement systems (flumes,

weirs, flow meters), a hydraulic test bench, and pump demonstration units.· Environmental quality laboratory equipment, such as water quality samplers and testing apparatus

and soil water flow columns.· Soil testing equipment, including time domain reflectometry, permeameters, porosity funnels,

pressure plates, hydrometers, soil mechanics testing devices, and a soil-machine testing bin.· An automated station for gathering meteorological data.

In order to develop these facilities, a task force will be established in the Department to address theproblem, and to identify solutions and actions to alleviate it.

(f) Expand academic involvement in McGill and international academic programs

The Department has joined in cooperative interdisciplinary programs both in McGill and ininternational ventures. For example, Department students and courses are involved in the efforts of theMcGill School of the Environment, and in the Minor in Environmental Engineering with the Faculty ofEngineering. In addition, the staff is actively involved in the 15 credit Field Study Semester in Panama.Designed for senior undergraduate students, this program is a joint venture between McGill Universityand the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. It comprises research in Panama, socialchange, environmental management for developing areas, and neotropical environments. Hands-onexperience is gained through individual internship and research projects organized aroundmultidisciplinary environmental issues. The nature of these projects center on practical environmentalproblems and questions important for Panama.

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(f) Expand academic involvement in McGill and international academic programs (Cont’d)

? Brace Centre for Water Resources Management: The BraceCentre is a collaborative undertaking between the Faculty of Engineeringand the Department. The Centre is located on the Macdonald Campus. Professors from the department contribute to the Centre in variouscapacities: Members, Associate Director and Director. There are 17academic members of the Centre drawn primarily from the Faculty ofEngineering and the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The Centre has a very active research program in water resourcesmanagement, with many projects in Canada and overseas. The Centrehosts an Annual Public Water Symposium and also an Annual GraduateStudents Colloquium.

? McGill School of Environment (MSE): Many of the professors areassociate members of the McGill School of Environment and participateactively with numerous workshops, committee meetings, planning sessionsand teaching within the MSE. Dr. Bonnell was one of the founding stafffor the extremely successful Field Study Semester in Panama program.

? Farm Management Technology (FMT) and other programs in theFaculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences (FAES): Thedepartment provides academic input in the curriculum development of theFMT program. It also offers nine courses to the program. In addition thedepartment offers four courses to the other programs in the Faculty.

? Continuing Education (CE): An increasingly important role forengineering departments is to provide continuing education programs forengineers and other technical professionals whose careers would benefitfrom courses designed to update their knowledge in their current field, orprovide an introduction to emerging areas within the engineering discipline.In the spring of 2002, Prof. Sheppard was approached by Vitesse CanadaInc., a non-profit company established by the National Research Councilof Canada, to investigate the potential of the Department of Agriculturaland Biosystems Engineering, in conjunction with other departments withinthe faculty, to offer a comprehensive continuing education program inbioprocessing technology. This program would be in response to the


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(f) Expand academic involvement in McGill and international academicprograms (Cont’d)

Continuing Education (CE): (Continued)

need for an increased number of highly skilled professionals in thisemerging field of engineering. It is planned that the program would initiallyinclude up to seven courses offered over a 6 month period, utilizing theexisting facilities within the Faculty. The longer-term goal for Vitesse is toestablish a National Bioprocess Training Centre in partnership with theuniversity, supported by an infusion of new capital equipment and possiblya Chair, sponsored by Industry Canada. The department considers thesenew opportunities to be an important contribution to fulfilling its academicmission within the engineering and scientific communities.

? Recent Activities: i) The Barbados Eco-System Studies Field Course isbeing offered at McGill's Bellairs Research Institute. This course coversfood production systems, international development issues andenvironmental concerns under the themes of farming systems, soil andwater issues, field management, crops, processing, transportation andpolicies, Island economy and the role of food crops, international trade infood and agricultural commodities, agricultural technology improvement,research strategy and institutions, mechanization, and resource use,environmental problems, challenges, agro-forestry, organic farming,opportunities and policies, social issues, culture, customs, food and theenvironment, effects of decisions on resource use, sustainabledevelopment, and food security issues for small island nations. ii) Aprogram of field study in sustainable water development to be delivered atMcGill’s Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados is going through theuniversity approval process. This will be a full semester of studies (15credits) offered each Fall semester. Once established, the activity will befinancially self-sustaining, funded through special fees paid by participatingstudents.

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