Dharmendra Saraswat
Assistant Professor/ Extension Engineer- GeoSpatial
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Office: Cooperative Extension Service, 2301 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204
Phone: 501-671-2191, 501-681-5987(mobile)
Fax: 501-671-2303
E-mail: dsaraswat@uaex.edu
Education
Ph.D., Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2007
M.S., Agricultural Engineering, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1990
B.S., Agricultural Engineering, Allahabad University, 1988
Teaching and Research
Research and Extension
Applied research and out-reach education on GeoSpatial technologies (Geographic Positioning Systems, Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing and sensor technology) in agricultural settings, and simulation modeling for watershed management and production agriculture.
Biographical Information
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor/Extension Engineer- GeoSpatial, April 2007 – present, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, AR, USA.
- OPS (Technical), April 2006- January 2007, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, FL, USA.
- Graduate Research Associate, Sept. 2001- March, 2006; Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, OH, USA.
- Scientist, June 1993- August 2001, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India.
- Assistant Professor, December 1991- May 1993, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur, India.
Honors and Awards
- CG Ray Travel Grant to attend ASAE/CSAE Annual Meeting at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 2004.
- Inducted into Elpha Epsilon, Honor Society of Agricultural Engineering. 2002.
- IARI Senior Fellowship for pursuing Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering. 1990-91.
- IARI Junior Fellowship for pursuing M.S. in Agricultural Engineering. 1988-90.
- Third position in B.S. Agricultural Engineering, Allahabad University, India. 1988.
Professional Memberships
- American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 2001- present.
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2005- present.
Selected Publications
Principal publications of the last five years
- Saraswat, D., J.C. Neto, G. Albrigo, and R. Ehsani. 2007. A Comparison of Hierarchical Machine-Learning Technique and GeoCitrus Algorithm for Obtaining Citrus Tree Count and Area from Digital Aerial Imagery (Under Review).
- Saraswat, D., R. Ehsani, M. Sullivan, M. Brown, and L. Brown. 2007. Strawberries Yield Estimation from Digital Multispectral Aerial Imagery Using Multiple Regression and Neural Network Techniques (Under Review).
- Allred, B. J., R. Ehsani, and D. Saraswat. 2006. Comparison of electromagnetic induction, capacitively-coupled resistivity, and galvanic contact resistivity methods for soil electrical conductivity measurement. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 22(2): 215-230.
- Allred, B. J., R. Ehsani, and D. Saraswat. 2005. The Impact of temperature and shallow hydrologic conditions on the magnitude and spatial pattern consistency of electromagnetic induction measured soil electrical conductivity. Trans. of ASAE, 48(6): 2123-2135.
- Saraswat, D. 2005. Geospatial technologies in Ohio vineyards for yield and quality control. Ohio Grape and Wine Short Course. Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH, February 20-22 (Published in CD-ROM).
- Allred, B., R. Ehsani, and D. Saraswat. 2004. The impact of shallow hydrologic conditions on electromagnetic induction measurement of electrical conductivity in a fine-grained soil. ASAE Paper No. 04-2297. St Joseph, Mich: ASAE.
- Saraswat, D., R. Ehsani, N. Watermier, and M. Sullivan. 2003. Potential application of yield data for creating topographic maps. ASAE Paper No. 03-1084. St Joseph, Mich: ASAE.
