Dr. Sreekala Gopalapillai Bajwa
Associate Professor
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Office: ENGR 231
Phone: (479) 575-2878
Fax: (479) 575-2846
E-mail: sgbajwa@uark.edu
WWW: http://www2.baeg.uark.edu/faculty/bajwa/bajwa.html
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Ph.D. Agricultural Engineering
Teaching and Research
RESEARCH:
Environmental: Remote Sensing, Agricultural Air Quality, Water Quality, Precision Agriculture
Modeling: Artificial Neural Networks, Spatial Modeling
Bio-fiber Composites
TEACHING:
BENG 3803: Mechanical Design in Biological Engineering
BENG 4113/5113: Digital Remote Sensing and GIS
BENG 5703: Design and Analaysis of Experiments for Engineering Research
BENG 4803: Precision Agriculture
Biographical Information
EXPERIENCE:
Associate Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
University of Arkansas, 2007- present
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
University of Arkansas, 2001- 2007
Adjunct faculty, Dept of Electrical Engineering
University of Arkansas, Jun. 2003- 2006
Visiting Scientist, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Jun-Jul. 2003.
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Agricultural Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, 2000-2001
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, Department of Agricultural Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996-2000
Assistant Professor, Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering
Kerala Agricultural University at Tavanur- India, 1994-1996
Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur- India, 1994
AWARDS AND HONORS:
ASABE Outstanding Agricultural Engineer, Arkansas Section, 2008
AMA-SHIN NORINSHA-AAAE Young Researcher Award from AAAE, 2007
Honorable mention-Superior Paper Award from ASABE, 2007
Outstanding Reviewer of the IET Division Award from ASABE, 2007
Honorable mention as invited reviewer for IET Division Paper Award, ASABE 2007
Outstanding UG student mentor – recognized at the 2007 award dinner at the UA
Best Undergraduate Research (faculty mentor) award from UA Teaching Academy, 2006
Listed in Marquis Who is Who is Science and Engineering, 2006
Faculty advisor to Epsilon chapter of Alpha Epsilon, which received award for most improved chapter in 2002 and 2004 at the national level, 2002-present.
Best poster award won by graduate students at the ASAE State meetings in 2003, 2004 & 2007.
Letter of appreciation from the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs for having most impact on one or more undergraduate students during their career at the University.
Membership in honor societies Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Epsilon, and Gamma Sigma Delta
1999 Off-road & Powerplant Congress paper was selected as one of the best for includion in SAE Trans.
Competitive Travel grants from CIC/WISE, & University of Illinois Graduate College
GATE Fellowship from Government of India, 1992-1994.
ASPEE Research Institute Fellowship, 1993.
ICAR Junior Research Fellowship, 1991.
KAU Merit Scholarship for academic excellence, 1987-1991.
STUDENT ADVISING
Mansour Leh, Ph.D. 2009 (exp). Remote sensing methodology to identify and quantify contribution of various sources of sediment in West Fork White River.
Prathamesh Bandekar, MS. 2009 (exp). Mitigation of ammonia emission from concentrated broiler houses.
Naresh Pai, Ph.D. 2010 (exp) - Co-advisor
Subodh Kulkarni, Ph.D. 2008. Spatial analysis of soybean canopy response to soybean cyst nematode in Eastern Arkansas: An approach to future precision agriculture technology application.
Nitin Singh, MS. 2007. An artificial neural network based approach for removal of surface water reflections from the above-water radiometric measurements.
Vibhava Vibhava, MS. 2006. Pesticide pollution risk assessment in L’Anguille River Watershed.
Ashish Mishra, MS. 2005. Spectrometry for canopy nitrogen monitoring, yield modeling and mid season nitrogen management in rice.
Jayarani Kandaswami, MS. 2005. Spectrometric data to quantify sensory attributes of red meat.
Thesis Committee
Feiya Zhao, MS. 2010 (exp). Ammonia emission dynamics and measurement strategies in broiler houses. DeptL Bio & Ag Engineering
Robert Rorie, MS. 2010 (exp). Measurement of N status in corn using digital imagery based color measurement. Dept: Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences.
Mica Doubledee, MS. 2010 (exp). Soybean Charcoal rot – diagnosis and resistance evaluation. Dept: Plant Pathology.Xiaoyan Hu, MS. 2009 (exp). Response of difference maturity group of soybean to drought stress. Dept: Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences.
Barbara Boland, MS. 2007. An expert system decision tree classification model for the location of blue oak in the interior coast ranges of San Benito County, California. Dept: Geosciences
Eylem Mutlu, Ph.D. 2006. Development of artificial neural network models for hydrologic predictions in agricultural watersheds. Dept: Bio & Ag Engineering.
Tetsuaki Ishibashi, Ph.D. 2006. Evaluation of maturity group 00 through II soybean under the ultra-short season production system in the mid-south. Dept: Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences.
Vijay Garg, Ph.D. 2006. Development and evaluation of a physical hyperspectral optical – Monte Carlo model for an aquatic medium reflectance simulation. Dept: Bio & Ag Engineering.
Scott Monfort, Ph.D. 2005. Potential for remote identification of within-field problem zones associated with Meloidogyne Incognita and Thielaviopsis Basicola for site-specific control in cotton. Dept: Plant Pathology
George Montgomery, MS. 2002. Satellite remote sensing as a potential tool to classify poorly drained soils in Eastern Arkansas. Dept: Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences.
Undergraduate Student Advising
Rebecca Logsdon. 2007-09. Development of a distributed neural network model for hydrological modeling (Honors thesis supervisor).
Aaron Strobel. 2008. Computational Modeling of Oxidative Stress: An Analysis of NAD(P)H oxidases (Honors thesis committee member).
Lind Tarantino. 2008. Design
of a temperature profiling system for use in thermal processing of food products (Honors thesis committee member).Chris Nelson. 2008. Chemical composition of agricultural residues used as ligno-cellulosic fiber fillers in thermoplastic composites.
Nelia Sandowal. 2007-08. Evaluation of natural fibers for suitability in Ligno-cellulosic composites (LCC).
Krystal Arlington. 2007. Preliminary design of a water curtain for ammonia removal from broiler houses.
Will Scott. 2007. A housing design for a PM sampler for continuous monitoring in a broiler house.
Alexander Anthony. 2006. Long-term performance evaluation of wood-plastic composites with accelerated aging.
Jack Bourne. 2004-06. Lignocellulosic-thermoplastic composite materials from agricultural residue.
Ben Hester. 2004. Biodegradation of cotton gin waste under outdoor conditions.
Selected Publications
Over 30 peer-reviewed publications and over 70 conference presentations
Bajwa, S. G., A. R. Mishra, and R. Norman. 2009. Plant nitrogen accumulation dynamics in rice (Oryza sativa L.) in response to nitrogen management, soil and cultivar. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 40: (In press).
Bajwa, S. G., D. S. Bajwa, and A. S. Anthony. 2009. Effect of laboratory aging on the physical and mechanical properties of wood-polymer composites. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials 22(2): 227-243.
Bajwa, S. G., J. Kandaswamy, and J. K. Apple. 2009. Analysis of nutrient value of ground beef with VNIR spectroscopy. Journal of Food Engineering. 92(4); 454-460. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2008.12.025.
Kulkarni, S., S. G. Bajwa, R. T. Robbins, T. A. Costello, and T. L. Kirkpatrick. 2008. Aerial remote sensing to detect soybean cyst nematodes (Heterodera glycines) in a resistance rotation study. Transactions of the ASABE 51(5): 1511-1517. Kulkarni, S.S., S. G. Bajwa, J. Rupe, and T. Kirkpatrick. 2008. Spatial correlation of crop response to soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines). Transactions of the ASABE 51(4): 1451-1459.Singh, N. K., S. G. Bajwa, and I. Chaubey. 2008. Removal of surface reflectance from above-water visible-near infrared spectroscopic measurements. Applied Spectroscopy 62(9): 1013-1021.
Mutlu E., I. Chaubey, H. Hexmoor, and S. G. Bajwa. 2008. Comparison of artificial neural network models for hydrologic predictions at multiple gauging stations in agricultural watersheds. Hydrological Processes 22(26): 5097-5106.
Bajwa, S. G., J. Kandaswamy, and J. K. Apple. 2008. The effect of scanning angle on measured reflectance and tenderness prediction in beef longissimus thoracis steaks. Transactions of the ASABE 51(1): 351-357.
Bajwa, S. G., and E. D. Vories. 2007. Spatial analysis of cotton canopy response to irrigation in a moderately humid area. Irrigation Science 25(4): 429-441
Bajwa, S. G., and M. Mozzaffari. 2007. Effect of N treatments on vegetative index of cotton canopy – A spatial regression approach. Transactions of the ASABE 50(5):1883-1892.
Bourne, P. J., S.G. Bajwa, and D. S. Bajwa. 2007. Evaluation of cotton gin waste as a lingo-cellulosic substitute in wood-plastic composites. Forest Products Journal 57(1/2): 127-131
Bajwa, S. G., and H. Gadiraju. 2007. Laboratory evaluation of clinoptilolite for ammonia emission mitigation from broiler houses. In. Proc. International Symposium on Air Quality and Waste Management for Agriculture. Sept. 15-19, Broomfield, CO.
Singh, N., and S. G. Bajwa. 2007. Analysis of evolving surface urban heat island in NW Arkansas. In. Proc. IEEE Region 5 Technical Meeting, April 20-22, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.
Leh, M., and S. G. Bajwa. 2007. Long term land use patterns in NW Arkansas. In. Proc. IEEE Region 5 Technical Meeting, April 20-22, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.
Kwasy, A., M. Leh, J. Cothren, and S. G. Bajwa. 2007. Photogrammetric mapping with the Terrahawk airborne camera system. GIS Day Symposium. Nov. 14, 2007. Fayetteville, AR.
Bajwa, S. G., and J. Rupe. 2007. Soybean disease discrimination with canopy reflectance. ASABE Annual International Meeting and Conference, July 17-21, Minnesota, MN.
Kulkarni, S. S., S. G. Bajwa, J. C. Rupe, and T. Kirkpatrick. 2007. Spatial correlation of crop response to soybean cyst nematode. ASABE annual international meeting and conference, July 17-21, Minnesota, MN.
Bajwa, S. G. 2006. Partial least square regression modeling of rice plant nitrogen on spectral data. Transactions of the ASAE 49(1): 229-237.
Bajwa, S. G., and A. R. Mishra. 2006. Effect of suspended sediment and chlorophyll concentrations on water reflectance. International Agricultural Engineering Journal 15(2-3): 139-150.
Bourne, P. J., S. G. Bajwa, and D. S. Bajwa. 2006. Evaluation of rice hull as a ligno-cellulosic substitute in wood plastic composites. Inquiry 7:66-71.
Bajwa, S. G., and L. F. Tian. 2005. Soil fertility characterization in agricultural fields using hyperspectral remote sensing. Transactions of the ASAE 48(6): 2399-2407.
Kandaswamy, J., S. G. Bajwa, and J.K. Apple. 2005. Chemometric modeling of fat, cholestrol and caloric content in cooked and fresh ground beef with NIR reflectance spectroscopy. In. Proc. SiCON-Sensor for Industry Conference, Houston, TX, Feb 8-10, 2004. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.
Bajwa, S. G., P. Bajcsy, P. Grove, and L. F. Tian. 2004. Hyperspectral image data mining for band selection in agricultural applications. Transactions of the ASAE 47(3): 895-907.
Kulkarni, S. S., and S. G. Bajwa. 2004. Spatial modeling of soil compaction with geographically weighted regression. In: Proc. ASPRS Annual Fall conference, Sept 12-16, Kansas City, MO.
Bajwa, S. G., Mason, J. M., and Rupe, J. 2003. Remote sensing for agricultural crop stress monitoring and diagnosis. In. Proc. 30th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 10-14 November, 2003. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Bajwa, S. G., and L. Tian. 2002. Multispectral CIR image calibration for cloud shadow and soil background influence using intensity normalization. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 18(5): 627-635.
Bajwa, S. G., P. Groves, and L. Tian. 2001. An application oriented hyperspectral data compression method for precision agriculture applications. In. Proc. ASPRS Annual Meeting and Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
Bajwa, S. G., and L. Tian. 2001. Modeling and mapping of spatial weed density within a soybean field from aerial CIR images. Transactions of the ASAE44(6): 1965-1974.
GopalaPillai, S., L. Tian, and D. Bullock. 1999. Yield mapping with digital aerial color infrared (CIR) images. SAE Transactions: Journal of Commercial Vehicles 108(2): 303-316.
GopalaPillai, S., and L. Tian. 1999. In-field variability detection and yield prediction in corn using digital aerial imaging. Transactions of the ASAE42(6): 1911-1920.
GopalaPillai, S., L. Tian, and J. Zheng. 1999. Evaluation of a flow control system for site-specific herbicide application. Transactions of the ASAE 42(4): 863-870.
GopalaPillai, S., L. Tian, and D. Bullock. 1999. Yield mapping with digital aerial color infrared (CIR) images. Agricultural-machinery, tires, tracks, and traction. p. 112-125.
