Fields of Research (FoR)

• Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 099999 )
  
• Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences not elsewhere classified ( 079999 )
  
• Other Engineering ( 409900 )
  
• Agricultural Engineering ( 409901 )
  
• Civil Engineering ( 400500 )
  
• Agriculture ( 300200 )
  
• Agricultural Hydrology ( 300201 )
  
• Water Resources Engineering ( 400513 )
  

Research interests

Surface Irrigation: Hydraulic models for estimation of soil intake parameters. Developing modelling tools for performance evaluation and system optimisation.

Smart Irrigation: Implementing automated control and sensing systems for broadacre cropping. Working towards precision autonomous irrigation systems.

Pressurised Irrigation: Decision support tools for gated pipes and predicting wind distortion of spray patterns from travelling gun machines.

Water Resource Engineering

UniSQ Research affiliations

• Centre for Agricultural Engineering (CAE)
  

Currently teaching courses/programs

AGC1201 Agricultural Engineering Foundation A
AGC2311 Engineering Subsystem Design Project
AGC2302 Topics in Engineering Operations & Maintenance
AGC2303 Agriculture Intermediate Engineering Topics
AGC3301 Agricultural Engineering Advanced A
AGC3314 Agriculture Engineering Sustainable Systems Project
AGR1109 Professionalism in Agriculture
AGR2301 Agricultural Science
ENP1112 Student Engineer Project (Engineering Workplaces)
ENV3104 Hydraulics II
ENV5104 Advanced Hydraulic Systems
ENV4106 Irrigation Science
ENV4107 Water Resource Engineering
AGR2902 Agricultural Field Practice
AGR3903 Soil and Water Practice 2

Teaching experience(Tertiary)

16 Years

Administrative responsibilities

Discipline Leader (Agriculture and Environmental Science)

Research supervisor in the area of:

• Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 099999 )
  
• Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences not elsewhere classified ( 079999 )
  
• Other Engineering ( 409900 )