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Douglas Prairie

Douglas Prairie

Title

Lecturer

Office Building

Raven Precision Agriculture Center

Office

108

Mailing Address

Raven Precision Ag Building 108
Ag and Biosystems Engineering-Box 2100
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Growing up on a family farm near Balaton, Minnesota I learned the value of a hard days work and the impact agriculture makes on our society. Upon graduating from high school I completed my undergraduate degree in agriculture engineering at South Dakota State University and later completed my M.S. in mechanical engineering from Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. I have been fortunate to enhance my degrees through a variety of industry experiences over the last 20 plus years and enjoy my role as an instructor here at SDSU.

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Education

  • B.S. in agricultural engineering | South Dakota State University | 1997
  • M.S. in mechanical engineering | Boise State University | 2004

Academic Interests

  • Agriculture power and machinery
  • Fluid power
  • Precision agriculture

Academic Responsibilities

  • ABE 314 Ag Power and Machines
  • ABE 350 Fluid Power Systems
  • ABE 411/422 Senior Capstone Design
  • ABE 464 Monitoring and Controls in Agriculture
  • AST 412 Fluid Power Technology
  • AST 313 Farm Machinery Management
  • International Quarter Scale Club Advisor

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • ASABE, American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers
  • SAE, Society of Automotive Engineers
  • ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Work Experience

  • Mechanical research manager for POET Research Group
  • Product manager at Raven Industries
  • Engineering manager for Multiquip
  • New product development engineer for CaseIH

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