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Gary Anderson

Gary Anderson

Title

Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Office Building

Raven Precision Agriculture Center

Office

206

Mailing Address

Raven Precision Ag Building 206
Ag and Biosystems Engineering-Box 2100
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

  • B.S. in agricultural engineering | South Dakota State University | 1975
  • M.S. in agricultural and structural engineering | Iowa State University | 1985
  • Ph.D. in agricultural engineering | Iowa State University | 1987

Academic Responsibilities

  • ABE 324 Agricultural Structures
  • ABE 463 Applied Instrumentation
  • ABE 763 Instrumentation

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

  • Advise agricultural and biosystems engineering students
  • Major professor for graduate students
  • Thesis advisor for graduate students
  • 1987-1990, ASAE student branch advisor
  • 1988-1991, 1994, engineering phonathon
  • 1996-1999, University Student Affairs Committee
  • 1997-2002, University Academic Appeals Committee
  • 1995, University Publications Council
  • 1992, ad hoc Graduate School Proposal Review Committee
  • Served on several departmental committees
  • 1999, University Master Plan Committee
  • 1999-2001, President’s representative on the Student Activities Advisory Council
  • 2001-2004, Hazardous Materials and Laboratory Safety Committee
  • 2000-2005, Engineering College Scholarship Committee
  • 2000-Present, Engineering College Briggs Scholarship Committee
  • 2000-2004, Engineering College Distinguished Engineer nominating Committee chair 2004
  • 2004, Evaluated thesis for Midwest Association of Universities
  • 2005-2007, Aided a M.S. student in his thesis work at Colorado State University
  • 2013-2014, Aided M.S. student in thesis work from Washington State University
  • 2013-2014, University Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Committee, chair
  • 2013-2014, Editor of Journal on Agricultural Engineering published by Global Scientific and Technology Forum
  • 2006-2014, Technical Editor for Frame Building News
  • 2012-2018, Member of the Faculty Senate
  • 2016-2018, Faculty Senate Executive Committee
  • Member of the Library Committee

Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Agricultural Engineers
  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers
  • National Frame Building Association

Awards and Honors

  • 2014, Certificate of appreciation, USDA review panel
  • 2009, Outstanding Reviewer Award,ASABE
  • 2009, Certificate of appreciation, USDA review panel
  • 2003, Elected chair of the ASAE Membership Development Council
  • 2001-2003, Appointed to the ASCE National Energy Policy Committee
  • 2002, Nominated for ASAE Henry Geise Structures and Environment Award
  • 2002, Elected vice chair of the ASAE Membership Development Council
  • 2000, College of Engineering Researcher of the Year Award
  • 1999, Elected as the membership development council representative for the 5th District of ASAE
  • 1997, Elected to the Rural Builder Hall of Fame
  • 1995, Edition of Dictionary of International Biography, International Biography Centre, Cambridge, England
  • 1994, Edition of Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Publishing
  • 1994, Edition of Who’s Who in the Midwest, Marquis Publishing
  • Iowa Chapter of Alpha Epsilon
  • South Dakota State University Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta
  • 1989, Outstanding Young Men of America
  • 1991, Outstanding reviewer for ASAE Structures and Environment Division
  • 1980, Army Commendation Medal
  • 1975, Order of the Engineer

Work Experience

  • 1999-present, teaching and research professor, South Dakota State University Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
  • 2009-2012, professor and METLAB research engineer, South Dakota State University Mechanical Engineering
  • 1993-1999, teaching and research associate professor, South Dakota State University Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
  • 1987-1993, teaching and research assistant professor, South Dakota State University Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
  • 1985-1986, research and teaching, Lab Prep and Research Agricultural Engineering, ISU
  • 1982-1985, assistant professor, General Engineering, ISU
  • 1981-1982, research assistant, ISU
  • 1980-1981, teaching assistant, ISU
  • 1976-1979, company grade training officer, Quarry/Asphalt OIC, Battalion Maintenance, Heavy Equipment Officer, Platoon Leader Executive Officer, U.S. Army

Areas of Research

  • Light Frame Structures
  • Development of a full scale Photobioreactor
  • Vegetable Oil Filters

Department(s)