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Research Areas:
Research centers around cropping systems and crop-environment interactions.
Canopy apportionment to quantify early weed-soybean competition.

Most Significant Publications:
Biegel. C.M., J.J. Graveel, L.S. Lee, and J.J. Vorst. 1998.  Eagle Creek Landfill: A Decision Case Study. Jour. Nat. Res. Life Sci. Educ. 27:59-69.

Biegel, C.M., L.S. Lee, J.J. Graveel, and J.J. Vorst 1998.  The Midwest Oil Pipeline Leak: A Case Study.  Jour. Nat. Res. Life Sci. Educ. 27:122-128.

Erickson, B.J., J.J., Vorst, and C.J. Johannsen. 1999. Using Hyperspectral Analysis to Quantify Weather -Induced Crop Injury. Proc. 2^nd European Conf. On Precision Agr. 1:81-89.

Teaching: 
Coordinator, Undergraduate Teaching and Counseling Program
Agronomy 105 Crop Production
Agronomy 460 Contemporary Issues in Agriculture
Agronomy 498 Senior Seminar
Agronomy 399 Special Problems (1 -3 students each year)
Coordinate Crops Resource Center activities
Academic adviser for 25-30 undergraduate Agronomy majors

Extension:
Coordinate and manage Performance Objective and Test Writing for the International and Tri-State
  Certified Crop Adviser Program.
Responsible for creating the International and Tri-State CCA exam.
Lead objective review teams, consult with states on their programs, and maintain the National CCA
   Test Question file.

Professional Experience:
Visiting Teaching Fellow, Ethics, Science, and Environment Program, Oregon State University, 1995
Curriculum Development Specialist, Faculty of Agriculture, Jordan University of Science and
  Technology, Irbid Jordan, Oct.-Dec. 1994
Professor, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, 1983 to present
Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, 1976 to 1983
Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, 1969 to 1976 
Visiting Professor, Institut for Pflanzenbau, Friederich Wilhelms Institut, Bonn, West Germany 1975-76

Awards and Honors:
Crop Science Teaching Award, Crop Science Society of America, 1999
USDA Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in Teaching Regional Award, 1992
Outstanding Teacher, School of Agriculture, Purdue Univ., 1990
Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1990
Fellow, American Society of Agronomy, 1988; 1989
Recipient of ASA Agronomic Resident Education Award, 1982
Teacher Fellow, National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Counselor, School of Agriculture, Purdue University, 1972
Outstanding Teacher in Agronomy, Purdue University, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1988
Recipient of Purdue Parent's Fund Innovative Teaching Grant, 1975
Recipient of Outstanding Undergraduate Counseling Award, Purdue School of Agriculture, 1973
Faculty Fellow, Meredith Resident Hall, 1973-2001; Senior Faculty Fellow, 1977-1980

Education:
B.S., Ohio State University, 1964
M.S., Ohio State University, 1966
Ph.D., Univ. of Nebraska, 1969 

Date joined staff:  1969

Last updated:  May, 2007