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Biological Systems Engineering Department

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George Meyer

George E. Meyer

Professor of Biological Systems Engineering

Office: 250 L. W. Chase Hall

email: gmeyer1@unl.edu

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles
Symposium or workshop proceedings
Books
Professional society papers
Popular publications

NIWR Annual Report

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JOURNAL ARTICLES

2004 Heckman, N., G.E. Meyer , G.L. Horst , R. Gaussoin, 2004. Direct calorimetric analysis of turf grass sod for storage life assessment. Scientia Horticulturae, 102(4):1-10.
Meyer, G.E., T. W. Hindman, D.D. Jones, D. A. Mortensen. 2004. Digital camera operation and fuzzy logic classification of plant, soil, and residue color images. Engineering in Agriculture, 20(4):519-529.
Meyer, G. E., J. Camargo Neto, D. D. Jones, T. W. Hindman. 2004 Intensified fuzzy clusters for determining plant, soil, and residue regions of interest from color images. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 42(3):161-180.
2001 Al-Faraj , G.E. Meyer, and G.L. Horst. 2001 A Crop Water Stress Index for Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) Irrigation Decision-making - A Traditional Method. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (Elsevier) 31(2):107-124.
  Meyer, G.E. 2001, History and progress of optical weed detection and discrimination for spot spraying control. In J.A. DeShazer and G.E. Meyer (Ed). Optics in Agriculture: 1990 - 2000. A Critical Review. SPIE Optical Engineering Press. Bellington, WA., pp 101 -139.
  Al-Faraj A., G.E. Meyer, and G.L. Horst. 2001 A Crop Water Stress Index for Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) Irrigation Decision-making - A Fuzzy Logic Method, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (Elsevier) 32(2):69-84
  Lin, X., K.G. Hubbard, and G.E. Meyer, 2001. Air flow characteristics of commonly used temperature radiation shields. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech. 18(3):329-339.
  Lin, X., K.G. Hubbard, E.A. Walter-Shea, J.R. Brandle and G.E. Meyer, 2001. Some perspectives on recent in-situ air temperature observations: modeling the microclimate inside radiation shields. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech. 18(9):1470-1484.
2000 Al-Faraj, A., G.E. Meyer, G.R. Schade, and G.L. Horst. 2000. Dynamic analysis of moisture stress in tall fescue (Festuca Arundinacea) using canopy temperature, irradiation, and vapor deficit. Trans. of the ASAE, 43(1):101-109.
1999 Hindman, T.M. and G E. Meyer. 1999. Fuzzy Logic Detection Parameters for Plant Species Identification. EUFIT ‘99 - Proceedings of the 7th European Congress on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing on CD-ROM, Verlag Mainz Publishers, Aachen Germany, 3:1-8.
1998 Meyer, G.E., T. Mehta, M. F. Kocher, D. A. Mortensen, and A. Samal. 1998. Textural imaging and discriminate analysis for distinguishing weeds for spot spraying. Trans. of the ASAE, 41(4):1189-1197.
  Blackmer, T.M., J.E. Scepters, and G.E. Meyer. 1996. Analysis of aerial photography for nitrogen stress within corn fields. Agronomy Journal, 88(5):729-733.
1995 Woebbecke, D.M., G.E. Meyer, K. Von Bargen, and D.A. Mortensen. 1995. Color indices for weed identification under various soil residue and lighting conditions. Trans. of the ASAE, 38(1)259-269.
  Woebbecke, D.M., G.E. Meyer, K. Von Bargen, and D.A. Mortensen. 1995. Shape features for identifying young weeds using image analysis. Trans. of the ASAE, 38(1):271-281.
  Zhang, H., J.R. Brandle, G.E. Meyer, and L. Hodges. 1995. A model to evaluate windbreak protection efficiency. AgroForestry Systems (Kluwer, Netherlands), 29:191-200.
  Zhang, H., J.R. Brandle, G.E. Meyer, and L. Hodges. 1995. The relationship between pen windspeed and windspeed reduction in shelter. AgroForestry Systems (Kluwer, Netherlands), 32:297-311.
1994 Al-Faraj, A., G.E. Meyer, and J.B. Fitzgerald. 1994. Simulated water use and canopy resistance of New Guinea Impatiens (Impatiens X hb.) in single pots using infrared heating. Trans. of the ASAE, 37(6):1973-1980.
  Meyer, G.E., M.R. Fletcher, and J.B. Fitzgerald. 1994. Calibration and use of a pyroelectric thermal camera and imaging system for greenhouse infrared heating evaluation. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 10:215-227.
  Woebbecke, D.M., A. Al-Faraj, and G.E. Meyer. 1994. Calibration of large field of view thermal and optical sensors for plant and soil. Trans. of the ASAE, 37(2):669-677.

SYMPOSIUM OR WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

2004 Wrobel, B.B., D.A. Leopold, E.H. Holbrook, A. Bien, G.E. Meyer, N.A. Bratney, and J. Meza. 2004. Decreased Nasal Mucosal Sensitivity in Older Subjects. Presented at the Golden Anniversary Meeting of the American Rhinologic Society, New York, NY.
  Leopold, D.A., B.B. Wrobel, E.H. Holbrook, A. Bien, J. Meza, N.A. Bratney, and G.E. Meyer. 2004. Human Nasal Mucosal Sensitivity Patterns. Paper III, presented at the 20th Congress of the European Rhinologic Society (ERS.) and 23rd International Symposium on Infection and Allergy of the Nose (ISIAN), The Bosphorus Congress and Exhibition Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
2003 Meyer, G. E. 2003. Thermodynamics for Living Systems, A Core Course. Session 2108, American Society of Engineering Education, Annual Conference Proceedings, on CD-ROM.
2001 Meyer, G.E. and J.A. DeShazer (Editors). 2001. Precision Agriculture and Biological Quality II. Optical Engineering Press, Bellingham, WA. (ISBN: 0-8194-3868-5) 4203, 176 pp.
  Meyer, G.E., 2001. History and Progress of Optical Weed Detection and Discrimination for Spot Spraying Control. Meyer, G.E. and J.A. DeShazer (Editors). 1998. Optics in Agriculture- A Critical Review. SPIE– Optical Engineering Press, Bellingham, WA. (ISBN: 0-8194-3884-7) CR80: 101-139
1999 Cundiff, J.S., G.E. Meyer, D.D. Schulte, and L.D. Clements. 1999. Thermodynamics for Living Systems. Session 1308, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, on CD-ROM.
  Hindman, T.M. and G E. Meyer. 1999. Fuzzy logic detection parameters for plant species identification. EUFIT '99 - Proc.7th European Congress on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing on CD-ROM, Verlag Mainz Publishers, Aachen Germany, 3:1-8.
1998 Meyer, G.E. and J.A. DeShazer (Editors). 1998. Precision Agriculture and Biological Quality. SPIE–The International Society for Optical Engineering. (ISBN: 0-8194-3155-9) 3543: 390 pp.
1997 Meyer, G.E, T.M. Hindman, and M. Schultze. 1997. Simulation tools for evaluating optical plant sensors for variable-rate application technologies. SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE Proceedings, 2907:139-150.
  Meyer, G.E. and J.A. DeShazer (Editors). 1997. Optics in Agriculture, Forestry, and Biological Processing II. SPIE–The International Society for Optical Engineering. (ISBN: 0-8194--2309-2) 2907: 284 pp.
1996 Smith, D., J.B. Fitzgerald, and G.E. Meyer. 1996. Control of insects on ornamental cuttings by vacuum disruption. HortScience, 31(4):676.
  Merritt, S.J., G.E. Meyer, C. Lesiak, and K. Von Bargen. 1994. Optical plant sensor field of view determination using fourier transforms. Optics in Agriculture and Forestry, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE Proceedings, 2345:266-276. Meyer, G.E., J.K. Randall, and C.T. Morrow. 1996. Teaching instrumentation and controls using multimedia and television instructional methods session. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, on CD ROM.
1994 Al-Faraj, A., G.E. Meyer, and J.B. Fitzgerald. 1994. Evaluation of plant water use and crop temperature of New Guinea Impatiens (Impatiens X HB.) under infrared heating. Hort. Sci., 29(5):442.
  Bahri, A., G.E. Meyer, K. Von Bargen, and J.B. Fitzgerald. 1994. Spatial statistical measures of crop temperature variability using infrared thermography in radiant heated greenhouses. Optics in Agriculture and Forestry. SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. SPIE Proceedings, 2345:236-246.
  Blackmer, T.M., J.E. Scepters, and G.E. Meyer. 1994. Remote sensing to detect nitrogen deficiency in corn. In P.C. Robert, R.H. Rust, and W.E. Larson ed. Proc. Site-Specific Management for Agricultural Systems, Second International Conference, pp. 505-512.

BOOKS

2004 Meyer, G.E., R. M. Brand, Gary DeBerg. 2003. Flow Measurement. in D.R. Heldman (Editor) Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering, Marcel Dekker, inc., ISBN: 0-8247-4266-4, pp 337 - 341 (Refereed).
1998 Meyer, G.E. and J.A. DeShazer. 1998. Precision agriculture and biological quality. SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering. (ISBN: 0-8194-3155-9) 3543:390.
1997 Meyer, G.E. and J.A. DeShazer. 1997. Optics in agriculture, forestry, and biological processing II. SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering. (ISBN: 0-8194-2309-2) 2907:284.
1994 Meyer, G.E. and J.A. DeShazer. 1994. Optics in agriculture, forestry, and biological processing. SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering. (ISBN 0-8194-1678-9) 2345:436.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY PAPERS

1999 Al-Faraj, A., G.L. Horst, and G.E. Meyer. 1999. A fuzzy logic crop water stress index (FL-CWSI) for tall fescue turf irrigation decision-making. ASAE Paper No. 993137, St. Joseph, MI.
  Lin, X, Y. Lan, G.E. Meyer, K.G. Hubbard, and M.F. Kocher. 1998. Development of a high speed PC-based data acquisition and control system. ASAE Paper No. 983121, St Joseph, MI.
  Meyer, G.E., A. Al-Faraj, G.R. Schade, and G.L. Horst. 1999. Dynamic analysis of canopy temperature of tall fescue to moisture stress and irradiance levels. ASAE Paper No. 994125, St. Joseph, MI.
1994 Merritt, S.J., K. Von Bargen, G.E. Meyer, and D.A. Mortensen. 1994. Reflectance sensor and control system for spot spraying. ASAE Paper 941057, Summer Meeting, Kansas City, MO.
  Power, K.C., G.E. Meyer, and J.B. Fitzgerald. 1994. Utilization of PPCAM (Plant Production Cost Accounting/Management System) as a teaching tool in greenhouse management courses. The American Society for Horticultural Science 91st Annual Meeting, Corvallis, OR.
  Power, K.C., G.E. Meyer, D.D. Schulte, and J.B. Fitzgerald. 1994. Utilizing computerized greenhouse heating and cooling analysis and design models as teaching aid for greenhouse management courses. American Society for Horticultural Science 91st Annual Meeting, Corvallis, OR.

POPULAR PUBLICATIONS

  Meyer, G.E., T.G. Franti, and D.A. Mortensen. 1997. Seek and destroy - machine vision identifies weeds for spot spraying. Resource Magazine, Engineering and Technology for a Sustainable World, 4(12):13-14.