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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Biological Systems Engineering Department

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John Smith

John A. Smith
Retired June 2011
Professor Emeritus and Machinery Systems Engineer

Office: Panhandle Research & Extension Center
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
(308) 632-1247

email: jsmith5@unl.edu

Research interests
  • Management of machinery for field crops in Nebraska Panhandle
  • Planting and tillage equipment for sugarbeets and dry edible beans
  • Harvest systems for dry edible beans

Extension Education

Selected publications

M.S. Agricultural Engineering
University of Wyoming - Laramie

B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Tri-State University - Angola, Indiana

 

Professional Recognition
  • ASAE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award for Publications: Manuals and Workbooks — “Sugarbeet Production Guide” by R.G. Wilson, J.A. Smith, S.D. Miller, et al., 2002
  • Member of BSE Dept. faculty which received the “University-wide Departmental Teaching Award for the 2001-2002 academic year."
  • Cooperative Extension Excellence in Team Programming Award, 1998
  • Cooperative Extension Excellence in Team Programming Award, 1992
  • IANR Team Effort Award, 1986
  • Epsilon Sigma Delta "Team Award" for Research and Extension, 1986