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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Biological Systems Engineering Department

We Bring Engineering to Life.

Ron Yoder

Ronald E. Yoder, P.E.

Department Head, Biological Systems Engineering

Professor of Biological Systems Engineering

Associate Director, Agricultural Water Management
Extension and Agricultural Research

Office: 223 L.W. Chase Hall
(402) 472-3905

email: ryoder2@unl.edu

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Journal articles
Book Chapters

JOURNAL ARTICLES

2007 Tyner, J. S., W. C. Wright, and R. E. Yoder. 2007. Identifying Long-Term Preferential and Matrix Flow Recharge at the Field Scale. TRANSACTIONS of the ASABE. 50(6):2001-2006.
2005 Miranda, F. R., R. E. Yoder, and J. B. Wilkerson. 2005. An Autonomous Controller for Site-Specific Management of Fixed Irrigation Systems. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 48:183-197.
Yoder, R. E., L. O. Odhiambo, and W. C. Wright. 2005. Effects of Vapor Pressure Deficit and Net-Irradiance Calculation Methods on the Accuracy of the Standardized Penman-Monteith Equation in a Humid Climate. ASCE J. of Irr. and Dr. 131(3):1-10.
Yoder, R. E., L. O. Odhiambo, and W. C. Wright. 2005. Evaluation of Methods for Estimating Daily Reference Crop Evapotranspiration at a Site in the Humid Southeast of USA. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 21(2):197-202.
2004 Li, J., R. E. Yoder, L. O. Odhiambo, and J. Zhang. 2004. Simulation of Nitrate Distribution Under Drip Irrigation Using Artificial Neural Networks. Irrigation Science 23:29-37.
Odhiambo, L. O., R. S. Freeland, R. E. Yoder, and J. W. Hines. 2004. Investigation of a Fuzzy-Neural Network Application in Classification of Soils using Ground-Penetrating Radar Imagery. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 20(1):1-9.

2003 Wilson, R. C., R. S. Freeland, J. B. Wilkerson, and R. E. Yoder. 2003. Inferring Subsurface Morphological Transitions using Bulk Electrical Conductivity. TRANSACTIONS of the ASAE 46(5):1435-1441.
Freeland, R. S., M. L. Miller, R. E. Yoder, and S. K. Koppenjan. 2003. Forensic Application of FM-CW and Pulse Radar. Journal of Engineering and Environmental Geophysics 8(2):97-103.
Zobeck, T. M., T. W. Popham, E. L. Skidmore, J. A. Lamb, S. D. Merrill, M. J. Lindstrom, D. L. Mokma, and R. E. Yoder. 2003. Aggregate-Mean Diameter and Wind- Erodible Soil Predictions Using Dry Aggregate-Size Distributions. SSSAJ 67(2):425-436.
2002 Freeland, R. S., R. E. Yoder, J. T. Ammons, and L. L. Leonard. 2002. Integration of Real-Time Global Positioning with Ground-Penetrating Radar Surveys. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 18(5):647-650.
Freeland, R. S., Inman, D.J., R. E. Yoder, and J.T. Ammons. 2002. Detecting Vertical Anomalies within Loessial Soils Using Ground-Penetrating Radar. Technical Note in Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 18(2):263-264.
Freeland, R. S., R. E. Yoder, J. T. Ammons, and L. L. Leonard. 2002. Mobilized Surveying of Soil Conductivity Using Electromagnetic Induction. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 18(1):121-126.
Zuo, G., W. C. Wright, N. R. Rainwater, E. C. Drumm, and R. E. Yoder. 2002. Factors Affecting Determination of Subgrade Water Content from Multi-Segment Time Domain Reflectometry Probes. Transportation Research Record, 1808:3-10.
Inman, D. J., R. S. Freeland, J. T. Ammons, and R. E. Yoder. 2002. Soil Investigations Using Electromagnetic Induction and Ground-Penetrating Radar in Southwest Tennessee. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 66:206-211.
2001 Wright, W. C., R. E. Yoder, N. R. Rainwater, and E. C. Drumm. 2001. Calibration of Five-Segment Time Domain Reflectometry Probes for Water Content Measurement in High Density Materials. ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal 24(2):172-184.

Odhiambo, L. O., R. E. Yoder, and D. C. Yoder. 2001. Estimation of Reference Crop Evapotranspiration Using Fuzzy State Models. Transactions of the ASAE 44(3):543-550.

  Inman, D. J., R. S. Freeland, R. E. Yoder, J. T. Ammons, and L. L. Leonard. 2001. Evaluating GPR and EMI for Morphological Studies of Loessial Soils. Soil Science 166(9):622-630.
  Rainwater, N. R., G. Zuo, E. C. Drumm, W. C. Wright, and R. E. Yoder. 2001. In-situ Measurement and Empirical Modeling of Base Infiltration in Highway Pavement Systems. Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1772:143-150.
  Yoder, R. E., R. S. Freeland, J. T. Ammons, and L. L. Leonard. 2001. Mapping Agricultural Fields with GPR and EMI to Predict Offsite Movement of Agrochemicals. J. of Applied Geophysics 47(2001):251-259.

BOOK CHAPTERS

2003 Yoder, R. E. 2003. Irrigation Efficiency. Chapter in Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering, edited by Dennis R. Heldman. Marcel Dekker, Inc, New York, New York, pp. 543-545.