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Professor Steven Raine

Name :	Professor Steven Raine
Position :	Dean (Faculty of Engineering and Surveying)
Section :	Faculty of Engineering and Surveying Faculty of Engineering and Surveying Administration
Office :	Z452
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1691
Extension :	1691
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BAgSc(Hons), MAgSt, PhD Qld

Home Page : https://eportfolio.usq.edu.au/user/view.php?id=12264
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Professional Memberships

Member of the Australian Society of Soil Science Inc
Member of the British Society of Soil Science
Member of the Soil Science Society of America
Member of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists

Professional Affiliations

Member of Irrigation Australia Limited

Research Interests

- Design and management practices for irrigation systems
- Decision support systems for irrigation management
- Factors influencing soil slaking and dispersion
- Soil aggregate hierarchy and structural stability
- Salinity, sodicity, soil-water and solute movement
- Natural resource management

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

McCarthy, A.C., Hancock, N.H. and RAINE, S.R. (2013). Advanced process control of irrigation: the current state and an analysis to aid future development. Irrigation Science 31(3):183-192. [DOI 10.1007/s00271-011-0313-1]

Gillies, M.H., Smith, R.J. and RAINE, S.R. (2011). Evaluating whole field irrigation performance using statistical inference of inter-furrow infiltration variation. Biosystems Engineering 110(2), 134-143 [doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.07.008]

McCarthy, A.C., Hancock, N.H. and RAINE, S.R. (2011). Real-time data requirements for model-based adaptive control of irrigation scheduling in cotton. Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering 8(2), 189-206.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

AGR3304 Soil Science

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 18 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Science Leader (Irrigation, Soils and Natural Resources), National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture