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Dr Guangnan Chen

Name :	Dr Guangnan Chen
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Agricultural Engineering)
Section :	Faculty of Engineering and Surveying Agriculture, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office :	Z433
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	61 7 4631 2518
Extension :	2518
E-mail :
Qualifications :	PhD Sydney

Professional Memberships

* Member, National Committee, Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture, Institution of Engineers, Australia
* Member, Conference Scientific Advisory Committee, 11th International Agricultural Mechanisation and Energy Congress, 2011, Turkey
* Member, Conference Scientific Program Committee, 17th CIGR World Congress, 13-17 June, 2010, Québec City, Canada
* Member, Conference Organizing Committee, 2009 CIGR International Symposium of the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture, 13-16 September, 2009, Brisbane, Queensland
* Member, Conference Scientific Committee, 2007 Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture Conference, 23-26 September, 2007, Adelaide, South Australia
* Assistant Guest Editor - Special Agricultural Engineering Issue, Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering
* Member, Australasian Association for Engineering Education

Research Interests

I am the Principal researcher/research leader for the following externally funded research projects in the last three years:
* Agricultural Machinery, Simulation and Optimisation of Crop Harvesting and Drying Systems (funded by Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, 2006)
* Reducing Energy Uses in Cotton - Development of EnergyCalc to Assess On-Farm Energy Uses (funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation, 2007) <http://cottonnews.com.au/index.cfm?sID=28&iID=289>
* Reducing Energy Uses and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Intensive Agriculture in Queensland (funded by Queensland Farmers Federation, 2008)
* Evaluation of Opportunities of Energy Saving in Cotton Ginning Process (funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation, 2008-2010) <http://www.usq.edu.au/engsurv/about/fns/nceacotton.htm>

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

* Chen, G. (2009). "Life-Cycle Energy and Carbon Footprint Assessments: Agricultural and Food Products". In: Capehart, B. (Editor). Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology, Taylor & Francis Books, London, UK (Accepted for publication on 18 November, 2009).
* Chen, G. and Baillie, C. (2009). "Development of a Framework and Tool to Assess On-Farm Energy Uses of Cotton Production", Energy Conversion & Management, Vol. 50, No.5, pp.1256-1263.
* Zare, D, and Chen, G. (2009). "Validation of a Simulation Model in Predicting the Drying Parameters for Deep-Bed Paddy Drying", Journal of Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp.78-87.

Most notable :

* Chen, G. and Baillie, C. (2009). "Agricultural Applications: Energy Uses and Audits". In: Capehart, B. (Editor). Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology, 1:1,1-5, Taylor & Francis Books, London, UK.
* Chen, G., Baillie, C., Kupke, P. (2009). "Evaluating On-Farm Energy Performance in Agriculture", Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering (AJMDE), Vol. 7, No. 1, pp.55-61.
* Chen, G. (2007). "Drying Operations: Agricultural and Forestry Products". In: Capehart, B. (Editor). Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology. Vol.1, pp.332-337, Taylor & Francis Books, London, UK. ISBN 978-0-8493-3653-9.
* Chen, G., Schultz, J, Sulman, R. (2006). "Design and Development of a Prototype Small-Plot Research Harvesting System", In: CIGR World Congress 2006: Agricultural Engineering for a Better World, 3-7 Sep 2006, Bonn, Germany.
* Chen, G., Orphant, S., Kenman, S.J. and Chataway, R.G. (2005). "Life Cycle Assessment of a Representative Dairy Farm with Limited Irrigation Pastures", Proceedings of Fourth Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment, 23-25 February 2005, Sydney.
* Chen, G., Anderson, J.A., Bannister, P., Carrington, C.G. (2002). "Monitoring and Performance of a Commercial Grain Dryer", Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, Vol.81, No.1, pp.73-83.
* Chen, G., Bannister, P., Carrington, C. G., Ten Velde, P. and. Burger, F. C. (2002). "Design and Application of a Dehumidifier Dryer for Drying Pine Cones and Pine Pollen Catkins", Journal of Drying Technology, Vol.20, No.8, pp.1633-1643.
* Bild, S., Chen, G. and Trahair, N.S. (1992). "Out of plane Strengths of Steel Beams", Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 118, No. 8, pp. 1987-2003.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

* AGR2302 Agricultural Machinery
* AGR3303 Agricultural Materials and Crop Storage
* AGR4305 Agricultural Soil Mechanics
* AGR3905 Agricultural Engineering Practice

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 15 years
Other : 6 years

Administrative Responsibilities

* Member, Faculty Board (Faculty of Engineering and Surveying)
* Member, Faculty Marketing Committee
* Member, Faculty Staff Workload Committee
* Associate Head/Program Coordinator, Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering