Lecturer：Robert T. Burns, Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Dean and Professor

The University of Tennessee Extension

時(shí)間：2012年11月14日下午14:30

地點(diǎn)：2#號(hào)樓302報(bào)告廳

主辦單位：動(dòng)物科技學(xué)院

Dr. Burns serves as the Assistant Dean for Agriculture, Natural Resources & Resource Development and Professor of Biosystems Engineering with the University of Tennessee. As Assistant Dean he is responsible for the Extension programs of seven academic departments as well as the Center for Profitable Agriculture and the UT Soil, Plant and Pest Center within the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Robert also serves as the state Agricultural and Natural Resources (ANR) and Resource Development (RD) Extension Program Leader and is responsible for the ANR and RD Extension programs offered through 95 county Extension offices across the state of Tennessee. Prior to being named as Assistant Dean, Robert served as a Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University, and as Director of the Iowa State University Agricultural Waste Management Team. Under Robert’s leadership, this team conducted applied research and extension programming focused on animalmanure and agricultural waste management that included work on air emissions monitoring and mitigation, manure and nutrient management and anaerobic digestion. Dr. Burns has given over 500 professional presentations and published over 200 technical publications dealing with manure and air quality management. Dr. Burns holds a BS in Agricultural Engineering, MS in Environmental Engineering, and PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Tennessee and is a registered professional engineer.