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Abbasi, F

Navabian, M. and Liaghat, A. M. and Smith, R. J. and Abbasi, F. (2009) Empirical functions for dependent variables in cutback furrow irrigation. Irrigation Science, 27 (3). pp. 215-222. ISSN 0342-7188

Agrira, A

Buttsworth, David R. and Agrira, Abdalla and Malpress, Ray and Yusaf, Talal (2009) Simulation of instantaneous heat transfer in spark ignition internal combustion engines - unsteady thermal boundary layer modelling. In: ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2009 Fall Technical Conference (ICEF2009), 20-24 Sept 2009, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Al-Haddad, A

Al-Haddad, A. and Salih, Nbhan D. and Wen, Chin Chee and Yusaf, Talal and Yousif, Belal (2009) New technique measuring film thickness for tribological machines. In: 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2009) , 13-19 Nov 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA.

Apan, A

Jensen, Troy and Apan, Armando and Zeller, Les (2009) The use of a UAV as a remote sensing platform in agriculture. In: 2009 CIGR International Symposium of the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture: Agricultural Technologies in a Changing Climate, 13-16 Sept 2009, Brisbane, Australia.

Atzeni, M

Sohn, Jae Ho and Pioggia, Giovanni and Craig, Ian and Stuetz, Richard M. and Atzeni, Michael G. (2009) Identifying major contributing sources to odour annoyance using a non-specific gas sensor array. Biosystems Engineering, 102 (3). pp. 305-312. ISSN 1537-5110

Baillie, C

Chen, Guangnan and Baillie, Craig Peter (2009) Development of a framework and tool to assess on-farm energy uses of cotton production. Energy Conversion and Management, 50 (5). pp. 1256-1263. ISSN 0196-8904

Bell, D

Dunn, Mark and Billingsley, John and Bell, D. (2005) Field testing of vision based macadamia yield monitoring. In: 12th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2005, Manila, Phillipines.

Billingsley, J

Billingsley, John and Oetomo, Denny and Reid, John (2009) TC spotlight: Agricultural robotics. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 16 (4). 16, cont-19. ISSN 1070-9932

Billingsley, John (2009) Essentials of control techniques and theory. Taylor & Francis (CRC Press) , Florida, USA. ISBN 9781420091236

Billingsley, John (2009) Automation and the farmer. In: 2009 CIGR International Symposium of the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture: Agricultural Technologies in a Changing Climate, 13-16 Sept 2009, Brisbane, Australia.

Billingsley, John (2008) Innovative mechatronic technologies in horticultural systems. In: The 2008 National and Trans-Tasman Horticultural Science Conference, 21-23 July 2008, Surfers Paradise, Queensland. (Unpublished)

Billingsley, John (2008) Some agricultural applications of machine vision. In: 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2008), 19-23 May 2008, Pasadena, California.

Billingsley, John (2008) More machine vision applications in the NCEA. In: Billingsley, John and Bradbeer, Robin, (eds.) Mechatronics and machine vision in practice. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 329-340. ISBN 978-3-540-74026-1

Billingsley, John and Visala, Arto and Dunn, Mark (2008) Robotics in agriculture and forestry. In: Siciliano, Bruno and Khatib, Oussama, (eds.) Springer handbook of robotics. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 1065-1077. ISBN 978-3-540-23957-4

Billingsley, John (2008) Viewpoint: localisation. Sensor Review, 28 (2). ISSN 0260-2288

Dunn, Mark and Billingsley, John (2007) The use of machine vision for assessment of fodder quality. In: 14th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, 3-5 Dec 2007, Xiamen, China.

Billingsley, John (2007) Bovine Intelligence for training horses. In: 14th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, 3-5 Dec 2007, Xiamen, China.

Billingsley, John (2007) Vision applications in agriculture. In: 14th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, 3-5 Dec 2007, Xiamen, China.

Billingsley, John (2007) Industry and academe - which one holds the cutting edge? In: 9th Electrical Manufacturing Lecture, 19 Sept 2007, Brisbane, Australia. (Unpublished)

Billingsley, John (2006) Some mechatronics applications in agriculture. In: 10th International Conference on Mechatronic Technology, 2006, 20-24 Nov 2006, Mexico City.

Billingsley, John (2005) Machine vision applications in agriculture. In: 9th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology, 5-7 December, 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Botrel, T

de Almeida, Ceres Duarte Guedes Cabral and Botrel, Tarlei Arriel and Smith, R. J. (2009) Characterisation of the micro-tube emitters used in a novel micro-sprinkler. Irrigation Science, 27 (3). pp. 209-214. ISSN 0342-7188

Buttsworth, D

Yusaf, Talal and Buttsworth, David R. and Saleh , Khalid H. and Yousif, Bilal F. (2010) CNG-diesel engine performance and exhaust emission analysis with the aid of artificial neural network. Applied Energy, 87 (5). pp. 1661-1669. ISSN 0306-2619

Yusaf, Talal and Najafi, Gholamhassan and Buttsworth, David R. (2009) Theoretical and experimental investigation of SI engine performance and exhaust emissions using ethanol-gasoline blended fuels. In: 3rd International Conference on Energy and Environment 2009: Advancement Towards Global Sustainability (ICEE 2009), 7-8 Dec 2009, Malacca, Malaysia.

Campbell, B

Smith, R. J. and Gillies, Malcolm H. and Shanahan, M. and Campbell, B. and Williamson, B. (2009) Evaluating the performance of bay irrigation in the GMID. In: Irrigation Australia 2009: Irrigation Australia Irrigation and Drainage Conference: Irrigation Today: meeting the Challenge, 18-21 Oct 2009, Swan Hill, Victoria. (Unpublished)

Chen, G

Zare, Dariush and Chen, Guangnan (2009) Evaluation of a simulation model in predicting the drying parameters for deep-bed paddy drying. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 68 (1). pp. 78-87. ISSN 0168-1699

Zare, Dariush and Chen, Guangnan (2008) Development of climate-based computer model to reduce crop harvest losses in Australia. In: AgEng2008: International Conference on Agricultural Engineering : Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering for a Sustainable World, 23-25 Jun 2008, Crete, Greece.

Cook, F

Raine, Steven R. and Meyer, Wayne S. and Rassam, David W. and Hutson, John L. and Cook, Freeman J. (2007) Soil-water and solute movement under precision irrigation: knowledge gaps for managing sustainable root zones. Irrigation Science, 26 (1). pp. 91-100. ISSN 0342-7188

Raine, Steven R. and Meyer, Wayne S. and Rassam, David W. and Hutson, John L. and Cook, Freeman J. (2005) Soil-water and salt movement associated with precision irrigation systems - research investment opportunities. Technical Report. Land and Water Australia, Canberra, Australia.

Craig, I

Craig, Ian (2006) Comparison of precise water depth measurements on agricultural storages with open-water evaporation estimates. Agricultural Water Management, 85 (1-2). pp. 193-200. ISSN 0378-3774

Craig, Ian (2006) Evaporation mitigation technology (EMT) manufacturers liaison report. Technical Report. University of Southern Queensland, National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture , Toowoomba, Australia. (Unpublished)

Craig, Ian and Schmidt, Erik and Scobie, Michael (2006) Evaporation control using covers - some realistic solutions for the irrigation industry. In: Irrigation Australia 2006: Irrigation Association of Australia National Conference and Exhibition, 9-11 May 2006, Brisbane, Australia.

Craig, Ian (2005) Evaporation control using covers. In: 15th Queensland Water Symposium (IEAust Water Panel), 23-24 Nov 2005, Brisbane, Australia.

Craig, Ian and Schmidt, Erik and Green, Andrew and Scobie, Michael (2005) Controlling evaporation from on-farm storages. In: Irrigation Australia 2005: Irrigation Association of Australia National Conference and Exhibition: Restoring the Balance, 17-19 May 2005, Townsville, Australia.

Craig, Ian and Green, Andrew and Scobie, Michael and Schmidt, Erik (2005) Controlling evaporation loss from water storages. Technical Report. University of Southern Queensland, National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture , Toowoomba, Australia.

Craig, Ian (2005) Loss of storage water due to evaporation - a literature review. Technical Report. University of Southern Queensland, National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture , Toowoomba, Australia.

Craig, Ian and Hancock, Nigel (2004) Methods for assessing dam evaporation - an introductory paper. In: Irrigation Australia 2004: Irrigation Association of Australia National Conference and Exhibition, 11-13 May 2004, Adelaide, Australia.

Craig, Ian and Sohn, Jae Ho and Kim, T. I. (2004) Recommended methods for the preconditioning of odourous air prior to treatment in organic biofilters. Technical Report. University of Southern Queensland, National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture , Toowoomba, Australia. (Unpublished)

Cubero, S

Cubero, Samuel Nacion (2008) An inverse kinematics method for controlling all types of serial-link robot arms. In: Billingsley, John and Bradbeer, Robin, (eds.) Mechatronics and machine vision in practice. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 217-232. ISBN 978-3-540-74026-1

Portlock, Joshua N. and Cubero, Samuel Nacion (2008) QTAR: quad-thrust aerial robot. In: Billingsley, John and Bradbeer, Robin, (eds.) Mechatronics and machine vision in practice. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 23-36. ISBN 978-3-540-74026-1

de Almeida, C

Dunn, M

Eberhard, J

Foley, Joseph P. and Wigginton, David and Eberhard, Jochen (2006) Optimizing overhead irrigation systems. In: 13th Australian Cotton Conference, 8-10 Aug 2006, Broadbeach, Qld, Australia.

Emdad, M

Emdad, Mohammad R. and Raine, Steven R. and Smith, R. J. and Fardad, H. (2004) Effect of water quality on soil structure and infiltration under furrow irrigation. Irrigation Science, 23 (2). pp. 55-60. ISSN 0342-7188

Erberhard, J

Raine, Steven R. and Erberhard, Jochen K. (2004) Characterisation of soil profiles on four AFLQ Premier League sporting fields. Technical Report. University of Southern Queensland, National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, Toowoomba, Australia.

Fardad, H

Foley, J

Smith, R. J. and Gillies, Malcolm H. and Newell, G. and Foley, Joseph P. (2008) A decision support model for travelling gun irrigation machines. Biosystems Engineering, 100 (1). pp. 126-136. ISSN 1537-5110

Smith, R. J. and Gillies, Malcolm H. and Newell, G. and Foley, Joseph P. (2007) A Decision support model for travelling gun irrigation machines. In: CIGR World Congress 2006: Agricultural Engineering for a better world, 3-7 Sep 2006, Bonn, Germany.

Foley, Joseph P. and Wigginton, David and Eberhard, Jochen (2006) Optimizing overhead irrigation systems. In: 13th Australian Cotton Conference, 8-10 Aug 2006, Broadbeach, Qld, Australia.

Foley, Joseph P. (2004) Centre pivot and lateral move machines. In: Dugdale, Helen and Harris, Graham and Neilsen, James and Richards, Dirk and Roth, Guy and Williams, David, (eds.) WATERpak - a guide for irrigation management in cotton. Cotton Research and Development Corporation, Narrabri, NSW, Australia, pp. 195-220. ISBN 1876354968

Ghobadian, B

Najafi, Gholamhassan and Yusaf, Talal and Ghobadian, Barat and Najmeddin, V. R. and Yousif, Bilal F. (2009) Performance and exhaust emission of a SI engine fuelled with potato waste ethanol and its blends with gasoline. International Energy Journal, 10 (4). pp. 215-226. ISSN 1513-718X

Gillies, M

Gillies, Malcolm H. and Smith, R. J. and Raine, Steven R. (2008) Measurement and management of furrow irrigation at the field scale. In: Irrigation Australia 2008 - Share the Water, Share the Benefits: Irrigation Australia National Conference and Exhibition, 20-22 May 2008, Melbourne, Australia. (Unpublished)

Gillies, Malcolm H. and Smith, R. J. and Raine, Steven R. (2007) Accounting for temporal inflow variation in the inverse solution for infiltration in surface irrigation. Irrigation Science, 25 (2). pp. 87-97. ISSN 0342-7188

Gillies, Malcolm H. and Smith, R. J. and Raine, Steven R. (2006) Is it possible to extract infiltration rates for variable inflow furrow irrigation? In: Irrigation Australia 2006: Irrigation Association of Australia National Conference and Exhibition, 9-11 May 2006, Brisbane, Australia.

Grabham, M

Grabham, M. K. and Hornbuckle, J. W. and Raine, Steven R. and Smith, R. J. (2009) Bankless channel irrigation systems: irrigation performance assessment. In: IIrrigation Australia 2009: Irrigation Association of Australia National Conference and Exhibition, 18-21 Oct 2009, Swan Hill, Victoria.

Grant, C

Loch, Rob and Grant, C. D. and McKenzie, D. C. and Raine, Steven R. (2005) Improving plants’ water use efficiency and potential impacts from soil structure change - research investment opportunities. Final report to the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation. CRCIF Report number 3.14/1. Project Report. Land and Water Australia, Canberra.

Green, A

Hancock, N

McCarthy, Alison and Hancock, Nigel and Raine, Steven R. (2010) VARIwise: a general-purpose adaptive control simulation framework for spatially and temporally varied irrigation at sub-field scale. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 70 (1). pp. 117-128. ISSN 0168-1699

McCarthy, Alison and Hancock, Nigel and Raine, Steven R. (2009) Exploration of data requirements for adaptive control of irrigation scheduling. In: 2009 CIGR International Symposium of the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture: Agricultural Technologies in a Changing Climate, 13-16 Sept 2009, Brisbane, Australia.

Smith, R. J. and Raine, Steven R. and McCarthy, Alison and Hancock, Nigel (2009) Managing spatial and temporal variability in irrigated agriculture through adaptive control. Australian Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering, 7 (1). pp. 79-90. ISSN 1448-8388

McCarthy, Alison and Hancock, Nigel and Raine, Steven R. (2008) Development of a simulation framework for variable-rate irrigation of cotton. In: 14th Australian Cotton Conference: New Beginnings – Cotton in a Climate of Change , 12-14 Aug 2008, Broadbeach, Qld, Australia.

McCarthy, Cheryl and Hancock, Nigel and Raine, Steven R. (2008) On-the-go machine vision sensing of cotton plant geometric parameters: first results. In: Billingsley, John and Bradbeer, Robin, (eds.) Mechatronics and machine vision in practice. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 299-306. ISBN 978-3-540-74026-1

McCarthy, Alison and Hancock, Nigel and Raine, Steven R. (2008) Towards evaluation of adaptive control systems for improved site-specific irrigation of cotton. In: Irrigation Australia 2008: Irrigation Association of Australia National Conference and Exhibition: Share the Water, Share the Benefits, 20-22 May 2008, Melbourne, Australia. (Unpublished)

Smith, R. J. and Raine, Steven R. and McCarthy, Alison and Hancock, Nigel (2007) Managing spatial and temporal variability in irrigated agriculture through adaptive control. In: Society for Engineering in Agriculture 2007 National Conference: Agriculture and Engineering: Challenge Today, Technology Tomorrow, 23-26 Sept 2007, Adelaide, Australia.

Hancock, Nigel and McKinnon, L. and Maxwell, Andrew Douglas (2006) Universal acidity - conductivity relations in commercial bulk starter production. Australian Journal of Dairy Technology, 61 (2). pp. 189-192. ISSN 0004-9433

McCarthy, Cheryl and Hancock, Nigel and Raine, Steven R. (2006) A preliminary evaluation of machine vision sensing of cotton nodes for automated irrigation control. In: Irrigation Australia 2006: National Conference, Irrigation Association of Australia, 9-11 May 2006, Brisbane.

Hood, S

Misra, R. K. and Hood, Sarah (2007) Desktop review of Polyacrylamide use in the Australian cotton industry. Technical Report. University of Southern Queensland, National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture , Toowoomba, Australia.

Hornbuckle, J

Howard, E

Howard, Evan and Misra, R. K. and Loch, Rob and Le, Minh N. (2005) Laundry grey water potential impact on Toowoomba soils - final report. Project Report. University of Southern Queensland, National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture , Toowoomba, Australia.

Hussain, A

Hussain, Amjed and Raine, Steven R. (2008) A preliminary evaluation of the potential to use electromagnetic induction to assess sprinkler irrigation performance in horticultural crops. In: 1st Global Workshop on High Resolution Digitial Soil Sensing and Mapping, 5-8 Feb 2008, Sydney, Australia.

Hutson, J

Jensen, T

Khabbaz, B

Seilsepour, Mohsen and Rashidi, Majid and Khabbaz, Borzoo Ghareei (2009) Prediction of soil Exchangeable Sodium Percentage based on soil Sodium Adsorption Ratio. American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Science, 5 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1818-6769

Khatri, K

Khatri, K. L. and Smith, R. J. (2007) Toward a simple real-time control system for efficient management of furrow irrigation. Irrigation and Drainage, 56 (4). pp. 463-475. ISSN 1531-0353

Khatri, K. L. and Smith, R. J. (2006) Real-time prediction of soil infiltration characteristics for the management of furrow irrigation. Irrigation Science, 25 (1). pp. 33-43. ISSN 0342-7188

Khatri, K. L. and Smith, R. J. and Raine, Steven R. (2006) Real time control of surface irrigation: managing infiltration variations and enhancing furrow irrigation performance. In: National Conference, Irrigation Association of Australia, 9-11 May 2006, Brisbane.

Khatri, K. L. and Smith, R. J. (2006) Simulation of performance for a simple real time control system of furrow irrigation. In: 1st International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies, 5-7 Sept 2006, Bologna, Italy.

Kim, T

Langat, P

Langat, Philip K. and Smith, R. J. and Raine, Steven R. (2008) Estimating the furrow infiltration characteristic from a single advance point. Irrigation Science, 26 (5). pp. 367-374. ISSN 0342-7188

Langat, Philip K. and Raine, Steven R. and Smith, R. J. (2007) Errors in predicting furrow irrigation performance using single measures of infiltration. Irrigation Science, 25 (4). pp. 339-349. ISSN 0342-7188

Langat, Philip K. and Raine, Steven R. (2006) Using simulation modelling to improve the design and management of furrow irrigation in small-holder plots. In: 10th Southern and Eastern Africa Rainwater Network Conference, 4-6th Dec 2006, Mombasa, Kenya.

Le, M

Liaghat, A

Loch, R

Vacher, Cameron A. and Loch, Rob and Raine, Steven R. (2004) Identification and management of dispersive mine spoils. Technical Report. Australian Centre for Mining Environmental Research, Kenmore, Australia.

Vacher, Cameron A. and Loch, Rob and Raine, Steven R. (2003) The effect of polyacrylamide additions on the infiltration and erosion of disturbed lands. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 41 (8). pp. 1509-1520. ISSN 0004-9573

Malpress, R

Maxwell, A

McCarthy, A

McCarthy, C

McKenzie, D

McKinnon, L

Meyer, W

Misra, R

Padhi, J. and Misra, R. K. and Payero, J. O. (2009) Use of infrared thermography to detect water deficit response in an irrigated cotton crop. In: International Conference on Food Security and Environmental Sustainability FSES 2009, 17-19 Dec 2009, Kharagpur, India.

Najafi, G

Najmeddin, V

Navabian, M

Newell, G

Oetomo, D

Billingsley, John and Oetomo, Denny and Reid, John (2009) TC spotlight: Agricultural robotics. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 16 (4). 16, cont-19. ISSN 1070-9932

Padhi, J

Payero, J

Pioggia, G

Portlock, J

Raine, S

Langat, Philip K. and Smith, R. J. and Raine, Steven R. (2008) Estimating the furrow infiltration characteristic from a single advance point. Irrigation Science, 26 (5). pp. 367-374. ISSN 0342-7188

Raine, Steven R. (2006) The future of irrigation technologies and practices is here now. In: Irrigation Australia 2006: National Conference, Irrigation Association of Australia, 9-11 May 2006, Brisbane, Australia.

Rashidi, M

Rassam, D

Reid, J

Billingsley, John and Oetomo, Denny and Reid, John (2009) TC spotlight: Agricultural robotics. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 16 (4). 16, cont-19. ISSN 1070-9932

Saleh , K

Salih, N

Schmidt, E

Scobie, M

Seilsepour, M

Shanahan, M

Smith, R

Langat, Philip K. and Smith, R. J. and Raine, Steven R. (2008) Estimating the furrow infiltration characteristic from a single advance point. Irrigation Science, 26 (5). pp. 367-374. ISSN 0342-7188

Khatri, K. L. and Smith, R. J. (2007) Toward a simple real-time control system for efficient management of furrow irrigation. Irrigation and Drainage, 56 (4). pp. 463-475. ISSN 1531-0353

Khatri, K. L. and Smith, R. J. (2006) Real-time prediction of soil infiltration characteristics for the management of furrow irrigation. Irrigation Science, 25 (1). pp. 33-43. ISSN 0342-7188

Sohn, J

Stuetz, R

Vacher, C

Visala, A

Wen, C

Wigginton, D

Foley, Joseph P. and Wigginton, David and Eberhard, Jochen (2006) Optimizing overhead irrigation systems. In: 13th Australian Cotton Conference, 8-10 Aug 2006, Broadbeach, Qld, Australia.