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Robert C. Hansen

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Research Scientist

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Contact Information:

Address:
108 Agricultural Engineering Building
1680 Madison Avenue
OSU-OARDC
Wooster, Ohio 44691

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Phone: (330) 263-3860

FAX:(330) 263-3670

E-Mail: hansen.2@osu.edu

 

Education:

The Ohio State University, B.S., Agricultural Engineering 1962

The Ohio State University, M.S., Agricultural Engineering 1962

University of California, Davis, Ph.D., Engineering 1968

Employment History:

Research Scientist, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, OARDC/OSU, Wooster, Ohio 1987 - present

Instructor, Statistical Quality Control, Terra Community College, Fremont, Ohio 1986-1987

Manager, Gray Haven Grain/Farm, Bellevue, Ohio 1973-1987

Vice President/Treasurer., Hansen Enterprises, Inc., Columbus, Ohio 1971-1973

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 1968-1971

Professional Activities:
  • Chairman, NE 164 Multistate Research Committee: "Decision Support for Design and Control of Plant Growth Systems," 2002-2003.
  • Associate Editor, Structures and Environment Division, Transactions of the ASAE and Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 2001-2005.

Honors and Awards:
Texas A&M University
  • Honor Professor Award candidate - College of Agriculture
American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE)
  • Blue Ribbon Award, 1989. Extension Bulletin. Modern Composting - A Natural way to Recycle Wastes.
  • Blue Ribbon Award, 1990. Extension Bulletin. Natural-Air Drying - Guidelines for Ohio.
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC)
  • Faculty Research Award, 1998. Awarded to Compost Team
    Team members: Harold Keener, David Elwell, Robert Hansen, and Harry Hoitink

Research Assignments - OARDC (1987 to present):
  • Poultry manure composting
  • Post-harvest grain quality as affected by drying, storage and handling
  • Growing, harvesting, drying, storage, and handling of medicinal plants with emphasis on Taxol production from Taxus cultivars
  • Computer-controlled micro-irrigation and fertigation of container-grown landscape nursery plants

Refereed Publications:

Glynn, C., D.A. Herms, M. Egawa, R.C. Hansen, and W.J. Mattson. 2003. Effects of nutrient availability on biomass allocation as well as constitutive and induced herbivore resistance in poplar. Oikos 101: 385-397.

Prenger, J.J., R.P. Fynn and R.C. Hansen. 2002. A comparison of four evapotranspiration models in a greenhouse environment. Transactions of the ASAE 45(6): 1779-1788.

Kirnak, H., R.C. Hansen, H.M. Keener and T.H. Short. 2002. An evaluation of physically based and empirically determined evapotranspiration models of nursery plants. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 26: 355-362.

Hansen, R.C. (Editor). 1999. Taxus and Taxol - A Compilation of Research Findings. Special Circular 150. 68 pp. Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.

Hansen, R.C. and C.C. Pasian. 1999. Using tensiometers for precision microirrigation of container-grown roses. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 15(5):483-490.

Short, T.H., A. Irvim and R.C. Hansen. 1999. Transpiration of container-grown Acer Rubrum under conditions of high evaporative demand. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 15(5):553-557.