Teaching Responsibilities

BSEN 3260 - Engineering for Precision Agriculture and Forestry (Fall)
BSEN 4310 - Engineering Design for Biosystems (Spring)
BSEN 4900 - Geospatial International Applications (Summer 2006 and 2007)
BSEN 4970 - GIS Mapping and Analysis (3 credit hours; Fall 2006)
BSEN 7970 – Surveying Technologies in Precision Agriculture (3 credit hours; Fall 2007)
ENGR 2050 - Statics

Areas of Interest

Precision Agriculture/Forestry
Machine Systems
Harvesting, processing, and transporting agricultural and forestry biomass
On-Farm Bioenergy Production
Conservation management strategies

Current Research Activities

Use of Precision Agriculture Technologies for Natural Resource Management
John Fulton, Paul Mask, Timothy McDonald, Joey Shaw, Mark Dougherty, Puneet Srivastava, and Steve Taylor.

Addressing Poultry Litter Management Challenges through Improved Understanding of Fundamental Hydrological and Nutrient Transport Processes.
Puneet Srivastava, John Fulton, Kyong Yoo, Thomas Way, W. F. Owsley, Charles W. Wood, and Joey Shaw

A Systems Approach to Sustain and Stimulate the Agricultural Economy of Alabama: Optimal On- and Off-Farm Management of Poultry Litter
Puneet Srivastava, W.F. Owsley, John Fulton, C. Wesley Wood, Russell Muntifering, Oladiran Fasina, Yucheng Feng, Henry Fadamiro, Michael Davis, Joey Shaw, and Edzard van Santen

Environmental and Economic Impacts of Biomass Reduction
John Fulton and Emily Carter

Evaluation of Variable-Rate of Seeding for Cotton and Corn Production in Alabama
John Fulton, Shannon Norwood, Joey Shaw, Mark Hall, Charlie Burmester, Paul Mask, Christian Brodbeck, and Amy Winstead

Evaluation of Integrated Technologies including Pressure Compensating Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI) and Precision Agriculture technologies for Conservation Tillage Row Crop Production
John Fulton, Joey Shaw, Mark Dougherty, Randy Raper, Paul Mask, Charles Burmester, and Larry Curtis

Personnel

Graduate Students and Professional Support

Vita

       Curriculum Vita

Recent Papers/Publications

    2007

Sullivan, D.G., J.P. Fulton, J.N. Shaw, and G. Bland. 2007. Evaluating the Sensitivity of an Unmanned Thermal Infrared Aerial System to Detect Water Stress in a Cotton Canopy. Trans. of ASABE. (Accepted for Publication)

Davis, J.N, J.E. Baier, J.P. Fulton, D.A. Brown, and T.P. McDonald. 2007. Use of Chemical Soil Additives to Stabilize Off-Road Vehicle Trails. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 23(5): 597-602.

Fulton, J.P., S.A. Shearer, S.F. Higgins, T.P. McDonald, C. Dillon, and T.S. Stombaugh. 2007. Variable-Rate Fertilizer Application Assessment Using an As-Applied Methodology.  In J.V. Stafford, ed., Proc. of the Sixth European Conference on Precision Agriculture, Precision Agriculture ’07. pp. 681-688. Skiathos, Greece, 3-6 June.

Dillon, C.R., S.A. Shearer, J.P. Fulton, and S. Pitla. 2007. Improved profitability via enhanced resolution of variable-rate application management in grain crop production. In J.V. Stafford, ed., Proc. of the Sixth European Conference on Precision Agriculture, Precision Agriculture ’07. pp. 819-826. Skiathos, Greece, 3-6 June.

Fulton, J.P., D.G. Sullivan, J.N. Shaw, M. Dougherty, and G. Bland. 2007. Site-Specific Management of Cotton Production using Remote Sensed Thermal Imagery within a Conservation Tillage System. 2007 Southern Conservation Agricultural Systems Conference, Quincy, FL. June 25-27.

Brodbeck, C.J., J.P. Fulton. J.N.  Shaw, T.P. McDonald, and D. Rodekohr. 2007.  Timber Mapping for Site-Specific Forest Management. ASABE Paper No. 071093. ASABE Annual International Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 17 - 20 June 2007.

Bernhart, M., O. Fasina and J.P. Fulton. 2007.  Characterization of Poultry Litter for Storage and Process Design. ASABE Paper No. 076050. ASABE Annual International Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 17 - 20 June 2007.

Dougherty, M., Fulton, J.P., Burmester, C., Curtis, L., Monks, D. 2007. Precision fertilization using sub-surface drip irrigation (SDI) for site-specific management of cotton. Paper No. 072194.  ASABE Annual International Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 17 - 20 June 2007.

Kichler, C.M., J.P. Fulton, R.L. Raper, W.C. Zech, T.P. McDonald, C.J. Brodbeck. 2007. Spatially Monitoring Tractor Performance to Evaluate Energy Requirements of Variable-Depth Tillage and Implement Selection. ASABE Paper No. 071028. ASABE Annual International Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 17 - 20 June 2007.

Mask, P.L., S.H. Norwood, A.T. Winstead, J.P. Fulton, C. Brodbeck, and C. Dillard. 2007. Extension education: training agents to assist farmers in adoption of precision agriculture technologies. Sixth European Conference on Precision Agriculture. Skiathos, Greece, 3-6 June.

Mask, P.L., A.T. Winstead. S.H. Norwood, J.N. Shaw. J.P. Fulton, and C. Dillard. 2007. Precision Agriculture Adoption at Glenn Acres Farm: A Ten Year Case Study. Sixth European Conference on Precision Agriculture. Skiathos, Greece, 3-6 June.

    2006

Higgins, S.F., S.A. Shearer, M.S. Coyne, and J.P. Fulton. 2006. Evaluating a Rapid On-Farm Nutrient Determination Model for Use in Implementing Nutrient Management Plans. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. Mar. 2006: 1-26

Fulton, J.P., R. Raper, T.P. McDonald, and T. Tyson. 2006. ANR-1303: Fuel Conservation Strategies for the Farm. Circular ANR-1303. Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn University. 5pp, 2500 copies.

McDonald, T.P., Fulton, J.P., Taylor, S.E. and Darr, M., 2006. Mobile data acquisition systems for documenting motor-manual silvicultural operations. In: W. Chung and H.-S. Han (Eds.), 29th Council on Forest Engineering Conference, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 383-392.

Harbuck, T.L. J.P. Fulton, T.P. McDonald, and C.J. Brodbeck. 2006. Evaluation of GPS Autoguidance Systems over Varying Time Periods. ASABE Paper No. 061042. ASABE Annual International Conference, Portland, Oregon, 9 - 12 July 2006.

Fasina, O., J.P. Fulton, P. Srivastava, C.W. Wood, and F. Owsley. 2006. Volume Reduction Technologies for Transporting Poultry Litter. ASABE Paper No. 066173. ASABE Annual International Conference, Portland, Oregon, 9 - 12 July.

Taylor, S.E., T. P. McDonald, J.P. Fulton, J.N. Shaw, F.W. Corley, and C.J. Brodbeck. 2006. Precision Forestry in the Southeast U.S. Edited by: P.A. Ackerman, D.W. LÃngin and M.C. Antonides. Precision Forestry in plantations, semi-natural and natural forests. Forest Engineering, Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University: 5-10 March, 2006, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Presentations

            Precision Agriculture and Precision Forestry Overview (January 2006)

            SmartPack Presentation (ASAE Summer Meeting, July 2005)