John P. Fulton, PhD
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist · Research/Extension
Biosystems Engineering · Auburn University

200 Tom E. Corley Building · Auburn University, AL 36849
Office 334.844.3541 · Fax 334.844.3530 · fultojp@auburn.edu

 

Teaching Responsibilities

BSEN 3260 - Engineering for Precision Agriculture and Forestry (3 credit hours; Fall)
BSEN 4900 - Geospatial International Applications (1 to 3 credit hours; Summer)
BSEN 4970 - GIS Mapping and Analysis for Agriculture (3 credit hours; Spring or Fall)
BSEN 7970 – Surveying Technologies in Precision Agriculture (3 credit hours; Spring or Fall)

Areas of Interest

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

Graduate Research Assistantships currently available in the areas of:

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.

A Systems Approach to Sustain and Stimulate the Agricultural Economy of Alabama: Optimal On- and Off-Farm Management of Poultry Litter
Puneet Srivastava, Frank 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 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

Fulton, J.P., C.J. Sobolik, S.A. Shearer, S.F. Higgins, and T.F. Burks. 2009. Grain Yield Monitor Flow Sensor Accuracy for Simulated Varying Field Slopes. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 25(1):15-21.

McDonald, T.P., J.P. Fulton, M.J. Darr, and T.V. Gallagher. 2008. Evaluation of a system to spatially monitor hand planting of pine seedlings.  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.  64(2): 173-182.

Kichler, C.M., J.P. Fulton, R.L. Raper, W.C. Zech, T.P. McDonald, and E.B. Schwab. 2008. Effects of Transmission Speed on Equipment Performance and Utilizing Spatial Equipment Performance Data for Management Decisions. 2008 Conservation Tillage School/Southern Conservation Agricultural Systems Conference, Tifton, GA. July 29-31.

Dougherty, M., AbdelGadir, A.H., Fulton, J.P., Burmester, C., and L. Curtis. 2008. Sprinkler irrigation for site-specific, precision management of cotton. Paper #2176 In Proceedings of the Irrigation Association 2008 Technical Conference. November 2-4, 2008, Anaheim, CA.

Campbell, C.M., J.P. Fulton, C.W. Wood, W.C. Zech, T.P. McDonald, and C.J. Brodbeck.  2008. Evaluating new spinner control technology for variable-rate application of poultry litter.  In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Denver, CO, 20-23, July.

Kichler, C.M., J.P. Fulton, R.L. Raper, W.C. Zech, T.P. McDonald, and E.B. Schwab. 2008.  Effects of transmission speed selection on equipment performance during tillage operations.  ASABE No. 084081. ASABE Annual International Conference, Providence, RI, June 29 – July 2.

Sharda, A., J.P. Fulton, T.P. McDonald, W.C. Zech, and C. Brodbeck.  2008. Real-time boom dynamics on sprayer efficacy due to boom section control or nozzle control.  ASABE No. 085256. ASABE Annual International Conference, Providence, RI, June 29 – July 2.

Campbell, C.M., J.P. Fulton, C.W. Wood, W.C. Zech, and T.P. McDonald.  2008. Improving distribution of poultry litter with spinner spreaders.  ASABE No. 083615. ASABE Annual International Conference, Providence, RI, June 29 – July 2.

Brodbeck, C.J., J.P. Fulton. J.N.  Shaw, T.P. McDonald, and D.A. Rodekohr. 2008.  Assessment of Timber Growth based on site-specific stand variability. ASABE No. 084766. ASABE Annual International Conference, Providence, RI, June 29 – July 2.

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. 50(6):1963-1969.

   Presentations

            Comparing Guidance Systems: Components and System Overview (InfoAG Mid-South, February 2007)

            Precision Agriculture and Precision Forestry Overview (January 2006)

Last Modified June 12, 2009