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Richard Nelson has
over 13 years experience in biomass research,
performing a number of biomass resource assessments
at a county, regional, state, and national basis
for agricultural crop residues and herbaceous
energy crops. His research focuses on environmental
and sustainability aspects of biomass resource
production and collection including impacts of
residue removal on soil erosion and on water quality
at a watershed level. He has conducted research
for, and received funding from, several federal,
state, and private sources including DOE, EPA,
Kansas Electric Utilities Research Program, Western
Area Power dministration, Electric Power Research
Institute, Kansas Department of Health and Environment,
and the Kansas Department of Transportation. Among
the projects that Dr. Nelson has lead are Agricultural
Soils Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases (CASMGS)
– Energy and Carbon Balance Aspects; Reducing
Bioenergy Cost by Monetizing Environmental Benefits
of Reservoir Water Quality Improvements from Switchgrass
Production; Rainfall and Wind Erosion-based Multi-crop
Agricultural Crop Residue Removal Analysis and
Resource Assessment for the Eastern and Midwestern
United States; and Farm-Scale Water Quality/Profit
Optimization Environmental and Economic Analysis.
In conducting the rain and wind erosion analysis,
among other notables, Dr. Nelson has worked closely
with Dr. David Lightle, USDA-NRCS National Soil
Survey Center.
Current Position
Director and Department Head, Engineering Extension
Programs, Kansas State University, Manhattan,
KS
Education
PhD, Engineering, Oklahoma State University
MS, Engineering, Oklahoma State University
BS, Engineering, Oklahoma State University
Professional Experience
Director and Department Head and Associate Professor,
Engineering Extension Programs, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS
Selected
Publications/Presentations
Nelson, R.G.,
Marie E. Walsh, John J. Sheehan, and Robin L.
Graham. 2003. “Methodology to Estimate Removable
Quantities of Agricultural Residues for Bioenergy
and Bioproduct Use.” Applied Biochemistry
and Biotechnology 113 pp. 0013-0026.
Williams,
J.R., R.G. Nelson, M.M Claassen,
and C.W. Rice. “Carbon Sequestration in
Soil with Consideration of CO2 Emissions from
Production Inputs: An Economic Analysis.”
Environmental Management. Published online: January
20, 2004.
Nelson,
R.G. (2002) Resource assessment and removal
analysis for corn stover and wheat straw in the
Eastern and Midwestern United States - rainfall
and wind erosion methodology, Biomass and Bioenergy,
22:349-363.
Nelson, R.G., J.D. Summers, and
J.B. Solie. 1997. " Frequency and Moisture
Content Effects on the Viscoelastic Characteristics
of Soil.” Soil Technology; 10, 21-33.
Nelson, R.G. and R.A. Flores.
1994. "Kansas Agribusiness Processing Residues
Survey.” Applied Engineering in Agriculture.
10(5): 703-708.
Wagner, L.E. and R.G. Nelson (1995)
Mass Reduction of Standing and Flat Crop Residues
by Selected Tillage Implements, Transactions of
the ASAE. 38(2): 419-427.
Skidmore, E.L. and R.G. Nelson.
1992. "Small-Grain Equivalent of Mixed Vegetation
for Wind Erosion Control and Prediction."
Agronomy Journal. 84(1): 98-101.
Nelson, R.G. Resource Assessment
and Removal Analysis for Corn Stover and Wheat
Straw in the Eastern and Midwestern United States
– rainfall and Wind-induced Soil Erosion
Methodology." Presented at the World Renewable
Energy Congress VII, Cologne, Germany, 29 June
– 5 July, 2002.
Nelson, R.G. "Kansas Agribusiness
Processing Residues Survey." Presented at
the 1993 Food Environmental Industry Conference,
Atlanta, GA, November 1993.
Nelson, R.G. "Estimation
of Agricultural Crop Bioenergy Resource Availability
in Kansas." Presented at the National Bioenergy
Conference, Coeur d'Alene, ID, March 1991.
Nelson, R.G., Erosion Methodology.
Presented at the World Renewable Energy Congress
VII, Cologne, Germany, 29 June – 5 July,
2002.
Nelson, R.G. and M.D. Schrock.
1994. "Energetics and Economics of Producing
Biodiesel from Beef Tallow Look Positive".
United States Department of Agriculture- Economic
Research Service Industrial Uses for Agricultural
Materials Situation and Outlook Report, Publication
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