A/Pr Guangnan Chen
Name | A/Pr Guangnan Chen |
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Email Address | guangnan.chen@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Associate Professor (Agricultural Engineering) |
Qualifications | PhD Sydney |
Department | School of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
Affiliations | Centre for Agricultural Engineering |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8460-9224 |
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Biography
Dr Guangnan Chen is currently an Associate Professor in agricultural engineering at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He graduated from the University of Sydney with a PhD degree in 1994. Before joining the University of Southern Queensland in early 2002, he worked for two years as a post-doctoral fellow and more than five years in a private consulting company based in New Zealand. Dr Chen teaches and researches in the subjects of agricultural machinery, agricultural materials and post-harvest technologies, agricultural soil mechanics, renewable energy, and sustainable agriculture. He has so far published 140 papers in various international journals and conferences, including four edited books and 16 invited book chapters.
Employment
Position | Organisation | From | To |
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Associate Professor | University of Southern Queensland | 2002 | 2023 |
Expertise
agricultural machinery, post-harvest technologies, agricultural soil mechanics, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture
Teaching
AGR2302 Agricultural Machinery
AGR3303 Agricultural Materials and Post-Harvest Technologies
AGR3305 Precision and Smart Technologies in Agriculture
AGR3905 Agricultural Engineering Practice
AGR4305 Agricultural Soil Mechanics
AGR8002 Emerging Technologies in Agriculture
Fields of Research
- 300210. Sustainable agricultural development
Professional Membership
Professional Membership | Year |
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Vice Chair, Board of Technical Section IV (Energy in Agriculture), CIGR (Commission Internationale du Genie Rural) |
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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Optimisation of urban agriculture by circular economies | Principal Supervisor | Masters | 2024 |
Develop an integrated and novel bio-medium for the production of enzymes and biofuel from sorghum grain using fungal fermentation | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Adding Activated Carbon into Cattle Silage to Mitigate Methane Emissions, Improve Silage Quality, and Enhance Production. | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Understanding impacts of microplastics on soil structure and plant performance | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Cement-Bonded Composites from Cotton Gin Wastes | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Life cycle assessment of composted municipal solid waste and its application in agriculture | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2017 |
Completed Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
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Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus in agricultural systems | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
Optimization of small-scale low-cost gasifier for on-farm applications | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Impact of environmental changes on economic performance of broadacre farms in Australian Wheat Belt regions | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2019 |
The impact of controlled traffic farming on energy use and timeliness of field operations | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2019 |
Experimental investigation and modelling of the impacts of cotton picker traffic on vertosol soil compaction and potential yield under random and Controlled Traffic Farming systems | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2019 |
Thermochemical conversion of non-woody biomass: Upgrading cotton gin waste into solid fuel | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2018 |
Agronomic and economic performance of arable crops as affected by controlled and non-controlled traffic of farm machinery | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2018 |