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Troy Peters

Troy Peters
Professor, Biological Systems Engineering 509-786-9247 Hamilton Hall, Prosser IAREC 24106 N Bunn Rd.  http://bsyse.wsu.edu/faculty/peters/

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
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Biography (pdf)

Education

  • PhD Irrigation Engineering. Utah State University. May 2003. CGPA: 3.9/4.0 51 total graded course semester credits.
  • BS Manufacturing Engineering. Brigham Young University. April 1997. CGPA: 3.7/4.0 International Emphasis, and Korean Language Minor. 179 total graded semester credits.

Research and Teaching Interests

Troy’s research work is in the Land, Air, Water Resources, and Environmental Engineering (LAWREE) emphasis area.  His primary focus is on agricultural irrigation. This includes deficit irrigation, irrigation water hydraulics, irrigation scheduling and management, irrigation automation, sprinkler irrigation efficiency, low energy precision application (LEPA), low elevation spray application (LESA), and crop water use estimation. Troy is located at the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser, WA, and is also affiliated with the Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems.

My Research In the News

  • Behnaz Molaei places in the ASABE Oral/Poster Competition at ASABE 2022Photo of Behnaz presentingDr. Behnaz Molaei (former PhD Student of Troy Peters, LAWREE) is shown presenting in the ASABE Oral/Poster Competition during the ASABE Annual International Meeting in Houston, Texas, 2022.Dr. Molaei placed in the ASABE Oral/Poster Competition within the Machinery Systems technical community for her work entitled, “Investigating Practical Artificial Hot and Cold Reference Surfaces for Improved ET Estimation using the UAS-METRIC Energy Balance Model”.She will receive a $250 prize check for her … » More …Read Story