Peter Waller
Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering
Dr. Waller's background is in irrigation and remote sensing. His primary research focus at this time is the production of biofuels from algae. He has a patent pending algae growth system installed at the ARID research facility, which includes infrastructure and instrumentation for research on algae production. Additionally, he has a long standing project with the USDA-ARS focused on remote sensing and precision agriculture. His part in this project is the development and programming of the WINDS model, which is a computer model run on daily time steps for precision agriculture management in irrigation agriculture.