Gary Anderson

Title

Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

206

Raven Precision Ag Building 206
Ag and Biosystems Engineering-Box 2100
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Committees

Advise agricultural and biosystems engineering students
Major professor for graduate students
Thesis advisor for graduate students
1987-1990, ASAE student branch advisor
1988-1991, 1994, engineering phonathon
1996-1999, University Student Affairs Committee
1997-2002, University Academic Appeals Committee
1995, University Publications Council
1992, ad hoc Graduate School Proposal Review Committee
Served on several departmental committees
1999, University Master Plan Committee
1999-2001, President’s representative on the Student Activities Advisory Council
2001-2004, Hazardous Materials and Laboratory Safety Committee
2000-2005, Engineering College Scholarship Committee
2000-Present, Engineering College Briggs Scholarship Committee
2000-2004, Engineering College Distinguished Engineer nominating Committee chair 2004
2004, Evaluated thesis for Midwest Association of Universities
2005-2007, Aided a M.S. student in his thesis work at Colorado State University
2013-2014, Aided M.S. student in thesis work from Washington State University
2013-2014, University Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Committee, chair
2013-2014, Editor of Journal on Agricultural Engineering published by Global Scientific and Technology Forum
2006-2014, Technical Editor for Frame Building News
2012-2018, Member of the Faculty Senate
2016-2018, Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Member of the Library Committee

Professional Memberships

2014, Certificate of appreciation, USDA review panel
2009, Outstanding Reviewer Award,ASABE
2009, Certificate of appreciation, USDA review panel
2003, Elected chair of the ASAE Membership Development Council
2001-2003, Appointed to the ASCE National Energy Policy Committee
2002, Nominated for ASAE Henry Geise Structures and Environment Award
2002, Elected vice chair of the ASAE Membership Development Council
2000, College of Engineering Researcher of the Year Award
1999, Elected as the membership development council representative for the 5th District of ASAE
1997, Elected to the Rural Builder Hall of Fame
1995, Edition of Dictionary of International Biography, International Biography Centre, Cambridge, England
1994, Edition of Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Publishing
1994, Edition of Who’s Who in the Midwest, Marquis Publishing
Iowa Chapter of Alpha Epsilon
South Dakota State University Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta
1989, Outstanding Young Men of America
1991, Outstanding reviewer for ASAE Structures and Environment Division
1980, Army Commendation Medal
1975, Order of the Engineer

1999-present, teaching and research professor, South Dakota State University Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
2009-2012, professor and METLAB research engineer, South Dakota State University Mechanical Engineering
1993-1999, teaching and research associate professor, South Dakota State University Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
1987-1993, teaching and research assistant professor, South Dakota State University Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
1985-1986, research and teaching, Lab Prep and Research Agricultural Engineering, ISU
1982-1985, assistant professor, General Engineering, ISU
1981-1982, research assistant, ISU
1980-1981, teaching assistant, ISU
1976-1979, company grade training officer, Quarry/Asphalt OIC, Battalion Maintenance, Heavy Equipment Officer, Platoon Leader Executive Officer, U.S. Army

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering