Jiyul Chang
Senior Lecturer
Education
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
Academic Interests
- Geospatial analysis of field variations using GIS
- Analyzing remote sensing data for crop and nutrients management
- Making management zone maps/prescription maps using various images (satellites and drones)
- Precision agriculture
- Soil management
- Soil fertility
- Soil health
- Soil carbon dynamics
Academic Responsibilities
- PS/HO 285: Agricultural Computations
- PRAG 427/527: Precision Ag Data Mapping
- PRAG 440L/540L: Crop Management with Precision Farming Lab
- ABS 475: Integrated Natural Resource management and Lab (supporting)
Committees and Professional Memberships
- Scholarship committee and Curriculum committee
- Curriculum committee
Expertise
Research and Scholar Work
Areas of Research
- Geospatial analysis and mapping using GIS
- Remote sensing for crop and nutrients management
- Crop field mapping using various satellite images
- Quantifying GHG emission and soil organic matter in grazing fields
- Quantifying GHG emission from biochar treated soil
- Developing nutrient management zones
- Site-specific crop/fertilizer management (precision agriculture)
- Soil fertilities in different landscapes / Soil spatial variability
- Cropping systems: water use efficiency, nutrient use efficiency, C sequestration
Awards and Honors
- The winner of Ph.D. Research Paper Competition on Sigma Xi of South Dakota State University Chapter (2001)
- Scholarship from Plant Science Graduate Student Association of South Dakota State University (2001)
- Scholarship from Biology Department in Yonsei University (1986)
Grants
- Syngenta: Advanced Remote Sensing Project for Mapping Crop Fields (2012-2013): $39,000.
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