Civility:
- Prof.
Name:
Josse
Last name:
De Baerdemaeker
Email:
Telephone (office):
Fax:
+32 16 32 19 94
Country:
Belgium
Affiliation:
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department Agro-Engineering and -Economics, Laboratory for Agro Machinery and Processing, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92, Kardinaal Mercierlaan, 92, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Biography:
Education:
- BS (Engineer) in Agricultural Engineering, University of Leuven, Belgium, 1968.
- MSc in Agricultural engineering, Michigan State University, USA, 1973.
- Ph.D in Agricultural engineering, Michigan State University, USA, 1975.
Research interests:
- Precision agriculture
- Quality monitoring of agricultural product with emphasis on modelling the dynamics of quality change as a function of time and environmental conditions.
- The spatial and temporal variability of quality and the use of statistical process monitoring tools for management of quality and decision making
- Extensive experience in international research projects and projects with industry.
- More than 300 international peer reviewed publications
Memberships and awards
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the Pannon Agricultural University, Mosonmagyarovar, Hungary, 8 September 1997.
- Corresponding member of the ‘Accademia dei Georgofili’ . Agricultural Sciences Academy- Firenze, Italy
- Foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Max Eyth Medal Award for contributions in Agricultural Engineering, received from the VDI (German Engineering Society), 2000
- Member of K.VIV (Royal Flemish Engineering Society)
- Past-President(1996-1998).and member of the Executive Board of The European Association of Agricultural Engineers, EurAgEng;
- Chairman of the organizing committee of AG_ENG 2004, the International Conference on Agricultural Engineering, held in Leuven in September 2004
- Member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, ASABE
- Member of the ISHS (international Society of Horticultural Science )
- Member of CIGR
ACTIVITIES IN THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the Pannon Agricultural University, Mosonmagyarovar, Hungary, 8 September 1997.
- Member of K.VIV (Royal Flemish Engineering Society)
- President of The European Association of Agricultural Engineers, EurAgEng; representing all those involved in engineering and technology in agriculture (1996-1998).
- Member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
- Past-Chairman of -CIGR (Commission International du Genie Rural) section VI: Post-harvest technology
- Chairman of the Flanders Centre for Post-Harvest Research, a joint University-Industry Centre for Research on storage of fruits and vegetables
- Member of the editorial board of the following journals:
- Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research
- Agrophysics
- Post-Harvest Biology and Technology
- Member of the European Union Club of Advanced Engineering for Agriculture (ENGAGE)
- Member of the review committee:
- IMAG-DLO ( Instituut voor Milieu en Agritechniek) Wageningen, Nl, Febr. 1994, June 1999
- ATO-DLO (Agrotechnological Institute) Wageningen, Nl, Sept. 1996
- Invitation Fellowship for research from the JSPS, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, 1997
- Member of the Scientific Council of the ‘Institute of Agricultural Engineering’, ATB, Potsdam-Bornim, Germany
- Member of the evaluation for the Technology Science Group of the Swedish Council for Forestry and Agricultural Research, August 1999
- Member of the review committee BBSRC - (Engineering and physical sciences committee),1997, (U.K.)
- Member of Doctoral examination committees in Germany, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, The Netherlands
- Research project proposal evaluation in the E.U., Belgium, United Kingdom, Israel, U.S.A., Germany, and Sweden.
- Member of the Board of Trustees, Belgian Organization of Co-operative Fruit and Vegetables Auctions.
- Chairman of the International Discussion Group on research and marketing of Endives (involving French, Dutch and Belgian growers) .
- Chairman of BRAVA cvba, A Co-operative Fruit and Vegetable Auction Market, involving approximately 750 active horticultural producers and using state of the art quality control and electronic auctioning systems