Work:

• I do research and extension related work in IPM (Integrated Pest Management), particularly in the areas of systems modeling and decision support systems.
• I develop content and associated web pages for various projects, including:
1. IPPC GRASSLinks: Public Access GIS - for environmental and pest management decision making in the Northwest (under development; first released August 2001)
2. Online IPM Weather Data and Degree-Days - for pest management decision making in the Pacific Northwest; including:
• Online phenology models and degree-day calculator. Delivery of 1300+ online weather stations in 12 states linked with 46 degree-day models for insects, plant diseases, weeds, crops, and mating disruption pheromones (as of July 2004) http://pnwpest.org/cgi-bin/ddmodel.pl
• Online daily degree-day maps. GIS/mapping and degree-day modeling system for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and W. USA
• W. states degree-day mapping calculator http://pnwpest.org/cgi-bin/nwmapmaker.pl (released Dec. 9, 1998, updated Feb. 2, 2004)
3. Grass Seed Stem Rust Model - By Bill Pfender, USDA Plant Pathologist. Web version developed and implemented by IPPC (Dan Upper and Len Coop) Spring-Summer 2004.
4. PMC-PNW IPM Portal system for Pest Management Centers - Pacific NW Coalition. For integration and delivery of Pest Management news and pest alert information to the five state NW region. See also RSS-XML Channels index for a summary of channels modified from email and other dynamic sources.
5. IPMP 3.0 Insect Pest Management on Peppermint Decision Support System, including MINTSIM cutworm damage, threshold, and sampling simulation model (completed July 2, 2002)
6. Online publishing engine and decision support system for Pacific Northwest Pest Management Handbooks http://pnwpest.org/cgi-bin/pnw2.pl (prototype with icon-link examples - completed Sept. 1998)
   http://insects.ippc.orst.edu (Insect Management Handbook under development - first release Aug. 2002, updated June 2003)
   http://weeds.ippc.orst.edu Weed Management Handbook - first released June 2001, updated June 2002 & June 2003
   http://plant-disease.ippc.orst.edu Plant Disease Management Handbook - hosted since Jan 2003
   
7. Mitecalc Release Calculator and Guidelines for using Neoseiulus fallacis to Control Two-Spotted Spider Mites in Strawberry - Version 1.1 (revised July 1997)
8. 1996 Pear IPM survey: http://ipmnet.org/IPMsurvey/cfgph/pearsurvey.cfm
9. Other IPM surveys: http://ippc.orst.edu/IPMsurvey/camp
• I do most of the hardware and software support for my projects
  • Intel, AMD (hardware)
  • Linux, UNIX, Windows (operating systems)
  • simulation models, phenology models, GRASS GIS, database (programming)
  • Perl, UNIX shell scripts, Coldfusion database, C, Pascal (server side)
  • HTML, Javascript (client side)
  • webpage and web graphics design
• I assist teaching the OSU Entomology course Ent 442 (w/ B. A. Croft), Principles of Integrated Pest Management I: Systems Design
• I currently serve on 1 graduate student committee, and am approved to be a co-major professor as well as to serve on grad student committees.