Glen C. Rains
Professor
Areas of expertise
Agriculture, Land and Farm ManagementCrop and Pasture ProductionOther EngineeringFood SciencesPlant BiologyZoology
About
Precision Agriculture, Biological Sensors, Agrosecurity, Farm Safety, UAV’s, UAS’s
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Agricultural Engineering.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University – Blacksburg, VA, United States (1992)
Master of Science, Agricultural Engineering.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University – Blacksburg, VA, United States (1989)
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Engineering.
University of Georgia, GA, United States (1987)
Awards and Honors
- Second Place, Taranjeet Sodhi – M.S. Poster Competition (2025)
- 2021 ASA Student Presentation Competition (3rd Place L Fuhrer) (2021)
- Second Place, Madan Sapkota – M.S. Poster Competition (2021)
- Mental Heath First Aid Certification (2021)
- Outstanding Regional Collaborator – Saw Safety Team (2020)
- Award of Excellence – Senior Scientist – Research (2014)
- Ist Place Oral Presentation in Applied Research (2013)
- 10 year certificate (2009)
- Professional Engineer (1998)
Courses
- ENGR 7300: Master's Thesis (Fall 2025)
- ENGR 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2025)
- ENGR 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
- ENGR 9010: Project-Focused Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
- ENTO 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
- ENGR 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2025)
- ENTO 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2025)
- ENGR 9010: Project-Focused Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
- ENTO 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
- ENGR 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
- ENTO 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
- ENGR 9010: Project-Focused Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
- ENGR 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
- ENGR 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
- ENGR 9010: Project-Focused Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
- ENTO 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
- ENGR 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2026)
Scholarly Works
- Trajectory-synchronized diode laser actuation and dose-response field evaluation for precision weed control using a delta robot, COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, (2026).
- Moisture-dependent constitutive inputs for ventilated in-shell peanut storage: Experimental characterization and porous-media CFD validation, JOURNAL OF STORED PRODUCTS RESEARCH, (2026).
- Field Demonstration of a Low-Cost NDVI-Guided Stepwise Variable-Rate Nitrogen Topdressing Applicator for Rice, AGRIENGINEERING, (2026).
- AgriJetsonBench: External-Power-Referenced TensorRT Benchmarking of Agricultural Vision Models on Jetson Edge Platforms, (2026).
- Transferable field-scale daily soil moisture forecasting in cotton with a minimal-input LSTM for irrigation scheduling, SMART AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY, (2026).
Contact
Mailing Address
2360 Rainwater Road
Tifton, GA 31793-5766
Shipping Address
2329 Rainwater Road,Bio and Ag Engineering
Tifton, GA 31794
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