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Dr. Larry Turner Background Information

Expanded Biographical Sketch

Larry is a native of Rising Sun, Indiana, where he grew up on a diversified family farm, including dairy, beef, swine, tobacco, small grains, and row-crop operations. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural Engineering from Purdue University in 1976 and 1978, and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering in 1984 from the University of Kentucky.

He began his Extension career in 1978 at the University of Kentucky as an Extension Engineer in energy management for agricultural and residential energy systems. Turner cooperated with specialists in Home Economics (now Family Consumer Sciences) and Agriculture developing and conducting statewide Extension programs in energy management and conservation targeted at producer and home audiences.

In 1980, Turner returned to the family farm in Indiana to farm and begin a private consulting engineering practice. With his father, Larry shared management for overall farm operations for the 1500-acre Ohio River bottom farm. Turner held primary responsibility for the hog and grain harvest/storage operations until returning to Kentucky in the fall of 1981 to pursue his Ph.D. He was Chair of the county Extension Council and a member of the Advisory Council for the Southeast Purdue Agricultural Research Center in 1980-81.

On January 2002, Larry assumed his current title as Associate Dean for Extension and Associate Director of the Cooperative Extension Service, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky. Previously, Turner served as Chair and Extension Professor of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Kentucky, having joined the faculty in 1984 after completing his Ph.D.

In his current role, Turner is responsible for programmatic, budgetary and personnel leadership of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, with over 1000 personnel and offices in each of Kentucky’s 120 counties.

Prior to assuming his administrative positions, Larry's nationally recognized Extension program focused on livestock facility design and management with an emphasis in the area of dairy and beef facilities planning, environmental control, energy management and fencing/grazing systems.

He employed computer simulation extensively for facility design and for analysis of grazing management in Extension educational programs. Significant outcomes benefiting Kentucky included widespread producer adoption of improved fencing and water systems for rotational grazing; new cooling systems for reducing heat stress in dairy and swine production; and geotextile pad systems for reducing mud and improving health and production of beef and dairy cattle.

His applied research involved computer simulation of physiological systems and animal response to environment, and the design and testing of cooling systems for reduction of heat stress in livestock. He led efforts in development of the NCPIG swine growth model, which is currently being used in four states. Air quality effects on swine and simulation of the influence of aerial contaminants on respiratory disease in pigs is the focus of work begun as a Visiting Scientist at Silsoe Research Institute in England.

In addition to his extension and research work, Larry taught courses in the dynamics of biological systems and in design of ventilation and environmental control. He is the author or co-author of over 225 journal articles, papers, Extension publications and popular press articles.

Professional Experience

College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service
Extension Professor, Associate Dean for Extension, and Director of CES, January/2002
Duties include:

  • Administration of Extension programs in the College of Agriculture, Univesrity of Kentucky.
  • Responsible for Extension and Outreach programs of the College in each of Kentucky’s 120 counties.
  • Lead a statewide staff of over 1000 people, including over 400 County Agents and more than 150 faculty specialists in providing programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, 4-H/Youth, and Community and Economic Development.

Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Chair, August/1999 –December/2001
Assistant, Associate and Full Extension Professor
1984- present, University of Kentucky, Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering Visiting Scientist, Silsoe Research Institute, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England, 1992-93
Duties include:

  • Administration of Research, Extension and Teaching in Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering Extension, Research and Teaching engineering design and analysis in the areas of biological systems simulation (modeling), livestock structures and environmental control, environmental physiology, and energy utilization and management.
  • Particular emphasis areas include NCPIG physiological growth model for swine, GPS tracking of cattle on pasture, heat stress mitigation for cattle and swine, employing tympanic temperature measurement in cattle to assess heat stress level.

Education

  • B.S. 1976, Purdue University
  • M.S. 1978, Purdue University.
    - Thesis: An Analysis of a Flat Plate Solar Collector With Concentrating Reflectors.
  • PhD 1984, University of Kentucky.
    - Dissertation: Modeling Thermoregulation and Heat Transfer Within the Beef Animal.

Organizations

  • ASAE, The Society for Engineering in Agriculture, Food and Biological
    Systems (1972 present)
  • American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) (1998-present)
  • American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning
    Engineers (ASHRAE) (1985 1991)
  • National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) (1976 1979)
  • Indiana Section ASAE (1972 1978)
  • Kentucky Section ASAE (1978 present)
  • Association of Kentucky Extension Specialists (AKES) (1978 1980, 1985 present)
  • Registered Professional Engineer, State of Indiana

Honors and Awards

  • ASAE Board of Trustees (1997-1999) ASAE National Engineering Achievement
  • Young Extension Educator Award, 1993 Who's Who in America, 1994, 1996
  • ASAE Paper Award, "Modeling the Physiological Response of the
    Swine Animal", 1993 ASAE Paper Award, "A Mathematical Procedure for Estimating
  • Animal Body Composition", 1987 ASAE Extension Blue Ribbon Awards, Eleven total, 1985-present Outstanding Extension Project Award, "Sustainable Dairy Systems Manual",
  • Association of Kentucky Extension Specialists. 1998. M.D. Whitaker Outstanding Extension Specialist Award.
  • Association of Kentucky Extension Specialists. 1996.
  • Outstanding Overall Extension Program Award at University of Kentucky, 1979

Courses Taught

  • AEN 402 - Dynamics of Biological Systems
  • AEN 406G - Physics of Plant and Animal Environment
  • AEN 450 – Equine Environmental Control, Special Problem Course
  • AEN 625 - Modeling of Physiological Systems
  • AEN 750 – Wood Structures Design, Special Problem Course

Graduate Student Advising

Major Professor:

  • Golden, Virginia-Bibb, M.S., Anticipated August, 2002. M.S. in area of equine transport and systems, and environmental response of horses. Analysis using CFD techniques.
  • Ronnie Paul, M.S., Completed May, 1999. M.S. in area of environmental physiology and beef cattle response to heat stress. Currently employed as consulting agricultural engineer, Curry-Wille and Associates, Ames, Iowa.
  • Michael C. Udal, M.S., Completed December, 1998; M.S. in area of animal behavior and grazing systems using GPS tracking. Currently employed with engineering consulting firm, Durban, South Africa.
  • Tami M. Brown-Brandl, Ph.D., Completed May, 1998; currently employed as Research Engineer, USDA Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE, and Adjunct Asst. Prof., University of Nebraskl-Lincoln.
  • John P. Chastain, Ph.D., Completed 1991; currently employed as Assistant Professor, Clemson University.
  • James L. Usry, Ph.D., Completed 1989; currently employed as North American Manager of Technical Sales Division, Heartland Lysine, Chicago.
  • Thomas F. Burks, M.S., Completed 1989; currently employed as Assoc. Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University
    of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Advisory Committee Member:

  • Shuhui (Susan) Zhang. M.S.A.E., Completed 1991.
  • Hsien-Chung (Hank) Chi, M.S.A.E., Completed 1992.
  • Jay Dee H. Smith, Ph.D., 1993, at University of Bristol, Bristol, England; Independent member, 24 month Progress Review Committee. Ruth Bowden, M.S.A.E., Completed 1994.
  • Ken Mooney, Ph.D., Dept. of Animal Sciences, Completed November 1995.
  • Kuanglin (Kevin) Chao, Ph.D., Agricultural Engineering Department. Completed 1996.
  • Elizabeth Buschee Bullock, M.S. A.E. Completed 1999.
  • Chris Richards, Ph.D., Dept. of Animal Sciences, Completed 1999.
  • Carmen Anderson, Ph.D., Anticipated 2003.

Publication and Extension Materials

  • Refereed Journal Articles – 36
  • Extension Fact Sheets and Bulletins - 45
  • Mass Media and Popular Press Articles - Over 52
  • Other Non-Refereed Publications - 105
  • Radio, TV, and Other Media
  • Radio Tapes and Featured Interviews - Over 62
  • Instructional Video Tapes Developed and Produced - 5
  • Short TV and Video Tapes - Over 25
  • Satellite Presentations - 2
  • Computer and Web Media
  • Major Computer Programs - 8
  • Major Web Pages - 2

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