Apply for Graduate School at Oklahoma State University in Precision Agriculture

Apply For Graduate School at Oklahoma State University in Precision Agriculture

(M.S. and Ph.D in Soil Science and M.S. and Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering)

(POSTER, Nutrient Management Graduate Students, 1992-2019)

Graduate Student Handbook (Graduate College)

Graduate Student Handbook 2018

Graduate Student Handbook 2016

Committee Signature Page (Oral Defense)

Graduate COLLEGE Calendar

Are You Graduating?
1. Comprehensive exams should be completed 6 months before you graduate
2. Thesis / Dissertation defense should be completed 1 month before graduation

Spring 2019
Grad Clearance Form: March 22
Graduate Application: April 1
Last day to defend: April 19
Submit thesis by: April 2

Nutrient Management Proficiency EXAM

1. Plant and Soil Sciences Proficiency Exam +answers

2. Basic Level Fertilizer Rate Calculations

Byungkyun Chung, Ph.D.

Submit your Research to Agrosystems Geosciences and Environment

Associate Professor
McNeesse State University
Lake Charles, LA

Submit your agricultural reseach paper to Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment

AGRONOMY Journal, Review Process

Graduate Student Assessment Forms (once your degree is completed)

Journal Publications (NUE site)

How to properly cite articles in your references section (American Society of Agronomy)

Graduate Students 2018 Soil Sampling and at the Magruder Plots

Helpful Sites: Grad College Academic Calendar

Orientation, 2017
Orientation, 2016
Orientation, 2013
Orientation ISSUES (composite)

Creating your own Web Site (Dwayne Hunter, 2014)

VIDEO of the 2009 Graduate Students

Pictures of Soil Fertility Graduate Students, 1991-present

A. Graduate College Forms Download PAGE

B. Admission to Doctoral Candidacy Form (OSU Graduate College)

C. Exit Interview 2018

Example Abstract (Agronomy Journal) PUE Abstract (Dhillon)

SI Units and conversions (American Society of Agronomy)

Activity Sheets (Monthly)

SOIL 5112 (Student Abstract)
Our present world population of 7.4 billion people depends on the availability and use of nitrogen (N). Nitrogen fertilizer is widely used in global cereal production, with the three main cereals being maize, rice, and wheat. Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) is 33% for cereal production in the world, meaning 67% is lost to the environment or sequestered in organic fractions. Present challenges are centered on improving global NUE through the utilization of mid-season sensor based-N management strategies. This emerging field encumbers estimates of final grain yield utilizing estimated mid-season biomass, projected growth rates for the growing-environment and season in question, which ultimately leads to tailored fertilizer N rates. This approach delivers overnight increases in NUE through customized fertilization rates for each unique set of growing conditions. The objective of my thesis study is to determine the optimum preplant fertilizer nitrogen (N) rate for maize (Zea mays L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) in a dryland production environment. Delayed or reduced applications of N are ideal so long as final grain yield is not sacrificed. This approach has the potential to increase NUE and provide a positive economic return to producers.

Projects Published from Class (SOIL 5813 and SOIL 5112)

Example Tables, and Figures

Example Abstracts

Student Resume Examples

Ethan Driver, MS, 2016
Gwen Weymeyer, MS, 2017
Mariana Ramos Del Corso, MS, 2016
Jeremiah Mullock, PhD, 2014
Ethan Wyatt, MS, 2013
Guilherme Torres, PhD, 2010
Katy Butchee, MS, 2010
Jake Vossenkemper, MS, 2009

Research Proposals

Abstract (rationale, methods, results, conclusion)
Introduction (objective, last sentence of this section)
Materials and Methods
Results and Discusion
Conclusion

List of Tables
List of Figures

   Example, MS Proposal, Natasha Macnack

   Example, MS Proposal, Jagmandeep Dhillon

   Example, PhD Proposal, Guilherme Torres

   Example, PhD Proposal, Jeremiah Mullock

Example, PhD Proposal, Eric Miller

   Example Thesis, Katy Butchee

Agronomy Journal )(Instructions to Authors)

(Example References, starting on page 12)

OUR Students
International Student Travel - CIMMYT
Pictures & PHD Students
Student NUE Page

Calculations for pounds of P2O5 and K20/acre = kg P and K per hectare

lb P2O5 / ac * 0.4928 = kg P/ha

lb K2O /ac * 0.93 = kg K/ha

1 acre = 0.405 ha

1 ha = 2.47 ac

P2O5 * 0.44 = P

K2O * 0.83 = K

lb/ac * 1.12 = kg/ha

JOURNALS WHERE WE PUBLISH

Agrosystems, Geosciences, & Environment (NEW for ASA, CSSA, SSSA, 2018)

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lcss

Journal of Plant Nutrition

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/lpla20/current

Precision Agriculture

http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/agriculture/journal/11119

Agronomy Journal

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/agron

Field Crops Research

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/field-crops-research

Journal of Experimental Agriculture

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=EAG

CITATIONS

(Lamb et al., 1985) (Lamb, 1990)
Lamb et al. (1985) Lamb 1990
(Lamb et al., 1985; Scagg et al., 1972)

Experimental Agriculture
Precision Agriculture
Journal of Plant Nutrition
Plant and Soil
Soil Science Society of America Journal

Agricultural Sciences (AS, ISSN: 2156-8561)

Graduate School at Oklahoma State University, Precision Agriculture

1. Application for Admission to the Graduate College (Hard Copy)
     ON-LINE Graduate College Application ON-LINE

2. Application for an Assistantship in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
(Hard Copy)

Eric Miller (PHD, 2014), Maximizing the Value of a PhD

PASS Graduate Student Handbook
On-line Plan of Study: http://gradcollege.okstate.edu/planofstudy

Procedure for Enrollment, Domestic and International Students

    Summary of Procedure for Doctoral Degree

    Summary of Procedure for MS Degree

** Application for an Assistantship in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

ORAL Defense Form, MS and PHD degrees

Assessment Paperwork for those finishing their degree

Termination-Separation-Checklist for those finishing their degree

AJ - Release

Classes Recommended by Our Students
Career Skills and Professionalism (Hunger and Fletcher)

>100 OSU Graduate Students Have Now Worked with CIMMYT in Mexico, Turkey, China, Argentina, India, Russia, and Uzbekistan

*Ford Ranger and the Scorned*

Soil Classification (all OSU sites)

M.S. Agriculture (on-line)

Done with your Thesis? Your committee needs to fill out these forms. See link below

http://pss.okstate.edu/department-information/assessment/rubrics

Getting Ready for An Interview?

What you need to know

Dr. Klatt, Training Manual prepared by Sarah Battenfield

Manual

Helpful Sites:
Site for filling our your Plan of Study
Grad College Academic Calendar
Grad College, Prospective Students
Grad College, Current Students

Grad College, Thesis/ Dissertation formatting requirements

OSU Dates

OSU Class Schedules:

SOIL: 1.0%Organic C = 10 g/kg
Grain: 2%N = 20g/kg

On-Line DIPLOMA Application

1. Go to www.okstate.edu

2. Click on Student Info. System (bottom left link)

3. Login into Student Services

4. Login "name and password"

5. Go to "Student Records"

6. Check on "Diploma Application."

Since 1991, 85 students have received M.S. or Ph.D degrees in Soil Science at Oklahoma State University working primarily in Precision Agriculture. These students have gone on to excel in University, Private, and Public settings, and their teamwork at OSU has led to the development of GreenSeeker sensors that are now commercially sold via NTech Industries (www.ntechindustures.com). The key to the success achieved at OSU can be attributed to the unselfish commitment from each of our students to the development of applied technologies that can be used in both the developed and developing world. Our students are the central shining fabric of what we are all about.

Graduate students in our program are required to travel, with the majority of travel tied directly to the extension of improved sensor based nutrient management strategies. To date, 82 of our students have traveled and worked abroad on a short term (2 week) and long term (1 semester) basis. Countries where they have worked include Mexico, Argentina, Zimbabwe, China, India, Uzbekistan, Australia, Canada, and the Philippines. We welcome you to apply to our graduate program which has averaged 10 students per year, working as team members within one of the most productive and dynamic precision agriculture projects in the world.

Plan of study

Masters Degree: A Plan of Study must be approved by the student's advisory committee and filed with the Graduate College prior to the completion of the second semester (excluding summer sessions) of the degree program.

PhD Degree: A Plan of Study must be approved by the advisory committee and submitted to the Graduate College prior to the completion of the third semester in the doctoral program (See Important web links below)

Research Proposal

Masters Degree: A written research proposal must be submitted to the advisory committee prior to the end of the second semester of the student’s program.

PhD Degree: The written research proposal must be submitted to the advisory committee prior to the end of the third semester of the student’s program.

9/5/17

First Last Start Date Degree Proposal Plan of Study 1st Committee Days to 1st Me. Days in queue Oral Exam Defense Days to Degree

Starr Holtz USA 1/3/2006 M.S. x x 7/3/2006 180 687 na 11/30/2007 687

Clint Dotson USA 6/1/2006 M.S. x x 10/3/2006 122 539 na 11/30/2007 539

Brian Arnall USA 1/3/2005 Ph.D x x 3/4/2007 781 1186 7/1/2007 19-Apr-08 1186

Pam Turner USA 6/1/2006 M.S. x x 7/20/2007 409 669 10-Apr-08 669

Cody Daft USA 1/3/2007 M.S. x x 11/15/2007 312 609 12-Sep-08 609

Brandon England USA 1/3/2007 M.S. x x 11/15/2007 312 609 12-Sep-08 609

Olga Walsh Russia 1/3/2007 Ph.D x x 2/27/2008 414 905 7-Jan-09 8-Jul-09 905

Birehane Desta Ethiopia 8/1/2007 M.S. x x 20-May-08 289 702 1/15/2009 13-Jul-09 702

Yumiko Kanke Japan 5/5/2008 M.S. x x 31-Mar-09 325 546 11-Nov-09 546

Jacob Vossenkemper USA 1-Jun-08 M.S. x x 23-Jul-09 412 560 21-Dec-09 560

Guilherme Torres Brazil 8/18/2008 M.S. x x 13-Mar-10 565 802 11/10/2010 802

Jonathan Kelly USA 5/1/2009 M.S. x x 18-Oct-10 527 693 4-Apr-11 693

Waldschmidt Kevin USA 04-01-10 M.S. x x 9-Apr-11 455 551 15-Jul-11 551

Emily Rutto Kenya 1-Jun-08 Ph.D x x 2/3/2010 602 1258 2/3/2011 29-Nov-11 1258

Yesuf Mohammed Ethiopia 1/1/2009 Ph.D. x x 40240 422 1167 3/28/2012 1167

Natasha Macnack Suriname 7/20/2010 M.S. x x 40632 250 595 15-Mar-12 595

Jared Crain USA 5/1/2010 M.S. x x 40828 521 689 3/30/2012 689

Bee Chim Malaysia 1/4/2010 M.S. x x 8/5/2011 571 823 4/17/2012 823

Mullock Jeremiah USA 1/4/2010 M.S. x x 26-Oct-11 652 860 5/24/2012 860

Guilherme Torres Brazil 1-Aug-10 Ph.D x x 2/14/2012 553 849 5/24/2012 10-Dec-12 849

Sulochana Dhital Nepal 6/1/2011 M.S. x x 3/13/2012 282 760 11-Jul-13 760

Ethan Wyatt USA 5/15/2012 M.S. x x 27-Sep-12 132 451 16-Aug-13 451

Peter Omara Uganda 6/1/2012 M.S. x x 11-Feb-13 250 507 28-Oct-13 507

Jacob Bushong USA 11/30/2011 Ph.D. x x 10/15/2012 315 2075 24-May-13 14-Apr-14 854

Jeremiah Mullock USA 5/24/2012 PhD x x 6/9/2014 735 1901 10-Nov-14 886

Natasha Macnack Suriname 2/15/2012 Ph.D. x x 2/13/2013 358 2000 21-Feb-14 30-Oct-14 975

Eric Miller USA 6/1/2012 Ph.D. x x 2/25/2014 624 1894 9-Apr-14 27-Oct-14 866

Lawrence Aula Uganda 26-Jul-13 M.S. x x 11/20/2013 114 1479 12-Nov-14 11/12/2014 466

Jagmandeep Dhillon India 1-Jun-14 M.S. x x 12/17/2014 196 1174 21-Mar-16 650

Ethan Driver USA 42125 M.S. x x 42391 261 844 6-Jul-16 425

Bruno Figueiredo Brazil 21-May-13 M.S. x 365 1544 9/15/2016 1194

Ryan Schlobohm USA 10-Jun-15 M.S. x x 1/4/2016 204 805 10/18/2016 488

Daniel Aliddeki Uganda 26-Jan-15 M.S. x 4/1/2016 425 939 11/16/2016 650

Melissa Golden USA 10-May-15 M.S. x x 3/4/2016 294 835 11/17/2016 547

Nicole Remondet USA 7-Jan-15 M.S. x x 3/4/2016 417 958 11/17/2016 670

Mariana Ramos Del Corso Brazil 1-Aug-14 M.S. x x 2/1/2016 540 1114 11/18/2016 827

Sulochana Dhital Nepal 7/1/2013 Ph.D. x x 1504 28-Jul-16 22-Nov-16 1221

Gwen Wehmeyer USA 1-Jan-16 M.S. x 17-Aug-16 226 604 21-Apr-17 470

MS Avg. 305 819

Min 114 451

First Last Country Start Date Degree Plan/Study 1st Committee Days, 1st Me. Days Oral Exam Defense Days to Degree

Bruno Figueiredo Brazil 1-Aug-16 Ph.D. 394

Jagmandeep Dhillon India 1-Jun-16 Ph.D. x 7/25/2017 414 454

Eva Nambi Uganda 1-Jan-16 M.S. x 26-Jan-17 385 604

Gwen Wehmeyer USA 1-May-17 Ph.D. 124

Fikayo Oyebiyi Nigeria 15-May-16 M.S. x 1-May-17 346 470

Alimamy Fornah Sierra Leone 20-Dec-16 Ph.D. x 31-Aug-17 255

Robert Lemings USA 2-Jan-17 M.S. x 243

Elizabeth Eickhoff USA 20-May-17 M.S. 29-Aug-17 -86

Peter Omara Uganda 14-Aug-17 Ph.D. x 105

Tyler Lynch USA 1-Dec-17 M.S. 21

Graduated Students (1992-2016) Where are they Now? Country/State

1 Ascencio, Edgar Noel. 1992. M.S. CARE, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador

2 Attefat, Mehdi. 1992. M.S. Iraq, Iraq

3 Sembiring, Hasil. 1993. M.S. Indonesia, National Program Indonesia

4 Jojola, Michael E. 1994. M.S. New Mexico

5 Morales, Sonia. 1994. M.S. El Salvador

6 Kanampiu, Fred Kaburu. 1995. Ph.D. CIMMYT, Kenya Kenya

7 Ascencio, Edgar Noel. 1995. Ph.D. CARE, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador

8 Gavi-Reyes, Francisco. 1995. Ph.D. Univ. Post Graduados, Chapingo Mexico

9 Ball, Jeff B. 1995. M.S. Bayer Crop Science Oklahoma

10 Phillips, Steven B. 1995. M.S. Staff, IPNI Oklahoma

11 Taylor, S.L. 1996. M.S. USDA-ARS Oklahoma

12 Chen, J. 1997, M.S. Ford Motor Co. China

13 Keahey, D.A., 1997, M.S. Private Enterprise Oklahoma

14 Lees, H.L., 1997, M.S. Ohio

15 Sembiring, H. 1997, Ph.D. Indonesia, National Program Indonesia

16 Thomason, W.E. 1998, M.S. Faculty, Virginia Tech Oklahoma

17 Lukina, E.V. 1998, M.S. Lab Assistant Uzbekistan

18 LaRuffa, Joanne M. 1999, M.S. Virginia

19 Phillips, S.B. 1999, Ph.D. Staff, IPNI Oklahoma

20 DeLeon, Micah, 1999, M.S. Graduate Student Argentina

21 Dennis, Jeremy, 1999, M.S. NRCS Oklahoma

22 Woolfolk, Curt, 1999, M.S. Mosaic, MN Oklahoma

23 Cossey, Doug, 1999, M.S. Servi-Tech, Dodge City, KS Oklahoma

24 Mullen, R.W. 2001, M.S. Head, Agronomy, Potash Corp. Oklahoma

25 Wynn, K. 2001, M.S. SCS Oklahoma

26 Thomason, W.E. 2001, Ph.D. Faculty, Virginia Tech Oklahoma

27 Lukina.E.V. 2001, Ph.D. Lab Assistant Uzbekistan

28 Freeman, Kyle W. 2001, M.S. VP, Mosaic, MN Oklahoma

29 Teal, Roger, 2002, M.S. Laverne, OK Tennessee

30 Moges, Shambel, 2002, M.S. Accurate Environmental Labs Ethiopia

31 Mullen, Robert, 2002, Ph.D. Potash Corp. Oklahoma

32 Micah Humphreys, 2003, M.S. Faculty, Northwest College, Wyoming Oklahoma

33 Paul Hodgen, 2003, M.S. Monsanto, Illinois Indiana

34 Jason Lawles, 2004, M.S. Monsanto, OK Oklahoma

35 Jagadeesh Mosali, 2004, Ph.D. Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK India

36 Keri, Brixey, 2004, M.S. NRCS Kansas Oklahoma

37 Brian Arnall, 2004, M.S. Faculty, Oklahoma State University Oklahoma

38 Kefyalew Desta, 2004, Ph.D. Faculty, Washington State Ethiopia

39 Roger Teal, 2005, Ph.D. Laverne, OK Tennessee

40 Kent Martin, 2005, M.S. Private/Kansas State University Oklahoma

41 Kyle Freeman, 2005, Ph.D. Mosaic, MN Oklahoma

42 Shambel Moges, 2005, Ph.D Accurate Labs Ethiopia

43 Clint Mack, 2006, M.S. Farmer/Consultant, OK Oklahoma

44 Kyle Lawles, 2006, M.S. Monsanto, Iowa Oklahoma

45 Olga Walsh, 2006, M.S. Faculty, Univ. of Idaho Russia, Lenningrad

46 Brenda Tubana, 2007, Ph.D. Faculty, Louisiana State University Phlippines

47 Byungkyun, Chung, 2007, Ph.D. Faculty, McNeese State University S. Korea

48 Clint Dotson, 2007, M.S. Monsanto, Kansas Oklahoma

49 Starr Holtz, 2007, M.S. Monsanto, Nebraska Oklahoma

50 Brian Arnall, 2008, Ph.D. Faculty, Oklahoma State University Oklahoma

51 Pam Turner, 2008, M.S. Dept. Environmental Quality Oklahoma

52 Brandon England, 2008, M.S. OSDA Oklahoma

53 Cody Daft, 2008, M.S. Pioneer, Nebraska Oklahoma

54 Daniel Edmonds, 2008, M.S. Private Oklahoma

55 Birehane Desta, 2009, M.S. Univ. Minnesota Ethiopia

56 Olga Walsh, 2009, Ph.D. Faculty, Univ. of Idaho Russia, Lenningrad

57 Yumiko Kanke, 2009, M.S. Louisiana State University Japan

58 Jake Vossenkemper, 2009, M.S. Pioneer, Missouri Missouri

59 Guilherme Torres, 2010, M.S. Monsanto, Brazil Brazil

60 Jonathan Kelly, 2011, M.S. Private, Kansas Oklahoma

61 Kevin Waldschmidt, 2011, M.S. Private Enterprise Kansas

62 Emily Rutto, PhD, 2011 Post Doc Kenya

63 Natasha Macnack, M.S., Ph.D 2014 Asst. Professor, Wisconsin Suriname

64 Yesuf Mohammed, PhD., 2012 Post Doc Montana

65 Jeremiah Mullock, M.S., 2012 Bayer Crop Science North Carolina

66 Bee Chim, M.S., 2012 PhD, Virginia Tech Malaysia

67 Jared Crain, M.S. 2012 PhD, Kansas State Oklahoma

68 Sulochana Dhital, M.S., 2014 PhD Student Nepal

69 Jake Bushong, PhD., 2014 Private Enterprise Oklahoma

70 Ethan Wyatt, M.S., 2013 Monsanto Oklahoma

71 Eric Miller, PhD., 2014 Pioneer, Indiana Indiana

72 Peter Omara, M.S., 2013 Uganda Uganda

73 Candi Candibyani, Lab Assistant Malaysia

74 Lawrence Aula, M.S., 2014 Uganda Uganda

75 Jeremiah Mullock, PhD, 2015 Bayer Crop Science North Carolina

76 Jagmandeep Dhillon, MS, 2016 PhD Student India

77 Bruno Figueiredo, M.S., 2016 PhD Student Brazil

78 Ethan Driver, M.S., 2016 MS Student California

79 Sulochana Dhital, PhD, 2016 Post Doc Nepal

80 Mariana Ramos del Corso PhD Student, Auburn Brazil

81 Ryan Schlobohm MS Student Oklahoma

82 Daniel Aliddeki MS Student Uganda

83 Melissa Golden Climate Corp/Monsanto St. Louis

84 Nicole Remondet Graduate Oklahoma

85 Gwen Wehmeyer PhD Student Missouri

86 Eva Nambi MS Student Uganda

87 Fikayo Oyebiyi MS Student Nigeria

88 Alimamy Fornah PHD Student Sierra Leone

89 Robert Lemings MS Student Oklahoma

90 Tyler Lynch MS Student Oklahoma

91 Elizabeth Eickhoff MS Student Missouri

92 Peter Omara PhD Student Uganda

SEE MORE ON OSU GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL (click below)
More OSU Students (Jared Crain)

115 OSU Graduate Students Have Now Worked with CIMMYT in Mexico, Turkey, China, Argentina, and India

Olga Walsh and Kyle Lawles conduct infield training on the use of the GreenSeeker sensor in Texcoco, Mexico.

Clint Mack trains CIMMYT scientists on the use of the hand held GreenSeeker sensor in spring wheat, El Batan, Mexico.

Starr Holtz, Clint Dotson, and Brenda Tubana conduct field training near Ciudad Obregon, Mexico at the CIANO headquarters.

Farmer training in Ciudad Obregon, Mexico, conducted solely by OSU graduate students.

Brian Arnall, Clint Mack, Shambel Moges, Kent Martin, Brenda Tubana, and Olga Walsh at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA meetings in Indianapolis, IN. All of our graduate students (MS and PhD) are required to present their research work at various annual meetings.

OSU graduate students at the annual farm show in Tulsa, OK (Kefyalew Girma, Jagadeesh Mosali, Roger Teal, Brian Arnall, Jason Lawles, Kyle Freeman, Keri Brixey, and Kent Martin)

Clint Dotson, Luke Hanks, Pam Turner, and Starr Holtz enjoy lunch at Las Carnitas, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico.