overview
Biomass production; Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity; Biomass-based supply chain
education and training
- Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky - (Lexington, Kentucky, United States) 1997
- M.S. in Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University - (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) 1989
- B.S. in Agricultural Engineering, Texas Tech University - (Lubbock, Texas, United States) 1987
selected publications
Academic Articles44
- Hu, C., Sapkota, B. B., Thomasson, J. A., & Bagavathiannan, M. V. (2021). Influence of Image Quality and Light Consistency on the Performance of Convolutional Neural Networks for Weed Mapping. Remote Sensing. 13(11), 2140-2140.
- Shangguan, L., Thomasson, J. A., & Gopalswamy, S. (2021). Motion Planning for Autonomous Grain Carts. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 70(3), 2112-2123.
- White, E. L., Thomasson, J. A., Auvermann, B., Kitchen, N. R., Pierson, L. S., Porter, D., ... Werner, F. (2021). Report from the conference, ‘identifying obstacles to applying big data in agriculture’. Precision Agriculture. 22(1), 306-315.
- Hu, C., Thomasson, J. A., & Bagavathiannan, M. V. (2021). A powerful image synthesis and semi-supervised learning pipeline for site-specific weed detection. 190, 106423-106423.
- Han, X., Thomasson, J. A., Swaminathan, V., Wang, T., Siegfried, J., Raman, R., Rajan, N., & Neely, H. (2020). Field-Based Calibration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Thermal Infrared Imagery with Temperature-Controlled References.. Sensors (Basel). 20(24), 7098-7098.
Conference Papers30
- Humpal, J., McCarthy, C., Percy, C., & Thomasson, J. A. (2020). Detection of crown rot in wheat utilising near-infrared spectroscopy: towards remote and robotic sensing. 11414, 114140l-114140l-7.
- Thomasson, J. A., & Han, X. (2020). The future of cooperative air and ground phenotyping. 11414, 114140m-114140m-8.
- Yadav, P., Thomasson, J. A., Enciso, J., Samanta, S., & Shrestha, A. (2019). Assessment of different image enhancement and classification techniques in detection of volunteer cotton using UAV remote sensing. Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping IV, Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping IV. 11008, 110080m-110080m-14.
- Han, X., & Thomasson, J. A. (2019). Coordination and control for automatic mobile ground control points in agricultural remote sensing. Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping IV, Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping IV. 11008, 110080b-110080b-6.
- Wang, T., & Thomasson, J. A. (2019). Plant-by-plant level classifications of cotton root rot by UAV remote sensing. Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping IV, Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping IV. 11008, 110080n-110080n-5.
Internet Publications1
- Thomasson, J. (2015). Farmers of the future will utilize drones, robots and GPS. - An article submitted to The Conversation
researcher on
Principal Investigator5
Co-Principal Investigator1
- Automated TERRA Phenotyping System for Genetic Improvement of Energy Crops awarded by Department of Energy 2015 - 2018
Investigator1
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- AGSM491 Research Instructor
- BAEN370 Meas Ctrl Bio & Ag Proc Teaching Assistant
- BAEN375 Des Of Ag Mach & Struc Instructor
- BAEN399 Professional Development Instructor
- BAEN485 Directed Studies Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Marley, Elizabeth Grace (2018-08). Non-Invasive Detection of Soil Moisture in Wet Vertisols Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography. (Master's Thesis)
- Hosseinali, Farzad (2018-05). Surface Attributes and Multiscale Frictional Properties of Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) Fibers. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Batz Alvarado, Jose Alejandro (2016-12). Sorghum High-throughput Phenotyping Platform for Greenhouses. (Master's Thesis)
- Husin, Nur Azuan Bin (2016-05). Impact of Seed Cotton Compression on Cottonseed Quality. (Master's Thesis)
- Cribben, Curtis D (2013-05). Ground-based Technologies for Cotton Root Rot Control. (Master's Thesis)
Email
thomasson@tamu.edu
First Name
John
Last Name
Thomasson
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Biological & Agricultural Engineering; 2117 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2117
USA