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 Articles58
- Cholula, U., da Silva, J. A., Marconi, T., Thomasson, J. A., Solorzano, J., & Enciso, J. (2020). Forecasting Yield and Lignocellulosic Composition of Energy Cane Using Unmanned Aerial Systems. Agronomy. 10(5), 718-718.
- Park, J., Thomasson, J. A., Lee, K., Suh, C., Perez, J. L., & Herrman, T. J. (2020). VOCs determination by adsorbent-Raman system in food and botanicals. Analytical Methods. 12(12), 1595-1605.
- Park, J., Thomasson, J. A., Gale, C. C., Sword, G. A., Lee, K., Herrman, T. J., & Suh, C. (2020). Adsorbent-SERS Technique for Determination of Plant VOCs from Live Cotton Plants and Dried Teas.. ACS Omega. 5(6), 2779-2790.
- Wang, T., Thomasson, J. A., Yang, C., Isakeit, T., & Nichols, R. L. (2020). Automatic Classification of Cotton Root Rot Disease Based on UAV Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing. 12(8), 1310-1310.
- White, E. L., Thomasson, J. A., Auvermann, B., Kitchen, N. R., Pierson, L. S., Porter, D., ... Werner, F. (2020). Report from the conference, ‘identifying obstacles to applying big data in agriculture’. Precision Agriculture. 22(1), 306-315.
Conference Papers28
- Yadav, P. K., 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. SILICON PHOTONICS XIII. 11008, 110080m-110080m-14.
- Han, X., & Thomasson, J. A. (2019). Coordination and control for automatic mobile ground control points in agricultural remote sensing. SILICON PHOTONICS XIII. 11008, 110080b-110080b-6.
- Wang, T., & Thomasson, J. A. (2019). Plant-by-plant level classifications of cotton root rot by UAV remote sensing. SILICON PHOTONICS XIII. 11008, 110080n-110080n-5.
- Thomasson, J. A., Han, X., Bagnall, C., Sima, C., Shi, Y., Rooney, W., ... Chang, A. (2019). UAV data reliability improvements based on multifunctional GCPs. SILICON PHOTONICS XIII. 11008, 110080a-110080a-9.
- Bagnall, C., Thomasson, J. A., Sima, C., & Yang, C. (2018). Quality assessment of radiometric calibration of UAV image mosaics. SILICON PHOTONICS XIII. 10664, 1066404.
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