Matthew W. Veal Curriculum Vitae

Matthew W. Veal

Curriculum Vitae

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist

Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Campus Box 7625, Weaver Labs
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7625

Phone: 919-515-6764
Fax: 919-515-6772
E-mail: mveal@ncsu.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Lexington, KY December 2006

Dissertation: Enhanced Grain Crop Yield Monitor Accuracy Through Sensor Fusion and Post-Processing Algorithms

M.S., Auburn University, Mechanical Engineering, Auburn, AL, August, 2003

Thesis: Improving Forest Machine Operator Protective Structures: Modeling the Behavior of Excavator Roll/Tip-Overs

B.S. Magna Cum Laude, Auburn University, Forest Engineering, Auburn, AL May, 2001

EMPLOYMENT

2006 - Present Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department,
North Carolina State University; Raleigh, NC

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist

2003 - 2006 Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department,
University of Kentucky; Lexington, KY

Engineer Associate

2001 - 2003 Department of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, AL

Graduate Research Assistant

1999 - 2001 Department of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, AL

Research Assistant

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE

E.I.T. State of Alabama

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Council on Forest Engineering
Society of Automotive Engineers
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Gamma Sigma Delta Agriculture Honor Society
Xi Sigma Pi Forestry Honor Society

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2006 ASABE AETC Planning Committee
2000-01 ASABE Southeast Region Student President

AWARDS

Auburn University Graduate Research Forum - FIRST PLACE 2003
Named one of Auburn University's Top 10 Master's Students, 2003
Council on Forest Engineering Student Communication Award 2002
Auburn University Presidential Fellowship 2001-2002, 2002-2003
Forest Engineering Student of the Year 2001
ASABE Preprofessional Poster Competition - FIRST PLACE 2000

RECENT FUNDING

Precision Placement of Granular Material via Distributed Control. M.W. Veal, S.A. Shearer, T. S. Stombaugh. 2005 USDA-CSREES Special Grants Program, $45,823. 10/05 - 10/07.

CAN-Based Precision Seed Placement. S.A. Shearer, T. S. Stombaugh, M.W. Veal, C. Dillon, M. Darr. 2004 USDA-CSREES Special Grants Program, $65,525. 10/04 - 10/07.

REFEREED and PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

Veal, M.W., S.E. Taylor, and R.B. Rummer. 2005. Modeling Excavator Rollovers with ADAMS. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI. Submitted 1/31/2005.

Veal, M.W., S.A Shearer, and J.P. Fulton. 2005. Improved Mass Flow Sensing for Yield Monitoring in Grain Combines. Transactions of ASABE. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI. In Review. Submitted 8/12/2005

Veal, M.W., S.E. Taylor, R.B. Rummer, R.L. Raper. 2005. Evaluation of site preparation plow energy requirements. International Journal of Forest Engineering 16(2):129-136.

Veal, M.W., S.E. Taylor, R.B. Rummer. 2004. The Use of Multi-Body Dynamic Computer Simulation to Investigate the Likelihood of Excavator-Based Forest Machine Rollover. Proceedings of the 27^th Annual Meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering. COFE, Corvallis, OR. 5 pp.

Veal, M.W., S.E. Taylor, R.B. Rummer, J.W. Baier. 2003. Development of a test device for evaluation of thrown object hazards. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. 9(2):119-131

Veal, M.W., S.E Taylor, T.P. McDonald, D.T. McLemore, and M.R. Dunn. 2001. Accuracy of Tracking Forest Machines with GPS. Transactions of ASABE 44(6):1903-1911. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI.

Taylor, S.E., T.P. McDonald, M.W. Veal, T.E. Grift. 2001. Using GPS to Evaluate Productivity and Performance of Forest Machine Systems. In Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Precision Forestry. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. p. 151-155.

PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS

Shearer, S.A., M. Veal, and J.P. Fulton. 2004. Post-Processing Correction to Improve the Accuracy of Yield Monitor Data in Grain Crops. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference on Precision Agriculture. July 25-28, 2004. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Veal, M.W., S.E. Taylor, R.B. Rummer. 2004. The Use of Multi-Body Dynamic Computer Simulation to Investigate the Likelihood of Excavator-Based Forest Machine Rollover. Proceedings of the 27^th Annual Meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering. COFE, Corvallis, OR. 5 pp.

Rummer, R.B., S.E. Taylor, M.W. Veal. 2003. New developments in operator protection for forest machines. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Forest Engineering. Skogforsk. Vaxjo, Sweden. 8 pp.

Rummer, R.B., S.E. Taylor, M.W. Veal. 2003. Thrown object testing of forest machine operator protective structures. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Forest Engineering. Skogforsk. Vaxjo, Sweden. 5 pp

Veal, M.W., S.E. Taylor, R.B. Rummer. 2003. Modeling rollover behavior of excavator-based forest machines. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Forest Engineering. Skogforsk. Vaxjo, Sweden. 5 pp.

Taylor, S.E., T.P. McDonald, M.W. Veal, F.W. Corley, T.E. Grift. 2002. Precision Forestry: Operational tactics for today and tomorrow. In: Forest engineering challenges: a global perspective. Proceedings of the 25^th Annual Meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering. COFE, Corvallis, OR. 6 pp.

Veal, M.W., S.E. Taylor, R.B. Rummer, R.L. Raper. 2002. Evaluation of site preparation plow energy requirements. In: Forest engineering challenges: a global perspective. Proceedings of the 25^th Annual Meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering. COFE, Corvallis, OR. 5 pp.

Veal, M.W., S.E Taylor, T.P. McDonald. 1999. Effects of Forest Canopy on GPS. In Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering. COFE, Corvallis, OR. 12 pp.

ABSTRACTS AND MEETING PAPERS

Veal, M.W., S.A. Shearer, R.M. Prewitt. 2005. The Use of Multiple Mass Flow Sensing Techniques to Improve the Accuracy of Yield Monitor Data. ASABE Technical Paper No. 05-1128. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI.

Veal, M.W., S.A. Shearer, T.S. Stombaugh, B.K. Koostra. 2005. Assessment of GPS Guidance System Accuracy using Multiple RTK-GPS Receivers. ASABE Technical Paper No. 05-1089. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI.

Shearer, S.A., T.S. Stombaugh, M.W. Veal. 2005. Distribution and Directional Dependence of GPS Receiver Dynamic Cross-Track Errors Under Constant Acceleration. ASABE Technical Paper No. 05-5085. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI.

Koostra, B.K., T.S. Stombaugh, S.A. Shearer, M.W. Veal. 2005. GIS Analysis of Dynamic GPS Test Data. ASABE Technical Paper No. 05-1084. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI.

Stombaugh, T.S., J. Cole, B.K. Koostra, S.A. Shearer, M.W. Veal. 2005. Comparison of GPS Receiver Dynamic Performance Using a Test Fixture. ASABE Technical Paper No. 05-1086. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI.

McDonald, B. M., S.A. Shearer, M.W. Veal. 2005. CAN-Based Planter Control Development and Performance. ASABE Technical Paper No. 05-1124. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI.

Veal, M.W., S.E. Taylor, R.B. Rummer. 2004. Evaluating the rollover potential of Excavator-based Machines. ASABE Technical Paper No. 04-5011. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI.

Veal, M.W., S.E. Taylor, R.B. Rummer, and J.W. Baier. 2002. Development of a Test Device for Evaluation of Thrown Object Hazards. ASABE Technical Paper No. 02-8018. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI.

Veal, M.W., S.E Taylor, T.P. McDonald. 2001. Evaluation of Forestry Site Preparation Equipment Using GPS. ASABE Technical Paper No. 01-8018. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI.

Veal, M.W., S.E Taylor, T.P. McDonald, D.K. McLemore, and M.R. Dunn. 2000. Accuracy of Tracking Forest Machines with GPS. ASABE Technical Paper No. 00-5015. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Veal, M.W. On Farm Data Management in 2025. 2006 Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference. Louisville, KY. February 12-14,2006.

Veal, M.W. and S.A. Shearer. Precision Placement of Crop Inputs and Management Resolution. 2006 Kansas Agricultural Research Association 7^th Annual Precision Agriculture Conference. McPherson, KS. January 24-25,2006.

Veal, M.W. and S.A. Shearer. Evaluation of Auto-Guidance System Accuracy. 2005 Agricultural Machinery Conference. Cedar Rapids, IA. May 3-4,2005.

Veal, M.W. and S.A. Shearer. Assessment of AutoTrac Cross-Track Error. John Deere AMS. Des Moines, IA. July 21-22, 2004.

Veal, M.W. Multi-body Dynamic Simulation of Forestry and Construction Excavator Rollovers. SAE MTC SC4, Forest Committee Meeting. Auburn, Alabama, July 15-17, 2003.

Veal, M.W. Rigid-body analysis of Hydraulic Excavator Rollover. Society of Automotive Engineers MTC SC4, Forestry Committee Meeting. Eugene, Oregon, February 19, 2003.

Veal, M.W. Improving forest machine operator protective structures. Society of Automotive Engineers MTC SC4, Forestry Committee Meeting. Woodstock, Ontario, October 16-17, 2002.

Veal, M.W. Evaluation of forestry plow energy requirements for site Preparation. 25^th Annual Council on Forest Engineering Meeting. Auburn, AL, June 16-19, 2002.

Veal, M.W. and S.E. Taylor. Protecting forest machine operators from flying debris: A demonstration of THOR. 25^th Annual Council on Forest Engineering Meeting. Auburn, AL, June 16-19, 2002.

Veal, M.W. Drawbar pull of tillage implements used in forestry. Forest industry site preparation working group. Auburn, AL, December 6, 2001.

Veal, M.W. Optimizing forest site preparation operation. Forest industry site preparation working group. Auburn, AL, October 25, 2001.