Daniel H. Willits, Professor



MS, MBAE, and PhD Students Advised

Directed or Co-directed:

PhD

  1. C. G. Bowers, Jr. 1982. Bouyancy and radiation effects on low velocity flows in an asymmetrically heated channel.
  2. R. W. Bottcher. 1985. Physical and numerical modeling of wind ventilation of poultry buildings.
  3. G. A. Church, II. 1989. Flowand energy solution for closed-loop rockbed design and control.
  4. C. A. Sipal. 1992. Economics of rockbed cooling in a greenhouse. .
  5. B. M. Jacobson. 1993. Measuring and modeling dynamic internode elongation in chrysanthemum. .
  6. S. Li. 2007. Comparing the performance of naturally ventilated and fan ventilated greenhouses.

MS

  1. T. C. Karnoski. 1980. Porous ceramic bulbs as a method to control moisture in containerized growth media.
  2. S. R. Delwiche. 1982. The thermal characteristics of water condensate formation on polyethylene film.
  3. J. M. Stoop. 1989.Photosynthetic dynamics in chrysanthemum in response to step changes in photon flux density.
  4. J. L. Marshall. 1990. The effect of shade cloth solar emissivity on the heat transfer through a double layer polyethylene enclosed structure.
  5. Y.R. Gurjer. 2001. Use of heat pumps for heating and night cooling of greenhouses.
  6. J.M. Marbis. 2001. CO2 enrichment and hot water heat in a greenhouse as a means of recovering bioresources from swine waste.
  7. D. Tanjore. 2005. A new application for Brookfield viscometers: viscoelastic property deterimination.

MBAE

  1. I. Ahmad. 1989. A greenhouse cooling model.
  2. C. Helms. 2007.
  3. C.A. Yunker. Current.

Actively Advised:

PhD

  1. R. G. Brumfield. Dept. of Horticultural Science.1982. A test of economic, pricing, and technical efficiency of marketing of potted plants in terms of size of firm, market channel, and market period.
  2. A. H. Nassar. BAE. 1987. Solar energy utilization and microcomputer control in the greenhouse bulk curing and drying solar system.
  3. K. E. Tripp. Dept. of Horticultural Science.1989. CO2 toxicity in tomatoes.
  4. C. E. Niedziela, Jr. Depts. of Horticultural Science and Plant Physiology. 1992. Role of substrate nutrient flux in tomato fruit quality.

MS

  1. M. A.Depa. Dept. of Horticultural Science.1987. Predicting nutrient accumulation in chrysanthemum as influenced by levels of carbon dioxide and irradiance.
  2. J. S. Kuehny. Dept. of Horticultural Science.1988. The influence of supplemental carbon dioxide and irradiance on growth and nutrient accumulation of chrysanthemum.
  3. B.P. Clark, BAE, 1998. Design of a commercial scale retort for improved thermal processing of the Atlantic blue crab utilizing vacuum injection of steam.