Vibration-Induced Conductivity Fluctuation Measurement for Soil Bulk Density Analysis
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Cristine Morgan | Co-PI | cmorgan@ag.tamu.edu |
| Dr. Laszlo Kish | Co-PI (Engineering) | laszlokish@tamu.edu |
| Dr. Andrea Kishne | Postdoc. Res. Associate | akishne@ag.tamu.edu |
Objectives:
To develop a new technique to quantify soil bulk density using vibration-induced conductivity fluctuation with possible field applications in the future.
Results:
- Theoretical paper: Kish, L.B., C. L. S. Morgan,
and A. Sz. Kishné. Vibration-Induced Conductivity Fluctuation (VICOF) Testing of Soils. Fluctuation and Noise Letters Vol. 6, No. 4 (2006) L359-L365. <paper>
- Kishné, A.Sz., C.L.S. Morgan, and L.B. Kish. 2006. Measuring soil bulk density by using vibration-induced conductivity fluctuation, Poster, 18th World Congress of Soil Science. Philadelphia, PA. July 9-15, 2006. Abstracts p. 282. <poster>
- Kishné, A.Sz., C.L.S. Morgan, H-C. Chang, and L.B. Kish. 2007. Vibration-induced conductivity fluctuation measurement for soil bulk density analysis. Oral. SPIE Symp. “Noise and Fluctuations”, Florence, Italy. May 20-24, 2007. SPIE Proc. Vol. 6600. <paper> <slides>
- Kishné, A.Sz., C.L.S. Morgan, H-C. Chang, and L.B. Kish. 2007. Developing new electrical conductivity technique for measuring soil bulk density. Oral. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings, November 4-8, New Orleans, LA. <abstract> <slides>
- Kishné, A.Sz., C.L.S. Morgan, H-C. Chang, and L.B. Kish. 2007. Vibration-induced conductivity fluctuation measurement for soil bulk density analysis. Fluctuation and Noise Letters Vol. 7, No. 4 (2007) L473-L481. <paper>
- Chang, H-H., L.B. Kish, Kishné, A.Sz., C.L.S. Morgan, and K. Chiman. 2008. Theory and techniques for vibration-induced conductivity fluctuation testing of soils. Fluctuation and Noise Letters, 8(2) L125-L140. <paper>
Funding:
- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
For more Information on this project contact: Dr. Cristine Morgan cmorgan@ag.tamu.edu