Tony E. Grift

Associate Professor

Research Group:

Chufan Lin MSc student. BSc Mechanical Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guandong, China. Weed recognition and teleoperation tools for adaptive weed control. Expected graduation Spring 2009.
Lei Zhang PhD student, MSc Electrical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. Algorithms for weed recognition, weed image database development. Expected graduation Spring 2010.
Joana Novais PhD Student Co-advisor to Dr. Martin Bohn, Crop Sciences. Corn root complexity assessment using Fractal Dimension and Entropy of images. Expected graduation Spring 2008.
Dr. Yi-Chich Chui Visiting Associate professor. Dr Chiu is interested in Agricultural Robotics applications.
Dr. Zewei Miao Research Associate. Dr. Miao is leading the Transportation Task within the framework of a program titled "Engineering Solutions for Biomass Feedstock Production" funded by BP through the Energy Biosciences Institute at the University of Illinois.

Ph.D., Engineering, University of Arkansas, 1998
M.S., Systems and Control in Agricultural Engineering, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, 1992
B.S., Industrial Automation. Utrecht Polytechnic, The Netherlands, 1987

Associate Professor, Aug 2008 - date, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois
Assistant Professor, Aug 2002 - Aug 2008, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois
Assistant Professor, Aug 1998 - Aug 2002, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University
Graduate Research Assistant, 1995-1998, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas
Research Engineer, 1993-1995, Department of Agricultural Engineering & Physics, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
System Engineer, 1992-1993, Vertis Information Technology, Veendam, The Netherlands
First Lieutenant Instructor, 1987-1989, Royal Netherlands Airforce