Kendall R. Kirk - Graduate Students

Service as Advisor or Co-Advisor

Name Hometown Degree Program Grad. Date Thesis / Diss. Topic
Boatwright, Joshua D. Batesburg, SC M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences Aug. 2014 Air-regulated siphon spillways: Performance, modeling, design, and construction
Buchanan, Wendy NC M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences In Progress Soil moisture sensor thresholds for irrigation scheduling and irrigation distribution uniformity
Coleman, Alex M. Saluda, SC M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences May 2021 Development of a management zone scoring index & economic returns of grid & management zone soil sampling in coastal plain soils of the southeastern United States
Eubank, W. Abe Kathleen, GA M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences May 2020 Development and Assessment of Nematode Management Zones in Cotton: Gossypium hirsutum
Fogle, Benjamin B. Neeses, SC M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences May 2021 Yield Loss and Quality Effects of Peanut Combine Speed Settings for 2018 and 2019 Seasons Across Varying Peanut Varieties
Fravel, Jacob B. Winchester, VA M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences Dec. 2013 Development and testing of an impact plate yield monitor for peanuts
Loftis, Perry J. Starr, SC M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences Dec. 2017 Precision agriculture technology development and utilization for hay production
Ph.D. Plant & Environmental Sciences In Progress Deer damage mitigation and management for South Carolina row crops
Massey, Hunter F. Pendleton, SC Ph.D. Plant & Environmental Sciences In Progress NDVI estimation from RGB imagery
Miller, Reid M. Edgefield, SC M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences May 2017 The development, design, and testing of a remote sensing system to measure cattle hip height
Ramsey IV, H. Guy Sharon, SC M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences Dec. 2015 Development and implementation of hay yield monitoring technology
Samenko, Loren A. Landrum, SC M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences In Progress Peanut digger improvements for reduction of yield losses
Teddy, Brennan E. Shelby, NC M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences Aug. 2020 Novel Methods for RGB Imagery
Warner, Andrew C. Greenwood, SC M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences May 2015 Development and testing of a variable depth peanut digger

Service as Committee Member

Name Hometown Degree Program Grad. Date Thesis / Diss. Topic
Becton, Hope Ph.D. Plant & Environmental Sciences In Progress
Brown, Michael Ashley M.AgEd. Agricultural Education Dec. 2009 Non-thesis
Campbell, Christina M. M.AgEd. Agricultural Education May 2013 Non-thesis
Dasawat, Samantha M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences In Progress
Greene, Anthony Daniel Ph.D. Entomology In Progress
Hancock, Daniel M.S. Biosystems Engineering May 2006 A biological/ mechanical system for automated algal harvest and concentration using the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica
Henderson, Russell D. Edgefield, SC Ph.D. Plant & Environmental Sciences Aug. 2015 Agronomic and curing methods to enhance flue-cured tobacco quality and yield
Henrich, Christian-Dominik Germany M.S. Biosystems Engineering May 2008 Algal and bacterial nitrogen processing in a zero-discharge suspended-culture shrimp production system
Hodges, William Keith SC M.AgEd. Agricultural Education May 2010 Non-thesis
Murphy, James Graham M.AgEd. Agricultural Education May 2013 Non-thesis
Porter, Wesley M. Pickens, SC M.S. Biosystems Engineering Aug. 2010 Sensor based nitrogen management for cotton production in coastal plain soils
Soignier, Tyler Raymond, MS M.S. Plant & Environmental Sciences May 2021 Application of Precision Technologies Used in Row Crop Production in South Carolina
Teddy, Brennan E. Shelby, NC Ph.D. Agriculture In Progress
Wells, Tim M.S. Biosystems Engineering May 2009 High-rate channel catfish fingerling production in the Partitioned Aquaculture System
Woody, Benjamin M.AgEd. Agricultural Education May 2012 Non-thesis