Dr Chris Saunders
Internal Grant-Funded Researcher (C)
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
College of Science
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
I am a Senior Research Fellow within the School of Agriculture Food & Wine, Agricultural Machinery Research Group, where my research is focused on the Engineering for Sustainable Agricultural.
Find out more about my research on the website AMRDC .
Some of my focus research areas include:
Agricultural Machinery Technologies, Agricultural Machinery Design, Agricultural Machinery Operation and Efficiency, Soil / Machine Dynamics, Sensors and sensing for Agriculture, Computers and Automation for Agriculture, Grain Harvesting & Post Havest, Discrete Element Method (DEM) for soil tillage simulations
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | McBeath, T., Unkovich, M., Ouzman, J., Coqui da Silva, R., Moodie, M., Fraser, M., . . . Desbiolles, J. (2024). Ameliorating Sandy Soil Constraints for Sustainable Gains in Productivity in Southern Australia. In A. Hartemink, & J. Huang (Eds.), Sandy Soils (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 211-219). Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. DOI |
| 2019 | Fox, A., Addison-Pettit, P., Lee, C., Stutchbury, K., Bjelke, A., Burrell, S., . . . Yahaya, I. I. (2019). Using a Masters Course to Explore the Challenges and Opportunities of Incorporating Sustainability into a Range of Educational Contexts. In W. L. Filho, & S. L. Hemstock (Eds.), CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ROLE OF EDUCATION (pp. 219-236). SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG. DOI WoS3 |
| 2011 | Saunders, C. (2011). The ending of the Cold War and Southern Africa. In A. M. Kalinovsky, & S. Radchenko (Eds.), END OF THE COLD WAR AND THE THIRD WORLD: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON REGIONAL CONFLICT (pp. 264-276). ROUTLEDGE. WoS9 |
| 2011 | Saunders, C. (2011). South Africa and 'Southern Africa': What relationship in 2011?. In J. Daniel, P. Naidoo, D. Pillay, & R. Southall (Eds.), NEW SOUTH AFRICAN REVIEW 2: NEW PATHS, OLD COMPROMISES? (pp. 142-154). WITS UNIV PRESS. WoS3 |
| 2010 | Saunders, C. (2010). REACTIONS TO COLONIALISM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: SOME HISTORIOGRAPHICAL REFLECTIONS. In P. Limb, N. Etherington, & P. Midgley (Eds.), GRAPPLING WITH THE BEAST: INDIGENOUS SOUTHERN AFRICAN RESPONSES TO COLONIALISM, 1840-1930 (Vol. 6, pp. 13-19). E J BRILL. |
| 2009 | Saunders, C. (2009). The Angola/Namibia crisis of 1988 and its resolution. In S. Onslow (Ed.), COLD WAR IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (pp. 225-240). ROUTLEDGE. WoS7 |
| 2009 | Shahgoly, G., Fielke, J., Desbiolles, J., & Saunders, C. (2009). Modeling oscillation angle effects on the motion characteristics of oscillatory tillage. In S. Pandalai (Ed.), Source details - Title: Advances in soil and tillage research (pp. 81-104). India: Transworld Research Network. |
| 2006 | Shahgoli, G., Saunders, C., Desbiolles, J., & Fielke, J. (2006). An investigation into the performance of of vibratory tillage using straight and bent leg tines. In R. Horn (Ed.), Source details - Title: Soil Management for Sustainability (Vol. 38, pp. 21-30). Germany: Catena Verlag. WoS2 |
- Sandy Soils II: Management to sustain production potential in the low to medium rainfall environments of the Southern cropping region, CSIRO Australia, 19/11/2024 - 30/06/2027
- Increasing production on sandy soils in low and medium rainfall areas of the Southern Region - Amelioration Dem Component, Grains Research and Development Corporation, 01/07/2016 - 30/11/2023
- Increasing production on sandy soils in low and medium rainfall areas of the Southern Region - Mitigation Trials, Grains Research and Development Corporation, 01/07/2016 - 30/11/2023
- PIRSA New Horizons - Engineering phase (2015-19), SA Dept of Primary Industries and Regions, 01/06/2015 - 30/06/2021
- Delivering enhanced agronomic strategies for improved crop performance on water repellent soils in Western Australia, Grains Research and Development Corporation - Agronomy, Soils and Environment, 01/07/2014 - 30/06/2019
- Minimising the impact of soil compaction on crop yield, Grains Research and Development Corporation, 01/07/2017 - 20/06/2019
- Advanced Processing of Almonds, Hort Innovation, 01/09/2012 - 01/06/2019
- 2014 Farmer Evaluation of Prototype Impact Mills, Sargent Trading, 01/09/2014 - 30/06/2018
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Robust visual simultaneous localisation and mapping, and place recognition systems for autonomous field robots | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Md Rafiqul Islam |
| 2013 - 2018 | Co-Supervisor | Defining and modelling the boundaries for mechanised dehydration to produce high quality almonds | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Michael Coates |
| 2012 - 2014 | Co-Supervisor | Development of the algorithms and mechanism of a machine vision system for both summer and in-season weed mapping in broadacre no-till cropping lands | Master of Engineering (Mechanical and Manufacturing) | Master | Full Time | Mr Huajian Liu |
| 2011 - 2015 | Co-Supervisor | Development of an efficient complete area coverage strategy for low cost mobile agricultural robots employing navigation sensors with limited angular resolution and having applications in covering large areas with small obstacles | Master of Engineering (Mechanical and Manufacturing) | Master | Part Time | Mrs Namrata Nath |
| 2010 - 2014 | Co-Supervisor | Simulation of sweep tillage using discrete element modelling | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Mustafa Ucgul |
| 2010 - 2014 | Co-Supervisor | Optimisation of an impact mill that processes chaff exiting a combine harvester to devitalise annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) seeds | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Nicholas Berry |
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