Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, Ph.D., P.Eng., P.E.

Introduction

I am a Professor and Chair in the Department of Bioresource Engineering at McGill University. Originally, I am from Kyiv, Ukraine were I obtained a mechanical engineering degree from the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (former National Agricultural University) in 1996. I received MS (1998) and PhD (2000) degrees in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue University. For the first decade of my academic career (2000-2010), I was an Assistant/Associate Professor and Precision Agriculture Engineer in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. I lead a Precision Agriculture and Sensor Systems (PASS) research team. One of my original research interests is design and analysis of automated systems for mapping soil properties on-the-go.

Contact Information

Office: MS1-028, Macdonald-Stewart Building, Macdonald Campus
Address: 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada
Phone: 514-398-7657
E-mail: viacheslav.adamchuk@mcgill.ca
URL: https://www.mcgill.ca/bioeng/adamchuk-viacheslav
Research profile: GoogleScholar and ResearchGate
Curriculum Vitae

Web Materials

Selected Videos

February 11, 2025. Annual Congress of RQRAD (in French)
July 17, 2024 Croptech Connect: Agtech Innovations for Canada Webinar
November 8, 2022. CRAAQ Precision Agriculture Webinar on Sensor Systems (in English) and (in French)
October 12, 2021. CRAAQ Precision Agriculture Webinar (in English) and (in French)
October 20,2020. DigiCrop Conference
October 22, 2019. Macdonald Campus Food for Thought Public Event
November 21, 2018. CRAAQ Colloquium on Numeric Agriculture and Agricultural Robotics
October 12, 2017. Cutting Edge Lecture by TVMTelevision
November 3, 2015. Interview by FarmsTV during SmartZone Field Event
January 31, 2014. Webinar by AgGeophysics

Selected Power Point Presentations

System Management for Digital Agriculture Using Two-Level Control (6th CIGR International Conference 2024)
Development of an On-Line Sensor System for Mapping Soil Properties at Planting (2018 ASABE Annual International Meeting)
An Uncertainty-Based Comprehensive Decision Support System for Site-Specific Crop Management (11th European Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Proximal Sensing of Soil Biological Activity for Precision Agriculture (11th European Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Using Digital Microscopy for Rapid Determination of Soil Texture and Prediction of Soil Organic Matter (2017 Pedometrics Conference)
Low-Cost Smart Tractor Control Options (5th AgriControl Conference)
Integrated Analysis of Multilayer Proximal Soil Sensing Data (13th International Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Automated On-the-Spot Analysis of Physical, Chemical and Biological Soil Properties (4th Global Workshop on Proximal Soil Sensing)
Precision Agriculture - The World of Common Sense (16th Annual Eastern Ontario Crop Conference)
Development of an On-the-Spot Analyzer for Measuring Soil Chemical Properties (12th International Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Smart Tractor Approach to Variable Rate Technology (2013 ASABE Annual International Meeting)
Theoretical Basis for Sensor-Based In-Season Nitrogen Management (9th European Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Effect of Sampling Patterns and Interpolation Methods on Prediction Quality of Soil Variability Mapping (9th European Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Analysis of the Repeatability of Soil Spectral Data Obtained Using Different Measurement Techniques (3rd Global Workshop on Proximal Soil Sensing)
Sensor to Increase Soil Productivity (World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions)
Case Studies on the Accuracy of Soil pH and Lime Requirement Maps (Eighth European Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Combining On-the-Go Soil Sensing and a Wireless Sensor Network to Increase Irrigation Water UseEfficiency (Eighth European Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Mapping Vertical Profiles of Apparent Electrical Conductivity in Soils Using Angular Scanning Approach (2011 SAGEEP)
On-the-Go Proximal Soil Sensing for Agriculture (International Symposium on Sensing in Agriculture)
Precision Agriculture Education Programs in Nebraska (Tenth International Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Site-Specific Calibration of Multiple Soil Sensor Data Layers (ASABE Paper No. 09-5782)
Enhancement of On-the-Go Soil Sensing Data Using Guided Sampling (Ninth International Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Soil Compaction Sensor Systems: Current Developments (ASABE Paper No. 08-3994)
On-the-Go Mapping of Soil pH Using Antimony Electrodes (ASABE Paper No. 08-3995)
Development of On-the-Go Soil Sensors Systems (First Global Workshop on Digital Soil Sensing and Mapping)
Guided Soil Sampling for Enhanced Analysis of Georeferenced Sensor Based Data(Ninth International Conference on Geocomputation)
GNSS-Based Auto-Guidance Test Program Development (Sixth European Conference on Precision Agriculture)
GNSS-Based Auto-Guidance Accuracy Testing (AETC/ICCHP 2007 Conference)
Comparison of Two Alternative Methods to Map Soil Mechanical Resistance On-the-Go (ASABE Paper No. 06-1057)
On-the-Go Soil Sensing Technology (2006 Agricultural Machinery Conference)
The Philosophy of On-the-Go Soil Sensing (Technology Update) (First Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Teaching Precision Agriculture Concepts (ASAE: Invited Session)
An Integrated System for Mapping Soil Physical Properties On-the-Go (the Mechanical Sensing Component) (Fifth European Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Development of Soil pH and Lime Requirement Maps Using On-the-Go Soil Sensors (Fifth European Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Machinery Performance Assessment Based on Records of Geographic Position (ASAE Paper No. 04-1149)
Assessment of Soil Mapping Value. Part II - Potential Profitability (Seventh International Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Fiction and Reality of On-the-Go Soil Mapping (First Brazilian Congress on Precision Agriculture)
Instrumentation System for Variable Depth Tillage (ASAE Paper No. 03-1078)
On-the-go Mapping of Soil Properties Using Ion-Selective Electrodes (Forth European Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Using Ion-Selective Electrodes to Map Soil Properties (AETC/ICCHP 2003 Conference)
Feasibility of On-the-go Mapping of Soil Nitrate and Potassium Using Ion-Selective Electrodes (ASAE Paper No. 02-1183)
Numeric Assessment of Soil Mapping Value. Part I - Error Evaluation (Sixth International Conference on Precision Agriculture)
Mapping of Spatial and Vertical Variation of Soil Mechanical Resistance Using a Linear Pressure Model (ASAE Paper No. 01-1019)
Agroeconomic Evaluation of Intense Soil pH Mapping (ASAE Paper No. 01-1045)
Analysis of Sensor Array for Measuring Soil Resistance Forces (SAE 1999 Annual International Meeting and Exposition)
Evaluation of Automated Soil pH Mapping (ASAE Paper No. 99-1100)
Rapid Determination of Soil pH for Precision Farming (ASAE Paper No. 98-3094)

Precision Agriculture Extension Circulars

GNSS-based auto-guidance in agriculture (Adamchuk, Stombaugh, Price)
Weed targeting herbicide management (Adamchuk, Bernards, Meyer, Mulliken)
Satellite-based auto-guidance (Adamchuk)
Characterizing soil variability using on-the-go sensing technology (Adamchuk)
Site-specific management of soil pH (FAQ) (Adamchuk, Mulliken)
Listening to the story told by yield maps (Adamchuk, Dobermann, Ping)
Application of remote sensing in site-specific management (Adamchuk, Perk, Schepers)
On-the-go vehicle-based soil sensors (Adamchuk, Jasa)
Untangling the GPS data string (Adamchuk)

Last updated: August 17, 2024