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The Biosystems Analysis Group at Oregon State University is focused onapplying systems theory, artificial intelligence and geographic information systemsmethodologies to the analysis of biological systems. Particular areas of interest includeagricultural systems and resource management. The group is headed by Dr. John Bolte,Associate Professor in the OSU Bioresource EngineeringDepartment.

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Projects

Current research themes include:

• Computer Tools for Aquaculture

  We are currently involved in the applications of simulation models and decision support software for aquaculture systems. Additional activities include the management of a large pond aquaculture database and the development of Internet access tools for such databases. These activities are supported by the Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program (PD/A CRSP).

  We also have joint research activities with the FAO that focus on the applications of GIS and aquaculture models for regional-scale assessment of inland aquaculture potential in Latin America and Africa.

• Agricultural Impacts on Ecosystem Management in the Willamette Valley

  This project, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency as part of the Pacific Northwest Environmental research Consortium, is applying agricultural models and GIS to identifying critical ecosystem impacts of agriculture, particularly with respect to habitate, water, and riparian resources.

• Developing Methods and Tools for Watershed Restoration in the Willamette Basin

  This project, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, is focsed onn developing software tools, models and GIS datasets to assist to watershed council in allocating watershed restoration projects and determining the cost/benefit of these projects, in the South Santiam and Long Tom watersheds, located in the Willamette Basin, Oregon.

Publications

• An object-oriented, message-based environment for integrating continuous, event-driven and knowledge-based simulation
• Decision Support for Pond Aquaculture Planning and Management

Courses

• BRE 571 - Biosystems Analysis Techniques
• BRE 599 - Special Topics: Biological Metaphors for Computation
• BRE 672 - Biosystems Analysis Applications

Links

Aquaculture Software and Databases - Listing and brief descriptions of software and databases that have been developed for aquaculture.

Aquaculture Web Sites and Tools -  Major aquaculture web sites and network information centers, and general purpose, useful tools including maping, weather, and language translation.

LETA - Antimicrobial contaminant removal model for slow sand filtration (NEW RELEASE 2004).

• Geographic Information Systems
• Watershed Analysis  Tools
• BAG Source Code Documentation

People

• Doug Ernst, Research Associate
• Trina Siebert, Ph.D Candidate
• Peggy Bradley, Ph.D Candidate

For further details about the Biosystems Analysis Group, please contact:

Dr. John Bolte
Biosystems Analysis Group
Department of Bioresource Engineering
Gilmore Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
Phone: (541) 737-6303
Fax: (541) 737-2082
boltej@ccmail.orst.edu

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