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Dr. Ted Kornecki, an Agricultural Engineer received his Ph.D. from the Biosystems Engineering Department at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Since 1997 he has worked as a Research Scientist for the USDA-Agricultural Research Service. Initially, Dr. Kornecki worked at the Soil and Water Research Unit in Baton Rouge, Louisiana conducting field research on improving water quality exiting from dryland sugarcane systems. From 2003 to the present, he has been conducting research at the National Soil Dynamics Laboratory in Auburn, Alabama developing no-till equipment for conservation systems with cover crops. His focus was to design equipment for different farm scales, including small farm operations. Examples were designs of different rollers/crimpers for managing cover crops, no-till seed planters, and no-till transplanters for direct placement of seeds or seedlings into flattened and desiccated residue cover. Dr. Kornecki is an inventor, has eight U.S. Patents of unique farming equipment, and has published 134 publications and 5 book chapters. He is a registered Professional Engineer and an Affiliate Faculty member in the Biosystems Engineering Department at Auburn University, Alabama. Dr. Kornecki is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in development of no-till agricultural machines, a member of the ARS National Patent Committee, and an Associate Editor of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.