Qamar Zaman
Acting Department Chair and Professor
Related information
Email: qzaman@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 893.6714
Mailing Address:
Department of Engineering
Agricultural Campus
PO Box 550
Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
Research Topics:Agricultural Campus
PO Box 550
Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
- Sustainability
- Bioinstrumentation
- Water quality
- Environmental management
- Computer-vision
- Imaging
- Agricultural automation
- Precision agriculture
- GPS-GIS-VRT
Education
- Ph.D., (Agr. Engineering), Newcastle University
- M.Sc., (Agr. Engineering), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
- B.Sc., (Agr. Engineering), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
Specialties
Precision Agriculture, GPS/GIS, Sensor Development, Instrumentation, Machine Vision, Image Processing, Automation and Variable Rate Technologies
Teaching
- Machinery & Building Technology - APSC 2013
- Technology for Precision Agriculture- APSC 2011
- Engineering Economy - ENGN 3016
Research
The research of the Precision Agriculture group is responsive to the changing requirements of the wild blueberry industry in northeastern North America in the 21st century. Major areas are spot application of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers in wild blueberry cropping systems. For more information visit the Precision Agriculture website.