Work:

• I do research and extension related work in IPM (Integrated Pest Management), particularly in the areas of systems modeling and decision support systems.
• I develop content and associated web pages for various projects, including:
1. IPPC GRASSLinks: Public Access GIS - for environmental and pest management decision making in the Northwest (under development; first released August 2001)
2. Online IPM Weather Data and Degree-Days - for pest management decision making in the Pacific Northwest; including:
• Online phenology models and degree-day calculator. Delivery of 1300+ online weather stations in 12 states linked with 46 degree-day models for insects, plant diseases, weeds, crops, and mating disruption pheromones (as of July 2004) http://pnwpest.org/cgi-bin/ddmodel.pl
• Online daily degree-day maps. GIS/mapping and degree-day modeling system for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and W. USA
• US degree-day mapping calculator http://pnwpest.org/cgi-bin/usmapmaker.pl (released Dec. 9, 1998, updated yearly)
3. Swiss Needlecast Model for Coast Range Douglas-fir - By Len Coop and Jeff Stone, OSU Botany and Plant Pathology Dept, version V4, Summer 2008.
4. Grass Seed Stem Rust Model - By Bill Pfender, USDA Plant Pathologist. Web version developed and implemented by IPPC (Dan Upper and Len Coop) Spring-Summer 2004, updated yearly.
5. IPMP 3.0 Insect Pest Management on Peppermint Decision Support System, including MINTSIM cutworm damage, threshold, and sampling simulation model (completed July 2, 2002)
6. Online publishing engine and decision support system for Pacific Northwest Pest Management Handbooks http://insects.ippc.orst.edu (Insect Management Handbook under development - first release Aug. 2002, updated June 2003)
   http://weeds.ippc.orst.edu Weed Management Handbook - first released June 2001, updated June 2002 & June 2003
   http://plant-disease.ippc.orst.edu Plant Disease Management Handbook - hosted Jan 2003 - Jan 2007, now hosted by Hans Luh, IPPC
   
7. Mitecalc Release Calculator and Guidelines for using Neoseiulus fallacis to Control Two-Spotted Spider Mites in Strawberry - Version 1.1 (revised July 1997)
8. 1996 Pear IPM survey: http://ipmnet.org/IPMsurvey/cfgph/pearsurvey.cfm
• I do most of the hardware and software support for my projects
  • Intel, AMD (hardware)
  • Linux, UNIX, Windows (operating systems)
  • simulation models, phenology models, GRASS GIS, database (programming)
  • Perl, UNIX shell scripts, Coldfusion database, C, Pascal (server side)
  • HTML, Javascript (client side)
  • webpage and web graphics design
• Member of Western Weather Systems Workgroup (since 2004) and WERA102 "Climate Data and Analyses for Applications in Agriculture and Natural Resources" (since 2008). Download:
  • Download dd_wea degree-day calculator (for Dos & Unix)
  Hobbies:
  • Perl | Linux | mulinux | LinuxWorld | Slashdot | Freshmeat
  • Townes Van Zandt Central | TVZ Blue Sky Home Page | Corvallis Folklore Society