Scott Shearer

Scott Shearer received his Ph.D. in agricultural engineering from The Ohio State University (OSU) in 1986. Currently, he serves as Professor and Chair of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at OSU. Highlights of his research career include development of controls for metering and spatially applying crop production inputs, modeling of agricultural field machinery systems, autonomous multi-vehicle field production system, deployment of UAVs in agriculture, and wireless communications. He has led research supported by over $26M in grants, authored more than 220 technical publications, and has made numerous invited presentations at international conferences, professional meetings, and farmer forums. Dr. Shearer is a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.