RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dan Brabec is a Research Agricultural Engineer with the USDA ARS Center for Grain and Animal Health Research in Manhattan, KS. His research interest include grain dust flammability/explosibility, grain dust monitoring and control, wheat hardness testing, single kernel characterization of weight, hardness, and moisture, seed sorting instrumentation and methods, and aerosol measurements and characterization.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS<
| • Leveraging insecticide-treated netting to improve fumigation efficacy for the protection of bulk storage of commodities - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| • Developing a multi-spectral NIR LED-based instrument for detection of pesticide residues containing chlorpyrifos-methyl in rough, brown and milled rice - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Rodriguez, F.S., Armstrong, P.R., Maghirang, E.B., Yaptenco, K.F., Scully, E.D., Arthur, F.H., Brabec, D.L., Adviento-Borbe, A.A., Suministrado, D.C. 2024. Developing a multi-spectral NIR LED-based instrument for detection of pesticide residues containing chlorpyrifos-methyl in rough, brown and milled rice. Sensors. 24(13). Article 4055. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24134055. |
| • Harvesting insect pests for animal feed - () |
| Cohnstaedt, L.W., Lado, P., Ewing, R.D., Cherico, J.A., Wagner III, R.R., Brabec, D.L., Shults, P.T., Chaskopaoulu, A., Donoghue, A.M., Arsi, K. 2024. Harvesting insect pests for animal feed. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae131. |
| • Conceptualization, design and construction of a novel insect mass trapping device: the USDA Biomass Harverst Trap (USDA-BHT) - () |
| Cohnstaedt, L.W., Lado, P., Ewing, R.D., Cherico, J.A., Wagner III, R.R., Brabec, D.L., Shults, P.T., Chaskopaoulu, A. 2024. Conceptualization, design and construction of a novel insect mass trapping device: the USDA Biomass Harverst Trap (USDA-BHT). Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae129. |
| • Assessment of the USDA biomass harvest trap device as an insect harvest and mosquito surveillance tool - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Lado, P., Rogers, D., Cernicchiaro, N., Swistek, S., Van Nest, K., Shults, P.T., Ewing, R.D., Okeson, D., Brabec, D.L., Cohnstaedt, L.W. 2024. Assessment of the USDA biomass harvest trap device as an insect harvest and mosquito surveillance tool. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae095. |
| • Numerical simulation of pyrethrin aerosol deposition - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| • Potential of flatbed scanner for evaluation of flour samples for dark specks and flour color - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Brabec, D.L., Grothe, S.M., Perez-Fajardo, M.A., Pordesimo, L.O., Yeater, K.M. 2024. Potential of flatbed scanner for evaluation of flour samples for dark specks and flour color. Cereal Chemistry. 101:508–517. https://doi.org/10.1002/cche.10758. |
| • Aerosolize insecticide spray distributions and relationships to storage insect efficacies - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Brabec, D.L., Lanka, S., Campbell, J.F., Arthur, F., Scheff, D.S., Zhu, K. 2023. Aerosolize insecticide spray distributions and relationships to storage insect efficacies. Insects. 14(12). Article 914. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14120914. |
| • Quantification of methoprene aerosol deposition using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Norton, A.E., Brabec, D.L., Tilley, M., Yeater, K.M., Scheff, D.S. 2022. Quantification of methoprene aerosol deposition using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Stored Products Research. 99: Article 102039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2022.102039. |
| • Testing barley samples for potential insect infestations with a conductance mill - (Peer Reviewed Journal) |
| Brabec, D.L., Grothe, S.M., Athanassiou, C. 2023. Testing barley samples for potential insect infestations with a conductance mill. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 39(5):535-541. https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.15663. |
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