ISAMA 97 國際會議廳 (Taipei International Convention Center)

Monday, November 17: from 8:00 to 20:00  

08:00~09:00

Registration

09:00~10:00

Opening Ceremony  Room 102,

10:00~10:30

Coffee Break

10:30~12:10

Invited Lectures  Room 102 

12:10~13:30

Lunch Time

13:30~14:50

Session 1: Room 201D  Robotics and Machinery 

Session 6: Room 201E  Drying 

Session 11: Room 201F Waste Treatment (I)

Workshop - Grain Storage and Drying (Room 202)

14:50~15:20

Coffee Break

15:20~16:40

Session 16: Room 201D  Machine Vision and Simulation 

Session 7: Room 201E   Processing 

Session 12: Room 201F  Waste Treatment (II) 

18:00~20:00

Welcome Banquet  at the Top of Ambassador Hotel (12th Floor)

Tuesday, November 18: from 9:00 to 21:00  

09:00~10:20

Session 2: Room 201D  Robotics 

Session 17: Room 201E Decision Support System 

Session 9: Room 201E. Quality Evaluation

Panel Discussion -

Agricultural Automation toward the 21st Century  (Room 202)

10:20~10:50

Coffee Break

10:50~12:10

Session 3: Room 201D  Slopeland and Machinery 

Session 8: Room 201E  Physical Properties (I) 

Session 14: Room 201F Control and Applications

12:10~10:50

Lunch Time

13:30~14:50

Session 4: Room 201D  Tillage and Equipment 

Session 13: Room 201F Environment Control 

Session 18: Room 201F Vocalization and Simulation

14:50~15:20

Coffee Break

15:20~16:40

Session 5: Room 201D  Vehicle Navigation 

Session 10: Room 201E Physical Properties (II) 

Session 15: Room 201F Greenhouse and Energy

18:00~21:00

Farewell Banquet  at the Top of Ambassador Hotel (12th Floor)

SCHEDULE

Opening Ceremony

November 17, from 9:00 to 10:00, Room 102. Chair: Prof. Din-Sue Fon (Taiwan).

Invited Lectures:

November 17, from 10:30 to 12:10, Room 102. Chair: Prof. Fuming Lu (Taiwan).

  1. Globalization of Agricultural Engineering -The Role of CIGR- B. A. Stout (USA)
  2. The Recent Research Status of Agricultural Machinery in Japan - Yoshio Ikeda (Japan)
  3. Directions in Greenhouse Operation and Control : Looking for an Intelligent Synthesis Between Optimality , Uncertainty and Risk  - Gerrit van Straten (Netherland)
  4. Phytotechnology : Let's Listening To Plants  - Haruhiko Murase (Japan)
  5. Agricultural Mechanization and Automation in the Republic of China on Taiwan - Kwang-Wu Lee (Taiwan)

 

Workshop - The Management of Grain Cooling Storage

November 17, from 13:30 to 16:40, Room 202.

Chair: Prof. Din-Sue Fon (Taiwan), Speaker: Mr. Paul Cheng (Taiwan).

Panel Discussion - Agricultural Automation toward the 21st Century

November 18, from 10:20 to 12:10, Room 202.

Chair: Mr. Tien-Song Peng (Taiwan).

 

Session 1. Robotics and Machinery

November 17, from 13:30 to 14:50, Room 201D. Chair: Prof. Heon Hwang (Korea).  

1-1 

 

Tests of Fruit - Tree Mechanical Pruning 

Gennaro Giametta (Italy)

13:30

1-2 

 

Vision System and Robotic Arm for Citrus Fruit Harvesting 

Fang-Fan Lee, Ching-Der Shy, Jyh-Lih Wang (Taiwan)

13:50

1-3 

 

Development of a Robotic Transplanter for Bedding Plants 

Jae Seong Han, Gi Young Kim, Kwan Hee Ryu (Korea)

14:10

1-4 

 

Development of a Feeding Belt with a Flexible Cells for Precision Seeder 

Katsumi Ishikawa, Masateru Nagata, Vuong Tien Dung (Japan)

14:30

Session 2. Robotics

November 18, from 9:00 to 10:20, Room 201D. Chair: Prof. Kwan Hee Ryu (Korea).  

2-1

Automatic Grafting System for Fruit Bearing Vegetables Based on Inarching Graftage 

Heon Hwang, J. H. Chang, S. C. Kim (Korea)

9:00

2-2

Development of Watermelon Harvesting Robot ‘STORK’ (Part 1) -Design Concept 

Mikio Umeda, Michihisa Iida, Susumu Kubota (Japan)

9:20

2-3

Development of Watermelon Harvesting Robot ‘STORK’ (Part 2) - Performance of Element and Experiment  

Mikio Umeda. Michinery Iida, Susumu Kubota (Japan)

9:40

2-4

Basic Study on Chrysanthemum Cutting Sticking Robot 

Naoshi Kondo, Mitsuji Monta (Japan)

10:00

Session 3. Slopeland and Machinery

November 18, from 10:50 to 12:10, Room 201D. Chair: Prof. Naoshi Kondo (Japan).  

3-1

The Status of Slopeland Agriculture and its Mechanization Analysis 

Sen-Fuh Chang (Taiwan)

10:50

3-2

Development of a Data Acquisition System of Vibration for the Transportor in Slopeland 

Chung-Kee Yeh, Chih-Kai Yang (Taiwan)

11:10

3-3

Development of Microprocessor-Controlled Straw Harvester 

Beom Soo Shin, Sang Hun Kim (Korea)

11:30

3-4

Effect of Inflation Pressure on Tractive Performance of Bias-Ply Tractor Tires 

Dongryol Lee, Kyeong Uk Kim (Korea)

11:50

Session 4. Tillage and Equipment

November 18, from 13:30 to 14:50, Room 201D. Chair: Prof. Gennaro Giametta (Italy).  

4-1

Equipment for Yield of the Production of the Food and Feed Purposes from Green Plants  

Nikolai Proydak (Russia)

13:30

4-2

The Transient Characteristics of a Walking Type Tractor -Rotary Tiller System Under Tillage Operation 

Jun-ichi Takeda, Mohsen E. Egela, Ryo Torisu (Japan)

13:50

4-3

Effect of Clinostat Rotation as Gravity Compensator 

M. A. Zaidi, H. Murase, A. Tani, K. Murakami, N. Honami (Japan)

14:10

4-4

Energy and Labour Requirement of Different Tillage Methods in Oil Seed Rape Production 

Silvio Kosutic, Dubravko Filipovic, Zlatko Gospodaric (Croatia)

14:30

Session 5. Vehicle Navigation

November 18, from 15:20 to 16:40, Room 201D. Chair: Prof. Mikio Umeda (Japan).  

5-1

Application of Sensor Data Fusion Technique to Autonomous Traveling 

Tomohiro Takigawa, Takehide Inahata, Koike Masayuki, Tosio Konaka (Japan)

15:20

5-2

On-Tracking Control System for a Tractor-Semi-Trailer Combination 

Ryo Torisu, Jun-ichi Takeda, Joe Imae (Japan)

15:40

5-3

Development of Navigation System for Farm Tractors Using the DGPS 

Koichi Iwasaki, Yoshiteru Miyabe, Kenichi Ikehara (Japan)

16:00

5-4

Development of An Ultrasonic Autonomous Vehicle in Agriculture 

Chung-Teh Sheng, Chao-Heng Chen, Yea-Shyan Hwang (Taiwan)

16:20

Session 6. Drying

November 17, from 13:30 to 14:50, Room 201E. Chair: Prof. Jen-Kang Yang (Taiwan).  

6-1 

 

Drying Behavior of Apple in the Stream of Superheated Steam 

Chung-Hsing Wu, Jacob N. Chung (Taiwan)

13:30

6-2 

 

Spray-Drying of Sugar Cane Juice 

Seishi Kawasaki, Takayoshi Akinaga, Yoshihiro Kohda (Japan)

13:50

6-3 

 

Intermittent Drying of Rough Rice 

Hung-Jung Shei, Yi-Luen Chen (Taiwan)

14:10

6-4 

 

Feasibility Study of Two-Stage Rice Drying Via Simulation 

Lung-Hua Chen, Jai-Tsung Shaw (USA)

14:30

Session 7. Processing

November 17, from 15:20 to 16:40, Room 201E. Chair: Prof. Sundaram Gunasekaran (USA).  

7-1

Concentration of Liquid Food by the Use of Gas Hydrate 

S. Oshita, Y. Seo, Y. A. Purwanto, Y. Kawagoe (Japan)

15:20

7-2

Application of Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC) for Pineapple Brick with Electric Heating Process 

C-J. Chen, B. B. Yang (Taiwan)

15:40

7-3

Development of a RF Capacitive Type On-line Grain Moisture Meter Using Moisture Density 

Ki-Bok Kim, Sang-Ha Noh (Korea)

16:00

Session 8. Physical Properties (I)

November 18, from 10:50 to 12:10, Room 201E. Chair: Prof. Poching Wu (Taiwan).  

8-110:50

   

8-2

Measuring Melt and Flow Properties of Cheese 

Sundaram Gunasekaran (USA)

11:10

8-3

X-Ray CT Scanner for Detecting Internal Changes in Peach 

Eufemio G. Barcelon, Seishu Tojo, Kengo Watanabe, Sukemitsu Sorita (Japan)

11:30

8-4

Poisson’s Ratio and Water Potential of Carrot Root 

Krzysztof Golacki, Radomir Obros’lak (Poland)

11:50

Session 9. Quality Evaluation

November 18, from 9:00 to 10:20, Room 201F. Chair: Prof. Yoshio Ikeda (Japan).  

9-1

Acoustic Evaluation of Watermelon Internal Quality - Maturity , Cavity Existence and Orientation 

Chyung Ay (Taiwan)

9:00

9-2

Determination of Rough Rice Quality by a Portable Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 

Wang-Sheng Li, Jai-Tsung Shaw (Taiwan)

9:20

9-3

Analysis of Sugar Content in Fruit Juices by Near Infrared Method 

Suming Chen, Wen-Hung Chang (Taiwan)

9:40

9-4

Moisture Content Determination of Paddy by Distillation 

Hung-Jung Shei, Yi-Luen Chen (Taiwan)

10:00

Session 10. Physical Properties (II)

November 18, from 15:20 to 16:40, Room 201E. Chair: Prof. Yasuhisa Seo (Japan).  

10-1

Ultrasonic Properties of Radish Under Chilling Storage 

Fu-Ming Lu, Guann-Dong Shau, Fang-Chi Chung (Taiwan)

15:20

10-2

Near Infrared Determination of Sugar Content in Cantaloupe 

Wen-Hung Chang, Suming Chen (Taiwan)

15:40

10-3

Volume Measuring System by Acoustic Method for Agricultural Products -Development of Field Instruments for Measuring Volume- 

Takahisa Nishizu, Yoshio Ikeda (Japan)

16:00

10-4

Effect of Sugar/Salt on the Dielectric Properties and Microwave Heating Patterns of Rice Starch Suspension 

C-J. Chen, D. S. Chen (Taiwan)

16:20

Session 11. Waste Treatment (I)

November 17, from 13:30 to 14:50, Room 201F. Chair: Prof. Ching-Chen Hsieh, (Taiwan).  

11-1 

 

Anaerobic Digestion of Swine Wastewater by Applying the Immobilized-cell 

Chu-Yang Chou, An-Chi Liu, Ping-Yi Yang (Taiwan)

13:30

11-2 

 

Case Study for Fruit Fly Facility Wastewater Management : Agricultural Processing for Land Limited Conditions 

P. Y. Yang, J. Tao (USA)

13:50

11-3 

 

The Effect of Moisture Content on Anaerobic Treatment of Poultry Mortalities 

Ten-Hong Chen (Taiwan)

14:10

11-4 

 

Integrating an Intermittent Aerator for a Swine Wastewater Treatment System for the Land Limited Condition 

P. Y. Yang, Zhiyu Wang (USA)

14:30

Session 12. Waste Treatment (II)

November 17, from 15:20 to 16:40, Room 201F. Chair: Prof. Ping- Yi Yang (USA).  

12-1

Development of pH-Buffer Nutrient Treatment System Using Silicate Minerals for Environmental Protection 

Katsumi Ishikawa (Japan)

15:20

12-2

Application of Agricultural Wastes as Methane Fermentation Substrate -Application of Wheat Bran- 

Atsushi Esaka, Atsushi Oda, Minoru Yamazaki (Japan)

15:40

12-3

Anaerobic Treatment of Industrial Food Waste Water Using Two-Phase Fermenter 

Kazuo Morita, Richard L. Urasa (Japan)

16:00

12-4

Optimization of a Swine Wastewater Treatment System Through Real-Time Control Using ORP  

C. S. Ra, K. V. Lo (Canada)

16:20

Session 13. Environment Control

November 18, from 13:30 to 14:50, Room 201E. Chair: Prof. K. C. Ting (USA).  

13-1

Microenvironmental Optimization of Culture Vessel Using a Genetic Algorithm 

Suroso, Haruhiko Murase, Nobuo Honami (Japan)

13:30

13-2

Modeling and Analyses of Evaporative Cooling Efficiency for Mist-Fog Systems 

Ta-Te Lin, Yi-Chung Chang (Taiwan)

13:50

13-3

Development of Water Tank With Air Bubble for Washing the Vegetable Waste 

Sang Hum, Beom Soo Shin (Korea)

14:10

13-4

Analysis of Ignition Temperature for Peanut Shell in a Heated Furnace 

Jeng-Liang Lin, Chung-Show Lee (Taiwan)

14:30

Session 14. Control and Applications

November 18, from 10:50 to 12:10, Room 201F. Chair: Prof. Tsuguo Okamoto (Japan).  

14-1

Microprocessor Control System for Application Rate of Sprayer 

Kang-Nang Wang, Kai-Sheng Lin, Jing-Shyr Jea (Taiwan)

10:50

14-2

Multivariate Dynamic Control of a Spatially - Variable Applicator 

Min-Wen Wang, J. K. Schueller (Taiwan)

11:10

14-3

Development of Automatic Controller for Boom Sprayers in a Greenhouse 

Ling-Hsi Chen, Chung-Ted Sheng, Po-Liang Liu (Taiwan)

11:30

14-4

Fuzzy Control of a Nutrient-Solution Supplying System for Greenhouse 

Kwan Hee Ryu, Ho Jun Hwang, Gyu Chul Lee, Gi Young Kim (Korea)

11:50

Session 15. Greenhouse and Energy

November 18, from 15:20 to 16:40, Room 201F. Chair: Prof. Gerrit van Straten (Netherland).

15-1

A Research and Demonstration Greenhouse Using Methane Gas from a Resource Recovery Facility 

William J. Roberts (USA)

15:20

15-2

Effective Utilization of Natural Energy in Agriculture -Air Temperature Prediction Model for Nighttime Greenhouse Heating Control- 

Elbatawi I. E. A., K. Mohri, K. Namba (Japan)

15:40

15-3

Development of Heat Pump -PCM Latent Heat Storage System for the Greenhouse Heating(II) 

Hyun-Kap Song (Korea)

16:00

Session 16. Machine Vision and Simulation

November 17, from 15:20 to 16:40, Room 201D. Chair: Prof. Fang-Fan Lee (Taiwan).  

16-1 

 

Study on Quality Judgment Algorithm for Black Soybean by Using Machine Vision - Recognition of Wrinkle and Epidermis Tearing- 

Hiromichi Itoh, Ritsuya Yamashita, Tohru Yukawa (Japan)

15:20

16-2 

 

Charge Simulation Method-Based Image Feature Processing Technique For 3-D Shape Recognition 

Christopher Kanali, Haruhiko Murase, Nobuo Honami (Japan)

15:40

16-3 

 

Computer Simulation of Cutting and Transplanting Processes for Lily Bulb Micropropagation 

Ching-Lu Hsieh, Ta-Te Lin (Taiwan)

16:00

16-4 

 

Fuzzy Simulation of the Effect of Temperature and Lighting on Cabbage Seedling Quality 

Kuang-Wen Hsieh, Suming Chen (Taiwan)

16:20

Session 17. Decision Support System

November 18, from 9:00 to 10:20, Room 201E. Chair: Prof. William J. Roberts (USA).  

17-1

Computerized Decision Support for Phytomation Systems 

K. C. Ting (USA)

9:00

17-2

Simulation of Mechanization System for an Actual Farming Group by Object-Oriented Programming Method 

Juro Miyasaka, Yoshinori Tanaka, Akira Oida, Minotu Yamazaki, Michihiro Yamashita, Satoshi Ogura, Yoshishige Matsuo, Takayasu Ogura (Japan)

9:20

17-3

Development of a Computer Based SCADA System for Indoor Aquaculture Using Process Control Software 

Wei Fang, Chaio-Kai Chan (Taiwan)

9:40

17-4

Study on Intelligent Feeding Decision System for Aquaculture 

Der-Huei Wu, Jiunn-Ming Chen (Taiwan)

10:00

Session 18. Vocalization and Simulation

November 18, from 13:30 to 14:50, Room 201F. Chair: Prof. Haruhiko Murase (Japan).  

18-1

Identification of Animal with its Voice 

Yoshio Ikeda, Yohei Ishii (Japan)

13:30

18-2

Analysis of Livestock Vocalizations 

Yoshio Ikeda, Yohei Ishii (Japan)

13:50

18-3

Simulation of Transport Operations Using a Gantry System 

Yi-Chich Chiu, Din-Sue Fon (Taiwan)

14:10

18-4

Socio-Economic Implication of Farm Mechanisation in Burdwan District (West Bengal) 

Kazi MB, Mita Barman (India)

14:30