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Brian L. Steward is Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University. <\/span>Dr. Steward teaches in the areas of fluid power engineering and technology, dynamic systems modeling and simulation, and solid modeling. <\/span><\/span> His research focuses on agricultural machinery systems including <\/span>virtual design, vehicle testing, <\/span>fluid power, <\/span>field automation and sensing at the machine-soil-plant interface and. <\/span> Dr. Steward is professor-in-charge of the Danfoss Fluid Power Teaching Laboratory and the Off-Highway Vehicle Chassis Dynamometer Laboratory. <\/span>He leads the fluid power educational programs at ISU, training approximately 160 students per year in fluid power. He also teaches hydraulics short courses to practicing engineers. <\/span>He is a member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers in which he been an associate editor of ASABE journals for over 15 years. <\/span>He has over 300 technical publications and presentations including 54 refereed journal articles and 65 invited talks. <\/span>He has received more than $7.0 million in grants and contracts as a principal investigator or co-principal investigator. Dr. Steward received his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota State University, and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<\/span><\/p>","middle_name":"","isu_office":"2325 Elings $ 605 Bissell Rd. # Ames, IA 500111098","uid":[],"hide_isu_office":"0","lastname":"Steward","publications":"