Dr. Uriel Rosa is responsible for Objective 5: Improving the picking head of the olive harvester.

Contact information

• Ph.D. Agricultural & Bio-resource Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, 1997
• B.S., M.S. Agricultural Engineering, University of Campinas, Brazil, 1992

• Assistant Professor/Bio-production Engineer, Bio. & Agr. Engineering Dept., University of California, Davis, 2002 - present
• Post Graduate Research, Bio. & Agr. Engineering Dept, University of California, Davis, 1997- 2002

Research Interests and Publications

Organizations Sponsoring and/or Collaborating with Research:

• Paramount Farming Co.
• PTAB
• COC

Relevant Papers & Presentations:

• Design and Evaluation of Selected Machine Components to Reduce Injuries caused (PowerPoint to pdf) - Uriel Rosa, Louise Ferguson and Dave Smith, April 2007
• B.S. Lee and U.A. Rosa. 2006. Development of a Canopy Volume Reduction Technique for Easy Assessment and Harvesting of Valencia Citrus Fruits. Transactions of the ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers) 49(6):1695-1703
• U.A. Rosa, Z. Zoller, S. Gunda and P. Erickson. 2005. Experimental Vibration Assessment of a Fuel Cell Transit Bus. SAE paper # 2005-01-3449. Warrendale, PA 15096-0001
• M. Beerman, U.A. Rosa, B. Jenkins, and P. Erickson. 2005. Investigation of Load Profiles for Agricultural Tractors. System Study - Load Profiles and Lifetime, Fuels and Fuel Delivery report. U.S.DOE solicitation DE-FC3604G014303
• G. Siva, U.A. Rosa, B. Jenkins, and P. Erickson. 2005. Impulse and Vibration resistance. Source Identification of Vibration and Shock on Off-Road Vehicles report. U.S.DOE solicitation DE-FC3604G014303
• S.K. Upadhyaya, U.A. Rosa, and D. Wulfsohn. 2002. Application of the finite element method in agricultural soil mechanics. Chapter 2 in Advances in Soil Dynamics, Volume 2, edited by Upadhyaya, S. K., W. J. Chancellor, J. V. Perumpral, R. L. Schafer, W. R. Gill, and G. E. VandenBerg. American Society of Agricultural Engineers Monograph. pp. 118-1
• S.K. Upadhyaya, U.A. Rosa, M.N. Josiah, and M. Koller. 2001. Effect of belt width and grouser wear on the tractive characteristics of rubber-tracked vehicles. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 17(3):267-271
• U.A. Rosa, P. Chen, and S.K. Upadhyaya. 2001. Modeling and verification of SuperSteer steering system. Transactions of the ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers) 44(4):741-749
• U.A. Rosa, S.K. Upadhyaya, and P. Chen. 2000. Modeling and verification of an auto front-wheel-drive system. Transactions of the ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers) 43(1):23-29
• U.A. Rosa and D. Wulfsohn. 1999. Constitutive model for high speed tillage using narrow tools. Journal of Terramechanics 36:221-234