Information Processing

Complementing our capability in sensors and the collection of data, we have considerable experience in the translation, analysis and presentation of data. 

 

A particular skill is in contextual data analysis that facilitates management decisions.

 

List of Projects:

 

- Frost Protection
- GrapeSense
- Feedback Football

 

Publications:

 

Woodhead, I., Hayward, A. Minimising water use in frost protection.  In: Wine Technology in New Zealand Feb-Mar 2007, Vol 5 No 1 pages 4-7.

Woodhead, I., Platt, I., Buchan G.and Christie, J. Pseudo-Static Electromagnetic Modelling of Moisture Sensors in Lossy Dielectrics, ISEMA 2007, Conference Proceedings, 175-181.

 

Woodhead, I., Hayward, A. Frost protection – it’s time to plan your crop strategies. In: Wine Technology in New Zealand Oct-Nov 2006, Vol 4 pages 18-20. 

 

Woodhead, I. M., Riding, P., Hayward, A., (2006).   Sprinkler Frost Protection: Early Results from a Hawkes Bay Trial. Sixth International Cool Climate Symposium for Viticulture and Oeneology, Christchurch, NZ.

Clever Contraption (video system that characterizes grape vine canopies) in The Marlborough Express, January 16 2004, page 2.

 

Checking kiwifruit quality goes hi-tech, in Country News, July 2005, page 27.

 

Kulasiri, D., Woodhead, I., (2005).  On Modeling Drying Porous Materials: Analytical Solutions to Coupled Partial Differential Equations Governing Heat and Moisture Transfer, Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2005:00:1-17.

 

Woodhead, I. M., Riding, P., (2003).  Frost Protection Systems – Their Use and Limitations.  Proceedings of the 9th Annual Romeo Bragato Conference Wellington, NZ.

 

Timm, E.J., Bollen, A.F., Dela Rue, B.T. and Woodhead, I.M. (1998). Apple Damage and Compression Forces in Bulk Bins During Orchard Transport. Transactions of ASAE , 14(2):165-172.

 

Woodhead, I.M. (1996). A Spatial Averaging Moisture Sensor for Irrigation Scheduling. ASAE International Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Scheduling Conference. San Antonio, Texas, 1115-1121.