Digvir S. Jayas

Professor
Biosystems Engineering
Canada

Biography

Distinguished Professor Dr. Digvir Jayas was educated at the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Pantnagar, India; the University of Manitoba, and the University of Saskatchewan. Before assuming the position of Vice-President (Research and International), he held the position of Vice-President (Research) for two years and Associate Vice-President (Research) for eight years. Prior to his appointment as Associate Vice-President (Research), he was Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Department Head of Biosystems Engineering, and Interim Director of the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Registered Professional Agrologist.

Research Intrest

Post-Harvest Handling & Storage of Grains and Oilseeds

List of Publications
Jian*, F., V. Chelladurai*, D.S. Jayas, N.D.G. White. 2015. Three-dimensional transient heat, mass and momentum transfer model to predict conditions of canola stored inside silo bags under Canadian Prairie conditions, Part I - soil temperature model (accepted in June 2015 for publication in Transactions of the ASABE).
Chelladurai*, V., R.V. Parker*, D.S. Jayas and N.D.G. White. 2015. Evaluation of a horizontal flow in-bin grain drying system (accepted in June 2015 for publication in Applied Engineering in Agriculture).
Jian*, F., P.G. Fields, K. Hargreaves*, D.S. Jayas and N.D. G. White. 2015. Chill-coma and minimum movement temperatures of stored-products beetles in stored wheat (accepted in June 2015 for publication in Journal of Economic Entomology).

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