• Coordinator for Education/Workforce Development Programs

Current Projects:

• Detection and Site-Specific Control of Weeds Through Remote Sensing
• Effects of Rowcrop Field Border Management on Economic Opportunity Costs, Arthropods, Weed Populations and Wildlife Habitat Value In Intensive Agricultural Production Systems of Mississippi
• Remote Sensing Technology for Analyzing Competing Vegetation in Forest Management Areas

Current Areas of Interest/Research Focuses:

• Development of remote sensing applications in agriculture, particularly in weed management and crop stress detection
• Site-specific weed management strategies
• Weed control systems in soybeans and wheat

Work Experience:

Mississippi State University:

• Assistant Professor (1985-1989)
• Associate Professor (1989-1991)
• Professor of Weed Science (1991-1999)
• Giles Distinguished Professor of Weed Science (1999-Present)
• Director, Remote Sensing Technologies Center (1999-Present)

Degrees, Certifications, and Specializations:

• B.S. in Agriculture, Cameron University-1981
• M.S. in Agronomy-Weed Science, Oklahoma State University-1983
• Ph.D. in Crop Science-Weed Science, Oklahoma State University-1985

Highlights, Honors, Committee & Leadership Positions:

Weed Science Society of America

• Member, Board of Directors, 1997-Present
• Newsletter Editor, 1993-Present
• Resolutions Committee, 1989-1993 (Chair, 1990-93)
• Membership Committee, 1989-1994 (Chair, 1991-94)
• Program Committee, 1991-1992
• Awards Committee, 1995-Present
• Reviewer, Weed Science
• Reviewer, Weed Technology

• Director, Academia, 1991-93
• Secretary/Treasurer, 1993-96
• Awards Committee, 1991-94
• Weed Contest Committee, 1985-Present (Chair, 1995-Present)
• Graduate Contest Committee, 1987-90 (Chair, 1988)
• Program Committee, 1988, 1992, 1998
• Newsletter Committee, 1988-Present (Editor, 1989-1992)

• Executive Secretary, 1987-Present
• Nominations Committee, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996
• Newsletter Editor, 1989-90

• Historian, 1993-94
• Treasurer, 1994-95
• Secretary, 1995-96
• Vice President, 1996-97
• President, 1997-98

• Major Advisor for 32 M.S. and 18 Ph.D.
• Committee Member for 30 M.S. and 9 Ph.D.

• Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Weed Science Society of America, 1985
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Oklahoma State University, 1985
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Agronomy Department, OSU, 1985
• Teaching Award, Mississippi Weed Science Society, 1990
• Research Award, Mississippi Weed Science Society, 1991
• Distinguished Service Award, Mississippi Weed Science Society, 1993
• Outstanding Young Weed Scientist, Southern Weed Science Society, 1994
• Outstanding MAFES Scientist, 1994
• Alpha Zeta Outstanding Advisor Award, 1994
• Outstanding Young Weed Scientist Award, Weed Science Society of America, 1996
• Research Award, Mississippi State University Alumni Association, 1997
• Grantsmanship Award, Mississippi Agricultural & Forestry Experiment Station, 1997
• Outstanding Educator Award, WSSA, 1998
• Graduate Level Teaching Award, MSU Alumni Association, 1998
• William L. Giles Distinguished Professor of Weed Science, 1999
• Teaching Award, Southern Weed Science Society, 1999
• Weed Scientist of the Year, Southern Weed Science Society, 2000
• Ralph E. Powe Research Award, 2000

Publications:

Refereed Publications: 134

Experiment Station Bulletins: 26

Abstracts from Presentations: 302

Pertinent Publications:

• King, R. L., C. Ruffin, F. E. LaMastus, and D. R. Shaw. 1999. The analysis of hyperspectral data using Savitzky-Golay filtering - practical issues. Proc. IEEE Int. Geosci. Remote Sensing Symp. IEEE Catalog No. 99CH36293C.
  
  
• King, R. L., C. Ruffin, L. LaMastus, and D. Shaw. 2000. Classification of weed species using self-organizing maps. Proc. Second Int. Conf. on Geospatial Inf. in Agric. and For. 2:151-158.
  
  
• LaMastus, F. E., D. R. Shaw, R. L. King, G. R. Nice, and C. R. Medlin. 1998. Remote sensing capabilities for weed detection in soybean. Proc. South. Weed Sci. Soc. 51:277.
  
  
• Leon, C.T., D.R. Shaw, and S.B. Blanche. 2000. Crop monitoring using remote sensing and GPS technologies. Proc. South. Weed Sci. Soc. 53:167.
  
  
• Medlin, C. R., and D. R. Shaw. 2000. Economic comparison of broadcast and site-specific herbicide applications in non-transgenic and glyphosate-tolerant soybean (Glycine max). Weed Sci. 48:236-240.
  
  
• Medlin, C. R., D. R. Shaw, P. D. Gerard, and F. E. LaMastus. 2000. Using remote sensing to detect weed infestations in soybean (Glycine max). Weed Sci. 48:241-247.
  
  
• Rankins, A., Jr., D. R. Shaw, and J. D. Byrd, Jr. 1998. HERB and MSU-HERB field validation for soybean (Glycine max) weed control in Mississippi. Weed Technol. 12:88-96.
  
  
• Saputro, S., D. B. Smith, and D. R. Shaw. 1991. Expert system for agricultural aerial spray drift. Trans. ASAE 34:764-772.
  
  
• Shaw, D.R. 2000. Remote sensing as a tool for site-specific weed management. Proc. South. Weed Sci. Soc. 53:642.
  
  
• Shaw, D. R., A. Rankins, Jr., J. T. Ruscoe, and J. D. Byrd, Jr. 1998. Field validation of weed control recommendations from HERB and SWC herbicide decision models. Weed Technol. 12:78-87.