William F. Wilcke
Professor and Extension Engineer
Professor and Extension Engineer, Regional Coordinator for
the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research
and Education Program
204 Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
University of Minnesota
1390 Eckles Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-6005
(612) 625-8205
email: wilck001@umn.edu
B.S., 1976, M.S., 1980, Ph.D., 1985, Iowa State University.
Member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Registered
Professional Engineer in Iowa.
Interest Areas
Post-harvest technology (cooling, drying, storage, and handling
of crops after harvest), sustainable agriculture, and agricultural
energy sources.
Current Research
Extension Programs
Recent Significant Publications
Ileleji, K.E., W.F. Wilcke, and R.V. Morey. 2002. Relative
storability of high-oil and Bt corn compared to conventional
hybrids. Transactions of the ASAE. Accepted.
Wilcke, W.F., K.E. Ileleji, P. Gupta, R.V. Morey, and R.A.
Meronuck. 2001. Comparison of sample storage and conditioning
methods for corn storability tests. Transactions of the ASAE
44(2): 369-376.
Ruan, R., S. Ning, L. Luo, X. Chen, P. Chen, R. Jones, W.
Wilcke, and V. Morey. 2001. Estimation of weight percentage
of scabby wheat kernels using an automatic vision and neural
network based system. Transactions of the ASAE 44(4): 983-988.
Lin, G., R. Ruan, P. Chen, W. Wilcke, and P. Addis. 2001.
Structure-function relationships of highly refined cellulose.
Transactions of the ASAE 44(6): 1707-1712.
Wilcke, W.F., K.E. Ileleji, P. Gupta, R.V. Morey, and R.A.
Meronuck. 2000. Effect of changing temperature on deterioration
of shelled corn. Transactions of the ASAE 43(5):1195-1201.
Wilcke, W.F., H.F. Ng, R.A. Meronuck, R.V. Morey, P. Gupta,
and J.P. Lang. 1999. Storability of wheat infected with Fusarium
head blight. Transactions of the ASAE 42(3): 733-742.
Gupta, P., W.F. Wilcke, R.V. Morey, and R.A. Meronuck. 1999.
Effect of dry matter loss on corn quality. Applied Engineering
in Agriculture 15(5): 501-507.
Ng, H.F., W.F. Wilcke, R.V. Morey, and J.P. Lang. 1998. Machine
vision evaluation of corn kernel mechanical and mold damage.
Transactions of the ASAE 41(2):415-420.
Ng, H.F., W.F. Wilcke, R.V. Morey, and J.P. Lang. 1998. Machine
vision color calibration in assessing corn kernel damage.
Transactions of the ASAE 41(3):727-732.
Ng, H.F., W.F. Wilcke, R.V. Morey, R.A. Meronuck, and J.P.
Lang. 1998. Mechanical damage and corn storability. Transactions
of the ASAE 41(4): 1095-1100.
Wilcke, W.F., H.F. Ng, R.V. Morey, R.A. Meronuck, and J.P.
Lang. 1998. Effect of fungicide application on deterioration
rate of stored shelled corn. Transactions of the ASAE
41(6):1761-1765.
Mankell, K.O., K.A. Janni, R.D. Walker, M.E. Wilson, J.E.
Pettigrew, L.D. Jacobson, and W.F. Wilcke. 1995. Dust suppression
in swine feed using soybean oil. Journal of Animal Science
73:981-985.
Ng, H.F., R.V. Morey, W.F. Wilcke, R.A. Meronuck, and J.P.
Lang. 1995. Relationship between equilibrium relative humidity
and deterioration of shelled corn. Transactions of the
ASAE 38(4):1139-1145.
Wilcke, W.F., R.A. Meronuck, R.V. Morey, H.F. Ng, J.P. Lang,
and D. Jiang. 1993. Storage life of shelled corn treated with
a fungicide. Transactions of the ASAE 36(6):1847-1854.
Wilcke, W.F., R.V. Morey, and D.J. Hansen. 1993. Strategies
for reducing ambient-air grain drying costs. Applied Engineering
in Agriculture 9(2):241-248.
Wilcke, W.F., C.S. Chang, and G.H. Hetzel. 1992. Grain flow
through horizontal guarded orifices. Applied Engineering
in Agriculture 8(1):65-75.
Wilcke, W.F., M.F. Ehrich, and K.W. Ko. 1990. Using ELISA
kits to test corn for aflatoxin. Applied Agricultural Research
5(1):32-36.
Wilcke, W.F., C.G. Haugh, K.C. Diehl, and C.W. Coale. 1989.
Design of a shiitake mushroom packing line. Applied Engineering
in Agriculture 5(3):405-411.
Wilcke, W.F. and C.J. Bern. 1986. Natural-air corn drying
with stirring: I. Physical properties effects. Transactions
of the ASAE 29(3):854-859.
Wilcke, W.F. and C.J. Bern. 1986. Natural-air corn drying
with stirring: II. Dryer performance. Transactions of the
ASAE 29(3):860-867.
Anderson, M.E., C.J. Bern, and W.F. Wilcke. 1984. Simulation
of corn desiccant preparation using solar energy. Transactions
of the ASAE 27(1):186-190.
Nguygen, V.T., C.J. Bern, W.F. Wilcke, and M.E. Anderson.
1984. Breakage susceptibility of blended corn. Transactions
of the ASAE 27(1):209-214.
Hurburgh, Charles R., Jr., Carl J. Bern, W.F. Wilcke, and
M.E. Anderson. 1983. Shrinkage and corn quality changes in
on-farm handling operations. Transactions of the ASAE
26(6):1854-1857.
Bern, C.J., M.E. Anderson, W.F. Wilcke, and C.R. Hurburgh.
1982. Auger-stirring wet and dry corn - airflow resistance
and bulk density effects. Transactions of the ASAE
25(1):217-220.
Bern, C.J., M.E. Anderson, M.J. Monson, and W.F. Wilcke.
1981. Corn drying with solar-dried desiccant. In Proceedings
of ASAE National Energy Symposium, 89-94. Kansas City
MO, Sep 29 - Oct 1. St. Joseph MI: ASAE
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