Position Title
Program Co-Director
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Department Position
Assistant CE Specialist in Agriculture Safety & Health
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
College of Engineering
Research
- Agricultural Safety & Health (Engineering Control)
- Agricultural Machine Systems (Design and Test)
- Finite Element Analysis
- Agricultural Mechanization
- Fruit and Nut Harvesting and Sorting
- Instrumentation
Education
- Ph.D., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Biosystems Systems Engineering
- M.S., Shiraz University - Agricultural Engineering
Publications
The effects of shaking frequency and amplitude on detachment of Estahban dried Fig (Ficus carica cv. Sabz). Khorsandi, F., M. Loghavi, and S. Kamgar. Iran Agricultural Research. 31(1): 49-62.
The effect of speed on foldable ROPS actuation forces. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. Khorsandi, F., P. D. Ayers, D. L. Jackson, and J. B. Wilkerson. 22(4): 285- 295.
Development and evaluation of a computer based ROPS design program. Ayers, P. D., F. Khorsandi, Y. John, and G. Whitaker. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. 22(4): 247-260.
Developing and evaluating a finite element model for predicting the rollover protective structure nonlinear behavior under SAE J2194 static test. Khorsandi, F., P. D. Ayers, and T. J. Truster. Journal of Biosystems Engineering 156: 96–107.
ROPS designs to protect operators during agricultural tractor rollovers. Ayers, P. D., F. Khorsandi, X. Wang, and G. Araujo. Journal of Terramechanics, 75: 49-55.
Modeling the effect of liquid movement on the center of gravity calculation of agricultural vehicles. Khorsandi, F., P. D. Ayers, R. S. Freeland, and X. Wang. Journal of Terramechanics, 75 (2018) 37–48.
The Effect of Friction on Actuation Torques of the Foldable Roll-Over Protective Structure. Khorsandi, F., P. D. Ayers,. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. 24(4): 227-242.