Felipe Montes
- Assistant Research Professor
- Cropping Systems Modeling
University Park, PA 16802
- Email frm10@psu.edu
- Office 814-867-4612
Areas of Expertise
- Micrometeorological Measurements and Instrumentation
- Physically Distributed Hydrological Modeling
- Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture
Websites
- http://plantscience.psu.edu/research/labs/kemanian
- http://news.psu.edu/story/411408/2016/05/20/academics/simulation-modeling-cream-crop-ag-researchers
- http://news.psu.edu/story/396628/2016/03/09/research/experimental-biomass-harvest-step-toward-sustainable-biofuels
- http://news.psu.edu/story/455188/2017/03/10/research/energy-crop-production-conservation-lands-may-not-boost-greenhouse
- http://www.newbio.psu.edu/default.asp
- http://www.cns.psu.edu/
- http://www.pihm.psu.edu/
- http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=8519
Education
- PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina
- MSc, Biosystems Engineering, Clemson University
- BSc, Agronomic Engineering, National University of Colombia
Felipe Montes has expertise in micrometeorological instrumentation, mathematical modeling, and applications to agricultural air and water quality pollution. Current projects range from modeling water quality in the Chesapeake Bay to estimating the carbon footprint of bioenergy and organic systems.
Publications
Making soil particle size analysis by laser diffraction compatible with standard soil texture determination methods
Soil Science Society of America Journal, Faé, Giovani Stefani, Montes, Felipe, Bazilevskaya, Ekaterina, Añó, Rodrigo Masip, Kemanian, Armen Ricardo, 2019
Contributions of environment and genotype to variation in shrub willow biomass composition
Industrial Crops and Products, Fabio, Eric S., Volk, Timothy A., Miller, Raymond O., Serapiglia, Michelle J., Kemanian, Armen R., Montes, Felipe, Kuzovkina, Yulia A., Kling, Gary J., Smart, Lawrence B., 2017
Landscape control of nitrous oxide emissions during the transition from conservation reserve program to perennial grasses for bioenergy
GCB Bioenergy, Saha, Debasish, Rau, Benjamin M., Kaye, Jason P., Montes, Felipe, Adler, Paul R., Kemanian, Armen R., 2017
A mixed model approach for evaluating yield improvements in interspecific hybrids of shrub willow, a dedicated bioenergy crop
Industrial Crops and Products, Fabio, Eric S., Kemanian, Armen R., Montes, Felipe, Miller, Raymond O., Smart, Lawrence B., 2017
A process-based emission model of volatile organic compounds from silage sources on farms
Atmospheric Environment, Bonifacio, H. F., Rotz, Clarence Alan, Hafner, S. D., Montes, Felipe, Cohen, M., Mitloehner, F. M., 2017
Designing efficient nitrous oxide sampling strategies in agroecosystems using simulation models
Atmospheric Environment, Saha, Debasish, Kemanian, Armen Ricardo, Rau, Benjamin M., Adler, Paul R., Montes, Felipe, 2017
Ammonia emission model for whole farm evaluation of dairy production systems
Journal of Environmental Quality, Rotz, Clarence Alan, Montes, Felipe, Hafner, Sasha D., Heber, Albert J., Grant, Richard H., 2014
The role of carbon dioxide in emission of ammonia from manure
Atmospheric Environment, Hafner, Sasha D., Montes, Felipe, Rotz, Clarence Alan, 2013
A mass transfer model for VOC emission from silage
Atmospheric Environment, Hafner, Sasha D., Montes, Felipe, Rotz, C. Alan, 2012
A mass transfer model of ethanol emission from thin layers of corn silage
Transactions of the ASABE, El-Mashad, Hamed M., Zhang, Ruihong, Hafner, Sasha, Montes, Felipe, Rotz, Clarence Alan, Arteaga, Veronica, Zhao, Yongjing, Mitloehner, Frank M., 2010
Ethanol emission from loose corn silage and exposed silage particles
Atmospheric Environment, Hafner, Sasha D., Montes, Felipe, Rotz, Clarence Alan, Mitloehner, Frank, 2010
Temperature and air velocity effects on ethanol emission from corn silage with the characteristics of an exposed silo face
Atmospheric Environment, Montes, Felipe, Hafner, Sasha D., Rotz, Clarence Alan, Mitloehner, Frank M., 2010
The carbon footprint of dairy production systems through partial life cycle assessment
Journal of Dairy Science, Rotz, Clarence Alan, Montes, Felipe, Chianese, D. S., 2010
