Dainis VIESTURS

Dr.sc.ing. Dainis VIESTURSS Senior Researcher, Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) Head of the Research Centre Ulbroka Research Centre, Latvia University of Agriculture Instituta iela 1, Ulbroka, Riga Region, LV-2130 Latvia Tel.: + 371 7 910879 Fax: + 371 7 910873 E-mail: UZC@delfi.lv

Born: February 12, 1946

• Mechanised Technologies of Field-crop Cultivation
• Field-crop Harvesting Machinery
• Environmental Safety in Field-crop Cultivation
• State Support Policy for Agriculture

Languages: German, Russian, Latvian

• Latvia University of Agriculture, Faculty of Engineering, 1969
• Dr.sc.ing. (Candidate of Sciences in the former USSR system, Ph.D. in Western countries), Latvia University of Agriculture, 1986

• Engineer and Researcher, Latvian Institute of Agricultural Engineering, 1970-1985
• Head of the Department, Deputy Director, Latvian Institute of Agricultural Engineering, 1985-1995
• Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, 1994-1995
• Adviser at the Saeima (Parliament) of the Republic of Latvia, 1996-1998
• Head of the Ulbroka Research Centre, 1998 –
• Part-time Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) at the Technical Faculty, Latvia University of Agriculture

• Member of Latvia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
• Prize Winner, the agricultural prize “Sejejs (Sower)”, 1991

• Leader of the Consultative Commission of Mechanisation and Energetics, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia
• Member, Latvian Council of Science Expert Commission for Agricultural Sciences, 1999 -
• Member of the scientific commissions of several scientific conferences (Germany, Lithuania)
• Member of the Editorial Boards of two books published in Latvia

Courses

• Agricultural Machinery, Latvia University of Agriculture, 1997 –
• Foodstuffs of Field-crop Origin, Latvia University of Agriculture, 1995 – 1997

• Viesturs D., Kopiks N., Tupins J. Directions of the technological progress in Latvian agriculture. - Proc. 'Bornimer Agrartechnische Berichte', Heft. 27, Potsdam-Bornim, 2001, pp.25-27.
• Viesturs D., Kopiks N. Efficiency estimation of the harvesting machinery. - Agricultural Engineering, Research Papers 32(3). Raudonvaris, 2000, pp. 127-131.
• Viesturs D. The Role of Agricultural Engineering in the Strategy of National Agriculture. - Agricultural Engineering Conference of Central and East European Countries “Situation and Trends in Agricultural Engineering. Renewable Energy in Agriculture”, Institute of Agricultural Engineering Bornim e. V., Potsdam – Bornim, 1999, 11 – 12 November, 1999, pp. 57-59.
• Kopiks N., Viesturs D., Punculis P. Evaluation of the Cost of Field-Crop Production Technologies. - Folia Universitatis Agriculturae Stetiensis 195 “Agricultura 74”. – 1999, Szczecin: Wydwnictwo Akademii Rolnizcej, pp.209-212.
• Kopiks N., Viesturs D., Balode R. Method for the Analysis of Field-Crop Production Technologies. - Proceedings of the Latvia University of Agriculture. B. Technical Sciences, 1998, vol. 16(293), pp.129-135 (in Latvian).
• Viesturs D., Kopiks N. The Ecological Impact of Grain Production Technology on Environment. - Field Technologies and Environment. Proceedings of the International Conference EurAgEng, 1998, Raudondvaris, pp. 151-154.
• Viesturs D., Kopik N. A Method for the Calculation of Optimum Grain Crop Productivity Considering the Ecological Risk. - Ecology and Agricultural Machinery. Scientific and Practical Conference. St-Petersburg-Pavlovsk NW NIIMESH, 1998, pp. 91-93.
• Viesturs D., Relins E. Protection of Harvesting Machines against Haphazardly Entrapped Stones. - Nordic-Baltic International Seminar NJF TECHNIA’97 Technology of Cost-Efficient Agricultural Products. Pärnu, Estonia, 22-26 Oct., 1997, pp. 4-18.
• Viesturs D., Relins E. Header of Agricultural Machines. - LV Patent No.12156. - Patenti un Precu Zimes, 1999, N 2, p.109.

Research Projects

• D.Viesturs (Head of Project). Investigations in the Efficiency of mobile Agricultural Machinery for Farming of various Intensity. Latvian Council of Science (2001 - ).
• D.Viesturs (Head of Project). Research in Field-Crop Growing, Harvesting Technologies and the Improvement of Machinery with an Aim to Reduce Production Costs and Ensure Quality. Latvian Council of Science (1997-2000).
• D.Viesturs (Head of Project). Elaboration of an Expert Method for the Technical and Technological Estimation of Tractors. Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia (1998).
• D.Viesturs (Head of Project). Research in and Improvement of Grain and Straw Harvesting and Utilisation Technologies and Technical Means. Latvian Council of Science (1994-1997).

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