Leslie F. Backer
Chair and Associate Professor

M.S. Agricultural Engineering
North Dakota State University

B.S. Agricultural Engineering
North Dakota State University

Room 101
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Building
North Dakota State University
Fargo ND 58105
Phone: 701-231-7265
Fax: 701-231-1008
E-mail: Leslie.Backer@ndsu.edu
Leslie Backer

Responsibilities
Administration
Teaching
Research
Student Recruitment
Graduate Placement
Student Engineering Branch of ASAE Faculty Advisor
Alpha Epsilon Faculty Advisor
Expertise Areas
  • Post-harvest Technology: harvesting, drying, handling, storage, processing, quality maintainence and physical properties
  • Precision Farming
  • Chemical Application
Recent Research
A Review of Current Agricultural Crop Harvest and Collection Technology
Development of a Sugarbeet Yield Monitoring System
Performance Evaluation of Electro-mist (Melroe) Sprayer Compared to a Conventional Sprayer
Professional Memberships
Society for Engineering in Agriculture, Food, and Biological Systems (ASAE)
Alpha Epsilon
ASEE
Order of the Engineer
Courses
ASM 323 Post Harvest Technology -- Spring
ASM 491 Seminar -- Fall
ABEN 189 Skills for Academic Success -- Fall
ABEN 491 Seminar -- Fall
ABEN 763 Theory/Drying Biological Products -- Fall (alternate years)
ABEN 798 Master's Thesis

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