Van Wambeke, Armand R.

Professor Emeritus/a

research

research and scholarship focus

Dr. Van Wambeke's research interests are focused on the development of methodologies that make soil resource inventories more accessible to land use planners. Two approaches are used: computer programs that allow soil scientists to build their own expert systems that translate soil data into economic values, and interfaces that link soil characterization data to geographical information systems.

international geographic focus

affiliations

emeritus faculty in

background

educational background

  • Ingenieur degree, University of Ghent, Belgium
  • Doctor in Agricultural Sciences, University of Ghent, Belgium

professional background

  • Soil Survey Investigation, Agricultural Research Institute of the Belgian Congo, Rwanda and Burundi
  • Soil Resource Officer for Latin America, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
  • Guided graduate students in soil genesis, International Training Center for Post Graduate Soil Scientists at the University of Ghent

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

  • Rossiter, D. and A. Van Wambeke. 1994. ALES, Automated Land Evaluation System. Version 4.5 User's Manual. SCAS Teaching Series Tg3-2. 265 pp. Department of Soil, Crops and Atmospheric Sciences. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY.
  • Van Wambeke, A. 1992. Soils of the Tropics. Their Properties and Appraisal. McGraw-Hill. New York.
  • Van Wambeke, A. 1989. Tropical Soils and Soil Classification Updates. Advances in Soil Science 10:171-193. Springer Verlag, New York Inc.
  • Van Wambeke, A. 1987. Soil Moisture and Temperature Regimes of Central America, Caribbean and Mexico. SMSS Technical Monograph #16. 225 pp. 16 maps. Department of Agronomy. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
  • Van Wambeke, A. 1987. Thinking Small in Land Evaluation is Beautiful. In Quantified Land Evaluation Procedures, ed. K. J. Beek, et al., ITC Publication #6. Wageningen, The Netherlands.