Fargo, N.D. – Several agribusiness and applied economics faculty have had papers accepted for publication or recognized for superior quality.

William Wilson, Distinguished Professor, had his paper, "Impacts of Congestion and Stochastic Variables on the Network for U.S. Container Imports," accepted for publication in the Journal of Transport Economics and Policy.

Cole Gustafson, professor and biofuels economist at NDSU, and Thein Maung, research assistant professor, had their article, “The Economic Feasibility of Sugar Beet Biofuel Production in Central North Dakota,” accepted for publication in Biomass and Bioenergy.

Dragan Miljkovic, professor, had his article, "Offsetting Behavior and the Benefits of Food Safety Policies in Vegetable Preparation and Consumption," selected by the editorial board as the outstanding article published in year 2010 (volume 26) in Agribusiness: An International Journal.

Transportation analyst presents at international conference EunSu Lee, a transportation analyst with the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, presented research at the 2011 U.S.-Korea Conference on Aug. 10-14, hosted by the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association and the Korean Foundation of Science and Technology Societies.

Lee presented his report, “Estimating Origin-Destination for Imported Containers through Intermodal Networks.” His research investigates the trip generation and trip distribution of freight containers moving into the United States through the marine ports. The study optimized the origin-destination for the imported containerized freights in the United States.

Lee earned both his doctorate in transportation logistics and his master’s degree in industrial management and engineering from NDSU in 2011 and 2006, respectively. Lee also earned his MBA in operations management from Hanyang University, South Korea, and a bachelor of engineering in information technology from Kwandong University, South Korea.