Dr. Elliott joined the Agricultural Engineering department at Oklahoma State University in 1981 as an Assistant Professor

Dr. Elliott has served on the Steering Committee for the Oklahoma Mesonetwork of Automated Weather Stations since 1990, 33 years strong!

Ron and Judith will be celebrating 40 years of marriage this coming May!

Dr. Elliott secured 60 different federal, state, private and university sponsored grants and contracts to support scholarly activities that attracted graduate students, post-docs, and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Over 167 books, referred journal articles, proceedings, presentations, invited talks, and technical reports were produced and shared with the scientific community sharing novel findings from the work of Dr. Elliott and his collaborative teams.

Dr. Elliott's expertise and mentoring has had a positive influence on the careers of many students in engineering, ag education, ag economics, meteorology, geography, horticulture, and agronomy. At least 51 PhD, MS, and M.Eng. students chaired, post-doctoral scholars trained, and graduate student committees served were impressed over the years across nearly 10 different program areas.

Not only has Dr. Elliott been instrumental in building relationships with donors, alumni, and friends for the advancement of BAE, his family has been a consistent contributor year after year to the programs and funds in BAE, OSU, and Stillwater Community. Join BAE's other donors we have recognized as Loyal and True!

Dr. Elliott was inducted as an ASABE Fellow in 2002 and recognized as a member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with unusual professional distinction, and outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in soil and water engineering. He was awarded this highest honor of ASABE as well as the ASABE John Deere Gold Medal Award for his achievements in new concepts and science that have advanced development of agriculture (2011).