A/Prof Yvette Everingham ~ Associate Professor
College of Science & Engineering
- About
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- Teaching
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- MA2405: Advanced Statistical Modelling (Level 2; TSV)
- MA3405: Statistical Data Mining for Big Data (Level 3; TSV)
- MA5405: Data Mining (Level 5; TSV)
- SC1102: Modelling Natural Systems (Level 1; TSV)
- SC2202: Quantitative Methods in Science (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
- SC5202: Quantitative Methods in Science (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
- Research Disciplines
- Socio-Economic Objectives
Yvette is a data scientist dedicated to (i) identifying strategies that will deliver better student learning outcomes in STEM education, and, (ii) helping agricultural industries discover environmentally friendly ways they can increase productivity in challenging climates.
Yvette completed her PhD at JCU in 1998 where she developed new statistical methods to visualise and unlock important information hidden in complex, chemical, near-infrared (NIR) signatures of minerals, seagrass, sugarcane, wheat and pharmaceutical products. After completing her PhD, Yvette commenced a four year term with the CSIRO as a climate impact scientist. Currently, Yvette holds a position as an Associate Professor at JCU and Expert Team Leader with the World Meteorological Organisation looking at weather, climate extremes and agricultural industry needs.
Yvette is also a member of the Rapid Assessment Joint Venture between JCU and the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries which focuses on using NIR technologies to assess food quality and advance food security. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Agronomy for Sustainable Development and member of the JCU Masters of Data Science Team. Previous roles include the Associate Dean of Graduate Research Studies (JCU) and Statistical Consultant for the Graduate Research School (JCU).
- Honours
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- Awards
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- 2014 - Office for Learning and Teaching Citation for outstanding contributions to student learning.
- 2014 - JCU Citation for outstanding contributions to student learning.
- 2008 - Sugar Research and Development Award for outstanding research contributions to the Australian sugar industry.
- Memberships
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- 2010 - Associate Editor: Agonomy for Sustainable Development
- Other
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- 2015 - Expert Team Leader, World Meteorological Organisation (Weather and Climate Extremes and Agricultural Industry Needs)
- 2014 - Delivered the Last Lecture for James Cook University
- 2011 - Invited speaker at the 12th ACP (African-Caribbean-Pacific Island) Ministerial Conference on Sugar
- Publications
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These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
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- Brice S, Ness K, Everingham Y, Rosemond D and Judge L (in press) Analysis of the separation angle between the thorax and pelvis, and its association with performance in the hammer throw. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching,
- D'Lima C, Everingham Y, Diedrich A, Mustika P, Hamann M and Marsh H (in press) Using multiple indicators to evaluate the sustainability of dolphin-based wildlife tourism in rural India. Journal of Sustainable Tourism,
- Cleguer C, Garrigue C, Fuentes M, Everingham Y, Hagihara R, Hamann M, Payri C and Marsh H (2017) Drivers of change in the relative abundance of dugongs in New Caledonia. Wildlife Research, 44 (4). pp. 365-376
- Everingham Y, Gyuris E and Connolly S (2017) Enhancing student engagement to positively impact mathematics anxiety, confidence and achievement for interdisciplinary science subjects. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 48 (8). pp. 1153-1165
- Sexton J, Everingham Y and Inman-Bamber G (2017) A global sensitivity analysis of cultivar trait parameters in a sugarcane growth model for contrasting production environments in Queensland, Australia. European Journal of Agronomy, 88. pp. 96-105
- Everingham Y, Sexton J, Skocaj D and Inman-Bamber G (2016) Accurate prediction of sugarcane yield using a random forest algorithm. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 36 (27). pp. 1-9
- Schepen A, Wang Q and Everingham Y (2016) Calibration, bridging and merging to improve GCM seasonal temperature forecasts in Australia. Monthly Weather Review, 144. pp. 2421-2441
- Sexton J, Everingham Y and Inman-Bamber G (2016) A theoretical and real world evaluation of two Bayesian techniques for the calibration of variety parameters in a sugarcane crop model. Environmental Modelling & Software, 83. pp. 126-142
- Stokes C, Inman-Bamber N, Everingham Y and Sexton J (2016) Measuring and modelling CO2 effects on sugarcane. Environmental Modelling & Software, 78. pp. 68-78
- Conference Papers
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- Wang E, Attard S, Everingham Y, Philippa B and Xiang W (2018) Smarter irrigation management in the sugarcane farming system using internet of things. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists. In: ASSCT 2018: 40th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 17-20 April 2018, Mackay, Queensland
- Sexton J, Everingham Y, Skocaj D, Biggs J, Thorburn P and Schroeder B (2017) Identification of climatological sub-regions within the Tully mill area. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists. In: ASSCT 2017: 39th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 3-5 May 2017, Cairns, QLD, Australia
- Sexton J, Everingham Y and Donald D (2017) A comparison of data mining algorithms for improving NIR models of cane quality measures. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists. In: ASSCT 2017: 39th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 3-5 May 2017, Cairns, QLD, Australia
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 82+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Yvette Everingham from 1996 onwards.
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - National Landcare Program: Smart Farming Partnerships Grant
Climate Smart Sugarcane Irrigation Partnerships (CSSIP)
- Indicative Funding
- $1,586,884 over 5 years
- Summary
- CSSIP will minimise nutrient runoff, improve soil health and increase wetlands water quality by facilitating the adoption of world-class irrigation practices in sugarcane farming systems. Currently, best practice irrigation is assisted by an Irrigation Decision Support Tool (IDST) that provides evidence-based advice. However, IDSTs have not reached their full potential. Firstly, they do not integrate short to medium term weather forecasts (e.g. weekly to multi-weekly forecasts). Secondly, IDSTs do not operate at a spatial scale relevant to farmers. CSSIP will incorporate the Bureau or Meteorology?s new high-resolution climate model into the Irrigation Decision Support Tool. Thirdly, IDSTs require substantial time in manual data entry, which can be alleviated using real-time monitoring via Internet of Things technologies. This will increase irrigation efficiency, reducing excessive runoff into river systems and onto the Reef, and, will help farmers save water and energy costs.
- Investigators
- Bronson Philippa, Yvette Everingham, Eric Wang, Stephen Attard and Wei Xiang in collaboration with Geoff Inman-Bamber, Marian Davis, Andrew Schepen, Brock Dembowski, Peter Larsen and Andres Jaramillo (College of Science & Engineering, AgriTech Solutions, Burdekin Productivity Services, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Wilmar Sugar Australia and Sugar Research Australia)
- Keywords
- Sugarcane; Internet of Things; Irrigation
Sugar Research Australia - Research Grant
Unravelling the impact of climate and harvest time on nitrogen fertiliser requirements
- Indicative Funding
- $281,721 over 5 years (administered by Sugar Research Australia)
- Summary
- This project aims to understand how climate and harvest time impacts nitrogen use efficiency on the sugarcane farming system in the Herbert.
- Investigators
- Yvette Everingham (College of Science & Engineering)
- Keywords
- Climate; Environment; Sugar; Sustainability; Nitrogen; Production
Sugar Research Australia - Research Grant
Decision support for choice of enhanced efficiency fertilisers - Herbert catchment pilot study
- Indicative Funding
- $2,900 (administered by CSIRO)
- Summary
- The use of Enhanced efficiency Fertilisers (EEF), including both controlled release fertilisers land fertilisers with nitrification inhibitors, has been proposed as one means of reducing nitrogen losses and, in combination with lower application rates, increasing nitrogen use efficiency. This project will investigate the utility of EEFs for sustainable farming practices.
- Investigators
- Kirsten Verburg, Lawrence Di Bella and Yvette Everingham (Sugar Research Australia, Herbert Cane Productivity Services Ltd and College of Science & Engineering)
- Keywords
- fertilisers; Herbert catchment
Department of the Environment and Energy - National Environmental Science Program (NESP) - Tropical Water Quality Hub (TWQ Hub)
Innovative economic levers: A system for underwriting risk of practice change in cane-farming
- Indicative Funding
- $30,000 over 3 years (administered by CSIRO)
- Summary
- This project will enable reduced DIN exports from cane lands by developing and promoting a tested framework for commercial insurance businesses to underwrite risk of nitrogen practice change in sugarcane farming.
- Investigators
- Peter Thorburn and Yvette Everingham in collaboration with Stuart Whitten, John Rolfe, Jody Biggs and Jeda Palmer (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, Central Queensland University and College of Science & Engineering)
- Keywords
- Sugar Cane; Water Quality; Insurance; Climate; Nitrogen; Agriculture
Department of the Environment and Energy - National Environmental Science Program (NESP) - Tropical Water Quality Hub (TWQ Hub)
Improving water quality for the Great Barrier Reef and wetlands by better managing irrigation in the sugarcane farming system
- Indicative Funding
- $458,103 over 3 years
- Summary
- This project will work in partnership with industry, extension, NRM, research and government organisations to develop and deploy an irrigation system that is automatically controlled by remotely accessing feedback from the IrrigWeb decision support tool. Irrigweb provides optimal irrigation schedules on a paddock-by-paddock basis by linking information abut climate, soils and management regimes. If new water quality targets as specified in the revised Burdekin Water Quality Improvement Plan are to by met by 2025, it will be critical to establish pathways that enable industry partners to capitalise on new technologies.
- Investigators
- Yvette Everingham, Wei Xiang and Bronson Philippa in collaboration with Stephen Attard (College of Science & Engineering and AgriTech Solutions)
Sugar Research Australia - Research Grant
Optimising productivity, variety recommendations and mill operations through analysis of mill data
- Indicative Funding
- $11,927 over 2 years (administered by Sugar Research Australia)
- Summary
- Since 20009 sugarcane productivity has fluctuated dramatically across most mill areas. Although some of this regional variation can be explained by extreme weather events or disease incursions it is important to identify those causes which can be controlled in order to increase production/profitability for industry. Hugh amounts of data are captured annually by each mill and this significant investment is under-utilised in decision making. This project will develop innovative tools to analyse and summarise mill data with the view to optimize production/profitability.
- Investigators
- Joanne Stringer, Isaac Asamoah, Felicity Atkin, Bert Collard, Barry Croft, Emily Deomano, Brian Edwards, Yvette Everingham, Eloise Keefe, Peter Larsen, Roy Parfitt, George Peperidis, Bernard Schroeder, Greg Shannon, Danielle Skocaj, Alister Smith, Steve Staunton, Paul Stuart, Andrew Ward, Mick Ward and Xianming Wei (Sugar Research Australia, Wilmar Sugar Australia, College of Science & Engineering, University of Southern Queensland, Tully Sugar Ltd, Sunshine Sugar, Mackay Sugar Limited (MSL) and MSF Sugar Australia)
- Keywords
- Data Mining; Big Data; Production; Optimisation; Sugar Cane; Statistics
Sugar Research Australia - Research Grant
How big will that crop be? Incorporating climate forecasting into Nitrogen management in the Wet Tropics
- Indicative Funding
- $511,002 over 3 years
- Summary
- Due to the close proximity of sugarcane to environmentally sensitive areas in the Wet Tropics, it is important to improve nitrogen management practices to reduce nitrogen losses. The Wet Tropics experiences one of the highest levels of climate variability in the world, which affects the yield potential of sugarcane. This makes the task of applying the right amount of nitrogen, at the right time extremely formidable. Forecasted climatic conditions, then adjusting yield potential estimates have not been used to calculate nitrogen inputs for sugarcane.
- Investigators
- Yvette Everingham, Danielle Skocaj and Peter Thorburn in collaboration with Geoff Inman-Bamber and Bernard Schroeder (College of Science & Engineering, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, Sugar Research Australia, Crop Science Consultant and University of Southern Queensland)
- Keywords
- Model; circulation; Climate; Crop Insurance; APSIM; Nitrogen
University of Southern Queensland - Contract Research
Modelling Sugarcane Yields
- Indicative Funding
- $631,039 over 5 years
- Summary
- This project aims to develop an agro-statistical model to predict sugar yields. This is of vital important for marketers of Queensland's raw sugar who need to forward sell sugar to international customers.
- Investigators
- Yvette Everingham in collaboration with Geoff Inman-Bamber and Justin Sexton (College of Science & Engineering)
- Keywords
- Sugar; Crop Agro-meteorology; Model; Statistics; Climate
- Supervision
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Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.
These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.
- Current
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- Developing Benthic Irradiance Algorithm for the Great Barrier Reef Shelf Waters using MODIS Satellite Imagery (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
- Searching for Pulsating Stars in the Gap Between the SPB and d Scuti Domains Through Machine Learning and Data Mining Techniques (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Data Mining Algorithms for Optimising Analysis of Spectroscopic Data from on-line NIR Mill Systems: Improving System Calibrations for Quality Measures. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
- Harnessing the Forecasting Power of Seasonal GCMs for Water and Agricultural Management (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
- Completed
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- The non-invasive assessment of avocado maturity and quality (2018, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Improving sugarcane nitrogen management in the Wet Tropics using seasonal climate forecasting (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Bayesian statistical calibration of variety parameters in a sugarcane crop model (2015, Masters , Primary Advisor)
- Collaboration
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The map shows research collaborations by institution from the past 7 years.
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- 1 collaboration
- Indicates the Tropics (Torrid Zone)
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- 14.119C, Engineering & Physical Sciences 2 (Townsville campus)
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