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# Searcy elected to Texas Plant Protection Association board
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/texas_plant_protection_association_board_0731141137/
- Published: 2014-07-31T12:33:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:32:39.000Z
- Description: Dr. Stephen Searcy, head of biological and agricultural engineering at Texas A&M, has been elected to the Texas Plant Protection Association board. Chairman Ray Smith cited his expertise in precision agriculture, bioenergy logistics and cotton engineering.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Miscellaneous, Health News, #vivvo-import

Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, [b-fannin@tamu.edu](mailto:b-fannin@tamu.edu)

Contact: Dr. Stephen Searcy, 979-845-3931, [s-searcy@tamu.edu](mailto:s-searcy@tamu.edu)

COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Stephen Searcy, head of the department of biological and agricultural engineering at Texas A&M University, has been elected to the Texas Plant Protection Association board of directors.

“We are extremely pleased to have Dr. Searcy join our group of outstanding leaders on the TPPA Board,” said Ray Smith, chairman of the Texas Plant Protection Association. “He brings extensive expertise in precision agriculture technology adoption and research in logistics for bioenergy, and cotton engineering.”

Dr. Stephen Searcy has been elected to the Texas Plant Protection Association board of directors. Searcy is department head for biological and agricultural engineering at Texas A&M University. (Texas A&M AgriLife Communications photo)

Searcy has been on the Texas A&M faculty since 1980, and is a registered professional engineer in Texas and a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers and the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology.

Searcy earned two bachelor’s degrees, one in agricultural mechanization and another in agricultural engineering, and a master’s degree in agricultural mechanization from the University of Missouri. He earned a doctorate in agricultural engineering from Oklahoma State University.

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