Dan Hofstetter, P.E., Ph.D.

Dan Hofstetter, P.E., Ph.D.

  • Assistant Research Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
  • Animal Welfare Extension
251 Agricultural Engineering Building
Shortlidge Road
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Farm Animal Welfare

Education

  • B.S. Engineering Technology, University of Delaware, 1997
  • M.S. Agricultural & Biological Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2011
  • Ph.D. Agricultural & Biological Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2018

Publications

Operator exposure to hydrogen sulfide from dairy manure storages containing gypsum bedding
Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, Fabian-Wheeler, E. E., Hile, M. L., Murphy, D. J., Hill, D. E., Meinen, R., Brandt, R. C., Elliott, H. A., Hofstetter, D., 2017

Online CAD/CFD-based design tool to assess ventilation strategies to reduce confined-space entry risk
Chemical Engineering Transactions, Murphy, Dennis James, Manbeck, Harvey B., Hofstetter, Daniel William, Puri, Virendra, 2017