- Assistant Research Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Affiliate Researcher of Engineering Design in SEDTAPP
Areas of Expertise
- Fabrication of research test equipment in metal, wood & plastic
- Computer aided design and analysis
- Design for additive manufacturing
- Engineering education
- Email rgb@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2300
- Associate Professor of Wood Chemistry
Areas of Expertise
- BS in Forestry and Wildlife, Forest Products Utilization Concentration, Minor in Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1997.
- Ph.D. in Forest Products, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2004. Recipient of USDA National Needs Fellowship, and participant in the Center for Adhesive and Sealant Science (CASS) program activities, administered in the Chemistry Department. Coursework in wood science and polymer chemistry.
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Director, Graduate Studies
- Affiliated Faculty of the The Rock Ethics Institute
Areas of Expertise
- Cellulose and nanocellulose structure and characterization
- Bacterial cellulose production
- Polysaccharide composite materials
- Polysaccharide based barrier materials to replace plastics
- Improved paper and paperboard products and processes
- Bioabsorbable biomedical materials based on polysaccharides
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Development of emerging bioproducts
- Additive manufacturing with lignocellulosic biomass
- Applications of synthetic chemistry to lignin
- Catalytic transformations of biomass
- Spectroscopic characterization of bio-derived molecules
- Email sc411@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-6815
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Smart sensing systems for precision agriculture
- Robotics/machine vision applications in specialty crop production
- Deep learning and big data analysis for detecting/assessing crop health
- Unmanned aerial system (UAS) in agriculture
- Automation of agricultural production system
- Associate Research Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- BRS Graduate Program Coordinator
Areas of Expertise
- Bioenergy
- Biomass Energy Systems
- Thermochemical Conversion
- Energy Efficiency
- Controlled Environment Agriculture
- Solar Energy Resource Evaluation
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Industrial Ecology
- Ethical Decision Making
- Life Cycle Analysis
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Bioprocess and Food Safety Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Bioprocess Engineering/Fermentation: Bioconversion of agricultural raw and waste commodities into value added products including bioenergy/biofuels, microbial enzymes, organic acids, polysaccharides, antimicrobial agents; optimization; novel bioreactors; downstream processing.
- Food Engineering/Food Safety : inactivation of pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms by using novel non-thermal processing technologies including pulsed UV light, electrolyzed oxidizing water, and ozone.
- Email demirci@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1098
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Fate And Control Of Pollutants In Soils And Water
Areas of Expertise
- Fate And Control Of Pollutants In Soils And Water
- Professor of Agricultural Engineering
- Environmental Biophysics, Animal Welfare, and Agricultural Emissions
- Integrated Research and Extension Programs
Areas of Expertise
- Air quality in indoor agriculture (barns, poultry houses)
- Heating and Ventilation system design, principles and practice
- Horse facility engineering (stables, riding arenas)
- Farm animal welfare
- Agricultural air emissions (gas, odor, particulates)
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Study of sediment transport
- Ecohydrology
- Mathematical modeling
- Email suf474@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-8124
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Mechanization and Automation for Specialty Crops
- Robotic Solutions for Agricultural Applications
- Precision Agriculture
- Electro-Hydraulic Control System
- Email luh378@psu.edu
- Office 717-677-6116
- Professor & Department Head of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Engineering for specialty crop production systems
- Quality evaluation of specialty crops
- Email hzh@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-7792
- Assistant Research Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Animal Welfare Extension
Areas of Expertise
- Agricultural Engineering
- Farm Animal Welfare
- Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Machinery and Biomass Logistics
- Program contact for Agricultural Systems Management Minor; Off-Road Equipment Minor
Areas of Expertise
- Agricultural Machinery
- Machine design and test
- Biomass harvesting, handling and logistics
- Biomass in-field processing and densification
- Hydraulics and Pneumatic system design and test
- Email jliu@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-6844
- Associate Teaching Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Biological Engineering Program Coordinator
Areas of Expertise
- Biomass conversion
- Microbial ecology
- Mathematical modeling
- Email mnm11@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-3392
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Email mlm6958@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-7960
- Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Water quality
- Stormwater management
- Green infrastructure
- Urban ecohydrology
- Biogeochemistry
- Nationwide Insurance Professor of Safety & Health
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Safety
- trade secrets
- packaging & pallets
- sustainable business
- zero waste
- sports greening
- wood, building products, paper industries
- Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- ABE Graduate Program Coordinator
- Natural Resource Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Emerging Contaminants
- Contaminant Fate and Transport
- Environmental Hydrology
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Storm water management
- Watershed modeling
- Application of optimization tools in watershed analysis
- Ecohydrological impacts of climate and land use change
- Email craj@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-5616
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Director of Penn State Institutes for Energy and the Environment
- Bioenergy and Bioresource Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Lignocellulosic biomass conversion
- Bioenergy
- Manure conversion
- Sustainable agriculture
- Email tlr20@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-3722
- Associate Professor of Biological and Chemical Engineering
- Synthetic Biology
Areas of Expertise
- Synthetic Biology
- Metabolic Engineering
- Biophysics
- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
- Modeling & Optimization
- Email salis@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-1931
- Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Coordinator, Environmental Resource Management Program
- Assistant ENRI Director for Environmental Education
- Water Resources
Areas of Expertise
- Wetland biogeochemistry
- Riparian wetlands
- Construction of wetlands for waste treatment
- Pollutant impacts on aquatic systems
- Email rds13@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-6942
- Associate Teaching Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Instrumentation and Controls
Areas of Expertise
- Electronic instrumentation and control
- Fluid power systems
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Bioproducts Systems Analysis
- Bioprocess Engineering
- Biomass Valorization
- Biosystems Techno-Economic Analysis and Life-Cycle Assessment
- Assistant Research Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Engineering Mechanics of Materials; Characterization of Physical and Mechanical Properties of Agricultural and Biological Materials
- Powder Mechanics; Storage, Conveying, Mixing, Size Reduction, Flow, Segregation, and Compaction of Particulate Materials
- Mathematical/numerical modeling, simulation, and analysis of mechanical behavior of particulate materials and biological materials
- Applying mechanical engineering theories to the problems involving biological and particulate materials including renewable energy and consumer products
- Email huy1@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-2807
