Courtesy Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
ABE Graduate Faculty
Areas of Expertise
Food-energy-water nexus challenges; ecological wastewater treatment; bioremediation of soil and groundwater contaminants; nutrient recovery for the production of fertilizers, fodder, and biofuels; engaged global scholarship; humanitarian service projects.
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.
Research Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
Chemical and thermochemical conversions of lignocellulosic biomass and other byproducts (including wastes) into value-added products (e.g. platform chemicals and hydrogen gas)
Developing catalysts for various conversion processes using nanotechnological approaches
Developing degradable biofilm formulations for agricultural applications
Various applications of advanced oxidation processes (degradation of toxic organic chemicals in wastewaters, depolymerization of biomass)
Evaluation of the effects of various fumigation treatments/technologies on the quality characteristics of food products
Assistant Research Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
ABE Graduate Program Coordinator
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