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  • Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
  • Graduate Studies Committee Chair
  • Professor-in-Charge of the CSL Behring Fermentation Facility

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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Professor and Head of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
  • Graduate Program Head

Areas of Expertise

  • Soil and water resources engineering
  • Impact of climate change on water resources and agro-ecosystem productivity
  • Measurement and modeling of surface energy and water vapor balance
  • Evapotranspiration, transpiration and evaporation
  • Irrigation science and engineering; agro-ecosystem water management
  • Nitrogen management and impacts on water and soil quality
  • Impact of tillage practices on water and energy balance and water productivity
  • Cover crop impact on soil quality (soil health) and water and energy balance
  • Plant abiotic stresses vs productivity
  • Plant phenotyping
  • Measurement and modeling of soil moisture dynamics and soil physical properties
  • Specialty cropping systems
  • Agricultural IoTs