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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.
- Email demirci@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1098
- 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
- Email huy1@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-2807
- 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
- Academic Program Coordinator
- Email kcg107@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1524
- 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
