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Graduate Faculty: ABENG
- Associate Professor of Wood Chemistry
- Program Coordinator, BioRenewable Systems (BRS) Major
nrb10@psu.edu
814-865-7423
Areas of Expertise
- Chemistry of lignocellulosic materials
- Bio-based polymers
- Wood adhesives and composites
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Director, Graduate Studies
- Affiliated Faculty of the The Rock Ethics Institute
jcatchmark@engr.psu.edu
814-863-0414
Areas of Expertise
- Nanocomposite materials and coatings
- Crystalline nanocellulose production and characterization
- Cellulose synthesis and assembly
- Microbial cellulose production
- Interaction of cellulose with other polysaccharides, proteins, and biologically derived polymers
- Practical development of new biobased materials ranging from sustainable packaging to composites for construction to materials for healthcare.
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
dxc519@psu.edu
814-865-7154
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
- Assistant Research Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Academic Program Coordinator, RESS Online Master's Program
- BRS Graduate Program Coordinator
dec109@psu.edu
814-863-3484
Areas of Expertise
- Bioenergy
- Biomass Energy Systems
- Thermochemical Conversion
- Energy Efficiency
- Controlled Environment Agriculture
- Solar Energy Resource Evaluation
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Bioprocess and Food Safety Engineering
demirci@psu.edu
814-863-1098
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.
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Fate And Control Of Pollutants In Soils And Water
hae1@psu.edu
814-863-2062
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
fabian@psu.edu
814-865-3552
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 Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Ph.D.
- Natural Resource Engineering
heg12@psu.edu
814-863-1817
Areas of Expertise
- Emerging Contaminants
- Contaminant Fate and Transport
- Environmental Hydrology
- Associate Professor of Food Science
- ABE Graduate Faculty
- Department of Food Science
fmh14@psu.edu
814-867-5689
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
luh378@psu.edu
717-677-6116
Areas of Expertise
- Mechanization and Automation for Specialty Crops
- Robotic Solutions for Agricultural Applications
- Precision Agriculture
- Electro-Hydraulic Control System
- Professor & Department Head of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
hzh@psu.edu
814-865-7792
Areas of Expertise
- Engineering for specialty crop production systems
- Quality evaluation of specialty crops
- Associate Professor of Production Systems and Modeling
- ABE Graduate Faculty
- Department of Plant Science
akemanian@psu.edu
814-863-9852
Areas of Expertise
- Agroecosystems and natural systems modeling
- Nutrient, carbon and water cycling
- Sustainable food and energy crops management
- Environmental and plant biophysics
- International agriculture
- Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Machinery and Biomass Logistics
jliu@psu.edu
814-863-6844
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
- Assistant Research Professor
- ABE Graduate Faculty
- Autonomy, Perception, and Cognition Department
djl272@psu.edu
814-867-3418
Areas of Expertise
- Agent development for cognitive autonomy
- Automation and mechanization of biological systems and processes
- Autonomy in unmanned vehicles
- Thermal fluids and combustion
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Business Management for Natural Resources Industries
jh-michael@psu.edu
814-863-2976
Areas of Expertise
- packaging
- sustainable business
- pallets
- zero waste
- sports greening
- wood and paper industry
- Nationwide Insurance Associate Professor of Agricultural Safety and Health
mlp79@psu.edu
814-865-2808
Areas of Expertise
- Agricultural Safety and Health
- Assessment and Evaluation
- Educational Programming
- Agricultural Systems Management
- Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- ABE Graduate Program Coordinator
- Powder Mechanics and Food Processing
vmpuri@psu.edu
814-865-3559
Areas of Expertise
- Powder Mechanics – Research focus includes: fundamental powder and powder mixture properties, multi-scale constitutive models, and computational models for powder processes.
- Food Processing – Research focus includes: engineering properties, and integrated multi-scale computational and predictive models.
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
craj@psu.edu
814-865-5616
Areas of Expertise
- Storm water management
- Watershed modeling
- Application of optimization tools in watershed analysis
- Ecohydrological impacts of climate and land use change
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Director of Penn State Institutes for Energy and the Environment
- Bioenergy and Bioresource Engineering
tlr20@psu.edu
814-865-3722
Areas of Expertise
- Lignocellulosic biomass conversion
- Bioenergy
- Manure conversion
- Sustainable agriculture
- Associate Professor of Biological and Chemical Engineering
- Synthetic Biology
salis@psu.edu
814-865-1931
Areas of Expertise
- Synthetic Biology
- Metabolic Engineering
- Biophysics
- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
- Modeling & Optimization