February 21, 2022
No matter which of the widely accepted global circulation models ultimately comes closest to predicting the amount of warming caused by climate change, corn production will be reduced, according to a new study by Penn State researchers.
February 15, 2022
Adults wishing to teach the National Safe Tractor and Machinery Operation Program to youth can benefit from an online course offered by Penn State Extension.
January 27, 2022
Tom Richard, director of the Institutes of Energy and the Environment, will discuss how agriculture, food and forest systems can support a bioeconomy that reverses climate change during a talk at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 31.
January 5, 2022
The ABE Faculty and Staff wish to congratulate our Fall 2021 Graduates
January 5, 2022
The latest episode of the "Growing Impact" podcast features a seed grant project that investigates how biofiltration could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, specifically methane and carbon dioxide.
December 16, 2021
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October 28, 2021
Chemical contaminants negatively affecting human health and the environment in the Chesapeake Bay isn’t something new. The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Science and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) released a report last year detailing what we currently know about the wide range of contaminants harming the Bay, the challenges they pose, what opportunities exist to help with reduction.
October 12, 2021
Doctoral candidate Omeed Mirbod demonstrates how drone imaging would work in an apple orchard to first-year engineering students.
October 11, 2021
Schreyer Scholar and biological engineering major Vancie Peacock, pictured at the Student Farm, helped establish the Schreyer Pocket Garden, a pilot program between the Student Farm Club, the Lion's Pantry and the University Park Undergraduate Association.
October 4, 2021
Richard will continue to serve Penn State as a professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and will lead IEE until a new director has been identified.
September 28, 2021
A nearly $4 million grant awarded to Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences will support an interdisciplinary, multi-university team of researchers as they investigate technologies designed to address labor shortages on mushroom farms.
September 20, 2021
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering has its roots in a global pandemic and will mark its centennial anniversary amid another — a unique organization bookended by unfortunate circumstances.
September 20, 2021
“This was the first research to look at commercial logging and landscaping services together,” said Judd Michael, Nationwide Insurance Professor of Agricultural Safety and Health and professor of agricultural and biological engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration calls logging “the most dangerous occupation in the United States.” The fatal injury rate for loggers is more than 30 times the rate for all U.S. workers. Tree-care workers such as this one also encounter hazards at rates much higher than the average employee.
August 21, 2021
The ABE Faculty and Staff wish to congratulate our Summer 2021 Graduates.
August 3, 2021
There will be six total demonstrations — at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday — showing how incidents can be avoided and presenting best practices for injury prevention for both ATVs and UTVs
June 22, 2021
A new study by Penn State researchers, who looked at emergency room admissions across the U.S. over a recent five-year period in a novel way, suggests that the agriculture industry is even more dangerous than previously believed.
June 7, 2021
The ABE Faculty and Staff wish to congratulate our Spring 2021 Graduates.
June 1, 2021
Researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences have developed a robotic mechanism for mushroom picking and trimming and demonstrated its effectiveness for the automated harvesting of button mushrooms.
May 26, 2021
Vancie Peacock, a Schreyer Honors College Scholar studying biological engineering, was encouraged to apply for the Cargill program because of her interests in sustainable agriculture and food insecurity.
May 10, 2021
Check out the Spring 2021 Sustainable Communities Collaborative Campus & Community Expo showcasing students’ engaged scholarship projects from the past semester.
April 28, 2021
Biological Engineering student marshal Jaime Burdette
April 26, 2021
Daeun “Dana” Choi, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering and a researcher involved in CAFE, adjusts a drone for monitoring an apple orchard using artificial intelligence.
April 15, 2021
Wayne Kober, a 1973 graduate of the Environmental Resource Management program in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, held environmental program leadership positions in the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. In 2000, he transitioned to national transportation environmental consulting as president of Wayne W. Kober, Transportation and Environmental Management Consulting.
April 7, 2021
Suat Irmak, Harold W. Eberhard Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been named head of Penn State's Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, effective July 1.
March 29, 2021
In an effort to optimize Penn State's hand sanitizer management and maintenance operations, a team of engineering researchers designed, developed and installed a wireless sensor system on the hand sanitizer stations found in Hammond Building.
March 26, 2021
Agriculture industry group announces safety leaders. Awards were presented at North American Agricultural Safety Summit, March 22-24.
March 24, 2021
While urban agriculture can play a role in supporting food supply chains for many major American cities — contributing to food diversity, sustainability and localizing food systems — it is unrealistic to expect rooftop gardens, community plots and the like to provide the majority of nutrition for the population of a metropolis.
March 15, 2021
The Board of Trustees is bestowing the Distinguished Alumni Award, the University's highest alumni honor, to eight individuals.
February 19, 2021
Kelly Chege, a doctoral candidate in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been selected as a member of the inaugural class of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition’s Next Generation Global Leaders Network.
