Agricultural and Biological Engineering faculty working in Extension.
- Nationwide Insurance Early Career Professor
- Agricultural Safety and Health Program Lead
Areas of Expertise
- Agricultural health and safety
- Rural Sociology
- Sociology of food and agriculture
- Farm household’s social and economic needs
- Social and agricultural policies
- Community and economic development
- Qualitative and quantitative research methods
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Bioethics
- Affiliated Faculty of the The Rock Ethics Institute
Areas of Expertise
- Cellulose and nanocellulose structure and characterization
- Bacterial cellulose production
- Polysaccharide composite materials
- Polysaccharide based barrier materials to replace plastics
- Improved paper and paperboard products and processes
- Bioabsorbable biomedical materials based on polysaccharides
- 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 of Agricultural Engineering
- Environmental Biophysics, Animal Welfare, and Agricultural Emissions
- Integrated Research and Extension Programs
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)
- Extension Program Specialist
Areas of Expertise
- Agricultural Safety and Health
- Ag Safety eXtension Community of Practice
- AgrAbility
- Worker Protection Standard
- National Safe Tractor and Machinery Operation Program
- Email lmf8@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-4582
- Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Mechanization and Automation for Specialty Crops
- Robotic Solutions for Agricultural Applications
- Precision Agriculture
- Electro-Hydraulic Control System
- Email luh378@psu.edu
- Office 717-778-4599
- Assistant Research Professor in Electronics, Instrumentation and Control Systems
Areas of Expertise
- AI, automation, robotics, electronics, and advanced controls in agriculture including:
- Specialty crop production
- Controlled-environment agriculture (CEA)
- Agricultural health and safety
- 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
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Safety
- Trade Secrets
- Packaging & Pallets
- Sustainable Business
- Sports Greening
- Wood, Building Products, Paper Industries
