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The following provides a brief listing about the research interests and contact information for the ABE Department Graduate Faculty. More specialized information about ongoing research and teaching/extension activities of each faculty may be obtained by contacting a faculty member directly via the e-mail address given or by clicking on the faculty member's name in this listing. |
Dennis E. Buffington (Ph.D., Minnesota) P.E., Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Biological systems engineering; controlled environment systems; new technologies for on-site generation of electricity. (E-mail: deb2@psu.edu) Ali Demirci (Ph.D., Iowa State) Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Prevention of hazardous microorganisms by emerging technologies; industrial microbiology/fermentation. (E-mail: demirci@psu.edu) Herschel A. Elliott (Ph.D., Delaware) P.E., Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Treatment and land application of sludge and hazardous wastes; fate of pollutants in soils and aquatic systems; soil decontamination. (E-mail: hae1@psu.edu) Robert E. Graves (Ph.D., Massachusetts) P.E., Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Dairy housing and environmental control; manure handling, treatment, and utilization; composting; organic materials processing and education center; NRAES representative. (E-mail: reg2@psu.edu) James M. Hamlett (Ph.D., Iowa State) P.E., Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Soil and water conservation engineering; soil physics; runoff and sediment transport processes; watershed hydrology; simulation modeling. (E-mail: hyc@psu.edu) Paul H. Heinemann (Ph.D., Florida), Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Odor reduction from mushroom substrate, alternative production methods for mushrooms, emissions from mushroom substrate, sensors for produce quality evaluation. (E-mail: hzh@psu.edu) James W. Hilton (Ph.D., Iowa State), Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Agricultural mechanization; machinery management; sprayer technology; waste management; agricultural power. (E-mail: jwh2@psu.edu) Albert R. Jarrett (Ph.D., Penn State) P.E., Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Sedimentation basins; green roof storm water management; on-lot sewage system; irrigation. (E-mail: arj@psu.edu) Jude Liu (Ph.D., University of Manitoba), Assistant Professor -- Machine development for biomass and bioenergy (E-mail: jxl79@psu.edu) Ken Lomax (Ph.D., University of Maryland) P.E., Adjunct Faculty -- Instrumentation; environmental measurements; mushroom production. (E-mail: kml@udel.edu) Dennis J. Murphy (Ph.D., Penn State) C.S.P., Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Methods of agricultural safety and health education; analysis of injury data; machinery safety; economic incentives for agricultural injury prevention. (E-mail: djm13@psu.edu) Virendra M. Puri (Ph.D., Delaware), Professor Agricultural Engineering -- Engineering properties; food powders; numerical modeling; food safety. (E-mail:vmpuri@psu.edu) Thomas L. Richard (Ph.D., Cornell), Associate Professor Agricultural Engineering -- Microbial bioconversion processes, sustainable manure management, composting and biodrying of industrial organic wastes, bioconversion of lignicellulosic crop residues. (E-mail: tlr20@psu.edu) C. Alan Rotz (Ph.D., Penn State), Adjunct Faculty -- Integrated farming systems; forage systems; simulation modeling. (E-mail: alrotz@psu.edu) Robert D. Shannon (Ph.D., Indiana), Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Wetland biogeochemistry; pollutant impacts on aquatic systems. (E-mail: rds13@psu.edu) Paul N. Walker (Ph.D., Massachusetts) P.E., Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Systems engineering; biological materials production and processing. (E-mail: pnw@psu.edu) Eileen F. Wheeler (Ph.D., Cornell), Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Ventilation and environmental quality of animal and greenhouse structures; phytoremediation of agricultural wastewater. (E-mail: efw2@psu.edu) Roy E. Young (Ph.D., North Carolina State University) P.E., Professor of Agricultural Engineering -- Plant tissue culture mechanization; horticultural engineering; photoselective filters for plant growth; machine systems and automation. (E-mail: reyoung@psu.edu) |
Contact: Dr. Herschel Elliott
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