Faculty List And Their Research Activities
Ajay Kumar, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Asst Professor.
Research Interests: Thermochemical conversion of biomass into power, fuels and chemicals, heterogeneous catalysis for syngas conditioning and conversion, mathematical modeling for processing of biological materials.
Carol Jones, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, P.E., Assoc Professor.
Research Interests: Stored product engineering, electromagnetic and spectroscopic sensing, cereal grain and oilseed storage and handling, alternative crop post harvest technology, agroterrorism and traceability.
Daniel E. Storm, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Professor.
Research Interests: Water quality, hydrology and watershed modeling, GIS, nutrient & waste, management systems.
Daniel L. Thomas, Ph.D., Purdue University, P.E., D.WRE, Professor and Department Head.
Research Interests: Water quality, drainage, irrigation, and precision systems.
Danielle D. Bellmer, Ph.D., Purdue University, Assoc Professor.
Research Interests:New food products and processes.
Douglas Hamilton, Ph.D., Penn State University, P.E., Assoc Professor.
Research Interests: Waste management.
Garey Fox, Ph.D., Colorado State University, P.E., Assoc Professor.
Research Interests: Stream/aquifer interaction, streambank erosion and failure, seepage erosion, subsurface nutrient transport, contaminant transport modeling.
Glenn O. Brown, Ph.D., Colorado State University, P.E., D.WRE, Regents Professor, Graduate Coordinator.
Research Interests: Groundwater & containment transport.
Harry Field, Ed.D, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Assoc Professor.
Research Interests: Agricultural Mechanics.
Hasan Atiyeh, Ph.D., University of Ottawa, Canada, P.E., Asst Professor.
Research Interests: Development of fermentation processes to convert biological materials into biofuels and biobased products, development of bioprocesses for the production of various products, waste minimization and waste treatment.
Jason Vogel, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, P.E., Asst Professor.
Research Interests: Water quality, stormwater management, low impact development, stream restoration, emerging contaminants in the environment, environmental pathogens.
J.D. Carlson, Ph.D., Ohio State University, Asst Researcher Extension.
Research Interests: Meterology, Mesonet.
Krushna N. Patil, Ph.D., Punjab Agricultural University, Asst Researcher.
Research Interests: Biomass gasification, biomass pyrolysis, thermochemical conversion of biomass.
Mark Wilkins, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, P.E., Assoc Professor.
Research Interests: Ethanol production, fermentation of syngas, enzymatic hydrolysis, Eastern red cedar utilization.
Marvin Stone, Ph.D., Washington State University,Regents Professor (Emeritus).
Research Interests: Controls and Sensors.
Michael Buser, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, Asst Professor.
Research Interests: Agricultural air quality, agricultural harvesting and processing machinery, bioenergy feedstock storage and logistics.
Ning Wang, Ph.D., Kansas State University, Asst Professor.
Research Interests: Intelligent sensing, controls and embedded systems for agricultural and food systems, wired and wireless sensor networks, machine vision and image processing, agricultural automation and robotics.
Nurhan Turgut Dunford, Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada, P.E., Professor.
Research Interests: Food processing, oil/oilseed processing, functional foods and nutraceuticals, value-added product development, biofuels/biodiesel/microalgae.
Paul Weckler, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, P.E. Asst Professor.
Research Interests: Mechanical systems, sensors and controls.
Randy Taylor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, P.E., Professor.
Research Interests: Agricultural machinery, precision agriculture.
Ray Huhnke, Ph.D., Iowa State University, P.E., Professor.
Research Interests: Bioenergy and biofuels production, biomass supply logistics.
Scott Frazier, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, P.E., Asst Professor.
Research Interests: Renewable energy applications, energy management.
Timothy Bowser, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, P.E., Assoc Professor.
Research Interests: Process engineering for food and agricultural products.
Yu “Jessie” Mao, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Asst Professor.
Research Interests: Biosensor technology, nanomaterials.
