Dr. Debsish Saha’s research program is centered on developing an understanding of soil health-climate mitigation nexus by mitigating environmental nitrogen pollution by curbing the emissions of potent greenhouse gas nitrous…
Dr. Saha – new USDA grant
Dr. Doug Hayes AOCS Fellow!
Dr. Doug Hayes, Biosystems Engineering faculty that teaches BSE 231 Biochemistry for Engineers and BSE 321 Biothermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, was selected to be an American Oil Chemists’ Society…
Construction Science Club Students Assist in Building Aggregate Bins
Construction Science Club students donated their time and effort to provide the Construction Science Program with a much-needed aggregate bins. The slab will be outfitted to hold aggregate of various…
Dr. Burns selected as Technical Expert on FAO Technical Advisory Group
Dr. Robert Burns has been selected to serve as a Technical Expert on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Methane. The Methane TAG is comprised of…
Dr. Ludwig’s Service as President of AEES
Dr. Andrea Ludwig is currently serving as the President of the American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES, ecoeng.org). The society’s mission is to promote the development of sustainable ecosystems that integrate…
PhD Student Receives GATE Fellowship
Huihui Sun, a PhD student in the Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science under Dr. Jie Zhuang, received a fellowship from the Graduate Advancement, Training and Education (GATE) program…
BESS Faculty’s Service to Societies
American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) Dr. Andrea Ludwig is currently serving as the President of the American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) from 2020-2021. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Dr. Sean Schaeffer…
Dr. Sutie Xu Now at South Dakota State University
Dr. Sutie Xu was a postdoct in Dr. Sindhu Jagadamma’s laboratory. Now she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science at South Dakota State…
Fall 2020 BESS High Honor Students
Alexander DouglassCum Laude Hometown: Maryville, TN Alex is looking forward to working in the environmental industry while he decides on plans for graduate school. Salera JordanCum Laude Hometown: Palmyra, TN…
Shikha Singh Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis
Shikha Singh successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: “Soil Moisture Sensitivity to Microbial Processing of Soil Organic Carbon.” Shikha received numerous awards for oral and poster presentations at the ASA-SSSA-CSSA meetings…