The 2024 Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science was held on April 10, 2024. All efforts were made to have a zero-landfill event, with compostable plates, cutlery and cups, cloth napkins…
2024 Annual Awards Banquet
BESS Awardees & Promotions
The following BESS staff and faculty were recognized at the August 15, 2023 Awards and Promotions Luncheon (from left to right): tenure at the rank of Full Professor, Dr. Joe…
Interdisciplinary Team Studies Decomposition Effects on Soil
BESS’ Drs. DeBruyn, Essington and Taylor teamed up the with the Center for Agricultural Synthetic Biology, the Forensic Anthropology Center and Civil and Environmental Engineering to study the elements released…
USPLF2023 Conference
The US Precision Livestock Farming Conference (US-PLF) 2023 Conference, held in Knoxville, TN, was a great success. There were 219 total registered participants – 183 in-person and 36 virtual, and…
Sindhu Jagadamma’s Awards
Dr. Sindhu Jagadamma won the 2023 Gamma Sigma Delta for Research. She directs a very active research program, which is centered on developing research-based solutions for mitigating soil and environmental…
Lori Duncan is Cotton Researcher of the Year!
BESS’ own, Dr. Lori Duncan, has been named 2023 Cotton Researcher of the Year. She won the award for her continuous work in sustainability which include implementation of the Field…
Construction Science Management (CSM) students help out at Trade’s competition
This is the second year that the Builder’s Exchange organized a Trade competition for high school students. This year high school students from Lenoir City, Greenback, Union County, Halls, Anderson…
Andrew Sherfy wins the 2022 NACTA Educator Award
Andrew Sherfy won the 2022 NACTA Educator Award. Recognized for his demonstrated ability and success at teaching large enrollment classes, Andrew firmly believes that preparation and organization are two important…
Protecting a Beloved East Tennessee Waterway
Faculty in the Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science are partnering with the Department of Microbiology and several environmental groups on efforts to protect and improve the water quality of…
State-Wide Extension Conference
BESS faculty and staff were at the recent state-wide Extension conference in Chattanooga, TN. Dr. Andrea Ludwig, Celeste Scott, County Agent for Madison County and Taylor Reeder, Williamson County Agent with…