Agricultural And Biological Engineering in Pennsylvania State University Park Campus, USA

Agricultural And Biological Engineering in Pennsylvania State University Park Campus

Agricultural and Biological Engineering offers students the opportunity to gain expertise in areas of engineering for biological/agricultural systems corresponding to their professional interests. Graduate students select research projects (and supporting course work) from a wide range of interest areas that match faculty research expertise. Research projects are available in:

• physical properties of biological materials
• plant and animal production systems
• food engineering
• wood engineering
• agricultural structures
• agricultural safety
• food safety
• bulk solids handling and storage
• agricultural systems engineering
• agricultural by-product utilization
• forage processing and handling systems
• electronics instrumentation
• online computer control systems
• erosion and sedimentation control
• waste management
• water quality
• natural resources management and conservation

Excellent facilities, including equipment and instrumentation, are available for research in the designated areas. Among the special facilities are:

• field plot areas
• a full-scale sedimentation basin test facility
• hydraulic flumes
• sedigraph
• gas and ion chromatography units
• atomic absorption unit
• rainfall simulators
• food properties lab
• food equipment and processing lab
• microbiological engineering lab
• fermentation lab
• computer vision systems
• hydraulic and pneumatic test stands
• fabrication shop
• electronics instrumentation
• microcomputer laboratory
• controlled environment chambers
• composite characterization labs
• wood structures lab
• wood mechanics lab

Collaborative arrangements allow access to a large variety of other resources:

• Penn State Institutes of the Environment and Energy
• Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
• Materials Research Institute
• Materials Characterization Laboratory
• Nanofabrication Facility
• Penn State Institute for CyberScience
• PA Housing Research Center
• Center for Food Manufacturing
• USDA Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Lab
• a mushroom research and demonstration facility
• a 1,500-acre agricultural research center for cooperative work with agronomic and horticultural production systems as well as animal production systems

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