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Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department

Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department. Wendy D. Graham, Chairman ABE Department Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences College of Engineering University of Florida. UF is one of only 17 public, land-grant universities in the Association of American Universities.

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Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department

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  1. Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department Wendy D. Graham, Chairman ABE Department Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences College of Engineering University of Florida

  2. UF is one of only 17 public, land-grant universities in the Association of American Universities • Enrollment - 46,000+ students • Full-time Ranked Faculty - 1,531 (Total Faculty - 4,127) • Over 11,000 Degrees Granted

  3. UF National Ranking 4th Largest University 10th in Patents Awarded 3rd in National Merit Scholars* 18th Overall* *among public universities

  4. UF Programs • >100 undergraduate majors • Almost 200 graduate programs • Professional degrees include dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy and veterinary medicine • 23 colleges and schools • >100 research, service and education centers, bureaus and institutes

  5. UF Facilities • 2,000 acre campus and 875 buildings • Florida Museum of Natural History • Center for Performing Arts • Harn Museum of Art • University of Florida Brain Institute • Microkelvin facility - recorded the closest temperatures to absolute zero • World’s largest citrus research center • Public television, one public radio and two commercial radio stations

  6. Gator Engineering National Rankings* 20th Overall 15th in Research Expenditures 9th Agricultural & Biological Engineering 9th Environmental Engineering Sciences 14th Industrial & Systems Engineering 6th Materials Science & Engineering 9th Nuclear & Radiological Engineering Source: US News & World Report March 2000 * Ranking for public graduate institutions

  7. Engineering Students Degrees Enrollment Undergraduate 4,498 BS 762 Graduate 978 MS 376 780 PhD 85 grad subtotal 1,758 Total 6,256 1,223

  8. Engineering Academic Departments • Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering • Agricultural & Biological Engineering • Chemical Engineering • Civil & Coastal Engineering • Computer & Information Sciences & Engineering • Electrical & Computer Engineering • Environmental Engineering Sciences • Industrial & Systems Engineering • Materials Science & Engineering • Nuclear & Radiological Engineering

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  10. UF- Agricultural & Biological Engineering • Geographic location (subtropical climate) • Diverse agricultural systems • Fragile ecosystems and vulnerable surface and ground waters • Active environmental regulation community • Proximity to NASA and the Kennedy Space Center • Proximity to medical, dental and veterinary schools

  11. UF- Agricultural & Biological Engineering • Engineering, management, and modeling of agricultural, biological, and natural ecosystems • Bring systems-approach and precision technologies to water, nutrient, pesticide and waste management in diverse agricultural and natural ecosystems (including space-based systems)

  12. Department Amenities • 35 professors • Small class sizes • Integrated laboratory work • 30 support staff • Current grants total >$8 million • Degrees in • Agricultural & Biological Engineering • Agricultural Operations Management • Packaging Science

  13. Department Facilities Completely renovated 55,000 ft2 building • 14 Research Laboratories: • Water Resources, Hydrology, Water Reuse, Field Automation, Post harvest , Packaging Technology, Waste Management, Bio-Processing, Simulation/Knowledge Engineering, Remote Sensing, Hydrologic Modeling, Physical Properties, Structures, Instrumentation • Teaching Laboratory • Student Computer Laboratory • Multimedia Laboratory • Center for Remote Sensing

  14. Agricultural & Biological Engineering Research Areas Agricultural Production Information Systems Food & Bioprocess Natural Resources

  15. Agricultural Production • Environmental control • Precision agriculture • Pesticide Application • Space Agriculture • Machine systems • Robotics

  16. Food & bioprocess engineering • Postharvest operations • Process microbiology • Food processing • Biotechnology • Packaging

  17. Information Systems • Integrated ,modeling of hydro-agro-ecological systems • Climate forecasting for risk reduction • Assimilation of remotely sensed measurements • Expert systems

  18. Land and Water Resources • Irrigation & water quality • Everglades restoration • Watershed hydrology • Waste management • Water reuse • BMP Development

  19. Safety • Machinery safety • Youth safety • Agromedicine • Agricultural risk management • Deep South Agricultural Health and Safety Center

  20. Disaster Management • Florida Disaster Management Team • Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)

  21. Packaging Science Mocon Gas permeation equipment Apparatus for studying diffusion in packaging films

  22. Packaging Science Hot Tack testing apparatus New vacuum sealing machine to study Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP)

  23. Great egret greets morning at Lake Alice on UF campus

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