Department of Biological & Agricultural E ngineering

1. Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering Engineering Welcome Center 1157 Bell Engineering Center University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Tel: (479) 575-7780 Email: engrinfo@uark.edu Web: http://www.engr.uark.edu/bmeg/

2. Danielle Julie Carrier, PhDProfessor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Application Areas • Deconstruction of plant cell wall into useable sugars • Extraction of cellulosic biomass to obtain, in addition to sugars, co-products that can be used in food and biofuels industries Analytical steps and tools to characterize and purify pretreatment hydrolyzates Research Focus • Interested in promoting the use of renewable energy production, specifically biofuels and biochemical production from celluosic biomass, like trees and grasses

3. Thomas Costello, Ph.D., P.E.AssociateProfessor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Application Areas Research Focus • Bio-Energy Production from Agricultural Waste • Sustainable Food Production Systems • Increased Energy Efficiency • Reducing Environmental Impacts Production of Algae as a Biofuel Feedstock Space-Heating Poultry Houses using Renewable Fuels Absorbing Emissions from Broiler Houses Renewable Fuels for Heating Algae Flow Way

4. Brian Haggard, Ph.D.Professor Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Director, Arkansas Water Resources Center Application Areas • Nutrient Criteria Development • Water Resources Management • Watershed Management • Agricultural and Urban Best Management Practices and Efficiencies • Information Transfer and Conference Planning Research Focus • Database Analysis • Water Quality Monitoring • Constituent Load Estimation • Water Quality Trends • Constituent Transport and Dynamics in Stormwater and Aquatic Systems • Phosphorus Chemistry in Residuals, Fertilizers, Sediments and Soils

5. Chris Henry, Ph.D.AssistantProfessor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Application Areas • Irrigation scheduling • Water resource development • Irrigation system technology development and alternative irrigation systems • Crop water use • Chemigation • Irrigation scheduling • Pumping plant performance • Irrigation energy use • Overall irrigation efficiency Pump monitor include flow meter, water pressure sensors, a rain gauge, fuel flow or current usage, a camera and cell modem connection that pushes data to an internet site, where a grower can control and view pumping plant performance data.  Data from irrigation pump monitors is being studied to evaluate the water and energy savings from this technology.) Research Focus • Applied research and extension programming • Water management • Water quality impacts of row crop irrigated agriculture in Arkansas

6. Jin-Woo Kim, Ph.D. Professor, Biological & Agricultural EngineeringDirector, Bio/Nano Technology Laboratory Research Focus Application Areas • Self-assembly of nanomaterials with designed arbitrary shapes and functions • Bio-driven nanostructure self-assembly • Nanoscale bio/abio interfacing technology • Nanobiotechnology for hybrid device development • Nucleic acid technology for molecular computation, genomics and proteomics • Nano-building block toolboxes (nano-toolboxes) for multifunctional nanocomposites with “customizable” shapes and functions • Nano-therapeutics and diagnostics (nanotheranostics) with nanoparticles and nanocomposites • Multimodal, multiplex, multicolor bio-detection platform for agriculture, food safety and biosecurity Source: Kim, J.-W. & Deaton, R. Small DOI:10.1002/smll.201201152 (2012)

7. Yanbin Li, Ph.D., P.E.Professor and Tyson Endowed Chair in Biosensing Engineering, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Center of Excellence for Poultry Science Application Areas • Biosensor for rapid screening of avian influenza in poultry • Biosensors for rapid detection of foodborne pathogens • Predictive models of pathogenic bacteria in food products • Risk assessment of microbial hazards in food processing 50 nm 20 nm 20 nm 5 µm Research Focus • Biosensors and bioinstrumentation • Microbial and chemical predictive modeling • Quantitative risk assessment and simulation • Food safety and food system engineering

8. Yi Liang, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Application Areas • Ammonia emissions and microbial reduction from in-house litter windrowing of Southern broiler housing • Design and evaluation of biofilter to mitigate ammonia emissions (Fig 1) • Controlled surface wetting by sprinklers to cool broiler chickens • Heat and moisture production of modern broilers under summer conditions Biofilter construction to treat Ammonia in air stream, Windbreak wall in reducing wind speed Research Focus • Aerial emissions and mitigation from poultry housing • Indoor air quality and environmental control • Livestock Environment & Animal Physiology

9. Marty Matlock, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE Area Director, Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability, Professor Application Areas • Designing sustainable global food supply systems • Integrating metrics to support sustainable production • Corporate strategies for risk reduction and management • Government policy to reduce impacts from human activities Metrics for Sustainable Design Research Focus • Life Cycle Assessment of agricultural, urban, and supply chain systems • Ecological services design and restoration • Watershed restoration and management • Ecological risk assessment • Complex Systems Theory

10. Marty Matlock, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE Area Director, Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability, Professor Project Partners • The UA Community Design Center • The Sustainability Consortium • Field to Market Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture • UN Food and Agriculture Organization • US food and ag industries (14 partners) • World Wildlife Fund • Environmental Defense Fund Sustainable Design Approach Research Projects • Developing a sustainable city strategy for Conway, AR • Reducing food security concerns in animal agriculture • Designing water risk protocols for governments and industries under climate change scenarios • Life cycle analysis of global agriculture

11. Scott Osborn, Ph.D., P.E.Associate Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Application Areas • Lake Restoration • Water Disinfection • Contaminant Removal • Fish Habitat Injecting Dissolved Oxygen into a Lake Research Focus • Adding dissolved oxygen and ozone to water

12. Scott Osborn, Ph.D., P.E.Associate Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Application Areas • Watershed Improvement • Repairing Eutrophic Reservoirs Removing Algae from Water Research Focus • Nutrient Removal from Waterbodies

13. Samy Sadaka, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng.Assistant Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Application Areas • On the farm utilization of agricultural residues for biofuel and bioenergy production Biofuel and Bioenergy Production Systems Research Focus • Improvements of biomass physical and thermochemical characteristics • Gasification of various types of biomass • Pyrolysis of various types of biomass • Biodiesel production and utilization

14. Samy Sadaka, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng.Assistant Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Application Areas • On the farm grain drying for transportation costs reduction • Sustainable agriculture require utilization of crop residues biochar as soil amendment. Production and Characterization of Biochar Grain Drying and Safety Research Focus • Evaluation of various types of grain drying systems • Production and characterization of biochar from various types of biomass

15. Dharmendra Saraswat, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Geospatial, Biological and Agricultural Engineering VEGETATION INVENTORY ASSESSMENT Application Areas • Sensor based technologies in plant management • Watershed management • Economics and efficacy of Best Management Practices • Land use change impacts on hydrology and water quality • Interactive Web and Mobile tools for information dissemination Research Focus • Applied research and outreach education in geospatial technologies • Simulation modeling

16. Karl VanDevender, Ph.D.Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Application Areas • Liquid manure solids separation • Manure storage • Mortality composting Manure Research Activities Research Focus • Livestock and Poultry Manure Management