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Faculty in Biological and Environmental Engineering and its associated graduate field are listed below, along with their research interests and formal research concentrations. Affiliations are drawn from seven separate academic departments. For more information regarding individual faculty, you can visit the BEE faculty listings as well.


Biological Engineering Faculty List:

Energy Faculty List:

Environmental Engineering Faculty List:

Environmental Management Faculty List:

Food Processing Engineering Faculty List:

International Agriculture Faculty List:

Local Roads Engineering Faculty List:

Machine Systems Faculty List:

Soil and Water Engineering Faculty List:

Structures and Environment Faculty List:

 


Beth A. Ahner, B.S., Ph.D. (M.I.T.)
607 255-3199
baa7@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: biological indicators of environmental stresses, the toxicity and nutrition of trace metals, intercellular detoxification mechanisms in algae.
  • Concentration: environmental engineering.

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Louis D. Albright, B.S.A.E., M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell)
607 255-2483
lda1@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: greenhouses and agricultural buildings, energy management, simulation and control of aerial environments, air distribution, indoor air quality.
  • Concentrations: energy, structures and environment, biological engineering.

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Daniel J. Aneshansley, B.S.E.E.(Cincinnati) M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell)
Director of Graduate Studies
607 255-3082
dja4@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: electronic instrumentation, sensors, and machine-vision applications in agricultural and biological engineering.
  • Concentrations: biological engineering, food processing engineering, energy, machine systems.

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Antje Baeumner, B.S. (Technische Universitaet), M.S. (Technische Universitaet) Ph.D. (Universitaet Stuttgart) (Dr. rer. nat.)
607 255-5433
ajb23@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: immunoassays, biosensors, liposome technology, protein immobilization.
  • Concentrations: biological engineering, food processing engineering, machine systems.

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James A. Bartsch, B.S., M.S. (Wisconsin), Ph.D. (Purdue)
Director of Undergraduate Studies
607 255-2800
jab35@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: postharvest storage systems for horticultural and cereal crops, properties of food and biological materials, international agricultural engineering.
  • Concentrations: biological engineering, food processing engineering, international agriculture.

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Philippe C. Baveye, M.Sc. (Ingé Agronome du Gé Rural), M.S. (The Johns Hopkins University), Ph.D. (University of California, Riverside)
Department of Soil, Crop and Atmospheric Sciences
607 255-1741
pcb2@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: environmental engineering, soil and water engineering.
  • Concentrations: environmental engineering, soil and water engineering.

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Wilfried H. Brutsaert, Eng. (University of Ghent, Belgium), M.S., Ph.D. (California-Davis)
Department of Civil Engineering
607 255-3676
whb2@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: hydrology, hydraulics, fluid mechanics.
  • Concentration: soil and water engineering.

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J. Robert Cooke, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (North Carolina State)
607 255-2480
jrc7@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: biological engineering, plant-water relationships, engineering properties of biological materials, mathematical engineering analysis, microcomputers and educational software.
  • Concentrations: soil and water engineering, biological engineering, machine systems.

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Ashim K. Datta, B.Tech. (Indian Institute of Technology), M.S. (Illinois), Ph.D. (Florida)
607 255-2482
akd1@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: heat and mass transfer in food and biological systems, electromagnetics of microwave heating, moisture transport in microwave heating, thermal fracture in rapid freezing.
  • Concentrations: energy, biological engineering, food processing engineering.

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Kifle G. Gebremedhin, B.S.C.E., M.S., Ph.D. (Wisconsin)
607 255-2499
kgg1@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: structural mechanics, testing and modeling of structural systems, structural materials, animal housing systems, modeling of animal-environment interactions.
  • Concentration: structures and environment.

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Douglas A. Haith, B.S., M.S. (M.I.T.), Ph.D. (Cornell)
607 255-2802
dah13@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: environmental-systems analysis, solid waste management, water resources.
  • Concentrations: soil and water engineering, environmental engineering.

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Jean B. Hunter, B.S. (M.I.T.), M.S., D.Eng.Sci. (Columbia)
607 255-2297
jbh5@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: bioprocess engineering, fermentation and enzyme technology, bioseparations, food engineering.
  • Concentrations:biological engineering, food processing engineering, environmental engineering.

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Lynne H. Irwin, B.S., M.S. (California-Berkeley), Ph.D. (Texas A&M)
607 255-2805
lhi1@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: highway engineering, highway materials characterization, structural evaluation of pavements, pavement management systems, technical assistance for NYS local highway departments via Cooperative Extension through the Cornell Local Roads Program.
  • Concentration: local roads.

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William J. Jewell, B.S. (Maine), M.E. (Manhattan College), Ph.D. (Stanford)
607 255-4533
wjj1@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: energy and waste treatment, land treatment, toxics bioremediation, rural environmental engineering, agricultural waste management.
  • Concentrations: energy, soil and water engineering, environmental engineering.

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John L. Lumley, A.B. (Harvard), M.E.S., Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
607 255-4050
jll4@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: fluid mechanics, turbulence and stochastic processes.
  • Concentration: soil and water engineering.

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Susan A. Henry, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Wisconsin)
Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
607 255-2241
dbl5@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: biological engineering, food processing engineering.
  • Concentration: food processing engineering.

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Dan Luo, B.S. (University of Science and Technology of China), Ph.D. (Ohio)
607 255-4533

dl79@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: molecular bioengineering, nucleic acid engineering, nucleic acid delivery
  • Concentrations: nucleic acid engineering (molecular level), intracellular delivery (cell level), nanofabrication-based delivery devices (micro/nano level), single-cell technology, computer simulation (including Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics).

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Jean-Yves Parlange, Eng. Dipl. (École Nationale Superieure de l'Aeronautique, Paris), Ph.D. (Brown)
607 255-2476
jp58@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: mathematical modeling of physical and biological systems, applications of thermodynamics, water movement in soils.
  • Concentrations: soil and water engineering, environmental engineering, international agriculture.

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Richard H. Rand, B.E. (Cooper Union), M.S., Sc.D. (Columbia)
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
607 255-7145
rhr2@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: biomechanics, theoretical and applied mechanics, dynamical systems.
  • Concentration: biological engineering.

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M. Anandha (Andy) Rao, B.Chem.Eng, M.Tech. (Osmania University, India), M.S. (Cincinnati), Ph.D. (Ohio State)
Department of Food Science andTechnology, Geneva, NY
mar2@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: rheological properties of processed foods and modified atmosphere packaging of vegetables.
  • Concentration: food processing engineering.

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Andy L. Ruina, Sc.B., Sc.M., Ph.D. (Brown)
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
alr3@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: mechanical models involving motion deformation or slip; applications have included deformation of fruit and vegetable cells and the mechanics of plowing.
  • Concentrations: soil and water engineering, structures and environment, biological engineering.

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Norman R. Scott, B.S.A.E. (Washington State), Ph.D. (Cornell)
Vice-President for Research and Advanced Studies
607 255-7200
nrs5@cornell.edu

  • Concentrations: structures and environment, biological engineering.

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Christine A. Shoemaker, B.S. (California-Davis), Ph.D. (University of Southern California)
Department of Civil Engineering
cas12@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: water resources systems, mathematical ecology.
  • Concentrations: soil and water engineering, environmental engineering, biological engineering.

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Tammo S. Steenhuis, B.S., M.S. (Wageningen), M.S., Ph.D. (Wisconsin)
607 255-2489
tss1@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: soil and water engineering; water management; watershed hydrology; groundwater quality engineering.
  • Concentrations: soil and water engineering, environmental engineering, international agriculture.

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Michael B. Timmons, B.S. (Ohio State), M.S. (Hawaii), Ph.D. (Cornell)
607 255-2801
mbt3@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: aquacultural engineering, environmental control, ventilation, animal energetics.
  • Concentrations: environmental engineering, structures and environment, international agriculture.

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Larry P. Walker, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Michigan State)
607 255-2478
lpw1@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: bioprocess modeling, experimentation, and synthesis with a focus on renewable resources and waste utilization.
  • Concentrations: energy, biological engineering.

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Michael F. Walter, B.S., M.S. (Illinois), Ph.D. (Wisconsin)
Department Chairman
607 255-2270
mfw2@cornell.edu

  • Research interests: water resources, tropical water management, small-watershed hydrology, drainage.
  • Concentrations: soil and water engineering, environmental engineering, international agriculture.

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Faculty List:

Beth A. Ahner, B.S., Ph.D.
Louis D. Albright, B.S.A.E., M.S., Ph.D.
Daniel J. Aneshansley, B.S.E.E., M.S., Ph.D.
Antje Baeumner, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
James A. Bartsch, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Philippe C. Baveye, M.Sc., M.S., Ph.D.
Wilfried H. Brutsaert, Eng., M.S., Ph.D.
J. Robert Cooke, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Ashim K. Datta, B.Tech., M.S., Ph.D.
Kifle G. Gebremedhin, B.S.C.E., M.S., Ph.D.
Douglas A. Haith, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Jean B. Hunter, B.S., M.S., D.Eng.Sci.
Lynne H. Irwin, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
William J. Jewell, B.S., M.E., Ph.D.
John L. Lumley, A.B., M.E.S., Ph.D.
Daryl B. Lund, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Dan Luo, B.S., Ph.D.

Jean-Yves Parlange, Eng. Dipl., Ph.D.
Richard H. Rand, B.E., M.S., Sc.D.
M. Anandha Rao, B.Chem.Eng, M.Tech., M.S., Ph.D.
Andy L. Ruina, Sc.B., Sc.M., Ph.D.
Norman R. Scott, B.S.A.E., Ph.D.
Christine A. Shoemaker, B.S., Ph.D.
Tammo S. Steenhuis, B.S., M.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Michael B. Timmons, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Larry P. Walker, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Michael F. Walter, B.S., M.S., Ph.D

 

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