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Office Phone List
Saied Mostaghimi - Department Head
Foster Aryi Agblevor | Jactone Arogo Ogejo | Justin Barone | Brian L. Benham | Luc Claessens | John S Cundiff | Theo A. Dillaha | Robert (Bobby) Grisso | Conrad D. Heatwole | Cully Hession | Kumar Mallikarjunan | Christian S. Mariger | David H. Vaughan | Zhiyou Wen | Mary Leigh Wolfe | Theresa "Tess" Wynn | Gene Yagow | Joanna Krystyna York | Chenming (Mike) Zhang | Y.-H. Percival Zhang |
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Title: H.E. and Elizab. Alphin Professor
Office: 200 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-7605
Email: smostagh@vt.edu
Website: http://www.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Water resource engineering, nonpoint source pollution control, and water quality monitoring
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1982 - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
M.S. 1979 - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. 1976 - Iran
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Title: Associate Professor
Office: 213 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-2578
Email: fagblevo@vt.edu
Website: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/fagblevo/index.html
Areas of Interest:
Biochemical and thermochemical conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1988 - Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada.
M.A.Sc. 1984 - Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada.
B.Sc. 1978 - Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
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Title: Assistant Professor
Office: 212 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-6815
Email: arogo@vt.edu
Website: http://www.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Energy and nutrient recovery from biobased materials, Animal waste management best management practices, Agricultural air quality, and Technology Transfer
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1997 - Agricultural Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
M.S. 1989 - Agricultural Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
B.S. 1983 - Agricultural Engineering, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Animal Wastemanagement Programs
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Title: Associate Professor
Office: 303 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-0680
Email: jbarone@vt.edu
Website: http://renewablemat.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Bio-based polymers and composites from agricultural products.
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 2000 - Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University.
M.S. 1997 - Engineering Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
B.S. 1994 - Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University.
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Title: Extension Specialist and Associate Professor
Office: 209 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-5705
Email: benham@vt.edu
Website: http://www.tmdl.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Surface and groundwater water quality, Watershed management
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1995 - Agricultural Engineering, University of Tennessee.
M.S. 1990 - Agricultural Engineering, Texas A & M.
B.S. 1986 - Agricultural Engineering, Texas A & M.
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Title: Research Scientist
Office: 306A
Phone: (540)231-2145
Email: luc.claessens@vt.edu
Website: http://www.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Linkages between hydrology and ecosystem processes, land-use and climate change impact, nutrient cycling, hydro-meteorology and land-atmosphere interaction.
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 2008 - University of California, Santa Barbara and San Diego State University.
M.S. 1996 - Colorado State University.
B.S. 1993 - Colorado State University.
B.S. 1989 - Larenstein International Agricultural College, The Netherlands.
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Title: Professor
Office: 309 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-7603
Email: jcundiff@vt.edu
Website: http://www.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Alternate Crops for Fuel and Chemicals, Fluid Power Systems and Controls for Mobile Applications, Peanut Quality Improvement.
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1972 - North Carolina State University.
M.S. 1967 - North Carolina State University.
B.S. 1966 - Virginia Tech.
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Title: Professor
Office: 840 Univ. City Blvd, Suite 5
Phone: 540-231-6813
Email: dillaha@vt.edu
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Areas of Interest:
Soil and Water Conservation, Nonpoint Source Pollution Control, Nonpoint Source Modeling, Environmental Engineering, Small Watershed Hydrology and Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1981 - Agricultural Engineering, Purdue University.
M.S. 1976 - Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Vanderbilt University.
B.E. 1974 - Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Vanderbilt University
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Title: Professor
Office: 211 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-6538
Email: rgrisso@vt.edu
Website: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/rgrisso/Grisso_pubs.htm
Areas of Interest:
Chemical Applications, Farm Safety, Machinery Management, and Precision Farming
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1985 - Agricultural Engineering, Auburn University.
M.S. 1980 - Agricultural Engineering, Virginia Tech.
B.S. 1978 - Agricultural Engineering, Virginia Tech.
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Title: Associate Professor
Office: 301 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-4858
Email: heatwole@vt.edu
Website: http://www.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Modeling Field-Scale Agricultural Hydrology, Knowledge-Based Expert Systems, Geographic Information Systems
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1986 - University of Florida.
M.S. 1979 - Agricultural Engineering, Virginia Tech.
B.S. 1978 - Agricultural Engineering, Virginia Tech.
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Title: Associate Professor
Office: 315 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-9480
Email: chession@vt.edu
Website: http://twosweet.bse.vt.edu/Cully
Areas of Interest:
Fluvial Forms & Processes, Fluvial Morphology and Aquatic Ecosystem Linkages, Watershed Hydrology, Stream Restoration, Hydrologic/Water Quality Modeling, Uncertainty Analysis
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1995 - Biosystems Engineering, Oklahoma State University.
M.S. 1988 - Agricultural Engineering, Virginia Tech.
B.S. 1984 - Agricultural Engineering, Virginia Tech.
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Title: Associate Professor
Office: 205 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-7937
Email: kumar@vt.edu
Website: http://www.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
- Food Process Engineering (microwave processing, deep fat frying, high pressure processing),
- Non-Destructive Sensing of quality and safety (electronic nose, ultrasound, FTIR),
- biomedical engineering (diagnostics, biomarker development),
- Macromolecules biomolecules interface (extraction of polyphenols and omega-3 fattcy acids, nanoencapsulation),
- functional foods and edible packaging
Degrees obtained:
1986 B.E. (Ag Eng) Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
1988 M. Eng Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
1993 Ph.D. University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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Title: Instructor
Office: 314 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-6957
Email: smariger@vt.edu
Website: http://www.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Service Courses: Agricultural Mechanics, Agricultural Metal Fabrication, Agricultural Health and Safety
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 2003 - Agricultural Education, Oklahoma State University.
M.S. 2000 - Agricultural Systems, Utah State University.
B.S. 1996 - Range Science, Utah State University.
B.S. 1991 - Business Management, Saint Vincent College.
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Title: Professor
Office: 308 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-7608
Email: davaugha@vt.edu
Website: http://www.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Sustainable Agriculture and Machinery Development, Energy Analysis and Renewable Energy Sources, Soil-Plant Growth Dynamics
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1974 - North Carolina State University.
M.S. 1972 - North Carolina State University.
B.S. 1967 - North Carolina State University.
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Title: Assistant Professor
Office: 204 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-9356
Email: wenz@vt.edu
Website: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/wenz
Areas of Interest:
Development of Value-added Products from Agricultural Byproducts, Sustainable Agriculture Development by Effective Utilization of Agricultural Wastes, Animal Waste Management with Special Interest in High Rate Anaerobic Digestion and Reactor Design, Algal Metabolic Engineering for Nutrauceuticals Production
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 2001 - Biochemical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
M.S. 1997 - Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
B.S. 1994 - Biochemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
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Title: Professor
Office: 305 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-6092
Email: mlwolfe@vt.edu
Website: http://www.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Small Watershed Hydrology, Nonpoint Source Pollution and Hydrologic Modeling/Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1986 - University of Minnesota.
M.S. 1982 - Agricultural Engineering, Virginia Tech.
B.S. 1979 - Agricultural Engineering, Virginia Tech.
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Title: Assistant Professor
Office: 302 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-2454
Email: thwynn@vt.edu
Website: http://twosweet.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Watershed management
Stream restoration
Wetlands restoration
Low impact development
Degrees obtained:
B.S. 1992 - Agricultural Engineering, Virginia Tech.
M.S. 1995 - Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University.
Ph.D. 2004 - Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech.
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Title: Research Scientist
Office: 306 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-2538
Email: eyagow@vt.edu
Website: http://www.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Watershed Assessment, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Water Quality Modeling and Monitoring
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1997 - Virginia Tech.
M.S. 1983 - Virginia Tech.
B.S. 1969 - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Title: Research Scientist
Office: 214 Seitz Hall
Phone: (540)231-9961
Email: joanna.york@vt.edu
Website: http://www.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Eutrophication of coastal waters, nutrient cycling and biogeochemistry, applications of stable isotopes
Degrees obtained:
BA. 1997. Environmental Science, University of Virginia.
PhD. 2006. Biology, Boston University Marine Program.
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Title: Associate Professor
Office: 210 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-7601
Email: chzhang2@vt.edu
Website: http://www.bse.vt.edu
Areas of Interest:
Biochemical engineering, Purification and characterization of therapeutic proteins from transgenic plants, Protein purification and characterization from microbial sources and cell cultures, New technology development for protein recovery and purification
Degrees obtained:
Ph.D. 1999 - Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University.
M.S. 1996 - Physical & Analytical Chemistry, Iowa State University.
M.S. 1991 - Metallurgical Physical Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China.
B.S. 1986 - Metallurgical Physical Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China.
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Title: Assistant Professor
Office: 210A
Phone: 540-231-7414
Email: ypzhang@vt.edu
Website: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/ypzhang/index.htm
Areas of Interest:
Production of Biofuels (cellulosic ethanol and hydrogen)
Synthetic biology -- synthetic enzymatic pathway engieering
Cellulase engineering
Cellulose solvent-based lignocellulose fractionation
Process optimization and design
Modeling complicated bioprocess and biological systems
Ultra-low cost recombinant protein separation
Degrees obtained:
Postdoc. 2002-2004. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Ph.D. 2002 - Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology Program, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
M.S. 1996 - Biochemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
B.E. 1993 - Biochemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
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