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Saied Mostaghimi
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Professor
200 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-7605
Email: smostagh@vt.edu
Area of Interest:
Water Resources 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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Foster Aryi Agblevor Top
Associate Professor
213 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-2578
Email: fagblevo@vt.edu
Home: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/fagblevo/index.html
Area 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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Jactone Arogo Ogejo
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Assistant Professor
212 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-6815
Email: arogo@vt.edu
Area 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.
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Brian L. Benham Top
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
Director, Center for TMDL and Watershed Studies
209 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-5705
Email: benham@vt.edu
Website: http://www.tmdl.net
Area 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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Kevin M. Brannan Top
Research Associate
307 Seitz Hall
Phone: (540) 231-2145
Email: kbrannan@vt.edu
Area of Interest:
hydrology, nonpoint source pollution control, modeling, monitoring, water
resource management, international research and development
Degrees Obtained:
Ph.D. Candidate - Virginia Tech.
M.S. 1993 - Pennsylvania State University.
B.S. 1990 - Pennsylvania State University.
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John C. Cundiff
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Professor
309 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-7603
Email: jcundiff@vt.edu
Area 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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Theo A. Dillaha III
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Professor
310 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-6813
Email: dillaha@vt.edu
Home: http://dillaha.bse.vt.edu
Area 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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Zhiliang (Julia) Fan Top
Assistant Professor
202A Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-7425
Email: zlfan@vt.edu
Area of Interest:
Biocatalyst engineering, fermentation process development and modeling, biological and chemical process design, and economic evaluation
Degrees Obtained:
Ph.D. 2004 - Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Dartmouth College
M.S. 2004 - Engineering Management, Dartmouth College
M.S. 1999 - Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University
B.E. 1993 - Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Susan Wood Gay Top
Assistant Professor
205 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-1232
Email: swgay@vt.edu
Area of Interest:
Environmental conditions in naturally and mechanically ventilated livestock and poultry facilities. Gaseous and odor emissions from livestock and poultry operations. Air quality monitoring in rural areas. Facilities planning for livestock and poultry. Grazing systems.
Degrees Obtained:
Ph.D. 2000 - The Pennsylvania State University.
M.S. 1996 - The Pennsylvania State University.
B.S. 1992 - Cornell University.
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Robert (Bobby) Grisso Top
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Conrad D. Heatwole
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Associate Professor
301 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-4858
Email: heatwole@vt.edu
Area 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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Cully Hession
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Associate Professor
315 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-9480
Email: chession@vt.edu
Home: http://twosweet.bse.vt.edu/Cully
Area 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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Sang Min
Kim
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Visiting Scholar
400 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-2083
Email: smkim@vt.edu
Area of Interest:
Water Quality Modeling and Monitoring, Watershed assessment, Nonpoint Source
Pollution
Degrees Obtained:
Ph.D. 2004 - Seoul National University, Korea.
M.S. 1999 - Seoul National University, Korea.
B.S. 1997 - Seoul National University, Korea.
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Seung-Soo Kim
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Visiting Scholar
304 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-
Email: ks7070@dreamwiz.com
Area of Interest:
Pyrolysis of biomass, Pyrolysis of waste materials (waste plastics, waste lubricating oil), Plasma chemical reaction, Catalyst for
methane conversion
in dielectric
-Barrier Discharge
Degrees Obtained:
Ph.D. 2000 - Korea University, Korea.
M.S. 1995 - Kwangwoon University, Korea.
B.S. 1993 - Kwangwoon University, Korea.
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Kumar Mallikarjunan
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Associate Professor
312 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-7937
Email: kumar@vt.edu
Area of Interest:
Food Process Engineering: deep-fat frying, microwave processing, high-pressure processing, gaseous ozone treatment and process modeling and optimization; Non-destructive Evaluation: ultrasound, electronic nose and Fourier Transformation infrared spectrascopy; Physical Properties of Food Materials
Degrees Obtained:
Ph.D. 1993 - Food Engineering, University of Guelph, Canada.
M. Eng. 1988 - Agric. & Food Eng., Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
B.E. 1986 - Agric. Eng.,Tamilnadu Agricultural University, India.
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Christian S. Mariger
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Instructor
314 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-6957
Email: smariger@vt.edu
Area 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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David H. Vaughan
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Professor
308 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-7608
Email: davaugha@vt.edu
Area 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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Zhiyou Wen
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Assistant Professor
204 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-9356
Email: wenz@vt.edu
Website: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/wenz
Area 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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Mary Leigh Wolfe
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Professor
305 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-6092
Email: mlwolfe@vt.edu
Area 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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Tess M. Wynn
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Assistant Professor
302 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-2454
Email: tesswynn@vt.edu
Home: http://twosweet.bse.vt.edu
Area of Interest:
stream and wetland restoration, watershed management, hydrology, low impact development
Degrees Obtained:
Ph.D. 2004 - Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech.
M.S. 1995 - Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University.
B.S. 1992 - Agricultural Engineering, Virginia Tech.
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Eugene R. (Gene) Yagow
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Research Scientist
307 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-2538
Email: eyagow@vt.edu
Area 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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Rebecca W. Zeckoski Top
Research Associate
400-D Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-9058
Email: rwinfrey@vt.edu
Area of Interest:
Watershed assessment, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Water Quality Modeling and Monitoring
Degrees Obtained:
M.S. 2002 - Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech.
B.S. 1999 - Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech.
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Chenming (Mike) Zhang
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Assistant Professor
210 Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-7601
Email: chzhang2@vt.edu
Area 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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Y.-H. Percival Zhang
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Assistant Professor
210A Seitz Hall
Phone: 540-231-7414
Email: ypzhang@vt.edu
Home: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/ypzhang/index.htm
Area of Interest:
BioBiomolecular Engineering -- protein engineering, enzyme display on cell surface, and new high-throughput screening for industrially applicable cellulase
Bioprocess Engineering -- fermentation, and bioseparation
Biopolymer Degradation -- cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin hydrolysis
Chemical Process Engineering -- process optimization, liquid/solid separation, simulation and design, particularly for lignocellulosic materials pretreatment
Mathematical Modeling (in silico) -- particular for enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis
Nano-Scale Material Preparation and Modification -- natural cellulose fibrils
Co-utilization of lignocellulose components -- lignin and hemicellulose sugars.
Degrees Obtained:
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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