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Bioprocess Laboratory Top
Location: 117 Sietz Hall
Director: Dr. Foster Aryi Agblevor
For Assistance: Amy Egan
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Bioprocessing
Laboratory Top
This
steel frame building (30 ft x 90 ft) is used for a variety of purposes. The
Departmental woodworking shop is located here, plus there are several drill
presses, a welder, and space for light fabrication. The building has a fan testing facility built
according to ASHRAE Standard 51-1985. Three of the 14 laboratories for BSE 4424 (ME
4434) are taught at the Bioprocessing Laboratory, with the hydrostatic
transmission, hydraulic motor, multi-circuit demonstration, pressure
transducer- calibration, and torque transducer-calibration test stands located
here. In addition, there is an area for
storage of components and assembly of fluid power circuits.
Location: On Plantation Road
Director: Dr. John C. Cundiff
For Assistance: Amy Egan
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Land and Water
Resources Laboratory
Top
This
multi-purpose laboratory was constructed in 1996
as part of the renovation of the first floor of
Seitz Hall. This
laboratory supports teaching, research, and outreach
activities related to land and water resources.
The space is flexible and is assigned on an as-needed
basis for teaching and for research projects. A
flume in the laboratory is used for exercises
in several courses. Facilities
and equipment in the laboratory are used to demonstrate
laboratory-based analysis techniques, to support
laboratory exercises, to support sophomore and
senior design projects, and to support undergraduate
research. Basic
equipment, such as ovens, balances and sieves,
is available.
Location: 113 Seitz Hall
Director: Dr. Tess Wynn
For Assistance: Laura Teany
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Food Engineering Laboratory
Top
The
Food Engineering Laboratory primarily supports
research and graduate studies but is also used
for demonstrations and projects for undergraduate
courses. Available
equipment includes: differential
scanning calorimeter, bench-top vacuum evaporator,
and water-activity meter.
Location: 115-A Seitz Hall
Director: Dr. Kumar Mallikarjunan
For Assistance: Amy Egan
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Protein Separation
Laboratory
top
The
Protein Separation Laboratory supports research
in protein expression and purification process
development from transgenic plants and other expression
systems. Available equipment includes: thermal
cycler, gel electrophoresis systems, gel documentation
systems, Akta protein purification system, HPLC,
filtration systems, centrifuge, etc.
Location:
115 Seitz
Hall
Director:
Dr.
Chenming (Mike) Zhang (chzhang2@vt.edu)
For
Assistance:
Amy Egan
(ajegan@vt.edu)
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Engines Laboratory
top
This
laboratory is used for instruction in several
courses: BSE
4404 Design of Machinery Systems and BSE 4424
(ME 4434) Fluid Power Systems and Controls (as
well as BSE 2484 Engine and Power Train Technology,
AT 0124 Preventive Maintenance). Equipment
includes engines with different fuel systems and
a power train with a dynamometer.
Location:
114 Sietz Hall
Director:
Dr.
David H. Vaughan
(davaugha@vt.edu)
For
Assistance:
Allen Yoder
(akyoder@vt.edu)
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Graduate Computing/GIS Laboratory
top
The
primary purpose of this computer laboratory is to provide general computing
facilities for graduate students, it also is available to support specific
laboratory exercises in undergraduate courses.
In particular, GIS and watershed modeling software are used for
laboratories in the BSE 3305, 3306, and 4304 courses. Computers for the laboratory are updated by
replacing 2-4 computers per year.
Location:
214 Sietz Hall
Director:
Dr.
Conrad D. Heatwole
(heatwole@vt.edu)
For
Assistance:
Denton Yoder (denton@vt.edu)
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Prices Fork Farm
top
The Prices Fork Farm facility is used to support
various field laboratory experiences for the Land and Water Resources
courses. Permanent research plots, a
rainfall simulator and water supply, and field sites and equipment for field
studies are available. The rainfall
simulator and side-by-side plots are used for laboratory exercises to
demonstrate principles and give hands-on experience related to basic hydrology,
erosion control, agricultural practices and water quality impact, field
instrumentation, data collection and reduction.
Other equipment used and demonstrated at the farm includes farm
equipment (tractor, forklift, irrigation pumps, grain drill, etc.) and field
instruments (flumes, raingages, infiltrometer).
Location:
On Prices Fork Road
Director:
Dr.
Tess Wynn
III (thwynn@vt.edu)
For
Assistance:
Laura Teany
(lauteany@vt.edu)
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Senior Design Laboratory top
The capstone design experience in BSE occurs
through a two-semester sequence of courses, BSE 4125-4126 Comprehensive Design
Project. This laboratory provides dedicated workspace for the students, as well
as access to reference materials and on-line resources. Four computers are available with network
access and with software including Office 2000, AutoCAD2000 and MatLab.
Location:
107 Sietz Hall
Director:
Dr.
Robert (Bobby) Grisso
(rgrisso@vt.edu)
For
Assistance:
Dr.
Robert (Bobby) Grisso
(rgrisso@vt.edu)
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Sophomore Design Laboratory top
The Sophomore Design course (2105-2106) requires
bench and open workspace for the students to work on a variety of laboratory
projects and a design project. Room 107A
has been used to support this course for several years. This room is also used as a place to set up
the hydraulic trainers for the laboratories associated with the Fluid Power
course. This sharing of space is not
desirable, and improvement in the quality of the space and facilities for the
2105-2106 course sequence is a priority for the BSE faculty. (A space allocation plan approved by the
faculty April 2001, will move Fluid Power to room 101/100, with 107A dedicated
to BSE 2105-2106.)
Location:
107 Sietz Hall
Director:
Dr.
John C. Cundiff
(jcundiff@vt.edu)
For
Assistance:
Dr.
John C. Cundiff
(jcundiff@vt.edu)
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Fluid Power Laboratory top
Fluid power equipment includes four technical
systems trainers, two Vickers trainers, two Amatrol trainers, one hydrostatic
transmission test stand, one hydraulic motor test stand, two hydraulic cylinder
trainers, multi- circuit demonstration, pneumatic test stand, pressure
transducer-calibration test stand, and a torque transducer-calibration test
stand.
Location:
101 Sietz Hall
Director:
Dr.
John C. Cundiff
(jcundiff@vt.edu)
For
Assistance:
Dr.
John C. Cundiff
(jcundiff@vt.edu)
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Physical Properties Laboratory top
Equipment includes a
MTS universal testing machine (new 1998) with auxiliary equipment (load cells
and test fixtures), set up to conduct tension, compression, shear, relaxation,
and creep tests on biological materials.
The laboratory also has an Instron universal testing machine that is
currently being used for texture tests of food products and undergraduate
student projects. Other equipment
includes an ultrasonic tester and a viscometer.
Location:
106 Sietz Hall
Director:
Dr.
Kumar Mallikarjunan
(kumar@vt.edu)
For
Assistance:
Amy Egan
(ajegan@vt.edu)
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Unit Operations Laboratory top
The
Dean of the College
of Agriculture and Life Sciences has committed
new space in Agnew Hall for a dedicated Unit Operations
laboratory for the department. This laboratory will have the primary purpose
of supporting the Unit Operations course (BSE
3524). The Agnew renovation is to be completed
by 2007, and until the new space is available,
the BSE 3524 laboratories will continue to be
held in various supporting laboratories: 115A, 117, 106, and the Food Science and
Technology building.
Location:
Sietz
Hall
Director:
Dr.
Chenming (Mike) Zhang (chzhang2@vt.edu)
For
Assistance:
Amy Egan
(ajegan@vt.edu)
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Water Quality
Laboratory
Top
The Water Quality
Laboratory primarily conducts water analysis for
department research projects and Virginia Cooperative
Extension programs and is used in the undergraduate
teaching program. Analytical capabilities include
nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus; suspended
and dissolved solids; inorganic constituents such
as hardness, chloride, fluoride and pH and a variety
of indicator bacteria such as fecal coliform and
E. coli. Students in BSE 2105-2106 Introduction
to Biological Systems Engineering and BSE 3305-3306
Land and Water Resources Engineering have several
laboratories in which they analyze rainfall simulator
runoff samples and other environmental samples.
In addition, the laboratory provides support for
graduate student research projects and general lab
experience for all interested students.
Location: 109 Seitz Hall
Director: Dr. Cully Hession (chession@vt.edu)
For Assistance: Julie D. Jordan (jjordanr@vt.edu)
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Watershed Assessment
Laboratory Top
The mission of the Watershed Assessment Laboratory (WAL) is to develop and
evaluate improved methods for assessing the impacts of agricultural and urban
management practices on water quality. The laboratory is equipped with the
latest technologies for watershed monitoring, GIS mapping, data analyses,
remote sensing and watershed modeling. An automated field data acquisition
facility is also housed in the WAL. The computing facilities include several
Windows XP-based computers with Pentium IV processors and comparable memory and
storage capabilities. All computers are interconnected through the university fiber optic network with direct internet connections. Servers are available for
data analysis and storage. The current WAL staff includes four faculty, one
research scientist, two research associates, and several graduate students.
The WAL is actively involved in the TMDL development program for various waterbodies in VA. For more information, Click Here.
Location:
400 Seitz Hall
Director: Dr. Brian Benham (brbenham@vt.edu)
For
Assistance:
Rebecca Zeckoski
(rwinfrey@vt.edu)
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