Y.H. Percival Zhang is advocating and inventing new processes for creating hydrogen fuels from biomass.
With a Virginia Tech-emblazoned trowel in his hand, Dean Alan Grant of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences recently laid the first Hokie Stone on the Human and Agricultural Biosciences Building 1, marking the beginning of the next phase of construction for the new research facility.
The MEASURES/InForest application, developed cooperatively by an interdisciplinary team of VT researchers including Gene Yagow (BSE), has been selected as a finalist in the Governor's Technology Award at the Commonwealth of Virginia's Innovative Technology Symposium (COVITS).
Dr. Jactone Arogo Ogejo was awarded a 2012 ASABE Paper Award for his article "Abating the Effects of Calcium on Sturvite Precipitation in Liquid Dairy Manure".
Robert Grisso and David Sample received ASABE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Awards at the 2012 Annual ASABE International Meeting.
Elizabeth Luby (BS '12) was awarded second place in the ASABE 2012 K.K. Barnes Student Paper Award competition for her paper and presentation.
Congratulations to the Virginia Eta Chapter of Alpha Epsilon for receiving the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering (ASABE) 2012 Most Outstanding Chapter Award.
We are pleased to welcome and introduce our two newest BSE Advisory Board members:
Farzaneh Rezaei, Novozymes Biologicals, Inc.
Andy Southerly, Cargill Meat Solutions
Two of our past board members, Mark Bennett and Jonathan Leder, completed their second terms on the Board in April.
Dr. Warren Ruder will be joining the BSE department as our newest assistant professor in August 2012!
Theo Dillaha, BSE professor, will be inducted as a Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) Fellow on July 24, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas at the SWCS International Conference.
Brian Benham, BSE associate professor, received the 2012 Gamma Sigma Delta Faculty Extension Award at Virginia Tech
Ryan Senger, BSE assistant professor, was one of five College of Engineering (COE) faculty members to be presented with the 2012 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Assistant Professor at the fifteenth annual Virginia Tech COE Faculty Reception in April.
The latest U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of graduate programs ranks BSE at Virginia Tech as #7.
Congratulations to Drs. Tess Thompson, Cully Hession, and Durelle Scott on a great article, "StREAM Lab at Virginia Tech", in the March/April 2012 ASABE Resource! This issue of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers journal has a special section related to streambank restoration and related topics.
Monday, February 20
4:00 pm
108 Seitz Hall
Monday, February 13
4:00-4:50 pm
108 Seitz Hall