Together as Buckeyes In March, The Ohio State University swiftly moved face-to-
face classes and work to virtual settings. At the time, these proactive measures were established to prevent illness and allow the important work of the university to continue. Together as Buckeyes, the Ohio State community worked to put the safety and health of the community first, and continues to do so. In July, the Safe and Healthy Buckeyes website was launched, providing resources for those continuing to work or learn virtually and for those preparing to resume limited in person operations. Above all, the safety and health of the Buckeye community remained of paramount importance. This key resource has evolved to continue to provide the latest information to the Buckeye community as the pandemic continues to evolve. Ohio State remains committed to keeping its community safe by continually updating guidelines to reflect the latest state and federal mandates and the latest research. We are all in this Together as Buckeyes.
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Department Stats
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Letter from the Chair
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Faculty Awards
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A New Kind of Mask
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2020 CFAES Distinguished Seniors
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Meet Our Students
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Capstone Design 2020
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Graduates
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Retirees
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Graduates
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Recent Publications
FABE IMPACT REPORT is the annual newsletter of The Ohio State University Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering 590 Woody Hayes Drive Columbus, OH 43210 Office: 614-292-6131 fabe@osu.edu I fabe.osu.edu
Editors: Chip Tuson Christina Gaerke Kiersten Wright Katelyn Moreno Eva Cruz
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$58,175 CSM graduates (2018-2019)
$66,933 FABE graduates (2019-2020)
Letter from the Chair Dear Alumni and Friends, Welcome to the Ohio State FABE Impact Report. As with much of the world, 2020 was a year of unprecedented tribulation. The COVID-19 pandemic presented unique challenges to conducting our work in education, research, and outreach. Together, the students, faculty, and staff of the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE) rose to meet these challenges in admirable fashion. Even before the pandemic transformed the way Ohio State operated, the FABE community was struck with the loss of Don Schafer, a beloved lecturer in our Construction Systems Management (CSM) program. For the past several years, Don had been instrumental in the instruction and advising of our CSM students. We were honored to host a Celebration of Life for Don in early March with members of Don’s family and the CSM community. Don was also awarded the 2020 IPAG Outstanding Staff Teacher Award posthumously, recognizing his many years of contribution to FABE. Weeks later, Ohio State operations swiftly transitioned to virtual settings as the scope of the pandemic set in. Together as Buckeyes, the Ohio State community came together to ensure safety while also maintaining as much of the Ohio State experience as possible. As classes and work moved on line in mid-March, our faculty, staff, and students adapted with great aptitude amid such uncertainty. There were new learning curves for all. Yet I am happy to report that we continued to carry out many of our traditional annual experiences virtually. As is common when new challenges arise, the FABE community rose to meet them. Critical research was performed to address various aspects of the pandemic by faculty such as Dr. Judit Puskas and Dr. Ryan Winston. Dr. Puskas worked to meet the needs of the meat packing industry by developing a new anti-microbial polymer face mask. Dr. Winston joined a university team tracking COVID-19 through campus and Columbus wastewater to
identify COVID-19 outbreaks before infected individuals would show symptoms. Students like undergraduate Christopher Tkach started a non-profit to 3D print face shields for frontline workers desperately in need of protection. I want to thank all who continue to work to make a meaningful difference in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19. Even amid the impacts of COVID-19, the FABE community celebrated many other accomplishments. Several of our faculty members received key awards and recognitions, including Dr. Darren Drewry (ORAU Powe Award) and Dr. Katrina Cornish (AIMBE Fellow); these and other faculty awards are outlined on pages 6-7 of this report. We have also included the stories of some of our undergraduate and graduate students, whose compelling journeys to their goals are sure to inspire. You can read these stories on pages 12-19. Though the future continues to hold uncertainly, I know it is bright due to our commitment to excellence in the FABE community. The work of FABE scholars and students has proven critical to the global challenges of the past year, and so I know our contributions to the world will continue as we find our new normal. The FABE family remains committed to bettering the systems that sustain life. Regards,
Scott. A. Shearer, Ph.D., P.E. Professor Chair
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FACULTY AWARDS Drewry receives ORAU Powe Award Darren Drewry, Assistant Professor in
the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering has been named the recipient of the 2020 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). ORAU provides technical and innovative scientific solutions to advance the United States’ national priorities in security, health, science, and education. Through specialized teams of experts, unique laboratory capabilities, and access to a group of more than 100 major Ph.D-granting institutions, ORAU works with local, state, federal, and commercial customers to advance national priorities to serve the public interest.
“It was an honor to be selected as one of the two nominees from Ohio State University to compete for a Powe Award this year, and I feel very fortunate to have received this award from ORAU,” said Drewry. Drewry explained that simulationassisted breeding has tremendous potential to quickly advance crop improvement to help meet future food and energy security goals. This award will allow Drewry to collaborate with Dr. Daniel Jacobson of Oak Ridge National Laboratory to integrate his prior work in vegetation biophysical simulation with the phenotypic information emerging from modern genomic selection approaches.
The award grants seed funding for research and professional growth to junior faculty members at ORAU institutions. Winners receive a one-year $5,000 research grant, which is matched by the home institution. Drewry is one of just 35 recipients of this year’s national award.
Below: Drewry (left) is presented his award from Morley Stone, Senior Vice President for Research, The Ohio State University
Cornish Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite The American Institute for Medical
and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Katrina Cornish, Ph.D., Endowed Chair and Ohio Research Scholar, Bioemergent Materials, Horticulture and Crop Science/Agricultural and Biological Engienering, The Ohio State University to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. Dr. Cornish was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for “high-performance, natural allergy-safe latex for medical and consumer products, supporting developing countries.”
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Puskas Named Inaugural CFAES Distinguished Professor The Ohio State University College
Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) has announced four inaugural Distinguished Professors of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, including Dr. Judit Puskas of the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE). The title was bestowed on a competitive basis to four full professors who have excelled in teaching, research, or outreach/engagement. In addition, their work has significantly impacted their fields, students, college, university, and/or the public.
Puskas is internationally recognized for her outstanding accomplishments in biopolymer and biomaterial invention and green engineering implementation, in both industry and medicine. She is one of the co-inventors of the biocompatible polymer for the Taxus coronary stent, which has been implanted in over 6 million patients. She complements her research with extensive teaching and outreach, and brings globally recognized stature in her field to Ohio State.
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Zhao and Chen receive Ohio State Outreach and Engagement Award The OSU Green Home Technology
Center was recently announced as recipients of a 2020 Community Engaged Program Award from The Ohio State University Office of Outreach and Engagement. The team is led by Lingying Zhao and Victoria Chen, both faculty in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering. The Community Engaged Program Award recognizes outstanding achievement by faculty, staff and/or student led programs/initiatives focused on community-university partnerships and impact. “Our green home team has been very passionate about our collaborations with many community partners in promoting green home designs and technology applications in Ohio,” says Zhao. “This award will encourage us to seek more collaboration opportunities to promote green homes in Ohio through research, education, and outreach and engagement programs.”
Chen (left ) and Zhao (Right) This Ohio State-community-industry partnership aims to establish a Green Home Technology Center (GHTC) and to develop, demonstrate, and disseminate effective green home technologies for a transformational change in residential energy consumption and environment impact.
Learn more at greenhome.osu.edu
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w e AN Kind of Mask Ohio State researching, testing polymer face masks to protect against COVID-19 by Tracy Turner
While many people are encouraged
and, in some cases, mandated to wear face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, there are some complaints that have become a common refrain: the mask doesn’t fit correctly, it’s uncomfortable, it’s too hot, or the mask is hard to breathe through. However, a material scientist at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) is working to change that. Judit Puskas is in the final stages of developing a new polymer face mask that she expects will be more effective in the fight against COVID-19. Puskas, who is a Distinguished Professor in polymer science in the CFAES Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, has a provisional patent application pending for the mask she is developing. She’s working with the Mayo Clinic to create and test the mask to meet the same safety and efficacy standards of an N95 mask, but with more comfort and usability for the wearers. Puskas’ mask is made of a nonwoven fabric comprised of biocompatible rubber composite formed into a fiber mat that can be used to create personal protective equipment including face masks. The goal, she said, is to offer alternatives to the current market of N95 masks that can be used by workers in a wider variety of conditions and situations.
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“The current N95 masks protect against the virus, but most people say the masks aren’t comfortable and aren’t easily breathable,” Puskas said. “There are other polymer fiber mats used in N95-equivalent masks, but they are based on rigid plastics and don’t offer much flexibility. “The material I’ve developed is a flexible, breathable rubber, that can be made into comfortable-fitting masks. Additionally, it’s water repellant, doesn’t allow sneeze particles through, nor will it let moisture build up on the mask from breathing. This rubber can also be used in hot, humid conditions as well as in a freezer, can be easily sterilized in water-based solutions, and is recyclable for multiple reuse.” It’s for those reasons that Puskas’ masks, once completed, will be tested by more than 100 workers in five meat processing plants across Ohio to gauge the masks’ effectiveness
for agricultural workers in hot, humid conditions. CFAES researchers including Lyda Garcia, an assistant professor of meat science, Mary Rodriguez, assistant professor of community leadership, and Joy Rumble, assistant professor of agricultural communication, are working with meat processors statewide to determine the barriers workers face when considering masks as personal protective equipment to reduce the potential spread of COVID-19. The team is also researching workers’ perceptions about wearing personal protective equipment to better understand why some choose not to wear it. The team’s goal is to develop strategies to get more workers to change their perception of masks and to choose to wear them, Rodriguez said.
“The material I’ve developed is a flexible, breathable rubber, that can be made into comfortable-fitting masks.” -Dr. Judit Puskas
This comes as meat packing plants nationwide are continuing to see spikes in COVID-19 infections. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been some 20,400 COVID-19 infections across 216 meat packing plants in 33 states, with at least 74 deaths, according to reporting by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the meat and poultry processing industry, which is an essential component of the U.S. food infrastructure, employs approximately 500,000 people nationwide, many of whom work in close proximity to other workers, often in hot, humid conditions. Ohio meat processors reached out to Garcia, who is also an Ohio State University Extension meat science specialist, and her team for help in determining solutions for personal protective equipment, including understanding what works and how to encourage workers to wear personal protective equipment such as face masks, Garcia said. OSU Extension is the outreach arm of CFAES. Garcia said the conversations with meat processors helped her team realize that understanding employee behavior and attitudes about wearing personal protective equipment such as masks would be valuable in helping Puskas modify and adjust her mask design. “Understanding employee behavior, attitudes, and leadership is critical when designing personal protective equipment,” she said. “The most common complaint among workers is that masks are uncomfortable, tend to move and slip off, and they have to keep adjusting them.
Puskas demonstrates the flexibility and comfort of her new polymer mask “Another drawback is that workers say it’s difficult to breathe in masks in hot, humid conditions while constantly moving, and they don’t like breathing in their own carbon dioxide that is trapped in the masks in those conditions.” Additionally, Garcia said, with the fans and the air conditioning noise in the plants, workers say wearing masks makes it harder to communicate with each other, which could be a safety issue considering the sharp knives and tools they use. “Also, these workers are on their feet eight hours a day, wearing hair nets, safety glasses, with some men having long beards, then you add a mask and you can see where things can become more complicated fast on top of just wearing the mask,” she said. “At the end of the day, it’s about working with employees to encourage them to wear personal protective equipment. “Not only will it serve to protect the food, but it will help keep the employees safe and healthy, and in turn, will keep them working to provide a wholesome, sound, high-quality product.”
Health in 2010 to further develop the technology to create a safer breast implant, one that is less likely to leak silicone. This polymer material also reduces the risk of inflammation in the tissue surrounding the implant, which often leads to painful tissue contraction and rupture of the implant. When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the United States, Puskas wanted to do whatever she could to help lessen the spread of the virus. “When medical experts first advocated that people wear masks to flatten the curve and lessen the spread of COVID-19, I immediately knew that my polymer material would be good for masks,” she said. “My polymers have already been used in cardiovascular stents that have been used in more than 6 million patients. “It’s a very good feeling when you do research and it ends up saving people’s lives.”
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That’s one of many reasons why Puskas was compelled to develop a mask using the biocompatible rubber composite fiber mat she created as a way to add comfort, flexibility, and breathability to the N95 mask market. Since 2004, Puskas has helped develop polymer-based materials and coatings for use in medical devices and other industries. She received funding from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of
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2020 CFAES
Distinguished Seniors The Distinguished Senior Award is the most prestigious undergraduate award in CFAES, recognizing the top graduating seniors from each of the academic units on the Columbus campus. There were 25 Distinguished Seniors across the CFAES College, five of which were from the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE). One of the hallmarks of CFAES is an emphasis on student success, and it is heartwarming to see it exemplified through the accomplishments of our students.
Learn more about this year’s CFAES & FABE Distinguished Seniors: go.osu.edu/fabeds20
ASSAD AHMAD
MATTHEW KLOPFENSTEIN
Ahmad earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Basrah (Basrah, Iraq) and worked extensively in the construction industry prior to attending Ohio State. He is well known for his perseverance and work ethic, maintaining a 4.0 GPA, despite navigating moving to a new country, working full time, and raising a family. He cites his mentors Anastasia Britt and Jeff Suchy, for assisting him.
Klopfenstein completed multiple internships, including one with 360 Yield Center, Precision Planting, and Kuhn North America Brodhead. He also served as a research assistant to Dr. Scott A. Shearer in FABE. After graduation he will begin his engineering career working for CNH Industrial as a hydraulic engineer.
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During his time at Ohio State Ahmad has earned many honors, including the Dean’s List, Central Ohio Associated General Construction Scholarship, The National Society of Leadership and Success, and also earned Dean’s List at CSCC. He hopes to work for a major engineering or construction firm after graduation and aspires to one day own his own company.
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Klopfenstein cites his time with the Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Team as some of his most valuable undergraduate experience. Outside of QST, Klopfenstein was also involved in CFAES Ambassadors, ASABE Club, Alpha Zeta Partners Professional Fraternity, and FarmHouse Fraternity. He also boasts a variety of honors and accomplishments, including FarmHouse International Fraternity President of the Year, SPHINX Senior Class Honory, New Face of ASABE, Dean’s List, Jerry Minore Memorial National Wheat Foundation Scholar, American FFA Degree Recipient, Agriculture Future of America Leadership Conference Delegate, and Joe-Leiser Memorial Ag-Credit Scholar.
TANNER MATTHEWS
LOUIS MEZZOPERA
REX TIETJE
Matthews completed three internships, with Mercer Landmark, Kenn-Feld Group, and Precision Planting. After graduation he plans to return to his family farm to work full time. Matthews is excited to apply his new knowledge to help increase the farms’ sustainability through differing conservation practice and costeffective measures. He also hopes to expand the farm’s acreage and branch into beef cattle farming. He was active in a variety of organizations, including Agricultural Systems Management Club, Crops and Soils Club, Alpha Zeta Partners, and CFAES Student Council. He was also a member of the Van wert County Young Ag Professionals and attended the Ohio Farm Bureau Young Ag Professional Conference, National FFA New Century Farmer Conference, and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. He also received many honors, including Dean’s List, CFAES Newcomb Scholar, R.D. Barden Scholarship, Consolidated Grain and Barge Scholarship, and the Paul H. Rofkar Scholarship.
Mezzopera is a member of the Mount Leadership Society Scholars Program and has spent hundreds of hours doing community service for OSU and Columbus through his undergrad. He was also involved with the StudentAlumni Council and cites it as the most enjoyable and rewarding experience of his undergraduate career. Mezzopera has received many honors, including Dean’s List, OSU Provost Scholarship, CFAES Newcomb Scholar, Ohio Contractors Association Scholarship, SMPS Columbus Scholarship, and Simpson Strong-Tie Scholarship.
Tietje served as the president of the Agricultural Systems Management Club, leading them to win the CFAES Student Organization of the Year award. He identifies his time as president as the most rewarding experience of undergrad. Prior to president he also served in various officer roles for the organization. Outside of ASM Club, Tietje was an active member of the CFAES Student Council and the Crops of Soils Club. He receives a variety of honors as well, including Dean’s List, Edward S. “Beanie” Drake Student Leader Endowment Fund Scholarship, Ohio Soybean Council Foundation Scholarship, and the Ohio State University Provost Scholarship.
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Mezzopera completed three internships related to construction with Pillar Homes, Cleveland Construction, Inc., and Enzoco Custom Homes. After graduation he plans to continue pursuing a career in the residential building sector.
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Tietje also completed two internships, one with Ohio at Legacy Farmers’ Cooperative and one with Redline Equipment. He also helped with the FABE Precision Agriculture research in data collection. He used these experiences to launch his own business with his brother, Buckeye Advanced Ag, LLC, which sells and distributes seeds.
Shay Pond Looking to Create Beneficial Change for Communities For Shay Pond, a fourth-year majoring in agricultural
systems management (ASM) with minors in agribusiness and nonprofit management, creating a positive generational change is a dream of his. Pond is interested in exploring ways to address food and financial security issues for lower income families in hopes to start a nonprofit organization. Pond first got interested in food and financial security during a prompt for a project in his professional development class, where he researched and learned how critical the issue of food security is. His inspiration on the financial side stemmed from his own experiences and author Dave Ramsey. Although Pond’s career interests in food and financial security may not be a common path for ASM students, he has been able to find courses in the major curriculum and electives centered on his passion. “I was attracted to the diversity of skills ASM offered as part of their curriculum and ability to craft your own educational goals within the program,” he said.
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“I was attracted to the diversity of skills ASM offered as part of their curriculum and ability to craft your own educational goals within the program.”
As a first-generation college student from northwest Ohio, Pond’s first introduction to the ASM program at Ohio State was through Ohio FFA. During a career development event featuring the agricultural education and ASM programs, he discovered the opportunity to learn a broad variety of skills while majoring in ASM. With a variety of interests and experiences, Pond has been able to network, make connections and learn how leadership looks different in various industries. Experiences such as working in a professional moving industry, ministry as a youth ministry intern, working at a seed production facility and a food production company are just the few places that have equipped him with these skills. Pond has also found time to gain valuable skills through involvement on campus, such as serving as an Ambassador for the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). He is currently a co-chair of the team for the Fall 2020 semester. The CFAES Ambassador team is a team of students that give prospective students an overview and tour of campus, share their personal experiences and answer questions these future buckeyes may have. The ambassador team are liaisons to the Ohio State student body in order to expand awareness of CFAES. “I’ve gained an appreciation for the diversity of experiences and diversity of backgrounds students bring to Ohio State. We really have such a diverse and expanse body of students as the cornerstone college of Ohio State,” Pond said. “I’ve met a lot of great people being on the team including so many faculty and administrators here at Ohio State. I even had the opportunity to speak with Governor DeWine at an event last fall working for the CFAES Ambassador team.” Along with being an ambassador and serving as co-chair, he is also a small group leader on the north side of campus for Cru, a Christian student organization at Ohio State. Cru has
Pond served as a CFAES ambassador, representing the ASM major and the department as a whole to new and prospective students given Pond the opportunity to build friendship and community here at Ohio State and the chance to travel missionary to Brazil in 2019. Pond believes that by finding an area you are truly passionate about and pursing it honestly and wholeheartedly, you cannot go wrong in life. His advice to other students who struggle with career choices is to find a problem you’re passionate about and center your education around that problem to best help you in solving it. Pond poses the questions ‘What drives you? What gets you out of bed in the morning?’
Pond is currently pursuing an internship for next summer and focusing on his post-graduation plans shortly after. He is on track to graduation in December 2021, where afterwards he hopes to obtain a job in industry and later begin attending seminary part-time.
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Brady Jackson 2020 CFAES Internship Award Recipient
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“I learned a lot about the design
process and developed an appreciation for what architects do, but I couldn’t see myself spending a lifetime doing that,” says Brady Jackson, a senior in the construction management (CSM) program. Brady started his academic journey as an architecture major at the University of Cincinnati, but now believes that he has finally found his intended career path. A belief that was further solidified as he interned with George J. Igel & Company, a heavy/civil construction company whose services include earthwork, piling and shoring, concrete, utilities and soil stabilization. Brady secured his internship by attending the Construction Career Expo hosted by the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Over 70 companies attend this annual career fair, looking for students like Brady, who are interested in pursuing opportunities in the construction industry. At Igel, Brady’s responsibilities included tracking quantities,
filling out applications, attending progress meetings and learning about the preparation process for new construction projects. Brady also communicated closely with superintendents, foreman, suppliers and owners to manage small landslide repairs and other job assignments. “There is a great deal of work and detail that goes into each heavy civil project,” he said. “I’ve really enjoyed learning more about and being a part of the construction process.” One of Brady’s biggest takeaways was the role communication plays in managing a project. “The necessity of communication on a construction project is essential, and without it, you won’t get the job done,” he said. For Brady, this lesson in communication has helped him bridge the gap between students and professional organizations. In his current role as an ambassador for the Associated Students of Construction, Brady works with the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and Associated General Contractors of
America (AGC) organizations to create opportunities that help better prepare Ohio State students for entrance into the construction industry. His dedication to his internship and the CSM program has not gone unnoticed. Brady was named a recipient of this year’s CFAES Internship Award, an award presented to students who have excelled at internships within their respective fields of study. After graduation, Brady hopes to secure a job at Igel and start his career in the construction industry. Despite the uncertainty of his plans, he knows that he will be successful thanks to the experiences he’s had at Ohio State and with the CSM program. “While my aspirations for my future are great, I am beginning to realize that time is a valuable commodity,” Brady said. “I am enjoying my time at Ohio State and being in the CSM program, but I am looking forward to what my future holds post-graduation.”
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“I’ve learned that people love sharing their experiences if you are willing to strike up the conversation. Someone else’s experience may inspire you to get involved or do something similar!”
Lindsay West A Food Engineer with a Global Perspective
Lindsay West, a recent graduate of The Ohio State
University, discovered the opportunities of her future through a survey course during her freshmen year. She came to Ohio State as engineering undecided and was overwhelmed by the many options. The food engineering specialization helped her focus on her interests and discover a new field. Throughout her time studying at Ohio State, she developed a tremendous amount of skills in engineering. “I have a clear vision of what I can do with my degree, but also understand various engineering disciplines, including electrical, mechanical and chemical. Due to the wide variety of courses required in the FABE program!” says Lindsay. Lindsay graduated in May with a degree in food, agricultural and biological engineering with a specialization in food engineering and a minor in humanitarian engineering. Last May, Lindsay accepted an internship at Burns & McDonnell, an engineering consulting firm in the food and consumer products group. As an Engineering Intern, she spent the summer learning about the consulting industry, the process of designing facilities and plant expansions for various consumer products. From there, she was offered a position as an Assistant Mechanical Engineer at the world headquarters in Kansas City. After graduation, Lindsay will start her role as a Assistant Mechanical Engineer at Burns & McDonnell. Traveling has always been a part of Lindsay’s life. Growing up, her family valued learning about many different cultures both in and out of the country. Coming from a small, rural town
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in Connecticut, Lindsay has advocated for a strong sense of community all throughout her life. These experiences influenced the way she views the world and people. Her passion for traveling eventually developed into a purpose to help others.
“The trips and projects I have been involved with have helped me to gain a clear understanding of my values, and my potential as an engineer to do more projects in developing countries.” In August 2019, Lindsay joined the Maji Marwa Senior Capstone Design Project. She strived to embody the humanitarian endeavors that came with the year-long project. Lindsay worked in the classroom on the first phase of designing a water distribution system. From this experience, she has had the opportunity to create real world solutions that improve the lives of many people. Lindsay says, “This experience is not only personally gratifying, but it has a ripple effect within the local community freeing up time to engage in other productive endeavors like education, farming and starting small businesses.” Traveling has always been a major part of Lindsay’s lifeHer most memorable experience from this project has been seeing the end-ofsemester presentations from different Capstone groups. She not only expressed how hard they worked on the presentations but also how exciting it was. “I believe the best way to describe this moment is that there was a shared understanding and sentiment amongst everyone in the room that day; we were all working towards the same lifechanging goal.” This May, she planned on traveling to Tanzania to serve and collect data for next year’s capstone group. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, she will no longer be traveling. Later, if organized, she plans on traveling to the same community with an alumni group. As a buckeye, Lindsay West has had various opportunities in and out of school. For anyone looking to expand their horizons, she suggests making thoughtful connections. Lindsay believes that being persistent in sparking conversations with other students, faculty and professors is the key to learning about new opportunities that Ohio State has to offer. “I’ve learned that people love sharing their experiences if you are willing to strike up the conversation,” Lindsay said. “Someone else’s experience may inspire you to get involved or do something similar!”
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Jaden Tatum Engineering a Path to a More Sustainable Future
With an objective of improving the sustainability of
agricultural systems on an international scale Jaden Tatum is on her way to finding a viable solution, one research initiative at a time. A current graduate student in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Jaden attended the University of Arkansas upon graduating from high school. As an undergraduate student, Jaden majored in agricultural and biological engineering with minors in sustainability and natural resource management; a degree path that has equipped her with the knowledge to approach issues, both practically and logically. “I decided to specialize in agricultural systems, realizing that agriculture touches everyone’s life, and there will be a growing need for more food, bioproducts and sustainable systems as the population continues to grow,” she said. “I am also interested in engineering for international development because there are huge gaps in yields, high levels of poverty and malnutrition, and a large proportion of the population works in agriculture in many developing countries.”
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While completing her bachelor’s degree, Jaden got involved in research through connecting with one of the faculty members at the University of Arkansas. Her willingness to pursue her own interests led her to participate in research projects like her honor’s thesis, which focused on using a modeling software to simulate a sustainable irrigation management technique in Arkansas rice fields. Jaden emphasized the important role networking and communication can play in finding and establishing such experiences. “The biggest advice I have to other students is to explore the resources that you have open to you—read your email! I have found out about many of my grants, fellowship awards and undergraduate research programs through emails,” she said.
Jaden (second from left) pictured with the BioSystems Analysis Lab, led by Dr. Ajay Shah ( front row, second from right)
“Jaden is a very talented, hardworking and motivated student. Just in her first year as a graduate student, she has received multiple fellowships and awards, which testifies to this.” -Dr. Ajay Shah Now just starting her second year at Ohio State, Jaden has accomplished a great deal in a short span of time. Jaden works alongside Dr. Ajay Shah in the BioSystems Analysis Lab, where she collaborates on projects dealing with biobased systems logistics and technologies. “My current research project is designing and testing a grain drying and storage system for use in developing countries,” Jaden explained. “We are hoping to create a system that is affordable and made with renewable resources.” For this project, Jaden has won two student grants from Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) and Sustainability Institute to support her research. The grant she received from OARDC is a part of their grant program, SEEDS: The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) Research Competitive Grants Program. “OARDC’s SEEDS grant program aims to give students experience in grant writing and review, so a grant committee is partially responsible for rewarding funds to students in CFAES,” Jaden said. “Next year, I will get to take part in the same process!” In addition to her research funding, Jaden has also won four years of financial support through the university’s many funding initiatives; one of which is fellowships. At Ohio State, fellows are selected based on academic merit through university-wide competitions. Jaden was awarded a CFAES Environmental Graduate Fellowship, a University Fellowship, an Inclusive Excellence Fellowship, and as of recently a fellowship through a new program at Ohio State entitled EmPOWERment.
A part of the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program, EmPOWERment was formed by 16 faculty members across seven colleges at Ohio State with the involvement of multiple centers and institutes, university offices and programs, and over a dozen external industry partners, led by ENGIE, Ohio State’s energy-management partner. The EmPOWERment program leverages Ohio State’s 50year partnership with ENGIE to support energy research, operations and campus sustainability, by providing trainees with concrete opportunities to develop novel digital and physical components such as batteries, materials and algorithms; integrated assessment, optimization and predictive modeling capabilities for future scenarios; and new policies, educational mechanisms and business strategies. “The focus of this program ties really well into my interests in international development and sustainable agriculture,” Jaden said. “I am excited to begin exploring what kind of affordable and sustainable energy sources are possible in rural contexts in developing countries.” Jaden’s achievements in her first year of graduate school speak to her drive and passion for research, as explained by Dr. Shah. “Jaden is a very talented, hard-working and motivated student. Just in her first year as a graduate student, she has received multiple fellowships and awards, which testifies to this,” said Shah. “I feel very confident that she will achieve her goal. Jaden is a go-getter.”
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CAPSTONE DESIGN
2020
Each year, students majoring in Agricultural Systems Management or Food, Agricultural and Biological
Engineering complete a year-long senior capstone design project. These projects, sponsored by industry partners, offer students an opportunity to apply all they have learned during their time at Ohio State to a real world problem. Using teamwork, collaboration, time management, and problem solving skills, students have designed ecosystem restoration for wetlands, solutions for food processors to reclaim wastewater and developed simulations to help farmers.
AWARDS IPAG Capstone Commuincations Award Grain Transport Logistics
Niagra Chlorine Removal
Burgess and Niple Leachate
IPAG Capstone Innovation Award Autonomous Planting Systems
Nasa Volume Optimization
AgriSmart Seeder
ASM
TEAMS Kabota Autonomous Planting Systems
Peart Farms Grain Transport Logistics
OSU Casa de Leche
AirScout Cover Crop Establishment
TJRM Cover Croppers
80 Acres Growing Up
Rex Tietje, Tanner Matthews, Ross Schroeder, Alan Chlus, Nick Miraglia Advisors: Scott Shearer and Ben Smith Ty Wisely, Adam Stegh, Cody Beale, Matthew Haught Advisor: Scott Shearer and Julie Morris Tyler Nicol, Jack Bowman, Ryan Shupert, Mathias Wenzinger Advisors: Andrew Klopfenstein and Kyle Vennekotter
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Forest Lang, Logal Leffel,Mitch Kramer, Lance Riedlinger, Sam Roliff Advisors: Ryan Tietje and David Peart Jack Hagemeyer, Drew Schaurer, Dane Dahlinghous, Grant Carman, Nick Stearns Advisors: Andrew Klopfenstein and Brian Sutton Jake Utendof, Brandon Palmer, Ryan Clouse Advisors: Scott Sheaer, Debra Evans and Rex Lee
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Burgess and Niple Leachate
3Bar Biologics Low-Cost Sanitation
Burgess and Niple Stormwater
Agrismart Seeder
FLOW Green Roof
Agrismart Sprayer
FLOW Waste Removal from Stormwater
Honda Algae
OSU Sustainability Rainwater Harvesting
Autonomous Grain Cart
OSU Sustainability Feedstock Handling
MOFB Cooling System
Brian Jacoby, Corey Myers, Emma Downing, Grace You, Kyle Cagnoli Advisors: Dr. Margret Kalcic and Kristen Conroy Alador Sisay, Andrew Marrandino, Celena Langlois, Megan Wingerter, Colin Bope Advisors: Dr. Jay Martin and Kristen Conroy Jaimee Chen, Jeremiah Foshee, Kris Pento, Rachel Shaw, Soma Jaf, Tom Henry Nuess Advisors: Jeffery Kast and Kristen Conroy Chenshuo Wang, Drew Fitzgerald, Lillian Numm, Prem Dahal, Luca Lundbald Advisors: Haley Kujawa and Garrett Steinbeck Allyson Montgomery, Amanda Brown, Amir Rasul, John LaPres, Jake Mullen Advisors: Dr. Ryan Winston and Sean Carpenter
Austin Washburh, Jacob Oliveira, Peri Turk, Sam Fletcher, Sophia Gielink Advisors: Dr. Ajay Shah and Kristen Conroy
Niagara Chlorine Removal
Raegan Mink, Samantha Lewis, Aaron Mckinley, Aik Yang Soh, Nick Harvey Advisor: Kristen Conroy
Unilever Ice Cream
Ben John, Juliana Hall, Lauren Haney, Mitchel Mooner, Shannon Billinghurst Advisors: Dr. Dennis Hedlman, Holly Heullemeier and Garrett Steinbeck
CIFT Hot Fill
Baha Hussein, Joanne Ash, Michael Moore, Ryan Young, Weldon Swartz Advisors: Dr. Jane Fife and Garrett Steinbeck Conner Appelgate, Tanner Green, Tristan White, Micah Vanvoorhis, Luke Davis Advisors: Dr. John Fulton and Dr. Jane Fife Chandler Chaffee, Davin Malinen, Luke Kain, Mpoki Mwalupindi, Ryan Miller Advisors: Dr. Erdal Ozkan and Dr. Jane Fife Diamond Rapp, Jeb Hocter, Jennna Hohman, Teressa Pell, Zach Mount Advisors: Dr. Jane Fife Anthony Wiley, Garrett Stickley, Jarrod Bowman, Matthew Klopfenstein, Michael Schmenck Advisors: Dr. Scott Shearer and Sean Carpenter Amir Iskandar Bin Mohamed Ridza, Anastasia Muenz, Brea White, Emily Perusek, Tara Wilson Advisors: Dr. Ann D. Christy and Garrett Steinbeck
NASA Volume Optimization
Jane Petrie, Taylor Daniel. Quincey Patterson, Samantha Patrick, Angelina Sorice, Chris Tkach Advisors: Dr. Peter Ling and Dr. Jane Fife
Doehler In-Line Device
Caroline Weisgerber, Christian Gerding, Christopher Waidelich, Cody Dingess, Karissa Smith Advisors: Dr. Gonul Kaletunc, Hollly Huellemeier, Sean Carpenter
Chase Harrison, Hasan Khan, Jim Pechkham, Noah Tubbs, Shewina Hassani Advisors: Dr. v.M. Balasubramaniam and Garrett Steinbeck
NASA Bio-Impact
Maji Marwa Tanzania
GWI Cookstove
Jack Eifert, Jenna Baer, Linda Antwi, Lindsay West, Micayla Rizzo, Pareesa Nabi, Shannon Milliken Advisor: Patrick Sours
Kayla Guarnieri, Matthew Herkins, Noah Weyrick, Sharon Varughese, Ashley Venturini Advisors: Dr. Peter Ling and Dr. Jane Fife Deshawn Wilson, Lukas Moreland, Weston Cliford, Matthew Blizniuk, Molly Kern Advisor: Sean Carpenter
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2020 Graduates
PhD Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Master of Science Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Luis Huezo Sanchez
Jacquelyn Blanchard
Joseph Smith
Tanner Matthews Tyler Nicol Brandon Palmer Lance Riedlinger Drew Schaurer
Ross Schroeder Rex Tietje Jacob Utendorf Matthias Wenzinger
Charles Martin Grant McHugh Louis Mezzopera Riley Nagel Daniel Neutzling Carl Nicolella Shane Obrien Austin Phillips Michael Pipoy
Michael Pipoy Andrew Rowe Joseph Rumora Jacobi Schmalenberger Derrick Smith Jonathan Snow Tyler Tedrow Mitchell Van Straten Corbin Walnsch
Thomas Mancuso Andrew Marrandino Aaron Mckinley Shannon Milliken Raegan Mink
Karissa Smith Karina Sobieraj Angelina Sorice Zachary Stickley Peri Turk
Bachelor of Science
Agricultural Systems Management Broderick Ball Grant Carman Alan Chlus Dane Dahlinghaus Jamie Gothard
Jack Hagemeyer Matthew Haught Bradley Hesler Mitchell Kramer Forrest Lang
Bachelor of Science Construction Systems Management Adil Abdulkadir Abdallah Alijakhsi Khaled Asad Christopher Bereda Joseph Bielanksi Zachary Brown Troy Caldwell Drew Capehart Justin Cook
Odalbert Desamours Grant Dilger Jerry Fair Rory Finegan Daniel Groudle Leland Hostetler Matthew Ingham Matthew Johnson Ethan Kimes Nicholas Marconi
Bachelor of Science Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Linda Antwi Conner Appelgate Joanne Ash Jenna Baer Shannon Billinghurst Colin Bope Jarrod Bowman Katherine Bradshaw Amanda Brown Noah Brush Kyle Cagnoli Matthew Carlisle Chandler Chaffee Jaimee Chen Eilidh Cowan Prem Dahal Taylor Daniel Cody Dingess Emma Downing Samuel Fletcher
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Jamal William Garcia Sophia Gielink Tanner Green Kayla Guarnieri Juliana Hall Lauren Haney Chase Harrison Nicholas Harvey Raquel Hawkins Matthew Herkins Jeb Hocter Jenna Hohman Baha Hussein Brian Jacoby Benjamin John Luke kain Molly Kern Sera Kitchen Matthew Klopfenstein Samantha Lewis
Amir Iskandar Bin Mohamed Ridza
Mitchell Mooney Michael Moore Zachary Mount Pareesa Nabi Sidney Parks Shivani Patel Samantha Patrick Quincey Patterson Teressa Pell Kris Pento Jane Petrie Diamond Rapp Amir Rasul Nila Richards Micayla Rizzo
Sharon Varughese Ashley Venturini
Christopher Waidelichh Chenshuo Wang Austin Washburn Caroline Weisgerber Lindsay West Noah Weyrick Tristan White Ryan Wiehe Tara Wilson Ryan Young Xiaoyu Zhu
PhD Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Bachelor of Science Agricultural Systems Management
David Wituszynski
Griffin Jankowski
Master of Science Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Bachelor of Science Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering
Kathryn Boening Usoshi Chatterjee Celene Gielink
Emily Anderbery Hasan Khan Allyson Montgomery
Owen Meehl Amir Yousif
Jake Mullen Lillian Nummi Jame Peckham
Bachelor of Science
Construction Systems Management John Quinn
Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered a virtual commencement address to Autumn 2020 graduates
PhD Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Seyed Hashem Mousavi Avval
Bachelor of Science Agricultural Systems Management Cody Beale Jack Bowman Logan Leffel Cody Mack
Samuel Roliff Trace Smail Nicholas Stearns Adam Stegh
Bachelor of Science Construction Systems Management Asaad Ahmad Ryan Albright Godwin Amankwah Kesse Alexa Brotherton Katherine Butler Brian Cicola David Dickson Chandler Diles Luke Greenzalis
Nathaniel Heister Brady Jackson Min Ji Mohammed Karajat Matthew Korzenko Tony La Torre Anousheh Lawrence Franklin Ludwig Karem Marzouk
Master of Science Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Ashlee Balcerzak Grey Evenson
Uchit Nair Garrett Steinbeck
Shane McGuiness Andrew Misich Mecah Mochoge Trevor Monk Luke Morrison Jaret Nickoli Kyle Pape Nicholas Potts Jack Powers
Jordan Rummel Wyatt Sanders-Evans Nathaniel Sattler Ryan Semmelroth Jacob Shea Carter Simons David Swain Brittney-Lee Thompson Zachary Zenda
Tom Henry Nuess Emily Perusek Michael Schmenk Rachael Shaw Alador Sisay Aik Yang Soh Weldon Swarts
Christopher Tkach Noah Tubbs Diego Valenzuela Timothy Vanvoorhis Breana White Megan Wingerter
Bachelor of Science Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Luke Davis Jack Eifert Andrew Fitzgerald Jeremiah Foshee Alexander Gutkoski Soma Jaf Celena Langlois
John LaPres Lucas Lundblad David Malinen Austin Matheny Ryan Miller Lukas Moreland Mpoki Mwalupindi
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Retirees Jim Fowler Jim spent his early life living in a variety of cities including New Haven, CT, Harrisburg, PA, Chicago, IL, and Pittsburg, PA before graduating high school in 1980. He went on to attend Ohio University in Athens, OH where he graduated with a Bachelor of Scence in Communications with an emphasis in Broadcast Management. After his graduation he started working in news opperations for a PIttsburg based company that he had interned with in college. Jim then went on to work with a small family owned signage company before relocating to Columbus to work for Ohio State. He started his time at Ohio State working as a broadcast producer creating weekly radio audio content in a unit in the College of Food, Agriculture, Enviornmental Science, Following state budget cuts in the early 1990’s Jim moved to finance where he worked until 2009. He went on to be the team lead for the first pilot effort within CFAES that served Communications and Technology, College Administration and Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership. After the pilot’s completion he took his final position in finance with FABE. His favorite memories from his time with FABE include the annual holiday party and dessert competition, assisting graduate students, and the annual capstone competition. He is spending retirement with his wife Becky and their kids Connor and Drew.
Peggy Christman Peggy grew up in the Wayne/Holmes County area where she attended West Holmes High School. She went on to attned the area’s vocational school. Her first position was working with Wayne County where she assited with HR and auditing. Afterwards she went on to Ohio State where she studied Horticulture. Peggy’s first position at Ohio State was with Horticulture and Crop Sciences before moving to Food, Agriculture, and Biological Engineering in 2001. She worked in fiscal and human resources throughout her time with the department. Her favorite memories of working in FABE were of the annual holiday party and dessert competition. She enjoyed seeing everyone who worked in the department across the various campuses and participating in the White Elephant gift swap.
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Larry Heckendorn Larry spent his early childhood in Western Springs, IL before moving to Worthington, OH. He attended Thomas Worthington High School where he was required to take vocational classes along with more traditional subjects. Larry chose to pursue welding, later driving him to pursue a degree in welding engineering from Ohio State. During his education, Larry was drafted and spent time in the military, serving in Vietnam amongst other places. He utilized his welding knowledge and wrote the US Military’s first specification on friction welding. He continued both his service and education after undergrad, going on to help invent the Cannon Launched Guided Projector, the dominant artillary piece in the Army today, the Neds container, gas tungstun arc welding, and more.
In his personal life Larry married in 1972, going on to have two sons and now two grandchildren. In retirement he plans to continue blacksmithing, include producing historicaly accurate pieces for the Orange Johnson House in Worthington.
Larry, 2nd from right, with fellow FABE co-workers
While pursuing his Master of Welding Engineering at Ohio State, Larry began working as a graduate instructor, sparking a desiree to teach welding for the rest of his career at Ohio State. His favorite memory of his time at Ohio State was creating moon rock with Proffesor Clarance Jackson and WDNS weatherman Robert McMaster.
In Memoriam Don Schafer 1960-2020
Dr. Don Schafer passed away on Saturday, February 29, 2020. Don was a beloved lecturer in the Department of Food, Agicultural and Biological Engineering, where he taught several construction systems management courses during his time. He also served as a faculty advisor for many students. Don was awarded the 2020 IPAG Outstanding Staff Teacher Award posthumously in recognition of his dedication and numerous contributions to the department.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS Suresh, Kamat, Shreya, & V.M. Balasubramaniam. 2020. High Pressure Food Process Design for Food Safety and Quality. Food Safety Engineering, 523-552. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-42660-6_20 Dhakal, Santosh, Hannah Shafaat, V.M. Balasubramaniam. 2020. Therman and high-pressure treatment stability of egg white avidin in aqueous solution. Journal of Food Process Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpe.13481 Deotale, Shweta, Sayantani Dutta & J. A. Moses & V. M. Balasubramaniam & C. Anandharamakrishnan. 2020. Foaming Characteristics of Beverages and Its Relevance to Food Processing. Food Engineering Reviews, 229-250. https://link. springer.com/article/10.1007/s12393-020-09213-4 Joyner Janahar, Jerish, Alice Marciniak, V. M. Balasubramaniam, Rafael Jimenez-Flores, Edmund Ting. Effects of pressure, shear, temperature, and their interactions on selected milk quality attributes. American Dairy Science Association, 104: 15311547. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2020-19081 Zou, Yangyang, Matthew Young, Morgan Wickey, Andrew May, Jordan D Clark. 2020. Response of eight low-cost particle sensors and consumer devises to typical indoor emission events in a real home. Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 237-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2019.1676094 Walker, Iain, Brennan Less, David Lorenzetti, Evan Mills, Vi Rapp, Mike Sohn, Xiwang Li, Jordan Clark, Max Sherman. 2020. Smart Ventilation for Advanced California Homes. escholarship.org. https://escholarship.org/content/qt5nk6t61r/qt5nk6t61r. pdf Shahvari, Saba Zakeri, Jordan D Clark. 2020. Assessment and improvement of the 2019 ASHRAE handbook model for exhaust-to-intake dilution calculations for rooftop exhaust systems (ASHRAE 1823-RP). Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 552-566. https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2020.1715252 Young, Matthew, Brennan D Less, Spencer M Dutton, Iain S Walker, Max H Sherman, Jordan D Clark. 2020. Assessment of peak power demand reduction available via modulation of building ventilation systems. Energy and Buildings, Volume 214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109867 Zou, Yangyang, Matthew Young, Jiawei Chen, Jiaqi Liu, Andrew May, Jordan D Clark. 2020. Examining the functional range of commercially available low-cost airborne particle sensors and consequences for monitoring of indoor air quality in residences. International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health, 213-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12621 Zhao, Xiaoying, Katrina Cornish, Yael Vodovotz. 2020. Narrowing the gap for bioplastic use in food packaging: An update. American Chemical Society, 4712-4732. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b03755 Ren, Xianjie, Cindy S Barrera, Janice L Tardiff, Andres Gil, Katrina Cornish. 2020. Liquid guayule natural rubber, a renewable and cross linkable processing aid in natural and synthetic rubber compounds. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122933 Cornish, Katrina. 2020. Perspectives and Ongoing Challenges. The Rubber Tree Genome 169-175. https://doi. org/10.1007/978-3-030-42258-5_11 Ghaffar, Muhammad Akbar Abdul, Katrina Cornish. 2020. New Developments in Rubber Particle Biogenesis of RubberProducing Species. The Rubber Tree Genome 153-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42258-5_10 Okonkwo, Christopher Chukwudi, Victor Ujor, Katrina Cornish, Thaddeus Chukwuemeka Ezeji. 2020. Inactivation of the Levansucrase Gene in Paenibacillus polymyxa DSM 365 Diminishes Exopolysaccharide Biosynthesis during 2,3-Butanediol Fermentation. American Society of Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00196-20 Jepsen, S. Dee Lisa Pfeifer, Lyda G. Garcia, Zoë Plakias, Shoshanah Inwood, Joy N. Rumble, Mary T. Rodriguez, Judit E. Puskas & Samuel G. Custer. 2020. Lean on Your Land Grant: One University’s Approach to Address the Food Supply Chain Workforce during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Agromedicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2020.1815623 Jepsen, S. Dee. 2020. OSHA and AG: An Industry Training Program for Agricultural Workers and Supervisors. Journal of Agromedicine, 241-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2020.1763747 Shearer, CA, JD Luck, JT Evans, JP Fulton, A Sharda. 2020. Pesticide application coverage training (PACT) tool: development and evaluation of a sprayer performance diagnostic tool. Precision Agriculture. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119020-09761-z
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Matcham, Emma G, William P Hamman, Elizabeth M Hawkins, John P Fulton, Sakthi Subburayalu, Laura E Lindsey. 2020. Soil and terrain properties that predict differences in local ideal seeding rate for soybean. Agronomy Journal, Volume 112, 1981-1991. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20179 Virk, SS, JP Fulton, WM Porter, GL Pate. 2020. Row-crop planter performance to support variable-rate seeding of maize. Precision Agriculture, 603-619. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-019-09685-3 Fulton, John P, Ravinder K Thaper, Simerjeet S Virk, Timothy McDonald, Oladiran Fasina. 2020. Effect of Vane Shape on Fertilizer Distribution for a Dual-Disc Spinner Spreader. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 743-751. https://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp?aid=51831 Khanal, Sami, Kushal KC, John P Fulton, Scott Shearer, Erdal Ozkan. 2020. Remote sensing in agriculture-accomplishments, limitations, and opportunities. Remote Sensing, 3783. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12223783 Cai, Shiyu, David M. Phinney, Dennis R. Heldman, Abigail B. Snyder. 2020. All Treatment Parameters Affect Environmental Surface Sanitation Efficacy, but Their Relative Importance Depends on the Microbial Target. American Society for Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01748-20 Kim, Woo-Ju, Dennis R Heldman. 2020. A mathematical estimation of the structural parameter for prediction of Forward Osmosis (FO) performance. Journal of Water Process Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101719 Shan, Shengyue, Dennis R. Heldman. 2020. The Influence of Operation Parameters and Product Properties on Time-toTemper for Frozen Raw Meat Based on Simulation. Food Engineering Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12393-020-09247-8 Zimnicki, Thomas, Timothy Boring, Grey Evenson, Margaret Kalcic, Douglas L Karlen, Robyn S Wilson, Yao Zhang, Jennifer Blesh. 2020. On quantifying water quality benefits of healthy soils. BioScience, 343-352. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/ biaa011 Shedekar, Vinayak S, Chad J Penn, Lindsay Pease, Kevin W King, Margaret M Kalcic, Stan J Livingston. 2020. Performance of a Ditch-Style Phosphorus Removal Structure for Treating Agricultural Drainage Water with Aluminum-Treated Steel Slag. Water, 2149. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12082149 Liu, Hongxing, Wendong Zhang, Elena Irwin, Jeffrey Kast, Noel Aloysius, Jay Martin, Margaret Kalcic. 2020. Best Management Practices and Nutrient Reduction: An Integrated Economic-Hydrologic Model of the Wester Lake Erie Basin. Land Economics, 510-530. DOI: 10.3368/wple.96.4.510 Yuan, Shanshui, Steven M Quiring, Margaret M Kalcic, Anna M Apostel, Grey R Evenson, Haley A Kujawa. 2020. Optimizing climate model selection for hydrological modeling: A Case study in the Maumee River basin using the SWAT. Journal of Hydrology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125064 Kujawa, Haley, Margaret Kalcic, Jay Martin, Noel Aloysius, Anna Apostel, Jeffrey Kast, Asmita Murumkar, Grey Evenson, Richard Becker, Chelsie Boles, Remegio Confesor, Awoke Dagnew, Tian Guo, Rebecca Logsdon Muenich, Todd Redder, Donald Scavia, Yu-Chen Wang. 2020. The hydrologic model as a source of nutrient loading uncertainty in a future climate. Science of the Total Environment, Volume 724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138004 Zhang, Zichen, Jayson Boubin, Christopher Stewart, Sami Khanal. 2020. Whole-Field Reinforcement Learning: A Fully Autonomous Aerial Scouting Method for Precision Agriculture. Sensors, 6585. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20226585 Samarakoon, Uttara, Jack Palmer, Peter Ling, and James Atland. 2020. Effects of Electrical Conductivity, pH, and Foliar Application of Calcium Chloride on Yield and Tipburn of Lactuca sativa Grown Using the Nutrient–Film Technique. Hort Science, 1265-1271. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI15070-20 Wang, Jizhang, Wee Fong Lee, and Peter P. Ling. 2020. Estimation of Thermal Diffusivity for Greenhouse Soil Temperature Simulation. Applied Sciences, 653. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10020653 Xu, Lei, Shanshan Miao, Yanfei Deng, and Karen Mancl. 2020. Energy-environmental efficiency of clean energy in China: Integrated analysis with regional green growth. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. https://doi. org/10.1063/1.5143364 Conroy, Kristen M, Feng Chen, Olli H. Tuovinen, Karen M. Mancl. 2020. Effect if Sodium Chloride Concentration on Removal of Chemical Oxygen Demand and Ammonia from Turkey Processing Wastewater in Sand Bioreactors. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 33-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/aea.13632
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS Guo, Yanting, Karen Mancl, and Richard Moore. 2020. Water Quality Trading Mechanism Enhances Willingness to Upgrade Rural Household Septic Systems in the Western Lake Erie Basin, Northwest Ohio. Journal of Environmental Health. https:// www.neha.org/sites/default/files/publications/jeh/JEH1-2.20-Feature-Water-Quality-Trading.pdf Liu, Kun, Eunyoung Park, Karen M. Mancl, Jiyoung Lee, and Olli H.Tuovinen. 2020. Batch UV Disinfection for Small Flow Onsite Wastewater Treatment. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 717-725. https://www.researchgate.net/deref/ http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.13031%2Faea.13398 Fraker, Michael E, S Conor Keitzer, James S Sinclair, Noel R Aloysius, David A Dippold, Haw Yen, Jeffrey G Arnold, Prasad Daggupati, Mari-Vaughn V Johnson, Jay F Martin, Dale M Robertson, Scott P Sowa, Michael J White, Stuart A Ludsin. 2020. Projecting the effects of agricultural conservation practices on stream fish communities in a changing climate. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141112 Lee, Seungjun, Michael Suits, David Wituszynski, Ryan Winston, Jay Martin, Jiyoung Lee. 2020. Residential urban stormwater runoff: A comprehensive profile of microbiome and antibiotic resistance. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138033 Reppun, Frederick, Jennifer Syvertsen, Jay Martin, Jonathan Deenik, Casey Hoy. 2020. Soil management practices of farmers in the Kāne’ohe Bay watershed and potential for implementing algae-based soil amendments. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2020.1813233 Dippold, David A, Noel R Aloysius, Steven Conor Keitzer, Haw Yen, Jeffrey G Arnold, Prasad Daggupati, Michael E Fraker, Jay F Martin, Dale M Robertson, Scott P Sowa, Mari-Vaughn V Johnson, Mike J White, Stuart A Ludsin. 2020. Forecasting the combined effects of anticipated climate change and agricultural conservation practices on fish recruitment dynamics in Lake Erie. Freshwater Biology, 1487-1508. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13515 Howard, Gregory, Brian E Roe, Matthew G Interis, Jay Martin. 2020. Addressing Attribute Value Substitution in Discrete Choice Experiments to Avoid Unintended Consequences. Environmental and Resource Economics, 813-838. https://doi. org/10.1007/s10640-020-00519-9 Smith, Joseph S, Ryan J Winston, R Andrew Tirpak, David M Wituszynski, Kathryn M Boening, Jay F Martin. 2020. The seasonality of nutrients and sediment in residential stormwater runoff: Implications for nutrient-sensitive waters. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111248 Manandhar, Anish, Heping Zhu, Erdal Ozkan, Ajay Shah. 2020. Techno-economic impacts of using a laser-guided variablerate spraying system to retrofit conventional constant-rate sprayers. Precision Agriculture 1156-1171. https://doi.org/10.1007/ s11119-020-09712-8 Salcedi, Ramon, Heping Zhu, Zhihong Zhang, Zhiming Wei, Liming Chen, Erdal Ozkan, Davide Falchieri. Foliar deposition and coverage on young apple trees with PWM-controlled spray systems. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Volume 178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2020.105794 Molnar, Kristóf, Eniko Krisch, Benjamin Jozsa, Dora Barczikai, Angéla Jedlovszky-Hajdú, Miroslawa El Fray, and Judit E. Puskas.2020. Synthesis and Characterization of Plasma Crosslinked Electrospun Fiber Mats from Allyl-Functionalized Polysuccinimide. Sustainability & Green Polymer Chemistry, Volume 1372. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2020-1372.ch007 Das, Dola, Nischal Koirala, Xin Li, Judit Puskas, Judy Drazba, Gordon McLennan. 2020. Screening of polymer-based drug delivery vehicles targeting folate receptors in triple negative breast cancer. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 1866–1873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2020.05.010 Puskas, Judit E, Kristof Molnar, and Eniko Krisch. 2020. Toward the effective synthesis of bivalent Folate-targeted PEGylated cancer diagnostic and therapeutic agents using chemo-enzymatic processes. Journal of Molecular Liquids, Volume 310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113218 Molnar, Kristof, Benjamin Jozsa, Dora Barczikai, Eniko Krisch, Judit E. Puskas, Angela Jedlovszky-Hajdu. 2020. Plasma treatment as an effective tool for crosslinking of electrospun fibers. Journal of Molecular Liquids. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. molliq.2020.112628 Molnar, Kristof, Rita Varga, Benjamin Jozsa, Dora Barczikai, Eniko Krisch, Krisztina S. Nagy, Gabor Varga, Angela JedlovszkyHadju, and Judit Puskas. 2020. Investigation of the Cytotoxicity of Electrospun Polysuccunimide-Based Fiber Mats. Polymer, 2324-2334. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12102324
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Shrikhande, Gayatri, Prajakatta Mulay, Judit E. Puskas. 2020. PEGylation of Fluorescein by Enzyme-Catalyzed “Click” Michael Addition. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202000163 Sikorska, W. M. Zieba, M. Musioł , M. Kowalczuk, H. Janeczek , P. Chaber, O. Masiuchok, V. Demchenko, V. Talanyuk, M. Iurzhenko, J.E. Puskas and G. Adamus. 2020. Forensic Engineering of Advanced Polymeric Materials—Part VII: Degradation of Biopolymer Welded Joints. Polymers, 1167-1181. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12051167 Sonseca, Agueda, Rahul Sahay, Karolina Stepien, Julia Bukala, Aleksandra Wcislek, Andrew McClain, Peter Sobolewski, XiaoMeng Sui, Judit E. Puskas, Joachim Kohn, H. Daniel Wagner, Miroslawa El Fray. 2020. Architectured helically coiled scaffolds from elastomeric poly (butylene succinate) (PBS) copolyester via wet electrospinning. Materials of Science and Engineering: C on ScienceDirect, Volume 108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2019.110505 Shynkaryk, Mykola V., Taras Pyatkovskyy, Ahmed Yousef, and Sudhir K. Sastry. 2020. In-situ monitoring of inactivation of Listeria innocua under high hydrostatic pressure using electrical conductivity measurement. Journal of Food Engineering, Volume 285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2020.110087 Kasler, David R., Taras Pyatkovskyy, Ahmed Yousef, Sudhir Sastry. 2020. Effect of moderate electric field pretreatment in combination with ozonation on inactivation of Escherichia coli K12 in intact shell eggs. LWT, Volume 127. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.lwt.2020.109338 Limsangouan, Nipat, Chulaluck Charunuch, Sudhir K. Sastry, Warangkana Srichamnong, Weerachet Jittanit. 2020. High pressure processing of tamarind (Tamarindus indica) seed for xyloglucan extraction. LWT, Volume 134. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.lwt.2020.110112 Durham, Emily and Sudhir K. Sastry. 2020. Moderate Electric Field Treatment Enhances Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose at Below-Optimal Temperatures. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, Volume 142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. enzmictec.2020.109678 Funcia, Eduardo S., Jorge A. W. Gut, and Sudhir Sastry. 2020. Effect of Electric Field on Pectinesterase Inactivation During Orange Juice Pasteurization by Ohmic Heating. Food and Biopress Technology, 1206-1214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947020-02478-x Mok, Jin Hong, Taras Pyatkovskyy, Ahmed Yousef, Sudhir Sastry. 2020. Synergistic effects of shear stress, moderate electric field, and nisin for the inactivation of Escherichia coli K12 and Listeria innocua in clear apple juice. Food Control, Volume 113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107209 Mok, Jin Hong Taras Pyatkovskyy, Ahmed Yousef, Sudhir Sastry. 2020. Effects of combination shear stress, moderate electric field (MEF), and nisin on kinetics and mechanisms of inactivation of Escherichia coli K12 and Listeria innocua in fresh apple-kale blend juice. Journal of Food Engineering, Volume 292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2020.110262 Zang, Guiyan, Ajay Shah, Caixia Wan. 2020. Techno-economic analysis of co-production of 2, 3-butanediol, furfural, and technical lignin via biomass processing based on deep eutectic solvent pretreatment. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 326-343. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2081 Zang, Guiyan, Ajay Shah, Caixia Wan. 2020. Techno-economic analysis of an integrated biorefinery strategy based on one-pot biomass fractionation and furfural production. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. jclepro.2020.120837 Adhikari, Sushil, Maria Auad, Brian Via, Ajay Shah, Vivek Patil. 2020. Production of Novolac Resin after Partial Substitution of Phenol from Bio-Oil. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers,901-912.doi:10.13031/trans.13798 Manandhar, Ashish and Ajay Shah. 2020. Techno-economic analysis of bio-based lactic acid production utilizing corn grain as feedstock. Processes. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8020199 Mousavi-Avval, Seyed Hashem and Ajay Shah. 2020. Techno-economic analysis of pennycress production, harvest and post-harvest logistics for renewable jet fuel. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 123. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.109764
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS Obianyo, Ifeyinwa Ijeoma, Esther Nneka Anosike-Francis, Gina Odochi Ihekweme, Yang Geng, Ruoyu Jin, Azikiwe Peter Onwualu, Alfred B.O. Soboyejo. 2020. Multivariate regression models for predicting the compressive strength of bone ash stabilized lateritic soil for sustainable building. Construction and Building Materials, Volume 263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. conbuildmat.2020.120677 Winston, Ryan J, Kristi Arend, Jay D Dorsey, Jeffrey P Johnson, William F Hunt. 2020. Hydrologic performance of a permeable pavement and stormwater harvesting treatment train stormwater control measure. Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment. https://doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.0000889 Winston, Ryan J, Kristi Arend, Jay D Dorsey, William F Hunt. 2020. Water quality performance of a permeable pavement and stormwater harvesting treatment train stormwater control measure. Blue-Green Systems, 91-111. https://doi.org/10.2166/ bgs.2020.914 Tirpak, Andrew, Ryan J Winston, Melissa Feliciano, Jay D Dorsey. 2020. Stormwater quality performance of permeable interlocking concrete pavement receiving run-on from an asphalt traffic lane in a cold climate. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21716-21732. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08707-2 Baird, Joshua B, Ryan J Winston, William F Hunt. 2020. Evaluating the hydrologic and water quality performance of novel infiltrating wet retention ponds. Blue-Green Systems 282-299. https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2020.010 Lisenbee, W, Jon Hathaway, L Negm, M Youssef, R Winston. 2020. Enhanced bioretention cell modeling with DRAINMODUrban: Moving from water balances to hydrograph production. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. jhydrol.2019.124491 Steiner, Halina, Ryan Winston, Avee Oabel, Alec Grimm. 2020. Curbing Sediment: A Prototyping Process to Explore How to Capture Road Pollutants in Stormwater Events via Curb and Apron Redesign. Landscape Architecture Frontiers, 140-149. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-LAF-1-040018 Tong, Xinjie, Lingying Zhao, Albert J. Heber, Ji-Qin Ni. 2020. Mechanistic modelling of ammonia emission from laying hen manure at laboratory scale. Biosystems Engineering, 24-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2020.01.004 Tong, Xinjie, Lingying Zhao, Albert J. Heber, Ji-Qin Ni. 2020. Development of a farm-scale, quasi-mechanistic model to estimate ammonia emissions from commercial manure-belt layer houses. Biosystems Engineering, Volume 196. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2020.05.008
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Household Water Use. Mancl, K. 5/27/2020.
FABE-531:
Proper Calibration and Operation of Backpack and Hand Can Sprayers . Ozkan, E. 1/10/2020.
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Best Practices for Effective and Efficient Pesticide Application. Ozkan, E. 10/30/2020.
FABE-555:
Developing a Farm Digital Strategy 1 – Introduction. Fulton, J., J. Ellman, and E. Hawkins. 10/10/2020.
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Developing a Farm Digital Strategy 2 – Precision Technology and Data Generation. Fulton, J.; J. Ellman, and E. Hawkins. 10/15/2020.
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Recent Grants Drewry, Darren T- Ralph E. Powe junior faculty enhancement awards Fulton, John P- Tech catalog maintenance structure Kalcic, Margaret M- Davidson fellowship: Building a user-oriented management tool to assess hydrology and water quality and facilitate climate change adaptation in Old Woman Creek Kalcic, Margaret M- Estimating nutrient reduction in the Maumee River watershed under current and projected future levels of BMP adoption Kalcic, Margaret M- Evaluating the water quality impacts of stacking conservation practices Kalcic, Margaret M- Quantifying the role of legacy phosphorus in water quality in the western Lake Erie basin watershed Kalcic, Margaret M- Quantifying the water quality benefits of integrated conservation practices Kalcic, Margaret M; Islam, Khandakar Rafiq; Labarge, Gregory Allen; Martin, Jay Franklin; Shedekar, Vinayak ShamraoSoil health and water quality nexus in sustainable agroecosystems Kalcic, Margaret M; Shedekar, Vinayak Shamrao- Healthy soils, healthy waters: Will soil health improvements mitigate nutrient loading to the Great Lakes? Kaletunc, Gonul- Thermal analysis of fibersol and sugar added ultrasonic compression bars Kaletunc, Gonul; Christy, Ann Denise; Cox, Monica F; Kalish, Alan L; Kleit, Rachel G- Expanding integration of entrepreneurial minded learning: Faculty learning communities for improving mentoring skills Khanal, Sami; Tilmon, Kelley Jean- UAVs for monitoring soybean defoliation by pests Shearer, Scott A- Agri-Smart Capstone engineering design projects Shearer, Scott A- Capstone: Development of an algae-based biochar formulation for use as soil amendment Shearer, Scott A- Great Plains tillage tool automation - Phase I Shearer, Scott A- SBIR: Autonomous layered intelligent sensing technology (A-LIST) Shearer, Scott A- Small scale equipment platform solution for crop production - Phase III Shearer, Scott A; Fulton, John P; Loux, Mark Monroe- sUAS weed mapping in soybeans Soboyejo, Alfred B O- African Center of Excellence- Pan African Materials Research Institute (ACE-PAMI) Winston, Ryan J- Stormwater monitoring proposal for Cleveland Metroparks Winston, Ryan J; Dorsey, Jay D.- Advancing stormwater management at marinas in the Great Lakes
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