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IMPACT REPORT 2021

Back to Campus. Back to Tradition. Although the COVID-19 pandemic continues, The Ohio

State University returned much of its operations from virtual to in-person settings in Autumn of 2021. Through testing protocols and mask mandates, along with a high vaccine adoption rate across campus, students, faculty, and staff found safe methods for bringing back beloved on campus traditions and in-classroom experiences across campus. The university celebrated the return of students to campus, and for the first time welcomed the classes of 2024 and 2025 to campus for the first time. The Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE) celebrated the return of students with a department open house, joining units from across the College of Engineering in the Welcome Back Block Party. With FABE students, faculty, and staff on campus, labs, classes, activities, club meetings, service events, and more resumed their normal schedule, and in some cases expanded accessibility through virtual offerings. We were excited to return to the traditions that help make our Buckeye community strong.

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 Katelyn Moreno Eryn Oldham

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Department Stats

Letter from the Chair

Faculty Awards

Extension & Outreach

Distinguished & Outstanding Seniors

Student Stories

Capstone Design

Graduates

Recent Publications, Fact Sheets, & Grants 3

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Letter from the Chair Dear Alumni and Friends, Welcome to the 2021 Ohio State FABE Impact Report. Over the past two years, we have seen a lot of changes in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE) as we revectored to meet the needs of our constituents while doing so in a safe and healthy manner. Over the past calendar year, these changes restored many of our services and activities from virtual to in-person settings. This year has been filled with excitement as we reunite in person with peers and colleagues after seeing them from behind Zoom screens for too long. This year has also marked some faculty changes in FABE. In the spring, I announced the appointment of Dr. Lingying Zhao as Associate Chair of Research for FABE, where she will support the number of large interdisciplinary proposals and industry partnerships that enhance our research mission. We also welcomed Cherish Vance to our faculty from Texas A&M. Cherish will further enhance our collective research expertise in water resource engineering, including hydrologic modeling of constituent fate and transport at the watershed level. Unfortunately, Dr. Margaret Kalcic opted to leave Ohio State in pursuit of new opportunities, for which we wish her the best. Beyond these personnel changes, our faculty were recognized at the university and national levels. Dr. Ajay Shah and Dr. Katrina Cornish swept the 2021 CFAES Distinguished Faculty Awards with the Junior Faculty Research Award and Senior Faculty Research Award, respectively. Dr. Judit Puskas was formally inducted into the National Academy of Inventors, joining their 2020 class of fellows and being initiated during their 2021 meeting. Dr. V.M. ‘Bala’ Balasubramaniam had a banner year, being recognized with the 2021 IFT Achievement Award and being appointed to the USDA NAREEE in the spring. You can read about all of these achievements and more on pages 6-9 of this report. Despite the virtual nature of much of our work this year, our faculty and extension specialists ensured our Ohio constituents remained up to date with the latest information disseminated via our extension and outreach focus areas. Virtual webinars seemed to be the theme of 2021, with FABE hosting nine workshops and seminar series through Zoom, YouTube, and other platforms. I also want to congratulate the eFields On Farm Research program for publishing their 5th annual report. This year, eFields contains over 249 trials held in over half of Ohio’s counties.

You can access these webinars and the eFields report on page 10 and 11 of this report. Amid all of these achievements, our students are also not to be outdone. As with last year, we recognized nine students with FABE Outstanding Senior Awards, with four of these students selected to receive the CFAES Distinguished Senior Award. Their stories of achievement and perseverance are sure to inspire and impress. These are but a handful of our students who will become future industry leaders. Beyond our seniors, we were excited to see our student clubs and organizations back on campus holding in person meetings and activities. In particular, I want to recognize our FABE Graduate Student Organization for their efforts to welcome our new graduate students to campus and provide a strong sense of community across FABE. This year, they maintained a strong calendar of events and passive programs to ensure all FABE graduate students felt welcomed back to campus, but also had the resources they needed to succeed. I encourage everyone to read up on the success stories of our students on pages 12 through 17 of this report. With 2021 drawing to a close, we continue to look forward to a bright future for FABE. Certainly, the past two years have been filled with challenges. We successfully navigated those uncharted waters emerging as a more flexible and nimble organization. I believe I share the sentiment of the students, faculty, and staff in FABE that the future is hopeful as we return to a new normal, taking with us all we have learned from this tumultuous period and preparing us to meet and solve even grander challenges beyond. Regards,

Scott. A. Shearer, Ph.D., P.E. Professor Chair

FACULTY AWARDS V.M. ‘Bala’ Balasubramaniam Appointed to USDA NAREEE Dr. Bala Balasubramaniam, professor

of food science and food engineering, has been appointed to the USDA NAREEE Advisory Board. The NAREEE Advisory Board provides feedback to the Secretary of Agriculture, to USDA’s Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area, and to land-grant colleges and universities on food and agricultural research, education, extension and economics priorities and policies. The Advisory Board also provides reports and recommendations to the appropriate agricultural committees of the U.S. Congress. Balasubramaniam’s research focus has been on food process design, development and validation of various clean food manufacturing technologies that satisfy consumer demand for minimally processed foods with health promoting nutrients preserved. Recent laboratory efforts have focused on various innovative applications of high pressure based technologies in the food industry. NAREEE Board members are selected and appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Each NAREEE Advisory Board member represents a specific category of U.S. agricultural stakeholder as outlined in the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018. These areas include farming or ranching, food production and processing, forestry research, crop, and animal science, Landgrant Institutions, Non-Land-grant colleges, or universities with a historic commitment to research in food and agricultural sciences, food retailing and marketing, rural economic development, and natural resources and consumer interest groups.

Puskas Elected to National Academy of Inventors 2020 Class of Fellows Dr. Judit Puskas was one of two

faculty members in The Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences have been elected to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2020 class of Fellows. She joins a class of 175 academic innovators representing universities and governmental or nonprofit research institutes named to the Fellows program this year.

Balasubramaniam awarded 2021 IFT achievement award In March, Balasubramaniam was

selected to receive the 2021 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) research and Development Award. Balasubramaniam’s integrated multidisciplinary approach to research and industrial outreach has advanced knowledge about innovative food manufacturing technologies and resulted in a significant impact on the thermal and nonthermal processing of foods. In particular, his work in the area of high pressure processing has opened new pathways for product offerings by developing safe, clean label, high-quality alternatives to traditional processes. The award reflects a career of prolific basic and applied research, including 115 journal papers, 22 book chapters, two books, five webinars, and four invention disclosures. Balasubramaniam was previously a recipient of the IFT Calvert Willey Distinguished Service Award.

“The work done by our newest NAI Fellows demonstrates the breadth of research expertise that can be found at Ohio State – and, in this instance, within a single college,” said Morley O. Stone, senior vice president for research. “Dr. Giusti and Dr. Puskas are influencing the global food and health care industries, respectively, in ways that directly affect people’s lives. It’s exciting to see the National Academy of Inventors recognize their innovations.”

2021 CFAES Distinguished Faculty CFAES Distinguished Junior Faculty Research Award Dr. Ajay Shah This award is for one faculty member at the rank of Instructor, Assistant, or Associate Professor who has made large contributions to their discipline. Impact is measured by the number of publications, students advised, research funding, presentations, patents, and other awards.

CFAES Distinguished Senior Faculty Research Award Dr. Katrina Cornish This award goes to one faculty member at the rank of professor. The criteria for this award are like the Junior Faculty Research Award, with nominees being ranked by the quality and quantity of contributions to their field.

The 2021 award goes to Dr. Ajay Shah, an Associate Professor within the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Dr. Shah makes sense out of puzzles. Using a variety of systems analysis approaches, he identifies all the pieces, determines how they fit together, and evaluates the effects of their interactions. Dr. Shah’s research focuses on using integrated analysis of existing and emerging agricultural and biobased systems to identify ways to improve productivity, minimize wastes, reduce costs, abate environmental impacts and encourage social acceptability. He also pursues new approaches to agricultural systems, such as development of a whole-plant feedstock supply system to improve the productivity and economics of biobased industries, which has resulted in significant interest and collaborations from academia, industry and relevant stakeholders. Dr. Shah’s work emphasizes five areas: (1) sustainability of crop/ feedstock production technologies; (2) improvement of harvest and post-harvest logistics of crops and feedstocks; (3) exploration of technologies for sustainable biomass conversion to animal feed, natural fiber and bioproducts; (4) upcycling of organic wastes; and (5) evaluation of techno-economics and life cycle environmental impacts of agricultural and biobased systems to assess their scale-up potential and identify hotspots for process improvement. It contributes toward meeting increasing global demands for food, energy, and products.

Learn more about this year’s CFAES Research Awardees:

This year’s award goes to Dr. Katrina Cornish, a Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science and Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Dr. Cornish serves as Endowed Chair and Ohio Research Scholar, Bioemergent Materials, and as Director, Program of Excellence in Natural Rubber Alternatives, at The Ohio State University. Cornish is an internationally recognized expert and innovator in alternative natural rubber/latex crops, their latex, solid rubber, and coproduct processing and formulation technologies, biodegradable and recyclable rubbers and bioplastics, valorization of wastes, and product and device innovation and development. Her outstanding science and innovation accomplishments in her federal, industrial and academic appointments are documented by her election as Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, and the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, ~25 issued or pending patents, many with student and staff coinventors, 288 published papers, numerous worldwide lectures and her history of considerable public and private funding. In 2019, she won a hat-trick of innovator awards: The Ohio State University’s 2018 Innovator of the Year, and 2019 Innovator of the Year for her College and for OSU’s Institute of Materials Research. Among numerous other awards she won the Ohio Faculty Council’s Commercialization Award, and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Bioenvironmental Polymer Society and the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops.

Zhao Named Associate Chair of Research Dr. Lingying Zhao, professor, has

been named the Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE) at The Ohio State University. The position oversees research productivity of the academic unit and operations of the FABE Wooster location and activities. Zhao will also be involved in the coordination of large interdisciplinary proposals and industry engagement to enhance the FABE research mission.

“Dr. Zhao’s oversight of our research portfolio will ensure research programs housed on either campus continues to thrive.”

“Dr. Zhao brings an extraordinary research track record and valuable proposal development expertise to this position, and will play an important role in overseeing the FABE research mission which includes a diverse range of faculty talent and expertise,” said Scott Shearer, professor and chair of FABE. “Our Wooster location remains a key component of our research mission which includes projects ranging from development of bio-based products, renewable energy, and composting to controlled environment agriculture. Dr. Zhao’s oversight of our research portfolio will ensure research programs housed on either campus continues to thrive.”

Zhao conducts research, teaching and extension education in building ventilation, indoor environmental quality, air pollutant control of animal production facilities, and green residential buildings and animal production systems. Zhao has been awarded 35 grants and contracts for a total of $11.3 millions. Zhao holds two patents for a wet scrubbing ammonia mitigation technology she developed with her students. She has authored more than 166 publications (peerreviewed journal articles, proceedings articles, factsheets, technical reports, and editor reviewed articles in popular press) and has made over 173 scientific presentations at regional, national, international conferences, and extension meetings. She has been an active member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

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FABE to Support NSF-funded Institute to Expand Artificial Intelligence Research In July, the U.S. National Science

Foundation announced the establishment of 11 new NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes. Among them, The AI Institute for Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure with Computational Learning in the Environment (ICICLE) and AI Institute for Future Edge Networks and Distributed Intelligence (AI-EDGE), both led by Ohio State teams, will each receive a total of $20 million over five years.

“AI is, without a doubt, the future, offering the opportunity to improve personalized health care, augment cybersecurity, boost smart mobility, enhance food security, and so much more; but its vast possibilities cannot be fully realized without advancements that substantially improve cutting-edge technologies and bring new services to a broader audience,” said Ohio State President Kristina M. Johnson.

The Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering is participating in ICICLE, where Dr. Scott A. Shearer, professor and chair, will lead the digital agriculture focus area. These areas of use inspired science ICICLE will build and prove its system around.

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Drewry represents Ohio State in COALESCE; Research team receives $7 million NSF grant

Darren Drewry, assistant

professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, represents Ohio State on the team of multi-institutional researchers recently awarded a grant to pursue their vision for ultraprecision agriculture. The research group calls their team COALESCE, COntext Aware LEarning for Sustainable CybEr-agricultural systems. They were recently selected for a five-year $7 million Cyber-Physical Systems Frontier award funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. “It is an exciting opportunity to be part of the COALESCE team which spans a wide range of expertise in agronomy, robotics and machine learning,” said Drewry. “Working with this diverse team over the next several years will allow my group to contribute to fundamental research seeking to optimize the management of the terrestrial and hydrological resources central to sustaining our agricultural systems.” Drewry will bring expertise to the team in the area of biophysical crop simulation. Using the MLCan biophysical canopy model he previously developed, Drewry will develop “digital twins” of agricultural systems for use in the project. Through the integration of biophysical theory and machine learning, the team will be able to develop simulations of agricultural stress and yield in order to better inform the practices of highly precise technologies.

Ohio State to Lead $1.2 million Conservation Innovation Grant-funded Project

During a visit to The Ohio State

University in December, U.S. Department of Agriculture Sec. Tom Vilsack announced a $1.2 million award to fund a high clearance robotic irrigation system. The project, which aligns nutrient application timing to a crop’s nutrient needs to improve efficiency and reduce nutrient loss, will be led by Ohio State in collaboration with Iowa State University and 360 Yield Center. This initiative is one of 19 projects funded by the USDA under the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. CIG is a competitive program that supports the development of new tools, approaches, practices and technologies to further natural resource conservation on private lands. These projects focus on helping agricultural producers mitigate the effects of climate change and increase the resilience of their operations. “Innovation is key to addressing the climate crisis and conserving the natural resources we all depend on,” said NRCS Chief Terry Cosby. “CIG partners are using the latest science and research to come up with solutions that work for farmers, ranchers and foresters and help ensure the longevity of American agriculture.”

Above: Shearer (left) demonstrates precision agriculture technology in the field Scott Shearer, professor and chair of the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Ohio State will serve as lead investigator for the project. “The CIG funded project on high clearance robotic irrigation is an opportunity to bring together industry, universities and end users to validate the benefits of this technology for conserving water and nutrient resources in crop production while simultaneously protecting the environment,” said Shearer. The team of researchers and industry collaborators will include Elizabeth Hawkins (Ohio State), John Fulton (Ohio State), Kevin King (USDAAgricultural Research Service), Ramarao Venkatesh (Ohio State), Daniel Andersen (Iowa State), Kapil Arora (Iowa State), Matthew Helmers (Iowa State), Kelvin Keibold (Iowa State) and Justin Koch (360 Yield Center).

EXTENSION Focus Areas

The mission of Ohio State FABE is to

advance the science and application of engineering in systems involving food, agriculture, environment and construction. Through FABE Extension & Outreach, FABE faculty and staff conduct applied research and provide educational programming for students, professionals, and the public that fosters a deeper understanding about engineering and related concepts.

Air and Water Quality

Machinery Systems

Digital Agriculture

Safety & Health

Energy & Sustainability

Soil & Manure

Food Safety

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2021 Virtual Offerings Given the status of the COVID-19 pandemic through much of 2021, many annual

extension workshops and program offerings were shifted to virtual settings. Faculty and Extension Educators worked together to ensure these traditional programs continued their necessary educational activities while also utilizing new technology to engage a digital and remote audience. Here are a few 2021 extension programs you can still find virtually through YouTube and other digital archives.

Advanced BioSystems Workshop Ag Tech Tuesday Series Composting in Ohio and Beyond: A Virtual Tour of the Industry

Check out the following YouTube channels for extension webinar recordings & more...

FSR Equipment Demos Greenhouse Management Workshop Manure Science Review

Ohio State FABE

Online training for soil and site evaluation Overholt Drainage Workshop Webinar Precision U 2021

Ohio State Precision Ag

Ohio State Extension Professionals

OUTREACH

Riding for Farmers Who Can’t Austin Heil, a 2009 graduate of the Agricultural Systems Management program, supported Ohio AgrAbility this year through his annual charity bike ride Cursive Ohio Below: a map of the Cursive Ohio ride route supporting Ohio AgrAbility

After a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride, and 13.1-mile run, Austin Heil wanted more.

Not more on the actual day in 2016 he finished Ohio’s half Ironman race, the Ironman 70.3 Ohio. On that day, he needed sleep and a lot of food. But weeks after getting to the finish line, he wanted to do a group ride with some of the people he bonded with along the course. People who swam and biked and ran alongside him.

organized a bike ride near his northwest Ohio farm in Kenton. And just to make the ride really interesting, he mapped out a course that would form a handwritten “Ohio.” Using a Garmin app, he clicked around. “I started looking at the roads to try to figure out where I could put an ‘Ohio,’ where it would actually work. It took me a few weeks.”

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“You’re near death in the last leg of a triathlon, so you meet a lot of people,” he joked about the grueling experience.

A few months after the triathalon, Heil

Years of On Farm Research

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In 2021, eFields finalized their latest

eFields on-farm research report. eFields is an Ohio State program dedicated to advancing production agriculture through the use of fieldscale research. This program utilizes modern technologies and information to conduct on-farm research with an educational and demonstration component used to help farmers and their advisors understand how new practices and techniques can improve farm efficiency and profitability. The 2021 report contains 249 trials in over half of Ohio’s counties.

CFAES Distingushed Seniors FABE Outstanding 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. The award honors students who exemplify the CFAES mission in areas such as academics and scholarship, research and innovation, service and involvement, and influence and leadership. In 2021, there were 25 Distinguished Seniors across the CFAES College, four of which were from the Department of Food, Agriculture and Biological Engeneering (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. The Department of Food, Agriculture and Biological Engeneering also recognizes additional exceptional seniors with the FABE Outstanding Senior Award. This award goes to the top three seniors from each undergraduate major who exemplify what it means to be a student within FABE. Recipients of the CFAES Distinguished Senior Award are also recognized as FABE Outstanding Seniors.

Learn more about this year’s award recipients

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

FOOD, AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Ohio State Students win Gold Medal at 2021 iGem Competition For the second year in a row, a team of Ohio State students received a gold medal at the annual iGem Giant Jamboree. Three students majoring in food, agricultural and biological engineering (FABE), Lindsey Shimoda, Satvik Kethireddy and Yingyi Zhu, represented FABE on Lipid-APhighter, their submission for the 2021 competition. The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the advancement of synthetic biology, education and competition, and the development of an open community and collaboration.

Mohammadshirazi Receives Graduate School GAPA Award

Above: iGem team members (L-R Satvik Kethireddy, Yingyi Zhu, Lindsey Shimoda, Ryan Burrows, Ankit Annapareddy, Lizzie Chung) The iGEM Giant Jamboree is an annual event that showcases over 370 multidisciplined teams, solving local problems, all over the world.

“I’m proud of our gold rating. We worked really hard all spring and summer. It was my second year on the team which I think allowed us to spend less time brainstorming and more time pursuing our interests and factors that would strengthen our project idea,” said Shimoda.

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Shimoda, Kethireddy, Zhu and 7 other Ohio State students were awarded for their work on creating an engineered phage therapy to combat sepsis, more specifically, the build-up of lipid A. Ph.D. student Ahmad Mohammadshirazi from the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE) has been selected as a 2021 recipient of the Graduate Associate Performance Award from the Graduate School at The Ohio State University. The Graduate Associate Performance Award (GAPA) is Ohio State’s recognition of the exceptional performance of graduate students while providing caregiving for children and others. With recent extraordinary COVID-19 pandemic stressors, ranging from home schooling to having no childcare, are still able to perform, progress and for some, go the extra mile in taking on leadership responsibilities and/or serving as a graduate assistant in the areas of teaching or research.

Mohammadshirazi’s research interests lie in using advanced machine learning and deep learning algorithms to bring insights to fields such as energy and sustainability. For the past year, he has been developing machine learning models to estimate indoor pollutants. Mohammadshirazi is advised by Dr. Jordan Clark (FABE) and Dr. Rajiv Ramnath (Department of Computer Science and Engineering).

Student Org Updates

The CSM Club was still online

in the Spring semester, but resumed in-person meetings in the fall. Their focus has been on networking events for students and bringing in industry professionals to talk about their company’s structure and ongoing projects. Some of these include: Igel, Whiting-Turner, and Hill International, Overmyer Hall, NAWIC, and Fischer Homes. They also reduced their executive team down to the four main positions (President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary), but will be adding a fifth position, Reporter, by Spring 2022.

The Quarter Scal Tractor

team participated in a virtual competition in the Spring where they placed 8th overall. Additionally, they placed 8th in design judging, 6th in written design, 7th in team presentation, and 14th in defense of design. The team spent the Fall semester working twoards improvements for the Spring 2022 competition. This included working to convert the tractor from 4 wheel drive to 2 wheel drive to better test the power and torque of the vehicle to compare which is better.

In 2021 the FABE Graduate

Student Organization (GSO) was able to create a comprehensive welcome guide that helps graduate students navigate their time in graduate school. This welcome guide outlines key things to know about our department, The Ohio State University, and living in the great city of Columbus. In addition, the GSO hosted a variety of events including a welcome back faculty and student mixer, multi-departmental volleyball day, a Halloween pinata party, and a career development seminar with Jeremy Hale, the graduate education program manager for the college of engineering. Lastly, GSO provided monthly meetings in which graduate students can learn about upcoming events around the university and express and comments or concerns they are experiencing.

Meet Kaylee Presnell: NASA Space Crop Production Intern

Though California native Kaylee

Presnell has snorkeled with sharks, she has her eyes on goals millions of miles above the sea. Kaylee is a fifthyear food, agricultural and biological engineering major at The Ohio State University. Specifically, Kaylee specializes in biological engineering following the biosystems track, where her interests have led her from working within local community gardens all the way to an internship with NASA. Kaylee decided to study biological engineering in her sophomore year. Her first two internships were in the manufacturing sector, first with a defense company and then with a private food corporation. However, these experiences led her to realize she was more interested in research. As a student in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE), capstone is a requirement for graduation. Capstone projects are a chance for students to work on a team of peers to get handson experiences solving real-world problems in partnership with outside companies or agencies. One such partnership is between Ohio State and NASA, offering a chance for students

to participate in the eXploration Systems and Habitation Academic Innovation Challenge (X-Hab). In August 2020, Kaylee joined a team whose project would be the Deep Space Food Challenge. “We had to write a proposal and design a novel solution to something in space, specifically that can enable you to grow or produce palatable nutritious safe food.” Kaylee said. “Teams came from within the industry or universities, most of my team consisted of Ohio State students” Kaylee continued to work on this project through the summer. “A lot of my summer was just doing research, literature reviews and kind of like gauging what space culture really is.” This challenge was overseen by Dr. Peter Ling, Associate Professor in FABE. Dr. Jane Fife, FABE capstone instructor and Dr. Chieri Kubota, Professor of controlled environment agriculture for the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science also helped oversee this project, which was a collaboration between the NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the Privy Council Office.

“I was very interested in hydroponics and vertical farming and then I realized that you could do it in space and it’s kind of spiraled.” Kaylee was first introduced to hydroponics systems during the spring of 2021, where she took a service-learning course with Dr. Chris Ratcliff. The course, FABENG 3200-S Engineering and Community Development, focuses on the causes of food insecurity and how partnerships can bring about community-focused solutions. For example, Kaylee and her classmates built a hydroponic rainwater collection system for a community garden in Columbus. “It was probably one of my favorite classes I’ve ever taken.” Kaylee said. “It’s very tied into what I do now, in a way. That was low-tech hydroponic systems but in the same realm of controlled agriculture.” From these low-tech solutions to local problems, Kaylee now works with controlled agriculture in her internship with NASA. In August 2021, Kaylee began work as a space crop production intern. She works with

experts whose mission is to grow vegetation in space, specifically for NASA’s transit mission to Mars “A lot of what I do specifically at NASA is trying to push the agenda for getting crops, not just plants on long duration missions.” Kaylee explains that one of NASA’s main issues, is supplying food for the 3-year mission to Mars, since they cannot utilize prepackaged food for a mission of that length. While the idea of growing crops in space is great, there are certain obstacles in the way, one being getting water to the crops.

“I was very interested in hydroponics and vertical farming and then I realized that you could do it in space and it’s kind of spiraled.” “It's really hard to deliver water in space because of microgravity. That would be a gap is figuring out how to get water to plants efficiently or figuring out what the right lighting treatment is.” Kaylee knows it is going to be a lot of work to get exactly where she wants to be but she is also determined to make room for some play along the way.

In the meantime, Kaylee encourages her peers that it is ok to take the path less traveled and expand their horizons.

Above: Kaylee (left) with fellow students at one of the community garden sites for FABENG 3200-S

Meet Our Students We invite you to read more of our student stories and meet more of our incredible undergraduate and graduate students across all of our programs.

“You look at our career fairs and it’s either huge consulting companies or manufacturing and it’s ok if you don’t like that stuff. Research is always around.”

“I love to go scuba diving. I’ve been to Bora Bora, Turks and Caicos, Hawaii and the Dominican Republic. Eventually I want to dive with sharks.”

CAPSTONE DESIGN

2021

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.

Award Winners Communicator

Innovator

Rice Thresher Evan Arnett, Allison Byrd, Derek Goodman, Trent Meyer, Cam Vaughn

Wastewater Mike Bradford, Megan Cochran, William Gray, Jake Grim, Rylee Kohr

Combine Harvester EarlyFire Detection Josh Hollinger, Alex Koopmans, Shay Pond, Ben Schmitmeyer

Agricultural Implement Anomaly Detection Chase Gasser, Garrett Gwin, Alex Kutz, Matthew Kranz

Turbidity Indicator Asia Bond, Molly Brun, Andrew Lutomski, Rick Niu, Sam Riekert

AgBioTech Morgan Clarke, Dana Dosen, Cedric Levi, Blaine Neikirk, Kaylee Rae Presnell, Levi Carson

ASM Teams Agricultural Implement Anomaly Detection Chase Gasser, Garrett Gwin, Alex Kutz, Matthew Kranz Advisor: Scott Shearer Sponsor: Kubota/Great Plains

Combine Harvester EarlyFire Detection Josh Hollinger, Alex Koopmans, Shay Pond, Ben Schmitmeyer Advisor: Dee Jepsen Sponsor: Nationwide Insurance

Investment in Innovative Yield-Quantification Solutions Matt Fix, Tyler Fix, Caleb Haines Advisor: Andrew Klopfensein Sponsor: Intercomp

Tracks vs. Tires Joe Callow, Michael Downs, Mason Hanna, Spencer Rolsten Advisor: Andrew Klopfenstein Sponsor: Camso

Waterman Farm Dairy Manure Management Jacob Oswald, Grant Phipps, Clay Scott Advisor: Dewey Mann Sponsor: Ohio State

Combined Strip and Relay Intercropping Chris Baird, Lynea Diller, Jacob Lesch, Issac Siegrist, Cole Weickert Advisor: Scott Shearer Sponsor: Ohio State

FABE Teams Salamander Michael Beaver, Brandon Chong, Kira Cuellar, Meghan Williams Advisors: Dr. Jay Martin and Kristen Conroy Sponsor: Burgess and Niple

Rice Seed Cleaner Justyna Komeluk, Lorenzo (Tashir) Stover, Brandon Voytus, Eric West, Sam Stevenson Advisors: Dr. John Fulton and Dr. Jane Fife Sponsor: AgriSmart

Wastewater Mike Bradford, Megan Cochran, William Gray, Jake Grim, Rylee Kohr Advisors: David Wituszynski and Kristen Conroy Sponsor: Ohio State & Sustainability WaterHub

Biowaste Ian Baker, Matthew Greaves, Matt levy-Scott, Leo Liang, Molly Winget Advisors: Samantha Francis and Kristen Conroy Sponsor: Ohio State & Sustainability Waterhub

Turbidity Indicator Asia Bond, Molly Brun, Andrew Lutomski, Rick Niu, Sam Riekert Advisors: Dr. Mike Rowan and Dr. Jane Fife Sponsor: 3Bar Biologics

Hydration Process Sam Lee, Nils Sjodin, Clare Sollars, Corina Vedoy, Derek Bohl Sponsor: Doehler

Automated Hoop House Animesh Bapat, Nathan Campbell, Johnathan Gordish, Junxiao Zhang Advisors: Chris Shoup and Sean Carpenter Sponsor: CIFT Mobile Bug Lab Alicia Cox, Nick Moon, Zach Royer, Jack Smith, Sarah Teater Advisors: Dr. Jamie Strange and Sean Carpenter Sponsor: Airstream Rush Run Jaclyn Boscarello, Megan Burns, Hannah Jencson, Liam Schlueter, Emily Wilson Advisors: Dr. Margaret Kalcic, Dr. Sushant Mehan, and Kristen Conroy Sponsor: FLOW Maji Marwa Charlotte Buisson, Tori Burton, Katrina Gates, Alex Krauss, Alix Rose, Claire Uematsu, Ben Wagner, Jackie Wilder Advisors: Dr. Mike Hagenberger and Patrisk Sours Sponsor: SRC

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2021 Graduates Master of science FOOD, AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING Sean Carpenter Kushal KC Ryan Tietje

Hezheng Wang Natalia Zappernic

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

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Christopher Baird Joseph Callow Ryan Clouse Michael Downs Matthew Fix Tyler Fix Chase Gasser Garrett Gwin Caleb Haines Mason Hanna Joshua Hollinger

Theo Alexis Jacob Arter Brent Ball Lance Bockbrader Jared Bowers Jacob Calvin Garrett Crapo Samuel Doran Rebekah Eggers Joshua Fournier Benjamin Gallagher

Alex Koopmans Matthew Kranz Alexander Kutz Jacob Lesch Jacob Osswald Grant Phipps Spencer Rolsten Benjamin Schmitmeyer Ryan Shupert Issac Siegrist Ty Wiseley

Brent Gibbs Koeby Helton Clayton Jackson Danielle Klonaris Edward Kusel Justin MacLellan Brent Marshall Steven Mileski Colton Mowry Michael Parks Richard Russel

Kaleb Senter Joel Shane Manpreet Singh Donald Tong Devin Torre Garrett Viars Hunter Weston

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE FOOD, AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING Evan Arnett Animesh Bapat Michael Beaver Mateusz Blizniuk Asia Bond Jaclyn Boscarello Molly Brun Charlotte Buisson Megan Burns Victoria Burton Nathan Campbell

Brandon Chong Nicholas Christian Weston Clifford Alicia Cox Christopher Crunkleto Dana Dosen Christian Gerding Derek Goodman William Gray Jake Grim Ashonti Harper

Hannah Jencson Rylee Kohr Justyna Korneluk Samantha Lee Matthew Levy-Scott Jiahao Liang Taylor Lierow Andrew Lutomski Emily McDonel Trent Meyer Nicholas Moon

Rick Niu Jacob Oliveira Samuel Riekert Alexandra Rose Zachary Royer Liam Schlueter Nicholas Seneczko Wesley Sizemore Nils Sjodin Sarah Teater Claire Uematsu

Emily Van Par Dawh Corina Vedoy Benjamin Wagner Siqi Wei Anthony Wiley Meghan Williams Molly Winget Junxian Zhang

ph.D. FOOD, AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

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Yang Geng Reyna Knight Christopher Wiegman

David Archer Kirk Doupe Marcellus Jenkins Joel Ross

Master OF SCIENCE FOOD, AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING Larry Parsons Aditya Raj Shyam Sivaprasad

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ph.D. FOOD, AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING Anna Apostel

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Shay Pond Cole Weickert

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Anna McSurley Blaine Neikirk Samantha Stevenson Clare Sollars Brandon Voytus Deshawn Wilson

John Powers Shayne Reynolds Kristen Rudio Terry Stover Andrew Thompson Nathan Ulery Kyle Usner Nicholas Vales Michael Varcelli Michael Whitacre

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS Tirpak, R., R. Winston, I. Simpson, J. Dorsey, A. Grimm, R. Pieschek, E. Petrovskis, and D. Carpenter. 2021. Hydrologic impacts of retrofitted low impact development in a commercial parking lot. Journal of Hydrology, 125773. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125773 Tong, X., Y. Zhao, R. Manuzon, M. Darr, R. Knight, C. Wang, A. Heber, and J. Ni. 2021. Ammonia Concentrations and Emissions at Two Commercial Manure-Belt Layer Housed With Mixed Tunnel and Cross Ventilation. Transactions of the ASABE. 64(6): 2073-2087. https://doi:10.13031/trans.14634 Uchit, N., P. Ling, and H. Zhu. 2021. Improved Canopy Characterization with Laser Scanning Sensor for Greenhouse Spray Applications. Transactions of the ASABE. 64 (6). https://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp?aid=52972 Walker, I., M. Young, B. Less, S. Dutton, M. Sherman, and J. Clark. 2021. Assessment of peak power demand reduction available via modulation of building ventilation systems. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory https://doi.org/10.1016/j. enbuild.2020.109867 Xu, J., J. Janahar, H. Park, V. Balasubramaniam, and A. Yousef. 2021. Influence of water activity and acidity on Bacillus cereus spore inactivation during combined high pressure-thermal treatment. LWT Food Science & Technology 146, 111465, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111465 Yang, T., U. Samarakoon, J. Altland, and P. Ling. 2021. Photosynthesis, biomass production, nutritional quality, and flavorrelated phytochemical properties of hydroponic-grown arugula under different electrical conductivities. Agronomy 11: (7). 1340. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11071340 Zhu, H., E. Ozkan, R. Salcedo, H. Jeon, and D. Falchieri. 2021 Foliar deposition and off-target loss in young apple orchard with PWM-controlled spray systems. International Advances in Pesticide Application - Aspects of Applied Biology 147. http:// dx.doi.org/10.13031/2013.20400 Zou, Y., J. Clark, and A. May. 2021. Laboratory evaluation of the effects of particle size and composition on the performance of integrated devices containing Plantower particle sensors. Aerosol Science and Technology, 55 (7), 848-858, https://doi.or g/10.1080/02786826.2021.1905148 Zou, Y., J Clark, and A. May. 2021. A systematic investigation on the effects of temperature and relative humidity on the performance of eight low-cost particle sensors and devices. Journal of Aerosol Science 152, 105715, https://doi.org/10.1016/j. jaerosci.2020.105715

New or Revised FactSheets- Ohio State University Extension AEX-323: Iron in Drinking Water – Karen Mancl (5/21/2021) AEX-771: Low-Cost Treatment of Food Processing Wastewater – Karen Mancl and Ryan Copp (8/24/2021) FABE-533: Sprayers for Effective Pesticide Application in Orchards and Vineyards – Erdal Ozkan and Emilio Gill (1/10/2022) FABE-534: Selecting the Right Type and Size of Nozzles for Effective Spraying in Orchards and Vineyards – Erdal Ozkan (12/20/2021) FABE-535: Strategies to Minimize Spray Drift for Effective Spraying in Orchards and Vineyards – Erdal Ozkan (1/4/2022) FABE-536: Strategies to Maximize Pesticide Deposit and Coverage for Effective Spraying in Orchards and Vineyards Erdal Ozkan and Emilio Gill (1/5/2022) FABE-537: Calibration of Orchard and Vineyard Sprayers – Erdal Ozkan (12/22/2021) FABE-539: Best Practices for Effective Spraying In Orchards and Vineyards – Erdal Ozkan (1/12/2022) FABE-660.5: Improving Biomass Properties via Densification and Upgrading - Ashish Manandhar and Ajay Shah (7/28/2021) FABE-662.2: Hydrothermal Carbonization: Upgrading Waste Biomass to Char - Shyam Sivaprasad, Ashish Manandhar, and Ajay Shah (1/11/2021)

Recent Grants Jordan Clark- Analysis of URBANopt and development of building load models Darren Drewry- Using SMAP to detect crop stress by monitoring plant “drinking habits” Darren Drewry- Property value and land use impacts of utility scale solar development in Ohio Darren Drewry- CPS: Frontier: Collaborative research: COALESCE: COntext Aware LEarning for Sustainable CYbEr-agricultural systems John Fulton- Planter load logic trials John Fulton- Precision Agriculture: educational material on using technology to enhance crop production Dee Jepsen- The Ohio agrAbility program Dee Jepsen- Expanding the SAY R.E.A.C.H. with resources for education and adoption into classrooms and outreach programs Gonul Kaletunc- Nutrient-dense bars production by ultrasonic compression Sami Khanal- Remote sensing for cover crop monitoring Jay Martin- Evaluating water quality benefits of H2Ohio conservation practices in the Maumee River Watershed Frederick Michel- Montpelier wetlands Frederick Michel- Wooster campus recycling and composting equipment, infrastructure, bins and carts to meet the OSU zero waste goal Scott Shearer- sUAS mapping of weed escapes - phase 2 Scott Shearer- Small-scale equipment platform solution for crop production - phase V Scott Shearer- Digital agricultural field operations Scott Shearer- Tillage tool automation – phase II Scott Shearer- Soil sensor study Ryan Winston- Ohio urban storm water monitoring project Ryan Winston- Demonstrating and quantifying stormwater runoff reduction through green infrastructure at a large commercial store in Traverse City, Michigan

Ryan Winston- Benefit analysis of barrier inlet screens

RECENT PUBLICATIONS Active Grants Bala Balasubramaniam- Transforming sanitation strategies in dry food manufacturing environment Bala Balasubramaniam- Ultra shear treatment of low-acid liquid foods Katrina Cornish- (COVID-19) Overexpression of a COVID-19 protein antigen and adjuvent in lettuce chloroplasts Katrina Cornish- Improving natural rubber yield in TK dandelion: Demonstration of a novel, rapid crop improvement technology in rubber dandelion Katrina Cornish- The Program of Excellence in Natural Rubber Alternatives (PENRA) Darren Drewry- Airborne solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence to characterize arctic boreal zone phenology and productivity John Fulton- Ag data considerations for today’s US soybean production Elizabeth Hawkins- Resolving spatiotemporal non-point nutrient fluxes from soils to water by continuous in situ N and P monitoring to achieve multistate nutrient loss reduction goals Dee Jepsen- Designing an organic grain dust simulator to better understand environmental health concerns of on-farm grain storage facilities and improve farmer respiratory protection practices Dee Jepsen- Safety in agriculture for youth - enhancing youth training resources Gonul Kaletunc- Expanding integration of entrepreneurial minded learning: Faculty learning communities for improving mentoring skills Gonul Kaletunc- Thermal analysis of fibersol and sugar added ultrasonic compression bars Sami Khanal- Remote sensing for cover crop monitoring Peter Ling- Improving sensor detection accuracy for greenhouse intelligent sprayer development Jay Martin- Davidson fellowship: Building a user-oriented management tool to assess hydrology and water quality and facilitate climate change adaptation in Old Woman Creek Jay Martin- Developing public-private partnerships (PPPs) to target legacy phosphorus fields to increase water quality and availability Jay Martin- Evaluating water quality impacts of runoff risk advisory forecast (RRAF) Jay Martin- Impacts of green infrastructure on the microbiome of urban stormwater: Reducing threats to public health Jay Martin- NPDES stormwater and Clintonville blueprint monitoring project Jay Martin- The Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR): A proposal to the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA, for a new Regional Research Institute Frederick Michel- BARRAL- Bioenergy, advanced biofuel, and rubber research agricultural linkages Frederick Michel- Development of hemp byproduct valorization processes Frederick Michel- Scale up of fermentation processes to convert of waste methane to protein for animal feed Frederick Michel- Understanding the container media microbiome and its effects on plant health Erdal Ozkan- Deposition quality of intelligent sprayers used in orchards and nurseries Erdal Ozkan- Improve spray droplet retention capabilities on targets with amendment of spray solution properties

Judit Puskas- Collaborative research: Polymer macrocycles: A novel topology to control dynamics of rubbery materials Judit Puskas- Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Sustainable Rubber Products: Innovation, Science and Engineering = SuRPrISE Sudhir Sastry- Combination mechanical shear and moderate electric field treatment for production of safe, nutritionally enhanced liquid foods and beverages Sudhir Sastry- Nonthermal inactivation of enzymes using oscillating electric fields Ajay Shah- Development of resources and tools to improve oil content and quality in pennycress Ajay Shah- Improving biofuels production: A novel whole-plant corn based feedstock supply system Ajay Shah- Whole-plant based feedstock supply system for biobased industries Scott Shearer- Tillage tool automation - Phase I Scott Shearer- Row width study Scott Shearer- Small-scale equipment platform solution for crop production - phase IV Vinayak Shedekar- A multi-scale and regional approach to cold season hydrology and nutrient dynamics in agroecosystems for water quality protection Vinayak Shedekar- Contribution of legacy phosphorus to watershed outcomes, phase 2 - SWAT modeling Vinayak Shedekar- Healthy soils, healthy waters: Will soil health improvements mitigate nutrient loading to the Great Lakes? Vinayak Shedekar- Quantifying the role of legacy phosphorus in water quality in the western Lake Erie basin watershed Vinayak Shedekar- Quantifying the water quality benefits of integrated conservation practices Ryan Winston- Advancing stormwater management at marinas in the Great Lakes Ryan Winston- Bioretention and permeable pavement: Quantifying nutrient reduction and evaluating material specifications and sources Ryan Winston- Inlet protection comparison for sediment control on roadway construction Ryan Winston- Monitoring and modeling nutrient and sediment loads from urban watersheds in the Dayton metro area Ryan Winston- Stormwater monitoring proposal for Cleveland Metroparks Ryan Winston- Stormwater tracer field studies Ryan Winston- Wet weather storm water sampling in urban and suburban landscapes Lingying Zhao- Development of a computer program to predict spray droplet displacement discharged from intelligent sprayers Lingying Zhao- Electrostatic precipitation air cleaning of particulate matter (PM) emissions at animal production facilities Lingying Zhao- Modeling fluxes, fate and transport of ammonia emission from egg production and manure management facilities

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