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Brendan Higgins

Biosystems Engineering

Associate Professor

203 Corley Building

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Education

Ph.D. Biological Systems Engineering, University of California-Davis
M.S. Transportation Technology and Policy, University of California-Davis
B.S. Civil Engineering, Northwestern University

Research Interests

Algal biofuels
Organism interaction
Wastewater treatment
Life cycle assessment
Process modeling

In The News

Auburn Biosystems Engineering dominates at 2024 ASABE International Meeting

Auburn University's Department of Biosystems Engineering (BSEN) was hard to miss at the 2024 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting held last week in Anaheim, California. And hard to beat.

Kitchen to Car: USDA backs BSE professor's method for producing eco-friendly biolubricants from waste cooking oil

High triglycerides — bad for your heart, good for your engine (and your environment). That's the (general) idea behind a novel method to produce eco-friendly biolubricants from waste cooking oil (WCO) to serve as base oil in automotive lubricants developed by Hossein Jahromi, an assistant research professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering. And it's a good one.

Biosystems faculty to train undergraduate researchers in bioprocessing with NSF award

Biosystems engineering faculty will utilize a grant from the National Science Foundation to train select undergraduate students in the field of bioprocessing.

Biosystems professor talks manure entrepreneurs on #GINNing

Brendan Higgins, assistant professor of biosystems engineering, is doing his part to make sure nothing in this world goes to waste — not even waste.

Waste Not, Feed Fish: USDA funds biosystems professor's alternative use for farm wastewater

Brendan Higgins is doing his part to make sure nothing in this world goes to waste. Not even waste. The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture recently funded the assistant professor of biosystems engineering's four-year project aimed at developing a three-step process that will transform nutrients found in dairy and swine industry manure wastewater into protein-rich fish feed.

Auburn’s first ‘Engineering as Art’ exhibit looks to showcase STEM’s creative side

For the next two weeks, the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will be giving Auburn's Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art a run for it its money.