Auburn Biosystems Engineering dominates at 2024 ASABE International Meeting
8/5/24 2:00 PM
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.
David named associate dean for research
5/29/24 7:45 AM
Allan David has been named associate dean for research for Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Dean Mario Eden.
BSE doctoral student's presentation on bio-resin application for 3D-printing houses places first at ASABE
2/19/24 4:15 PM
Auburn's Department of Biosystems Engineering shows no signs of changing its award-winning ways for the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The most recent example? Doctoral student Manish Sakhakarmy, whose oral presentation on the pyrolysis of Douglas firs, eucalyptus and poplar trees for novolac resin production recently placed first in the oral / poster competition at the ASABE Annual International Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.
$1M USDA-funded phosphorus mitigation project latest in CBB’s growing research portfolio
8/25/23 11:00 AM
For Auburn's Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts (CBB), 2023 is coming up roses. And ryegrass.
Auburn University appoints Mario Eden as its new dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
4/14/23 2:00 PM
Following a national search, Mario Eden, the Joe T. and Billie Carole McMillan Professor and chair of Auburn University’s Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named as the 14th dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Interim Provost Vini Nathan.
Biosystems Engineering researchers lead $2M project to produce hydrogen from blended feedstock
1/20/23 12:00 AM
Auburn University researchers are leading a $2 million Department of Energy grant that aims to produce hydrogen from blended feedstock, such as legacy waste coal, forest residues and municipal solid waste.
David named acting associate dean for research
6/1/22 11:45 AM
Allan David has been named as the Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s acting associate dean for research.
Auburn biosystems engineering project receives $700k in ADECA funding
12/7/21 9:27 AM
An Auburn biosystems engineering project will look into converting forest biomass and plastic waste into transportation fuels with award funding from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
Auburn University researchers part of interdisciplinary team seeking to make strides in future manufacturing, including homes constructed via 3D printing
11/22/21 1:45 PM
Auburn University faculty are part of an interdisciplinary research team that received a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to develop composite materials from waste resources for additive manufacturing to create more affordable and environmentally friendly housing or building components.
Faculty team aims to reduce greenhouse gas with hydrogen energy research
7/29/21 10:43 AM
An interdisciplinary faculty team is researching hydrogen energy production that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and waste plastics problems with a
Biosystems faculty to train undergraduate researchers in bioprocessing with NSF award
7/2/21 1:22 PM
Biosystems engineering faculty will utilize a grant from the National Science Foundation to train select undergraduate students in the field of bioprocessing.
Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts director makes his #GINNing debut
8/23/20 12:00 PM
What's Sushil Adhikari, alumni professor of biosystems engineering, and the director of the cutting edge Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts, passionate about? Well, I'll tell you: Biomass pyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction, torrefaction, biodiesel production and biomass gasification... if you know what I mean.
Auburn's combined commencement ceremonies postponed indefinitely
7/27/20 4:13 PM
In the absence of planned ceremonies, Auburn is still prepared to welcome and celebrate graduates and guests who have already planned to travel to Auburn for the Aug. 8 weekend.
Biosystems professor talks manure entrepreneurs on #GINNing
7/26/20 12:00 PM
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
7/22/20 12:00 AM
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.
Fueling an Alternative Future
9/27/19 12:00 AM
Making bio-sourced fuels part of mainstream travel is an uphill road, but it’s one Auburn’s Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts is prepared to take.
College of Engineering dedicates $44 million Engineering Student Achievement Center
9/16/19 1:00 PM
Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering hosted a dedication ceremony Friday, Sept. 13, to celebrate the opening of the $44 million Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center.