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An overview of the search processThe Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering at the University of Minnesota is in the process of selecting a new department head.
BBE Golf Outing
June 2 - June 9Join us for the annual Lake States TAPPI Golf Outing! Help support BBE students and raise money for scholarships. This is a hybrid event, join us in-person at Les Bolstad Golf Course on June 9, or play at your favorite 18 hole course near you between June 2-9.
News
BBE student pursues career in natural resources engineering
BBE senior and future water resources engineer Katherine Tomaska reflects on her experiences at the University as she prepares to graduate.
New BBE study could help reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
BBE researchers significantly improved the performance of numerical predictions for agricultural nitrous oxide emissions. The first-of-its-kind knowledge-guided machine learning model is 1,000 times faster than current systems and could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
BBSEM Ph.D. candidate awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Chenxi Lin, a Ph.D. candidate in BBSEM, has been awarded the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. The Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) gives the University's most accomplished Ph.D. candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project.