Min M. Addy

Research Associate Professor
224-A BioAgEng Building
1390 Eckles Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
minxx039@umn.edu
+1 612 624 1293

Education

  • May 2006 Ph. D. Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
  • July 2000, M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China
  • July 1997, B.S. Mechatronics, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
Min Addy standing near a waterfall

Areas of Interest

Precision Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Wastewater Treatment, Waste Utilization and Conversion, Biofuel, Food Safety, and Food Processing

Teaching

  • BBE 4733/5733 Fundamentals of Food Engineering
  • BBE 4733/5733 Renewable Energy Technologies
  • BBE 4502W Capstone Design

Select Publications

  • Addy, M., Kabir, F., Zhang, R., Lu, Q., Deng, X., Current, D., ... & Ruan, R. 2017. Co-Cultivation of Microalgae in Aquaponic Systems. Bioresource Technology.
  • Xin, C., Addy, M.*, Zhao, J., Cheng, Y., Cheng, S., Mu, D., ... & Ruan, R. 2016. Comprehensive techno-economic analysis of wastewater-based algal biofuel production: A case study. Bioresource technology, 211, 584-593.
  • Bi, C., Min, M.*, Y. Nie, Q. Xie, Q. Lu, X. Deng, E. Anderson, D. Li, P. Chen, and R. Ruan. 2015. Process development for scum to biodiesel conversion. Bioresour Technol 185:185-193
  • Min, M., Hu, B., Mohr, M. J., Shi, A., Ding, J., Sun, Y., ... & Mu, D. 2014. Swine Manure-Based Pilot-Scale Algal Biomass Production System for Fuel Production and Wastewater Treatment—a Case Study. Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 172(3), 1390-1406.
  • Mu, D., Min, M.*, Krohn, B., Mullins, K. A., Ruan, R., & Hill, J. (2014). Life cycle environmental impacts of wastewater-based algal biofuels. Environmental science & technology, 48(19), 11696-11704. 
  • Min, M., L. Wang, Y. Li, M. Mohr, B. Hu, W. Zhou, P. Chen, and R. Ruan. 2011. Cultivating Chlorella sp. in pilot scale photobioreactor using centrate wastewater for microalgae biomass production and wastewater nutrients removal. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 165(1):123-37
  • Min, M., R. Ehsani, and M. Salyani. 2008. Dynamic accuracy of GPS receivers in citrus groves. Applied Engineering in Agriculture  24(6): 861-868
  • Min, M., W. S. Lee, T. F. Burks, J. D. Jordan, A. W. Schumann, J. K. Schueller, and H. Xie. 2008. Design a hyperspectral nitrogen sensing system for citrus. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 63: 215-226
  • Min, M., W. S. Lee, Y. H. Kim, and R. A. Bucklin. 2006. Nondestructive detection of nitrogen in Chinese cabbage leaves using VIS-NIR spectroscopy. Hortscience 41(1): 162-166
  • Min, M., and W. S. Lee. 2005. Determination of significant wavelengths and prediction of nitrogen content for citrus. Trans ASAE 48(2): 456-461

External Affiliations

ASABE member