Doug Tiffany receives award for research efforts in fuel ethanol and related topics
The award winners, announced by Ethanol Producer Magazine last month, are Doug Tiffany (Award of Excellence recipient) and Doug Durante (High-Octane Award recipient).
Omar Espinoza Publishes Book Titled “International Marketing Practices for Small to Medium Sized Forest Products Firms.”
Omar’s book was a collaboration with Robert Smith (Associate Dean and Professor, Virginia Tech) and Anna Pitti, former graduate student in the department now at Westwood.
Welcome to new faculty member Jiayu Li
Dr. Li joins us this fall as Assistant Professor of Robotics, Sensors, and Manufacturing in Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Management.
Originally from China, Dr. Li received her bachelor’s at Tsinghua University, then attended Washington University in St. Louis, MO. to pursue her Ph. D. at WashU—Li’s focus was on particulate matter sensors. From there, she went on to pursue her postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University, expanding her research into air quality sensors.
At the Forefront
What do oak wilt, zebra mussels and COVID-19 have in common? When it comes to these unrelated and unwelcome invaders, none of them can hide for long from Abdennour Abbas, PhD, and his team in BBE.
UMN Wins Race to Zero Student Design Competition
The University of Minnesota’s Team OptiMN is the 2015 grand winner of the U.S. Department of Energy’s second annual Race to Zero Student Design Competition.
Student summer highlights
Learn about what BBE students have been up to this summer. Students keep busy with unique internships, co-ops, and experiences.
CFANS announces new BBE department head
CFANS names Hua Zhao, PhD, as the new head of the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, effective August 28.
A different path to an engineering degree
Taking a year away from her University of Minnesota program to work at a pulp and paper mill was a benefit to Biosystems Engineering student Lauren Stach.