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Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Dr. Erin Cortus, joins Barb Liebenstein, owner of Wolf Creek Dairy in Dundas, MN, to discuss sustainability and dairy farms, especially as the industry looks to reach Net Zero by 2050.

BBE is proud to announce the promotions of four faculty members.

It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Professor Simo Sarkanen. Read about Professor Sarkanen's contributions and impact within the department.

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.

We had 27 Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering graduates and 27 Sustainable Systems Management graduates complete their bachelor's degrees this year.

BBE senior and future water resources engineer Katherine Tomaska reflects on her experiences at the University as she prepares to graduate.

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.

Faculty from our SSM program hosted a webinar event featuring sustainability initiatives of companies like GEVO, The Energy Conservatory, 3M and Marvin Windows and Doors. Watch the recorded webinar to learn more.

In a new study published in Nature Climate Change, Zhenong Jin, Ph.D., an assistant professor in BBE, led an international team in researching the implications that could be associated with warmer winters and declining snowpack.