
Alumni Spotlight - Patricia Popescu

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

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.

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.

Industry Leaders Panel on Sustainability
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.

BBE researcher studies the effects of climate change on winter crops
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.

BBE undergraduates recognized at CSE DEI Leadership Showcase
BBE undergraduates Alli Graper and Sarah Kinney have been been recognized as award finalists at the College of Science and Engineering's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Showcase.

BBE Researcher using technology to identify crop types early in season
BBE Professor Zhenong Jin has developed a new technology approach that will allow key stakeholders to identify important crop types earlier in the season than ever before.

UMN Plant Protein Innovation Center encourages student participation in research
Two BBE undergraduate students received positions to assist with ongoing research projects related to plant protein and sustainability.