Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Degrees Offered:

Ph.D. Biological Sciences
- Agricultural and BiosystemsEngineering specialization
M.S. Engineering
- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering emphasis
M.S. Biological Sciences
- Food and Biomaterial Processing specialization

Department Head: Associate Professor Van C. Kelley
Graduate Coordinator: Professor Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan

For additional information contact:
Mailing address: SDSU Box 2120 Phone: 605/688-5141
Agricultural Engineering — SAE Fax: 605/688-6764
WWW: http://abe.sdstate.edu
E-mail: muthukum@sdstate.edu

Graduate Faculty
Michael F. Adelaine, Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1989 Adult Education, Community Development

Gary A. Anderson, Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 1987 Environment, Structures

Mylo A. Hellickson, Professor, Ph.D., West Virginia University, 1969 Energy Systems, Structures

Daniel S. Humburg, Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1991 Machine Design, Machine Vision

James L. Julson, Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska -Lincoln, 1998 Biological Materials, Value Added

Van C. Kelley, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana, 1999 Structural Analysis, Light Frame Structures

Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1993 Food and Biomaterials Processing

Richard E. Nicolai, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2002 Farm Machinery & Safety

Russell A. Persyn, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2003, Environmental & Walter Quality

Kurt A. Rosentrater, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2001 Food Processing Engineering

Boris Shmagin, Research Associate Professor, Ph.D., Moscow State University, Russia, 1979 Geology and Hydrogeology

Dennis P. Todey, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1988 State Climatologist

Todd P. Trooien, Professor, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1988 Soil and Water Engineering

Hal D. Werner, Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1984 Irrigation, Drainage