Tiffany Messer is leading a study that will determine the impact nanopesticides have on the nitrogen cycle and the environment. Read more here.
A story on the senior design team focused on equestrian helmet crush accidents was featured in HorseTalk, EquiSearch, EquiMed, American Horse Publications, Equus Magazine, Kentucky Ag Connection, River City News, Corbin Times Tribune, ground.news, News Break, UKnow, Farmer’s Quarterly, WTVQ, MidAmerica Farmer Grower.
Don Colliver talked about energy conservation and renewable alternatives in an interview with the online publication of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Read it here.
Brett Childers and the BAE Engineering Design Center ("the Shop") created the orange dome on the heat shield of this atmospheric balloon system, which was released in Oregon to gather data. Page Askins, a student in Mechanical Engineering, approached the Shop for help. Brett Childers modeled it in Inventor and machined it on the Shop's CNC milling machine. Read more here.
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Tiffany Messer received $479,763 from USDA NIFA to support her research proposal titled Evaluation of Nanopesticide Fate and Transport and Biogeochemical Implications in Agroecosystems. |
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Bode Adedeji is the 2021 winner of the prestigious John Clark Award by the Canadian Society for Bioengineering (CSBE). This award, in memory of John Clark, is given annually to the CSBE/SCGAB member who, in the opinion of the Awards Committee, has produced outstanding work in industry, teaching, research, or extension in one or more of the fields of food engineering, or related industry. The award recipient is selected from nominations from at least three members of CSBE/SCGAB and must have been a member of the Society for at least five years.
2021 College of Engineering Departmental Awards
Outstanding Sophomore in Bioystems Engineering Award, Mason Bradley
Outstanding Junior in Bioystems Engineering Award, Benjamin Willmoth
Outstanding Senior in Bioystems Engineering Award, Megan Grubb
Outstanding Faculty in Bioystems Engineering Award, Alicia Modenbach
Other BAE students in the program include: TBP Engineering Student Council Representative 2020-21, Madhu Sekar. Fall 2020 Initiates: Lauren Doyle, Lara Larson, Paul Hunter Walters. Spring 2021 Initiates: Mason Bradley. Read the program here. |
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Tyler Barzee has accepted the assistant professor position in BAE related to fermentation. We look forward to him joining UK in July or August pending the completion of a few items at UC Davis. Feel free to follow up with him; his email is tjbarzee@ucdavis.edu. |
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Jian Shi, associate professor with tenure (July 1)
Alicia Modenbach, nominee, Henry Mason Lutes Award for Excellence in Engineering Education
Kenny Bababode, Qualifying Exam (Montross)
Braydi McPherson-Hathaway, M.S. thesis defense (Colliver)
Britney Ragland, M.S. final exam (non-thesis) (Colliver)
Bo Smith, M.S. thesis defense (Dvorak)
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Kaelyn Short’s work on Equine West Nile Virus, conducted in collaboration with the Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, enabled her to successfully defend on April 12 with a Pass with High Distinction.
Mira Mirzaian’s research on distillery injuries, conducted in conjunction with Kentucky Injury Prevention Research Center and the Jim Beam Co., enabled her to successfully defend on April 28. Previously, no known study had been conducted utilizing workers' compensation data to assess work-related injury among distillery workers. Her presentation can be viewed here.
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FE/PE Webinar
ASABE is holding a kickoff session on May 12 at 1pm for students preparing for the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) or Professional Engineering (PE) exam. Register here.
BAEGLS/Alpha Epsilon Events
The second Alumni Happy Hour hosted by BAEGLS and Alpha Epsilon featured Joe Stevens, who spoke about his experience in France after receiving a Chateaubriand Fellowship while a doctoral candidate in BAE, his job search and eventual move to the Berkeley National Lab, and how he has coped with making friends and meeting colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mark your calendars for this upcoming event, the last of the semester:
May
5/4/2021 5:00 - 5:45 BAE Graduate Student Happy Hour:
- A panel discussion by BAE graduate students on their job search experience and tips to finding a job after graduation. Guests: Cole Crankshaw, Gina DeGraves, Bo Smith
Student Branch Election Results
Congratulations to the new 2021-22 BAE Student Branch Officer Team:
Abby Jull - President
Emma Sharek - Vice President
Katye Berry - Secretary
Julia Loeb - Treasurer
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Felix Akharume, a recent doctoral graduate student, was featured in a special report by the Institute of Food Technology (IFT). Akharume, FU, Aluko, RE, Adedeji, AA. Modification of plant proteins for improved functionality: A review. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf. 2021; 20: 198– 224. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12688
Brian Luck was promoted to associate professor with tenure at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Michael Omodara presented a webinar on his perspective on postharvest management of grains in Sub-Saharan Africa. After completing his doctorate in our department, Michael re-joined the engineering team at the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute; he is also working with the group of engineers and entomologists that toured our Department in May 2018. Together with public and private partners in Nigeria, they have formed the Stored Agricultural Commodities Initiative (SACI) to bolster efforts to provide food security in the region.
Erin Webb received the ABE Outstanding Young Alumnus/Alumna Award from University of Florida's Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department.
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