Specialties include thermodynamic responses of livestock to the environment and environmental control of livestock systems, optical sensors, and professional ethics and development. Emphasis areas include the overview of Biological and Agricultural Engineering Departmental activities in research, teaching, and extension. Specialties include teaching in the areas of precision agriculture, agriculture machinery, fluid power, and instrumentation and controls. Specialties include all accounting aspects of general and grant budgets. World wide experience in agro-industrial development and operations.
Background includes food processing operations, maintenance, management and design.
Specialities are consulting with management and training of operating and staff personnel and has three patents in food processing. Specialties include microbiological aspects of wastewater treatment, hazardous waste treatment, solid waste treatment, water quality, analysis of agricultural systems. Research areas include biological waste treatment, bioremediation, biodegradation and composting. Specialties include welding, small engines and shop practices. The development of educational programs in agricultural safety, USDA agrability projects, emergency and natural disaster preparedness, and chemical application technology on a state wide basis.