Biological Systems Engineering
We discover and apply scientific engineering principles and methods to the processes of our natural world and provide advanced graduate education to engineering professionals.
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BSE offers PhD and MS degrees in Biological and Agricultural Engineering with four areas of emphasis:
- Agricultural Automation Engineering
- Bioenergy and Bioproducts Engineering
- Food Engineering
- Land, Air, Water Resources, & Environmental Engineering (LAWREE)
From solar drying and pasteurization research in the 1970’s to today’s emphasis on biological waste analysis and treatment, chemical transport through soils, food engineering, bioenergy, bioproducts, and more, our department has a long history of technical environmental stewardship, research, and education.
The researchers and graduate students of this department come from all corners of the United States and the world. Because of this diversity, our students leave here with the global awareness, the advanced education, and the technical expertise to become the key players in the economic, technical, and environmental challenges that face us all.
These are exciting and challenging times for engineering professionals. These can be exciting and challenging times for you!
Call 509-335-1578 to arrange a tour and meet our faculty!
Featured News
Juming Tang inducted into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2021 Class of Fellows
December, 2021 | WSU Research Juming Tang, Regents Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, has been inducted into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2021 Class of Fellows. “Congratulations to Matthew McCluskey and Juming Tang for their induction as NAI Members. Through research and discovery, their innovations provide cutting-edge solutions to challenges […]
Dr. Shulin Chen Receives Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
WSU Showcase | March 25, 2022 Shulin Chen’s technological innovations have made industrial processes more sustainable. Chen develops bioconversion processes and systems for the production of biofuel, bioenergy, and bioproducts. Using anaerobic digestion systems, his research team invented a process to convert manure and other dairy-industry waste to bioenergy. The systems reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They […]
Research Week Celebrates Outstanding Faculty and Staff – Juming Tang
October 18, 2021 | WSU Insider Faculty Research Awards WSU’s fifth annual Research Week culminated with a celebration of faculty and staff who exemplify research excellence on Friday, Oct. 15. Juming Tang, food engineer from the Department of Biosystems Engineering, received the Technology with Impactful Contribution to Society Award for his development of high temperature […]
Research Week Celebrates Outstanding Faculty and Staff – Manoj Karkee
October 18, 2021 | WSU Insider Research Week Competition Winners Multi-disciplinary Grant Competition Award – First place award will receive $50,000 plus a doctoral-level research assistantship provided by the Graduate School. Second place award will receive $20,000. First place – Manoj Karkee, associate professor of Biological Systems Engineering … continue reading the article… Read the complete article: […]
Residents Hope to Prevent Wildfire With BioChar
September 23, 2021 | NWPB How Residents In The Methow Valley Are Hoping To Prevent Wildfire By Creating BioChar. Residents in the Methow Valley are applying pyrolysis to reduce an overabundance of small-diameter trees and woody debris, which has built up over decades in the surrounding forests. Pyrolysis takes this excess biomass and heats it […]
Juming Tang elected to the National Academy of Engineering
February 17, 2021 | WSU Insider Juming Tang, Regents Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for invention and commercialization of electromagnetic spectrum wave-based food processes. The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected Juming Tang as a new member. This announcement was made […]
News & Accomplishments
2023
- Lav Khot and CAHNRS highlighted during NIFA’s National Washington Day – May 10, 2023
- Graduate School Announces Rongge Zou as a Winner of Albrecht Scholarship
- Birgitte Ahring receives Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher Award
- Jonathan Male appointed as new head of Office for National Laboratory Partnerships
- Washington State University Emphasizes Food Packaging
- Three Minute Thesis – Austin Gluth wins the Tri-Cities 3MT Competition (3/8/2023)
- Three Minute Thesis – Jake Schrader (PhD) and Kesevan Veloo (MS) win the BSE Competition
- Shulin Chen named National Academy of Inventors senior member
- AgAID Digital AgAthOn 2023 – Hackathon
2022
- History book chronicles 130-year evolution of agricultural engineering at WSU
- WSU’s Lav Khot, colleagues receive multi-state award for ag drone research
- Juming Tang inducted into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2021 Class of Fellows