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BSE Graduate Students Retreat – September 2019
Graduation 2022
Biological Systems Engineering
Engineering for Life
We discover and apply scientific engineering principles and methods to the processes of our natural world and provide advanced graduate education to engineering professionals.
BSE offers Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Biological and Agricultural Engineering with four areas of emphasis:
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Agricultural Automation Engineering
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Bioenergy and Bioproducts Engineering
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Food Engineering
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Land, Air, Water Resources, & Environmental Engineering
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!
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
- Mark Schrader places in the ASABE Oral/Poster Competition at ASABE 2022
- Behnaz Molaei places in the ASABE Oral/Poster Competition at ASABE 2022
- Sustainable Jet Fuel Based on Lignin
- BSE Departmental Retreat – Satuday, August 6th, 2022
- Joan Wu honored by CAHNRS with Excellence in Advising Award
- Sindhuja Sankaran honored by CAHNRS with Excellence in Early Career Award
- Drones and bird pests
2021
- Uddhav Bhattarai is a finalist for best oral presentation at ASABE 2021
- Legacy of leadership and mentorship for retiring professor – Claudio Stockle
- Behnaz Molaei is a 2021 Irrigation Foundation E3 Winner
- Research Week Celebrates Outstanding Faculty and Staff – Juming Tang
- Research Week Celebrates Outstanding Faculty and Staff – Manoj Karkee
- Residents Hope to Prevent Wildfire With BioChar
- Fitria Fnu is working with PNNL researchers to develop sensors that detect refrigerant leaks in air-conditioners.
- WSU to lead national AI research institute for agriculture
- Lav Khot named to 40 Under 40 Class of 2021
- WSU summer undergraduate research featured at virtual symposia
2020
- IEEE MetroAgriFor 2020 – Conference Award for Best Paper Presented by a Young Researcher
- Pilot project turns corn waste into jet fuel
- New chair encourages discoveries in Biological Systems Engineering
- Qin Zhang elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences
- New biojet fuel could be a viable alternative to fossil fuel
- WSU researchers join $9.8M project to study low-moisture food safety
- Robotic crop pollination awarded $1 million grant
- India partnership spurs development of new WSU microwave technology for safer meals
2019
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Featured News
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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 that will benefit society and influence science, technology, and innovation worldwide,” said Sita Pappu, assistant vice president for the Office of Commercialization.
Tang has invented and commercialized electromagnetic spectrum wave-based food processes. Tang has focused his … » More …
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Dr. Shulin Chen Receives Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
WSU Showcase | March 25, 2022Shulin 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 also recover nutrients from wastewater, alleviating concerns about surface and groundwater pollution. Six anaerobic digestion systems are now functioning throughout Washington.
WSU established the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award in 2018. Dr. Chen is the 2022 recipient of the award. <a ... » More …
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