Highly Cited Research

Biosystems Engineering Journal CoverCongratulations to Professor Hanwu Lei and his group members and co-authors who won “Highly Cited Research” from Biosystems Engineering. Dr. Hanwu Lei’s paper, “Thermal behaviour and kinetic study for woody biomass torrefaction and torrefied biomass pyrolysis by TGA”, published in 2013 is one of the most highly cited papers during 2014, 2015 and up until June 2016 according to data from Scopus. Dr. Lei’s paper is one of the 5 most highly cited papers published in Biosystems Engineering. A certificate for Highly Cited Research in Biosystems Engineering was awarded to Dr. Lei in recognition of the contribution to the quality of the Elsevier journal.

Dr. Shoujie Ren is the first author who is the WSU graduate (2012) of Biological Systems Engineering. The award paper is co-authored with his advisor Dr. Hanwu Lei and his graduate committee members Dr. Joan Wu and Dr. Shulin Chen. Dr. Ren is currently a post-doctoral research at the University of Tennessee.

The internationally respected Biosystems Engineering (formerly JAER) is the official scientific journal of The European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng).