Department
of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
ABE Faculty
and Staff Directory
| Faculty |
| Ting, K.C. - Professor and Department Head |
| BioEnvironmental Engineering |
Funk, Ted - Extension Specialist Livestock confinement structures, indoor climate control systems for livestock, indoor air quality |
| Green, Angela - Assistant Professor |
| Schideman, Lance - Assistant Professor |
Wang, Xinlei - Associate Professor
Emission control and air quality, renewable energy |
Zhang, Yuanhui - Professor and Acting Associate Department Head Indoor air quality, effect of indoor air quality on occupants, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning control, waste treatment |
| Biological Engineering |
Bhalerao, Kaustubh - Assistant Professor Biological nanotechnology, probabilistic analysis |
| Danao, Grace - Assistant Professor |
Rodriguez, Luis - Assistant Professor Modeling and analysis of biological systems, reliability and sustainability, decision support and life support |
| Food and Bioprocess Engineering |
Eckhoff, Steven - Professor Corn fractionation, wet milling, dry milling, ethanol production |
Paulsen, Marvin - Professor Emeritus Grain quality, NIR process measurements |
Rausch, Kent - Associate Professor Bioprocess research for improved coproduct quality |
Singh, Vijay - Associate Professor Engineering economic analysis and modeling of bioprocess, design of processes for corn fractionation |
| Off-Road Equipment Engineering |
Aherin, Robert - Professor Agricultural safety and health |
Bode, Loren - Professor Spray atomization, transport and deposition; spray nozzle design; spray drift reduction |
Grift, Tony - Associate Professor
Advanced machinery for biosystems applications |
Hansen, Alan - Associate Professor Biofuels and machine systems engineering |
Harper, Joe - Professor Technical systems management |
Tian, Lei - Associate Professor Sensors and information systems for precision agriculture, remote sensing |
Zhang, Qin - Associate Professor Off-road vehicle mechatronics and agricultural infotronics |
| Soil and Water Resources Engineering |
Cooke, Richard - Associate Professor Subsurface drainage, modeling of watershed-scale drainage systems |
Hirschi, Michael - Professor and Interim Assistant Dean - Academic Programs, College of Engineering Erosion and sedimentation / water quality |
Kalita, Prasanta - Professor, Soil & Water Resources Engineering and University Distinguished Teacher Scholar Hydrology, watershed quality, modeling erosion and sediment control |
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| Staff |
| Black, Jennie - Acct Tech I |
| Fonner, Robin - Administrative Secretary |
| Mohr, Dennis - Technical Assistant |
| Schultze, Mary - Staff Secretary |
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| Academic Staff |
| Bretthauer, Scott - Extension Specialist, PSEP |
| Davis, Jay - Research Specialist, Remote sensing and geographic information systems |
| Fonner, Randy - Extension Specialist, CLM |
| Ford, Steve - Research Engineer, Agricultural ventilation fan testing |
| Hall, Molly - Executive Director, Illinois Electric Council/Safe Electricity |
| Kimme, Duane - Extension Assistant, Water Quality Lab |
| Nelshoppen, Tom - Research Programmer |
| Petrea, (Chip) Robert - Principal Research Specialist in Agriculture |
| Pruiett, Larry - Senior Research Specialist |
| Reinke, Beth - Webmaster |
| Robert, Matt - Research Engineer |
| Su, Jingwei - Research Specialist |
| Sullivan, Ronda - Assistant to the Head |
| Sun, Yigang - Senior Research Engineer |
| Wang, Ping - Research Specialist, Corn wet milling and dry milling processes |
| Xu, Li - Research Specialist |
| Zahos, Stephen C. - Lecturer and Senior Capstone Design Coordinator |
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| Department Affiliates |
| Chen, Shiaoguo Scott - Professional Scientist, IL State Geological Survey |
| Church, John - Extension Educator, Natural Resources Management |
| Czapar, George - Extension Educator, Integrated Pest Management |
| Fandel, Peter - Unit Educator, Crop Systems |
| Feng, Hao - Associate Professor, Food Engineering |
| Frazee, Robert - Extension Educator, Natural Resources Management |
| Friend, Duane - Extension Educator, Natural Resources Management |
| Hudson, Robert - Associate Professor, Aquatic Chemistry & Biogeochemistry |
| Kuhlenschmidt, Mark - Professor and Assistant Department Head, Pathobiology |
| McIsaac, Gregory - Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Management |
| Solomon, Stanley (Jay) - Extension Educator, Engineering Technology |
| Ziles, Julie - Research Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Emeriti Faculty |
| Douglas Bauling, 1963-1996 |
| Douglas Bosworth, 1996-2004 |
| Phil Buriak, 1988-2007 |
| Leslie Christianson, 1984-2007 |
| Richard C. Coddington, 1985-2004 |
| James Curtis, 1948-1985 |
| Donald Day, 1962-1994 |
| Carroll Drablos, 1959-1990 |
| Carroll Goering, 1977-1999 |
| Donnell Hunt, 1960-1996 |
| Benjamin Jones, 1952-1992 |
| Walter Lembke, 1968-1987 |
| J. Kent Mitchell, 1964-2000 |
| Arthur Muehling, 1956-1992 |
| Elwood Olver, 1960-1982 |
| Marvin Paulsen, 1975-2006 |
| William Peterson, 1978-1995 |
| Hoyle Puckett, 1955-1985 |
| Errol Rodda, 1968-1993 |
| John Siemens, 1957-1998 |
| Mike Tumbleson |
| Howard Wakeland, 1951-1993 |
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