Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (Graduate)

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Website URL:

https://engineering.purdue.edu/ABE/foryou/graduate

Department/School Head:

Nathan S. Mosier

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. programs are offered in the following areas:

• Agricultural and Biological Engineering
• Agricultural Systems Management
• Biological Engineering and Technology
• Biological and Food Process Engineering
• Biotechnology Innovation and Regulatory Science (Hybrid MS also available)
• Ecological Sciences and Engineering
• Fluid Power (Engineering)
  
  The Purdue University Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering is consistently ranked among the top in the nation. In fact, our graduate program has been ranked #1 by US News & World Report for 10 of the past 11 years. Innovative research in the department focuses on the application of engineering principles to biological systems, resulting in the creation of new products and practices that improve the quality of human life.

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

• Agricultural Safety and Health
• Bioenergy
• Biological Engineering
• Biotechnology Innovation and Regulatory Science
• Environmental and Natural Resources
• Fluid Power
• Food Process Engineering
• Food Safety
• Machine Systems

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

Dennis Buckmaster
Natalie Carroll
Kari Clase
Bernard Engel
William Field
Jane Frankenberger
Konstantina Gkritza
Albert Heber
Klein Ileleji
Michael Ladisch
John Lumkes
Nathan Mosier
Ganesan Narsimhan
Martin Okos
D. Marshall Porterfield
Jenna Rickus
Bernard Tao
Roger Tormoehlen
Andrea Vacca

Associate Professor

Rose Prabin Kinglsy Ambrose
Keith Cherkauer
Vincent Duffy
Abigail Engelberth
Margaret Gitau
Sara McMillan
Jiqin Ni
Dharmendra Saraswat
David Umulis
 

Assistant Professor

Somali Chaterji
Sadegh Dabiri
Meng Deng
Shawn Ehlers
John Evans
Jian Jin
Ankita Raturi
Shweta Singh
Kevin Solomon
Robert Stwalley
Mohit Verma

Adjunct Professor

Laura Bowling
Indrajeet Chaubey
Carlos Corvalan
Dennis Flanagan
William Foley
Jose Garcia
Allen Garner
Joseph Irudayaraj
Kevin Keener
Niaz Latif
Chang Lu
Dirk Maier
Venkatesh Merwade
Rabi Mohtar
Brittany Newell
Gilbert Rochon
Kulamullaparambath Sudheer
Wilfred Vermerris
Mark Williams

Programs

• Agricultural & Biological Engineering, PHD

• Agricultural & Biological Engineering, MS
• Agricultural & Biological Engineering, MSABE
• Agricultural & Biological Engineering, MSE

• Hybrid Vehicle Systems ABE Graduate Certificate

Courses

• ABE 50100 - Welding Engineering
• ABE 51100 - Drug Development
• ABE 51200 - Good Regulatory Practices
• ABE 51300 - Quality Management, Audits, Inspections
• ABE 51400 - Documents And Dialogues Of Drug Development And Registration
• ABE 51500 - Molecular Basis Of Manufacturing
• ABE 52200 - Ecohydrology
• ABE 52500 - Irrigation Management And Design
• ABE 52700 - Computer Models In Environmental And Natural Resources Engineering
• ABE 52900 - Nonpoint Source Pollution Engineering
• ABE 53100 - Instrumentation And Data Acquisition
• ABE 54000 - Principles Of Systems & Synthetic Biology
• ABE 54500 - Design Of Off-Highway Vehicles
• ABE 55500 - Biological And Food Processing Unit Operations
• ABE 55600 - Biological And Food Process Design
• ABE 55700 - Transport Operations In Food And Biological Systems II
• ABE 55800 - Process Design For Food And Biological Systems
• ABE 56000 - Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications
• ABE 58000 - Process Engineering Of Renewable Resources
• ABE 59000 - Special Problems
• ABE 59100 - Special Topics
• ABE 62600 - Life Of A Faculty Entrepreneur; Discovery, Delivery, Translation
• ABE 62700 - Colloidal Phenomena In Bioprocessing
• ABE 65100 - Environmental Informatics
• ABE 68000 - Bioseparations And Bioprocess Engineering:Principles, Practice And Economics
• ABE 69100 - Special Topics
• ABE 69400 - Graduate Research Training
• ABE 69600 - Graduate Seminar
• ABE 69700 - Doctoral Professional Development
• ABE 69800 - Research MS Thesis
• ABE 69900 - Research PhD Thesis

• ASM 51000 - Agrosecurity-Emergency Management For Agricultural Production Operations
• ASM 53000 - Power And Machinery Management
• ASM 54000 - Geographic Information System Application
• ASM 55000 - Grain Drying And Storage
• ASM 59000 - Special Problems
• ASM 59100 - Special Topics
• ASM 69800 - Research MS Thesis
• ASM 69900 - ASM Research PhD Thesis

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