Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering

	Dr. Brent Auvermann Associate Professor & Extension Specialist Office: Amarillo Phone: (806) 677-5600 E-mail: b-auvermann@tamu.edu Research Interests: Environmental quality (air and water pollution) and manure management associated with confined livestock production.
	Dr. Sergio Capareda Assistant Professor Office: 303D Scoates Phone: (979) 458-3028 E-mail: scapareda@tamu.edu
	Dr. Ken Casey Assistant Professor Office: Amarillo Phone: (806) 677-5600 E-mail: kdcasey@ag.tamu.edu Research Interests: Characterization and mitigation of gaseous and odor emissions from intensive livestock operations. Assessment of environmental impact of intensive livestock facilities.
	Dr. Elena Castell-Perez, P.E. Professor Office: 306C Scoates Phone: (979) 862-7645 E-mail: ecastell@tamu.edu Research Interests: Characterization of food and biological materials, biomass pretreatments for bioenergy, food rheology, smart packaging systems, food safety technologies including irradiation and active packaging.
	Dr. Chester Darcey Associate Professor Office: 205C P&M Phone: (979) 845-7634 E-mail: c-darcey@tamu.edu
	Dr. Bill Dugas Professor & Associate Director - Opertations TAES Office: 113 Jack Williams Admin. Bldg. Phone: (979) 862-6712 E-mail: w-dugas@tamu.edu
	Dr. Juan Enciso Associate Professor & Extension Specialist Office: Weslaco Phone: (956) 968-5581 E-mail: j-enciso@tamu.edu
	Dr. Cady Engler, P.E. Professor Office: 303I Scoates Phone: (979) 845-3685 E-mail: c-engler@tamu.edu
	Dr. Guy Fipps, P.E. Professor & Extension Agricultural Engineer Office: 207B Scoates Phone: (979) 845-7454 E-mail: g-fipps@tamu.edu Research Interests: Regional water planning, transboundary water issues, irrigation technologies, irrigation scheme (district) management and rehabilitation, pumping plant efficiency and testing, salinity and water management. Weather stations and ET networks.
	Dr. James Gilley, P.E. Professor Office: 311 Scoates Phone: (979) 458-1428 E-mail: gilley@tamu.edu
	Dr. Yongheng Huang, P.E. Assistant Professor Office: 303E Scoates Phone: (979) 862-8031 E-mail: yhuang@tamu.edu Research Interests: Membrane technology for water treatment; environmental remediation technology; the movement of waterborne contaminants in surface and subsurface environments.
	Dr. Fouad Jaber Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist Office: Dallas Phone: (972) 952-9264 E-mail: f-jaber@tamu.edu Research Interests: Integrated water resources management with specific concentration on watershed management programs; evaluation of stream processes and hydraulics to foster implementation of stream restoration programming.
	Dr. R. Karthikeyan Assistant Professor Office: 306A Scoates Phone: (979) 845-7951 E-mail: karthi@tamu.edu Research Interests: Fate, transport, and removal of contaminants in soil and water. Applications of GIS.
	Dr. Armen Kemanian Assistant Professor Office: Blackland Research Center Phone: (254) 774-6107 E-mail: armen@brc.tamus.edu
	Dr. Ann Kenimer, P.E. Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Operations Office: 303G Scoates Phone: (979) 845-3677 E-mail: a-kenimer@tamu.edu
	Dr. Ron Lacey, P.E. Professor Office: 302A Scoates Phone: (979) 845-3967 E-mail: ron-lacey@tamu.edu Research Interests: Engineering for applications to controlled environmental life support systems including maintanance of temperature, humidity, concentrations of atmospheric gases, and air quality.
	Dr. Bruce Lesikar, P.E. Professor, Extension Specialist, Associate Department Head & Extension Program Leader Office: 301E Scoates Phone: (979) 845-7453 E-mail: b-lesikar@tamu.edu
	Dr. Binayak Mohanty Professor Office: 301C Scoates Phone: (979) 458-4421 E-mail: bmohanty@tamu.edu
	Dr. Rosana Moreira, P.E. Professor Office: 310 Scoates Phone: (979) 847-8794 E-mail: rmoreira@tamu.edu Research Interests: Fundamental modeling and automatic control of food processing systems, food dehydration (impingement drying), extrusion, deep-fat frying (vacuum frying), biomass pretreatment for bioenergy, food irradiation (Monte Carlo & dose distribution).
	Dr. Saqib Mukhtar, P.E. Associate Professor & Extension Specialist Office: 207A Scoates Phone: (979) 458-1019 E-mail: mukhtar@tamu.edu Research Interests: Assessment of technologies to reduce manure nutrient pollution, assessment of nutrient loss in runoff, animal mortality management, manure characterization for energy production, gaseous emission and aeration for odor control.
	Dr. Clyde Munster, P.E. Professor Office: 127 Hobgood Phone: (979) 847-8793 E-mail: c-munster@tamu.edu Research Interests: GIS-based computer modeling of chemical transport through the soil, surface runoff and ground water at the watershed scale supported by field studies and laboratory experiments.
	Mr. Leon New Professor & Extension Agricultural Engineer Office: Amarillo Phone: (806) 677-5600 E-mail: lnew@tamu.edu
	Dr. Zivko Nikolov Dow Chemical Professor Office: 303F Scoates Phone: (979) 458-0763 E-mail: znikolov@tamu.edu
	Dr. Calvin Parnell, P.E. Regents Professor, Cotton Chair Office: 207D Scoates Phone: (979) 845-3985 E-mail: c-parnell@tamu.edu
	Dr. Dana Porter Associate Professor & Extension Specialist Office: Lubbock Phone: (806) 746-6101 E-mail: d-porter@tamu.edu
	Dr. Gerald Riskowski, P.E. Professor & Department Head Office: 201 Scoates Phone: (979) 845-3940 E-mail: riskowski@tamu.edu Research Interests: Controlled environment agriculture—providing appropriate environments for cost-effective production of high quality plant and animal products with minimum inputs and minimum undesirable outputs.
	Dr. Wes Rosenthal Associate Professor Office: Blackland Research Center Phone: (254) 774-6038 E-mail: rosenth@brc.tamus.edu Research Interests: Crop simulation modeling and applications of hydrologic models.
	Dr. Steve Searcy, P.E. Professor & Associate Department Head Office: 201 Scoates Phone: (979) 845-3668 E-mail: s-searcy@tamu.edu
	Dr. Bryan Shaw Associate Professor Office: 303C Scoates Phone: (979) 845-9793 E-mail: bshaw@tamu.edu Research Interests: Air Quality (Pollution abatement, Emission factors, Dispersion modeling) Indoor Air Quality (Environmental control, Ventilation, Measurement and control of air contaminants)
	Dr. Zhuping Sheng, P.E. Assistant Professor Office: El Paso Phone: (915) 859-9111 E-mail: z-sheng@tamu.edu Research Interests: Surface water and groundwater hydrology, transboundary water resources management, aquifer storage and recovery system, and aquifer mechanics.
	Dr. Vijay Singh, P.E. Professor, Caroline & William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Office: 321 Scoates Phone: (979) 845-7028 E-mail: vsingh@tamu.edu Research Interests: Water Engineering, Surface and Subsurface Hydrology, Groundwater Hydrology, Water Quality Modeling, Stochastic Hydrology, Watershed Modeling, Irrigation Hydraulics, Entropy Theory, Dam Breach Modeling, Open Channel hydraulics
	Dr. Patricia Smith Associate Professor Office: 302B Scoates Phone: (979) 845-3630 E-mail: patti-smith@tamu.edu Research Interests: Hydrologic modeling, particularly land use and land cover effects on hydrologic processes at different temporal and spatial scales. Development of TMDLs for bacterial impairment of streams.
	Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan Professor, Director for Spatial Science Laboratory Office: Ecosystem Science & Management Department Phone: (979) 845-5069 E-mail: r-srinivasan@tamu.edu
	Mr. Greg Stark, P.E. Lecturer Office: 306B Scoates Phone: (979) 845-3949 E-mail: g-stark@tamu.edu
	Dr. Ruixiu Sui Research Associate Professor Office: 203B Scoates Phone: (979) 845-7681 E-mail: rsui@tamu.edu Research Interests: Sensors and controls, cotton engineering, bioenergy feedstock handling and processing.
	Dr. John Sweeten, P.E. Professor & Resident Director Office: Amarillo Phone: (806) 677-5600 E-mail: j-sweeten@tamu.edu
	Dr. J. Alex Thomasson, P.E. Professor Office: 207E Scoates Phone: (979) 458-3598 E-mail: thomasson@tamu.edu Research Interests: Cotton engineering, precision agriculture, remote sensing, sensor development, bioenergy, identity preservation.
	Dr. Xiuying Wang Research Assistant Professor Office: Blackland Research Center Phone: (254) 774-6105 E-mail: swang@brc.tamus.edu Research Interests: Development and application of biophysical models to agro-ecosystems, hydrologic and environmental impact assessment of agricultural and natural resource management.

	Dr. Michael Buser Adjunct Professor Office: USDA-ARS Lubbock Phone: (806) 746-5353 E-mail: mbuser@lbk.ars.usda.gov Research Interests: Air Quality (pollution abatement, emission factors, dispersion modeling, and sampling techniques); Indoor Air Quality (environmental control, ventilation, measurement and control of air contaminants).
	Dr. R. Nolan Clark Adjunct Professor Office: USDA-ARS Bushland Phone: (806) 356-5726 E-mail: rnclark@cprl.ars.usda.gov
	Dr. Paul Colaizzi Adjunct Professor Office: USDA-ARS Bushland Phone: (806) 356-5763 E-mail: pcolaizzi@cprl.ars.usda.gov Research Interests: Remote sensing and modeling of evapotranspiration at spatial scales ranging from within agricultural fields to entire regions, with emphasis on irrigation and water resources management. Energy balance of the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
	Dr. Brad Fritz Adjunct Professor Office: USDA Annex Phone: (979) 260-9227 E-mail: bfritz@apmru.usda.gov Research Interests: Optimization of aerially applied spray, Meteorological and operational parameter influences on the deposition and ultimate fate or aerial sprays; Mass balance/mass accountability of aerial spray applications.
	Dr. Prasanna Gowda Adjunct Professor Office: USDA-ARS Bushland Phone: (806) 356-5730 E-mail: pgowda@cprl.ars.usda.gov Research Interests: Hydrologic and water quality modeling. Regional evapotranspiration mapping. Application of remote sensing and GIS for water resources management.
	Dr. Daren Harmel Adjunct Professor Office: USDA-ARS Temple Phone: (254) 770-6521 E-mail: dharmel@spa.ars.usda.gov Research Interests: Hydrology and water quality data collection methodology and associated uncertainty. Impacts of landuse and management on runoff and water quality.
	Dr. W. Clint Hoffmann Adjunct Professor Office: USDA Annex Phone: (979) 260-9351 E-mail: choffmann@tamu.edu Research Interests: Effects of spray formulations on atomization, atmospheric transport of spray droplets, vector control, and development of a spray system for an autonomous aircraft.
	Dr. Terry Howell, P.E. Adjunct Professor Office: USDA-ARS Bushland Phone: (806) 356-5726 E-mail: tahowell@cprl.ars.usda.gov Research Interests: Efficient use of water in irrigated agriculture: 1) Sprinkler Irrigation; 2) Microirrigation; 3) Evapotranspiration; 4) Lysimeters; 5) Irrigation Scheduling; 6) Crop Growth Models; 7) Micrometeorology; 8) Weather Networks; and 9) Water Quality.
	Dr. Yubin Lan Adjunct Professor Office: USDA-ARS-SPARC-APMRU Phone: (979) 260-3759 E-mail: yubin.lan@ars.usda.gov Research Interests: Precision agriculture in aerial application: 1) Sensor and controls development; 2) Remote sensing/GIS/GPS; 3) Precision pest management decision system; 4) Remote sensing with crop modeling; 5) Multisensor data fusion; 6) Electronic nose/biosensor.
	Dr. David Parker, P.E. Adjunct Associate Professor Office: West Texas A&M, Canyon Phone: (806) 651-5281 E-mail: dparker@mail.wtamu.edu Research Interests: Environmental engineering and waste management research and teaching related to concentrated animal feeding operations, food processing, and other industrial activities in the Texas Panhandle.
	Dr. Russell Persyn, P.E. Adjunct Professor Office: South Dakota State University Phone: (605) 688-5144 E-mail: russell.persyn@sdstate.edu
	Dr. Mohan Rao Adjunct Professor Office: Frito-Lay, Dallas Phone: (972) 334 4258 E-mail: mohan.rao@fritolay.com Research Interests: Rheology of Foods with special emphasis on extrusion, mathematical modeling of fluid flow during transient heat transfer, alternate novel dehydration technologies for manufacturing healthy fruit and vegetable snacks.
	Dr. George Sabbagh Adjunct Professor Office: Bayer Corp, Stillwell, KS Phone: (913) 433-5371 E-mail: george.sabbagh@bayer.com
	Dr. Michael Topor Adjunct Professor Office: Frito-Lay, Dallas Phone: (972) 334-4379 E-mail: mike.topor@fritolay.com