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Biological Systems Engineering

Graduate Program Summary

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Graduate Degrees Offered

M.S. in Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering
M.S. in Mechanized Systems Management.
Ph.D. through the Unified Ph.D. Program in Engineering with a specialization in Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering
Specializations - what's a specialization?
  • Water Resources Planning and Management (also available as a minor)
  • Environmental Studies
Areas of Study
  • Biological Engineering
  • Bioenergy
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioprocess Engineering
  • Ecosystems Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanized Systems Management
  • Site-Specific Crop Management
  • Water Resources Engineering



  

Biological Systems Engineering

Application Checklist and Deadlines

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Required by Biological Systems Engineering

  • Entrance exam(s):
    International applicants:  GRE
    Applicants from non-equivalent majors:  GRE
    Otherwise:  None
  • Minimum TOEFL:  Paper-550  Internet-80
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Letter of interest
  • Use GAMES for online submission of materials (Ph.D. only)

Application Deadline

   Rolling admissions. Applications are reviewed monthly.

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Description of Program

The Department of Biological Systems Engineering offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Science in agricultural and biological systems engineering and mechanized systems management. The department participates in the unified Ph.D. in engineering with a specialization in agricultural and biological systems engineering. The department also cooperates in Master of Science programs in environmental engineering and the unified Ph.D. in biomedical engineering.

Graduate study may be directed toward agricultural power and machinery systems, animal waste management, animal well-being, biomedical engineering, bioprocessing, computer applications, control systems, decision support systems, environmental engineering, food process engineering, geographic information systems, global positioning systems, ground and surface water management, irrigation system design, materials handling and processing systems, monitoring and controlling biological systems, plant environment, risk assessment, soil and water conservation, solid and hazardous waste management, water quality, and other areas of engineering science and design.

Students have access to state-of-the-art research facilities and equipment. These facilities include 15 laboratories in L. W. Chase Hall, Splinter Laboratories Building, and IAPC Pilot Plant. Field research sites in Nebraska include the Rogers Memorial Farm and Agricultural Research and Development Center in Lincoln; Haskell Agricultural Laboratory near Concord, Nebraska; and Research and Extension Centers at North Platte and Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Together these facilities capture the wide range of climate, soil, and cropping systems that exist in the state.

 

Graduate Bulletin

The Graduate Bulletin provides course descriptions, program requirements, and more:

Faculty and Research

Viacheslav Adamchuk Precision Agriculture
Gregory Bashford Biomedical Imaging; Noninvasive Blood Flow Velocity Measurement; DNA Sequencing Instrumentation
Tami Brown-Brandl Livestock Environment
     Adjunct Faculty
Bruce Dvorak Small System Drinking Water Issues; Applied Pollution Prevention
Roger Eigenberg Livestock Environment
     Adjunct Faculty
Dean Eisenhauer Hydrologic and Irrigation Engineering; Infiltration; Overland and Vadose Zone Flow
Thomas Franti Surface Water Quality Engineering; Surface Water Management
John Gilley Soil and Water Conservation Engineering; Land Application of Manure; Surface Hydrology and Water Quality
     Adjunct Faculty
Milford Hanna Value-Added Process Engineering; Physical Properties of Food
F. John Hay Energy; Biofuels
Roger Hoy Machine Performance
Suat Irmak Land and Water Resources Engineering
Erkan Istanbulluoglu Surface Hydrology; Ecohydrology Modeling; Surficial Processes; Landscape Evolution
David Jones Risk Assessment and Modeling
Deepak Keshwani Bioenergy Systems; Bioprocess Modeling
Michael Kocher Sensors and Controls
William Kranz Irrigation Engineering
Adam Liska Biofuels; Life Cycle Assessment; Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Derrel Martin Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering
George Meyer Sensors and Machine Vision
Jack Nienaber Livestock Environment
     Adjunct Faculty
Shadi Othman Biomedical Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Elastography; Soft Tissue Mechanobiology
Angela Pannier Biomaterials; Nonviral Gene Delivery; Tissue Engineering
Jack Schinstock Engine Power Systems
Dennis Schulte Air Pollution; Nonpoint Source Pollution Control; Animal Waste Management
David Shelton Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
John Smith Machinery Management
Richard Stowell Animal Housing Systems; Odor and Gas Emissions; Heat Stress Abatement
Jeyamkondan Subbiah Hyperspectral Imaging and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Systems
Simon van Donk Water Resources; Irrigation; Evapotranspiration
Curtis Weller Food and Bioproducts Engineering; Value-Added Processing; Biopolymeric Films
Wayne Woldt Groundwater Engineering and Management; Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment; Odor Management
Bryan Woodbury Environmental Engineering
     Adjunct Faculty
Yiqi Yang Biomaterials; Biotextiles; Polymer and Fiber Sciences; Textile Chemistry and Wet Processing
Ron Yoder Crop Water Use; Vadose Zone Transport of Water and Solutes
C. Dean Yonts Irrigation Engineering
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