Research

Bioprocess Engineering

Publications - 2023

  • Biological Waste Treatment & Valorization
  • Biofuels & Biochemicals Production
  • Metabolic Engineering & Synthetic Biology
  • Lifecycle Assessment
  • Algal-bacteria Bioprocesses
  • Pathogen Detection & Control
  • Biological Materials Preprocessing & Standardization
  • Postharvest Technology
  • Biodegradable & Active Packaging Materials
  • Food & Process Engineering

Related Professors: Sushil Adhikari, Iris Erramuspe, Oladiran Fasina, Brendan Higgins, Hossein JahromiHassan Khodaei JASaravanan Shanmugam, Yifen Wang

Ecological and Water Resources Engineering

Publications - 2023

  • Ecological Engineering
    • Algal Bloom Prevention
    • Systems Modeling
    • Coastal Ecological Engineering
  • Soil & Water Conservation Engineering
    • Aquatic System Engineering
    • Agricultural & Landscape Irrigation
    • Water Quality and Quantity Modeling
    • Erosion & Sedimentation Control
    • Fate & Transport of Nutrients in Environment
    • Watershed Analysis & Management
    • Non-point Source Pollution
    • Wastewater Nutrient Recovery & Management
    • Ecological Waste Treatment
    • Sustainable Water Reuse for Irrigation
  • Climate variability
  • Low Impact Development

Related Professors: David Blersch, Debolina ChakrabortyJon DavisMark DoughertyJasmeet Lamba, Anna Linhoss

Smart Systems for Production Ag & Forestry

Publications - 2023

  • AI-based Imaging Technology for Plant Phenotyping
  • Proximal Soil Moisture Sensing for Precision Irrigation
  • Autonomous Agricultural Robots
  • Precision Agriculture and Forestry
  • Sustainability of Forest Operations

Related Professors: William Batchelor, Timothy McDonald, Tanzeel RehmanGurpreet VirkSimerjeet Virk

Controlled Environment in Agriculture

Publications - 2023

  • Precision Animal Management
  • Smart Poultry & Livestock Housing Systems
  • Smart Horticultural Systems and Greenhouses
  • Recirculating Aquaculture Systems Engineering
  • Water & Energy Conservation in Confined Systems

Related Professors: Jesse CampbellJeremiah DavisCarson EdgeJohn LinhossTanzeel Rehman

Emerging Systems

Publications - 2023

  • Ag Systems Modeling & Data Analytics
  • Renewable Energy in Ag Systems
  • Sustainable, Resilience & Circular Ag Systems

Related Professors: Sushil AdhikariWilliam BatchelorDavid BlerschAnna LinhossTanzeel Rehman

Recent Research News


man types on an advanced manufacturing machine
Auburn expands support for advanced manufacturing
The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will create an Analytical, Innovation and Manufacturing Laboratory to specifically foster workforce development, interdisciplinary collaboration and industry-relevant research and innovation aimed broadly at advanced manufacturing.
6/11/24 9:00 AM
David, who joined the Auburn faculty in 2012, has served as an assistant professor, associate professor and was recently promoted to the rank of full professor.
David named associate dean for research
Allan David has been named associate dean for research for Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Dean Mario Eden.
5/29/24 7:45 AM
Pictured is the Shelby Center for Engineering Technology on Auburn's campus.
Graduate School honors 28 students from Auburn Engineering
More than 20 engineering graduate students were recognized at the annual Auburn University Graduate School awards ceremony, Friday, April 26, in the Melton Student Center Ballroom.
4/30/24 9:45 AM
Students in the Auburn University Biomechanical Engineering Lab (AUBE Lab) capture the movements of Madelyn Ho, a performer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company.
AUBE Lab collaborates with world-famous dance company
Thanks to Auburn Engineering, one of the best modern dance ensembles in the world might now be even better.  On Monday, in advance of the Paul Taylor Dance Company's Tuesday night performance at the Gogue Performing Arts Center, students in the Auburn Biomechanical Engineering (AUBE) Lab mapped the movements of three of the company's dancers via motion capture technology.
4/16/24 3:00 PM
Manish Sakhakarmy at the 2023 ASABE Annual International Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.
BSE doctoral student's presentation on bio-resin places first at ASABE
Auburn's Department of Biosystems Engineering shows no signs of changing its award-winning ways for the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The most recent example? Doctoral student Manish Sakhakarmy, whose oral presentation on the pyrolysis of Douglas firs, eucalyptus and poplar trees for novolac resin production recently placed first in the oral / poster competition at the ASABE Annual International Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.  
2/19/24 4:15 PM