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2023-2024 University Catalog 
    
2023-2024 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (Graduate)


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:

  • Biological Engineering
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
  • Machine Systems Engineering
  • Agricultural Systems, Safety, and Health
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture

    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 thirteen out of the last fourteen years. Excellent facilities and internationally known faculty support an average of 110 graduate students per year.

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

  • Agricultural Safety and Health
  • Bioenergy
  • Biological Engineering
  • Biotechnology Innovation and Regulatory Science (Hybrid delivery MS also available)
  • Environmental and Natural Resources
  • Fluid Power
  • Food Process Engineering
  • Food Safety
  • Machine Systems

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor


R. P. Kingsly Ambrose
Dennis Buckmaster
Natalie Carroll
Keith Cherkauer
Kari Clase
Bernard Engel
William Field
Jane Frankenberger
Margaret Gitau
Konstantina Gkritza
Klein Ileleji
Michael Ladisch
John Lumkes
Nathan Mosier
Ganesan Narsimhan
Jiqin Ni
Martin Okos
D. Marshall Porterfield
Jenna Rickus
Roger Tormoehlen
Andrea Vacca

Associate Professor


Sadegh Dabiri
Meng Deng
Vincent Duffy
Abigail Engelberth
Jian Jin
Dharmendra Saraswat
Shweta Singh
Robert Stwalley

Assistant Professor

Somali Chaterji
Shawn Ehlers
John Evans
Caitlin Proctor
Ankita Raturi
Kurt Ristroph
Lizhi Shang
​Halis Simsek
Mohit Verma

Adjunct Faculty


Indrajeet Chaubey
Dennis Flanagan
Allen Garner
Joseph Irudayaraj
Kevin Keener
Dirk Maier
Sara McMillan
Rabi Mohtar
Kevin Solomon
Mark Williams
Eduardo Ximenes

Courtesy Faculty

Laura Bowling
Jingqiu Chen
Carlos Corvalan
Melba Crawford
Jose Garcia Bravo
Allen Garner
James Krogmeier
Venkatesh Merwade
Brittany Newell
David Umulis
Mark Ward

Programs

    DoctoralMaster’sGraduate Certificate

    Courses

      Agricultural and Biological EngineeringAgricultural Systems Management