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Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Four winners pose for picture, three in person, one on-screen.

May 4, 2022

College honors four with Outstanding Senior Awards

Four seniors in the College of Engineering received 2022 Outstanding Senior Awards for their exceptional contributions to NC State and beyond in Citizenship and Service, Humanities, Leadership and Scholarly Achievement. Winners received their awards during a special ceremony held at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on NC State’s Centennial Campus on April 26. 

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Apr 27, 2022

NC State announces 2021-22 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

NC State announced its 2021-22 class of Goodnight Early Career Innovators today. This program recognizes and rewards promising NC State early-career faculty whose scholarship is in STEM or STEM education. The 25 faculty selected will receive $22,000 ­for each of the next three years to support their scholarship and research endeavors. 

Group photo of BAE graduate students.

Apr 4, 2022

Biological and Agricultural Engineering graduate programs rank 3rd in the nation

NC State Biological and Agricultural Engineering graduate programs jumped four spots to number three in this year’s U.S. News and World Report rankings of the best graduate schools in the nation.  

hog waste lagoon with swine farm buildings in the background

Feb 14, 2022

Satellite imagery gives researchers timeline of when swine waste lagoons were built

The work allows researchers to determine how these facilities may have affected environmental quality. 

Daniela Jones in cornfield holding an ear of corn.

Jan 11, 2022

Enhancing NC State’s data-driven, climate-smart agriculture talent pool

NC State research assistant professor Daniela Jones is passionate about many things, including finding renewable energy solutions and creating a more diverse workforce for the bioscience and agriculture industries. 

Layla El-Khoury in waders standing in stream next to bank holding a tall measuring stick.

Nov 11, 2021

BAE graduate choreographs dance of thesis on streambank erosion

Layla El-Khoury enjoys solving problems. She also enjoys dancing. An engineering student in the M.S in biological and agricultural engineering program, and undergraduate alumna of the BAE department, she found a way to merge her interests into a choreographed dance piece of her graduate thesis on streambank erosion.  

Oct 28, 2021

Faculty highlights

Six receive NSF CAREER Awards Six faculty members from the College and affiliated engineering departments in other colleges at NC State received Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF CAREER Award is one of the most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty members who exemplify the role of… 

Apr 13, 2013

Evans receives ASCE Tipton Award

Dr. Robert O. Evans, professor and head of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University, has received the 2013 Royce J. Tipton Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 

Sep 13, 2011

Chinn receives A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award from ASABE

Dr. Mari S. Chinn, associate professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University, has received the 2011 A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).