Biological Systems Engineering

The Quarter Scale Team Weighing in Prior to the First Pull
The Quarter Scale Team Weighing in Prior to the First Pull

Quarter Scale at UNL is #1

From Joe Luck: "On behalf of the faculty advisors, I’m happy to report (once again) some outstanding results from our ¼ Scale Tractor Team competition in 2017.

This year, the A-Team finished 3rd overall in a very tight competition behind Purdue (first time champions) and South Dakota State. Continue reading…

 

ASABE Superior Paper Recipients for 2017

John Gilley and Joe LuckCongratulations are in order for that John Gilley and Joe Luck, who were awarded Superior Paper Awards from the ASABE!

John Gilley's paper was entitled, “Removal of Cattle Manure Constituents in Runoff from No-Till Cropland as Affected by Setback Distance."

Joe Luck's paper was entitled, “Recalibr Continue reading…

 

Congratulations to Sibel Irmak and Mark Wilkins!

Sibel Irmak and Mark WilkinsOn June 7, the Nebraska Corn Board awarded two Industrial Agricultural Products Center (IAPC) researchers grants for research projects seeking to develop new uses for corn. Dr. Mark Wilkins, Professor of Biological Systems Engineering and Food Science and Technology and the Director of the IAPC Continue reading…

 

Welcome to Burdette Barker!

Burdette BarkerMany of you already know Burdette, but did you know that he is now in a new role here at BSE? Burdette began as a postdoc researcher.

 

Congratulations to Stuart Nelson!

Dr. Stuart O. Nelson, of Athens, GA, was honored with the prestigious Career Excellence Award at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference in Torino, Italy, May 22-25. The award is sponsored by the Instrumentatio Continue reading…

 

From the Business Center...

Kudos to BSE faculty for taking the proactive approach this Year End. You have been contacting the business center (Juliet) to close out your accounts for the year, to reconcile accounts, to ensure deficit balances are taken care of. Let’s continue on this trend for a successful year end. For tho... Continue reading…

 

Upcoming Events

6/14: BSE Faculty Meeting, 10 am in 229 Chase
6/25-6/28: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference
7/16-7/19: 2017 ASABE Annual International Meeting

 

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Originally published June 13, 2017 - Submit an Item