Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Contact:
Steve Freeman
106 Industrial Education Building II
515-294-1033
abegradinfo@iastate.edu
Iowa State was the first in the nation to offer an agricultural engineering program in the 20th century. We continue to extend the frontiers of knowledge in the 21st century through a strong graduate program in traditional areas of agricultural engineering and the emerging areas of biological engineering. Join our internationally renowned faculty in fundamental and applied research in the engineering of advanced machinery, animal production systems, environmental stewardship, process engineering and technology, and occupational safety.
Areas of Specialization
- Advanced machinery engineering
- Animal production systems engineering
- Biofuels engineering and technology
- Environmental stewardship engineering
- Industrial and agricultural technology
- Lean systems and quality management
- Manufacturing technology
- Measurements and control systems
- Occupational safety
- Process engineering and technology
- Waste management
- Biorenewable resources and technology (interdepartmental)
- Environmental science (interdepartmental)
- Human-computer interaction (interdepartmental)
- Professional agriculture (interdepartmental)
- Sustainable agriculture (interdepartmental)
- Toxicology (interdepartmental)
Go to the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering homepage
Back to Graduate Programs list
Civil engineering graduate student research informs concrete piling industry