Professor Shawn Ehlers and courtesy Professor Laura Bowling were among those recognized.

Keesling is a master's degree student in Biological Engineering.

"These are cloudless and can be truly internet-less," said Buckmaster. "The information doesn't go to Amazon, Google or anywhere else, but just sits on that device until you download it."

According to Jun Chen, School of Mechanical Engineering, and Lizhi Shang, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, using a turbine is the most effective approach to harvest wind energy and marine hydrokinetic energy. It requires a powertrain system to transmit energy from the turbine to an electric generator.

An alumnus of the Purdue ABE program, Mark Wilkins, has been named head of the Carl and Melinda Helwig Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Kansas State University.

"I was determined to find something that sparked my interest," said Kouame, a senior agricultural systems management major.

He read books and internet articles and watched videos. But it was a podcast called Future of Agriculture that really taught him and sparked his interest.

Carter (ASM '13) and Abby Morgan took different paths to find their love of agriculture. Carter’s started at a young age as the fourth generation on the family farm producing corn, soybeans and wheat. Abby got her start in agriculture by showing sheep as a first-generation member of 4-H. They both attended Purdue University earning degrees in agriculture.

Field says it only takes four or five seconds for a farmer who enters a grain bin with the unloader running to be submerged to the point of becoming helpless.

"It's a waste problem that causes economic, social and environmentally negative impact," said project leader Shweta Singh, professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.