November 9, 2021

Ag-Eng Day: Strengthening Interdisciplinary Collaborations between the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering

Event Date: November 9, 2021
Time: 2:30 – 4:00 pm EDT
Location: STEW 218
Priority: No
School or Program: College of Engineering
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The Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering are celebrating nine collaborative projects jointly funded by the Colleges. At the Ag-Eng Day: Strengthening Interdisciplinary Collaborations between the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering showcase, College of Engineering Dean Mung Chiang will present opening remarks and College of Agriculture Dean Karen Plaut will present closing remarks.

Two rounds of competitive research proposals (2018 and 2020) were supported with $50,000 each for the 1-year projects. The studies ranged from basic/fundamental to applied research/extension. The only restriction was that the projects be co-led by a faculty member from each College who had not previously worked together, or who were collaborating in a significantly new and novel project. The collaborative projects had been preceded by matchmaking “lightning-round” talks focusing on central themes and challenges outlined in Ag-Eng retreats.

The presentations will highlight accomplishments due to the cross-college collaboration, impacts and outcomes of the effort, and the potential for advancing the project through grant agency funding or commercialization.

A third round of Ag-Eng competitive research proposals is anticipated to be launched in January, 2022.

The 2021 Ag-Eng showcase will be recorded and made available for viewing.

The projects, recipients and presenters(*) include:

  • Mechanistic Modeling of Inulin Consumption by Microbial Communities, *Stephen Lindemann (FS) and Doraiswami Ramkrishna (ChE)
  • Food Handling Safety Assessment Using Video Analytics, *Amy Reibman (ECE) and Amanda Deering (FS)
  • Diagnosing Bovine Respiratory Disease in Feedlots and in Clinics, *Timothy Johnson (AnSci), Mohit Verma (ABE), and Jennifer Koziol (VetMed)
  • Improving Animal Welfare through Advancing Biomechanics: Keel bone fracture in egg-laying hens, *Thomas Siegmund (ME) and Darrin Karcher (AnSci)
  • Development of an automated tar spot quantification system to assess epidemics based on RGB imaging and statistical analysis, Christian Cruz (BOT) and Ed Delp (ECE), *Da-Young Lee (Postdoc)
  • Bio-electro-atomic Hybrid Tech for the Circular Ag-Economy of Phosphorus: Clean Water, Grow Food, Save Energy, *David Warsinger (ME), Shweta Singh (ABE), and Jiqin Ni (ABE)
  • Probing Phenylpropanoid Metabolism with Fluorescent Nanoparticles, *Jong Hyun Choi (ME)
  • Clint Chapple (BCHM)
  • New Tools for Image Based Quantification of Disease Traits in Tomato, *Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi (BOT) and Ed Delp (ECE)
  • Plasma Production of Nitrate Fertilizer for Agriculture, Sergey Macheret (AAE) and Tony Vyn (AGRY)