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Professors
Name | Project Role | Institution | Discipline | |
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Rakesh Agrawal | Director | Purdue University | Chemical Engineering | |
Mitch Tuinstra | Co-Director | Purdue University | Agronomy | |
Peter Bermel | Thrust Lead | Purdue University | Electrical Engineering | |
Sylvie Brouder | Thrust Co-Lead | Purdue University | Agronomy | |
Nathalie Duval-Couetil | Chair, Assessment & Dev. Committee | Purdue University | Entrepreneurship and Innovation | |
Margaret Gitau | Thrust Lead | Purdue University | Agricultural and Biological Engineering | |
Michael Harris | Chair, DERR Board & Thrust Co-lead |
Purdue University | Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Education | |
Juan Sesmero | Thrust Lead | Purdue University | Agricultural Economics | |
Aavudai Anandhi Swamy | Site Leader & Thrust Co-Lead |
Florida A&M University |
Biological Systems Engineering | |
Gang Chen | Florida A&M University |
Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Staff
Name | Project Role | Institution | |
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Melissa LaGuire | Program Coordinator | Purdue University | |
Chris Murray | Project Manager | Purdue University |
Graduate Student Trainees
Name | Institution | Discipline | |
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Elizabeth Grubbs | Purdue University | Electrical Engineering | |
Shelby Gruss | Purdue University | Agronomy | |
Val Z. Schull | Purdue University | Agricultural and Biological Engineering | |
David Rokke | Purdue University | Chemical Engineering | |
Kyle Weideman | Purdue University | Chemical Engineering | |
Jonathan Turnley | Purdue University | Chemical Engineering | |
Apurva Pradhan | Purdue University | Chemical Engineering | |
Anna Murray | Purdue University | Chemical Engineering | |
Chloe Henson | Purdue University | Agricultural Economics | |
Daniel Hayes | Purdue University | Chemical Engineering | |
Robert Spilker | Purdue University | Chemical Engineering | |
Ryan Swope | Purdue University | Chemical Engineering |
Graduate Student Associates
Name | Institution | Discipline | |
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Varsha | Purdue University | Chemical Engineering |
NRT Team Alumni
Name | Institution | Discipline | Current Activity | |
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Ryan Ellis | Purdue University | Chemical Engineering | Senior Scientist I at AbbVie | |
Yiru Li | Purdue University | Chemical Engineering | Process Research Engineer at Sinopec | |
Allison Perna | Purdue University | Electrical Engineering | Graduate Research Intern at National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
Advisory Boards
External Advisory Board
Naoki Abe | IBM |
Klaus Koehler | Corteva |
Timothy Hebrink | 3M |
William Tumas | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
Erick Fernandes | The World Bank |
Don Villwock | Villwock Farms |
Internal Advisory Board
Melba Crawford | Purdue University |
Tomas Diaz de la Rubia | Purdue University |
Bernie Engel | Purdue University |
Carol Handwerker | Purdue University |
Sangtae Kim | Purdue University |
Karen Plaut | Purdue University |
Ronald Turco | Purdue University |
Timothy Moore | Florida A&M University |
Robert Taylor | Florida A&M University |
David Jackson | Florida A&M University |
Carl Goodman | Florida A&M University |
Diversity, Engagement, Retention, and Recruitment Board
Michael Harris (Chair) | Purdue University |
Pamala Morris | Purdue University |
Virginia Womack | Purdue University |
Beth Holloway | Purdue University |
Audeen Fentiman | Purdue University |
Linda S. Lee | Purdue University |
Shonda Bernadin | Florida A&M University |
Charmane Caldwell | Florida A&M University |