The department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering lost a motivating force and a valued friend with the death of Dr. Kamyar Haghighi, professor, founding head of the School of Engineering Education (2004-2010), and a national force for engineering education reform, on May 9, 2011.

Associate Professor John Lumkes, Jr., was recognized for his teaching excellence with the Murphy Award.

Two of our ABE grad students are featured in this version of Five Students Who...

Dr. Jiqin Ni (pronounced Jee-chin Nee) has accepted the new ABE extension and research position in livestock and rural waste systems engineering.

Benjamin Daily of Hope, Ind., is this year's Outstanding Junior.

At the Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, April 8, 2011. Faculty promotions were approved. ABE is delighted to have two faculty members included in the promotions.

The long-awaited new ABE building is finally underway! With the construction beginning south of the building on the new Life Sciences building, both the ABE shop and the Central Machine Shop would be displaced. ADM has partnered with the University to build an innovative building with classroom, laboratory, and shop space.

Once again, for the third year in a row, the graduate program in the Agricultural & Biological Engineering department is ranked #1 by US News & World Report.

One of our Biological Engineering students, Emilia Czyszczon, is featured in the news Five Students Who... series. Well done, Emilia!