Rackliffe studies the biological process that produces renewable natural gas from microbial decomposition of organic matter like manure, food waste and industry waste.

Just three years out of school, Chloe Richard, Horticultural Crop Research Manager at the Meigs facility, is the youngest person profiled to date in the Behind the Research series.

Todd Chermak thought there ought to be a structured way to lay groundwork that could smooth and help accelerate the transition, and that Purdue University, with a strong industrial pharmacy program, was the place to do it.

For over two decades, Roger Tormoehlen and William Field, both professors of agricultural and biological engineering, have addressed this vital issue with their Gearing Up for Safety curriculum.

"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."

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.