High impact research to sustain life
FABE is leading the way to solve local and global challenges.
Research is an integral part of FABE and our students’ education. Through research, our goal is to improve the lives of people, businesses and communities. Our faculty, staff researchers, graduate students and undergraduate students work on projects including basic and applied research funded by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), competitive grants and partnerships with industry. FABE faculty experts conduct research on a wide array of topics.
Research focus areas
Topics of research
- Construction safety
- Occupational safety and health
- Rural sanitation
- Safety and health on farms
Faculty experts
- Victoria Chen
- Dee Jepsen
- Karen Mancl
- Lingying Zhao
Topics of research
- Biochemical conversion
- Biofuels
- Biomass preprocessing and upgrading
- Feedstock harvest and post-harvest logistics
- Hydrothermal conversion
- Renewable and recyclable polymers
- Lignocellulosic pretreatment and fermentation
- Natural rubber extraction and purification
Faculty experts
- Fred Michel
- Judit Puskas
- Ajay Shah
Topics of research
- Agricultural air emissions
- Air, soil and water quality
- Climate change abatement
- Composting
- Ecological engineering
- Energy engineering and sustainable buildings
- Green infrastructure and stormwater management
- Life cycle assessment
- Techno-economic analysis
- Waste and wastewater management
Faculty experts
- Victoria Chen
- Jordan Clark
- Darren Drewry
- Karen Mancl
- Jay Martin
- Fred Michel
- Lorrayne Miralha
- Ajay Shah
- Vinayak Shedekar
- Cherish Vance
- Ryan Winston
- Jonathan Witter
- Lingying Zhao
Topics of research
- Food process engineering — process design and development
- Nonthermal and high-pressure process engineering
- Superheated steam for dry food processing plant sanitation
- Treatment of food processing wastewater
Faculty experts
- Jen-Yi Huang
- Gonul Kaletunc
- Sudhir Sastry
Topics of research
- Controlled environments
- Digital agriculture
- Precision agricultural chemical application
- Urban alternative agriculture production systems
Faculty experts
- Darren Drewry
- John Fulton
- Sami Khanal
- Peter Ling
- Erdal Ozkan
- Scott Shearer
- Lingying Zhao
- Heping Zhu
Undergraduate research
Explore research in our Department, and its potential impact on your life, by exploring our research focus areas. Undergraduate students are encouraged to get involved in research by contacting their faculty advisor or one of the listed faculty experts in the above focus areas. Students also participate in research experiences in other departments or colleges, which can be found through university-wide research postings and the College of Engineering undergraduate student research placement tool.
Proposal development
The Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE) offers services to assist researchers through any or all stages of the proposal preparation process. We’re always happy to tailor these services to meet your specific proposal preparation needs. If you require proposal preparation services that aren’t listed, please feel free to contact our office to discuss how we may best assist you.
As the grant environment becomes more competitive and reviewers more demanding, it becomes increasingly important to allocate ample time to the proposal development process. Indeed, even strong proposals can benefit from the objective feedback of professional editors. Such feedback can prove especially useful when it can be given over multiple iterations of a proposal draft; allowing yourself time to consider feedback gives you the opportunity to further clarify your ideas, and to communicate those ideas in the most captivating and convincing way possible. For this reason, we encourage you to contact us as early in the proposal planning and preparation process as possible.