Three bio and ag engineering faculty honored
From Left to Right: Dr. James Young, Dr. Phillip Westerman, and Dr. Robert Evans
The American Society of Agricultural Engineers has honored three faculty members in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE).
Dr. James H. Young won the 2005 Massey-Ferguson Educational Award, while Dr. Philip W. Westerman won the 2005 G.B. Gunlogson Countryside Engineering Award, and Dr. Robert O. Evans was named a Fellow of the Society.
Young heads BAE, while Westerman and Evans are professors in the department. Evans also leads North Carolina Cooperative Extension programs in the department.
The Massey-Ferguson Award is one of the most prestigious given by the society. It is given for advancement of agricultural engineering knowledge and practice. Young was cited for promoting programs that focus science-based decision making on problems such as water and air quality, animal waste management and conversion of biomass to value-added products. Young's research focuses on drying and curing agricultural commodities. He has developed practices that optimize product quality while reducing energy consumption.
The Gunlogson Award honors outstanding engineering contributions to the development and improvement of the countryside. Westerman was cited for outstanding contributions to the agricultural community through the development of livestock waste management and treatment systems. He is internationally recognized for contributions to the understanding of the principal mechanisms important to animal waste management and for meticulous work in determining the basic properties of waste products and their interactions with the environment.
Evans is a recognized leader in water table management and drainage water quality. He initiated the Extension Water Table Management Program, which is estimated to have increased net farm income of North Carolina producers by $8 million annually while also reducing nitrogen delivery from agricultural fields to streams by 3 million pounds.
- Dave Caldwell
Dr. James H. Young won the 2005 Massey-Ferguson Educational Award, while Dr. Philip W. Westerman won the 2005 G.B. Gunlogson Countryside Engineering Award, and Dr. Robert O. Evans was named a Fellow of the Society.
Young heads BAE, while Westerman and Evans are professors in the department. Evans also leads North Carolina Cooperative Extension programs in the department.
The Massey-Ferguson Award is one of the most prestigious given by the society. It is given for advancement of agricultural engineering knowledge and practice. Young was cited for promoting programs that focus science-based decision making on problems such as water and air quality, animal waste management and conversion of biomass to value-added products. Young's research focuses on drying and curing agricultural commodities. He has developed practices that optimize product quality while reducing energy consumption.
The Gunlogson Award honors outstanding engineering contributions to the development and improvement of the countryside. Westerman was cited for outstanding contributions to the agricultural community through the development of livestock waste management and treatment systems. He is internationally recognized for contributions to the understanding of the principal mechanisms important to animal waste management and for meticulous work in determining the basic properties of waste products and their interactions with the environment.
Evans is a recognized leader in water table management and drainage water quality. He initiated the Extension Water Table Management Program, which is estimated to have increased net farm income of North Carolina producers by $8 million annually while also reducing nitrogen delivery from agricultural fields to streams by 3 million pounds.
- Dave Caldwell