Faculty

• Delwiche, Michael
  Electronic instrumentation and sensor development in biological systems; biosensors; postharvest engineering; digital signal and image processing; computer control; biological control of insect pests.
  mjdelwiche@ucdavis.edu
• Downey, Dan
  Instrumentation for fluid handling systems, micro-spray applications for weed control, application of GPS tools for agricultural production systems, transport and sampling of aerosols and sprays, use of laser diffraction devices to characterize droplet size distributions, characterization of aerosols and sprays for agricultural and industrial products.
  ddowney@ucdavis.edu
• Fan, Zhiliang (Julia)
  Advancing technologies for production of fuels and chemicals from renewable resources. Metabolic engineering and biocatalyst development; fermentation process development and modeling; biological and chemical process design and economic evaluation.
  jzfan@ucdavis.edu
•  Fathallah, Fadi
  Occupational biomechanics and ergonomics with special emphasis on agricultural environments.
  fathallah@ucdavis.edu
• Giles, D. Ken
  Engineering for pest control and plant protection; development of target sensing and sprayer control systems; handling and distribution of biological pest control agents; automation of pest control operations.
  dkgiles@ucdavis.edu
•  Grismer, Mark
  Multiphase transport in porous media; soil salinity and drainage; water quality; constructed wetlands; and environmental ethics.
  megrismer@ucdavis.edu
• Hartsough, Bruce
  Harvesting short rotation plantations; handling small trees on steep terrain; mechanics and dynamics of forestry equipment, modeling and systems analysis of forest operations; forest biomass for energy.
  brhartsough@ucdavis.edu
• Jenkins, Bryan
  Energy systems in agriculture, biomass fuel production, thermal conversion, and environmental impacts; combustion and gasification of biomass fuels; properties of fuels; system models.
  bmjenkins@ucdavis.edu
• Krochta, John
  Food packaging systems; edible coatings to control mass transfer, microbial growth and disintegration in foods; modeling to describe mass transfer in packaged and coated food systems; controlled release of bioactive compounds from biopolymers.
  jmkrochta@ucdavis.edu
•  Marino, Miguel
  Groundwater management, modeling, and pollution; planning, operation, and management of irrigation systems.
  mamarino@ucdavis.edu
•  McCarthy, Kathryn
  Application of modeling to describe heat transfer and fluid mechanics in food systems; experimental work in food rheology and single screw and twin screw extrusion.
  klmccarthy@ucdavis.edu
•  McCarthy, Michael
  Food engineering; mathematical modeling of mass and heat transfer during food processing; stability of colloidal systems; internal quality determination by nuclear magnetic resonance; magnetic resonance imaging.
  mjmccarthy@ucdavis.edu
• Pan, Ning
  Continuum mechanics, strength and fracture behavior and physical properties of fibrous structures; theoretical analysis of fiber composites; characterization of the porous structures and transport properties of fibrous structures; performance evaluation of textile fibrous products.
  npan@ucdavis.edu
• Pan, Zhongli
  Improving the value of agricultural products and their components through new and improved postharvest and processing technologies.
  zlpan@ucdavis.edu
• Perkins, Mark
  Lecturer WCAE, 754-7905
  mlpperkins@ucdavis.edu
• Piedrahita, Raul
  Aquacultural engineering with an emphasis on water quality in pond and tank systems: water treatment unit operations, water quality monitoring equipment and techniques, and computer modeling.
  rhpiedrahita@ucdavis.edu
• Plant, Richard
  Applied artificial intelligence and expert systems; geographic information systems; integrated decision support systems for crop and pest management.
  replant@ucdavis.edu
• Rosa, Uriel
  Engineering integration of electro-mechanical systems, sensing and control techniques for use in bio-production systems.
  uarosa@ucdavis.edu
• Scher, Herbert
  Controlled release delivery systems for pesticides; high molecular weight polymers to reduce fines in agricultural and consumer product sprays; water in oil emulsions to increase shelf life of biopesticides; catalytic effect of copper fungicides on organophosphate insecticide decomposition in dormant spray mixtures.
  hbscher@ucdavis.edu
• Singh, R. Paul
  Structural/functional relations in foods; transport phenomena in drying, freezing, and frying; kinetics of quality changes during distribution and storage; process simulation and efficiency improvements.
  rpsingh@ucdavis.edu
• Slaughter, David
  Instrumentation and postharvest engineering for biological materials; packaging, handling, storage and transportation of agricultural commodities; nondestructive measurement of the quality and composition of biological materials; robotics, control and vision systems.
  dcslaughter@ucdavis.edu
• Stiles, Martha
  Occupational injuries with special emphasis on agriculture. Impacts of urbanization on rural communities. Safety literacy on farms and health literacy in rural populations. Design and delivery of injury prevention and safety education to non-English speakers. Child injury prevention in rural areas.
  mcstiles@ucdavis.edu
• Thompson, James
  Postharvest operations including drying and refrigeration of fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, tree nuts, and grains; transportation of agricultural commodities; energy management and alternative energy systems.
  jfthompson@ucdavis.edu
• Upadhyaya, Shrini
  Tillage and traction, soil dynamics, soil crusting and compactional; site-specific crop management, soil and yield sensors, GIS, precision planting of propagules; and mathematical modeling of biological problems.
  skupadhyaya@ucdavis.edu
• VanderGheynst, Jean
  Bioprocess engineering for the remediation of agricultural residues and the production of food; mathematical modeling of transport phenomena and microbial kinetics in biological systems; microbial ecology of biological systems, semi-solid and liquid cultivation processes for the production of biological control agents.
  jsvander@ucdavis.edu
• Wallender, Wes
  Irrigation engineering; statistical description of irrigation system performance; surface irrigation measurement and modeling; field; drainage reduction through irrigation system control; geographic information systems and remote sensing applied to regional water and land management.
  wwwallender@ucdavis.edu
• Zhang, Ruihong
  Bioenvironmental engineering. Treatment of agricultural and food wastes for pollution prevention and resource utilization; air quality control for animal and human environments; study of biological, physical, and chemical processing techniques for organic waste conversion and nutrient management; control of gaseous and particulate emissions from animal feedlots and food processing facilities.
  rhzhang@ucdavis.edu