Faculty
- Atungulu, Griffiths, Associate Project Engineer
Develop novel infrared heating-, pulsed electric fields- and ultraviolet-based technologies or their combinations in lieu of conventional methods to insure high energy efficiency during processing, reduced environmental foot print and food safety.
ggatungulu@ucdavis.edu
- Delwiche, Michael, Professor.
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
- Fan, Zhiliang (Julia), Assistant Professor.
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, Professor.
Exposure assessment and development of interventions for the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders among agricultural workers; basic understanding of the effects of stooped postures and stooped work on the spine; biomechanics of ladders in agriculture.
fathallah@ucdavis.edu
- Giles, D. Ken, Professor.
Research: Spray applications, including pesticide spraying and industrial spray coatings. Reduction of spray drift and environmental contamination.
dkgiles@ucdavis.edu
- Grismer, Mark, Professor.
My primary research efforts are driven by practical environmental problems facing land and resource managers and discovery of the underlying processes affecting derivation of development of applicable methods or solutions to these problems. My focus remains largely directed at gaining a better understanding of hillslope hydrology, wetland and irrigation/drainage processes in the field.
megrismer@ucdavis.edu
- Hartsough, Bruce, Professor.
I conduct research on harvesting to improve forest health and reduce fire danger; forest biomass for energy; minimum-impact harvesting methods; harvesting short rotation plantations; and modeling and systems analysis of forest operations.
brhartsough@ucdavis.edu
- Jenkins, Bryan, Professor.
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
- Jeoh, Tina, Assistant Professor.
Energy systems in agriculture, biomass fuel production, thermal conversion, and environmental impacts; combustion and gasification of biomass fuels; properties of fuels; system models.
tjeoh@ucdavis.edu
- Joh, Larry, Academic Coordinator.
Coordination of the NSF GK-12 RESOURCE program; development and instruction of NSF CREATE laboratory short courses on basic laboratory techniques and plant biotechnology.
ldjoh@ucdavis.edu
- McCarthy, Kathryn, Professor.
Food engineering; theoretical and experimental evaluation of transport processes in food processing and quality control applications, focus on rheological characterization and mathematical modeling of transport processes in food and personal care products.
klmccarthy@ucdavis.edu
- McCarthy, Michael, Professor.
Development/evaluation of novel magnetic resonance equipment to enable process analysis and control of industrial processes. Real-time noninvasive measurement of food quality attributes. Experimental and physics-based modeling investigations of transport phenomena relevant to food products and food processing. mjmccarthy@ucdavis.edu
- Nitin, Nitin, Assistant Professor.
Using a combination of interdisciplinary approaches encompassing biomolecular engineering, mathematical modeling, material science and molecular imaging to develop technologies for addressing key issues in areas of food safety and food for health initiatives, and to develop molecular imaging technologies from a single cell level to a whole body imaging.
nnitin@ucdavis.edu
- Pan, Ning, Professor.
Physics of fibrous soft materials; biophysics and biomechanics in human-textile interactions; heat, mass and energy transport phenomena in porous media, nanotechnology in energy storage; and thermodynamics in heat transfer optimization.
npan@ucdavis.edu
- Pan, Zhongli, Adjunct Professor.
Professor Pan studies infrared heating technology for various food processes, including blanching, peeling, roasting, drying, disinfection and disinfestation. He also uses ultrasonic and pulsed electric field technologies for improving food processing efficiency.zlpan@ucdavis.edu
- Piedrahita, Raul, Professor.
Aquacultural engineering with an emphasis on water quality: water treatment unit operations and computer modeling of water quality and of system hydrodynamics.
rhpiedrahita@ucdavis.edu
- Scher, Herbert, Research Engineer.
Protection and controlled release of bioactive ingredients (Cells, enzymes and pharmaceuticals) via W/O emulsions, spray dry matrix particles and solid forms coated by a hybrid spray system.
hbscher@ucdavis.edu
- Shafii, Mir, Lecturer.
Agricultural machinery design and operation.
sshafii@ucdavis.edu
- Singh, R. Paul, Distinguished Professor.
Transport phenomena in food processing. Computational modeling of processing operations. Study of gastric digestion of foods, modeling of stomach functions, role of material properties and microstructure of foods in nutrient release in the gastro-intestinal tract.
rpsingh@ucdavis.edu
- Slaughter, David, Professor.
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, Academic Coordinator.
Farm safety and rural health; assisting farm families to live and work independently after a severe injury or disability.
mcstiles@ucdavis.edu
- Upadhyaya, Shrini, Professor.
Precision agriculture or SSCM, Sensor development, Instrumentation, Machinery design, Variability and mapping, GIS, Mathematical Modeling of biological and physical processes, Soil dynamics, Tillage, Traction, Soil compaction, and Infiltration and irrigation management.
skupadhyaya@ucdavis.edu
- VanderGheynst, Jean, Professor.
Dr. VanderGheynstís research addresses problems that involve the transformation, decomposition and conversion of plant biomass to products. Plants include dedicated crops and algae, food processing residues and urban and agricultural wastes.
jsvander@ucdavis.edu
- Vougioukas, Stavros, Assistant Professor.
Professor Vougioukas works in the area of mechanization and automation of specialty crops, focusing on the design, development, and testing of actuators, sensors and control systems for optimal management of inputs and products.
svougioukas@ucdavis.edu
- Wallender, Wes, Professor.
Research includes modeling and measurement of precipitation- and irrigation-driven watersheds from submeter to kilometer scales. Specific subject matter interest includes water, energy and chemical transport for sustainable agroecosystems.
wwwallender@ucdavis.edu
- Zhang, Ruihong, Professor.
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