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Department of Biological Systems Engineering
bsyse.wsu.edu
L. J. Smith Hall 213
509-335-1578
Department Chair M. García-Pérez; Professors, B. K. Ahring, G. V. Barbosa-Cánovas, S. Chen, M. Karkee, H. Lei, J. Tang, R. Peters, S. Sablani, J. Wu, B. Yang; Associate Professors, L. Khot, Y. Lee, S. Sankaran; Assistant Professors, K. Huang, K. Rajagopalan; Research Assistant Professors - Career, H. Li, L. Yu; Affiliate Faculty, E. Beers, T. Chi, M. Flury, G. Ganjyal, J. Heyne, A. Jayakaran, H. Lin, H. Liu, J. Male, D. McCool, J. S. McEwen, J. McIntyre, P. Pfromm, M. Wolcott, V. Yadama; Adjunct Faculty, P. Bohutskyi, D. J. Brown, J. Casanova, F. Chejne, W. Elliott, D. I. Gustafson, G. Hoogenboom, F. Leal-Yepes, J. Liu, M. V. Olarte, N. Pickering, W. Qian, P. R. Robichaud, V. Thompson, M. Tucker, S. Wang, M. Wigmosta, V. Wu; Faculty Emeritus, R. Cavalieri, D. Davis, L. James, L. King, P. Ndegwa, C. O. Stöckle, Q. Zhang.
BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Biological and Agricultural Engineering is a multidisciplinary program that provides students flexibility to acquire and apply knowledge of engineering and science in their programs of study and research projects. The Department offers Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Biological and Agricultural Engineering. Students apply scientific and engineering principles to conduct high-quality research and to disseminate knowledge and technologies in four areas of emphasis: a) food engineering, b) bioenergy and bioproducts engineering, c) land, air, water resources and environmental engineering, and d) agricultural automation engineering.
Applicants to the graduate program should have a B.S. or M.S. in engineering or a closely related degree, with a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) 3.0/4.0 or above. Applications must include: official transcripts for all college level work, contact information for three references, statement of intent, and resume. International applicants must include official transcripts and their English translations. Also, English proficiency test scores must be sent from the testing agency directly to Washington State University (University Code#4705).
Student Learning Outcomes
During their training in our graduate program, we expect students to grow professionally and acquire skills for successful careers. Alumni who are successful in their careers will exhibit most, if not all of these features.
- Academia
- Possess a national and international reputation for excellence in their area
- Value the significance of quality scholarly work
- Are creative and innovative
- Contribute to the knowledge base within their discipline
- Attract funding for their research
- Provide leadership to professional organizations
- Enable undergraduate and graduate engineering students to be successful in their careers
- Industry
- Effectively manage engineering research and/or development research teams
- Provide leadership in developing industry standards of practice
- Are creative and innovative
- Develop profitable products or revenue saving manufacturing procedures
- Provide vision for future direction of their companies and for the industry
- Government service
- Provide expert technical knowledge in decision making processes
- Provide leadership within their technical and professional societies
- Contribute to the development of public policies
- Provides global perspective in the use of technical knowledge
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