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Author:

Castillo Gonzalez, Hugo Aaron

Title:

MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF BIOFILMS IN SWINE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR ODOR ABATEMENT

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

microbial ecology
odor abatement
swine manure
biofilms

File:

Download castillodissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Russell Dewalle, Committee Member
Robert David Shannon, Committee Member
Eileen Eilzabeth Fabian, Committee Member
Carmen Enid Martinez, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Marlyse K.

Title:

Modeling the Interaction of Transport Mechanisms through Bedded Manure to Evaluate the Effects on Ammonia and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

greenhouse gas
gas emissions
bedded manure
diffusion

File:

Download Dissertation_MKW_final_copy.pdf

Committee Members:

Eileen Wheeler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen Eilzabeth Fabian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member
Robert Edwin Graves, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Hile, Michael Lee

Title:

Hydrogen sulfide production in manure storages on Pennsylvania dairy farms using gypsum bedding

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Dairy
manure
bedding
gypsum
hydrogen sulfide
emissions

File:

Download Hile_Dissertation_Final_04152016.pdf

Committee Members:

Eileen Eilzabeth Fabian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen Eilzabeth Fabian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Herschel Adams Elliott, Committee Member
Clarence Alan Rotz, Committee Member
Ray B. Bryant, Special Member

Author:

Chang, Fangle

Title:

Prediction of human assessments of dairy odor using instruments by sensor fusion and Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

hedonic tone
electronic nose
zNose
ANNs
feature selection
PCA
gamma test
forward selection
multi-sensor data fusion
prediction

File:

Download Fangle_Chang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Heinz Heinemann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Herschel Adams Elliott, Committee Member
Robin C Brandt, Special Member
Eileen Eilzabeth Fabian, Committee Member
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Long

Title:

CAGE-FREE-HEN HOUSING VENTILATION OPTIONS TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND BIRD WELFARE

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

CFD modeling
Cage-free egg production
Simulation
Indoor air quality
Animal housing
Animal welfare
Agricultural and biological engineering

File:

Download Long_Chen_PhD_Dissertation_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Eileen Eilzabeth Fabian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen Eilzabeth Fabian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Paul H Patterson, Outside Member