Principle Investigator
Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) 2015
- 2023-present, International Microwave Power Institute Corresponding Board Member
- 2019, Gamma Sigma Delta, The Honor Society of Agriculture-Chapter of Tennessee
- 2016, Outstanding Reviewer, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Current members
2022-present
2019-2022 Ph.D. student
- 2022 Excellence in Graduate Research Award from the Graduate Student Senate
- 2021 Fall Student-Faculty Research Award
- 2021 First place in the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting Product Development Graduate Student Competition
- 2021 First place in the International Microwave Power Institute (IMPI) Symposium Graduate Student Competition
- 2021 Second place in the IFT Volunteer Section 5th Annual State-Wide Competition Oral Presentation
- 2021 Spring Graduate School Fellowship Award
2020-present
- 2022 Spring Student-Faculty Research Award
2022-present
- 2022-2026 Hebert College of Agriculture Graduate Fellowship
2023-present
- 2023-2027 Hebert College of Agriculture Graduate Fellowship
Former members
- Kartik Verma, M.S., 2021-2023, 2022 Student-Faculty Research Award, Ph.D. Student at the Ohio State University
- Renee Abernathy, Sean Moran & Keely Sage, BESS senior design, 2021-2022, second place in UTK undergraduate design competition
- Benjamin Cruz & Colby Alan, BESS senior design, 2020-2021, third place in the 2021 American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) AGCO National Student Design Competition
- Qianyi Chen, M.S., 2019-2021, Fairlife LLC.
- Nathaly Vargas, 2019, Intern from Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School, Honduras