Background
BAE Showcase is a day of accomplishment and celebration as BE Seniors publicly present their senior design projects. Teams are assigned to a real-world problem, a client, a faculty advisor and an Industry Advisory Board advisor in the Fall Semester. Students spend countless hours researching, modeling, designing, prototyping, reporting, and publishing engineering solutions that are economically, environmentally, socially and culturally feasible and sustainable. Join the BAE faculty, staff and students at the Kellogg Center on April 21, 2011, to view team presentations and to learn about engineering solutions applied to biological systems.
Mission
Biosystems engineers integrate and apply principles of engineering and biology to a wide variety of socially important problems. The MSU biosystems engineering program prepares graduates to:
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identify and solve problems at the interface of biology and engineering, using modern engineering techniques and the systems approach and
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analyze, design, and control components, systems, and processes that involve critical biological components. MSU biosystems engineering graduates are having a positive impact on the world; working in areas such as ecosystem protection, food safety and biosecurity, bioenergy, and human health.
MSU biosystems engineering graduates are having a positive impact on the world; working in areas such as ecosystem protection, food safety and biosecurity, bioenergy, and human health.
Classes
BE 485 Biosystems Design Techniques
BE 487 Biosystems Design Project
Instructors: Steven Safferman and Steve Miller
2010-2011 Biosystems Engineering Design Projects/Teams/Clients/Advisors
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Site Evaluation and Design Plan for a Created Forested Wetland Student
Team: Alyse Egner, Kevin Koryto, Hanna Miller
Client: Michigan Department of Transportation
Faculty Advisor: Dawn Reinhold, Ph. D.
Industry Advisory Board Advisors: Michelle Crook and David Hamilton
Best Management Practice Recommendation for Escherichia coli in the Red Cedar Watershed
Student Team: Catherine Dudgeon, Jennifer Jury, and Cody Kurzer
Client: Ingham County Health Department and Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment
Faculty
Advisor: Pouyan A. Nejadhashemi
Industry Advisory Board Advisor: Valerie Novaes
Wastewater Treatment System Upgrade for a Small Cheese Producer
Student Team: Megan Buhl, Shannon Henderson, Stepfanie Shaulis
Client: Small Independent Cheese Processor
Faculty
Advisor: Larry Stephens
Industry Advisory Board Advisor: Juanita McCann
Developing Process Alternatives to Produce Consistent Meatless Burgers across Multiple Production Lines
Student Team: Ellen Bornhorst, Cassie Giacobassi, James MacLellan, Drew Selden
Client: Major Food Processor
Faculty Advisor: James Steffe
Industry Advisory Board Advisors: Scott Millsap and Kevin Evans
Urban Aquaculture Modeling and Feasibility
Student Team: Qudus Ahmed, Michael Holly, Blake Lougheed, and Andy Tran
Clients: Pingree Farms, Aquaculture Research Corporation, and Urban Agricultural Initiatives of Detroit
Faculty Advisor: Yan "Susie" Liu
Industry Advisory Board Advisors: Paul Eisele and Mike Potts
Sustainable Heat Systems: Investigating the Feasibility Corn Drying using Biomass Combustion
Student Team: Sam Prentice, Shaun Madsen, Kyle Fischer and Nick Steo
Client: Dr. Ajit Srivastava, Michigan State University
Faculty Advisor: Larry Klope
Industry Advisory Board Advisors: Andrew Granskog
Escherichia coli Source Identification and Detection in Recreational Waters
Student Team: Asmaa Abdel-Azim, Bridget Bednark, Drew Coatney
Clients: Ingham County Health Department and Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment
Faculty Advisor: Evangelyn Alocilja
Industry Advisory Board Advisors: Rebecca Leaper and Steve Steffes
Bio-Fuel Source Optimization through Torrefaction
Student Team: Spencer Beatty, Ryan Black, Ryan R. Rochelle, Jason S. Smith
Client: Dr. Chris Saffron, Michigan State University
Faculty Advisor: Chris Saffron
Industry Advisory Board Advisor: Chad Ducey
