Alumni Corner

The department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering has had many students come and go. BAE graduates go on to become leaders in their field.

To nominate someone please contact Olivia Rogers at Ogrogers@ncsu.edu

Alysondria Eason and Devin Carroll were named 2024’s Outstanding Alumni. They took time to sit and chat about their first days in the department and lessons learned along the way.

Sana Siddiqui

Siddiqui graduated from the BAE Department in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in Biological & Agricultural Engineering with concentration in bioprocessing. She is now an entrepreneur, owning a small business in the food manufacturing industry.

Augusto Yuri Villa

Villa graduated from BAE with a M.S. in 2023. He currently works at Crumpler Pipe INC., where he spearheads digital transformation initiatives.

Carly Graves

Graves received two degrees from the BAE department. She received her B.S. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering in spring 2021 and her M.S. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering in spring 2023.

Victoria Augoustides

In 2022, Augoustides completed a B.S. in biological engineering with a concentration in bioprocessing. She worked within the Waste Applied in Science Technology & Engineering (W.A.S.T.E) Lab in the BAE department.

Emine Fidan

Fidan graduated from the BAE Department with a Ph.D. in 2022.

Natalie Chazal

In 2023, Chazal completed her M.S. in Biological and Agricultural Systems Analysis from BAE.

Charlie Stillwell

Stillwell graduated from BAE with a Ph.D. in 2019. His research was “Urban Hydrology and Low Impact Development: Exploring New Metrics for Design and Evaluation Across Temporal and Spatial Scales.” His adviser was William (Bill) Hunt.

Vashti Campbell

Campbell graduated from BAE with a Ph.D. in 2022. Her adviser was Steven Hall. Her research focused on enhancing the depuration process for oysters. She says, “Oysters are filter feeders, so if they are in polluted waters, they may ingest contaminants in the water. Depuration is a process by which you can take a live oyster from a polluted body of water, put it in a clean water system, allow it to resume its filter feeding process and in turn purge itself of contaminants.”