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A bunch of sweetpotatoes

May 27, 2020

Big Data for Better Sweetpotatoes

An interdisciplinary team led by Cranos Williams is setting out on a three-year project to use artificial intelligence to make sweetpotatoes even more profitable. The team will image hundreds of thousands of sweetpotatoes to increase the percentage of sweetpotatoes grown that are USDA grade 1. 

Mar 19, 2020

Solving Grand Challenges Through a New Perspective

BY REBECCA NAGY From providing access to clean water to managing the nitrogen cycle, there are no shortages of challenges for the next generation of engineers to tackle. Danielle Dantzler,… 

Feb 14, 2020

Will You Be My BAE?

Students learn a lot during their time in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. From bioprocessing to data analytics and integrated modeling, the opportunities to learn more about the… 

Sepi Saidi standing in front of a construction site

Feb 12, 2020

Alumni Makes Business NC Power 100 List

By REBECCA NAGY Alumni Sepi Saidi was named to Business North Carolina’s Power 100 List. Saidi was named the 2016 BAE Outstanding Alumni. She has stayed engaged in the department… 

Sweet potatoes for sale at the North Carolina State Farmer's Market in the Fall.

Feb 21, 2017

Dr. Mike Boyette Receives Research Impact Award

Dr. Mike Boyette was honored with the National Research Impact Award from the National Sweetpotato Collaborators Group. Dr. Boyette, Philip Morris Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, has spent the last… 

Sepideh Saidi wearing pearl earrings

Jan 23, 2017

Sepideh Saidi receives the 2016 Bio & Ag Outstanding Alumni Award

Saidi Named 2016 Outstanding Alumni On Nov 18, 2016 the North Carolina State University Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering held a reception for Sepideh Saidi, P.E. who was named this…