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Jul 22, 2020

Curious, Creative, Connected, Caring

Throughout his NC State career, engineer Mike Boyette has used these four Cs as a guide for transforming North Carolina agriculture and cultivating a cadre of alumni committed to making a difference. 

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… 

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… 

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…