Thomas Bon - Emeritus Associate Professor of Practice

 Office: Ladd Hall 101E
  Email: thomas.bon@ndsu.edu

 Teaches: ABEN 479/679 - Fluid Power Systems Design
 

Dr. Igathinathane Cannayen - Associate Professor

 Office: Northern Great Plains Research Lab, USDA-Ag Research Service, room 208
           1701 10th Ave SW, PO Box 459, Mandan, ND 58554
 Phone: (701) 667-3011
 Email: i.cannayen@ndsu.edu

 Research Interests: Biomass feedstock engineering, machine vision image processing application in agriculture, and agricultural processing and post-harvest engineering
 Advises: ABEN, NRM, ECS graduate students

 Dr. Clairmont Clementson - Assistant Professor

 Office: Peltier 3108D
 Phone: (701) 231-1810
 Email: clairmont.clementson@ndsu.edu

 Research Interests: Granular material handling, particle technology, bioprocessing, storage and processing of biological materials
 Advises: ABEN, ASM undergraduate students; ABEN, NRM, ECS graduate students

Dr. Sulaymon Eshkabilov - Assistant Professor

 Office: Ladd Hall 101B
 Phone: (701) 231-3268
 Email:  sulaymon.eshkabilov@ndsu.edu

 Research Interests: Machine learning applications in data analysis, MEMS design and development, machine vision and image processing applications, adaptive control applications of dynamic systems.
 Advises: ABEN undergraduate students; ABEN, NRM, ECS graduate students

Dr. Xiaoyu (Iris) Feng - Assistant Professor

 Office: Ladd Hall 101F
 Phone: (701) 231-8351
 Email: xiaoyu.feng.1@ndsu.edu

 Research Interests:
 Advises: ABEN, ASM undergraduate students; ABEN, NRM, ECS graduate students

Dr. Paulo Flores - Assistant Professor

 Office: Ladd Hall 104L
 Phone: (701) 231-5348
 Email: paulo.flores@ndsu.edu

 Research Interests: Precision agriculture, applications of UASs/Drones in agriculture, UASs/dron imagery analysis, and GIS applications for precision agriculture
 Advises: PAG undergraduate students; ABEN, NRM, ECS graduate students

Dr. Ademola (Demmy) Hammed - Research Assistant Professor

 Office: Peltier 3108A
 Phone: (701) 231-8610
 Email: ademola.hammed@ndsu.edu

Dr. Xinhua Jia - P.E., Professor

 Office: Ladd Hall 101C
 Phone: (701) 231-6453
 Email: xinhua.jia@ndsu.edu
 
 Research Interests: Tile drainage and subirrigation, hydrology, water management for sustainability
 Advises: ABEN, ASM undergraduate students; ABEN, NRM, ECS graduate students

Dr. Zhulu Lin - Associate Professor

 Office: Ladd Hall 104C
 Phone: (701) 231-7118
 Email: zhulu.lin@ndsu.edu
 
 Research Interests: Managing complex, large-scale agricultural and hydrological systems for sustainable uses of soil of water resources
 Advises: ABEN, ASM undergraduate students; ABEN, NRM, ECS graduate students

Dr. Ewumbua Monono - Assistant Professor

 Office: Peltier 3108B
 Phone: (701) 231-7277
 Email: ewumbua.monono@ndsu.edu

 Research Interests: Application of engineering to the science of bioprocessing, biofuels, bioproducts, and food safety engineering
 Advises: ABEN, ASM undergraduate students; ABEN, NRM, ECS graduate students

Matthew Olhoft - Senior Lecturer

 Office: Ladd Hall 104H
 Phone: (701) 231-7269
 Email: matthew.olhoft@ndsu.edu

 Advises: ASM undergraduate students

Dr. Laxmi Prasad - Assistant Professor/Exension Water Engineer

 Office: Ladd 101A
 Phone: (701) 231-4190
 Email: laxmi.prasad@ndsu.edu 

 Research Interests: Cold Region Hydrology, Soil and Water Conservation, Agricultural Water Management, Water Quality, Frozen Soil Physics, Watershed Modeling
 

Dr. Rob Proulx - Extension Agriculture Technology Systems Specialist

 Office: Ladd 104F
 Phone: (701) 231-5389
 Email: rob.proulx@ndsu.edu

 Dr. Scott W. Pryor - Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs

 College of Engineering
 EML 255C
 Phone: (701) 231-8432
 Email: scott.pryor@ndsu.edu

 Dr. Ahmed Harb Rabia - Research Assistant Professor

  Office: Ladd Hall 104K
  Phone: (701) 231-4122
  Email: ahmed.rabia@ndsu.edu
 
  Expertise Areas: Precision agriculture, soil health, UAS/drone imagery analysis, applications of UAS/drones in agriculture, satellite remote sensing for crop moitoring, GIS application for precision agriculture.

  Dr. Billy G. Ram - Postdoctoral Research Associate

    Office: Ladd Hall 104E
    Phone: (701) 561-2672
    Email: billy.ram@ndsu.edu
    Personal Site: https://billygrahamram@github.io
 
  Expertise Areas: proximal hyperspectral imaging in food and agriculture, robotics and imaging sensor application for plant trait estimations.

Dr. Dean D. Steele - P.E., Associate Professor

 Office: Ladd Hall 101D
 Phone: (701) 231-7268
 Email: dean.steele@ndsu.edu
 
 Research Interests: Development of water management practices and tools for improved crop production and natural resources management
 Advises: ABEN, ASM undergraduate students; ABEN, NRM, ECS graduate students

Dr. Xin (Rex) Sun - Associate Professor

 Office: Ladd Hall 101H
 Phone: (701) 231-5756
 Email: xin.sun@ndsu.edu

 Research Interests: Precision Agriculture, artificial intelligence in food and agriculture, precision livestock production, meat quality non-destructive detection methods
 Advises: PAG undergraduate students; ABEN, NRM, ECS graduate students

 Dr. Ademola Ajayi-Banji - Research Specialist

 Office: Ladd 214
 Phone: (701) 231-6674
 Email: ademola.ajayibanji@ndsu.edu
 Responsibilities:

Dr. Kelvin Betitame - Research Specialist

 Office: Ladd 311
 Phone: (929) 451-4966
 Email:  kelvin.betitame@ndsu.edu
 Responsibilities: Support Dr. Xin "Rex" Sun’s Precision Ag group in research, data collection, sensor maintenance, field visits, collaboration, lab management, and manuscript preparation.

Julie Bietz - Student Coordinator

 Office: Ladd Hall 104B
 Phone: (701) 231-7273
 Email: julie.bietz@ndsu.edu
 Responsibilities: Maintain student files, issue class permits, student liaison, new employee paperwork, timeslip processing

Jana Daeuber - Research Specialist

 Office: Ladd 300
 Phone: (701) 231-7264
 Email: jana.daeuber@ndsu.edu
 Responsibilities: Maintaining departmental IT and assisting faculty with research

 Susan Finneseth - Grants Coordinator

 Office: Hultz Hall 273
 Phone: (701) 231-6225
 Email: susan.finneseth@ndsu.edu
 Responsibilities: Grant support for School of Natural Resources | Ag & Biosystems Engineering | Microbiological Sciences

 Joel Hanson - Academic Advisor

 Office: Engineering 228
 Phone: (701) 231-9676
 Email: joel.hanson@ndsu.edu 
 Bison Advise Scheduling Link: www.ndsu.edu/undergraduate
 Responsibilities: Academic Advisor for Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and Precision Agriculture Technology & Management. Advises all freshman, sophomore and first semester transfer students in the ABEN department.

Dr. Dongqing Lin - Research Specialist

 Office: Ladd 202
 Phone: (701) 231-7155
 Email: dongqing.lin@ndsu.edu
 Responsibilities:

 Sara Razi - Administrative Assistant

 Office: Ladd Hall 104
 Phone: (701) 231-5629
 Email: sara.razi@ndsu.edu 

 Responsibilities: Assistant to the department chair, purchasing, reimbursements, department telephone administrator and key control officer.

Dr. Niloy Chandra Sarker - Research Specialist

 Office: Peltier 1358
 Phone: (701) 231-8602
 Email: niloy.sarker@ndsu.edu
 Responsibilities: Assist Bioprocessing Group faculty with research

 Dr. Ramita Shah - Research Specialist

  Office: Ladd Hall 311
  Email: ramita.shah@ndsu.edu
  Responsibilities: Assist Dr. Flores' Precision Ag research group