The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering of Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is seeking graduate students
to pursue Master of Science degrees in Biological and Agricultural
Engineering or Ph.D. degrees in an interdisciplinary program in
Engineering Science with research in Biological and Agricultural
Engineering. Graduate assistantships may be offered to qualifying
applicants.
Graduate Research projects may be in the following specialties:
Bioenvironmental Engineering: animal waste management, water quality, subsurface water management, hydrology, and irrigation
Bioprocessing Engineering: value-added processing, and byproducts utilization of Louisiana commodities
Biosensors and Instrumentation and Bioenergy: sensing and measurement systems for site-specific farming, animal and biological systems
Biomechanical Engineering: mechanization and mechanical systems for plant, animal, aquaculture, and biological systems
Biotechnology/Bioengineering: molecular and cellular engineering
Assistantship Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties and responsibilities of a research assistant will include
conducting research under the direction of a departmental faculty
member while working towards an advanced degree in the Biological and
Agricultural Engineering department, and may include assisting with
teaching labs and grading papers.
Qualifications:
Applicant should have a B.S. degree from an ABET accredited program
in biological engineering, agricultural engineering, chemical
engineering, mechanical engineering, biomechanics engineering,
aquacultural engineering or related engineering discipline. Applicants
with a Masters degree may also apply for the Ph.D. program. GRE scores
are required for all applicants and TOEFL scores are required for
students from International schools and whose native language is not
English.
Stipend:
The assistantship pay starts at $14,000 for fiscal year for students
with a B.S. Higher stipends from the department and supplemental
stipends from the Graduate School are also available to students with
high GRE scores and GPA.
Application Deadlines:
March 15th and October 15th
Application:
An LSU Graduate School application is required. Initial contact
should be made with the department at the following address. Faculty
members may also be contacted. A resume, transcript and a list of three
references are required:
Dr. Mike Mailander, Graduate Advisor
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4505
Email: MMailander@agcenter.lsu.edu
Bioenvironmental Engineering:
Dr. Richard L. Bengtson: RBengtson@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. John W. Branch: BBranch@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Steven G. Hall: shall5@lsu.edu
Dr. David Greenland: greenlan@lsu.edu
Dr. Daniel L. Thomas: thomasdl@lsu.edu
Bioprocessing Engineering:
Dr. Dorin Boldor: dboldor@lsu.edu
Dr. Marybeth Lima: mlima1@lsu.edu
Dr. Cristina M. Sabliov: csabliov@lsu.edu
Dr. Chandra Theegala: theegala@lsu.edu
Biosensors/Instrumentation and Bioenergy:
Dr. Steven G. Hall: shall5@lsu.edu
Dr. Michael Mailander: MMailander@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Chandra Theegala: theegala@lsu.edu
Biomechanical Engineering:
Dr. Roberto N. Barbosa: RBarbosa@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. D. Keith Morris: kmorris@lsu.edu
Biotechnology/Bioengineering:
Dr. W. Todd Monroe: tmonroe@lsu.edu
Dr. Cristina M. Sabliov: csabliov@lsu.edu