North Dakota State University

• Research - 60%
• Extension - 40%

• Biomass and feedstock process engineering
• Biomass storage
• Postharvest and agricultural process and food engineering
• Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation
• Machine vision and computer applications in agricultural engineering
• LaTeX documentation system for journal articles and extension publications
• Innovation in research

• Size reduction and separation of biomass
• Biomass densification and packaging
• Mechanical preprocessing methods of feedstock
• Physical, mechanical, and thermal properties of biomass products
• Machine vision applications for dimensional, size distribution, and grading products
• Thermal processing and energy densification of biomass
• Biomass feedstock logistics
• Economic aspects of biomass preprocessing and delivery

• Publications and Presentations
• Novel methods, techniques, devices, and computer applications developed
• Undergraduate and graduate research projects guided
• Courses taught

• Biomass Testing Laboratory for Physical and Thermal Characteristics of Feedstock of North Dakota. 2010-2012. Renewable Energy Program, North Dakota Energy Commission. Total: $450,000. Awarded April 23, 2010. PI’s: Dr. Igathinathane Cannayen and Dr. Cole Gustafson.

• Member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
• Member of Canadian Society for Bioengineering (CSBE/SCGAB)
• Life Member of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE)
• Member of Gamma Sigma Delta (GSD). Honor Society Mississippi State University Chapter, Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine, US, 2008-2009
• Member of Andhra Agricultural Union, India 1993 to 2002

• Acted as reviewer (> 135 articles) for scientific journals: Agricultural Engineering International: The CIGR EJournal, Applied Engineering in Agriculture of ASABE, Biological Engineering of ASABE, Biomass and Bioenergy, Bioresource Technology, Biosystems Engineering, BMC Plant Biology, Chemical Engineering Communications, Chemical Engineering & Technology, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Fuel Processing Technology, International Journal of Food Science and Technology, Journal of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Journal of Food Engineering, Journal of Food Science, Powder Technology, The Open Mineral Processing Journal and Transactions of ASABE 
• Member of Editorial Board of Andhra Agricultural Journal (Engineering Division), India 
• Reviewed US-Binational Agril. Research and Development (BARD) Fund, The Dutch Technology Foundation STW Funds, The Netherlands, National Research Foundation (NRF), Brummeria, Pretoria, South Africa, Small business Innovation Research & Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR-STTR), Dept. of Defence, US and Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI), USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), US.
• Collaborated in revising the ASABE Standards S358.2 (Moisture Measurement—Forages) to S358.3.
• ASABE New Standards Development Lead - Image processing application for size and particle size distribution analysis for forage (committee PM-23/7/2) and particulate biomass (committee FPE-709)

• ASABE - Outstanding Reviewers for 2010 Publication Year - Food and Process Engineering Institute
• 2010 Bioresource Technology - Outstanding Reviewer Award - Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK.
• 2008 Research Support Award – College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES) - Mississippi State University, US.
• Student Research Poster Competition; Winner third place - Wei, L., Igathinathane, C., Pordesimo, L. O., Batchelor, W. D., and Lee, J. 2008. “A novel method for determination of surface area of biomass particles.” The 7th Annual Southern Bioproducts and Renewable Energy Conference, Mississippi Biomass Council, Inc. April 14-15, 2008, Choctaw, Mississippi, US.
• Life Sciences Poster Competition; Winner third place - Wei, L., Pordesimo, L. O., Wooten, J., Columbus, E. P., and Igathinathane. C. 2008. “Effects of operational parameters on syngas yield and quality in a downdraft gasifier.” The 6th Annual Graduate Student Association (GSA) Research Symposium, April 4, 2008, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, US.
• Top 25 Article Citations – Elsevier Journals:

1.  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2009, 66(2): 147-158
2.  Powder Technology, 2009, 193(1): 32-4
3.  Biomass and Bioenergy, 2009, 33(2): 255-266
4.  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2008, 63(2): 168-182
5.  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2006, 51(1-2): 1-16

• Research Associate – Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, US (Dec. 2006 – Apr. 2008; Mar. 2009 – Oct. 2009):
  Biomass feedstock engineering, handling, preprocessing, pelletization, machine vision, feedstock hydration kinetics, economic analysis, and syngas systems
• Visiting Scientist – University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (May 2008 – Feb. 2009):
  Biomass feedstock engineering including pelletizing, densification, mechanical strength characteristics of densified materials, size and size distribution by machine vision, size reduction, and handling
• Research Associate – The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, US (Apr. 2003 – Nov. 2006):
  Size reduction, separation, energy requirement of size reduction, linear knife grid, corn stover moisture relations on field and after harvest, equilibrium moisture sorption and thermodynamic studies of corn stover components, storage and hydration studies of corn stover components
• Assistant Professor – College of Agricultural Engineering, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, India (Nov. 1993 – Mar. 2002): Teaching students of B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering and B.Sc. Agriculture students (18 courses) and research project guidance (19 undergraduate and graduate research projects)

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