Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Faculty & Staff

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Department Head

Van Kelley

Department Head

Telephone number: 605-688-5143 Email

Faculty

Gary Anderson

Professor

Telephone number: 605-688-5659 Email
Joseph Darrington

Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist-Livestock Environment Engineer

Telephone number: 605-688-5672 Email
Aaron Franzen

Assistant Professor

Telephone number: 605-688-5663 Email
ZhengRong Gu

Associate Professor

Telephone number: 605-688-5372 Email
Jeppe Kjaersgaard

Adjunct Professor

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email
Rachel McDaniel

Assistant Professor/Water Resource Engineer

Telephone number: 605-688-5669 Email
John McMaine

Assistant Professor, Extension Water Management Engineer

Telephone number: 605-688-5610 Email
Kasiviswanathan (Muthu) Muthukumarappan

Distinguished Professor/Graduate Coordinator

Telephone number: 605-688-5661 Email
Douglas Prairie P.E.

Instructor

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email
Todd Trooien

Professor

Telephone number: 605-688-5677 Email
Nicholas Uilk

Instructor

Telephone number: 605-688-5675 Email
Lin Wei

Assistant Professor

Telephone number: 605-688-4179 Email

Staff

Ruben Behnke

Temporary Assistant State Climatologist

Telephone number: 605-688-5678 Email
Laura Edwards

Extension State Climatologist

Telephone number: 605-626-2870 Email
Nathan Edwards

Mesonet Engineer/Director

Telephone number: 605-626-2870 Email
Derek Friend

Temporary SD Webmaster/Research Assistant

Telephone number: 605-688-5143 Email
Jasmine Greene

Program Coordinator

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email
David Kringen

Extension Field Specialist I-Water Resources

Telephone number: 605-995-7378 Email
John Maursetter

Environmental Research Coordinator, Mesonet Technician

Telephone number: 605-688-5668 Email
Brenda Pratt

Program Assistant I

Telephone number: 605-688-5487 Email
Jeffrey Vander Schaaf

Precision Agriculture Machinery Research Coordinator

Telephone number: 605-688-5596 Email
Ryan Vanderleest

Research Assistant/Mesonet Data Specialist

Telephone number: 605-688-5682 Email
Christine Wood

Extension Field Specialist I-4H STEM

Telephone number: 605-782-3290 Email

Graduate Assistants

Farhana Akhter

Graduate Research Assistant

Telephone number: 605-688-5143 Email
Zeyad Albahr

Graduate Student Employee

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email
Louis Amegbletor

Graduate Research Assistant

Telephone number: 605-688-4710 Email
Kevin Brandt

Graduate Student Employee

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email
Zhisheng Cen

Graduate Research Assistant

Telephone number: 605-688-5143 Email
Duran Gulec

Graduate Student Employee

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email
Matthew Hummel

Graduate Research Assistant

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email
Sarmila Katuwal

Graduate Student

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email
Sara Mardaninejadjouneghani

Graduate Research Assistant

Telephone number: 605-688-5670 Email
Esther Mosase

Graduate Research Assistant

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email
Prachi Pahariya

Graduate Research Assistant

Telephone number: 605-688-5143 Email
Angelinah Rasoeu

Graduate Student

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email
Sadia Salam

Graduate Research Assistant

Telephone number: 605-688-5670 Email
Abhinav Sharma

Graduate Research Assistant

Telephone number: 605-688-4710 Email
Bryce Siverling

Graduate Research Asssistant

Telephone number: 605-688-5143 Email
Gibril Vandy

Graduate Student

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email

Emeriti Faculty

Mylo Hellickson

Professor Emeritus of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5672 Email
Stephen Pohl

Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5662 Email
Martin Schipull

Professor Emeritus Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email
Hal Werner

Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Telephone number: 605-688-5141 Email

Volunteer Faculty

Laurent Ahiablame

Volunteer Faculty

Telephone number: 605-688-5427 Email
Erin Cortus

Volunteer Faculty

Telephone number: 605-688-5144 Email