Locations:
| Department: 106 Riley Robb Hall(G5) |
| Graduate and M.Eng. Office: 207 Riley Robb Hall (G5) |
Statistics:
| 22 active faculty |
| 61 graduate students |
The field of Biological and Environmental Engineering (BEE) is consistently rated the best of its kind in the country. Graduate students come from a variety of undergraduate programs, including other fields of engineering, physics, applied mathematics, biological sciences, and the physical sciences. Roughly one-half of the students have an undergraduate degree in a subject other than agricultural and biological engineering; this diversity adds strength to the program through a constant infusion of new ideas and talent.
There are four main program areas: Biological Engineering,
Environmental Engineering, Food and Bioprocessing Engineering, and
Industrial Biotechnology.
Within these, there are ten specialization areas:
| Biological Engineering | |
| Energy | |
| Environmental Engineering | |
| Environmental Management (MPS only) | |
| Food and Fiber Processing Engineering | |
| International Agriculture | |
| Local Roads Engineering | |
| Machine Systems | |
| Soil and Water Engineering | |
| Structures and Environment |
Facilities of the department include a microcomputer center within Riley-Robb, a machine shop, and an up-to-date copy center. In addition to those in Riley-Robb Hall, laboratory facilities are located at the Animal Science Teaching and Research Center at Harford, New York, and the nearby Agricultural Waste Management Laboratory and Pilot Plant. Students also have shared access to greenhouses. The University has mainframe computers accessible to remote users.