Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

New Building:

It is an exciting time to be a part of the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department at Iowa State.  The department is growing quickly with the addition of 14 new faculty members in the last five years.  To accommodate this growth and to continue to address the most pressing issues of agricultural and biosystems engineering industries worldwide, the ABE department is planning a major expansion into a new building.

Once completed, the new facility will hold all ABE faculty together in the same building, which has not been possible for many years.  The building will facilitate teaching, research, extension and international efforts, such as developing international partnerships, improving agriculture and animal production systems, and enhancing ethanol production and harvesting and processing different biological components to produce energy.  It will also enable ABE to continue to recruit outstanding students, faculty, and staff.

The new ABE building will be a part of a three structure complex that will include the ABE Office Wing, ABE Lab Wing, and the Biorenewables Research lab.  The total cost of the ABE building project will be $72.3 million, with $13.7 million to come from private funding.  The remaining funds will be requested by the university from the Iowa Legislature.  Once funding is finalized, construction will begin at a site between Howe Hall and Design.

 A one page Request for State Funding for a New Building for ISU’s Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering has been developed to garner support from our state legislators.  Click here to access this document.

Donors:
Virgil Elings, Lead Project Donor, $5 million, learn more…
John Deere Foundation, $1.25 million, learn more…
Sukup Family, $3 million, learn more…
Sauer Danfoss, $256,000, learn more…

New Building Highlights:
100,000 net square footage
State of the art Learning Community Center
Integrated lab/classroom areas

Learn More About:
    Teaching and Research Labs
    Building Layout
    How to Become a Donor

Teaching and Research Labs by Focus Group:

Advanced Machinery Engineering
    Metal Manufacturing
    Plastic Manufacturing
    Field Machinery Systems

Production Machinery Systems
    Engine Dynamometer
    Vehicle Dynamic Testing
    Automated Manufacturing
    Robotics
    Mechatronics
    Fluid Power Systems
    Lean Manufacturing
    Precision Agriculture
    Embedded Systems

Water and Environmental Stewardship Engineering
    Rainfall Simulator
    Porous Media
    Water Quality Pathology
    Water Quality Nutrient
    Hydrology
    Remote Sensing

Animal Production Systems Engineering
    Manure Treatment
    Air Quality Monitoring
    Air Quality Chemical Analysis
    Air Quality Mitigation
    Agricultural Environment Systems
    Nutrient Management
    Instrumentation

Biological and Process Engineering
    Bio Quality Control
    Bio Thermal Treatment
    Biomass
    Biomaterials
    Bioconversion
    Biopretreatment

Occupational Safety Engineering
    Analytical Safety