Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Agricultural Waste Management

Ember Muhlbauer

 

Program Assistant

 

Degree: B.S. (Journalism and Mass Communications) 2006, Iowa State University

RESUME

As the Program Assistant for the Agricultural Waste Management Laboratory I am responsible for all web communications, our promotional publications, assisting with course planning, writing and editing grants, and editing technical papers about our research projects from the 15 members of our group. Current research projects include: 

1. Concentration and Extraction of Phosphorus from Swine Manure Slurries (as Struvite).

2. Non-Basin Technologies for Open Feedlot Runoff: Demonstration, Implementation, and Modeling.

3. Development and Testing of Hydrogen Sulfide Detection System for use in Swine Housing.

4. Quantification of Gaseous and Particulate Emissions from Mechanically Ventilated Poultry Housing.

5. Biogas Methane Potential from Animal Waste and Ethanol Byproducts.

I am currently working on an updated database through the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence. The database includes a description of research papers related to Environmental Management Paractices Employed at Pork Production Facilities. Visit www.porkgateway.com to use this database.

 

I was also the lead editor for the two publications from the Mitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations Conference held May 19-21, 2008 in Des Moines, Iowa. This conference explored the advantages, limitations, and economics of mitigation technologies.

 

Publications:
Muhlbauer, E., L.B. Moody, R.T. Burns (Eds.). 2008. Proceedings of the national conference on Mitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Exploring the advantages, limitations, and economics of mitigation technologies. Published by Iowa State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 300 pages. ISBN 978-0-98177781-0-5.

Muhlbauer, E., L.B. Moody, R.T. Burns (Eds.). 2008. Mitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Opeartions; Technology Summaries Book. Published by Iowa State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 300 pages. ISBN 978-0-98177781-1-2.