Steven Sell

Graduate Research Assitant

Education:

B.S. Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2009

M.S. Agricultural Engineering, Iowa State University, Current

State of Wisconsin Engineer in Training (E.I.T.)

Organization Involvement:

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (2006 –Current)

International Meeting Attendee (2007, 2008, 2009)

Technical Session Presentation Reno, NV (2009)                                               

Wisconsin Section Student of the Year (2008-2009)

UW-Madison Section Vice President (2007-2008)               

Current Research:

                The Amana Colonies in Eastern Iowa installed a 2.8 megawatt anaerobic digester that is currently non-operational. My research will involve the construction and monitoring of 3 bench-scale anaerobic digesters that mimic the Amana digester with the same hydraulic retention time of 21 days and the same manure/substrate mixture. These bench-scale digesters will be used to optimize manure/substrate mixtures to produce the most biogas with the highest methane content. Other components of this research involve monitoring Amana’s digester until production is back up and running and providing educational extension programs related to anaerobic digestion of manure.

Contact Information:

Steven Sell
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Iowa State University
3155 NSRIC
Ames, IA  50011

515-294-3153
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