Biological Systems Engineering, Department of
Department of Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
2010
Extrusion Systems: Design, Qi Fang and Milford Hanna
Numerically Predicting Seepage Gradient Forces and Erosion: Sensitivity to Soil Hydraulic Properties, Garey A. Fox, Derek M. Heeren, Glenn V. Wilson, E. J. Langendoen, Amanda K. Fox, and Maria L. Chu-Agor
Enhanced Anthocyanin Extraction from Red Cabbage Using Pulsed Electric Field Processing, Tanya K. Gachovska, David A. Cassada, Jeyamkondan Subbiah, Milford Hanna, Harshavardhan Thippareddi, and Daniel D. Snow
Ultrasound-Assisted Osmotic Dehydration of Strawberries: Effect of Pretreatment Time and Ultrasonic Frequency, Juan Garcia-Noguera, Francisca I. P. Oliveira, Maria Izabel Gallão, Curtis L. Weller, Sueli Rodrigues, and Fabiano A. N. Fernandes
Dual-stage sugar substitution in strawberries with a Stevia-based sweetener, Juan Garcia-Noguera, Curtis L. Weller, Francisca I. P. Oliveira, Sueli Rodrigues, and Fabiano A. N. Fernandes
NUTRIENT TRANSPORT IN RUNOFF AS AFFECTED BY DIET, TILLAGE, AND MANURE APPLICATION RATE, John E. Gilley, Lisa M. Durso, R.A. Eigenberg, David B. Marx, and Brian L. Woodbury
NUTRIENT TRANSPORT IN RUNOFF FROM FEEDLOTS AS AFFECTED BY WET DISTILLERS GRAIN DIET, John E. Gilley, Jason R. Vogel, Roger A. Eigenberg, David B. Marx, and Brian L. Woodbury
161. The Potential Role of Extensor Muscle Fatigue in the Onset of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: A Novel In Vivo Model, Mary Beth M. Grabowsky, Nicholas A. Pallota, Matthew W. Connelly, Brett Van Etten, Rebecca A. Wachs, Max Alley, Joseph C. Glennon, Andrew H. Dubin, John W. German, Richard L. Uhl, and Eric H. Ledet
Impact of Preferential Flow Paths on Alluvial Groundwater Flow Patterns and Phosphorus Transport, Derek M. Heeren, Ronald B. Miller, Garey A. Fox, Daniel E. Storm, Aaron R. Mittelstet, and Chad J. Penn
PREFERENTIAL FLOW EFFECTS ON SUBSURFACE CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT IN ALLUVIAL FLOODPLAINS, Derek M. Heeren, Ron B. Miller, Garey A. Fox, Daniel E. Storm, Todd Halihan, and Chad J. Penn
NEBRASKA WATER AND ENERGY FLUX MEASUREMENT, MODELING, AND RESEARCH NETWORK (NEBFLUX), Suat Irmak
On the dynamics of canopy resistance: Generalized linear estimation and relationships with primary micrometeorological variables, Suat Irmak and Denis Mutiibwa
Net Radiation Dynamics: Performance of 20 Daily Net Radiation Models as Related to Model Structure and Intricacy in Two Climates, Suat Irmak, Denis Mutiibwa, and José O. Payero
Nebraska Agricultural Water Management Demonstration Network (NAWMDN): Integrating Research and Extension/Outreach, Suat Irmak, Jennifer M. Rees, Gary L. Zoubek, Brandy S. van DeWalle, William R. Rathje, Rodney DeBuhr, Dan Leininger, Darrel D. Siekman, James W. Schneider, and Andrew P. Christiansen
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION NETWORK (NAWMDN): INTEGRATING RESEARCH AND EXTENSION/OUTREACH, Suat Irmak, Jennifer M. Rees, Gary L. Zoubek, Brandy S. van DeWalle, William R. Rathje, Rodney DeBuhr, Dan Leininger, Darrel D. Siekman, James W. Schneider, and Andrew P. Christiansen
Cytocompatible cross-linking of electrospun zein fibers for the development of water-stable tissue engineering scaffolds, Quiran Jiang, Narendra Reddy, and Yiqi Yang
Microwave-Based Alkali Pretreatment of Switchgrass and Coastal Bermudagrass for Bioethanol Production, Deepak R. Keshwani and Jay J. Cheng
Modeling Changes in Biomass Composition During Microwave-Based Alkali Pretreatment of Switchgrass, Deepak R. Keshwani and Jay J. Cheng
Optimization and Economic Evaluation of Industrial Gas Production and Combined Heat and Power Generation from Gasification of Corn Stover and Distillers Grains, Ajay Kumar, Yaşar Demirel, David D. Jones, and Milford Hanna
The other Gulf oil crisis - in Southwest Asia, Adam Liska
Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biofuels: Variability, Uncertainty, and Steps Toward Accurate Regulation, Adam J. Liska and Bruce E. Dale
Securing Foreign Oil: A Case for Including Military Operations in the Climate Change Impact of Fuels, Adam J. Liska and Richard K. Perrin
Geophysical Mapping of Preferential Flow Paths across Multiple Floodplains, Ronald B. Miller, Derek M. Heeren, Garey A. Fox, Daniel E. Storm, Todd Halihan, and Aaron R. Mittelstet
COMPARISON OF SUBSURFACE AND SURFACE RUNOFF PHOSPHORUS TRANSPORT CAPACITIES IN ALLUVIAL FLOODPLAINS, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Derek M. Heeren, Daniel E. Storm, Garey A. Fox, M. J. White, and R. B. Miller
Cytotoxicity of Bacterial-Derived Toxins to Immortal Lung Epithelial and Macrophage Cells, Dianne E. Peterson, Jayne M. Collier, Matthew E. Katterman, Rachel A. Turner, and Mark R. Riley
Developing Water Stable Gliadin Films Without Using Crosslinking Agents, Narendra Reddy and Yiqi Yang
Structure and properties of cocoons and silk fibers produced by Hyalophora cecropia, Narendra Reddy and Yiqi Yang
Structure and properties of ultrafine silk fibers produced by Theriodopteryx ephemeraeformis, Narendra Reddy and Yiqi Yang
Sodium hydroxide pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of coastal Bermuda grass, Ziyu Wang, Deepak R. Keshwani, Arthur P. Redding, and Jay J. Cheng
Dryland Performance of Sweet Sorghum and Grain Crops for Biofuel in Nebraska, Charles S. Wortmann, Adam Liska, Richard B. Ferguson, Drew J. Lyon, R. N. Klein, and Ismail M. Dweikat
Opto-electrophoretic detection of bio-molecules using conducting chalcogenide glass sensors, Zhiyong Yang, Megan K. Fah, Kelly A. Reynolds, Jonathan D. Sexton, Mark R. Riley, Marie-Laure Anne, Bruno Bureau, and Pierre Lucas
2009
Managing Livestock Manure to Protect Environmental Quality, Brian L. Benham, Richard B. Ferguson, Christopher G. Henry, Michael A. Reynolds, Charles A. Shapiro, James P. Stack, and Charles S. Wortmann
Magnitude and Variability in Emissions Savings in the Corn-Ethanol Life Cycle from Feeding Co-Products to Livestock, Virgil R. Bremer, Adam Liska, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Galen E. Erickson, Haishun Yang, Daniel T. Walters, and Kenneth G. Cassman
ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION OF PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN BY IMMERSED STALKS, John E. Gilley, Bahman Eghball, and David B. Marx
NUTRIENT AND BACTERIAL TRANSPORT IN RUNOFF FROM SOIL AND POND ASH AMENDED FEEDLOT SURFACES, John E. Gilley, Jason R. Vogel, Elaine D. Berry, Roger Eigenberg, David B. Marx, and Brian L. Woodbury
Actual and Reference Evaporative Losses and Surface Coefficients of a Maize Field during Nongrowing (Dormant) Periods, Christopher H. Hay and Suat Irmak
Preferential Flow Path Effects on Subsurface Contaminant Transport in Alluvial Floodplains, Derek M. Heeren, Ronald B. Miller, Gary A. Fox, Daniel E. Storm, Chad J. Penn, and Todd Halihan
Sorghum distillers dried grain lipid extract increases cholesterol excretion and decreases plasma and liver cholesterol concentration in hamsters, Jia Tse Hoi, Curtis L. Weller, Vicki Schlegel, Susan L. Cuppett, Ji-Young Lee, and Timothy P. Carr
Impact Of Microclimatic Data Measured Above Maize And Grass Canopies On Penman‐Monteith Reference Evapotranspiration Calculations, Suat Irmak and Lameck O. Odhiambo
Mathematical Modeling of Growth of Salmonella in Raw Ground Beef under Isothermal Conditions from 10 to 45° C, Vijay K. Juneja, Martin Valenzuela Melendres, Lihan Huang, Jeyamkondan Subbiah, and Harshavardhan Thippareddi
Switchgrass for Bioethanol and Other Value-Added Applications: A Review, Deepak R. Keshwani and Jay J. Cheng
Plant Sterol and Policosanol Characterization of Hexane Extracts from Grain Sorghum, Corn, and their DDGS, Caolina Leguizamón, Curtis L. Weller, Vicki L. Schlegel, and Timothy P. Carr
Responses to “Comment on ‘Response to Plevin: Implications for Life Cycle Emissions Regulations’” and “Assessing Corn Ethanol: Relevance and Responsibility”, Adam Liska and Kenneth Cassman
Response to Plevin: Implications for Life Cycle Emissions Regulations, Adam Liska and Kenneth G. Cassman
Indirect Land Use Emissions in the Life Cycle of Biofuels: Regulations vs. Science, Adam J. Liska and Richard K. Perrin
BESS: Biofuel Energy Systems Simulator: Life Cycle Energy & Emissions Analysis Model for Corn-Ethanol Biofuel Production Systems -- User’s Guide for the BESS model, Adam Liska, Haishun Yang, Daniel T. Walters, Kenneth Cassman, Terry Klopfenstein, Galen Erickson, Virgil R. Bremer, Richard K. Koelsch, Dan Kenney, and Patrick Tracy
Special issue on evapotranspiration measurement and modeling, Samuel Ortega-Farias, Suat Irmak, and R. H. Cuenca
Special issue on evapotranspiration measurement and modeling, Samuel Ortega-Farias, Suat Irmak, and R. H. Cuenca
Effect of Timing of a Deficit-Irrigation Allocation on Corn Evapotranspiration, Yield, Water Use Efficiency and Dry Mass, J. O. Payero, David D. Tarkalson, Suat Irmak, Don Davison, and James L. Petersen
Integration Of An Extended Octagonal Ring Transducer And Soil Coulterometer For Identifying Soil Compaction, Santosh Pitla, L. G. Wells, and S. A. Shearer
Citric acid cross-linking of starch films, Narendra Reddy and Yiqi Yang
Extraction and characterization of natural cellulose fibers from common milkweed stems, Narendra Reddy and Yiqi Yang
Regional CO2 and latent heat surface fluxes in the Southern Great Plains: Measurements, modeling, and scaling, W. J. Riley, Sebastien C. Biraud, Margaret S. Torn, Marc L. Fischer, David P. Billesbach, and Joe A. Berry
Estimating Percent Residue Cover Using the Line-Transect Method, David P. Shelton and Paul J. Jasa
Integrated Capture and Spectroscopic Detection of Viruses, Crystal A. Vargas, Allison A. Wilhelm, Jeremy Williams, Pierre Lucas, Kelly A. Reynolds, and Mark R. Riley
Thermal Degradation Kinetics of Distillers Grains and Solubles in Nitrogen and Air, Lijun Wang, Ajay Kumar, Milford Hanna, Curtis L. Weller, and D. D. Jones
Synthesis and characterization of hazelnut oil-based biodiesel, Yixiang Xu and Milford Hanna
Grand challenges for biological engineering, Jeong-Yeol Yoon and Mark R. Riley
Antiproliferation Properties of Grain Sorghum Dry Distiller’s Grain Lipids in Caco-2 Cells, Richard Zbasnik, Timothy P. Carr, Curtis L. Weller, Keum Taek Hwang, Lijun Wang, Susan L. Cuppett, and Vicki Schlegel
2008
Automated bead-trapping apparatus and control system for single-molecule DNA sequencing, Gregory Bashford, Don Lamb, Dan Grone, Bob Eckles, Kevin Kornelsen, Lyle Middendorf, and John Williams
Characterization of Radio Frequency Heating of Fresh Fruits Influenced by Dielectric Properties, Sohan Birla, S. Wang, Juming Tang, and G. Tiwari
Developing LCFS for Biofuels: Getting it right for Corn Ethanol, Kenneth Cassman and Adam Liska
Comparison of Lipid Extraction Methods of Food-Grade Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Using Hexane, K. L. Christiansen, Curtis L. Weller, V. L. Schlegel, and I. M. Dweikat
Performance Evaluation of Aluminum Test Cell Designed for Determining the Heat Resistance of Bacterial Spores in Foods, H.-J. Chung, Sohan Birla, and Juming Tang
A Design Aid for Determining Width of Filter Strips, Michael G. Dosskey, M. J. Helmers, and Dean E. Eisenhauer
Ultraviolet and Pulsed Electric Field Treatments Have Additive Effect on Inactivation of E. coli in Apple Juice, T. K. Gachovska, Saurabh Kumar, Harshanardhan Thippareddi, and F. Williams
Spatial Variations in Nutrient and Microbial Transport from Feedlot Surfaces, John E. Gilley, Elaine D. Berry, Roger A. Eigenberg, David B. Marx, and Bryan L. Woodbury
Narrow Grass Hedge Effects on Nutrient Transport Following Compost Application, John E. Gilley, Bahman Eghball, and David B. Marx
Narrow Grass Hedge Effects on Nutrient Transport Following Compost Application, John E. Gilley, B. Eghball, and David B. Marx
Nutrient Transport as Affected by Rate of Overland Flow, John E. Gilley, W. F. Sabatka, B. Eghball, and David B. Marx
Variability Analyses of Alfalfa-Reference to Grass-Reference Evapotranspiration Ratios in Growing and Dormant Seasons, Suat Irmak, Ayse Kilic, T. A. Howell, Derrel Martin, J. O. Payero, and K. S. Copeland
Rule-based Mamdani-type fuzzy modeling of skin permeability, Deepak R. Keshwani, David D. Jones, George E. Meyer, and Rhonda M. Brand
Artificial Neural Network estimation of soil erosion and nutrient concentrations in runoff from land application areas, Minyoung Kim and John E. Gilley
Implementing Mass Nutrient Balance Procedures on Swine Production Facilities, Richard Koelsch and Alan Sutton
Preparation and characterization of tapioca starch–poly(lactic acid) nanocomposite foams by melt intercalation based on clay type, Siew-Yoong Lee, Han Chen, and Milford Hanna
Preparation and characterization of tapioca starch-poly(lactic acid)-Cloisite NA+ nanocomposite foams, Siew-Yoong Lee and Milford Hanna
An Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System for Modeling Mechanical Properties of Tapioca Starch-Poly(Lactic Acid) Nanocomposite Foams, Siew-Yoong Lee, Milford Hanna, and David D. Jones
Visible/Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging for Beef Tenderness Prediction, Govindarajan Konda Naganathan, Lauren M. Grimes, Jeyamkondan Subbiah, Chris R. Calkins, Ashok Samal, and George E. Meyer
Cellular Arrays (US Patent Application), Angela K. Pannier, Eric A. Ariazi, V. Craig Jordan, and Lonnie D. Shea
Surface polyethylene glycol enhances substrate-mediated gene delivery by nonspecifically immobilized complexes, Angela K. Pannier, Julie A. Wieland, and Lonnie D Shea
Construction, Installation, and Performance of Two Repacked Weighing Lysimeters, José O. Payero and Suat Irmak
FIELD SLOPE EFFECTS ON UNIFORMITY OF CORN SEED SPACING FOR THREE PRECISION PLANTER METERING SYSTEMS, Corey L. Searle, Michael F. Kocher, John A. Smith, and Erin E. Blankenship
Facilitating Use of the Odor Footprint Tool by Nebraska Pork Producers, Rick R. Stowell
System and method for analyzing material properties using hyperspectral imaging, Jeyamkondan Subbiah, Chris Richard Calkins, and Ashok Samal
Methods to prioritize placement of riparian buffers for improved water quality, M. D. Tomer, Michael G. Dosskey, Michael R. Burkart, Matthew J. Helmers, and Dean E. Eisenhauer
Monitoring Tissue Engineering Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Huihui Xu, Shadi F. Othman, and Richard L. Magin
2007
Potential of Agricultural Residues and Hay for Bioethanol Production, Ye Chen, Ratna R. Sharma-Shivappa, Deepak R. Keshwani, and Chengci Chen
Spatiotemporal Variations in Growing Season Exchanges of CO2, H2O, and Sensible Heat in Agricultural Fields of the Southern Great Plains, Marc L. Fischer, Dave P. Billesbach, Joseph A. Berry, William J. Riley, and Margaret S. Torn
Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP): Development History, Model Capabilities, and Future Enhancements, Dennis C. Flanagan, John E. Gilley, and Thomas G. Franti
Subsurface Characterization Using Textural Features Extracted From GPR Data, R. S. Freeland and Lameck O. Odhiambo
Nitrogen and Phosphorus Concentrations of Runoff as Affected by Moldboard Plowing, John E. Gilley, Bahman Eghball, and David B. Marx
Nutrient Concentrations of Runoff During the Year Following Manure Application, John E. Gilley, Bahman Eghball, and D. B. Marx
Early Investment in Soil Conservation Research Continues to Provide Dividends, John E. Gilley and D. C. Flanagan
Discrimination of Bacteria and Bacteriophages by Raman Spectroscopy and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Lindsay J. Goeller and Mark R. Riley
Evaluation of Irrigation Strategies with the DSSAT Cropping System Model, Derek M. Heeren, Hal D. Warner, and Todd P. Trooien
Characteristics of Manure Harvested from Beef Cattle Feedlots, William F. Kissinger, Richard K. Koelsch, Galen E. Erickson, and Terry J. Klopfenstein