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The K-State Carl and Melinda Helwig Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering is unique. Our mission, to advance the knowledge and application of engineering and technology to living systems, agriculture and the environment, guides us as we serve our students, our communities and the world.
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Top News and Stories
New BAE irrigation professor brings farm management competition to Kansas
Dr. Daran Rudnick, Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Director for Sustainable Irrigation for Kansas State Research and Extension, is implementing a farm management competition in Kansas. TAPS – Testing Ag Performance Solutions is a farm management competition Dr. Rudnick started while he was a faculty member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
K-State launches next-gen Institute for Digital Agriculture and Advanced Analytics
Kansas State University is setting the stage as a national leader in digital agriculture with the launch of the interdisciplinary Institute for Digital Agriculture and Advanced Analytics (ID3A). ID3A will be co-lead by Dr. Ajay Sharda, Terry Beemer Foundation Chair for Engineering Innovation and Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering.
BAE senior's family selected as K-State Family of the Year
Claire Winter, senior in biological systems engineering, and her family were selected as the K-State Family of the Year by the Chimes Junior Honorary. They were honored at K-State's Sept. 8 football game vs. Troy.