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Research Projects - Current

• Consortium for Integrated Management of Stored Product Insect Pests (CIMSPIP) (Ileleji)
• Continuous Slow Deferred Cooling (Heber)
• Grain Facility System Analysis and Modeling (McGill)
• Grain Production System Modeling & Traceability (Fleck)
• Monitoring Stored Grain Quality (Bhat)
• Optimization of Aeration Systems (Garg)
• Optimizing In-bin Drying of Food Grains (Bartosik)
• Indiana GrainSafe On-Farm Quality Assurance System (Karaca)
• Spinosad - An Alternative Stored Grain Protectant (Ileleji and Szabela)
• Structural Precision Fumigation (Chayaprasert)
• System Modeling of Grain Handling Operations (Berruto)

Research Projects - Completed

• Economic Analysis of Pest Control Strategies in Stored Popcorn (Rulon)
• Effect of Environmental Conditions on Stored Grain Pest Management (Adams)
• Evaluation of Combination Drying of Corn with Automatic Conditioning (Montross)
• Grain Entrapment and Rescue (Kingman)
• Grain Ozonation for Insect Control (Mendez)
• High Oil Corn System Analysis (Maier)
• High Value Soybean Segregation (Reising)
• In-Bin Conditioning and Pest Management of Popcorn Using Ambient and Chilled Aerations (Zink)
• Increased Grain Milling Efficiency Through Improved Wear Resistance Rolls (Singh)
• Modeling of Stored Grain Ecosystems (Montross)
• Modeling Thermal Effects on Biomaterials Properties (Singh)
• Optimizing Feed Manufacturing Operations (Briggs)
• Popcorn Conditioning, Storage and Handling (Watkins)
• Stress Cracking and Thin Layer Drying Behavior of Specialty Grains (Watkins)
• Modeling Thermal Effects on Biomaterials Properties (Singh)
• Thermal and Physical Properties of Soybeans and Soybean Bars (Yan)

For information contact:

Dr. Dirk E. Maier
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Phone: (765) 494-1175
e -mail: maier@purdue.edu