This week our department would like to spotlight fourth year ABE undergraduate student, Victoria Garcia. Originally from Lemont, Illinois, Victoria was attracted to majoring in ABE because of the amazing possibilities for growth and success during her studies and after graduation. Victoria shared, “ABE offers so many opportunities to learn about new and interesting things, and also a surplus of job opportunities after college!

In honor of Graduate Student Appreciation Week, we would like to give a warm shout-out to our department’s very own Amir Malvandi. Amir joined the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering in January of 2018 to pursue his research on computational and experimental heat transfer enhancement techniques for biological materials.

Today our department would like to spotlight ABE Ph.D. student, Emily Lawson-Bulten. Deciding to pursue graduate school can be a difficult decision to make, but Dr.

Today, our department would like to feature ABE graduate student, Julissa Nunez. Julissa always knew she would go to graduate school. When asked why she decided to pursue her current degree path, she gave large credit to her advisor, Dr.

In honor of Graduate Student Appreciation Week, we would like to shine a light on Ph.D. student Daniel Kim. Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Daniel began his Ph.D. program in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering in 2019 to study water quality.

This week we’d like to shine a spotlight on one of our third-year students, Aaliya Lokhandwala, who is currently majoring in Engineering Technology and Management for Agricultural Systems.

Aaliya is originally from Downers Grove, Illinois. She transferred to the University of Illinois to pursue a major that combined both of her interests: business and environmental sustainability. She shared, “I believe both of these concentrations work well together and can help provide insightful solutions to current issues. This major incorporates best of both worlds without double majoring!”