Director and Administrative Leader
Professor - Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering; Department of Animal Science
Director- ISU Kent Feed Mill and Grain Science Complex
Director- International Grain and Feed Industry Academy
Faculty Collaborators
Assistant Professor- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Professor and Associate Chair for Teaching – Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Professor - Department of Animal Science
Associate Professor – Department of Animal Science
Director - Iowa Pork Industry Center
Assistant Professor - Department of Animal Science
Professor- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Dr. George Obeng-Akrofi
Instructor of Feed Technology - Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Engineering Research and Pilot Plant Manager
Professor- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Associate Professor- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Extension Ag Engineer
Interim Director- Egg Industry Center
Staff
Josh Black
Assistant Production Manager
Associate Director - Operations Management
Associate Director – Business and Programs Operations
Associate Director – International Grain & Feed Industry Academy
Graduate Students
Esther Yeboah Akoto
Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Associate
Manager, Quality Control and Feed Safety
Louisa Fremah Amofah
M.S. Student and Graduate Research Assistant
Assistant Manager, Quality Control and Feed Safety
Nana Amma Kusi FordJour
M.S. Student and Graduate Research Assistant
Younus Sabbir
Ph.D. Student and Graduate Research Associate
Assistant Manager, Grain Center
Undergraduate Student Employees and Trainees
Sean Anderson
Major: Agricultural Systems Technology; Feed Technology Minor
Teams: Production; Maintenance
Sponsor: AFIA Equipment Manufacturers
Carter Anderson
Major : Agricultural Systems Technology; Feed Technology Minor
Teams: Production, Maintenance
Sponsor: AFIA Equipment Manufacturers, Ardent Mills
Emilee Blasberg
Major: Agricultural Systems Technology; Feed Technology Minor
Teams: Production
Sponsor: CJ Bio
Karsten Bruns
Major: Accounting
Teams: Procurement
Traineeship Sponsor: Sukup
Victoria (Tori) Brinning
Major: Animal Science; Feed Tech Minor
Teams: Quality Control
Sponsor: Hy-Line
Mallory Cepress
Major: Animal Science
Teams: Quality Control
Sponsor:
Jasper Countryman
Major: Industrial Design
Teams: Communications
Sponsor: CALS
Stephanie Diaz
Major: Animal Science; Feed Technology Minor
Teams: Quality Control; Production
Sponsor: Beck’s
Megan Hammond
Major: Agri Business
Teams: Quality Control
Sponsor: Gold-Eagle Coop
Grahm Humpal
Major: Agricultural Systems Technology
Teams: Maintenance; Production
Sponsor: Nationwide
Jonas Johnson
Major: Industrial Engineering
Teams: Production
Sponsor: Ardent Mills
JP Grebner
Major: Agricultural Systems Technology; Feed Technology Minor
Teams: Grain Center; Maintenance
Sponsor: Sukup
Sam Flynn
Major: Electrical Engineering
Teams: Production; Maintenance; Engineering
Sponsor: Beck’s
Grahm Humpal
Major: Agricultural Systems Technology
Teams: Maintenance; Production
Sponsor: Nationwide
CJ Ratliff
Major: Industrial Technology
Teams: Maintenance; Grain Center; Production
Sponsor: Sukup
August Schroeder
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Teams: Pilot Plant ; Grain Center; Maintenance; Engineering
Sponsor: Beck’s
Carleigh Tobey
Major: Ag Communications
Teams: Communications
Sponsor: CALS
Hailey Volz
Major: Agricultural Systems Technology; Feed Technology Minor
Teams: Quality Control; Production
Graduates and Alumni (placement after graduation):
Josh Black, B.S. Animal Science and Agronomy; Feed Technology Minor, May’24 – Hy-Line International
Spencer Karkosh, B.S. Industrial Technology, Dec’24 –
Gage Moorman, B.S. Electrical Engineering, Dec’24 – Lake Superior Consulting
Marianne Nebelsick, B.S. Animal Science, Dec’23 – Gold-Eagle Coop
Kian Yeow Chong, B.S. Agricultural Engineering, Dec’23 - AgCertain Industries, Inc
Alexis Lambros – M.S. Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, May ’25 - Post Consumer Brands
Mason Nolte, B.S. Animal Science; Feed Technology Minor, May ’25 -
Colton Silveira, B.S. Animal Science, May ’25 – Christensen Farms