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
Professor – Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Professor-in-Charge – Iowa Grain Quality Initiative
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
Occupational Safety Specialist
ISU Environmental Health & Safety and CALS
Manager of Business and Programs
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
Alexis Lambros
M.S. Student and Graduate Research Assistant
Assistant Manager, Engineering Research
Younus Sabbir
Ph.D. Student and Graduate Research Associate
Assistant Manager, Grain Center
Undergraduate Student Employees and Trainees
Kade Altendorf
Major: Agricultural Systems Technology
Teams: Grain Center, Pilot Plant
Traineeship Sponsor: Sukup
Sean Anderson
Major: Agricultural Systems Technology; Feed Technology Minor
Teams: Production; Maintenance
Sponsor: AFIA Equipment Manufacturers
Victoria (Tori) Brinning
Major: Animal Science
Teams: Quality Control
Sponsor: CJ Bio
Karsten Bruns
Major: Accounting
Teams: Procurement
Traineeship Sponsor: Sukup
Megan Hammond
Major: Agri Business
Teams: Procurement; Quality Control
Sponsor: Gold-Eagle Coop
Grahm Humpal
Major: Agricultural Systems Technology
Teams: Maintenance; Production
Mason Nolte
Major: Animal Science; Feed Technology Minor
Teams: Production; Maintenance
Lucas Pulver
Major: Animal Ecology
Teams: Production; Maintenance
CJ Ratliff
Major: Industrial Technology
Teams: Maintenance; Grain Center
Sponsor: Sukup
Joe Schneider
Major: Chemical Engineering
Teams: Engineering; Pilot Plant
Colton Silveira
Major: Animal Science
Teams: Production; Maintenance
Graduates and Alumni (placement after graduation):
Josh Black, B.S. Animal Science and Agronomy; Feed Technology Minor, May’24 – ISU Kent Feed Mill & Grain Science Complex
Spencer Karkosh, B.S. Industrial Technology, Dec’24 – ISU Kent Feed Mill & Grain Science Complex
Gage Moorman, B.S. Electrical Engineering, Dec’24 – ISU Kent Feed Mill & Grain Science Complex
Marianne Nebelsick, B.S. Animal Science, Dec’23 – Gold-Eagle Coop
Kian Yeow Chong, B.S. Agricultural Engineering, Dec’23 - AgCertain Industries, Inc