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As department head, Caldwell also supported programs to study soybean diseases, apple scab resistance, and the impact of the cereal leaf beetle. [1] Caldwell encouraged open an exchange of information and plant materials from the Purdue program, widely sharing its breeding stocks.
The following is a partial list of Purdue University faculty, ... Gebisa Ejeta – Professor of Agronomy, ... Otto F. Hunziker – early head of Dairy department, ...
From 1974 to 1982, he was with the Purdue Agronomy Department as Extension/research specialist in corn production for Indiana. [4] He joined the staff of the Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI) in 1982 and has been involved with a number of innovative agronomic research and education programs in the Midwest region.
Mung Chiang was born on February 2, 1977, in Tianjin, China. [2] In 1988, when Mung Chiang was 11 years old, his family went to Hong Kong to live with his grandmother. He re-took the fifth grade of primary school at Tak Sun School (德信學校), a full-time Catholic school for boys, and taught himself Cantonese, Traditional Chinese, and English.
Melba M. Crawford is the Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and a professor of agronomy, Civil Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Purdue University. [1] As the Nancy Uridil and Francis Bossu Professor in Civil Engineering, her specialty is Geomatics Engineering.
Arthur H. Lefebvre – professor; Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering between 1976 and 1993; pioneer of gas turbine technology and developer of fuel spray technology; professor at Cranfield University, UK; G. V. Loganathan – professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech; victim of the Virginia Tech ...
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. [7] The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture; [8] the first classes were held on September 16, 1874.
Gebisa Ejeta (born 1950 [1]) is an Ethiopian American plant breeder, geneticist and Professor at Purdue University. [2] In 2009, he won the World Food Prize for his major contributions in the production of sorghum .