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Environmental Quality Engineering
Devising cost-effective methods to reduce environmental stress from livestock production,
and cropping systems
Focus Areas
Dust and Bioaerosols
Trace and Greenhouse Gases
Odor and Odorous Compounds
Atmospheric Deposition
Life-Cycle Assessment
Manure and Wastewater Management
Faculty
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Brent W. Auvermann, Ph.D.
Professor and Center Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research-Amarillo
Dr. Auvermann is on the faculty of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University and holds adjunct faculty status in the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences at West Texas A&M University.
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Carolina Braga Brandani, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist – Soil Health, Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Current Research
- Quantifying and controlling emissions of feedyard dust and ammonia
- Characterizing bioaerosols in feedyard dust
- Estimating greenhouse-gas emissions from cropland fertilized with dairy manure
- Monitoring regional air quality
- Quantifying dry and wet deposition to Panhandle ecosystems
- Correlating airborne dust concentrations with visibility
- Life-cycle assessment of modern wheat production in the United States
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