Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Hiring Department Chair and Professor

The Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering is searching for its newest department Chair and Professor. For full consideration, candidates should apply and submit materials by March 24, 2025.

Engineering for a Sustainable World.

The University of Florida's Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering is founded on developing, teaching, and applying engineering principles to improve and sustain agricultural and biological systems for current and future generations.

Academics

UF/IFAS ABE is ranked among the top programs in the nation.

Research

Our cutting-edge research tackles real-world problems.

Extension

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A variety of half empty food packages are arrayed on a blue tarp, tagged for cataloging. A small scale is on the side, used to weigh the objects to determine food waste amounts.

Agribusiness

ABE Expands Citizen Science Effort to Tackle Household Food Waste

Write up by: Ziynet Boz, Ph.D. As part of the national Food Waste Challenge funded by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) and the Kroger Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, the ABE Department has completed its second round of household food and packaging waste audits through a citizen science research model. Led by PI Dr. Ziynet Boz, with Co-PIs Dr. Catherine Campbell and Dr. Greg Kiker, the project, entitled Integrated Read More

Agribusiness

Scientists will use $1M grant to build a support system addressing sea level rise and flooding in South Florida

A team of University of Florida scientists has been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to tackle one of South Florida’s most urgent environmental threats: groundwater flooding and saltwater intrusion caused by sea level rise. During the three-year project, scientists on a multidisciplinary team at UF’s Read More