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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCES

UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA

 

 

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RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Animal Production Environment

  • Climate control in animal production buildings
  • Design of animal housing for welfare improvement
  • Odour management in animal production operations
  • Dispersion modeling of odour
  • Airborne transmission of disease pathogens in animal facilities 

Bulk Solids Handling and Storage

  • Constitutive modelling of granular materials
  • Loads in bulk solids storage structures
  • Flow of powder materials

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

·        Measurement of odour emissions from swine operations

·        Design of a mobile mass euthanasia system for swine and poultry

·        Odour production, evaluation and control

·        Development of dispersion-based setback distance guideline for Manitoba

·        Using computer images to study flow of powder materials in a model bin

·        Pore structure and airflow resistance of bulk solids

·        Electrostatic space charge system (ESCS) for improving barn air quality and preventing airborne transmission of PRRS virus

·        Successful conversion to sow group housing: Phase II – Design options and considerations.

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