Department of Biosystems Engineering offers two primary majors in undergraduate programs, i.e., Biosystems Engineering and Food Industry Machinery. For graduate students, there are three fields, including the design of farm machinery, renewable energies, and postharvest technology. These programs are mainly intended for those who expect to be involved in engineering solutions for agricultural problems and for those who require a broader understanding of the complex implications of agricultural engineering, research, and development. Biosystems engineering integrates engineering science and design with applied biological, environmental and agricultural sciences. It represents an evolution of the agricultural engineering discipline applied to plants and livestock. Typical programmatic areas include the production of bioenergy: development of sensors and biosensors; environmental engineering; controlled-environment agriculture; food processing and food safety; agricultural engineering (machinery, irrigation, and storage), water quality assessment, and water recycling (including measurements of pathogens, chemicals, and other contaminants). There are several specific laboratories, including renewable energies, postharvest technology, electrical and electronics, sensors and biosensors (under construction), and robotics and mechatronics (under construction), as well as a well-equipped machining shop that provides facilities for teaching, experimental activities and fabrication of agricultural machinery and equipment, being accessible to the academics and students of the department. Currently, nine academic members are active in the department, working on agricultural machinery and food industry, renewable energies, postharvest technology, image processing, machine learning, sensors and biosensors, conservation tillage, physical properties of agricultural materials, and precision farming.

Programs Offered in the Department of Biosystems Engineering

Academic members

• Name: Abbas Rezaei Asl
• Academic level: Assistant Professor of Agricultural machinery design
• Email: Arezaeiasl[at]gau.ac.ir
• https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=1j8yPjgAAAAJ
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• Name: Ahmad Abbaszadeh Mayvan
• Academic level: Assistant Professor of Renewable energies
• Email: abbaszadeh[at]gau.ac.ir
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• Name: Ahmad Taghizadeh Alisaraei
• Academic level: Associate Professor of Renewable energies
• Email: a_taghizadeh[at]gau.ac.ir
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• Name: Ali Asghari
• Academic level: Assistant Professor of Postharvest technology
• Email: asghari[at]gau.ac.ir
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•  Name: Alireza Soleimani Pour          
• Academic level: Assistant Professor of  Agricultural machinery design
• Email: asoleimani[at]gau.ac.ir
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•  Name: Keyvan Asefpour Vakilian                   
• Academic level: Assistant Professor of Sensors and biosensors, Postharvest technology
• Email: keyvan.asefpour[at]gau.ac.ir
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• Name: Mohsen Azadbakht                   
• Academic level: Associate Professor Postharvest technology, Agricultural machinery design
• Email: azadbakht[at]gau.ac.ir
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• Name: Tayeb Nazghelichi            
• Academic level: Assistant Professor of Renewable energies
• Email: nazghelichi[at]gau.ac.ir
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