Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Refereed journal articles:

Anderson, G.A. 2006. Shear strength of diaphragms predicted from test results. ASAE Paper 064090.

Chevanan, N., K. Muthukumarappan, P. Upreti, and L.E. Metzger. 2006. Effect of calcium and phosphorus, residual lactose and salt-to-moisture ratio on the textural properties of Cheddar cheese during ripening. J Texture Studies 37: 711-730.

Ganesan, V., K.A. Rosentrater, and K. Muthukumarappan. 2006. Methodology to determine soluble content in dry grind ethanol coproduct streams. Applied Engineering inAgriculture22 (6): 899-903.

Garza, O.A., B.J. Lesikar, R.A. Persyn, M.T. Anderson, and A.L. Kenimer.  2006.  Food service establishments wastewater characterization.  Water Environment Research 78: 805-809.

Johnston, C.A. and B. Shmagin. 2006. Scale issues in lake-watershed interaction: Assessing shoreline development, impacts on water clarity. Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology Methods and Applications (Springer et al. eds).

Kanivetsky, R. and B. Shmagin. Reply "On quantifying freshwater sustainability through multiscale mapping." Eos 87: 141.

Mahapatra, A.K, K.L. Kumar, J.L. Julson, and K. Muthukumarappan. 2006. Designing a design course for agriculture engineering in Africa. Special issue Int J Engineering Education (IJEE) 22(6): 1350-1357.

Rosentrater, K.A. and K. Muthukumarappan. 2006. Biorefining: a new frontier for engineering education, INNOVATIONS 2006: World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research, iNEER, USA ISSN 1553-9911.

Shmagin B. and R. Kanivetsky. 2006. Regional hydrology: tools vs. ideas. Coastal Hydrology and Processes, Proc Challenges in Coastal Hydrology and Water Quality, Water Resources Publications, LLC (Vijay P. Singh and Y. Jun Xu, eds): 183-196.

Subramanian, R., K. Muthukumarappan, and S. Gunasekaran. 2006. Linear viscoelastic properties of regular- and reduced-fat pasteurized process cheese during heating and cooling. Int J Food Properties 9(3): 377-393.

Ye, X. and James Julson. 2006. Properties of medium density fiberboards made from renewable biomass.  Bioresource Technology 98: 1077-1084

Other reports:

Birt, L.N., R.A. Persyn, and P.K. Haan.  2006.  Evaluation of standards for compost blankets in stormwater control.  ASABE Paper 062251.

Chevanan, N., K. Muthukumarappan, and L. Metzger. 2006. Influence of buffer content, lactose content, salt to moisture ratio and storage on the viscoelastic properties of Cheddar cheese. IFT Food Expo.

Chevanan, N., K. Muthukumarappan, K. Rosentrater, and J. L. Julson.  2006.  Effect of die dimensions on extruder performance and extrudate properties for distillers grains based feeds.  ASABE ann int mtg.

Chevanan, N. K. Muthukumarappan, K. Rosentrater, and J. L. Julson.  2006.  Modeling extrusion processing of aquaculture feed incorporating distillers grains.  ASABE ann int mtg.

Ganesan, V., K. Muthukumarappan, and K. A. Rosentrater. 2006. Effect of flow agent addition on the physical properties of DDGS with varying moisture content and soluble percentages. ASABE paper 066076.

Ganesan, V., K. Muthukumarappan, and K.A. Rosentrater, 2006. Effect of flow agent addition on the physical properties of DDGS with varying soluble percentage. Student Research Poster Session, Pierre.

Ganesan, V., K. Muthukumarappan, and K. A. Rosentrater, 2006. Effect of flow agent addition on the physical properties of DDGS with varying moisture content and soluble percentage. Poster, Corn Utilization and Technology Conf.

Ganesan, V., K. Muthukumarappan, and K. A. Rosentrater, 2006. Sorption isotherms of dried distillers grains with solubles. ASABE paper 066165. 

Johnston, Carol A., Boris A. Shmagin, Paul C. Frost, James H. Larson, Gary A. Lambertl, and Scott D. Bridgham. 2006. Digital wetland databases differ in ability to predict DOC concentrations in streams. Intnatl symp, Ecosystem Behavior: 105 (abstr).

Kanivetsky, R., B. Shmagin, and J. Naiber. 2006. Ecohydrologic approach to multi-scale quantification of regional recharge/discharge in Minnesota. Eos Trans AGU 87(52): (abstr H13A-1351).

Marella, C. and  K.  Muthukumarappan, 2006. Whey protein fractionation using a multistage ultrafiltration system.  Int mtg Amer Soc Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

Muthukumarappan, K. 2006. Biorefinery research at SDSU. Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.
Muthukumarappan, K. 2006. Development of a bioprocess for PHA production using condensed corn solubles. Innovations in Food and Bioprocess Engineering Conf.

Muthukumarappan, K. 2006. Fractionation of whey proteins using membrane processing. Dublin Institute of Technology.

Muthukumarappan, K. 2006. Novel melt test procedures to evaluate cheese meltability. Moorepark Dairy Products Research Center.

Muthukumarappan, K. 2006. Novel nonthermal processing of foods. University College Dublin.

Muthukumarappan, K., L. Bernau, and J. L. Julson.  2006.  Development of novel pretreatment method to convert biomass into ethanol.  Total Food Conf.

Muthukumarappan, K. and A. Biswas, 2006. Influence of natural cheese characteristics on textural and functional properties of process cheese. Innovations in Food and Bioprocess Engineering Conf.

Muthukumarappan, K., N. Chevanan, and K. A. Rosentrater, 2006. Neural network and regression modeling of extrusion processing parameters and extrudate properties containing DDGS. Innovations in Food and Bioprocess Engineering Conf.

Muthukumarappan, K. and Marella, C. 2006. Development of intermediate feed for fractionation of α-Lactalbumin and β-Lactoglobulin from cheese whey. Innovations in Food and Bioprocess Engineering Conf.

Persyn, R.A.  2006.  Soil erosion models.  Annual Stormwater and Soil Erosion Conf, Pierre.

Persyn, R.A.  2006.  Evaluation of standards for compost blankets in stormwater control.  South Dakota Soil and Water Conservation Society.

Shmagin, B, and Din Chen, 2006. Understanding and mapping water resources by multidimensional statistics and fuzzy logic: Missouri River Basin case. Western South Dakota Hydrology Conf: 28 (abstr).