Teaching Professor
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Innovation Project Title: “Environmental Health Safety & Risk Management Partnership”
Occupational Safety and Health Partnership is an innovation-focused initiative that connects academic expertise with industry to improve workplace safety, health, risk reduction, and business performance. Through integrated teaching/training, research, and extension/outreach efforts, the program embeds student centered entrepreneurial thinking into occupational safety and health practice across industries.
The program mobilizes faculty experts and undergraduate students to deliver practical solutions directly to industry partners. This model enhances student experiential learning while expanding high-impact safety support for employers, leveraging faculty industry experience, current technology system management safety courses and established industry relationships.