Abolghasem Shahbazi, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Biological Engineering Program

Contact:
       Office: Sockwell Hall 107
       Phone: (336) 334-7787
       Fax: 336-334-7270
       Email: ash@ncat.edu

    Mailing address:
        North Carolina A&T State University
        Biological Engineering
        Sockwell Hall 107
        Greensboro, NC 27411

Education:
   Ph.D., Agricultural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, May 1982
    M.S., Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, August 1978
    B.S., Agricultural Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran, June 1973

Research Interests:
    Biofuels, bioproducts, biomass, and renewable energy.

Areas of Research Interest:
       The effects of zoning as a predetermined building constraint, buildings performance (energy and sustainability), the effects of building envelopes on the energy use of buildings, the cognitive process of building design, Afro centric architecture, innovations in distance learning, multimedia and information transfer, universal design principle.


Additional Info.: http://www.ncat.edu/~phase

Selected Publications:

1. Shahbazi, A., M. Mims, Y. Li, V. Shirley, and S. Ibrahim. Lactic acid production from cheese whey by immobilized bacteria, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 121-124:529-540, 2005.
   
   
2. Shahbazi, A., Y. Li. 2006. Availability of crop residues as a sustainable feedstock for bioethanol production in North Carolina. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Vol. 129-132: 2006.
   
   
3. Shahbazi, A., Li, Y., and Chornet, E. Application of impregnation and rapid steam treatment to the fractionation of softwood, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 121-124:973-988, 2005.
   
   
4. Gaurav, J., Mallik A. Shahbazi A., and H. Singh, Waste wood Potentials as a Renewable Source of Energy, Energy, Environment, and Plant Engineering, 3, 1999.
   
   
5. Juthi Kumar, A. Shahbazi, R. Mathew, 1998, Bioconversion of Solid Food Wastes to Ethanol, The Analyst, The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, May 1998.
   
   
6. Anand Padman, J. Kumar, A. Shahbazi, 1997, Bioconversion of organic wastes to ethanol using immobilized thermophilic bacteria, American Environmental Laboratory, Vol.9, No. 9.
   
   
7. Shahbazi, A., Ibrahim, S.A., and Shirley, V., 2005. Immobilization of Lactobacillus helveticus on a Spiral-Sheet Bioreactor for the Continuous Production of Lactic Acid”. Milk Science Int. Vol. 60 (4):253-360.
   
   
8. Li, Y., Shahbazi, A., and Kadzere, C. T. Separation of Cells and Proteins From Fermentation Broth Using Ultrafiltration. Journal of Food Engineering, 75 (2006) 574-580
   
   
9. Lou, J., Schimmel, K., Shahbazi, A., Harinath, V., Rutkoski, C., 2003. The Influence of Fillers on the Biodegradation Kinetics of polymers, ANTEC proceedings, 2823-2829.