APPOINTMENT: Extension (80%); Academic (20%)

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Philosophy (Biological Systems Engineering), August 2000, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
• Master of Science (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), July 1995, Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA
• Bachelor of Technology (Agricultural Engineering), summa cum laude, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India    

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist (August 2003-present), Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) Dept., NCSU, Raleigh, NC 
• Provide extension and outreach support to stakeholders through the NC Cooperative Extension Service in the area of animal waste management, particularly poultry litter management and air quality; conduct applied research in the areas of animal waste air and water qualities; teach undergraduate and graduate level courses
  

•  Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist (August 2000-July 2003), West Virginia University Extension Service, Morgantown, WV
• Provided extension and outreach support to West Virginia stakeholders on agricultural engineering aspects; conducted applied research on animal waste management; taught two senior/graduate level courses annually

• Graduate Research Assistant (August 1995-August 2000), Biological Systems Engineering (BSE) Dept., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
• Evaluated impact of urea pellets versus urea granules on corn silage yield and nitrate leaching using field and laboratory experiments; developed and tested mathematical model for simulating two-dimensional nitrogen transport from band-applied urea granules and pellets; taught or assisted in teaching irrigation and water management, sanitation, and instrumentation; member of BSE team that developed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plans for fecal coliform for four impaired stream segments in Virginia

• Graduate Research Assistant (January 1994-July 1995), Biological and Agricultural Engineering Dept., LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
• Conducted field and laboratory studies to quantify daily evapotranspiration (ET) requirement of flooded rice for thesis research; evaluated various mathematical ET models for their ability to predict rice ET; taught hydrology and surveying classes

• Head of Dept. (production and R & D), research engineer, production engineer (August 1985-December 1994), Agricultural Tools Factory Ltd., Birganj, Nepal
• Supervised agricultural machinery production; developed wide variety of agricultural machinery, including seeding, planting, and fertilizing equipment; conducted extension; performed managerial and administrative duties 

HONORS/AFFILIATIONS

WVU Extension Service Outstanding Developing Researcher Award, 2002
Member, ASAE - 1995-present
Member, Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS), 1998-present
Alpha Epsilon, 1996-2000
Gamma Sigma Delta, 1998-2000
PAU Gold Medal - Academic performance at the Bachelor’s Level, 1985
USAID Scholarship, India, 1980-1985

GRANTS FUNDED

1. Litter amendment and improved diet impacts on broiler ammonia emissions and productivity, PI, $499,754 (USDA - NRI), 2006-2008
2. Comparing environmental impacts and agronomic performance of a subsurface drip irrigation system and a traditional spray system used for land application of animal waste, co-PI, $32,749 (NCSU - Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center), 2006-2008
   
3. Determining plant-available nitrogen in hog anaerobic lagoon effluent applied with traveling gun and drag hose systems, PI, $30,000 (WRRI), 2005-2006
4. A regenerating scrubber for reducing animal house emissions, PI, $21,900 (NCSU - Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center), 2004-2006
5. Arsenic and heavy metal leaching potential from broiler litter stockpiled on bare soil, PI, $50,000 (WRRI), 2004-2005
6. An improved wind tunnel to measure ammonia volatilization from land and lagoon surfaces, PI, $4,000 (NCSU Res. & Grad. Studies), 2004-2005
7. Conserving energy in a poultry house by recirculating air through a biofilter to harvest ammonia, PI, $209,323 (US Dept. of Energy through the WV Development Office’s Energy Efficiency Program and Pilgrim’s Pride), 2004-2007
8. Agronomic and environmental impacts of mechanical aeration of grassland, PI, $19,850 (WVU Res. Corp.), 2002-2003
9. Developing a machine for applying poultry litter in subsurface bands in the soil, PI, $14,934 (WVU Senate), 2002-2003
10. Evaluating the environmental impacts of different poultry litter application methods, PI, $9,522 (WVU), 2002
11. West Virginia AgrAbility Project, Collaborator, $270,000 (USDA), 2001-2003
12. Treatment of milkhouse and parlor washwater using a bench-scale wheat straw biofilter, PI, $6,600 (WVU), 2001
13. Heat and ammonia recovery from poultry house exhaust: evaluation of two bench-scale systems, PI, $4,700 (WVU), 2001

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

1. Shah, S.B., P.W. Westerman, R.D. Munilla, M.E. Adcock, and G.R. Baughman.  2007.  Design and evaluation of a regenerating scrubber for reducing animal house emissions.  Transactions of the ASABE (accepted).
   
2. Shah, S.B., C.L. Baird, and J.M. Rice.  2006.  Impact of a metabolic stimulant on ammonia volatilization from broiler litter.  Journal of Applied Poultry Research 16(2):240-247.
   
3. Shah, S.B., G.L. Grabow, and P.W. Westerman. 2006.  Ammonia adsorption in five types of flexible tubing materials.  Applied Engineering in Agriculture 22(6):919-923.
4. Shah, S. B., P. W. Westerman, and J. Arogo.  2006.  Measuring ammonia concentrations and emissions from agricultural land and liquid surfaces: a review.  Journal of Air and Waste Management Association 56(7):945-960.
5. Zeckowski, R. W., B. L. Benham, S. B. Shah, M. L. Wolfe, K. M. Brannan, M. Al-Smadi, T. A. Dillaha, S. Mostaghimi, and C. D Heatwole. 2005.  BSLC: a source for bacterial source characterization for watershed management.  Applied Engineering in Agriculture 21(5):879-889.
6. Shah, S. B., M. L. Wolfe, and J. T. Borggaard.  2004.  Simulating the fate of subsurface-banded synthetic nitrogen.  Nutrient Cycling in the Agroecosystems 70(1):47-66.
7. Shah, S. B., J. L. Miller, and T. J. Basden.  2004.  Mechanical aeration and liquid dairy manure application impacts on grassland runoff water quality and yield.  Transactions of the ASAE 47(3):777-788.
   
8. Shah, S. B., M. D. Shamblin, H. N. Boone, S. A. Gartin, and D. K. Bhumbla.  2004.  Runoff water quality impacts of different turkey litter application methods.  Applied Engineering in Agriculture 20(2):207-210.  
9. Shah, S. B. and M. L. Wolfe.  2003.  Particle size impacts of subsurface-banded urea on nitrogen transformation in the laboratory.  Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 34(9&10):1245-1260.
10. Shah, S. B., T. J. Basden, and D. K. Bhumbla.  2002.  Bench-scale biofilter for removing ammonia from poultry house exhaust.  Journal of Environmental Science and Health B38(1):89-102.
11. Shah, S. B., D. K. Bhumbla, T. J. Basden, and L. L. Lawrence.  2002.  Cool temperature performance of a wheat straw biofilter for treating dairy wastewater.  Journal of Environmental Science and Health B37(5):493-505.
12. Shah, S. B. and M. L. Wolfe.  2002.  Nitrate leaching impact of urea pellets versus granules.  Applied Engineering in Agriculture 18(1):57-64.
13. Shah, S. B. and R. J. Edling.  2000.  Daily evapotranspiration prediction from a Louisiana flooded rice field.  Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 126(1): 8-13.

REPORTS

1. Shah, S. B., G. L. Grabow, R. L. Huffman, D. L. Hesterberg,  D. H. Hardy, K. J. Hutchison, and J. Parsons.  2006.  Arsenic and heavy metal leaching potential from turkey litter stockpiled on bare soil.  Draft Report submitted to the UNC Water Resources Research Institute.
   
2. Al-Smadi, M., K. M. Brannan, T. A. Dillaha, C. D. Heatwole, J. Miller, S. Mostaghimi, S. B. Shah, and M. L. Wolfe (In alphabetical order). 2000. Fecal Coliform TMDL for Sheep Creek, Elk Creek, Machine Creek, Little Otter River, and Big Otter River, Bedford and Campbell Counties, Virginia.  Final Report for Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (VDCR), Division of Soil and Water Conservation (DSWC).
3. Al-Smadi, M., K. M. Brannan, R. Currie, D. Cherry, T. A. Dillaha, C. D. Heatwole, J. Miller, S. Mostaghimi, S. B. Shah, and M. L. Wolfe (In alphabetical order). 2000. Fecal Coliform TMDL for Dry River, Rockingham County, Virginia. Final Report for VDCR, DSWC.
4. Al-Smadi, M., K. M. Brannan, R. Currie, D. Cherry, T. A. Dillaha, C. D. Heatwole, J. Miller, S. Mostaghimi, S. B. Shah, and M. L. Wolfe (In alphabetical order). 2000.  Fecal Coliform TMDL for Mill Creek, Rockingham County, Virginia. Final Report for VDCR, DSWC.
5. Al-Smadi, M., K. M. Brannan, R. Currie, D. Cherry, T. A. Dillaha, C. D. Heatwole, J. Miller, S. Mostaghimi, S. B. Shah, and M. L. Wolfe (In alphabetical order). 2000.  Fecal Coliform TMDL for Pleasant Run, Rockingham County, Virginia. Final Report for VDCR, DSWC.
6. Shah, S. B. and B. B. Karki.  1989.  Effects of farm mechanization on rural employment in Chitwan district of Nepal.  Los Banos, Philippines: RNAM.

EXTENSION, POPULAR, AND NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

1. Shah, S.B., P.W. Westerman, and G.L. Grabow.  2007.  Additives for improving hog farm air quality.  Bulletin Ag-686W/EO750245, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
2. Shah, S.B. and L.M. Risse.  2006.  EPA proposes to revise deadlines for National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELG) for CAFOs.  Southern Animal Manure and Waste Management Quarterly E-newsletter, March 2006. 
   
3. Shah, S.B., P.W. Westerman, and J. Parsons.  2006.  Poultry litter amendments.  Bulletin Ag-57-s (short version) and Ag-57-l (long version), North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
4. Grabow, G., K. Shaffer and S. Shah. 2005.  Hose Drag Systems for Land Application of Liquid Manure and Wastewater. Bulletin Ag-634, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. 
5. Shah, S. B., H. W. Hogmire, R. K. Zimmerman, and B. B. Ross.  2002. Irrigation resources and training needs of fruit growers in Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and Shenandoah valley of Virginia.  The Mountaineer Grower, Oct.-Dec. 2002.
6. Shah, S. B. and R. Chandran.  February 2002.  Nonchemical measures can reduce lady beetles indoors.  WV Farm Bureau News (also published as fact sheet)
7. Shah, S. B.  May 2001.  Pesticide storage, mixing, and disposal.  WVU Extension Service.  Factsheet
   

PRESENTATIONS

1. Shah, S.B., P.W.Westerman, R. Munilla and G. Baughman.  2007.  Performance evaluation of a regenerating scrubber for animal house emissions.  Internation symposium on air quality and waste management for agriculture (Broomfield, CO).  Publication No. 701P0907cd.  St. Joseph, MI: ASABE.
   
2. Shah, S.B., T.K. Marshall, E.P. Harris, P.W. Westerman, and R.D. Munilla.  2007.  An innovative wind tunnel for evaluating gaesous emissions from agricultural land or liquid surfaces. 2007 ASABE international meeting.  Paper No. 074005.  St. Joseph, MI: ASABE.
3. Shah, S.B., T.Basden, D. Workman, J. Yates, C. Merriner, and J. deGraft-Hanson.  2007.  A biofilter-heat exchanger system for reducing ammonia emissions from and energy use in a broiler house. 2007 ASABE international meeting.  Paper No. 074136.  St. Joseph, MI: ASABE.
4. Shah, S.B., B.K. Balla, G.L. Grabow, P. W. Westerman, and D. Bailey.  2006.  Measuring ammonia emissions from hog anaerobic lagoon effluent applied with traveling gun and drag hose systems.  2006 ASABE  international meeting. Poster No. 064071.  St. Joseph, MI: ASABE. 
5. Shah, S.B., P. W.Westerman, R. Munilla and G. Baughman.  2006.  A regenerating scrubber for reducing animal house emissions.  2006 ASABE  international meeting.  Poster No. 064041.  St. Joseph, MI: ASABE.
   
6. Shah, S.B., G.L. Grabow, R.L. Huffman, D.L. Hesterberg,  K.J. Hutchison, J. Parsons, D.H. Hardy, and B. Jackson.  2005.  Leaching of arsenic and other pollutants from turkey litter stockpiled on bare soil: preliminary results.  2005 ASAE international meeting. Poster No. 054076.
7. R. Zeckoski, S. Mostaghimi, K. Brannan, B. Benham, T. Dillaha, C. Heatwole, S. B. Shah, R. Wagner, M. L. Wolfe, J. Wynn, and G. Yagow.  2003.  A program for generating fecal coliform inputs to HSPF.  Conference Proceedings of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Environmental Regulations-II (Albuquerque, NM), pp 001-006.  St. Joseph, MI: ASAE. 
   
8. Shah, S. B., M. D. Shamblin, H. N. Boone, S. A. Gartin, and D. K. Bhumbla.  2003. Environmental impacts of different turkey litter application methods.  2003 ASAE international meeting.  Paper No. 032153.  St. Joseph, MI: ASAE.
   
9. Brannan, K. M., S. Mostaghimi, T. A. Dillaha, C. D. Heatwole, M. L. Wolfe, M. Al-Smadi, S. B. Shah, and J. Miller. 2002.  A Fecal Coliform TMDL Plan for the Big Otter River Basin in Virginia.  Watershed Management to Meet TMDL Environmental Regulations (Conference and Exhibition).  Ft. Worth, TX: ASAE
10. Brannan, K. M., S. Mostaghimi, T. A. Dillaha, C. D. Heatwole, M. L. Wolfe, M. Al-Smadi, S. B. Shah, and J. Miller. 2001. Big Otter River Fecal TMDL: A Case Study. 2001 ASAE international meeting. Paper No.01-2067.  St. Joseph, MI: ASAE.
11. Dillaha, T. A., S. Mostaghimi, M. L. Wolfe, C. Heatwole, S. B. Shah, K. Brannan, J. Miller, and M. Al-Smadi.  2000.  The North River TMDL Project - Lessons Learned.  2000 SWCS international meeting poster.    
12. Heatwole, C. D., M. L. Wolfe, S. B. Shah, S. Mostaghimi, J. Miller, T. A. Dillaha, D. Cherry, R. Currie, K. Brannan, and M. Al-Smadi.  2000. Fecal coliform TMDLs for three animal-intensive watersheds in Virginia. 2000 ASAE international meeting.  Paper No. 002085.  St. Joseph, MI: ASAE.
13. Shah, S. B., M. L. Wolfe, and J. T. Borggaard.  1999.  A two-dimensional model for simulating the fate of subsurface-banded nitrogen.  1999 ASAE/CSAE international meeting.  Paper No. 992140.  St. Joseph, MI: ASAE.
14. Shah, S. B. and M. L. Wolfe.  1998.  Agronomic and water quality impacts of urea pellets versus granules.  1998 ASAE international meeting.  Paper No. 981037.  St. Joseph, MI: ASAE.
15. Regmi, S. N. and S. B. Shah.  1990.  Country report: Nepal’s policies and strategies for agricultural mechanization.  Presented at the Regional Workshop on Policies and Strategies for Agricultural Mechanization.  Beijing, China: RNAM-Govt. of PRC.
16. Shah, S. B. and G. Koirala.  1989.  Country report: status of design of seeding and planting equipment in Nepal.  Presented at the Regional Workshop on Design of Seeding and Planting Equipment.  Wisma Kinasih, Indonesia: RNAM-Govt. of Indonesia.
17. Shah, S. B. and Y. N. Dev.  1987.  Country report: status of design of harvesting and threshing equipment in Nepal.  Presented at the Regional Workshop on Design of Harvesting and Threshing Equipment.  Delhi, India: RNAM-Govt. of India.

Modified: 11 January 2008