Dr. Eric R. Bensonbenson

Associate Professor

Education

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, Ph.D., Agricultural Engineering, 1998 – 2001.
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, M.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1996-1998.
  • University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, B.A.S., Agricultural Engineering Technology, 1992-1996

Profession Experience

  • Associate Professor, Department of Animal and Food Science, University of Delaware, 2009 - present
  • Associate Professor, Bioresources Engineering Department, University of Delaware, 2008 - present
  • Assistant Professor, Bioresources Engineering Department, University of Delaware, 2001 - 2008
  • One of the developers and instructors of the Emergency Poultry Disease Response Training program for national and international poultry industry, academia and government professionals.

Courses Taught

  • EGTE 115: Introduction to Computer Based Problem Solving (In-person & Online)
  • EGTE 443: Instrumentation
  • EGTE 449: Applied Controls (Online only)
  • EGTE 266: Special Problem
  • EGTE 366: Independent Study
  • EGTE 466: Independent Study

Applied Poultry Research

  • Dr. Benson's research program includes emergency response to poultry diseases, environmental air quality, development and evaluation of emergency depopulation of poultry procedures, in-house composting of litter/poultry carcasses, and testing of disinfectants for avian disease decontamination.

Selected Recent Publications

  • R.L. Alphin, K.J. Johnson, B.S. Ladman, and E.R. Benson. 2009. Inactivation of Avian Influenza Virus Using Four Common Chemicals and One Detergent. Poultry Science. Accepted for publication.
  • M.D. Dawson, K.J. Johnson, E.R. Benson, R.L. Alphin and G.W. Malone. 2009. Determining Brain Death in Depopulated Broilers Using Accelerometers. Journal of Applied Poultry Research. Accepted for publication.
  • E.R. Benson, R.L. Alphin, M.D. Dawson, and G. W. Malone. 2009. Use of water based foam to depopulate ducks and other species. Poultry Science. Accepted for publication.
  • E.R. Benson, G.W. Malone, R.L. Alphin, K.J. Johnson, and E. Staicu. 2008. Application of In-house Composting on Viral Inactivity of Newcastle Disease Virus. Poultry Science. Poult Sci 2008. 87:627-635. doi:10.3382/ps.2007-00308
  • M.E. Lombardi, B.S. Ladman, R.L. Alphin, and E.R. Benson. 2008. Inactivation of Avian Influenza Virus Using Common Soaps, Detergents, Chemicals, and Disinfectants. Avian Diseases. Avian Diseases 52(1): 118–123.
  • M.D. Dawson, M. E. Lombardi, E.R. Benson, R. L. Alphin, and G.W. Malone. 2007. Validation of the Use of Accelerometers in the Determination of Post-Mortem Muscular Cessation in Euthanized and Depopulated Poultry. Journal of Applied Poultry Research. 2007 J. Appl. Poult. Res. 16:583–591 doi:10.3382/japr.2008-17-1-000.
  • Balascio, C.C., E.R. Benson, W.D. Balascio, and L. Hotchkiss. 2007. A Study of Student-Reported Out-of-Class Time Devoted to Engineering Technology Courses. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Benson. E.R., G.W. Malone, R.L. Alphin, M.D. Dawson, C.R. Pope, and G.L. Van Wicklen. 2007. Foam-based mass emergency depopulation of floor-reared meat-type poultry operations. Poultry Science 86:219-224.
  • Benson, E.R., C. Krawczyk, and G.F. Figueiredo. 2006. Evaluation of Tablet and Laptop Computers in Field And Laboratory Settings. International Journal of Engineering Education 22(6): 1189-1196.
  • Dawson, M.D. P.L. Reyes, E.R. Benson, R.L. Alphin, G.W. Malone, G.L. Van Wicklen and I. Estevez. 2006. Evaluation of Foam Based Humane Mass Euthanasia Methodology for Floor-Reared Meat-Type Poultry Operations. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 22(5):787-794.
  • Jaiswal, S., S. Ramasamy, E.R. Benson, J.C. Bernard, and G.L. Van Wicklen. 2005. Evaluation and Modelling of the Anglia Autoflow Mechanical Chicken Catching system. Biosystems Engineering 92(1): 59-68.doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2005.05.007.
  • Benson, E.R., J.L. Glancey, D.L. Davis, A.M. Birmingham, E.A. Buzby, W.G. Pill, T.A. Evans, and M.W. Olszewski. 2004. A precision planter for large seeds in small plots. HortTech 14(4): 574-576.
  • Hao, Y., B. Laxton, E.R. Benson, and S.K. Agrawal. 2004. Differential Flatness Based Formation Following of a Simulated Autonomous Small Grain Harvesting System. Transactions of the ASAE 47(3): 933-941.
  • Ramasamy, S., E.R. Benson and G.L. Van Wicklen. 2004. Efficiency Of A Commercial Mechanical Chicken Catching System. Journal of Applied Poultry Research 13(1): 19-28.

To Contact Dr. Benson
 http://udel.edu/~ebenson
e-mail: ebenson@udel.edu 
Phone: 302-831-0256/3119
Fax: 302-831-2469

Bioresources Engineering Faculty