Dr. Eric R.
Benson
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
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