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Jade Mitchell

Associate Chair - Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE)

Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering

Professor - Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering in the College of Engineering

Farrall Agricultural Engineering Hall, 524 S. Shaw Lane Rm 206

Biography

Dr. Jade Mitchell is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at Michigan State University. Her research expertise is in human health risk analysis, understanding how chemical and microbial stressors from diverse environmental exposures lead to adverse human health outcomes. She uses quantitative analysis, statistical and mechanistic modeling to characterize risks to support risk management decision making, including engineering design and enviro

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Education

Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, 2010, Dissertation: “Using Analytic Models for Risk-Based Responses to Pathogenic Agents in the Environment”

M.S. Civil Engineering, Drexel University, 2007, Thesis: “Performance of Polypropylene: Geosynthetic Filters Under Pressurized Hydraulic Flow Conditions: Headloss and Iron Oxide Coating Retention"

B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh,1997; Certificate in Environmental Engineering

Awards

2023 Excellence in Research: Impact Award, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (co-sponsored by Michigan State University AgBioResearch and Extension) awarded to SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology – Wastewater Evaluation and Reporting (SEWER) Team

2021 Withrow Excellence in Teaching Award for Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, College of Engineering

2018 Engineering Alumni Lecturer, Wesley O. Pipes Endowed Lectureship, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

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