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Klein Ileleji
Assoc Professor and Extension Eng
Purdue University


Dr. Klein E. Ileleji is an Associate Professor and Extension Engineer in Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue in August 2004, he was a post-doc at the University of Minnesota and at Purdue from 1999-2001 and 2001-2004, respectively. He has a B.Eng. (1992) in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, a MPS (1996) from the Institute of Economic Studies in Nitra (joint program between Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y) and a PhD (1998) in Agricultural Engineering from the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra. Dr. Ileleji's research focus and interest at Purdue University are in the areas of biomass feedstock systems engineering, powder technology and grain post-harvest technology. He teaches Biomass Feedstock Systems Engineering (ABE591K) and previously taught Electric Power and Controls (ASM420) for 6 years. Dr. Ileleji also leads both the renewable energy and grain post-harvest extension efforts at Purdue. He is a 24-year member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and a 11-year member of the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS). He has extensive international experience in Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and China. His activities can be found at https://engineering.purdue.edu/~biomass/index.html and www.grainquality.org. He is leading postharvest activities of the Feed the Future for Food Processing and Post-Harvest Handling Innovation Lab in Kenya and Senegal (https://ag.purdue.edu/ipia/fpl) and a USAID/USDA-FAS funded capacity building effort in stored commodity management in Nigeria.

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