David Edward Brune, PhD, PE
Professor, Newman Endowed Chair of Natural Resources Engineering
Email: debrune@clemson.edu
Office: 864-656-4068
Education:
Ph.D. Sanitary Engineering - University of Missouri - 1978
M.S. Agricultural Engineering - University of Missouri - 1975
B.S. Agricultural Engineering - University of Missouri -1974
Service at Clemson University:
Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 1987- 1990
Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 1990-present
Newman Endowed Chair of Natural Resources Engineering, 1999-present
Other Related Experience:
Assistant Professor Agricultural Engineering Pennsylvania State University, 1982-86
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Engineering University of California-Davis 1978-82
Research Assistant, Sanitary Engineering, University of Missouri, 1975-78
Research Assistant, Agricultural Engineering, Oregon State University, 1975
Research Assistant, Agricultural Engineering, University of Missouri, 1974-75
Research Interest:
Water Quality, Aquaculture, Biotechnology, Biofuels,Ecological Engineering.
Recent Funded Research Projects:
Engineering Ecosystems for High Rate Sustainable Marine Shrimp.
Use of the Controlled Eutrophication Processes to Reduce Nitrogen and
Phosphorus Concentrations Entering the Salton Sea .
Salton Sea Biological Remediation.
Control of Bluegreen Algae in Aquaculture Ponds.
High Yield Sustainable Aquaculture.
Electromagnetic Terrain Conductivity in Quantifying the Impact of Animal Waste Application on Surface and Ground Water Quality.
Recent Publications:
Brune, D.E., J.A. Collier and T.E. Schwedler, Partitioned Aquaculture System, United States Patent No. 6,192,833, February 2001.
Brune, D.E., G. Schwartz, A.G. Eversole, J.A. Collier and T.E.
Schwedler, Intensification of Pond Aquaculture and High Rate
Photosynthetic Systems, Aquacultural Engineering 28: 65-86, 2003.
Brune, D.E., Hong Wei Yen, Jack Van Olst, M.J. Massingill, J.M.
Carlberg and John R. Benemann, 2002, Integrated Production of Biofuel,
Biofertilizer, and High Value Aquatic Biomass in a Controlled
Eutrophicaiton Process, Proceedings of the International Conference:
Bioenergy, 2003.
Turker, Hakan, A.G. Eversole and D.E. Brune, Effects of Temperature and
Phytoplankton Concentration on Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus,
Filtration Rate, Aquaculture Res. 34: 453-459, 2003.
Brune, D.E., G. Schwartz, J.A. Collier, A.G. Eversole, and T.E.
Schwedler, Partitioned Aquaculture Systems, Chapter 20 in Biology and
Culture of Channel Catfish, C. Tuckers and J. Hargreaves, Editors, In
press, 2004.
Patents:
“Partitioned Aquaculture System,” U.S. No. 6192833, 2002
“Controlled Eutrophication Process,” U.S. Patent Pending, 2003
Professional Societies:
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
World Aquaculture Society
Aquacultural Engineering Society, Founding Member, Board of Directors and Past President
Honors and Awards:
Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society
Alpha Epsilon, Agricultural Engineering Honor Society
Ford-New Holland Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Aquacultural Engineering Society, “Outstanding Research Paper Award”, 2002
Lund Teaching Award, Clemson University, Biosystems Engineering, 2002
Current Courses:
Nonpoint Source Pollution Control and Management, BE 364
Applications in Biotechnical Engineering, BE 435
Newman Seminar in Natural Resources Engineering, BE 451
Machine Unit Operations, BE 357
State in which registered:
South Carolina, Professional Engineer (P.E.), South Carolina , Licensed General Contractor