Assistant Professor
435 Brackett
864.656.0351
Email: amanand@clemson.edu
Ph.D. Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2019
M.S. Sustainable Energy Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2011
B.E. Agricultural Engineering, Tribhuvan University, 2006
Publications | Honors | CV
Faculty Overview
Dr. Manandhar's research focuses on biosystems engineering, including bio-waste valorization, technoeconomic analysis, and life cycle assessment, with the goal of advancing circular economy strategies and resilient agriculture, food and energy systems. He teaches and mentors students in bioprocessing and sustainable systems analysis.
Publications
Ansari, A., Timilsina, A.P., Shah, A., Manandhar, A., Khanal, S., 2025. Switchgrass for abandoned mine lands reclamation: A SWAT-based hydrological and water quality assessment. Agricultural Water Management, 318, p.109730.
Dhakal, S., Manandhar, A., Shah, A., & Khanal, S. 2025. Integrating UAS remote sensing and edge detection for accurate coal stockpile volume estimation. Remote Sensing, 17(18), 3136.
Shrestha, E., Manandhar, A. and Shah, A., 2024. Adsorption of phosphate from aqueous solution using hydrochar produced from agricultural wastes. Sustainability, 16(21), p.9259.
Manandhar, A. and Shah, A., 2023. Techno-economic analysis of the production of lactic acid from lignocellulosic biomass. Fermentation, 9(7), p.641.
Sivaprasad, S., Jayaseelan, A., Kannappan Panchamoorthy, G., Gautam, R., Manandhar, A., Shah, A., 2022. Biomass as source for hydrochar and biochar production to recover phosphates from wastewater: A review on challenges, commercialization, and future perspectives. Chemosphere 286, p.131490]\
Khanal, A., Manandhar, A., Adhikari, S. and Shah, A., 2021. Techno‐economic analysis of novolac resin production by partial substitution of petroleum‐derived phenol with bio‐oil phenol. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 15(6), pp.1611-1620.
Shah, A., Manandhar, A. and Darr, M.J., 2021. Near‐term practical strategies to improve the life cycle techno‐economics, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of corn stover supply system for biobased industries. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 15(3), p.793-803.
Manandhar, A., Zhu, H., Ozkan, E. and Shah, A., 2020. Techno-economic impacts of using a laser-guided variable-rate spraying system to retrofit conventional constant-rate sprayers. Precision Agriculture, pp.1-16.
Manandhar, A. and Shah, A., 2020. Techno-economic analysis of bio-based lactic acid production utilizing corn grain as feedstock. Processes, 8(2), p.199.
Khanal, A., Manandhar, A. and Shah, A., 2019. Physicochemical and structural characteristics of corn stover and cobs after physiological maturity. BioEnergy Research, p.1-10.
Manandhar, A., Milindi, P. and Shah, A., 2018. An overview of the post-harvest grain storage practices of smallholder farmers in developing countries. Agriculture, 8(4), p.57.
Li, Y., Manandhar, A., Li, G. and Shah, A., 2018. Life cycle assessment of integrated solid-state anaerobic digestion and composting for on-farm organic residues treatment. Waste Management, 76, p.294-305.
Manandhar, A. and Shah, A., 2017. Life cycle assessment of feedstock supply systems for cellulosic biorefineries using corn stover transported in conventional bale and densified pellet formats. Journal of Cleaner Production, 166, p.601-614.
Awards & Honors
Reverend P.T. Taiganides-Professor R.E. Steward Memorial Award-FABE Graduate Student of the Year Award. 2019. Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
ASABE Educational Blue-Ribbon Awards for the factsheet ‘Status of Biorefineries in Ohio’. 2018. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Detroit, MI.
NSF I-Corps Sites program awardee. 2016. Entrepreneurial lead for the project “Improved grain storage structure for smallholder farmers in developing countries”. University of Akron. $2,500.
Third position in poster competition under the ‘M.S. Student’ category. 2024. CFAES Annual Research Conference for poster: Dhakal, S., Khanal, S., Manandhar, A. and Shah, A. 2024. Mapping waste coal piles using remote sensing – A regional scale study. The Ohio State University CFAES Annual Research Conference, April 9, Columbus, OH.
Second position in poster competition under ‘Research Staff’ category. 2023. CFAES Annual Research Conference for poster: Manandhar, A., Dami, I. and Shah, A. 2023. Techno-economic analysis of using biomass mulches for winter protection of vineyards in Ohio. Ohio State University CFAES Research Conference 2023, April 27-30, Columbus, OH.
