Mike Timmons, Ph.D.   Professor   Profile and CV	302 Riley Robb   mbt3@cornell.edu   Web site
Aquaculture and environmental sustainability and entrepreneurship

Biography

After receiving his doctorate, Timmons was an assistant professor at North Carolina State University, and then joined the Cornell faculty in 1983. He is a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the World Agriculture Society, and is a registered professional engineer in New York and North Carolina. Timmons now serves as the president for the Aquacultural Engineering Society.

Research Interests

"Our research is focused on the design of the microclimate affecting farm animals and fish. Animals and fish can be viewed as biological systems that convert energy in the form of feed into energy in the form of meat, eggs, and milk. We are concerned with the overall efficiency of this process as affected by the animals' environment and with methods of environmental control. Topics of interest include environmental engineering, ventilation and structural design, animal bioenergetics, and aquaculture."

Current Research Projects

Aquaculture Systems for Intensive Fish Production (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Improving the Economic Efficiency of Water Recirculating Systems by Improving Water Quality and Reducing System Cost

Professional CV

Degrees

• B.S.A.E., Ohio State University, 1971
• M.S.A.E., University of Hawaii, 1972
• Ph.D., Cornell University, 1979

Professional Status

• Licensed Professional Engineer in New York State, License Number 053470 and North Carolina Number 9053

Member

• American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE)
• Aquacultural Engineering Society (Director and Founding Member)
• American Society of Poultry Science
• New York State Aquaculture Association, World Aquaculture Society
• Gamma Sigma Delta, Sigma Xi

Patents

• Timmons, M.B. Environmental Control System for Poultry Houses. Patent Number 4,700,887.
• Timmons, M.B. and N.B. Kreher. Processed Egg Product. Patent Number 4,882,630.
• Timmons, M.B. and N.B. Kreher. Processed Egg Product. Patent Number 4,889,741.
• Timmons, M.B. and W.D. Youngs. Aquaculture water treatment system including combined rotating biological contactor and evaporative cooler. Patent Number 5,227,055.
• Timmons, M.B. and R.S. Gates. Method for controlling environmental conditions of living organisms based upon time integrated variables. Patent Number 5,573,179.

Selected Publications (Selected from a total of 167 publications)

Books

1. American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). 1987. Applications Hand Book. Environment for animals and plants, Chapter 37. Chapter Editor.
2. Timmons, M.B. Editor. 1991. Engineering Aspects of Intensive Aquaculture: Proceedings (351 pp), NRAES-49. Riley Robb Hall, Cornell University
3. Timmons, M.B. and T.M. Losordo, Editors. 1994. Engineering, Design and Management of Aquaculture Water Reuse Systems. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands (under contract to be finished by October, 1992).
4. Timmons, M.B. Editor. 1995. Aquacultural Engineering and Waste Management, Proceedings from the Aquaculture Expo VII and Aquaculture in the Mid-Atlantic Conference, Washington, D.C., June 24-28, 331 pages. NRAES-90, Cornell University, Riley Robb Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853.
5. Libey, G.S. and M.B. Timmons, Editors. 1996. Successes and Failures in Commercial Recirculating Aquaculture, July 19-21, Roanoke, VA, 656 pages, NRAES-98, Cornell University, Riley Robb Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853.

Journal Articles and Papers

1. Reinemann, D.R. and M.B. Timmons. 1989. Prediction of oxygen transfer and total dissolved gas pressure in airlift pumping. Aquacultural Engineering 8: 29-46.
2. Reinemann, D.R., Y.Y. Parlange, and M.B. Timmons. 1990. Theory of small diameter airlift pumps. International Journal of Multiphase Flow , Vol. 16(1):113-122.
3. Chen, S., M.B. Timmons, D.J. Aneshansley, and J.J. Bisogni. 1992. Bubble size and distribution in a bubble column applied to aquaculture systems. Aquacultural Engineering 11:267-280.
4. Weeks, N.C., Timmons, M.B. and S. Chen. 1992. Feasibility of using foam fractionation for the removal of dissolved and suspended solids from fish culture water. Aquacultural Engineering 11:251-265.
5. Chen, S., M.B. Timmons, D.J. Aneshansley, and J.J. Bisogni. 1992. Protein in foam fractionation applied to recirculating systems. Prog. Fish-Cult. 55(2):76-82.
6. Chen, S., M.B. Timmons, D.J. Aneshansley, and J.J. Bisogni. 1992. Suspended solids characteristics from recirculating systems and design implications. Aquacultural Engineering 112:143-155
7. Chen, S., M.B. Timmons, D.J. Aneshansley, and J.J. Bisogni. 1992. Solids characteristics of foam condensate from recirculating aquaculture systems. Prog. Fish-Cult. 55(2):69-75.
8. Timmons, M.B. and W.D. Youngs. 1991. Considerations on the design of raceways, from ASAE Special Publication #701: Aquaculture Systems Engineering, Proceedings from World Aquaculture Society, World Aquaculture 91, June 15-22, 1991, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
9. Bisogni, J.J. and M.B. Timmons. 1991. Control of pH in closed cycle aquaculture systems. In: Engineering Aspects of Intensive Aquaculture, pp 333-348, NRAES-49, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
10. Timmons, M.B., Youngs, W.D., P.R. Bowser, and G. Rumsey. 1991. Design principles of water reuse systems for salmonids. Cornell Agricultural Engineering Extension Bulletin Number 462.
11. Timmons, M.B., Youngs, W.D. and D. Ley. 1993. The Northern Fresh Fish Cooperative: Formation and initial results and technology description with plans. Cornell Agricultural Engineering Extension Bulletin Number 465.
12. Timmons, M.B., W.D. Youngs, J. Regenstein, G. German, P. Bowser, C. Bisogni and G. Rumsey. 1988. A Practical evaluation of the potential for intensive trout production in New York State. Agricultural and Biological Engineering Extension Bulletin #ABEN 457.
13. Timmons, M.B., W. D. Youngs, P. Bowser, and G. Rumsey. 1990. Design principles of water reuse systems for salmonids. Agricultural and Biological Engineering Extension Bulletin #ABEN 462.
14. Chen, S., Timmons, M.B., Bisogni, J.J. and D.J. Aneshansley. 1994. Modeling surfactant removal in foam fractionation I: Theoretical development. Aquacultural Engineering 13:101-120.
15. Chen, S., Timmons, M.B., Bisogni, J.J. and D.J. Aneshansley. 1994. Modeling surfactant removal in foam fractionation II: Experimental investigations. Aquacultural Engineering 13:121-138.
16. Timmons, M.B., M. Nelson and B. Henehan. 1994. Economics of a water recirculation system facility. Paper presented: American Fisheries Society: Bioengineering section, Annual Meeting, Halifax, NS. August 1994.
17. Timmons, M.B., S. Chen and N.C. Weeks. 1995. Mathematical model of foam fractionators used in aquaculture. Journal of World Aquaculture 26(3):225-233.
18. Vinci, B.J., Timmons, M.B., Summerfelt, S.T., Watten, B.J. 1996. Carbon dioxide control in intensive aquaculture: Design tool development. In: Successes and Failures in Commercial Recirculating Aquaculture, July 19-21, Roanoke, VA, NRAES-98, Cornell University, Riley Robb Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853.
19. Vinci, B.J., Watten, B.J. and Timmons, M.B. 1996. Gas phase axial dispersion in a spray tower. Aquacultural Engineering 15: 1-11.
20. Vinci, B.J., Watten, B.J. and Timmons, M.B. 1997. Modeling as transfer in a spray tower oxygen absorber. Aquacultural Engineering 16: 91-105.