Kenneth Hellevang has a PhD in Engineering and is a Registered Professional Engineer. As a Professor of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering at North Dakota State University, he has provided education and technical assistance in grain drying and storage across the United States and internationally since 1980. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications. These include technical papers, proceedings, professional standards, chapters in handbooks, and peer reviewed Extension circulars and bulletins distributed by private business, professional societies, and universities internationally. He has conducted research on numerous grain drying and storage topics including moisture content changes in stored grain during summer, drying and storage of dry edible beans, air temperature increase due to grain drying and aeration fans, and aeration duct design. He has conducted numerous grain dryer energy audits. He is active in The Society for engineering in agricultural, food, and biological systems having served in numerous leadership roles in the Food and Process Engineering Institute with members in more than 100 countries. He is also a member of the Grain Elevator and Processing Society.
