Thomas A. Bon
Senior Lecturer

M.S. Agricultural Engineering
North Dakota State University, 1980

B.S. Agricultural Engineering
North Dakota State University, 1977

Room 202
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Building
North Dakota State University
Fargo ND 58105
Phone: 701-231-7275
Fax: 701-231-1008
E-mail: thomas.bon@ndsu.edu

Responsibilities
Teaching
Student Advising
Capstone Projects
Advisor to NDSU Student Branch of the ASABE
Co-Advisor to NDSU Tau Beta Pi (Engineering honor society)
Co-Advisor to Alpha Epsilon (Ag. and Biosystems Engineering honor society)
Co-advisor for the ASABE ¼ Tractor Group

Current Research
Destructive harvesting of Broccoli
Capstone Projects

Professional Memberships
American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineer (ASABE)
Instrument Society Of America (ISA)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Courses
ABEN 110 Introduction to Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (Fall)
ABEN 263 Biological Materials Processing (Spr)
ABEN 377 Numerical Modeling in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (Spr)
ABEN 452 Bioenvironmental Systems Design (Fall, alt. years)
ABEN 473 Agricultural Power (Fall, alt. years)
ABEN 482/682 Instrumentation and Measurements (Spr.)
ABEN 486 Design Project I
ABEN 487 Design Project II

ABEN/ME 479/679 Fluid Power Systems Design (Fall, alt. years)

ENGR 402 Engineering Ethics and Social Responsibility (Fall, Spr.)