Christian Brodbeck
Director Engineering Research Operations
Christian Brodbeck is a Research Engineer with the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University. Christian holds a B.S. degree in Biosystems Engineering and a M.S. degree in Civil Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer in Alabama. He has worked for Auburn University for 15 years focusing his first four years of research on Precision Agriculture. Christian spent the next six years working in the area of bioenergy, particularly in thermochemical conversion technologies of woody biomass and harvesting logistics.
Christian also developed an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program for the College of Agriculture and is a Part 107 licensed remote pilot with over 400 recorded flights. His UAS research areas are in applied UAS for management of natural resource systems and the utilization of thermal imagery for improved facility energy management. In recent years, Christian manages the Gavin Engineering Laboratory and the Applied Engineering Laboratory and also serves as an advisor to the Auburn University Student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders.