Fredrick W. Wheaton


Fredrick W. Wheaton, Ph.D., professor
E-mail:fwheaton@umd.edu
Rm. 2113, Bldg. #142 (Animal Sciences/Agricultural Engineering Bldg.)

Fred Wheaton, Professor and Chair of Department

Research/teaching/extension appointment with interests in aquacultural engineering. Dr. Wheaton's interests include recirculating aquatic production systems, off-bottom shellfish culture, processing of aquatic products, and the environmental requirements of fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants.




Graduate student showing striped bass grown in recirculating systems
Recirculating aquaculture production systems showing tanks, biofilters, and fish handling nets

Publications in the last five years

Refereed (Peer reviewed) Articles

Kioussis, D.R., F.W. Wheaton, and P. Kofinas. 2000. Reactive nitrogen and phosphorus removal from aquaculture wastewater effluents using polymer hydrogels. Aquacultural Engineering 23(4)315-332.

Krumins, V., M. Line, and F.W. Wheaton. 2000. Fluid velocity distribution in nitrifying trickling filters: mathematical model and NMR calibration. Water Research 34(8):2337-2345.

Chao, K., B. Park, Y.R. Chen, W.R. Hruschka, and F.W. Wheaton. 2000. Design of a
dual-camera systems for poultry carcasses inspection. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 16(5):581-587.

Krumins, V., J.M. Ebeling, and F.W. Wheaton. 2001. Part-day ozonation for nitrogen and organic carbon control in recirculating aquaculture systems. Aquacultural Engineering 24(3):231-241.

Krumins, V., J.M. Ebeling, and F.W. Wheaton. 2001. Ozone(s effects on power-law particle size distribution in recirculating aquaculture systems. Aquacultural Engineering 25(1):13-24.

So, Jung D. and F.W. Wheaton. 2002. Detection of Crassostrea virginica hinge lines with machine vision: software development. Aquacultural Engineering 26(3):171-190.

McMillan, J.D., F.W. Wheaton, J.N. Hochheimer, and J. Soares. 2003. Pumping effect on particle sizes in a recirculating aquaculture system. Aquacultural Engineering 27(1):53-59.

Ramesh, Niraja, S.W. Joseph, L.E. Carr, L.W. Douglass, and F.W. Wheaton. 2003. Evaluation of Chemical disinfections for the elimination of Salmonella biofilms from poultry transport containers. Poultry Science 81(6):904-910.

Okelo, Phares, L.E. Carr, P.C. Harrison, L.W. Douglass, V.E. Byrd, C.W. Wabeck, P.D. Schreuders, F.W. Wheaton, and N. Zimmermann. 2003. Effectiveness of novel methods to reduce heat stress in broilers: chilled and carbonated drinking water. Transactions of American Society of Agricultural Engineers 46(2):453-460.

Okelo, Phares, L.E. Carr, P.L. Harrison, L.W. Douglass, V.E. Byrd, C.W. Wabeck, P.D. Schreuders, F.W. Wheaton, and N. Zimmermann. 2003. Effectiveness of novel methods to reduce heat stress in broilers: A Cool Roost System. Transactions of American Society of Agricultural Engineers 46(6):1675-1683.

Ramesh, Niraja, S.W. Joseph, L.E. Carr, L.W. Douglass, and F.W. Wheaton. 2003. Serial disinfection using heat and chlorine to reduce microorganism populations on poultry transport containers. Journal of Food Protection 66(5):793-797.

Ramesh, Niraja, S.W. Joseph, L.E. Carr, L.W. Douglass, and F.W. Wheaton. 2004. A prototype poultry transport container decontamination system: I. Design and construction of the systems. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 47(2):541-547.

Ramesh, Niraja, S.W. Joseph, L.E. Carr, L.W. Douglass, and F.W. Wheaton. 2004. A prototype poultry transport container decontamination system: II. Evaluating of cleaning and disinfection efficiency. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 47(2): 549-556.

Okelo, P.O., D. D. Wagner, L.E. Carr, F. W. Wheaton, L.W. Douglass, and S. W. Joseph. 2005. Optimization of extrusion conditions for elimination of mesophilic bacteria during thermal processing of animal feed mash. Animal Feed Science and Technology Journal (Accepted).

Johnson, Arthur, Hubert Montas, Adel Shirmohammadi, and Fredrick W. Wheaton. 2006. Change is necessary in a Biological Engineering Curriculum. Biotechnology Progress (Accepted). Web Release Date January 7, 2006.

Lyssenko, Catherine and Fred Wheaton. 2006. Impact of rapid impulse operating disturbances on ammonia removal by trickling and submerged-upflow biofilters for intensive recirculating aquaculture. Aquaculture Engineering 35(1):38-50.

Lyssenko, Catherine and Fred Wheaton. 2006. Impact of positive ramp short-term operating disturbances on ammonia removal by trickling and submerged-upflow biofilters for intensive recirculating aquaculture. Aquaculture Engineering 35(1):26-37.

Okelo, P.O., L.E. Carr, F.W. Wheaton, D.D. Wagner, L.W. Douglasss, P.D. Schreuders, S.W. Joseph, and Y. Tao. 2005. Predicting variable settings for maximum spore inactivation of indigenous acid producing thermophilic organisms and artificially inoculated bacillus stearothermophilus during extrusion of a standardized feed formulation. (Submitted).

Ebeling,James and Fred Wheaton. 2005. Insitu determination of nitrification kinetics and performance characteristics curves for a bubble-washed bead filter International Journal of Recirculating Aquaculture (Accepted).

Books and Book Chapters

Timmons, M.B., J.M. Ebeling, F.W. Wheaton, S.T. Summerfelt and B.J. Vinci. 2001. Recirculating Aquaculture Systems. Cayuga Aqua Ventures, Ithaca, New York. pp. 650.

Wheaton, F.W. 2003. Aquacultural harvesting systems. Encyclopedia of Agriculture, Food, and Biological Engineering. Marcel Dekker, New York.

Other Publications

Carr, Lewis, F.W. Wheaton, S. Joseph, C. de Rezende, R. Weiner, and N. Zimmermann. 2000. Effects of Biofilms on Disinfection of Live Haul Containers. Proceedings of the 35th National Meeting on Poultry Health and Processing. Ocean City, Maryland.

Krumins, Valdis, J. Ebeling, and F. Wheaton. 2000. Ozone dose and equilibrium TOC in recirculating systems. Pp. 1-4. In: Proceeding of the third International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture. Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Sea Grant Program. Blacksburg, Virginia.

Wheaton, F.W. 2001. Faculty Plan of Governance for the Department of Biological Resources Engineering, 10 pages.

Wheaton, F.W. 2002. Strategic Plan, Department of Biological Resources Engineering. pp. 19.

Carr, L.E., L. McConnell, H. Kim, F.W. Wheaton, P. Millner and H. Brodie. 2002. Final Report (Determination of Odorous Gases Released from Wastewater and Biosolids form Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant.( Biosolids Management, DC Water and Sewer Authority. Washington, D.C.

Wheaton,Fred. 202. Recirculating aquaculture systems: An overview of waste management. pp. 57-68. . Pp. 1-4. In: Proceeding of the fourth International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture. Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Sea Grant Program. Blacksburg, Virginia.

Wheaton, Fred. 2004. Evolution of agriculture engineering to biological engineering. Proceedings of the 2004 CIGR International Conference, Beijing, china. (CD copy)

Wheaton, Fred, Gary Felton, Hubert Montas, and Arthur Johnson. 2005. Program Self-Study Report for the Biological Resources Engineering Department for the Accreditation Board For Engineering and Technology (ABET). 450 pp.

*Faculty Interests for the Department of Environmental Science & Technology
*Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center