Steven G. Hall
B.S., SUNY Buffalo, Mechanical Engineering
M.S., 1992, University of California at Davis, Agricultural Engineering
Ph.D., 1998, Cornell University, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Teaching, Research and Extension Interests:
Sustainable aquacultural, resource and water engineering; coastal bioengineering; ecological and coastal restoration engineering
Biographical
Steven G. Hall, Ph.D., P.E., joined NCSU in 2016, where he is currently William White Distinguished Professor of Aquaculture and Director, Marine Aquaculture Research Center (MARC) in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. He is a licensed engineer in NY. He has worked at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, LA, with appointments in the LSU College of Engineering and the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, the Aquacultural Research Station of the LSU AgCenter; as well as Au Sable Institute. He collaborates across disciplines at NCSU and around the world.
He has a Ph.D. from Cornell University, with foci in instrumentation and control in biological systems and sustainable agriculture, an M.S. from University of California at Davis, focusing on energy and biosystems, and a B.S. from SUNY Buffalo in mechanical engineering. He was also the first Sustainable Agriculture Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Macdonald campus of McGill University in Montreal, and has industrial experience with DLTech (energy technologies); Moog Controls and Moog Inc. (Servohydraulics); and a variety of consulting experience in coastal, aquacultural, energy and biomass areas. Former students have founded a number of startup companies including NatRx focused on sustainable coastal bioengineering and nature based restoration.
He has been involved in over $5 million of funding (PI or Co-PI); has given hundreds of public presentations; has published over 50 peer reviewed journal articles, proceedings and book chapters; has edited one book and multiple special journal issues; and has chaired over thirty MS and PhD committees, while serving on a total of over 80 graduate committees. He has received five patents; has licensed three products for commercial production and has worked with governmental, business and NGO entities. He has also been involved with a variety of international projects, and has helped define and expand technical fields including autonomous vehicles and automated systems; and coastal bioengineering.
He has received awards in teaching, research and service, including an ASABE author award (2024); William White Distinguished Professor (2023); Ecological Society Book Award nomination (2019); Gamma Sigma Delta, the Agricultural Honor Society at LSU under his presidency (2015-16) received the outstanding chapter award (2016). He was named Fellow of ASA (2010), received the Sedberry Outstanding Graduate Professor (LSU-COA, 2011), and receiving the Gamma Sigma Delta 2013 Teaching Award of Merit, and received numerous annual teaching awards. He was elected President of the Aquacultural Engineering Society (2009-10; Board Service 2007-08; 2024-present); has served on various committees of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and has spoken regularly for the NSF Speaking of Science program (K-12). His teaching and research focus on sustainability issues in aquacultural engineering, water quality, energy efficiency in aquaculture, modeling in aquaculture, use of autonomous devices to perform relevant environmental, aquacultural and other operations, artificial intelligence, technical, social, educational and ethical issues, economics and engineering, bioengineered reefs and coastal restoration.
He currently is co-editor in Chief with Dr. Jaap VanRijn of Aquacultural Engineering, a journal focused on this field and published by Elsevier. This journal has increased its impact factor from 1.8 to 3.6 (CiteScore 8.6) since 2017. We welcome your submissions and thank you for your efforts in reviewing articles to assure the highest quality publications.
His extension work has involved him in the North Carolina Aquaculture Development Conferences (annually since 2017), which thousands have attended and many have improved their operations to enhance sustainability and profitability. This conference also helps people interested in aquaculture to learn more about whether and how to start and succeed as the aquaculture industry develops further. He served as President of the North Carolina Association of Cooperative Extension Specialists (NCACES); with a focus on enhancing extension and outreach with sound science based information and sustainable interactions with a variety of clients to serve the state and ultimately the world.
Personal
Hall enjoys his work in teaching, research, extension and administration, reveling in new ideas and solving challenging problems. But what drives his passion? Serving people in response to what he believes. Whether spending time with family and loved ones, helping farmers or neighbors, Hall is thankful for the blessings he has received and the opportunity to serve and share with others. For further information feel free to check out the Christian Faculty/Staff Network at NC State University or contact him directly to discuss further: shall5@ncsu.edu