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Agricultural Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1986<\/li>\r\n<li>B.S. Agricultural Engineering, Purdue University, 1984<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2 id=\"interest-header&quot;\" class=\"dir-header\">Interest Areas<\/h2>\r\n<div>Dr. Harmon worked cooperatively with Dr. Xin in the development of the Livestock Environment and Animal Physiology (LEAP) Laboratory, a state-of-the-art energetics lab that has been used to evaluate heat and moisture production from early weaned pigs and poultry. 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