Consultant Biographies

James Converse, PH.D

James C. Converse is currently emeritus professor after having been a professor in the Biological Systems Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin Madison for 35 yrs. He has been involved in teaching, research and extension in the environmental area specializing in onsite domestic wastewater treatment and in animal waste management. He has served as chair of a number of onsite wastewater treatment symposiums and animal waste symposiums sponsored by ASAE over the past number of years. 

He served as Department Chair from 1988 – 1996.  He has received numerous awards including the Gunlogson Country Side Engineering Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biologic Engineers (ASAE). He is a Fellow in ASAE. He has numerous publications animal waste management and on-site wastewater treatment. 

He received a BS and MS degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1964 and 1966 from North Dakota State University and a PhD in Agricultural Engineering in 1970 from the University of Illinois.