News: Graduate Student

AgAID Digital AgAthOn 2023 – Hackathon

February 2, 2023 | WSU Insider Almost 200 students from around the U.S. had the chance to work on two challenges for the agricultural industry as part of the NSF/USDA-NIFA-funded AgAID Institute’s Digital Agathon. The event was held on the Washington State University Pullman campus as well as in Corvallis, Oregon and Merced, California. A huge thanks […]

Mark Schrader places in the ASABE Oral/Poster Competition at ASABE 2022

Jake Schrader ( PhD Student of Lav Khot, Agricultural Automation Engineering) is shown presenting in the ASABE Oral/Poster Competition during the ASABE Annual International Meeting in Houston, Texas, 2022. Jake placed in the ASABE Oral/Poster Competition within the Machinery Systems technical community for his work entitled,“Thermal analysis of heated spray and implications for agricultural spray […]

Behnaz Molaei places in the ASABE Oral/Poster Competition at ASABE 2022

Dr. Behnaz Molaei (former PhD Student of Troy Peters, LAWREE) is shown presenting in the ASABE Oral/Poster Competition during the ASABE Annual International Meeting in Houston, Texas, 2022. Dr. Molaei placed in the ASABE Oral/Poster Competition within the Machinery Systems technical community for her work entitled, “Investigating Practical Artificial Hot and Cold Reference Surfaces for […]

Behnaz Molaei receives the AFW’s Karen P. Depauw Leadership Award

AFW’s 2022 Karen P. Depauw Leadership Award has been given to Behnaz Molaei April 11, 2022. Pullman, WA Behnaz Molaei just won another leadership award: “The Karen P. DePauw Leadership Award” from the Association for Faculty Women (AFW) and the Graduate School. The award has been given during a special ceremony on April 7. The […]

Behnaz Molaei receives Graduate Student Leadership Award from CAHNRS Academic Programs

CAHNRS Academic Programs April 5, 2022. Pullman, WA Graduate students are presently afforded multiple opportunities to be recognized for outstanding academics or scholarship. In contrast, there are few opportunities for them to be recognized for their leadership. The College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences Graduate Student Leadership Award recognizes and celebrates graduate students […]

Three Minute Thesis – Uddhav Bhattarai wins the CAHNRS PhD Competition

Uddhav Bhattarai has won the PhD CAHNRS 3 Minute Competition. He will compete at the WSU wide competition. Congratulations Uddhav and Good Luck during the next phase!! CAHNRS 2022 – 3 Minute thesis Results     PhD Uddhav Bhattarai – BSE – $1000 (Presentation Title: Robot Laborers for Apple Crop Management) – won tie-breaker and […]

Uddhav Bhattarai is a finalist for best oral presentation at ASABE 2021

July, 2021 | Pullman, WA Uddhav Bhattarai placed in the ITSC community competition for the presentation titled “Simplifying Apple Flower/Fruit Counting: A Weakly Supervised Approach”. Congratulations to all of the finalists of the ASABE Student Oral/Poster Presentation Competition, held during the 2021 Annual International Meeting. Each finalist received a $250 prize check. For more information […]

Behnaz Molaei receives the GPSA College Representative of the Year Award

March 23, Pullman, WA Reanne Cunninghamm Chilton, the President  and Marwa Aly, Executive VP and Budget Chair of the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) at WSU announces that Behnaz Molaei has been awarded the GPSA College Representative of the Year Award. She is being recognized as an execeptional college representative and chair of the […]