Agricultural Automation Engineering

Legacy of leadership and mentorship for retiring professor – Claudio Stockle

CAHNRS NEWS | December, 2021 “Claudio is one of those visionaries who was able to see the important role of computing in agriculture early on,” said Ananth Kalyanaraman, professor of computer science at the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture and director of the new AgAID Institute. “His efforts will have a long-lasting impact on WSU’s […]

WSU to lead national AI research institute for agriculture

July 29, 2021 | WSU Insider WSU to lead national AI research institute for agriculture With a new $20 million federal grant, Washington State University will lead a multi-institutional research institute to develop artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to tackle some of agriculture’s biggest challenges related to labor, water, weather and climate change. The new institute […]

WSU summer undergraduate research featured at virtual symposia

June 21, 2021  |  WSU Insider Phenomics Big Data Management group led by Sindhuja Sankaran Washington State University will feature the mentored research of nearly 60 undergraduates from 36 universities at three virtual symposia on Friday, July 30, Aug. 3, and Aug. 6. Each event runs from 10:30 a.m.-noon each day. The public is invited to the […]

Lav Khot to lead WSU’s AgWeatherNet

May 5, 2021 | The Good Fruit Washington State University announced that professor Lav Khot will serve as interim director for AgWeatherNet.  AgWeatherNet is the system of weather stations and climate data tools that support growers across the state. Khot, an associate professor at WSU’s Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems (CPAAS), said the […]

Abhilash Chandel wins CAHNRS Graduate Student Leadership Award

May 5, 2021 Abhilash Chandel is one of three graduate students to win $1,000 CAHNRS Graduate Student Leadership Award. This award is supported by a generous donation by Mike and Kathy Hambelton. Dean Andre-Denis G. Wright writes about Abhilash Chandel, “I am delighted that you were selected for this honor. The contributions and efforts that […]

IEEE MetroAgriFor 2020 – Conference Award for Best Paper Presented by a Young Researcher

November 09, 2020  |  IEEE MetroAgriFor 2020 Best Paper Presented by a Young Researcher – The IEEE MetroAgriFor 2020 announces the Conference Award to the research group, Rakesh Ranjan, Rajeev Sinha, Lav R. Khot, R. Troy Peters, Melba R. Salazar-Gutierrez, all from Washington State University, USA. This was awarded to the group for the paper […]

Satellites show promise as tool for monitoring crop development

November 18, 2019  |   WSU Insider While drones equipped with high-resolution cameras are well suited for observing plant development from far above, satellites could be the next leap ahead for farmers seeking to monitor their crops over large or scattered plots. Sindhuja Sankaran, an associate professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, and her […]

Spray, without the sprayer – Taking air out of the equation

October 15, 2019  |  Good Fruit Grower Spray without the sprayer – To get good coverage, researchers modified low-cost irrigation emitters to bounce a cone of spray up into the grapevine canopy as part of a trial to optimize the engineering of a solid-set spray delivery system for vineyards underway at the Washington State University’s […]