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 […]
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 […]
December 6, 2021 | San Diego, CA Behnaz Molaei is a 2021 Irrigation Foundation E3 Winner at the ASABE/IA 6th Decennial National Irrigation Symposium, Irrigation Show and Education Week, December 6-10, 2021, San Diego. Behnaz’s advisor is Dr. Troy Peters. For more information, please visit the ASABE, 6th Irrigation Show and Education Week website.
October 18, 2021 | WSU Insider Faculty Research Awards WSU’s fifth annual Research Week culminated with a celebration of faculty and staff who exemplify research excellence on Friday, Oct. 15. Juming Tang, food engineer from the Department of Biosystems Engineering, received the Technology with Impactful Contribution to Society Award for his development of high temperature […]
October 18, 2021 | WSU Insider Research Week Competition Winners Multi-disciplinary Grant Competition Award – First place award will receive $50,000 plus a doctoral-level research assistantship provided by the Graduate School. Second place award will receive $20,000. First place – Manoj Karkee, associate professor of Biological Systems Engineering … continue reading the article… Read the complete article: […]
September 23, 2021 | NWPB How Residents In The Methow Valley Are Hoping To Prevent Wildfire By Creating BioChar. Residents in the Methow Valley are applying pyrolysis to reduce an overabundance of small-diameter trees and woody debris, which has built up over decades in the surrounding forests. Pyrolysis takes this excess biomass and heats it […]
July 25, 2021 | Tri-City Herald Richland, WA Fitria Fnu, a participant in the PNNL-Washington State University Distinguished Graduate Fellowship Program, is working with PNNL researchers to develop sensors that detect refrigerant leaks in air-conditioners. Identifying and addressing these leaks can increase energy efficiency as well as prevent risks to human health and the environment. […]
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 […]
July 27, 2021 | CAHNRS News Precision ag scientist Lav Khot named to Fruit + Vegetable 40 Under 40 Class. Lav Khot, associate professor and precision agriculture scientist at Washington State University, was named to the Fruit + Vegetable 40 Under 40 Awards’ Class of 2021. Created by Fruit Growers News, the awards honor outstanding leaders and […]
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 […]