Principal Investigator (PI)
Dr. Hemendra Kumar
Email: hemendra@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 226-7405
Education
- •Ph.D.: Major- Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University; Minor- Statistics, Auburn University
- •M.Sc.: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Auburn University
- •M.Tech: Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and University of Stuttgart
- •B.Tech.: Agricultural Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Fitsum Teshome, Ph.D.
Email: fteshome@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 314-6301
Research Projects
Education
- •Ph.D.: Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, USA
- •M.Tech: Agricultural Engineering, Banaras Hindu University, India
- •B.Sc.: Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Haramaya University, Ethiopia
Cara Peterson, Ph.D.
Email: cmpeters@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 226-7404
Research Projects
Education
- •Ph.D.: Plant Science, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
- •M.Sc.: Plant Science, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
- •B.Sc.: International Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Graduate Students
Sri Chandraja Reddy Allala ("Sri Allala")
Email: ascj@umd.edu
Education
- •M.Sc.: Telecommunications Engineering, University Maryland (In Progress)
- •B.Sc.: Electronics and Communication Engineering
Dhathri Meda
Email: dmeda@umd.edu
Research Project
Disease Detection Model for Agricultural Cropping SystemsEducation
- •M.Sc.: Applied Machine Learning, University of Maryland University (In Progress)
Kaustubh Shah
Email: kshah115@umd.edu
Education
- •M.Sc.: Applied Machine Learning, University of Maryland (In Progress)
- •B.Sc.: Electronics and Communication Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology (MNNIT)
John Augustus Samura
Email: jsamura@umd.edu
Co-Advisor
Dr. Stephanie Lansing
Research Project
Rainwater Harvesting for Specialty Crops in Mid AtlanticEducation
- •M.Sc.: University of Maryland (In Progress)
Md Mahir Shahriyar
Email: -
Education
- •Ph.D.: Doctoral Student - committee member (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)
Undergraduate Students
Raven Noel Herron
Email: rherron@terpmail.umd.edu
Research Project
Leaf Area Index Estimation using Deep Learning and Drone ImageryEducation
- •B.Sc.: University of Maryland (In Progress)
Ananth Sriram
Email: asriram2@terpmail.umd.edu
Research Project
Irrigation impact on soybean yield across Maryland using Remote Sensing (Ananth Sriram)Education
- •B.Sc.: Computer Science (Machine Learning Track),University of Maryland (In Progress)
Nathaniel Chen
Email: nchen118@terpmail.umd.edu
Education
- •B.Sc.: Electronics and Communication Engineering, University of Maryland (In Progress)
Previous Lab Members
Shreeya Venkatesh Babu
Email: -
Abubakar Siddiq Palli ("Abubakar")
Email: absiddiq@umd.edu
Research Projects
Education
- •M.Sc.: Masters in Robotics, University of Maryland
Visiting Scholar
Dr. Iolanda Borzì
Email: -
Lab Group
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