The DAISy Lab
The DAISy Lab
News
People
Publications
Contact
Latest News
The DAISy Lab Moves to Utah State!
Starting January 1, 2022, the DAISy Lab will be joining the Utah Water Research Lab (UWRL) in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Utah State University. The UWRL has been a leader in water and environmental research for over 50 years and is the oldest and one of the largest university-based water research facilities in the US.
Dec 9, 2021
1 min read
MS students Andrew Hillman and Russell Smith defend theses and graduate.
Both Andrew and Russell defended their MS theses and will graduate in December. Andrew’s thesis was titled: “Investigating Miscanthus Water Use Efficiency Using UAVs and In-Situ Sensors”. Russell’s thesis was titled: “Estimation of Chlorophyll-a Concentrations in Nearshore Aquaculture Environments using UAV RGB Imagery”.
Nov 20, 2021
1 min read
Russell Smith receives Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the 2021 Annual International Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Russell is an MS student working on remote sensing and coastal water quality research. His presentation was titled “Sampling and Estimation of Surface Phytoplankton Concentrations in Brackish Environments via Autonomous Surface and Aerial Vehicles”.
Jul 25, 2021
1 min read
MS student Anh Nguyen defends thesis and graduates
Her thesis was titled “Accurate and Rapid Assessment of Pig Body Weights Using a Handheld, Mobile Stereo Imaging System”. Congrats Anh!
Jul 1, 2021
1 min read
PhD student Piyush Pandey invited to deliver workshop content at the 2021 Midwest Big Data Summer School
Piyush developed and delivered a tutorial on hyperspectral image processing at the 2021 Midwest Big Data Summer School held by Iowa State University. The tutorial can be found here: https://github.com/piyuss/hyperspectral-image-demo
Jun 11, 2021
1 min read
Young participates in and speaks at the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Sierra Young spoke in the session: FOOD FOR THOUGHT: The AgRevolution Shaping What We (Will) Eat. For more information about this event, see here: https://www.naefrontiers.org/192312/2021-US-Frontiers-of-Engineering-Symposium for information about the FOE program, see here: https://www.
Feb 3, 2021
1 min read
Young Elected to the North American Plant Phenotyping Network Executive Board
She will serve on the board from 2022-2024. For more information about NAPPN, see here: https://www.plantphenotyping.org/
Feb 1, 2021
1 min read
Dr. Yuzhen Lu becomes Assistant Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Mississippi State
His new position starts November 2020. Congratulations Yuzhen!
Nov 9, 2020
1 min read
Young and team awarded $1M USDA NIFA grant for coastal robotics in aquaculture
Young will lead an interdisciplinary team (Drs. John-Paul Ore, Steve Hall, Celso Castro-Bolinaga, Natalie Nelson) to develop a team of aerial and surface robots for water quality monitoring in coastal aquaculture production areas.
Aug 5, 2020
1 min read
Young awarded New Faces of ASABE 2020 Top Honoree
Sierra Young was selected as the New Face of ASABE – Professional’s category. She will visit Washington, D.C. later this year to help judge the Future City Competition finals.
Feb 1, 2020
1 min read
Cite
×