Research Team
Principal Investigator
Manoj Karkee, Professor
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Safal Kshetri, 2020 – present
Graduate Students
Uddhav Bhattarai, Ph.D. Student
2018 – present
Research: Robotic pruning and thinning of apple trees
Daniel Borrenpohl, MS Student
Fall 2019 – present
Research: Multi-view approaches for Automated Pruning of Apple Trees
Martin Churuvija, MS Student
Fall 2019 – present
Research: Automated pruning of Fruit Trees Trained to Upright Fruiting Offshoot Architecture
Zixuan He, Ph.D. Student
Fall 2019 – present
Research: Machine vision for multi-robot, coordinated strawberry harvesting
Chenchen Kang, Ph.D. Student
2018-present
Dissertation: Decision Support System for Smart Irrigation
Achyut Paudel, Ph.D. Student
2021-present
Dissertation: Decision Support System for Precision Nitrogen Application in Apples
Sushma Thapa, MS Student
2018-present
Research: Smart irrigation system for winegrapes
Priyanka Upadhyaya, PhD Student
Spring 2020 – present
Research: Estimating crop-load in fruit crops using mobile devices and cloud computing platform
Alumni
Research Scientists/Post Docs
Yaqoob Majeed, May 2020 – Nov 2020
Now Assistant Professor at University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
Long He, 2015-2017
Now Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University
Peter Ako Larbi, 2012 – 2014
Now Assistant CE Specialist at University of California Extension
Shaouchun Ma, 2012 – 2015
Now Associate Professor at China Agricultural University
Ajay Sharda, 2012 – 2013
Now Associate Professor at Kansas State University
Graduate Students
Santosh Bhusal, 2016-2020 (PhD)
Now at Harvest Croo, FL, USA
Yaqoob Majeed, 2016-2020 (PhD)
Now Assistant Professor, Faisalabad Agriculture University, Pakistan
Xin Zhang, 2016-2020 (PhD)
Now at UC Davis, CA
Suraj Amatya (PhD), 2011 – 2015
Now with John Deere
Mark DeKleine (PhD), 2011 – 2014
Now at De Kleine Machine Company LLC (Self Created)
Aleana Gongal (MS), 2012 – 2014
Now with John Deere
Abhisesh Silwal (PhD), 2014-2016
Now Project Engineer at The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Lin Chen (PhD), 2015-2019
Now with a Private Company in China
Kapil Khanal (MS), 2016-2018,
Now at Pix4D
Patrick Scharf (MS), 2012 – 2016N
ow at WSU
Aadit Shrestha, 2015-2016
Bikram Adhikari (MS), 2010 – 2011
Visiting Professors/Scholars
Shiv Kumar Lohan (2020)
Lecturer, Panjaab Agricultural University, India
Won-soo Kim (2020)
Chungnam National University, South Korea
Wanrong Gu (2019-2020)
Lecturer, South China Agricultural University
Shenglian Lu (2019-2020)
Associate Professor, Guangxi Normal University,
Longsheng Fu (2017-2019)
North West Ag and Forestry University, China
Zheng Zhou (2018-2019)
North-East Forestry University
Jing Zhang (2016-2018)
China Agricultural University
Dai Li (2017-2018)
Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
Kun Cai (2017-2018)
South China Agricultural University
Hongjie Liu (2017-2018)
Agricultural University of Hebei
Yuanyuan Shao (2017-2018)
Shandong Agricultural University
Yunlong Wei (2017-2018)
Fuzhou University
Hongxing Peng (2016-2017)
South China Agricultural University
Satoshi Yamamoto (2015 – 2016)
Senior Researcher, NARO
Wesley Santiago (2014)
University of Campinas
Youchun Ding (2013 – 2014)
Huazhong Agricultural University
Yanhua Jia (2012 – 2013)
China Agricultural University
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Supod Kaewkorn Asian Institute of Technology 2015-2016 |
Gaili Gao China Agricultural University 2014 – 2015 |
Jun Li South China Agricultural University 2014 – 2015 |
Interns
Daniel Gleason, 2019, George Fox University
Ashwin Lamsal, 2019, Iowa State University
Aswin Dahal, 2018, Hanford High School
William Zhang, 2018, University of Washington
Neena Schueller, 2015, University of Florida
Maimunah Mohd Ali, 2013, University Putra Malaysia
Norsuhailizah Sazali, 2013, University Putra Malaysia
Chin Nee Vong, 2013, University Putra Malaysia
Mohdakmal Bin Mohmad, 2012, University Putra Malaysia
Afaliq Yusof, 2012, University Putra Malaysia
Fatin Abjul Rahmen, 2011, University Putra Malaysia
Fatin Azizan, 2011, University Putra Malaysia