Principal Investigator
Sami Khanal
Assistant Professor (August 2018 – Present)
Email: khanal.3@osu.edu
Research: Satellite and UAV based remote sensing, geospatial modeling, ecosystem modeling, precision agriculture, agricultural data analytics
Interests: Promoting sustainable agriculture production systems through research and teaching
Current Members
Kushal KC
Position: M.S. Student, and Graduate Research Associate (May 2019- Present)
Email: kc.7@osu.edu
Research Area: Satellite remote sensing, Cover crop mapping, Water quality assessment
Interest: Soccer, Music, Hiking
Degree: Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Zichen Zhang
Position: Ph.D. student, and Graduate Research Associate (January 2019- Present)
Email: Zhang.9325@osu.edu
Research Area: Fully autonomous aerial system for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
Interests: Sleeping, exercising, swimming, running, singing
Degree: Computer Science and Engineering
Gaoshoutong Si 
Position: M.S. Student, and Graduate Research Associate (August 2019- Present)
Email: si.62@osu.edu
Research Area: UAS for greenhouse environment, Lidar data processing and computer vision
Interest: precision agriculture and pattern recognition
Degree: Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Sandeep Venkatesh
Position: M.S. Student, and Research Assistant (August 2019- Present)
Email: venkatesh.64@osu.edu
Research Area: Machine learnign on UAS data for precision agriculture
Interests: Love to design software applications and always in for cooking new dishes
Degree: Computer Science and Engineering
Abha Bhattarai
Position: M.S. Student, and Research Assistant (August 2020- Present)
Email: bhattarai.39@osu.edu
Research Area: Biophysical modeling for agricultural production systems
Interests: Dancing, Ukulele, Long walks, Traveling, Hiking, Crime fiction.
Degree: Environmental Science
Ambria Small
Position: Student
Email: small.139@osu.edu
Research Area: Remote Sensing/Precision Agriculture
Interests: Gardening, horticulture, fermentation, mycology, entomology, reading, cycling, running, hiking/backpacking, cooking, dog and cat person.
Degree: Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Neha Joshi
Position: Ph.D. student and Graduate Research Associate (May 2021- Present)
Email: joshi.403@osu.edu
Research Area: Crop Yield Assessment, Satellite-based Remote Sensing, Mapping of Cover Crops, Precision Agriculture
Interests: Yoga, Reading, Travelling
Degree: Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Alumni
Graduate Students
Garrett Steinbeck (M.S. Fall 2020)
Aman Bhatta (M.S., Summer 2020)