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
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: Precision Agriculture, Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring using Remote Sensing
Interests: Yoga, Reading, Travelling
Degree: Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Alumni
Graduate Students
Sandeep Venkatesh, M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, Spring 2021
Garrett Steinbeck, M.S. in Agricultural Engineering, Fall 2020
Aman Bhatta, M.S. in Environment Science, Summer 2020