Engaging with the Innovation District—Path to Impact by Chris Rhodes The University of Georgia’s Innovation District is a comprehensive ecosystem of people, programs, and places working together to foster entrepreneurship and the commercialization of ideas at UGA. Its main goal is to help more UGA people achieve commercial success with their ideas and inventions. This …
Seminar Title Space Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Exploration – A European Research Perspective About Dr. De Pascale Dr. De Pascale is a Professor of Horticulture at the University of Naples Federico II. She specializes in plant adaptation to stress, organic horticulture, and growing plants in space for bioregenerative life support systems. Her research …
Raj Khosla has been involved in precision agriculture since its inception, making significant contributions to its development and global adoption. He is the founder and past president of the International Society of Precision Agriculture. Khosla’s research focuses on harnessing spatial and temporal variability in managed agro-ecosystems to improve decision making. Currently, Khosla is co-leading multi-state, …
Next-generation Sensors for Integrative Precision Agriculture by Dr. Liang Dong Description This presentation covers a range of wearable, in-plant, embedded miniature sensors capable of detecting nitrogen, water, carbon, and plant pests and diseases. These low-cost sensors provide real-time data that support smarter decision-making in agricultural management practices, enable more efficient resource use, and improve our …
How Precise is Enough? A 33-year Journey in Precision Agriculture Description Modern precision agriculture began when GPS satellites became operational in the early 1990s. Advances in localization, imaging, computing, and other core technologies have enabled sensing resolution and control to move from whole field to sub-plant. The presentation includes personal reflections on some of the …
Research Needs Related to Aquaculture Development in Georgia Description Because of the rapid growth in seafood consumption and the associated health and ecological benefits of Aquaculture, a UGA Presidential Seed grant team has been working an Aquaculture Development Plan for Georgia. This plan identifies several opportunities for the state and suggests that indoor, recirculating, controlled …
