Title
Assistant ProfessorOffice Building
Raven Precision Agriculture CenterOffice
104Mailing Address
Raven Precision Ag Building 104Ag & Biosystems Engineering-Box 2100
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Biography
Dr. Pappu Yadav is an Assistant Professor of Precision Agriculture AI Engineering within the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. Prior to this he was a Post Doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. His current role comprises 80% research and 20% teaching. His academic responsibilities include PRAG 304/304L: Electrical Diagnostics for Farm Machinery and AST 426/426L: Technology Applications for Precision Agriculture. Dr. Yadav's research interests encompass various aspects of precision agriculture with a focus on remote and proximal sensing utilizing multispectral, hyperspectral, thermal and fluorescence imaging, as well as the implementation of artificial intelligence, computer vision, uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), uncrewed ground vehicles (UGV) and agricultural robotics.Education
Ph.D., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2022)M.S., Electrical Engineering, California State University, Fresno, CA (2014)
B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India (2011)
Academic Interests
Remote and Proximal SensingMultispectral Imaging
Hyperspectral Imaging
Fluorescence Imaging
Precision Spraying
Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Uncrewed Ground Vehicles (UGV)
Crop Disease and Pest Management
Crop Water Requirements
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Computer Vision
Agricultural Robotics
Academic Responsibilities
PRAG 304/304L: Electrical Diagnostics for Farm MachineryAST 426/426L: Technology Applications for Precision Agriculture
Awards and Honors
Best student paper award-runner up at SPIE-DCS Autonomous Air and Ground Sensingconference in Orlando, FL, 2023
Best paper award at Beltwide Cotton Conferences-Cotton Engineering
Systems Conference in Austin, TX, 2020
Outstanding work as a graduate student at Graduate Research and Creative Activities Symposium at
California State University, Fresno, 2014
Professional Memberships
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)SPIE, The International Society for Optics and Photonics
Phi Tau Sigma – The Honor Society of Food Science and Technology
Work Experience
Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2022-2023Electrical Equipment Technician, Center for Irrigation Technology, Fresno, CA 2014-2018
Department(s)
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Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering