Team

Dr. Xin Zhang

School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering

University of Georgia

xin.zhang2@uga.edu

Thevathayarajh Thayananthan

Ph.D. Student | Lab Manager

[2023 SEC Emerging Scholar - Representing MSU]

[2025 Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year – Hall of Fame Award (College of Engineering)]

(1/2023-Present)

School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering

University of Georgia

theva@uga.edu

Kodai Watanabe

M.S. Student (Co-Supervised with Dr. J. Alex Thomasson)

(6/2024-Present)

Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Mississippi State University

kw2597@msstate.edu

Parastou Ahadpour Bakhtiari

M.S. Student (Co-Supervised with Dr. J. Alex Thomasson)

(7/2024-Present)

Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Mississippi State University

pa526@msstate.edu

Jonathan Harjono

Ph.D. Student

(1/2025-Present)

School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering

University of Georgia

jonathan.harjono@uga.edu

Isuru P. T. Laddusinghe Badu

Asifur Rahman

Dr. Suraj A. Yadav

(8/2023-7/2025; Co-Supervised with Dr. Nuwan K. Wijewardane)

Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Mississippi State University

say70@msstate.edu

T. M. G. C. Sachin P. Cooray

Riley Gebke

Mary J. Echelberry

Muhammad Usman

Mary-Addison P. Wolfe

Swayamjit Saha

Summer Graduate Intern

Summer Project: "Digitize Alfalfa Leafhopper Scores with Deep Learning"

(5/2024-8/2024)

Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Computer Science & Engineering

Mississippi State University

ss4706@msstate.edu

Kelly Bilington

Graduate Student Worker | MSU-HAU Student Exchange Program | AAI

(4/2024)

Harper Adams University (UK)

18228200@live.harper.ac.uk

Ebenezer O. Olaniyi

M.S. Student (Co-Supervised with Dr. Yuzhen Lu)

M.S. Thesis Title: "Non-Destructive Evaluation of White Striping and Microbial Spoilage of Broiler Breast Meat Using Structured-Illumination Reflectance Imaging"

(1/2023-8/2023)

Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Mississippi State University

eoo35@msstate.edu

[Currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Food Science & Technology at University of Georgia]

Daniel O. Wall

Summer Undergrad Intern

Summer Project: "Nitrogen status monitoring of potato crops using drone-based multispectral imaging"

(5/2023-8/2023)

Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Mississippi State University

dw2006@msstate.edu

[Currently an OPC-GARD-Assessment & Remediation II at Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)]

Siddhrajsinh M. Padhiyar

Brandon S. Lynchard

Undergrad Research Assistant

(1/2022-12/2022)

Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Computer Science & Engineering

Mississippi State University

bsl159@msstate.edu

[Currently a M.S. student in the School of Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology]

Abhishek Regmi