UC Davis Give Day begins on April 12th at 12 p.m. and runs through Picnic Day, April 13th, ending at 5 p.m. This year's Give Day features a challenge for the SmartFarm Initiative. The challenge is a great opportunity to help support exciting new agricultural solutions. To make your contribution, go to UC Davis Give Day and look for the SmartFarm Initiative.
The April 2019 issue of Irrigation Today features an article written by Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering faculty member, Isaya Kisseka.
On Tuesday, April 3rd, a small group of researchers met at Hines Nursery in Winters, CA to fly drones. But, these were not just any drones. These drones are equipped with thermal and multi spectral cameras.
The 2019 Cool Campus Challenge, which runs from April 1st to April 26th, is a friendly competition between all of the UC campuses to see which campus will be crowned the "Coolest UC Campus." The competition is a way to address the impact of climate change and an opportunity to help make the University carbon neutral by 2025.
Kelley Drechsler's continuing success was again rewarded recently with a scholarship from the Irrigation Foundation. Kelley was one of just a handful of Irrigation Foundation 2019 scholarship recipients.
2045 Bainer Hall was full of current biological and agricultural engineering graduate students and faculty on Wednesday, March 20th who gathered to listen to Yi Shen present the research he has been conducting as a Ph.D candidate. Shen began his studies in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering in 2013 under the guidance of Dr. Zhongli Pan.
Bridging the gap between agriculture and technology is nearing a crucial tipping point. The world, by and large, is becoming more connected, autonomous, and data driven. Unfortunately, growth in these areas as they apply to agriculture has not kept pace with other sectors.
The Almond Board of California (ABC) presented a check to the ASABE Student Branch Robotics Team. The check for $501 was presented by Associate Director Guangwei Huang at a small gathering on March 13th.
On March 7th, METER Group, Inc. announced the recipients of the 2019 Grant A. Harris Fellowship Award. Among the six selected recipients is Biological and Agricultural Engineering graduate student, Kelley Dreschler.
During his recent seminar, Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis brought up some compelling arguments. According to Ampatzidis, the first agricultural revolution came with mechanization. The second revolution brought agrochemicals such as fertilizer, herbicides and pesticides. The third ushered in genomics and genetic modification. And the fourth, the introduction and incorporation of smart agriculture, digital farming, internet of things, robotics, and artificial intelligence is just beginning.
