Professor Upadhyaya’s water stress sensor for vineyards and orchards recently garnered attention from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, as well as the Davis Enterprise and Phys.org.  The sensor attaches to a single leaf to measure temperature, light, wind and humidity to help optimize plant irrigation.

Congratulations to professors David Slaughter and Fadi Fatallah, whose paper “Co-robotic intra-row weed control system” has won the Biosystems Engineering Outstanding Paper Adward. This was presented at the EurAgEng Assembly yesterday in Aahrus University (Denmark).

The paper was co-authored by Manuel Pérez-Ruíza, David C. Slaughter, Fadi A. Fathallah, Chris J. Gliever and Brandon J. Miller.  It  appeared in Biosystems Engineering, Vllume 126, October 2014.

The Vice Provost and Associate Chancellor of Global Affairs, Joanna Regulsksa, announced that Dr. Fadi Fathallah has been appointed the Associate Vice Provost for Global Education and Services, Global Affairs as of July 1, 2016.  She writes:

Dr. Gail Bornhorst was one of five 2015-16 Mentoring at Critical Transitions Fellowship awardees, which are presented by the School of Graduate Studies.  Her project, titled Enhancing teaching and presentation skills using microteaching principles, and her graduate student mentees, Yamile Mennah, Sarah O’Meara and Krista Drechsler, are featured on the graduate school webpage.

Congratulations to Dr. Borhorst!

The Senate of the University of Guelph approved a recommendation that Dr. Singh be awarded degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa.

In his award letter, they explained that this degree is awarded in recognition of his outstanding contributions to research in agricultural and food science, and his global dissemination of food processing knowledge and technologies.  It went on to say that his leadership and innovative approaches to sharing have significantly advanced the field of food science and technology around the world.

Congratulations to Dr. Singh!

Dr. Irwin Donis-González’s passion for agriculture and postharvest technologies began 10 years ago in his native Guatemala, working as an independent agro consultant upon earning his Bachelor’s and Licentiate degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Del Valle University of Guatemala.

At the annual meeting of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers in July, Dr. David Slaughter was named a Fellow of the organization for his outstanding contributions to agricultural automation and development of sensing technologies for agricultural product quality and precision agriculture.

Congratulations to Dr. Giles on this prestigious award!  Read the following details from ASABE’s website.

Durham Ken Giles, ASABE Fellow, is the recipient of the 2015 Cyrus Hall McCormick Jerome Increase Case Gold Medal Award for his insightful research, creative design and implementation of agricultural chemical application equipment for improving the environmental aspects of agriculture.

R. Paul Singh, a distinguished professor emeritus who had dual appointments in the UC Davis Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, and the Department of Food Science and Technology, has received the 2015 Global Confederation for Higher Education Associations for Agriculture & Life Sciences (GCHERA) World Agriculture Prize Laureate.

A collaborative food-safety project headed by UC Davis has been selected for funding by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The proposal, titled “An Integrated Approach to Eliminate Cross-Contamination During Washing, Conveying, Handling and Packaging of Fresh Produce,” will receive $4.751 million over the course of five years.

Dr. Zhang’s creation of an anaerobic digestion facility has garnered great interest from our campus and far beyond.  This month, the campus website’s homepage features her work.

Read the article in full here.

BAE’s Dr. Slaughter has been selected as one of twelve ASABE Fellows for 2015.  This is an honorary status to which members of distinction may not apply but must be elected. This action reflects the high regard he is held by members of the Society. It also recognizes the significant contributions he has made.

An article about Dr. Pan’s tomato peeling research made the cover of the January 2015 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.  Download the article here: Tomato peeling – Agricultural Research – USDA

Dr. Vougioukas’ research on agricultural robotics automation and mechanization is featured in the fall quarter’s Engineering Progress magazine.

Congratulations to Dr. Vougioukas!  Read the full article here on page 14.