Pappu Yadav

Title

Assistant Professor

Office Building

Raven Precision Agriculture Center

Office

104

Mailing Address

Raven Precision Ag Building 104
Ag and 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 postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at University of Florida, Gainesville. 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.

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Education

B.Tech in electronics and communication engineering | SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India | 2011
M.S. in electrical engineering | California State University, Fresno | 2014
Ph.D in biological and agricultural engineering | Texas A and M University | 2022

Academic Interests

Remote and proximal sensing
Multispectral 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 Machinery
AST 426/426L: Technology Applications for Precision Agriculture

Committees and 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

Awards and Honors

2023, Best Student Paper Award - Runner Up, SPIE-DCS Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Conference. Orlando, Florida.
2020, Best Paper Award, Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Cotton Engineering Systems Conference. Austin, Texas.
2014, Outstanding Work as a Graduate Student, Graduate Research and Creative Activities Symposium, California State University, Fresno.

Work Experience

2022-2023, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
2014-2018, Electrical Equipment Technician, Center for Irrigation Technology, Fresno, California.

Department(s)

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Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering