September, 2024:
Over the next 3 years, Young will collaborate with co-investigators from Utah State University and the University of Vermont to develop an operational workflow to detect harmful algal blooms using hyperspectral imagery from UAS and in situ instrumentation.
August 13, 2024:
This summer, MS student Dylan McPeake and undergraduate researchers Kai Francom and Brock Whitaker have been conducting air and water sampling of HABs at Utah Lake to assess the potential for cyanotoxins to become aerosolized near the shore. This project was recently featured on KSL News. Read the story here: https://www.ksl.com/article/51098429/researchers-study-the-toxicity-and-airborne-spread-of-algal-blooms
July 18, 2024:
Mitchell Bailey (shown here piloting UAS from a bridge) defended his MS thesis, "Design of a Subsurface Water Velocity and Quality Measurement Payload for sUAS." He will receive his MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from USU, and his thesis was co-advised with Dr. Cal Coopmans. He is continuing as a PhD student at Iowa State University in the fall. Congrats!
June 5, 2024:
Over the next 5 years, Young's CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation will support her research to monitor the effects of dust on vegetation, using the Great Salt Lake as a case study. She will receive roughly $550K over a five-year period. Read more about the project here.
December 1, 2023:
Hemanth Dakshinamurthy recently defended his dissertation titled "Advancing near-surface soil moisture measurements using robotics, automation, and remote sensing." He will receive his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from USU. He is continuing as a Research Scientist at South Carolina State University. Congrats Hemanth!
September 20, 2023:
Over the next 3 years, Young will collaborate with co-investigators J. Horsburgh (USU) and E. Goharian (UofSC) to advance camera-based monitoring for operational hydrologic applications to monitor the Logan River using imagery and edge/cloud computing.
August 15, 2023:
The DAISy Lab welcomes three new graduate students starting Fall 2023: Razin Bin Issa (MS), Dylan McPeake (MS), and Safran Khan (PhD). Welcome to USU!
November 30, 2022:
Hemanth successfully defended his dissertation proposal and is now a Ph.D. candidate in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at USU. Congrats, Hemanth!
October 7, 2022:
Piyush Pandey recently defended his dissertation titled "Computer Vision and Robotics in the breeding of Pinus Taeda". He will receive PhDs from the Biological & Agricultural Engineering, and Forestry & Environmental Resources departments. He is continuing on as an ORISE postdoctoral fellow at USDA-ARS. Congrats Piyush!
May 23, 2022:
Piyush Pandey recently received the “Outstanding Teaching Assistant” award from the NC State Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. Congrats Piyush!
December 15, 2021:
Starting January 1, 2022, the DAISy Lab will join the Utah Water Research Lab (UWRL) in the CEE Department at Utah State University. The UWRL has been a leader in water and environmental research for over 50 years and is the oldest and one of the largest university water research facilities in the US.
December 2021:
Russell’s thesis was titled: “Estimation of Chlorophyll-a Concentrations in Nearshore Aquaculture Environments using UAV RGB Imagery”. Russell hopes to continue working in the aquaculture industry. Congrats, Russell!
October 2021:
Andrew’s thesis was titled: “Investigating Miscanthus Water Use Efficiency Using UAVs and In-Situ Sensors”. He is going on to complete a PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Congrats, Andrew!
July 25, 2021:
Russell is an MS student working on remote sensing and coastal water quality research. His presentation was titled “Sampling and Estimation of Surface Phytoplankton Concentrations in Brackish Environments via Autonomous Surface and Aerial Vehicles”.
June 11, 2021:
Piyush developed and delivered a tutorial on hyperspectral image processing at the 2021 Midwest Big Data Summer School held by Iowa State University. The tutorial can be found here.
June 1, 2021:
Her thesis was titled “Accurate and Rapid Assessment of Pig Body Weights Using a Handheld, Mobile Stereo Imaging System”. She is continuing graduate school as a PhD student in the ECE department at NC State. Congrats Anh!
February 1, 2021:
She will serve on the board from 2022-2024. For more information about NAPPN, see here: https://www.plantphenotyping.org/
November 1, 2020:
His new position starts November 2020. Congratulations Yuzhen!
August 5, 2020:
Young will lead an interdisciplinary team (Drs. John-Paul Ore, Steve Hall, Celso Castro-Bolinaga, Natalie Nelson) to develop a team of aerial and surface robots for water quality monitoring in coastal aquaculture production areas.
February 1, 2020:
Sierra Young was selected as the New Face of ASABE – Professional’s category. She will visit Washington, D.C. later this year to help judge the Future City Competition finals.