Hemanth Dakshinamurthy 

PhD Candidate

Hemanth is a Ph.D. candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah State working on automated measurement of soil moisture content using UAVs. In general, he is interested in learning about machines and mechanisms and how to implement them in daily life, and is always working on becoming a better engineer.

Email: a02380665 [at] usu [dot] edu

Safran Khan

PhD Student

Safran Khan is a Ph.D. student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Utah State University. His research focuses on developing novel approaches that integrate deep-learning algorithms into civil engineering practices. Specifically, he is working on using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for different tasks like structural health monitoring (SHM) and hydrological feature extraction.

Email: a02428105 [at] usu [dot] edu

Razin Bin Issa

MS Student

Razin is an M.S. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah State University working on extracting hydrologic information (such as surface velocity, streambank width, etc.) from cameras using AI techniques and exploring edge vs. cloud computing for image processing. His research interests broadly center on the application of robotics, AI, space, and autonomous vehicle systems. He is constantly trying to improve as an engineer and has a keen interest in robotics and computer vision applications for the benefit of humanity.

Email: a02428103 [at] usu [dot] edu

Mitchell Bailey

MS Student (Co-Advised with Dr. Cal Coopmans)

Mitchell is an M.S. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Utah State working on improving UAV measurement of water properties. His interests include UAV design for autonomous missions in agricultural and ecological fields.

Email: a02400043 [at] usu [dot] edu

Dylan McPeake

MS Student

Dylan is an M.S. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah State, working on autonomously monitoring water quality concerning harmful algal blooms. His interests include robotics and water related to ecological, stormwater, and agricultural practices. 

Email: a02422888 [at] usu [dot] edu

Aspen Sorenson

Aspen is an undergraduate student in the Chemistry department at USU. She is conducting lab analyses and field sampling to improve our understanding of arsenic pollution at the Great Salt Lake.

Isaac Orrill

Isaac is an undergraduate student in the mechanical engineering department at USU. He is developing and testing an automated water sampling device for use with unoccupied surface vehicles (USVs).