Nuwan Wijewardane along with Yufeng Ge were mentioned in the news for their work predicting total petroleum hydrocarbons in field soils with Vis–NIR models developed on laboratory‐constructed samples. This study investigated whether Vis–NIR models calibrated from laboratory‐constructed PHC soil samples could be used to accurately estimate TPH concentration of field samples. Read about their research here.
Nuwan Wijewardane was also mentioned by Soil Science of America for his insight on how technology can help speed soil spill recovery after oil spills. He and his team found a new method using state-of-the-art technology that is faster and cheaper. It lets scientists get to work quicker on restoring the soil. Read more about his research here.
Abbas Atefi along with Santosh Pitla and Yufeng recently had their article, Robotic Detection and Grasp of Maize and Sorghum: Stem Measurement with Contact, published by MDPI. "The use of agricultural robots to automatically collect plant phenotypic data for trait measurements can overcome many of the drawbacks of manual phenotyping." Read more about their work here.