The University of Nebraska–Lincoln awarded promotion and/or tenure to 98 faculty in 2019. Among those honored were four Biological Systems Engineering faculty. Yufeng Ge, Jennifer Keshwani, Francisco Munoz-Arriola, and Santosh Pitla were all promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure.
Yufeng Ge is an Advanced Sensing Systems Engineer and Assistant Professor for Biological Systems Engineering. Yufeng has academic degrees in Biological & Agricultural Engineering Ph.D. and Mechanical Engineering B.S. and M.S. His areas of research and professional interest include sensor-based plant phenotyping, optoelectronic sensor development in agriculture, VIS/NIR/MIR Spectroscopy, agricultural remote sensing and image analysis, and precision agriculture and spatial statistics. His teaching interests include measurement and control in agriculture, proximal and remote sensing/Spectroscopy, and optoelectronic sensor design. He has received several awards and honors and has numerous publications for his research.
Jennifer Keshwani is an Assistant Professor and Biomedical Engineer for Biological Systems Engineering. Jennifer has academic degrees in Oral Biology and Engineering Ph.D., Agricultural and Biological Engineering M.S., and Biological Systems Engineering (emphasis in Biomedical Engineering) B.S. Her areas of research and professional interest include teaching interests in biomedical engineering and biomaterials and extension interests in biomedical engineering youth programs and nonformal STEM education and outreach. She has received several awards and honors and has multiple publications for her research.
Francisco Munoz-Arriola is an Assistant Professor of Hydroinformatics and Integrated Hydrology for Biological Systems Engineering and has an advising emphasis in environment and water resources. Francisco has academic degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D., Coastal Oceanography M.S., and Oceanography B.S. His areas of research and professional interest include, among others, data science, integrated hydrology (nexus water quality-quantity), resilient complex systems, predictability of hydrometeorological and climate extremes, and nexus water-food-energy-ecosystems services in a changing environment. His teaching interests are predictability of hydrometeorological and climate extremes, complex systems modeling, attribution science and decision making, and global water system: science and engineering. He has taught several courses some of which are soil and water resources engineering and hydroclimatology. He has received several awards and honors and has numerous publications for his research.
Santosh Pitla is an Assistant Professor, Advanced Machinery Systems for Biological Systems Engineering and has an advising emphasis in upper-class students. Santosh has academic degrees in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Ph.D., Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad B.S. from universities in the United States and outside the United States. His areas of research and professional interest include agricultural robotics, agricultural equipment, logistics, embedded control applications in machine automation, and unmanned ground and aerial applications in agriculture. he also has teaching interests in fluid power hydraulics, embedded control systems, and sensors and controls for agri-industries. He has taught several courses some of which are MSYM 416: Sensors and Controls for Agri-Industries and MSYM 412: Hydraulic Power Systems. Santosh has several publications which include refereed journal articles and book chapters. He also has a patent with others for a Multi-Robot System Control Architecture.
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