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  • U of I Autonomous Farm
    ABE and CDA establish the Illinois Autonomous Farm
    2021-01-13 - The Illinois Autonomous Farm (IAF) unites researchers, industry leaders, educators, and stakeholders to drive research, education, and outreach for autonomous systems in agriculture across Illinois. Launched in 2020 as a joint effort between the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering...
  • Girish Chowdhary, Vijay Singh, and Yuanhui Zhang
    Girish Chowdhary, Vijay Singh, and Yuanhui Zhang received named appointments from the Grainger College of Engineering
    2021-01-06 - Three agricultural and biological engineering (ABE) faculty members recently received named appointments from The Grainger College of Engineering. These prestigious appointments were granted to Dr. Girish Chowdhary as Donald Biggar Willet Faculty Fellow and Drs. Vijay Singh and Yuanhui Zhang as...
  • Jamison Watson, Paul Davidson, Richard Cooke and IBRL Team
    ACES recognizes ABE excellence
    2020-10-19 - Each year, the College of ACES recognizes a select group of faculty, staff, and students who demonstrated outstanding achievements and exceptional service to the college. This year, Jamison Watson, Paul Davidson, Richard Cooke, and the IBRL...
  • U of I ASMC extends research projects in four developing countries
    U of I ASMC extends research projects in four developing countries
    2020-10-16 - URBANA, Ill. ­– The Appropriate Scale Mechanization Consortium (ASMC) at the University of Illinois received a $2.25 million grant from the United States Agency for International...
  • Richard Cooke
    Richard Cooke receives Fulbright grant for rice productivity research in Sierra Leone
    2020-10-08 - URBANA, Ill. ­­– Richard Cooke, professor of agricultural and biological engineering at the University of Illinois, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for the 2020-2021 academic year from...
  • Student farmer in field
    U of I receives funding to create, expand mental health resource network for farmers
    2020-10-08 - URBANA, Ill. – Even without the added stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, agricultural producers experience high levels of anxiety, depression, substance use, and death by suicide. Researchers at the University of Illinois and Illinois Extension are working to ensure producers and their families have...
  • Ann Brunton and classmate working
    Meet Ann Brunton – 2020 AWWA Woodard & Curran Scholarship Recipient
    2020-09-01 - This year’s AWWA Woodard & Curran Scholarship recipient, Ann Brunton, grew up knowing that water is a big deal. She says, “I’ve always known we need to...
  • Joseph Fischer with 3D printer
    3D printing finds use in ag product development
    2020-08-31 - While 3D television never really caught on, 3D printing has earned itself a permanent spot in agriculture for creating tools, making replacement machine parts and crafting models for large projects such as grain facilities or 3D models of terrain for erosion control. Saves time, money...
  • Crop robots in field
    Soil robots just another tool for ag in 2020
    2020-08-31 - URBANA, Ill. — While robots in agriculture haven’t entirely lost their cool factor, they certainly aren’t the novelty they were even five to 10 years ago. “They still have their appeal, but we wouldn’t care less if they didn’t solve a problem,” said Drew Schumacher, president of Rogo Ag, a company...
  • The National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program awarded $20 million to the Center for Digital Agriculture
    NSF and NIFA Awards CDA $20M to Develop New AIFarms Institute
    2020-08-26 - The National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program awarded $20 million to the Center for Digital Agriculture at the University of Illinois...
  • University of Illinois Associate Professor Rabin Bhattarai explains the inner workings of a yet-to-be-installed water drainage control structure.
    Deeper dives into drainage water management could help reduce nutrient runoff
    2020-08-20 - Which cutting-edge nutrient stewardship practice requires a typography map, gates on drainage tile and knowledge of your soil profile? If you thought of the term drainage water management (DWM), you’d be on the right track. In Shelby County, farmers and University of Illinois researchers are...
  • Anne Marie Boone and Professor Girish Chowdhary
    The Grainger College of Engineering recognizes excellence by ABE faculty and staff
    2020-08-17 - Each year, the Grainger College of Engineering recognizes a select group of faculty, staff, and students for their achievements and contributions to the college and to the world. We are proud to announce that Anne Marie Boone and Professor Girish Chowdhary belong to this distinguished group.  Anne...
  • Ann-Perry Witmer
    Contextual engineering adds deeper perspective to local projects
    2020-08-13 - URBANA, Ill. – When engineers develop drinking water systems, they often expect their technology and expertise to work in any context. But project success depends as much on the people and place as on technical design, says Ann-Perry Witmer, lecturer in the ...
  • Rabin Bhattarai, Maria Chu, Girish Chowdhary, and Paul Davidson
    Four ABE faculty promoted to associate professor with tenure
    2020-07-31 - Four faculty in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois have been promoted to associate professor and granted tenure effective August 2020: Rabin Bhattarai, Maria Chu, Girish Chowdhary, and Paul Davidson....
  • Cody Allen and Mohammed Kamruzzaman
    Two New Faculty Members Join the ABE Department
    2020-07-28 - Two new faculty members have joined the ABE department in July 2020: Cody Allen and Mohammed Kamruzzaman. Allen has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering also from Purdue, and bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the U of I. Prior to...

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