Harsh Pathak

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Office: 231 Agricultural and Biological Engineering
hpathak@abe.msstate.edu

Google Scholar

• Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering with Concentration in Data Science and Digital Agriculture, Purdue University, USA
• M. S. in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, USA
• B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology, and Sciences, India

• August 2026 - Present, Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, USA
• May 2026 - August 2026, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University
• January 2026 (2024,2025) - May 2026 (2024,2025), Graduate Teaching Assistant, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University
• August 2021 - May 2026, Graduate Research Assistant, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University
• September 2019 - August 2021, Graduate Research Assistant, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University
• May 2019 - August 2019, Field Officer, TAFE, India

• Computer Vision
• Internet of Things
• UI/UX design
• Remote Sensing
• Biophysical Modeling
• Artificial Intelligence

• Reinforcement learning for agricultural digital twins
• Computer vision for agricultural monitoring
• UI/UX design for agricultural decision-support systems
• Remote sensing for agriculture
• IoT-based agricultural sensing
• Biophysical/crop modeling

• Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award, College of Engineering, Purdue University
• First Prize in Shark Tank Competition, IoT4Ag NSF Engineering Research Center
• Outstanding PhD Student Award, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University
• Winner of NSF Tri-center Research Symposium – Poster Presentation, Virtual
• Second Prize in Perfect Pitch Competition, IoT4Ag NSF Engineering Research Center
• Presidential Employee Recognition Award, Purdue University
• Winner of Research Track – Poster Multimedia Session, IEEE InGARSS
• Ranked #2 in Purdue's Digital Innovation in Agrifoods Lab (DIAL) Ideation Challenge
• Winner of New Faces of ASABE One-minute Video Challenge

• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
• International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA)
• Association of Agricultural, Biological, and Food Engineers of Indian Origin