Xin Zhang

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Office: 241 Agricultural and Biological Engineering
xzhang@abe.msstate.edu
P 662.325.1983

FAA Certified sUAS Remote Pilot
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• Ph.D., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Washington State University
• M.S., Agriculture, Northwest A&F University
• B.S., Agronomy, Gansu Agriculture University

• 08/2021–Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University
• 06/2020–07/2021, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis

• Computer Vision
• 2D/3D Canopy Mapping
• Agricultural Robotics and Mechanization
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)
• Remote Sensing
• Deep Learning and Machine Learning
• Data Science and Feature Engineering
• Controlled Environment Engineering

• Smart/Digital Agriculture
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Agriculture
• Crop Prediction Models
• UAV/UGV Swarm

Google Scholar

• “2020 Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize” by Club of Bologna for the Best Ph.D. Dissertation in Agricultural Engineering
• 2020 ASABE “Rain Bird Engineering Concept of the Year Award”
• 2019 ASABE “Superior Paper Award”
• 2018 Joint International Conference on Smart Agriculture and Bio-Robotics 2nd Prize of “Best Paper Award of University of Nottingham”
• 2017 WSU BSE Scholarship Award: Arnie & Marta Kegel Endowed Fellowship