Projects


Current

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COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CPS: MEDIUM: AI-DRIVEN CYBER-PHYSICAL HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS FOR PRECISION POULTRY FARMING. Role: Co-PI (PI-Ramviyas Nattanmai Parasuraman). Sponsor: USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Amount: $1,000,000 (09/2024-08/2027). Project number: 2024-67021-43694.

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SalmonellaDetector: A Mobile Application for On-site Broiler Salmonella Infection Diagnosis. Role: Co-PI (PI-Adelumola Oladeinde). Sponsor: USDA Agricultural Research Service. Amount: $50,000 (06/2024-06/2026).

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SalmonellaDetector: A Mobile Application for On-site Broiler Salmonella Infection Diagnosis. Role: PI. Sponsor: US Poultry & Egg Association. Amount: $79,936 (07/2024-06/2026). Project number: F-114.

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An Artificial Intelligence-assisted Gait Scoring System for Individual Broilers in Group Settings. Role: PI. Sponsor: Cobb Research Initiative launched by Cobb-Vantress (08/2023-09/2025).

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ACQUISITION OF A SHARED-USE TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN INTEGRATED PRECISION AGRICULTURE. Role: Co-PI (PI-Christopher Kucha). Sponsor: Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture. Amount: $30,000 (11/2024-06/2025)

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An Artificial Intelligence-assisted Multimodal Robot for Searching, Localizing, and Collecting Floor Eggs for Poultry. Role: PI. Sponsor: Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture. Amount: $5,000 (11/2024-06/2025). Project number: 8750.

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Development of a Web-based Artificial Intelligence System for Analyzing Broiler Activity Index. Role: PI. Sponsor: US Poultry & Egg Association. Amount: $47,305 (10/2023-02/2025). Project number: F-113.


Completed

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Hyperspectral systems for precision poultry sensing. Role: PI. Sponsor: USDA Agricultural Research Service. Amount: $8,397.84 (gift from Dr. Adelumola Oladeinde) (06/2024-11/2024).

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PRECISIONDETECT (PD): AI-Enhanced Hyperspectral Imaging for Early Chicken Egg Fertility Detection. Role: Co-PI (PI-Christopher Kucha). Sponsor: Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture. Amount: $30,000 (12/2023-06/2024).

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Mobile Sensing for Precision Poultry Disease Management. Role: PI. Sponsor: Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture. Amount: $5,000 (12/2023-06/2024). Project number: 1941.

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EggPicker: A mobile robotic system for identifying, localizing, and collecting floor eggs in cage-free hen housing environments. Role: PI. Sponsor: Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture. Amount: $30,000 (12/2023-06/2024). Project number: 2528.

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Precision Farming Frameworks for Climate Smart Poultry Production. Role: Co-PI (PI-Lilong Chai). Sponsor: Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture. Amount: $150,000 (04/2023-06/2023).

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Testing draft EPA models for swine emissions of ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and particulate matter. Role: Co-PI (PI-Richard S. Gates). Sponsor: National Pork Board. Amount: $36,000 (05/2022-12/2023).

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Assessing the Draft EPA Laying Hen Emissions Models. Role: Co-PI (PI-Richard S. Gates). Sponsor: American Egg Board. Amount: $20,000 (01/2022-06/2023).

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Evaluating draft EPA models for broiler emissions of ammonia and particulate matter. Role: Co-PI (PI-Richard S. Gates). Sponsor: US Poultry & Egg Association. Amount: $25,000 (05/2022-06/2023).