Nipuna Chamara

Nipuna Chamara

Research Assistant Professor, Biological Systems Engineering Emphasis Area: Digital Agricultural Systems University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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  • Appointment 100% Research
  • Areas of Research and Professional Interests
  1. Digital Agriculture (AI, IoT, Sensors, and Instrumentation)
  2. Agricultural Machinery
  3. Precision Agriculture
  • Teaching Interests
  1. Digital Agriculture
  2. Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing
  3. Electronics and Instrumentation for Agricultural Applications
  4. AI for Agricultural Applications
  • Professional Memberships
  1. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
  2. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  3. International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA)

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Education

  1. Ph.D., Biological Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, (2024)
  2. M.Sc., Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, USA, (2021)
  3. PG Diploma in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, (2015)
  4. B.Sc., (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, (2013)

 

Selected Publications 

  1. Chamara, N., Islam, M. D., Bai, G. F., Shi, Y., & Ge, Y. (2022). Ag-IoT for crop and environment monitoring: Past, present, and future. Agricultural systems, 203, 103497.
  2. Chamara, N., Bai, G., & Ge, Y. (2023). AICropCAM: Deploying classification, segmentation, detection, and counting deep-learning models for crop monitoring on the edge. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 215, 108420.
  3. Balabantaray, A., Behera, S., Liew, C., Chamara, N., Singh, M., Jhala, A. J., & Pitla, S. (2024). Targeted weed management of Palmer amaranth using robotics and deep learning (YOLOv7). Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 11, 1441371.