Nipuna Chamara
Research Assistant Professor, Biological Systems Engineering Emphasis Area: Digital Agricultural Systems University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Lincoln NE 68583-0726 - Phone
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- Appointment 100% Research
- Areas of Research and Professional Interests
- Digital Agriculture (AI, IoT, Sensors, and Instrumentation)
- Agricultural Machinery
- Precision Agriculture
- Teaching Interests
- Digital Agriculture
- Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing
- Electronics and Instrumentation for Agricultural Applications
- AI for Agricultural Applications
- Professional Memberships
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA)
Education
- Ph.D., Biological Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, (2024)
- M.Sc., Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, USA, (2021)
- PG Diploma in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, (2015)
- B.Sc., (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, (2013)
Selected Publications
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.