Nipuna Chamara

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Nipuna Chamara

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

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Email
nchamara2@nebraska.edu
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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)

  • Teaching

    1. BSEN 130 - Computer Aided Design

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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., Ge, Y., & Russo, S. (2025). FireLog: An open-source, low-cost system for temperature logging during wildland fires with high spatial and temporal resolution. HardwareX, e00722.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.