Manoj Karkee

Dr. Manoj Karkee is an Associate Professor in the Biological Systems Engineering Department at Washington State University (WSU) and is the co-director of WSU-University of Technology Sydney joint center on #AgRobotics. He was born and raised in eastern hills of Nepal. He received his diploma in Civil Engineering and undergraduate in Computer Engineering from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. His MS was in remote sensing and GIS from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and his PhD was in Agricultural Engineering and Human Computer Interaction from Iowa State University. Dr. Karkee leads a strong research program in the area of sensing, machine vision and #AgRobotics at the WSU Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems (CPAAS). He has published more than 65 peer-reviewed journal articles, and more than 25 referred conference papers. He has also been awarded two US patents, and has published one book (edited) and eight book chapters. Dr. Karkee is currently serving as an elected chair for International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Technical Committee on 'Control in Agriculture', as an associate editor for 'Transactions of the ASABE', as a guest editor for 'Sensors', and an Adjunct Professor for Zhejiang University in China. Dr. Karkee was recognized as '2019 Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence and IoT' by Connected World magazine and was featured as the 'Western Innovator' by Capital Press. 

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