I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Mississippi State University. My research resolves around the development and deployment of non-destructive sensing (e.g., optical imaging and spectroscopy) and automation technology for addressing the pressing problems in the agricultural and food domain. After earning my doctorate, I worked for over 1 year for USDA-ARS at East Lansing, Michigan, on optical imaging for qualty evaluation of horticultural products, and apple harvest-assist and in-field sorting technology development, and later spent another year in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University on several projects on imaging-based high-throughput plant phenotyping and precision agriculture.
PhD in Biosystems Engineering, 2018
Michigan State University
MS in Plant Nutrition, 2014
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
BS in Facility Agriculture Engineering, 2011
Northwest A&F University
Spring Semester: ABE 4423/6423 Bioinstrumentation II
Fall Semester: ABE 4990/6990 Introduction to Imaging in Biological Systems
Fall Semester: Problem Solving in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (to be developed for 2022 Fall)
I am actively looking for a MS/PhD graduate student to start in Fall 2022 or Spring 2023 in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Mississippi State University. The student will be expected to conduct original research within the fields of sensing and automation for agriculture-food systems. Potential research topics include but are not limited to sensing and assessment of food quality and safety, imaging-based plant phenotpyping, and artificial intelligence and robotics for precision plant/animal production. Students with engineering backgrounds (e.g., agricultural/food engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, etc.) and strong experience in computer vision and machine learning are highly welcome to apply. Please email me (yzlu@abe.msstate.edu, luyuzhen@msu.edu) with your CV if you are interested.
See the GRA position (in English). See the GRA position (in Chinese).
In additon, I also have a Postdoc position focusing on real-time computer vision, grading, and sorting for specialty crop products. The position can be started in Fall 2022 or Spring 2023, for two years of funding (with possibility of extension). Qualifications for this position include demonstrated experience in computer vision, sensors and control, software-hardware integration, and strong publication records in agricultural engineering journals.
See the Postdoc position .