Answering the food productivity challenge by leveraging #agricultural #autonomy and #robotics was the objective of those @Rutgers University students @ the #Siemens Corporate Technology-hosted #FutureMakersChallenge.
In the picture: Arturo Pizano (University Collaboration at Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology), Yongbin Gong, Fei Liu, Merrill Edmonds, Stephanie Rossi, Rizwan Majeed (Leading CT US Food To Bring Innovations for Good at Siemens) and David Ezrapour
1st Place Winners
Team Glacier
LEAD: @Merrill Edmonds (Graduate Student, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace) @YongbinGong, @FeiLiu, @DavidEzrapour, @StephanieRossi.
Faculty Advisors: Professor Jingang Yi (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) and Professor Bingrru Wang (Department of Plant Biology and Pathology)
2nd Place Winners
Team Sequoia
Matthew Purri (Lead), Jia Xu, Peri Akiva, Eric Wengrowski.
Faculty Advisors: Kristin Dana and Peter Oudemans
3rd Place Winners
Team Denali
LEAD: Cody Wright (Graduate Student, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), Manasi Date, Dante Torello, and Emily McCue
Faculty Advisors: Professor Onur Bilgen (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) and Professor Serpil Guran (Department of Plant Biology)
Thank you to all faculty advisors who supported their teams and the event from its inception!