Nuwan Wijewardane

Nuwan Wijewardane is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Mississippi State University. His research focuses on soil and crop sensing, precision agriculture, and the application of machine learning and IoT technologies. He leads the Advanced Plant & Soil Sensing Laboratory, developing novel sensing tools for agricultural monitoring.

Education:

• Ph.D., Biological Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
• M.S., Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
• M.Sc., Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
• B.Sc., Agricultural Technology and Management, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Research Interests:

• Soil spectroscopy and crop sensing
• IoT-driven precision agriculture systems
• Plant phenotyping via remote sensing
• Machine learning for spectral data analysis

Publications: Dr. Wijewardane has published extensively in soil science, remote sensing, and agricultural engineering journals. His work spans spectral analysis techniques, sensor development, and environmental monitoring applications.

Labs/Teams: He directs the Advanced Plant & Soil Sensing Laboratory, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaborations in sensor technology and data science for sustainable agriculture.