Previous Student Award Winners

2023, Shufen Dai, Zhejiang University
2023, Yuanhang Zhan, University of Arkansas
2022, Chenmei Jiang, Zhejiang University
2021, Chang Chen, UC Davis
2021, Dajun Yu, Virginia Tech
2020, Guoming Li, Mississippi State University
2020, Lingyi Lan, Zhejiang University
2019, Guangjun Qiu, South China Agriculture Univerity
2019, Yu Jiang, University of Gerogia
2019, Xiaoxi Hou, Northwest A&F University
2018, Rui Li, Northwest A&F University
2018, Yuzhen Lu, Michigan State University
2017, Kai Liu, Iowa State University
2017, Zhenghong Bao, Mississippi State University
2017, Lixia Hou, Northwest A/F University
2016, Zhi Huang, Northwest A/F University
2016, Yingqian Lin, Michigan State University
2015, Bo Ling, Northwest A&F Univeristy
2015, Lizhou Xu, University of Arkansas
2014, Yong Wei, Kansas State University, USA
2014, Yixian Wang, Zhejiang University, China
2013, Weimin Cai, Zhejiang University, China
2012, Weilin Wang, University of Georgia, USA
2011, Bin Li, China Agricultural Univeristy, China
2010, Zhen Li, China Agricultural Univeristy, China
2009, Lijuan, Xie, Zhejiang University, China
2008, Gang Sun, Iowa State University, USA
2007, Yufeng Ge, Texas A&M University, USA
2006, None
2005, Wenqiao Yuan, University of Illinois, USA
2004, Hong Li, Iowa State University, USA
2003, Lingjuan Wang, Texas A&M University, USA
2002, None

2023 — Guoqiang Ren, Zhejiang University
2023 — Yuchuan Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2022 — Xiao Yang, The University of Tennessee
2021 — Dajun Yu, Virginia Tech
2021 — Yangyang Guo, University of Georgia & Northwest A&F
2020 — Can Liu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2020 — Lirong Xiang, Iowa State University
2019 — Long Chen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2018 — Jiangong Li, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
2018 — Minliang Yang, Iowa State University
2017 — Yin Bao, Iowa State University
2017 — Yang Liu, Kansas State University
2016 — Kai Liu, Iowa State University
2015 — Fuqing Xu, The Ohio State University
2015 — Meg K. Sheehan, Oklahoma State University
2015 — Tianjiao Zhang, Oklahoma State University
2015 — Xianhui Zhao, South Dakota State University
2015 — Lei zhu, Washington State University
2015 — Minliang Yang, Iowa State University
2015 — Shuangye Qiao, McGill University
2015 — Long Lin, The Ohio State University
2014 — Yongbo Wan, University of Kentucky
2013 — Weilin Wang, University of Georgia
2012 — Xuan Li, University of California, Davis
2011 — Haixia Li, Oklahoma State University
2010 — Xiguang Chen , University of California, Davis
2009 — Wei Zhang, Cornell University
2008 — Yali Zhang, Kansas State University
2008 — Zhiming Qi, Iowa State University
2007 — Haitao Xiang, University of Illinois
2006 — Changying Li, Pennsylvania State University
2006 — Xianglian Li, University of Connecticut
2004 — Jude Liu, University of Manitoba
2003 — Huawei Sun, The Ohio State University
2002 — Ning Wang, Kansas State University
2002 — Lin Wang, Kansas State University

First Place

Xu Zhou

Advisor: Dr. Juming Tang

Washington State University

Second Place

Chenjiao Tan

Advisor: Dr. Changying Li

University of Flordia

Third Place

Xuehai Zhou

Advisor: Dr. Shangpeng Sun

McGill University

Weilong He

Advisor: Dr. Lirong Xiang

North Carolina State University

First Place

Zhengkun Li

Advisor: Dr. Changying Li

University of Georgia

Second Place

Lizhi Jiang

Advisor: Dr. Longsheng Fu

Northwest A&F University

Third Place

Honghao Cheng

Advisor: Dr. Xiaoqian Du

Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

Wei Zong

Advisor: Dr. Xiaoqian Du

Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

First Place

Chang Chen, Ph.D student

Advisor: Dr. Zhongli Pan

Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis

Paper Title:
Drying and Disinfection of Off-ground Harvested Almonds Using Step-down Temperature Hot Air Heating

Second Place

Tian Qiu, PhD student

Advisor: Dr. Yu Jiang

CAIR Lab, Cornell AgriTech, Cornell University

Paper Title:
Deep learning-based saliency maps for the quantification of grape powdery mildew at the microscopic level

Third Place

Ke Wang, PhD student

Advisor: Dr. Ruihong Zhang

Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis

Paper Title:
Techno-economic Analysis on An Industrial-scale Production System of Biodegradable Plastics from Cheese By-products by Haloferax mediterranei

First Place

Lirong Xiang.

Iowa State University

Paper Title:
PhenoStereo: a high-throughput stereo vision system for field-based plant phenotyping with an application in sorghum stem diameter estimation

Second Place

Xueping Ni.

Zhejiang University and University of Georgia

Paper Title:
Blueberry harvestability trait extraction from 2D images and 3D point clouds based on deep learning and photogrammetric reconstruction

Third Place

Chang Chen.

University of California, Davis

Paper Title:
Energy and quality analyses of off-ground harvested almonds under hot air column drying

Fourth Place

Guoming Li.

Mississippi State University

Paper Title:
Convolutional neural network for analyzing broiler stretching behaviors

Fifth Place

Ziyi Tao.

Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

Paper Title:
A crop root row detection algorithm for visual navigation in rice fields

First Place

Shangpeng Sun, Changying Li, Andrew H. Paterson, Jeevan Adhikari.

University of Georgia

Second Place

Guangjun Qiu, Enli Lü, Ning Wang, Huazhong Lu.

South China Agricultural University

Third Place

Liang Wan, Haiyan Cen, Jiangpeng Zhu, Yijian Li, Yueming Zhu, Dawei Sun, Haiyong Weng, Yong He.

Zhejiang University

Fourth Place

Shenghui Yang, Xingxing Liu, Bingtai Chen, Shixiong Li, Yongjun Zheng.

China Agricultural University

Fifth Place

Qingliang Yang, Miao Zhang, Linpei Pan, Ming Chen, Maohua Wang.

China Agricultural University

First Place

Yuzhen Lu, Michigan State University

Second Place

Yafang Shen, Zhejiang University

Third Place

Mengyun Zhang, University of Georgia

Fourth Place

Xiang Li, Clemson University

Fifth Place

Chunfang Wang, Zhejiang University

First Place

Yin Bao, Iowa State University

Second Place (tie)

Bin Cheng, North Carolina State University

Second Place (tie)

Zhi Huang, Northwest A&F University, Cornell University

Fourth Place

Kia Liu, Iowa State University

Fifth Place

Jianxiang Du, Zhejiang University

First Place
Zhonghua Zheng et al. “Monitoring moisture content of gas-phase biofilter based on impedance under different conditions”

Second Place
Zhuo Zhao, et al. “A portable and automatic biosensing instrument for simultaneous detection of foodborne pathogens using nanobead-based magnetic separation and quantum dot-labeled fluorescent measurement”

Third Place (tie)
Lixia Hou, et al. “Computer simulation model development and validation of radio frequency heating for bulk chestnuts based on single particle approach”

Third Place (tie)
Bin Cheng, et al. “Spatial and Temporal Variations of Secondary Inorganic PM2.5 in North Carolina”

Third Place (tie)
Yin Bao, et al. “Infield Biomass Sorghum Yield Component Traits Extraction Pipeline Using Stereo Vision”

First Place
Lizhou Xu, et al. “Rapid and Label-free Detection of Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 using a Target-responsive Hydrogel based Fluorescence Aptasensor”

Second Place
He Ma, et al. “Assessment of lighting needs by laying hens via preference test”

Third Place
Yu Jiang, et al. “Non-destructive Detection of Internal Bruising of Blueberries using Hyperspectral Imaging”

Fourth Place (tie)
Long Chen, et al. “Simulation and validation of radio frequency heating with conveyor movement”

Fourth Place (tie)
Bo Ling, et al. “Storage stability of pistachios as influenced by radio frequency treatments for postharvest disinfestations”

First Place
Fuqing Xu, et al. “Mathematical modeling of solid‐state anaerobic digestion system for bioenergy production”

Second Place
Lu Wang, et al. “Catalytic upgrading of Douglas fir sawdust pellet vapors over Zn/ZSM-5 catalysts in a packed-bed catalysis reactor”

Third Place
Yixian Wang, et al. “Development of a disposable impedance biosensor and its application for determination of Escherichia coli O157:H7”

Fourth Place
Hongjian Lin, et al. “Electricity generation, and organic matters and nutrients removal using microbial fuel cells for swine wastewater of different pretreatment”

Fifth Place
Guangming Su, et al. “Effect of high pressure on inactivation of Escherichia coli in frozen suspension”

First Place
Liangcheng Yang, et al. “Moisture effects on gas-phase biofilter ammonia removal efficiency, nitrous oxide generation and microbial communities”

Second Place
Lu Wang, et al. “Catalytic upgrading of Douglas fir sawdust pellet vapors over Zn/ZSM-5 catalysts in a packed-bed catalysis reactor”

Third Place
Yixian Wang, et al. “Development of a disposable impedance biosensor and its application for determination of Escherichia coli O157:H7”

Fourth Place
Hongjian Lin, et al. “Electricity generation, and organic matters and nutrients removal using microbial fuel cells for swine wastewater of different pretreatment”

Fifth Place
Guangming Su, et al. “Effect of high pressure on inactivation of Escherichia coli in frozen suspension”

First Place
Weiming Cai, et al. “The Effect of Audible Sound on the Germination and Growth of Mung Bean”

Second Place
Weilin Wang, et al. “Design and Calibration of Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter Based Spectral Imaging System”

Third Place (Tied)
Di Hu, et al. “Temporal and Spatial Variations of Bioaerosols Emitted from an Egg Production Facility in Southeast U.S.: Part III – Particle Size Distributions”

Third Place (Tied)
Shoujie Ren, et al. “Optimum Conditions and Characteristics of Products from Microwave Torrefaction of Douglas Fir Sawdust Pellet”

Fourth Place
Xuan Li, et al. “Predictive Modeling of Radiative Heating Process for Tomato Infrared Dry-Peeling”

First Place
Bin Li, et al. “Preliminary Study on Heavy Metal Detection in Soil Using Terahertz Time-domain Spectroscopy” (ASABE Paper Number 1100020)

Second Place
Qianfeng Li and Lingjuan Wang. “Fine Particulate Matter in the Vicinity of an Animal Feeding Operation: Statistical Distributions and Upwind and Downwind Comparison” (ASABE Paper Number 1110737)

Third Place
Feng Xu and Donghai Wang. “Fermentable Sugar Production from Photoperiod-Sensitive Sorghum” (ASABE Paper Number 1110861)

Fourth Place
Pengcheng Yu, et al. “Quantitative Evaluation of a Blueberry Mechanical Harvester Using a Miniature Instrumented Sphere” (ASABE Paper Number 1111592)

First Place
Haibo Huang et al. “Magnetic Nanoparticles Based Magnetophresis for Efficient Separation of Foodborne Pathogens” (ASABE Paper Number 1009458)

Second Place
Haiyan Cen and Renfu Lu. “Optimization of the hyperspectral imaging-based spatially-resolved system for measuring the optical properties of biological materials” (ASABE Paper Number 1008600)

Third Place
Weilin Wang, et al. “Near-infrared Hyperspectral Reflectance Imaging for Early Detection of Sour Skin Disease in Vidalia Sweet Onions” (ASABE Paper Number 1009106)

Fourth Place
Zhen Li, et al. “ Experimental Path-Loss Models for 2.4GHz In-field Wireless Sensor Network” (ASABE Paper Number 1008576)

Fifth Place
Xuan Li and Zhongli Pan. “Geometrical Characteristics and Model Development of Processing Tomatoes” (ASABE Paper Number 1009250)

First Place
Xiguang Chen, et al. “Anaerobic Digestion of Selected Food Wastes for Biogas Production” (ASABE Paper Number 095796)

Second Place
Shiying Tian, et al. “Development and Preliminary Testing of the Forestry version of DRAINMOD-NII” (ASAE Paper Number 097129)

Third Place
Jian Jin and Lie Tang. “Optimal Coverage Path Planning for Arable Farming on 2D Surfaces” (ASAE Paper Number 097274)

Fourth Place
Zihan Cao, et al. “Particle Size Distribution of Particulate Matter Emitted from a Layer Operation in Southeast U.S.” (ASAE Paper Number 090025)

Fifth Place
Lin Wei, et al. “Effects of Feedstock Properties on the Performance of A Downdraft Gasifier” (ASAE Paper Number 096873)

First Place
Han, W., N. Zhang and Y. Zhang. “A two-layer wireless sensor network for remote sediment monitoring” (ASABE Paper Number 84548)

Second Place
Wei, L. et al. “Cost Analysis of Micro-Scale Biomass Gasification Facilities through Mathematical Modeling” (ASABE Paper Number 84424)

Third Place
Zhu, B. et al. “Integrated Rotary Drum and Anaerobic Phased Solids Digester System for Biogas Production from Municipal Solid Wastes”(ASABE Paper Number 84122)

Fourth Place
Sun, G. et al. “Development and Comparison of Backpropagation and Generalized Regression Neural Network Models to Predict Diurnal and Seasonal Gas and PM10 Concentrations and Emissions from Swine Buildings” (ASABE Paper Number 85100)

Fifth Place
Yang, Y. et al. “Hydrolysis and Fermentation of New Switchgrass Germplasm for Bioethanol Production” (ASABE Paper Number 83799)