The overarching goal of the AgAID Summer Undergraduate Research Internship program is to train and develop the next-generation workforce in Ag, AI, and AgTech.

All Interns
URI 2022
URI 2023

Aidan Wiggins
Whitman College
Research Mentor:
Steve Mantle at innov8.ag
Farm Operations Intelligence

Ali Alsmael
Washington State University
Research Mentor:
Jake Schrader at Washington State University
Farm Operations Intelligence

Ayaka Smart
Emory University
Research Mentor:
Kirti Rajagopalan at Washington State University
Water Allocation Intelligence:
Climate analogs and water intelligence

Deven Biehler
Washington State University
Research Mentor:
Manoj Karkee at Washington State University
Labor Intelligence

Elijah Lin
Washington State University
Research Mentor:
Bernardita Sallato at Washington State University
Farm Operations Intelligence

Griffin Riley
Oregon State University Cascades
Research Mentor:
Joe Davidson at Oregon State University
Labor Intelligence

Jennifer Porter
Washington State University
Research Mentor:
Markus Keller at Washington State University
Farm Operations Intelligence:
Nitrogen concentration for irrigation water to control vigor and the impact under heat or cold stress

Joshua Bailey
Purdue University
Research Mentor:
Steve Mantle at Innov8.ag
Farm Operations Intelligence:
Empowering Agriculture through economical integrations

Joshua Oliver
Washington State University
Research Mentor:
Lav Khot at Washington State University
Farm Operations Intelligence:
Crops physiology sensing system

Joshua Yuan
Washington State University
Research Mentor:
Jia Yu at Washington State University
Water Allocation Intelligence:
Data pipilines in ECESpark

Kenzie Maxoutopoulis
University of California, Merced
Research Mentor:
Reza Ehsani at University of California, Merced
Labor Intelligence

Lily Oliphant
Oregon State University
Research Mentor:
Cindy Grimm at Oregon State University
Labor Intelligence

Lulu Chen
University of Washington
Research Mentor:
Lee Kalcits & Sonia Hall at Washington State University
Farm Operations Intelligence

Mark Frost
Oregon State University
Research Mentor:
Joe Davidson at Oregon State University
Labor Intelligence

Marshall Saltz
Oregon State University
Research Mentor:
Cindy Grimm at Oregon State University
Labor Intelligence

Mia Hargrave
University of Washington
Research Mentor:
Steve Mantle at Innov8.ag
Farm Operations Intelligence:
Empowering Agriculture through data visualizations

Michael Oliver
Washington State University
Research Mentor:
Matthew Whiting at Washington State University
Farm Operations Intelligence:
Sweet cherries cold hardiness

Nelson Goosman
Washington State University
Research Mentor:
Lav Khot at Washington State University
Farm Operations Intelligence

Nicholas Kraabel
Undergraduate Student at Washington State University
Research Mentor:
Kirti Rajagopalan at Washington State University
Water Intelligence

Nolan Shepherd
Washington State University
Research Mentor:
Sindhuja Sankaran at Washington State University
Farm Operations Intelligence:
Predicting calf success with Machine Learning

Parker Miller
Central Washington University
Research Mentor:
Matthew Whiting at Washington State University
Farm Operations Intelligence

Piper Horning
San Diego State University
Research Mentor:
Lee Kalcits at Washington State University
Farm Operations Intelligence:
Stem water potential for water conservation

Rachel Stehle
Central Washington University
Research Mentor:
Manoj Karkee at Washington State University
Labor Intelligence:
Instance segmentation and diameter estimation of trunks and branches for robotic pruning and flower thinning

Rohan Ballapragada
Undergraduate Research Student at Oregon State University
Research Mentor:
Alan Fern at Oregon State University
Farm Operations Intelligence:
Deep Reinforcement Learning for prediction of cold hardiness in grapes

Sejal Welankar
Undergraduate Research Student at Washington State University
Farm Operations Intelligence
Exploring the structure of cold hardiness data with persistence homology

Shannon Whiting
Washington State University
Research Mentor:
Lav Khot at Washington State University
Farm Operations Intelligence:
Communication of research performed at WSU DEMO Farm

Wendy Haw
University of California, Merced
Research Mentor:
Kirti Rajagopalan at Washington State University
Water Intelligence

Wyatt Croucher
Washington State University
Research Mentor:
Jana Doppa at Washington State University
Water Allocation Intelligence:
Waterflow modeling and prediction