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Cengiz Koparan, PhD

Assistant Professor – Principal Investigator (PI)

  • Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Research Interest: Agricultural Machine Systems, Precision Agriculture Technology, Agricultural Automation and Robotics
Email: ckoparan@uark.edu


Akwasi Tagoe

Graduate Research Assistant

  • PhD Student in Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology

Start Date: Spring 2024

Research Interest: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Precision Agriculture, GIS, Image Processing for Phenotyping
Email: atagoe@uark.edu


Md Nurul Azmir

Graduate Research Assistant

  • PhD Student in Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Start date: Fall 2024

Research Interest: Unmanned Vehicles, Precision Agriculture Technology, GIS, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Email: mazmir@uark.edu


Undergraduate Research Assistants

  • Alec R Campbell – BAEG – 2025 – 2026
  • Cade Cox – AECT – 2025 – 2026
  • Katie McKay – BAEG – 2025 – 2026
  • Natalee Frensley – ESWS – 2025 – 2026
  • Russell Haggard – DTSC – 2025 – 2026
  • Sahunkuye Umuhoza – CSCE – 2025 – 2026
  • Samir Kabaou – CSCE – 2025 – 2026

Previous Lab Members

  • Alex Edmiston – Undergraduate Research Assistant – BAEG – 2023 – 2024
  • Justin Dykstra – Graduate Research Assistant – ME – 2023 – 2024
  • Tyler Young – Graduate Research Assistant – AECT – 2023-2025
  • Avonelle Lindon – Undergraduate Research Assistant – Honors College – BAEG – 2023 – 2024