The first APSS lab group meeting for the year 2024 was held on January 10, 2024, at the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, MSU. During this meeting, all five APSS lab students (4 PhD and 1 MS) shared updates on their respective project advancements.

Members of the APSS lab, Dr. Nuwan Nuwan K Wijewardane, Yasas Yasas Gamagedara, and Caleb, were honored with USDA-NRCS Earth Team Volunteer awards at the Mississippi Association of Conservation Districts 79th Annual Meeting President’s Awards Luncheon on January 17, 2024.

Exciting news from APSS Lab! 📢 Our latest publication in Geoderma journal, titled "Can we use a mid-infrared fine-ground soil spectral library to predict non-fine-ground spectra? is now available to read. #Soil #Research #Spectroscopy #Geoderma authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…

We took a moment to capture the current APSS Lab team! 📸

Congratulations to Praveen Amarasignhe and Chamika Silva for winning the first and second places in the Ph.D. poster session at the Spring 2024 Graduate Research Symposium Mississippi State Graduate School Graduate Student Association - MSU

Praveen Amarasignhe and Chamika Silva from APSS Lab presented their research findings at the Spring 2024 Graduate Research Symposium Mississippi State Graduate School Graduate Student Association - MSU MS State Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Huge congratulations to Caleb for winning first place in the 3MT competition (M.Sc. level) at the Mississippi Agriculture Consortium 2024. MS State Agricultural and Biological Engineering Mississippi State Graduate School Bagley College of Engineering

Yasas Yasas Gamagedara and Caleb from APSS Lab participated in the 3MT competition at the Mississippi Agriculture Consortium 2024. MS State Agricultural and Biological Engineering Mississippi State Graduate School Bagley College of Engineering

Congratulations to Caleb Whatley on the successful defense of his master's thesis titled "Application and Feasibility of Visible-NIR-MIR Spectroscopy and Classification Techniques for Wetland Soil Identification." MS State Agricultural and Biological Engineering Mississippi State Graduate School Bagley College of Engineering

Spring 2024 NEWSLETTER: Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

The latest opportunities in the APSS lab!

Extremely delighted to announce our proposal: "POTENTIALS", was selected for funding by the USDA-NIFA this year. A collaboration with amazing Xin Zhang and @MartinsRSensing. See details below. portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojec…

Our work at ABE is featured in the July/August 2024 issue of ASABE Resource Magazine. You can view it here: bt.e-ditionsbyfry.com/publication/?m…

Glad to be here at the #ASABE AIM 2024 with the group Yasas Gamagedara, Chamika Silva, Suraj Yadav, Yican Yang, Praveen Amarasinghe.

The APSS lab annual gathering took place at Nuwan K Wijewardane's house on October 6, 2024. The fellow students participated in the event as well.

Two new RAs joined the APSS lab in Spring 2025. Please visit our website to learn more about them.

New lab group photo in 2025. Growth in 4 years. Thanks to all the funding agencies #NSF #USDA, amazing collaborators, students, and postdoc!

APSS Lab hosted a spectrometer demonstration, showcasing its applications in biosystems engineering. Hands-on learning in action! #Spectroscopy #STEM #APSSLab

First APSS Lab Meeting of 2025! 🎉 We had a great discussion in our first meeting of the year at the Advanced Plant & Soil Sensing Laboratory. Exciting plans ahead as we continue pushing the boundaries in AI, remote sensing, and soil property estimation. #APSSlab

Our #MAFES scientists are driven to make new discoveries. Congratulations to our scientists and staff for their work to continue our legacy of innovation to improve the livelihoods of Mississippians!