
Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University
Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Email: vmartins@abe.msstate.edu
ABE Faculty: https://www.abe.msstate.edu/people/faculty/vitor-martins/
Education:
• 2020 Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. Iowa State Univ., USA
• 2017 M.S. in Remote Sensing. National Institute for Space Research, SP, Brazil
• 2014 B.S. in Agricultural and Environmental Eng., Federal Univ. of Viçosa, Brazil
Research Interests: Satellite image processing, Deep learning, High-Performance Computing, Land & Water Resources Management

Uilson R.V. Aires, PH.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Mississippi State University
Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Email: uilson.aires@msstate.edu
Education:
• 2022 Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, MG, Brazil
• 2018 M.S. in Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, MG, Brazil
• 2016 B.S. in Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Lavras, MG, Brazil
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Hydrology

Lucas B. Ferreira, PH.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Mississippi State University
Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Email: contato.lucasbf@gmail.com
Education:
• 2022 Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, MG, Brazil
• 2018 M.S. in Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, MG, Brazil
• 2016 B.S. in Agronomy, State University of Montes Claros, MG, Brazil
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Geospatial Data Science, Machine Learning, Irrigation, and Reference Evapotranspiration

Dakota Hester
Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Mississippi State University
Email: dh2306@msstate.edu
Education:
• 2021 B.S. in Computer Science, Mississippi State University, MS, USA
Research Interests: Deep Learning, Computer Vision, and Remote Sensing
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Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Mississippi State University
Email: rdp282@msstate.edu
Education:
• 2022 M.S. in Remote Sensing. National Institute for Space Research, SP, Brazil
• 2019 B.S. in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará, CE, Brazil
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Satellite Image Processing, and Water Resources Management
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Ashleigh Dunaway
M.Sc. Student, Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University
Email: ad2164@msstate.edu
Education:
• 2022 B.S. in Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, MS, USA
Research Interests: shoreline conservation and management, wetlands, and coastal restoration

Dalton Crawley
Undergraduate Student
Major: Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Mississippi State University
Email: dmc585@msstate.edu
Research Interests: Deep Learning, High-Performance Computing, and Computer Vision
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Phillip Nguyen
Undergraduate Student
Major: Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Mississippi State University
Email: pkn18@msstate.edu
Research Interests: High-Performance Computing, Deep Learning and Satellite Image Processing
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Tess Harris
Undergraduate Student
Major: Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Mississippi State University
Email: emh585@msstate.edu
Research Interests: 3D Reconstruction, High Performance Computing, Deep Learning
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Trace Hodge
Undergraduate Student
Major: Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Mississippi State University
Email: teh286@msstate.edu
Research Interests: Deep Learning, Computer Processing, and Satellite Imaging

Roshan Thapa
Undergraduate Student
Major: Agriculture Engineering Technology and Business, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Mississippi State University
Email: rt967@msstate.edu
Research Interests: GIS, Remote sensing, Satellite image learning and application

Isha Shrestha
Undergraduate Student
Major: Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Mississippi State University
Email: is418@msstate.edu
Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, High Performance Computing, Visual Computing and Remote Sensing

Shisir Baral
Undergraduate Student
Major: Computer Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University
Email: sb3771@msstate.edu
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Data wrangling and mining, Assistive technology

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Leon DOAN
UnderGrad - B.Sc. in CSE



NatE Venarske
UnderGrad - B.Sc. in BSE
Alexa RogerS
UnderGrad - B.Sc. in BSE
Dustin Van
UnderGrad - B.Sc. in CSE