Applied Research

Applied research refers to scientific studies that seek to solve practical everyday problems faced by stakeholders (e.g. farmers, manufacturers) and develop innovative technologies.

  • Adapting Satellite-Based Methods for Estimating Water Use and crop-Water Stress to High Resolution Images from small UAS
  • Assessment of Application Technologies in Wine Grapes
  • Assessment of Application Technologies Specific to The Western Pacific Northwest Blueberries
  • Field Phenomics Platform Development
  • Human Machine Collaboration for Automated Harvesting of Tree Fruit
  • In Tree Crop Load Estimation of Apples with Smart phone
  • Low Energy Precision (/Spray) Applications: Unmanned Aerial System based Rapid Evaluation for Crop and Site Specific System Adaptation in the Pacific Northwest
  • Mechanical Pruning in Apple, Sweet Cherry and Pear
  • Mechanizing Red Raspberry Canopy Management
  • Multi-purpose Robotic System for Orchards
  • Precise Mechanical Solution for Vineyard Shoot Thinning
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) for Mitigating Bird Damage in Blueberry