Jan 25, 2022 | News Releases, RADAR-X Project, RESEARCH PROFILES
Vikram Kumar was always a bright student in elementary and high school, but he felt constrained by the lack of creativity he could engage in when doing schoolwork. Wanting instead to confront questions with undetermined answers, Kumar naturally gravitated toward...
Oct 25, 2021 | E-E FEWS Project, iSEE Research, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES
Thanks to the work of Sabrina Summers and her University of Illinois research teammates, you might be able to power your car with your dinner leftovers someday. Summers is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE)...
Sep 1, 2021 | News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES, SMARTFARM Project
Xiangmin “Sam” Sun is a postdoc focusing on field observation of greenhouse gas fluxes for biofuel crops, and has interests in eco-hydrology and data sciences in general. Sun graduated from Lanzhou University in China with a bachelor’s degree in Hydrology. He then...
Aug 10, 2021 | Crops in silico Project, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES
The architecture of a plant’s organs, such as leaves, stems, roots, and buds, plays a significant role in its growth and productivity. Even within a single species like sorghum, architectural differences due to genetic variation are common. Like many other genetic...
May 19, 2021 | iSEE Research, News Releases, Next-Gen Feedstock Project, RESEARCH PROFILES
Nictor Namoi could have studied anywhere in the world, and he chose to travel all the way from Kenya to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to maximize the sustainability of bioenergy crops. Namoi received his bachelor’s degree in Management of Agroecosystems...
Apr 8, 2021 | News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES, Sanitation Technology Projet
Reliable drinking water, grid electricity, and sewer connections are not a given; more than 4 billion people across the globe lack safely managed sanitation. Increasing access to sustainable sanitation systems in both resource-limited and technologically advanced...