Dr Kenneth Obrien Mpho Mapoka
Lecturer
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering(ABE)
- PhD topic: Non-destructive measurement system to determine corn seed planting depth using ground penetrating radar for precision agriculture
Degrees
- PhD in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University (2018), USA.
- MEng in Mechatronics, University of Sheffield (2012), UK.
Professional Societies
- Member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
- Agricultural Engineering
- Precision farming
- Mechatronics
Primary Research Areas
- Precision Agriculture, sensing and controls applicable in advanced machinery control.
Potential Research topics
- Engineering and applications of soil and crop sensors; precision agriculture
- Sensing below the roots: Low-cost networked soil moisture sensors to dynamically map the fluxes in moisture across field
- Advanced machinery
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12 May, 2023