Course Schedule
Automation and Digital Technologies for Agriculture and Food Processing Bootcamp (MECH 420) [preliminary schedule, subject to change]
| Topic Module | Day/Time | Instructor | Topics | Hours |
| Automation and Robotics:Fundamentals | April 05, 2024 9AM-12PM SRYC 5320 |
Ramtin Raksha
|
Overview of Automation: definition, history, and evolution of automation; robot kinematics and dynamics; robot programming and control; applications in agriculture and food processing | 3 |
Sensors and Actuators |
April 05, 2024 1PM - 2PM SRYC 5320 |
Amr Marzouk
|
Introduction to sensors, actuators, control systems, and power supplies. | 1 |
| Automation and Robotics: Hands-on Lab Session | April 05, 2024 2PM - 5PM SRYC 5320 |
Taha Al-Khudairi
|
TBA | 3 |
Industry 4.0 Fundamentals
|
April 06, 2024 9AM-11AM SRYC 5320 |
Farshid Najafi
|
TBA | 2 |
| Internet of Things (IoT): Fundamentals | April 06, 2024 11AM-1PM SRYC 5320 |
Farshid Najafi
|
TBA | 2 |
Internet of Things (IoT): Hands-on Lab Session
|
April 06, 2024 2PM-5PM SRYC 5320 |
Taha Al-Khudairi
|
TBA | 3 |
| Architecture of Smart Food Proessing Factories | April 12, 2024 9AM-12PM SRYC 5320 |
Farshid Najafi
|
TBA | 3 |
| Precision Farming: Introduction | April 12, 2024 1PM - 3PM SRYC 5320 |
Krishna Vijayaraghavan
|
Understanding and managing variability (abiotic and biotic Stress, weather, soil erosion, soil fertility, pest, irrigation, soil compaction), Agronomic Inputs, Precision Farming Tools (GPS, yield mapping, remote sensing, GIS data) | 2 |
| Sustainable Algriculture: Indigenous Perspectives | April 12, 2024 3PM - 4PM SRYC 5320 |
Qwustenuxun Williams
|
TBA | 1 |
| RFID technologies | April 12, 2024 4PM - 5PM SRYC 5320 |
Farshid Najafi
|
TBA | 1 |
Data Analytics
|
April 13, 2024 9AM-11AM SRYC 5320 |
Mohammad Narimani
|
TBA | 2 |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Fundamentals | April 13, 2024 11AM-12PM 1PM - 2PM SRYC 5320 |
Mohammad Narimani
|
TBA | 2 |
| Remote Sensing in Agriculture | April 13, 2024 2PM-5PM SRYC 5320 |
Bing Lu
|
Introduction to remote sensing; remote sensing data for monitoring crop, soil, and environmental features; surface-energy interactions; remote sensing systems; remote sensors, image interpretation. | 3 |
| Industrial controllers | April 19, 2024 9AM-12PM SRYC 5320 |
Amr Marzouk
|
Introduction to industrial controllers in Agritech; Feedback control systems, automation, real-time data acquisition and analysis; design considerations: modularity, cybersecurity, and maintenance. | 3 |
| Industrial controllers: Hands-on Lab Session | April 19, 2024 1PM - 5PM SRYC 5320 |
Taha Al-Khudairi
|
TBA | 4 |
| Artificial vision systems | April 20, 2024 9AM-11AM SRYC 5320 |
Farshid Najafi
|
TBA | 2 |
| Sustainable Algriculture: Water Resources | April 20, 2024 11AM-12PM SRYC 5320 |
Zafar Adeel
|
TBA | 1 |
| Collaborative robots (Cobots) and lab | April 20, 2024 1PM - 3PM SRYC 5320 |
Farshid Najafi
|
TBA | 2 |
| Digital Twins | April 20, 2024 3PM - 5PM SRYC 5320 |
Farshid Najafi
|
TBA | 2 |