Daeun Dana Choi, Ph.D.

Daeun Dana Choi, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
212 Agricultural Engineering Building
Shortlidge Road
University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Smart sensing systems for precision agriculture
  • Robotics/machine vision applications in specialty crop production
  • Deep learning and big data analysis for detecting/assessing crop health
  • Unmanned aerial system (UAS) in agriculture
  • Automation of agricultural production system

Education

  • B.S. Bio-mechatronic Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, 2011.
  • B.S. Economics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, 2011.
  • M.S. Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, 2013
  • Ph.D. Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, 2017

Selected Publications

Choi. D., W. S. Lee, R. Ehsani, J. Schueller, and F. Roka. 2016. Detection of dropped citrus fruit on the ground and evaluation of decay stages in varying illumination conditions. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 127: 109-119. DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2016.05.020.

Choi. D., W. S. Lee, R. Ehsani, J. Schueller, F. Roka and M. Ritenour. 2016. A precise fruit inspection system for Huanglongbing and other common citrus diseases. 13th International Conference on Precision Agriculture Proceeding.

Choi. D., W. S. Lee, and R. Ehsani, J. Schueller and F. Roka. 2016. A citrus yield forecasting system using Kinect depth and infrared sensors. ASABE Meeting Paper No. 2452828. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASAE.

Choi. D., W. S. Lee, R. Ehsani and F. Roka. 2015. A machine vision system for quantification of early fruit drop. Transaction on ASABE, 58(4): 933-946. DOI 10.13031/trans.58.10688.

Choi. D., W. S. Lee, and R. Ehsani, J. Schueller and F. Roka. 2015. Machine vision system for early yield estimation of citrus in a site-specific manner. ASABE Meeting Paper No. 152181863. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASAE.

Selected Media Coverage