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Asifur Rahman

Graduate Research Assistant
Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Mississippi State University

Lab #: 325, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, MSU
Email: ar2935@msstate.edu 

Overview
Asifur Rahman is a graduate student from Bangladesh. He earned his B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from BRAC University. During his studies, he completed coursework in statistical computations, engineering statistics, machine learning and modeling for data science, and Introduction to Robotics at the graduate level, along with programming languages, algorithms, and data structures at the undergraduate level. He is proficient in Java, Python, R, JavaScript, Arduino, web development, and machine learning.
At Mississippi State, Asifur has focused on agricultural robotics, RTK GNSS based navigation, and autonomous ground vehicles. His M.S. research centers on developing and evaluating an RTK GNSS guided Amiga unmanned ground vehicle that autonomously navigates along cotton rows to reach plastic contaminated locations identified. He designed the navigation pipeline, integrated GNSS, onboard computing, and motor control, and carried out structured field trials to measure path tracking accuracy, repeatability, and system reliability under real operating conditions.
He is continuing into Ph.D. studies in the Advanced Soil and Plant Sensing Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Nuwan Wijewardane and Dr. Xin Zhang. His current work will expand to navigation and sensing on a Husky A300 platform for soil health mapping and decision support in row crops.

Education
  • Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA, in progress
  • M.S. in Biosystems Engineering, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
  • B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Experience Record
  • January 2026 to Present, Graduate Research Assistant, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, APSS Lab, SAAS Lab, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
  • May 2024 to December 2025, Graduate Research Assistant, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, ARM in FARM, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
  • June 2023 to December 2023, Assistant Operations Executive, Enosis Solutions, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Conference Proceedings, Presentations, and Abstracts
  • Rahman, A., Gharakhani, H., Rahman, M. S., Lowe, J. W., Chen, J. “Design and Field Evaluation of an RTK GPS Based Navigation System for a UGV to Navigate Through Plastic Contaminated Locations in Cotton Fields.” Oral presentation at the 2026 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, National Cotton Council of America, San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 7 to 9 January 2026.
  • Rahman, A., Gharakhani, H., Rahman, M. S. “A UAV Guided UGV Platform with RTK Enabled Navigation for Plastic Contamination Removal in Cotton Fields.” Poster presented at the Seed and Agricultural Technology Short Course, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA, 2025.
  • Rahman, A. Poster presentation at the MSU Graduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA, 2025.
  • Rahman, A., Gharakhani, H. “Plastic Contamination Removal Robot for Cotton Fields.” Oral presentation at the 2025 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, National Cotton Council of America, New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 14 to 16 January 2025.