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Assistant Professor
\nBiological Engineering
\nAgricultural and Biological Engineering<\/p>\n

Office #: 240, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
\nEmail:\u00a0nuwanw@abe.msstate.edu<\/a>
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Specialty Areas<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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  • Soil spectroscopy<\/li>\n
  • Soil and crop sensing<\/li>\n
  • Plant spectroscopy<\/li>\n
  • Machine learning and deep learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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    Research Interests<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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    • Novel sensor development for soil and crop sensing<\/li>\n
    • Application of Internet of Things (IoT) for crop\/animal production<\/li>\n
    • Plant and root phenotyping<\/li>\n
    • Sensors and automation for precision agriculture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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      Education<\/h3>\n
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      • Ph.D., Biological Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA<\/li>\n
      • M.S., Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA<\/li>\n
      • M.Sc., in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n
      • B.Sc., in Agricultural Technology and Management, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Experience Record<\/h3>\n
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        • March 2021 \u2013 Present, Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS<\/li>\n
        • August 2019 \u2013 February 2021, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Biological Systems Engineering Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Publications<\/h3>\n

          Peer-reviewed journal articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • Gamagedara, Y., Wijewardane, N.K., Feng, G., Seybold, S., Williams, M., Tagert, M.L., Martins, V.S. (2024). Can we use a mid-infrared fine-ground soil spectral library to predict non-fine-ground spectra?, Geoderma, 443, 116799, ISSN 0016-7061, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geoderma.2024.116799<\/li>\n
          • Poudel, S., Vennam, R.R., Sankarapillai, L.V., Liu, J., Reddy, K.R., Wijewardane, N.K., Mukhtar, M.S., Bheemanahalli, R. (2024). Negative Synergistic Effects of Drought and Heat During Flowering and Seed Setting in Soybean, bioRxiv 2024.01.10.575108; doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2024.01.10.575108<\/li>\n
          • Nepal, D., Parajuli, P.B., Ouyang, Y., To, S.D.F., Wijewardane, N. (2023). Assessing hydrological and water quality responses to dynamic landuse change at watershed scale in Mississippi, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 625, Part A, 129983, ISSN 0022-1694, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2023.129983<\/li>\n
          • Silva, F.H.C.A., Wijewardane, N.K., Bheemanahalli, R., Reddy, K.R., Zhang, X., Vennam, R.R. (2023). Comparison of UV, visible and near-infrared, and mid-infrared spectrometers to estimate maize and sorghum leaf nutrients using dry-intact and ground leaves, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Volume 211, 108001, ISSN 0168-1699, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compag.2023.108001<\/li>\n
          • Thayananthan, T., Zhang, X., Liu, W., Yao, T., Huang, Y., Wijewardane, N.K., Lu, Y. (2023). Automating catfish cutting process using deep learning-based semantic segmentation, Proc. SPIE 12545, Sensing for Agriculture and Food Quality and Safety XV, 125450D, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/12.2663370<\/li>\n
          • Bheemanahalli, R., Krishnan, B.S., Wijewardane, N.K., Samiappan, S., Reddy, K.R. (2023). Remote Sensing Algorithms and Their Applications in Plant Phenotyping. In: Harohalli Masthigowda, M., Gopalareddy, K., Khobra, R., Singh, G., Pratap Singh, G. (eds) Translating Physiological Tools to Augment Crop Breeding. Springer, Singapore. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-981-19-7498-4_15<\/li>\n
          • Whatley, C. R., Wijewardane, N. K., Bheemanahalli, R., Reddy, K. R., & Lu, Y. (2023). Effects of fine grinding on mid-infrared spectroscopic analysis of plant leaf nutrient content. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 6314. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-023-33558-5<\/li>\n
          • Li, J., Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., & Shi, Y. (2023). Improved chlorophyll and water content estimations at leaf level with a hybrid radiative transfer and machine learning model. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 206, 107669. https:\/\/doi.org\/https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compag.2023.107669<\/li>\n
          • Wijewardane, N. K., Zhang, H., Yang, J., Schnable, J. C., Schachtman, D. P., & Ge, Y. (2023). A leaf-level spectral library to support high throughput plant phenotyping: Predictive accuracy and model transfer. Journal of Experimental Botany, erad129. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jxb\/erad129<\/li>\n
          • Poudel, S., Vennam, R. R., Shrestha, A., Reddy, K. R., Wijewardane, N. K., Reddy, K. N., & Bheemanahalli, R. (2023). Resilience of soybean cultivars to drought stress during flowering and early-seed setting stages. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1277. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-023-28354-0<\/li>\n
          • Bheemanahalli, R., Ramamoorthy, P., Poudel, S., Samiappan, S., Wijewardane, N., & Reddy, K. R. (2022). Effects of drought and heat stresses during reproductive stage on pollen germination, yield, and leaf reflectance properties in maize (Zea mays L). Plant Direct, 6(8), e434. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pld3.434<\/li>\n
          • Grzybowski, M. W., Zwiener, M., Jin, H., Wijewardane, N. K., Atefi, A., Naldrett, M. J., Alvarez, S., Ge, Y., & Schnable, J. C. (2022). Variation in morpho-physiological and metabolic responses to low nitrogen stress across the sorghum association panel. BioRxiv, 2022.06.08.495271. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2022.06.08.495271<\/li>\n
          • Murad, M. O. F., Jones, E. J., Minasny, B., McBratney, A. B., Wijewardane, N., & Ge, Y. (2022). Assessing a VisNIR penetrometer system for in-situ estimation of soil organic carbon under variable soil moisture conditions. Biosystems Engineering, 224, 197\u2013212. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.biosystemseng.2022.10.011<\/li>\n
          • Zhang, H., Ge, Y., Xie, X., Atefi, A., Wijewardane, N. K., & Thapa, S. (2022). High throughput analysis of leaf chlorophyll content in sorghum using RGB, hyperspectral, and fluorescence imaging and sensor fusion. Plant Methods, 18(1), 60. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13007-022-00892-0<\/li>\n
          • Lu, Y., Young, S., Wang, H., & Wijewardane, N. (2022). Robust plant segmentation of color images based on image contrast optimization. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 193, 106711. https:\/\/doi.org\/https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compag.2022.106711<\/li>\n
          • Grzybowski, M., Wijewardane, N. K., Atefi, A., Ge, Y., & Schnable, J. C. (2021). Hyperspectral reflectance-based phenotyping for quantitative genetics in crops: Progress and challenges. Plant Communications, 2(4), 100209. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.xplc.2021.100209<\/li>\n
          • Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., Sanderman, J., & Ferguson, R. (2021). Fine grinding is needed to maintain the high accuracy of mid\u2010infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for soil property estimation. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 85(2), 263\u2013272. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/saj2.20194<\/li>\n
          • Liu, Z., Rady, A., Wijewardane, N. K., Shan, Q., Chen, H., Yang, S., Li, J., & Li, M. (2021). Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and machine learning to predict fatty acid content of nine commercial insects. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, 15(1), 953\u2013960. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11694-020-00694-9<\/li>\n
          • Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., Sihota, N., Hoelen, T., Miao, T., & Weindorf, D. C. (2020). Predicting total petroleum hydrocarbons in field soils with Vis\u2013NIR models developed on laboratory\u2010constructed samples. Journal of Environmental Quality, 49(4), 847\u2013857. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jeq2.20102<\/li>\n
          • Wijewardane, N. K., Hetrick, S., Ackerson, J., Morgan, C. L. S., & Ge, Y. (2020). VisNIR integrated multi-sensing penetrometer for in situ high-resolution vertical soil sensing. Soil and Tillage Research, 199, 104604. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.still.2020.104604<\/li>\n
          • Li, M., Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., Xu, Z., & Wilkins, M. R. (2020). Visible\/near infrared spectroscopy and machine learning for predicting polyhydroxybutyrate production cultured on alkaline pretreated liquor from corn stover. Bioresource Technology Reports, 9, 100386. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.biteb.2020.100386<\/li>\n
          • Ge, Y., Morgan, C. L. S., & Wijewardane, N. K. (2019). Visible and Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy Analysis of Soils. Methods of Soil Analysis, 4. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2136\/msa2017.0040<\/li>\n
          • Yuan, W., Wijewardane, N. K., Jenkins, S., Bai, G., Ge, Y., & Graef, G. L. (2019). Early Prediction of Soybean Traits through Color and Texture Features of Canopy RGB Imagery. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 14089. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-019-50480-x<\/li>\n
          • Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., Wills, S., & Libohova, Z. (2018). Predicting Physical and Chemical Properties of US Soils with a Mid-Infrared Reflectance Spectral Library. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 82(3), 722\u2013731. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2136\/sssaj2017.10.0361<\/li>\n
          • Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., & Morgan, C. L. S. (2016). Moisture insensitive prediction of soil properties from VNIR reflectance spectra based on external parameter orthogonalization. Geoderma, 267, 92\u2013101. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geoderma.2015.12.014<\/li>\n
          • Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., Wills, S., & Loecke, T. (2016). Prediction of Soil Carbon in the Conterminous United States: Visible and Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy Analysis of the Rapid Carbon Assessment Project. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 80(4), 973\u2013982. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2136\/sssaj2016.02.0052<\/li>\n
          • Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., & Morgan, C. L. S. (2016). Prediction of soil organic and inorganic carbon at different moisture contents with dry ground VNIR: a comparative study of different approaches. European Journal of Soil Science, 67(5), 605\u2013615. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/ejss.12362<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Conference Proceedings, Presentations, and Abstracts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • Sanderman, J., Dangal, S. R. S., Todd-Brown, K. E., Hengl, T., Ferguson, R. R., Ge, Y., Rivard, C., van Egmond, F. M., Savage, K. E., Shepherd, K., & Wijewardane, N. K. (2020). Filling the soil data gap. AGU Fall Meeting 2020.<\/li>\n
            • Wijewardane, N. K., Hetrick, S., Ackerson, J., Morgan, C. L. S., & Ge, Y. (2019). Automated, in-situ, and high-resolution vertical soil sensing with a VisNIR Penetrometer System. International Soils Meeting, Soil Science Society of America.<\/li>\n
            • Wijewardane, N. K., Wang, L., Zhan, Y., Franz, T., Yu, H., Zhou, Y., Shi, Y., & Ge, Y. (2019). Mapping Infield Variability of Soil Properties to Support Precision Agriculture Using UAV, Multi-Depth EC, and Aerial Hyperspectral Imagery. 5th Global Workshop on Proximal Soil Sensing.<\/li>\n
            • Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., & Morgan, C. L. S. (2017). An integrated VNIR penetrometer system for vertical soil sensing. 2017 ASABE Annual International Meeting.<\/li>\n
            • Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., Morgan, C. L. S., & Ackerson, J. P. (2017). A VNIR penetrometer for soil profile sensing. Pedometrics 2017.<\/li>\n
            • Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., & Morgan, C. L. S. (2018). Field testing of a novel VNIR penetrometer system for vertical soil sensing. 2018 ASABE Annual International Meeting.<\/li>\n
            • Wijewardane, N. K., & Ge, Y. (2016). Laboratory evaluation of two VNIR optical sensor designs for vertical soil sensing. In 13th International Conference on Precision Agriculture.<\/li>\n
            • Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., Wills, S., & Loecke, T. (2016). Predicting soil properties using a national VNIR library: comparison of modeling techniques and their computational resource use. 2016 ASABE Annual International Meeting.<\/li>\n
            • Wijewardane, N. K., Ge, Y., & Bai, G. (2015). Potential of EPO in moisture-independent prediction of intact soil properties from dry ground soil VisNIR reflectance spectra. 2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting.<\/li>\n
            • Wijewardane, N. K., & Ge, Y. (2015). Comparison of EPO and DS in Removing the Moisture Effect from Soil Vis-NIR Reflectance Spectra. ASA, CSSA & SSSA International Annual Meetings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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