Resa Ehsani, a University of California-Merced mechanical engineering professor, is developing a portable water sensor that can be used on all crops for better irrigation scheduling without changing current systems.
He aims to bolster precision agriculture as the water supply grows unreliable due to climate change and says his low-cost sensor will be accessible for a wide range of farm operations.
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Ehsani received the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRUS) 2024 innovation fellowship, which provides faculty with up to $200,000 over two years to ideally bring a project to commercialization.
CITRUS supports innovation across the University of California’s Berkeley, Davis, Merced and Santa Cruz campuses.