People
Current Members:
Dr. Dongyi Wang
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., BioE, University of Maryland, 2021
B.S., ECE, Fudan University, China, 2016
Dr. Shiva Paudel
Postdoc Associate
Start: Summer 2025
Ph.D., Biological Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Research: Computer vision, Deep learning, Robotics
Dr. Yang Tian
Postdoc Associate
Start: Summer 2024
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Arkansas
Research: Biosensors, Nanoparticles, Material Engineering
Siavash Mahmoudi
Ph.D. Student
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Start: Fall 2023
M.Sc., Mechatronics, IUST, Iran
Research: Robotics, Control, Machine Vision
Yihong Feng
Ph.D. Student
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Start: Summer 2022
M.Ag., Food Processing and Safety, China Agricultural University
Research: Machine Vision, Synthetic Data
Chaitanya Pallerla
Ph.D. Student
Food Science
Start: Summer 2022
M.S., Food Science, University of Arkansas
Research: Hyperspectral imaging, Machine Vision
Pouya Sohrabipour
Ph.D. Student
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Start: Fall 2023
M.S., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas
Research: 3DV, Machine Vision
Amirreza Davar
Ph.D. Student
Mechanical Engineering
Start: Spring 2024
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas
Research: Robotic Learning, Imitation Learning
Avisekh Tripathy
Ph.D. Student
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Start: Spring 2026
M.S., Forest Biomaterials, NC State University
Samuel Vinson
B.S. Student
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Start: Spring 2024
High School Research Assistants:
- Hannah Atungulu, 2024-present
- Aryan Buchireddy, 2026-present
Previous Members:
| Name | Position in SAFE | Graduation Destination |
|---|---|---|
| Ramesh Bist | Postdoc Associate (2024-2025) | Assistant Professor @North Carolina State University (NCSU) |
| Peng Zhou | Postdoc Associate (2023-2024) | Assistant Professor @Shandong University of Technology |
| Swarna Murugan | Postdoc Associate (2021-2023) | Assistant Professor @Missouri Southern State University |
| Amirreza Davar | M.S. MEEG (2025) | Ph.D. @University of Arkansas, Fayetteville |
| Pouya Sohrabipour | M.S. BAEG (2025) | Ph.D. @University of Arkansas, Fayetteville |
| Chaitanya Pallerla | M.S. FDSC (2024) | Ph.D. @University of Arkansas, Fayetteville |
| Winfred Yeboah | M.S. BAEG (2023) | Ph.D. @University of Arkansas, Fayetteville |
| Prince Agyemang | M.S. BAEG (2022) | Ph.D. @McGill University |
| Vishal Jeyam | B.S. EECS (2025) | M.S. @University of Arkansas, Fayetteville |
| Olivia Torres | B.S. BAEG (2022) | Hawkins-Weir Engineers Inc. |
| Robert Blindauer | B.S. BAEG (2022) | Philips 66 |