$3M grant from SGC: MOBILE BIOCHAR PRODUCTION FOR METHANE EMISSION REDUCTION AND SOIL AMENDMENT

MOBILE BIOCHAR PRODUCTION FOR METHANE EMISSION REDUCTION AND SOIL AMENDMENT

• SGC: http://sgc.ca.gov/
• Project synopsis: http://sgc.ca.gov/programs/climate-research/docs/20181221-CCR_Summary_2019CCR20014.pdf
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  • UC Merced research aims to use biochar to reduce methane emissions from dairie
  • https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2019/researchers-hope-tackle-methane-emissions-manure-through-use-biochar

MOBILE BIOCHAR PRODUCTION

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METHANE emission measurement

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News

• 03/02/2020. UCM Research Week 2020. SNRI Research Workshop. Dr. Chen's talk title "Drones, Biochars, and SoilStar". [Program pdf] [UC Merced MESA Lab poster prepared by Haoyu Niu. "Estimating Crop Coefficients Using Deep Stochastic Configuration Networks (DeepSCNs) and UAV-Based Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)" (PDF)]
• 03/01/2020. IROS-2020 Deadline. Contributed a regular paper. Title: "Non-conventional Proportional Integral Spatial Path Tracking Controllers for Autonomous Vehicles" (video)
• 02/28/2020. Di An gave the first group presentation with a title "Methane Mapping by Collaborative Stationary and Mobile Sensors - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles & Unmanned Ground Vehicles" (Week-06 Spring 2020)
• 2/16/2020. MESA Lab UGV platform demo clips in the new lab space on campus. Good job Peng Wang (CSC Ph.D.) and Jaime Rivera (CSE SSI Fellow). (video)
• 01/01/2020. New Ph.D. student Mr. Di An joined MESA Lab working on this project.
• 2014-2019. See http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/biochar

Last updated by Dr. YangQuan Chen. 3/2/2019, 3/1/2020