This question was central to the winning entry at the fourth annual Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Video Competition. The video, “UAVs in Precision Agriculture,” produced by Alexa Jaeger, a junior in CEE and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, explored how students participating in Traveling Research Environmental eXperiences (TREX) are using unpiloted aerial vehicles (UAVs) to monitor soil quality across crop fields. By comparing the UAV images with soil samples, they are seeking to determine if this inexpensive method is a reliable way to gather crop health data across farms.
This year’s video competition challenged members of the CEE community to make a video that shows how Course 1 makes an impact on a global scale. Community members responded by sharing their creative approaches to explaining their fieldwork, lab research, and humanitarian aid trips. On April 13, CEE hosted a film screening of all the entries, complete...
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