National Conference on Agricultural and Food Mechanization 2018

Distinguished speakers who are expert in various sector of agricultural and food mechanization will be invited to present paper on the following topics:

• Biomass preprocessing and pretreatment

• Engineering design and safety consideration for agriculture

• Computational approaches for agricultural engineering

• Spectroscopic sensing

• 3D and high-dimensional imaging for sensing and automation

• UAV technology for agriculture

• Soil-plant-machine dynamics

• Automation and robotics for agriculture

• Machinery systems for crop production

• Food safety engineering

• Plant, animal and facility systems

• Modeling and optimization in food processing

• Economic analysis and strategic planning of agricultural systems

• Machine vision and sensors for autonomous vehicles and robotics

• Precision agriculture

• Climate variability and climate change impacts on agriculture, water and natural resources

• Structural design, analysis and testing of building systems and components

• Agri-industrial facility design operation

• Bioprocessing for value added products

• Heating and drying technology for agricultural and food processing

• Renewable energy resources and technologies

• Food and process engineering

• Crop modeling and decision support

• Soil and water management

• Postharvest handling technology

• Other related agriculture technology