Kansas State University researchers recently received a $2 million award from the National Science Foundation’s Global Centers program to develop sensors that can more accurately detect nutrients, chemical compounds, soil microbiomes and greenhouse gases in soil.
Researchers aim to develop soil sensors
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From left, Garrett Peterson in electrical engineering, Jaebeom Suh in marketing, Ganga Hettiarachchi in agronomy, Bala Natarajan in electrical and computer engineering, Raj Khosla in agronomy, Jeongdae Im in civil engineering, Suprem Das in industrial and manufacturing systems engineering are Kansas State University researchers beginning a project to develop sensors that that can more accurately measure soil properties.
Kansas State University researchers aim to develop sensors using atomically thin carbon sheets in which the actual events happen at the nanoscale. Pictured is a carrier for a graphene printed sensor array and a green circuit board that will house sensors.
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