STUDIES ï‚· PhD, automations in precision farming and traceability (2010, Grade: Excellent). Doctoral project: “Modeling and electronic monitoring of activities during manual harvested of specialty crops with application to precision farming and traceability”. ï‚· Master’s degree in Hydraulics, Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering (2005, Grade: 9.42/10). MSc project: "Precise and Unfailing Positioning of Autonomous Agricultural Vehicles Using Kalman Filtering". ï‚· Diploma (5 year-M.Sc. equivalent) in Agricultural Sciences (2002, Grade: 6.88/10). Major: Field Crops and Ecology. ï‚· Diploma (5 year-M.Sc. equivalent) in Agricultural Sciences (2008, Grade: 9.34/10). Major: Hydraulics, Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering. All the above degrees have been received from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) WORK EXPERIENCE ï‚· 2013-Today: Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics and Engineering, California State University, Bakersfield CA (September/2013-Today). ï‚· 2011-2013: Postdoctoral Research Associate and Co-Project Director (CO-PI), Center for Precision & Automated Agricultural Systems, Washington State University (10/January/2011 – 31/August/2013). ï‚· 2009-2010: Researcher in National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF), Institute of Soil Science, Thessaloniki. (14/December/2009 – 14/March/2010). ï‚· 2008-2010: Research Committee AUTH. Project: “FutureFarm”, FP7-KBBE-2007-1, Activity 2.1, Theme 2. Small Collaborative Project (1/January/2008 – 31/December/2010). Yiannis Ampatzidis ï‚· 2006-2007: Research Committee AUTH. Project: “Development of an innovative system for water discharge measurement at the Strymonas river”. Subcontract from the GOULANDRIS Natural History Museum Greek Biotope / Wetland Centre, under the EU LIFE program (1/July/2006 – 31/August/2007). ï‚· 2007-2008: Agronomist-manager in an agricultural company “AGIOS GEORGIOS E.P.E.” (sales of agrochemical, seeds, fertilizers, machinery; advising farmers). ï‚· 2004: Agronomist of Organization of Greek Agricultural Insurances (summer 2004). TEACHING EXPERIENCE ï‚· 2013-Today: Assistant Professor at CSUB:  ENGR 160, Engineering Orientation (1 credit)  ENGR 161, Engineering Design (2 credits)  ENGR 240, Analytic Mechanics - Statics (5 credits)  ENGR 240, Analytic Mechanics - Dynamics (5 credits)  ENGR 244, Mechanics of Materials (5 credits)  ENGR 341, Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machines (3 credits)  ENGR 401, Senior Laboratory (1 credit)  ENGR 477, Precision Agriculture Technologies, UAVs and Robotics in Agriculture (4 credits)  ENGR 490, Senior Design (6 credits) ï‚· 2009-2010: Adjunct assistant professor. Assignment of laboratory classes, Power Transmission of Off-Road Vehicles, at Technological Educational Institute of Larisa, School of Agricultural Technology, Department of Biosystems Engineering. ï‚· 2006-2010: Adjunct assistant professor. Assignment of laboratory classes, Tractors and Farm Machinery, at Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, School of Agricultural Technology, Department of Farm Management. ï‚· 2005–2010: Adjunct assistant professor. Assignment of laboratory classes: a) Farm Machinery, b) Farm mechanization, c) Principles in Automatic Control and d) Drainage, at School of Agriculture (AUTH). CSUB SERVICE ï‚· FabLab Champion ï‚· Member: Advisor to Engineering Sciences students ï‚· Member: ABET committee ï‚· Member: NSME Election Committee ï‚· Member: Sustainability Committee ï‚· Public outreach CURRENT RESEARCH ï‚· Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) - Drones ï‚· Precision Agriculture technology and management ï‚· In-field traceability and yield mapping systems for manually harvested produce (RFID, Barcodes etc.) ï‚· Development and implementation of automated technologies for specialty crops production ï‚· Farm mechanization ï‚· Embedded programming (e.g. arduino) ï‚· Modeling and control of processes in agriculture ï‚· Autonomous vehicles in agriculture: motion planning, control and sensing ï‚· In-field operations planning and logistics for agricultural machines

precision irrigation; UAV; smart systems; Internet of Things; mechatronics-robotics; automation; precision farming; sensors/sensing; smart machinery; machine vision