Power Electronics for Precision Farming and Substantiable Agriculture

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In this lecture a broad review of vehicles for farming operation will be given starting from tillage to crop harvesting. Agriculture and farming vehicles that have significant use of power electronics will be covered such as Exact Emerge Planter for seeding operation. This presentation will cover how power electronics supports crop-care system to exactly apply prescriptions such as fertilizers, pesticides, fungicide, etc. Idea is to create awareness that power electronics professionals could enable increased productivity so that by 2050 over 9.5 billion could have food, fiber, fuel (bio-based), shelter, and an efficient transportation system. This talk will also cover how vehicle electrification enables many functions, forms, and features in off- and on-highway vehicle.

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  • Date: 11 Aug 2023
  • Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
  • All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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  • 1515 Sainte-Catherine O
  • Montreal, Ontario
  • Canada H3G 2W1
  • Building: Concordia University EV Building
  • Room Number: room EV002.184
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  • Starts 31 July 2022 11:17 PM
  • Ends 10 August 2023 11:17 PM
  • All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Brij Singh Brij Singh of John Deere, West Fargo, North Dakota, USA

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Power Electronics for Precision Farming and Substantiable Agriculture

In this lecture, a broad review of vehicles for farming operation will be given starting from tillage to crop harvesting. Agriculture and farming vehicles that have significant use of power electronics will be covered such as Exact Emerge Planter for seeding operation. This presentation will cover how power electronics supports crop-care system to exactly apply prescription such as fertilizers, pesticides, fungicide, etc. Idea is to create awareness that power electronics professionals could enable increased productivity so that by 2050 over 9.5 billion could have food, fiber, fuel (bio-based), shelter, and an efficient transportation system. This talk will also cover how vehicle electrification enables many functions, forms, and features in off- and on-highway vehicle.

Biography:

  1. Brij Singh is a Region 4 Manager External Relationships and Power Electronics Technical Fellow in John Deere Inc., USA. He has earned degrees in electrical engineering from various schools in India. In 1996, he joined the École de Technology Supérieure, Université du Québec, Montreal, Canada, as a PDF. In 1999, he joined Concordia University, Montreal, as a Research Fellow. In 2000, he joined the Department of EECS, Tulane University, New Orleans USA as an Assistant Professor. In 2007, he joined John Deere, where he is the Region 4 Manager External Relationships. Dr. Singh has published over 96 research papers. He has 35 granted US patents, one trade secret, and over a dozen pending patents. In Tulane, Dr. Singh has received four teaching awards. In John Deere, he has received three innovation and one collaboration awards. He is the winner of the 2020 IEEE Power Electronics Emerging Technology Award. In Feb 2020, he was awarded the “Title of John Deere Technical Fellow in Power Electronics Engineering”. In June 2023, US Department of Energy recognized Dr. Singh’s outstanding contributions and insightful technical expertise by “Distinguished Achievement Award”. In 2022, Dr. Singh was elevated as an IEEE Fellow and lives with his family in West Fargo, North Dakota, USA.

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