Alumni

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Adão Felipe dos Santos, PhD

2020 - Post doctoral: Using remote sensing to map in-field variability of peanut maturity.
2019 - PhD Dissertation: Non-destructive method to predict peanut (arachis hypogaea) maturation using remote sensing.
2016 - Master's Thesis: Quality of mechanized agricultural operations in peanut farming using automatic targeting.

Alex Rangel Gonzaga, M. Sc.

2020 - Master's Thesis: Evaluation of agricultural tractors for spraying on citrus crops.

Anderson de Toledo, PhD

2012 - PhD Dissertation: Quality of basal cut in mechanized sugarcane harvesting.

Antonio Maurício Loureiro Júnior, M. Sc.

2021 - Master's Thesis: Is it possible to detect in the field fragments of invisible losses in mechanized sugarcane harvesting?

Armando Lopes Brito Filho, M. Sc.

2024 - PhD Dissertation: Mechanized peanut harvesting: challenges and opportunities in the development of technologies for loss assessment

2021 - Master's Thesis: Operational quality of mechanized peanut harvesting in three tillage systems.

Breno dos Santos Silva, M. Sc.

2025 - Master's ThesisVariability of the mechanized harvesting process in four peanut cultivars.

Bruno Rafael de Almeida Moreira, PhD

2023 - PhD dissertation: Valorizing by-products from crop harvesting into antioxidants to control pellet off-gassing.

Bruno Rocca de Oliveira, M. Sc.

2021 - Master's Thesis: Does sunlight and the aggressiveness of the coffee harvester affect the quality of the operation?

Caio Cesar Donadon, M.Sc.

2025 - Master's Thesis: Methodology for identifying and eliminating special causes in performance charts.

Carla Segatto Strini Paixão, PhD 

2015 - PhD Dissertation:  Uni and multivariate analysis applied to the quality of mechanized soybean harvesting. 
2013 - Master's Thesis: Times, movements and quality of the mechanized soybean harvesting operation as a function of the shape of the plots.

Danilo Tedesco de Oliveira, PhD

2021 - PhD Dissertation: Don't forget the below-ground crops: introducing sweet potatoes into the concept of digital agriculture.

2019 - Master's Thesis: An intelligent system that predicts cotton yield in images of commercial crops.

Diego Onofre Vidal, PhD

2018 - PhD Dissertation: Economic evaluation methodology for deciding between renovation or renovation of agricultural tractors.

2013 - Master's Thesis Operational performance of tillage systems for citrus transplanting.

Edvaldo Pereira dos Santos, M. Sc. 

2013 - Master's Thesis: Use of statistical analysis in the evaluation of mechanized peanut uprooting.

Edward Victor Aleixo, PhD

2021 - PhD Dissertation: Operational performance of a 4x2 TDA, class II tractor equipped with radial and diagonal tires in mechanized agricultural operations.

Elizabeth Haruna Kazama, PhD

2019 - PhD Dissertation: Methodology for selective coffee harvesting in management zones of yield and maturation.

2016 - Master's Thesis Losses in the mechanized cotton harvesting in spatial variability and harvesting speeds function.

Evaldo Ferezin, PhD 

2016 - Post doctoral: Use of quality tools to determine improvements in peanut digger-inverter designs.
2015 - PhD Dissertation: Use of quality tools to determine improvements in peanut ripper-inverter designs.

Franciele Morlin Carneiro, PhD

2020 - Post doctoral: Estimation of biophysical characteristics for soybean cultivation through neural networks and remote sensing.

2018 - Post doctoral: Canopy sensors in monitoring of the temporal variability soybean and peanut crops.

2015 - PhD Dissertation: Mechanical application of n-p-k individualized in the culture of sugarcane.

Francielle Morelli Ferreira, PhD 

2022 - PhD DissertationMachine learning in yield prediction and fiber quality mapping in commercial cotton fields.

Guilherme de Castro Belardo, PhD

2016 - PhD Dissertation: Performance of multi-row cane harvesters under different cane conditions for three plant spacing models

Ivan Cardoso Ferreira, M. Sc.

2016 - Master's ThesisDiagnosis of cotton seed harvesting and processing in the southern region of Goiás, Brazil.

Jarlyson Brunno Costa Souza, PhD 

2025 - PhD Dissertation: Prediction of agronomic parameters for smart peanut harvesting: a digital strategy using Remote Sensing and AI

2021 - Master's Thesis: Digital farming techniques to predict peanut maturation

João de Deus Godinho Júnior, PhD

2019 - PhD Dissertation: Does the period of the day and the face of sun exposure influence the detachment of coffee fruits?

Jorge Wilson Cortez, PhD 

2009 - PhD DissertationCulturas de cobertura, manejo da adubação e de resíduos vegetais em semeadura direta de milho e soja.

Leonardo Bernache, M. Sc.

2018 - Master's ThesisWear of basal cut blades: effect on sugarcane harvesting and regrowth

Letícia Bernabé Santos, M. Sc.

2020 - Master's Thesis: Is it possible to detect nematodes in soybean (glycine max l.) using remote sensing?

Luan Pereira de Oliveira, PhD 

2021 - PhD DissertationQuality of sowing of cotton, corn and soybean crops under the action of downforce in line.

2020 - Master's Thesis: Mechanized sugarcane harvesting: the wear of knives as a reducing agent for the quality of the basal cut.

Lucas Augusto da Silva Girio, PhD

2018 - Master's ThesisQuality of mechanized planting, transplanting and harvesting of sugarcane billets and pre-sprouted seedlings.

Lucas Villela Rosa, M. Sc.

2015 - Master's Thesis: Sugarcane harvester performance as a function of engine load profile.

Luiz Augusto de Souza NardoM. Sc. 

2015 - Master's Thesis: Analysis of scenarios to aid decision-making in mechanized sugarcane planting.

Luma Stefania Macri Ohara, M. Sc.

2018 - Master's Thesis: Statistical process control applied to monitoring losses in mechanized sugarcane harvesting.

Mailson Freire de Oliveira, PhD

2021 - Post doctoral: Use of topographic indices, remote sensing and artificial intelligence to estimate maize yield in management zones.


2021 - PhD Dissertation: Forecasting and estimating crop variables using levels and forms of remote sensing and machine learning techniques.

Marcelo Odorizzi de Campos, PhD 

2025 - PhD DissertationDynamics and control of CO2 emission cycles in heat waves in Northern Europe and in the different biomes of Brazil: climate resilience and mitigation mechanisms.

Marcelo Rodrigues Barbosa Júnior, PhD

2024 - PhD Dissertation: An unmanned aerial vehicles journey into the world of sugarcane.

Marcelo Tufaile Cassia, PhD

2015 - PhD DissertationControl charts for managing mechanized agricultural operations.


2012 - Master's Thesis: Quality of mechanized coffee harvesting in circular planting under center pivot.

Mariana Dias Meneses, M. Sc.

2023 - Master's ThesisCoffee classification according to its detachment force: a decision tree-based approach.

Murilo Aparecido Voltarelli, PhD

2017 - Post doctoral: Plot planning and energy demand for mechanized sugarcane planting

2015 - PhD Dissertation: Systemic quality management in mechanized sugarcane harvesting.

2013 - Master's Thesis: Quality of the mechanized sugarcane planting operation in the day and night shifts.

Patricia Candida de Menezes, PhD

2018 - PhD DissertationApplication of quality tools in mechanized soybean harvesting.

Paulo Henrique Cardoso, M. Sc.

2024 - Master's ThesisHigh-resolution satellite images and artificial neural networks for predicting sucrose content in sugarcane.

Rafael Henrique de Freitas Noronha, PhD

2012 - Master's Thesis: Quality of mechanized sugarcane planting operation in a meiosis system.

Rafael Rodrigues Feih, M. Sc. 

2021 - Master's ThesisApplication of convolutional neural networks to measure slippage in agricultural tractors.

Rafael Scabello Bertonha, M. Sc.

2011 - Master's ThesisVariability of losses in mechanized peanut harvesting: a case study.

Ronaldo Rosa Simões, M. Sc.

2009 - Master's Thesis: Statistical control applied to the mechanized peanut harvesting process.

Samira Luns Hatum de Almeida, PhD 

2022 - PhD DissertationRemote sensing applied to the SAFER model in estimating biophysical parameters of crops.

Thiago Caio Moura Oliveira, M. Sc.

2011 - Master's ThesisCombining information and technologies to improve remote estimation of peanut pod maturity.

Tiago de Oliveira Tavares, PhD

2019 - PhD Dissertation: Development of a model for fleet sizing in coffee cultivation.

2016 - Master's Thesis: Mechanized coffee harvesting as a function of soil management and terrain slope.

Vinicius dos Santos Carreira, M. Sc. 

2022 - Master's ThesisSmartphone image-based methods for quick, non-invasive assessments in agriculture.