Meet the Team
The Center for Scalable and Intelligent Automation in Poultry Processing’s work will be shared between Research and Extension Teams. The Research Team includes a Robotics and Automation group led by Doug Britton and a Automation for Food Safety & Quality group led by Dongyi Wang. The Extension Team is led by Julia McQuillan and manages outreach efforts. The management team includes representatives from the four main participating institutions and guides the overall operation of the Center.
Management Team
Doug Britton - GTRI
Manager, Agricultural Technology Research Program
Principal Research Engineer
404-407-8829
doug.britton@gtri.gatech.edu
Ai-Ping Hu - GTRI
Principal Research Engineer
Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering
404-407-8815
ai-ping.hu@gtri.gatech.edu
Brou Kouakou - FVSU
Director of Office of International Agriculture
Director of the Georgia Small Ruminant Research and Extension Center
Associate Professor of Animal Science
478-827-3091
kouakoub@fvsu.edu
Dongyi Wang - UADA
Assistant Professor
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
479-575-5782
dongyiw@uark.edu
Research Team
Robotics and Automation
Konrad Ahlin - GTRI
Robotics, Controls, Grasping, Manipulating, Path Planning
404-407-7245
konrad.ahlin@gtri.gatech.edu
Doug Britton - GTRI
Manager, Agricultural Technology Research Program
Principal Research Engineer
404-407-8829
doug.britton@gtri.gatech.edu
Richard J Buhr - USDA ARS
Poultry Microbiological Safety and Processing Research Unit
Animal Physiologist Scientist
706-546-3339
jeff.buhr@usda.gov
Ai-Ping Hu - GTRI
Principal Research Engineer
Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering
404-407-8815
ai-ping.hu@gtri.gatech.edu
Benjamin Joffe - GTRI
Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics
404-407-8848
benjamin.joffe@gtri.gatech.edu
Shreyes Melkote - GTRI
Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Director, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
Executive Director, Novelis Innovation Hub
404-894-8499
shreyes.melkote@me.gatech.edu
Michael Park - GTRI
Software Development, Intelligent Systems, Robotics and Automation
404-407-6727
michael.park@gtri.gatech.edu
Colin Usher - GTRI
Robotics Branch Head
Perception, Robotics, System Integration
404-407-8833
usher@gtri.gatech.edu
Dongyi Wang - UADA
Assistant Professor
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
479-575-5782
dongyiw@uark.edu
Automation for Food Safety & Quality
Kristen Gibson - UADA
Professor
Director, Center for Food Safety
Food Science
479-575-6844
keg005@uark.edu
Yanbin Li - UADA
Distinguished Professor, Tyson Endowed Chair in Biosensing Engineering
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
479-575-2881
yanbinli@uark.edu
Casey Owens - UADA
Poultry Processing and Products
Novus International Professor of Poultry Science
479-575-4281
cmowens@uark.edu
Extension Team
Doug Britton - GTRI
Manager, Agricultural Technology Research Program
Principal Research Engineer
404-407-8829
doug.britton@gtri.gatech.edu
Kristen Gibson - UADA
Professor
Director, Center for Food Safety
Food Science
479-575-6844
keg005@uark.edu
Brou Kouakou - FVSU
Director of Office of International Agriculture
Director of the Georgia Small Ruminant Research and Extension Center
Associate Professor of Animal Science
478-827-3091
kouakoub@fvsu.edu
Casey Owens - UADA
Poultry Processing and Products
Novus International Professor of Poultry Science
479-575-4281
cmowens@uark.edu