Profile

Murat Kacira

Interim Head, Department of Biosystems Engineering | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Professor, Agricultural-Biosystems Engineering | Professor, Applied BioSciences - GIDP | Director, Controlled Environment Agriculture Program

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Research

Collaboration(55)

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Grants(30)

ENGAGED in Agricultural Systems and Technology
Active·2024·$50.9K / $154.3K·
External
Key Personnel (KP)
agricultural systems, technology, sustainability, innovation, crop management
ADVANCEA: Advancing Controlled Environment Agriculture Through Data-Driven Decision Making and Workforce Development
Active·2022·$465.7K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
controlled environment agriculture, data-driven decision making, workforce development, advancement, agricultural technology
SRS RN: Transforming Rural-Urban Systems: Trajectories for Sustainability in the Intermountain West
Active·2021·$210.3K / $1.1M·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
rural-urban systems, sustainability, intermountain west, trajectories, transforming
Improving the Profitability and Sustainability of Indoor Leafy-Greens Production
Active·2019·$276.9K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
agriculture, sustainability, indoor farming, horticulture, profitability
Hydroponic Lettuce Variety Trail
2022·$4.2K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
hydroponics, lettuce, variety, agriculture, trial

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Publications(106)

Recent

Recirculating the air from the attic as a pre-renovation control strategy in a greenhouse-type solar dryer

2023

solar drying, greenhouse design, attic ventilation, air recirculation, pre-renovation control

Predictive Modeling and Computer Vision-Based Decision Support to Optimize Resource Use in Vertical Farms

2023

predictive modeling, computer vision, resource optimization, vertical farming, decision support

Effects of daily light integral and photoperiod with successive harvests on basil yield, morpho-physiological characteristics, and mineral composition in vertical farming

2023

plant growth, vertical farming, light intensity, basil yield, mineral composition

Towards a modeling and control approach based on the drying product in greenhouses

2023

modeling, control, greenhouses, drying, product

Optimal planting density: effects on harvest time and yield

2023

crop yield, planting density, harvest time, agricultural productivity, crop management

Product temperature Model Predictive Controller design for a Greenhouse-type solar dryer

2022

solar energy, greenhouse, temperature control, model predictive control, drying technology

Predictive Modelling and Computer Vision Based Decision Support to Optimize Resource Use in Vertical Farms

2022

predictive modelling, computer vision, resource optimization, vertical farms

Advances in modeling with CFD of greenhouse type solar dryers

2022

solar energy, computational fluid dynamics, greenhouse technology, drying technology, modeling

Evaluating the Performance of Flexible, Semi‐Transparent Large‐Area Organic Photovoltaic Arrays Deployed on a Greenhouse

2022

organic photovoltaics, solar energy, greenhouse integration, performance evaluation, semi-transparent arrays

Optimal Planting Density: Effects on Harvest Time, and Yield

2022

planting density, harvest time, yield

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Murat Kacira

Collaboration(55)

Sanlyn Buxner

Salim Hariri

Roberto Furfaro

Channah Rock

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Grants(30)

ENGAGED in Agricultural Systems and Technology

ADVANCEA: Advancing Controlled Environment Agriculture Through Data-Driven Decision Making and Workforce Development

SRS RN: Transforming Rural-Urban Systems: Trajectories for Sustainability in the Intermountain West

Improving the Profitability and Sustainability of Indoor Leafy-Greens Production

Hydroponic Lettuce Variety Trail

Publications(106)

Recirculating the air from the attic as a pre-renovation control strategy in a greenhouse-type solar dryer

Predictive Modeling and Computer Vision-Based Decision Support to Optimize Resource Use in Vertical Farms

Effects of daily light integral and photoperiod with successive harvests on basil yield, morpho-physiological characteristics, and mineral composition in vertical farming

Towards a modeling and control approach based on the drying product in greenhouses

Optimal planting density: effects on harvest time and yield

Product temperature Model Predictive Controller design for a Greenhouse-type solar dryer

Predictive Modelling and Computer Vision Based Decision Support to Optimize Resource Use in Vertical Farms

Advances in modeling with CFD of greenhouse type solar dryers

Evaluating the Performance of Flexible, Semi‐Transparent Large‐Area Organic Photovoltaic Arrays Deployed on a Greenhouse

Optimal Planting Density: Effects on Harvest Time, and Yield