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Awards

2021

2nd Place Award, Hannah Hughes (Lead Presenter), Iqra Amjad, Stephen Smyth, Elijah Wheat, Muzaffer Akanda, Bahram Asiabanpour, and Mar Huertas, Won 2nd place in the student poster competition, Aquaculture America 2021 conference, San Antonio, TX, 2021.
College Achievement Award Dr. Asiabanpour Won the 2021 College Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, 2021.
Top Presentation Award. Zaid Almusaied, Won 2021 Top Presentation Award in Ph.D. category at Texas State International Graduate Conference, 2021.

2020

Best Paper Award. Otto Randolph, Won 2020 IISE Modeling & Simulation Division Best Student Paper Award, 2020.
Top Award. Fatema Tuz Zohra, Won first place in 2020 Aerodef-SME research competition in the graduate category, 2020.
Runner-up Award. Brent Newberry-Olson, Genisis Segundo, Johnisa Hauling, Won the second place in 2020 Aerodef-SME research competition in the undergraduate category, 2020.
Award: Faraz Moghimi won 3 Minutes Thesis 3MT competition runner up award, Texas State University.
Fatema Tuz Zohra received Texas State Doctoral Merit Fellowship ($9000) along with her admission to the Ph.D. program in Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (MSEC) at Texas State University.

2019

Award: Allison Manning won the best undergraduate poster award and first runner up in overall category at Aerodef 2019 conference in Long Beach, CA
Award: Riley Horner won the second best undergraduate poster award and second runner up in overall category at Aerodef 2019 conference in Long Beach, CA
NSF GRFP Award. Natalie Ownby, National Science Foundation (2019-2022).
Award: Allison Manning and Albert Nandin won Honorable Mention Award at the Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference 2019.
3rd Place Award. Riley Horner, WISE Conference, 2019.
Undergraduate Research Fellowships (URF): Mason Glasscock was awarded $1000 URF by Texas State University, 2019.
Outstanding Undergraduate Student- Department of Agriculture: Mason Glasscock, 2019.
Student Employee of the Year- Texas State University: Mason Glasscock, 2019.
The American University Sharjah in Dubai business plan competition, Ricardo Ramirez (in final 16 out of 255 submission), 2019.
2019 Rice Business Plan Competition, Ricardo Ramirez, Kosmik Energy (in final 42 out of 100s submission), 2019.
SME Aerodef Conference Travel Fund and Competition, Long Beach, CA. (2019). Student: Riley Horner.
SME Aerodef Conference Travel Fund and Competition, Long Beach, CA. (2019). Student: Allison Manning.
SME Aerodef Conference Travel Fund and Competition, Long Beach, CA. (2019). Student: Alexander Little.
SME Aerodef Conference Travel Fund and Competition, Long Beach, CA. (2019). Student: Otto Randolph.

2018

Mariel M. Muir Excellence in Mentoring Award, Dr. Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University, (2018).
Award: Natalie Ownby won 3rd place at The Ninth International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Houston, TX (2018).
Award: Riley Horner won the best undergraduate poster award at Aerodef 2018 conference in Long Beach, CA
Award: Olaoluwa Aina (assisted by Mark Summers) co-winner of the Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference 2018 award for the work: Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of an Atmospheric Water Generator (more than 100 submissions)
Award: Marisol Soza (contributed by Eric Wendt and supervised by Dr. Wagner) Co-winner of Honorable Mention Award at the Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference 2018 for the work: Adding Value to Hydroponic Production with Oyster Mushrooms
Award: Alec Chamberlain (contributed by Riley Horner and Olaoluwa Aina ) Co-winner of Honorable Mention Award at the Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference 2018 for the work Additive Manufacturing Badge Development
Undergraduate Research Fellowships (URF): Marco Gutierrez and Esteban Teixeira were awarded $1000 URF by Texas State University, 2018
Undergraduate Research Fellowships (URF): Natalie Ownby was awarded $1000 URF by Texas State University, 2018.
Award: Riley Horner Won 3rd Place Award at WISE 2018 Conference
Award: Riley Horner and Elizabeth Alvizo Won People's Choice Award at WISE 2018 Conference
Aerodef Conference Travel Fund and Competition. "Hydroponics System Improvement using FMEA," Aerodef Conference, Long Beach, CA. Elizabeth Alvizo.
Aerodef Conference Travel Fund and Competition. "Automation in Hydroponics," Aerodef Conference, Long Beach, CA. (2018). Student: Riley Horner.
Aerodef Conference Travel Fund and Competition. "Thermoacoustic Refrigeration,"Aerodef Conference, Long Beach, CA. (2018). Student: Mohamed Sghari.

2017

Thesis Research Support Fellowship $2000. "Natural Light Capturing Simulation and Fabrication," Texas State University. Status: Completed. (2017). Student: Ricardo Ramirez.
Award: Kyle August (Davidson) (assisted by Almusaied) at the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Conference 2017 People's Choice Award: for the work "Factors That Affect Surface Temperature in Peltier Devices," 2017.
Award: Marcus Mitchel and Samuel Medicino (assisted by Almusaied) at the Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference 2017 for the work: Thermo-acoustic Refrigeration System.

AERODEF 2019

News

Featured Grant on Texas State Hispanic-Serving Institution Website: Bluewater: A Smart Circular Economy for Integrated Organic Hydroponic-Aquaponic Farming to Empower an Underrepresented Workforce
The Future of Food? The Growth of Vertical Farming Research on fiber optics in farming was demonstrated in the Undecided with Matt Ferrell video (8:26), 2021.
Texas State Research Research Highlights 2020 Growing Strawberries in the Desert, 2020
Hillview Magazine, Hunger contained, 1017
Texas State University, Office of Media Relations, 2016
San Marcos Corridor News, 2016
The University Star, 2016
Highbeam Research, 2016
Twitter, 2016
San Marcos Corridor News, 2016

Publications

2022

Asiabanpour, B. (2022). EverGreen - An Off-Grid Automated Vertical Farming: Design, Development, and Lessons Learned, ESC 2022, NV 2022. Published.
Renner, O., & Asiabanpour, B. (Submitted / Under Review). An Experimental Study of Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Measuring Elemental Compositions of Materials Using an X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF) Analyzer. IISE 2023 Under review
Fahy, W., Koo, J., Tate, J., & Asiabanpour, B. (Submitted / Under Review). Multifunctional Polysiloxane Ablative Nanocomposites for Improved Weight Efficiency.AAIA 2023 Under review.
Asiabanpour, B. (Submitted / Under Review). EverGreen - An Off-Grid Automated Vertical Farming: Design, Development, and Lessons Learned. SPRINGER NATURE - Research Book Series: Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence.

2021

Asiabanpour, B., & Almusaied, Z. (2021). A Novel Design of Hybrid Hydrophilic-Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Fog Harvesting. International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture. Published.
Asiabanpour, B., & Summers, M. (2021). Improving Heat Transfer from Peltier Devices Used in an Atmospheric Water Generation. International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture. Published.
Moghimi, F., Ghoddusi, H., Asiabanpour, B., & Behroozikhah, M. (2021). Is Atmospheric Water Generation an Economically Viable Solution? Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (CTEP). Published.
Asiabanpour, B., Zohra, F., & Akanda, M. (2021). The Effect of Macroscopic and Microscopic Patterns of Stainless Steel Surface on the Efficiency of Dropwise Condensation and Precipitation. International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture. Published.
Wagner, N. C., Morrish, D. G., & Juarez, M. (2021). Identifying the influential factors, benefits, and challenges of hydroponic shipping container farm businesses: a snapshot of farmers’ perceptions. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 1–8. https://doi.org/doi:10.1017/S1742170521000211
Wagner, N. C., Morrish, D. G., & Juarez, M. (2021). A feasibility study of hydroponic shipping container farms in schools: identifying the influential factors, benefits, and challenges. NACTA, 65, 224–232.
Asiabanpour, B., & Almusaied, Z. (2021). A Novel Design of Hybrid Hydrophilic-Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Fog Harvesting. International Conference on Engineering Materials and Manufacture (ICEMM)
Asiabanpour, B., & Zohra, F. T. (2021). A Review of Super-Cool Passive Heat Radiating Materials. SAMPE 2021
Asiabanpour, B., Akanda, M., Randolph, O., Zohra, F., & Smyth, S. (2021). Achieving Reliable Automated Off-grid Indoor Vertical Farming by FMEA and Digital Twin. The 2021 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing (CSCE'21)
Asiabanpour, B., & Summers, M. (2021). Improving Heat Transfer from Peltier Devices Used in an Atmospheric Water Generation. International Conference on Engineering Materials and Manufacture (ICEMM)
Asiabanpour, B. (2021). Renewable Energy Research and Capacity Building for STEM Recruitment and Reinforcement. The 2021 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing (CSCE'21)
Asiabanpour, B., Summers, M., & Ownby, N. (2021). Smart Control of Commercially Available Atmospheric Water Generators for Reduced Power Consumption. The 2021 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing (CSCE'21)
Asiabanpour, B., Zohra, F., & Akanda, M. (2021). The Effect of Macroscopic and Microscopic Patterns of Stainless Steel Surface on the Efficiency of Dropwise Condensation and Precipitation. International Conference on Engineering Materials and Manufacture (ICEMM)
Asiabanpour, B., & Almusaied, Z. (2021). Utilizing Additive Manufacturing in Thermoacoustic Refrigeration-based Atmospheric Water Generation. 2021 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2021)

2020

Randolph, O., & Asiabanpour, B. (Accepted / In Press). “Automation of an Off-Grid Vertical Farming System to Optimize Power Consumption”, In The Springer Nature - Book Series: Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence.
Zohra, F. T., & Asiabanpour, B. (Accepted / In Press). “Smart Automation of an Integrated Water System”, In The Springer Nature - Book Series: Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence.
Moghimi, F., Asiabanpour, B., Ghoddusi, H. (2020). A Framework for Financial Analysis of Vertical Farming Systems. Paper presented at IISE 2020 Annual Conference, LA, 2020, IISE 2020 Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA
Asiabanpour, B., Moghimi, F., Zohra, F. T. (2020). An Integrated Rainwater Harvesting and Atmospheric Water Generation System. Paper presented at IISE 2020 Annual Conference, LA, 2020, IISE 2020 Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA
Randolph, O., Asiabanpour, B. (2020). Automation of an Off-Grid Vertical Farming System to Optimize Power Consumption. Paper presented at CSCE'20 - The 2020 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing, Las Vegas, NV.
Asiabanpour, B., Randolph, O., (2020). Energy Consumption Optimization in Off-Grid Vertical Farming. Paper presented at IISE 2020 Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA
Zohra, F. T., Asiabanpour, B. (2020). Smart Automation of an Integrated Water System. Paper presented at CSCE'20 - The 2020 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing, Las Vegas, NV, 2020

2019

Asiabanpour, B., Almusaied, Z. Davidson, K., Rainosek, K. (2019). A comparison between simulation and empirical methods to determine fixed versus sun-tracking photovoltaic panel performance, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT).
Moghimi, F., Ghoddusi, H., Asiabanpour, B., Behroozikhah, M. (2019). Atmospheric Water Generation (AWG): Performance Model and Economic Analysis. Paper presented at APMS 2019 International Conference of Advances in Production Management Systems, Austin TX
Asiabanpour, B., Ownby, N., Summers, M., & Moghimi, F. (2019). Atmospheric Water Generation and Energy Consumption: An Empirical Analysis, IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC 19)
Ausanka, K., & Asiabanpour, B. (2019). Evaluation of a passive optical fiber daylighting system for vegetative plant growth, IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC 19).

2018

Asiabanpour, B., Almusaied, Z. Davidson, K., Rainosek, K. (In press). A comparison between simulation and empirical methods to determine fixed versus sun-tracking photovoltaic panel performance, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT).
Asiabanpour, B., Estrada, A., Ramirez, R., & Downey, M. (2018). Optimizing Natural Light Distribution for Indoor Plant Growth Using PMMA Optical Fiber: Simulation and Empirical Study. Journal of Renewable Energy.
Almusaied, Z., Asiabanpour, B., & Aslan, S. (2018). Optimization of Solar Energy Harvesting: An Empirical Approach. Journal of Solar Energy, 2018. Published. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/960973
Estrada, A., Downey, M., & Asiabanpour, B. (Published). Natural Light Uniform Distribution for Indoor Plant Growth using Light Design Simulation Systems. In IISE 2018.
Horner, R., Alvizo, E., & Asiabanpour, B. (Accepted / In Press). Engineering Approach Used in Hydroponics Designs and Automation. International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2018 (ICEST2018)
Ramirez, R., Casey, K., Silva, J., & Asiabanpour, B. (Accepted / In Press). Feasibility Comparison of Passive and Active Optical Fiber Daylighting Systems Utilizing PMMA Optical Fiber. International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2018 (ICEST2018)
Ownby, N., & Asiabanpour, B. (Accepted / In Press). Reduction of Power Consumption in Atmospheric Water Generation. International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2018 (ICEST2018)

2017

Asiabanpour, B., Almusaied, Z., Aslan, S., Hawkes, N., Rainosek, K., Lee, H., … Mitchell, M. (2017). Fixed versus Sun Tracking Solar Panels: An Economic Analysis. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (CTEP), 19, 1195–1203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-016-1292-y
Davidson, K., Asiabanpour, B., & Zaid. (2017). Applying Biomimetic Principles to Thermoelectric Cooling Devices for Water Collection, 7(3), 27–35. https://doi.org/10.5539/enrr.v7n3px

Presentations

2021

Wagner, N. (Advisor), Madison Davenport - Prospective usage of Black Soldier fly larvae, Hermetia illucens, in a circular economy aquaponics system, Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference 2021

Wagner, N. (Advisor), Samantha King - The effects of pH stress on Brassica Oleracea var. italica microgreens on sulforaphane levels, yield, and quality in a hydroponic system, Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference 2021

Wagner, N. (Advisor), Courtney Sutton – The effect of algae on pH, oxygen, and nutrients in hydroponic systems, Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference 2021

Wagner, N. (Advisor), Ryan Manthei - Vermicompost in hydroponics: a comparison trial, Texas State International Graduate Research Conference 2021

Wagner, N. (Advisor), Micheal Kelly - Effects of vermicompost tea on the growth and yield of lettuce in an aerated hydroponic system, Texas State International Graduate Research Conference 2021

Wagner, N. (Advisor), Michael Kelly - Effects of vermicompost tea on the growth and yield of lettuce in an aerated hydroponic system, 2021 American Society for Horticultural Science conference

Asiabanpour, B. (Advisor), Smyth, S., Severinson, J., Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference 2021, "Achieving Reliable Automated Off-grid Indoor Vertical Farming by FMEA and Digital Twin." (March 2021). Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference 2021

Asiabanpour, B. (Advisor), Illig, B., Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference 2021, "Optimizing plant grow in automated indoor vertical farming by the design of experiments." (March 2021). Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference 2021

Asiabanpour, B. (Advisor), Almusaied, Z., Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021, "A Novel Design of Hybrid Hydrophobic-Superhydrophilic Surfaces." (2021).Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021
* Selected as the Best Presentation

Asiabanpour, B. (Advisor), Zohra, F., Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021, "A Review- Super Cool Heat Radiating Materials." (2021). Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021

Asiabanpour, B. (Advisor), Summers, M., Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021, "Atmospheric Water Generation Using Various Heat Transfer Mechanisms." (2021). Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021

Asiabanpour, B. (Advisor), Garcia, J., Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021, "Optimization of Heat Distribution for Indoor Vertical Farming Using Computational Fluid Dynamics." (2021).Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021

Asiabanpour, B. (Advisor), Ramirez, R., Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021, "PMMA Optical Fiber for Solar Lighting Systems." (2021). Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021

Asiabanpour, B. (Advisor), Akanda, M., Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021, "Predict, Create, Control, And Maintain Optimum Living Condition For Fish And Plant Of An Indoor Aquaponics System." (2021). Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021

Asiabanpour, B. (Advisor), Islam, R., Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021, "Smart Passive Ambient Control for Indoor Vertical Farming by Simulation and Empirical Study." (2021). Texas State International Graduate Conference 2021

2020

Brooke Illig, Ariadna Gonzalez, Optimizing Plant Grow in Automated Indoor Vertical Farming by Design of Experiments, Honor College Symposium, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (2020)

Andrea Stapper, Optimizing nutrition feeding process in automated vertical farming by simulation tools, Honor College Symposium, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (2020)

Chance Martin, Ariadna Gonzalez, Design and Development of a Reliable Automated Vertical Farming Systems by Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Honor College Symposium, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (2020)

Wesley Gustine, Sergio Lopez, Faculty Advisor: Mark Summers, Designing Fixture for Evergreen Plant Tray Lid., Senior Design Day, Ingram School of Engineering (2020).

Najdawi, F. (Presenter), Asiabanpour, B., WISE Conference 2020, "A systematic approach for eliminating and preventing algae growth in the hydroponics system ," San Marcos, TX. (2020).

Gonzalez, A. (Presenter), Asiabanpour, B., WISE Conference 2020, "An Investigation on the Effect of Artificial Light vs. Integrated Artificial & Natural Light in Plant Growth ," San Marcos, TX. (2020).

Nauling, J. (Presenter), Newberry-Olson, B. (Presenter), Asiabanpour, B., WISE Conference 2020, "Optimization of the Indoor Vertical Farming Process Factorial Experiment Design ," San Marcos, TX. (2020).

Zohra, F. (Presenter), Asiabanpour, B., WISE Conference 2020, "Smart Automation for Integrated Water System ," San Marcos, TX. (2020).

Moghimi, F. (Presenter), Asiabanpour, B., WISE Conference 2020, "Which Market is Suitable for Perusing Vertical Farming as a Business? ," San Marcos, TX. (2020).

2019

Invited speaker: Asiabanpour, B., Polymer 3D Printing Conference, "Additive Manufacturing and Product Development Applications in Water, Energy, and Food Sectors" Houston TX. (2019)

Little, Alexander Lean Techniques Applied to High Precision Agriculture Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference (2019)

Manning, Allison

The Effect Of Sheet Metal Characteristics On Atmospheric Water Generation Efficiency

Co-Authors: Albert Nandin Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference (2019)

Cortez, Danielle

Experimental Study on the Utilization of Optical Fiber Cables for Indoor Farming

Co-Author: Michelle Mata Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference (2019)

Lopez, Stephanie

Utilizing Manufacturing Techniques towards Stabilizing An Off-Grid System through Smart Power Consumption