Austin Eide Email & Phone Number

Fargo, Nd, Us

United States

Operated and maintained state-of-the-art John Deere 600R & 400R series self-propelled sprayers & John Deere 8R 410 Autonomous Tractors equipped with Blue River computer vision technologyTrained potential customers to use See and Spray and autonomous tractors in order to reduce inputs in their agriculture operations and recorded their positive and negative reviews of the product during their pre-production phases of developmentQuantified system performance through agronomic, engineering, & user-design trials, tests, interviews, and activities using Linux based platform to control and manipulate system functionsAssisted in system development, troubleshooting, record keeping, and data collection in an unsupervised work environment with assistance from remote engineering support team

Assembled sugar beet harvesting equipment for several months to bridge the time-gap between receiving M.S. degree and entering employment with Blue River Technology

-Actively involved in a corn, wheat, soybean, and cattle operation in Eastern North Dakota (2012-2020)

Fargo, North Dakota Area

- Organized and performed UAS flight operations for multiple ongoing research projects with focuses on hyperspectral, multispectral, and thermal imaging sensor applications for weed identification and control- Managed research databases, department inventory, & developed equipment check-out protocol- Coordinated individual research project involving herbicide resistant weed identification through use of thermal and multispectral sensors using machine learning methods- Represented the goals and interests of the Precision Agriculture Research Team at multiple conferences and presentations

Carrington, North Dakota, United States

- Conducted image based high-throughput phenotyping research with experimental robot platform on agricultural research plots in central North Dakota - Managed daily responsibilities which involved product maintenance, troubleshooting, record keeping and coordination in an unsupervised work environment with assistance from remote engineering support team

Fargo, North Dakota

- Analyzed and validated satellite imagery from growers’ fields to improve client satisfaction and offer insight to agronomic problems across North Dakota- Established working relationships with growers to boost client retention by providing product support for online farm management system (Farmers Edge FarmCommand)

Fargo, North Dakota

- Researched the feasibility of large-scale UAS operations within the agricultural sector- Assisted graduate students with their individual projects and served as documentarian and videographer of research activities

Master Of Science - Ms, Natural Resource Management/Precision Agriculture

Bachelor’S Degree, Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences