Renfu Lu, Ph.D

Renfu Lu

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USDA-ARS Adjunct Professor
Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering

Phone:
517-432-8062

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Degrees:
B.S., Engineering, Zhejiang Agric. University (now Zhejiang University), Hangzhou, China
M.S., Agricultural Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Biography

Dr. Renfu Lu is a supervisory research agricultural engineer and research leader with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS). He has been an adjunct faculty with the BAE Department at MSU since 1999. Currently, he leads a multi-institutional, transdisciplinary project funded by the USDA-NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Program, on developing and transferring an automated and integrated mobile system (AIMS) for commercial apple harvest and in-field sorting. Dr. Lu is a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

Research Interest

  • Sensors and automation for precision quality assessment and harvesting of horticultural crops

Awards

ASABE Rain Bird Engineering Concept of the Year Award for the development of a new robotic apple harvesting technology. 2023

ASABE Rain Bird Engineering Concept of the Year Award for the development of an apple harvest and automated in-field sorting technology. 2019

ASABE Superior Paper Award (total of 2). 2019, 2018 (for top 5% of papers published in ASABE journals)

ASABE ITSC Select Paper Award (total of 5). 2018, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2004 (for top 10% of papers presented at ASABE ITSC technical sessions)

ASABE Fellow, 2013

Outstanding Alumni Award, College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, 2011

Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Technology Transfer Award for the development and application of hyperspectral imaging technology for food quality and safety inspection, 2009

ASAE Superior Paper Award. 2004 (for top 2.5% of papers published in ASAE journals)

ASAE Honorable Mention Paper Award (total of 2). 1997, 1998 (for top 5% of papers published in ASAE journals)

Publications

USDA-ARS

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