SENSIRRIKA - Advanced sensor systems for precision irrigation in karst landscape

Project Summary

First part of the research aims to development of an advanced electromagnetic (EM) karst soil moisture sensor.

Second part of the research refers to cost-effective sensors for plant water balance monitoring that need to be densely deployed due to high within-field variability of soil. The sensors are ultra low power and use energy harvesting. They form wireless sensor network providing sensor data integration over field area. The network uses open communication technologies enabling scalability and upgrading.

In third part of the research data from a field demonstrator are agronomically validated.

In this project we will use our expertise in irrigation of karst; modelling of EM soil properties and design of advanced EM sensors; application of wireless sensor networks in agriculture; and design of ultra low power sensor interfaces, energy harvesting systems and networked embedded systems. We will demonstrate the developed system in field and transfer the knowledge and experiences to professional community and industry.

 

Project Duration

The project duration is from March 1st 2017 to February 28th 2021.

 

Project Team

  • Vedran Bilas, Principal Investigator, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
  • Guido D'Urso, Researcher, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
  • Sabine Rosner, Researcher, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Siences, Vienna, Austria
  • Emile Martincic, Reseracher, Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, France
  • Darko Vasić, Researcher, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
  • Monika Zovko, Researcher, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
  • Hrvoje Džapo, Researcher, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
  • Dinko Oletić, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
  • Davorin Ambruš, Researcher, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
  • Marko Gazivoda, Doctoral student, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing

 

Acknowledgment

This research project has been fully supported by Croatian Science Foundation under the project IP-2016-06-8379.

Contact

Professor Vedran Bilas
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
FER-ZESOI, Unska 3, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
tel: + 385 1 612 9974
e-mail: vedran (dot) bilas (at) fer (dot) hr

 

 


Visit to Department of Agricultural...

As part of activities of project SENSIRRIKA, funded by Croatian Science Foundation, Assitant Professor Monika Zovko, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, visited Department of Agricultural Sciences, Naples University Federico II, Naples, Portici, Italy. Prof. Guido D'Urso introduced her to development of operational solutions for irrigation management, exploitation of agro-forestry resources and plants to meet specific agricultural and forest resource management needs. She also visited Ariespace, a spin-off of the University of Naples Federico II, as well as Italian National Research Council in Cosenza (Rende). Prof. Zovko presented research area related to project SENSIRRIKA.

Author: Vedran Bilas
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