全面的教育
玛丽·埃弗雷特博士.D. 旅程 From Marketing Grad to AI Pioneer in Precision Agriculture
玛丽·埃弗雷特找到了自己的使命.
When the Computer Science and Engineering student signed up for marketing courses at the University of Idaho in 莫斯科 right out of high school, she didn’t know robots were in her future – lots of them.
埃弗雷特，谁完成了她 计算机科学博士 今年秋天，我说这是一段意想不到的旅程.
“我绝对没有想到我最终会获得博士学位.D. in computer science – I started with a bachelor’s in marketing from the 工商经济学院埃弗雷特说. “我喜欢我的两个学位, and it was amazing to have so many opportunities to do different things with my education.”
一次在莫斯科, opportunities started popping up for the Lewiston native in town and in Coeur d’Alene. A flyer advertising a student work opportunity led her to the university’s 生物柴油教育计划, where a supervisor noticed her technical ability and encouraged her to try some STEM courses.
“最后我选修了数学辅修, computer science and Spanish before being recruited for graduate school in Coeur d’Alene for my Ph.D.埃弗雷特说.
After completing her marketing degree in 2020, Everett was recruited by research faculty 约翰Shovic to the University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene, where the university’s 智能工业机器人中心 总部.
Coeur d’Alene is also one of the most beautiful places I have ever lived – our office is right on the lake and in my free time I can swim, hike and explore downtown all within walking distance of the program.玛丽·埃弗雷特，计算机科学博士生.
“I think a lot of people don’t realize you can get a bachelor’s all the way up to your Ph.D. in computer science on the Coeur d’Alene campus without going to the main campus埃弗雷特说. “We have a great group up here and a fun community to study and learn with. Coeur d’Alene is also one of the most beautiful places I have ever lived – our office is right on the lake and in my free time I can swim, hike and explore downtown all within walking distance of the program.”
Everett completed her master’s degree in spring of 2023 with a focus on sensor systems and earned her doctorate degree in fall 2023 with a dissertation on artificial intelligence for precision agriculture and medicine.
她的工作包括 collaborative project with fellow computer science students and a vineyard in Virginia. Everett and two other Coeur d’Alene students built and installed an artificial intelligence system called SCARECRO to equip an automated winery. The system gives vintners actionable microclimate and environmental information, 包括湿度, 温度, 土壤水分和酸度数据, 帮助了解他们的成长和商业实践, reduce power consumption and cut down on operating costs.
约翰·肖维奇博士.D.
研究 教师; Director of the 智能工业机器人中心
海德隆大厦204A
校园: 心d 'Alene
课程: Advanced 机器人 I/II, Machine Vision, 嵌入式系统, Real Time Operating Systems
专业领域: 机器人, 创业, 嵌入式系统, 人工智能技术, Python, 硬件接口, 机器人应用程序, 制造自动化
Everett’s research and development sent her across the county, nation and world – the trio not only installed a similar SCARECRO system at the university’s 沙点有机农业中心, but also traveled to the East Coast in summer 2022 to install the system for a vineyard in Winchester, Virginia with technical and financial support from Dustin and Jacklyn Mommen of Laurel Grove Wine Farm. 在过去的夏天, Everett took SCARECRO across the pond to present to an international audience at the European Conference on Precision Agriculture in Bologna, 意大利.
And Everett’s not quite finished yet at U of I Coeur d’Alene. 春天, she will begin a postdoctoral research position with the Center for Industrial Intelligent 机器人 with a research focus on precision agriculture sensor networks and artificial intelligence data analysis techniques for precision agriculture and manufacturing.
Through it all, Everett said the best part of being a Vandal is being part of the Vandal Family.
“I have incredible professors and the best research team a person could ask for埃弗雷特说. “I have also had the opportunity to do so many things – present at a conference in 意大利, 在弗吉尼亚州安装传感器, 参加新奥尔良的机器人讲座, NASA艾姆斯实习生, 在湖上测试无线电, 让机器人跳迪斯科. 这是一次独一无二的教育经历.”
