School Programs | Purdue University Controlled Environment Agriculture (NEMALI Lab)

YearProgramActivities2025Agricultural Science Review Institute, Purdue UniversityTrained high school students in greenhouse designs. Students developed creative designs that can reduce hot temperatures in a greenhouse2025Farm to School Symposium, Danville, INDemonstration of Digital Agriculture and Hydroponics Technologies to High Schools20244-H Academy Summer ProgramWorkshop to high school students on digital technologies and data sciences. Students learned about the applications of digital sensors and programming in agriculture through hands-on activities and tours.2023-24Child Development Center, Hammond, INHydroponic Display and in-school production of leafy greens2023Pre-College Molecular Agriculture Summer Institute (PC MASI), Purdue UniversityHigh school students researched a project related to digital agriculture and presented key components learned through research.2023East Chicago High School Summer InternshipTaught about hydroponic crop production to high school children belonging to minority groups during the internship2022 and 2019MANRRS (Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences) program, Purdue UniversityThe project director hosted several high school students and provided educational tours about digital agricultural research opportunities that exist for students in his laboratory and at Purdue.2021-23Crop production programs in elementary and middle schools (Otterbein and Walcott, Indiana)Deployed indoor production units and developed a plant science curriculum for schoolchildren.2021Booker T Washington High School, Houston, TexasPresented digital agriculture and hydroponic crop production to high school students in Agriculture, Food & Nat. Res class2018Career development programs in middle schools in Tippecanoe and Marion counties, IndianaShowcased low-cost digital technologies in agriculture, and presented to schoolchildren about college education and opportunities.