Murat Kacira

Biography

Murat Kacira is director of the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center and he is a professor in the Biosystems Engineering Department at the University of Arizona. He received his B.S. degree in Agricultural Engineering in Cukurova University in Turkey and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering from The Ohio State University in USA. His research involves automation, environmental control, alternative energy integrated CEA systems and resource use optimization in controlled environment agriculture systems including greenhouses and vertical farming based plant factories with artificial lighting. He is a member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). He serves as Chair of the Division Precision Horticulture Engineering under ISHS.

Degrees

• Ph.D. Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
• The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• Non-contact and Early Detection of Plant Water Stress Using Infra-red Thermometry and Image Processing
• M.S. Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
• The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• Modeling Dynamic Air Exchanges for Naturally Ventilated Sawtooth Greenhouse Designs
• B.S. Agricultural Engineering
• Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey

Awards

• EurAgEng Outstanding Paper Award 2020
• The European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng), Summer 2020 (Award Nominee)
• Most Supportive Faculty Member for the College of Engineering's Award for Excellence
• University of Arizona College of Engineering, Summer 2020
• Outstanding Service Medal
• International Society of Horticultural Sciences (ISHS), Summer 2018
• Service Medal
• International Society of Horticultural Sciences, Summer 2018
• ASABE Superior Paper Award
• American Society of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Summer 2014
• EurAgEng Outstanding Paper Award
• Biosystems Engineering Journal, Summer 2014 (Award Nominee)