LEDs Magazine 40 Under 40 Profile: Shivangi Arvind
Shivangi Arvind, PhD, delivered one of the most highly-rated presentations at our HortiCann Light + Tech Conference in October 2019 focused on “Truly Intelligent Farming.” Chief science officer Arvind and her engineering team at AgEye Technologies are developing what they call the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) as a play on the ubiquitous Internet of Things acronym. She explained that intelligent farming needs much more than connectivity. The farms of the future will have autonomous capability driven by machine learning to make adaptations to controlled environment agriculture (CEA) operations.
Arvind has said that such a farm needs connected sensors to monitor the environment and also plant sensors that can allow autonomous systems to apply AI to control the growing environment. That autonomous capability combines, according to Arvind, with connected CEA systems including tunable LED lighting, environmental control, nutrient control, and more. This thought leadership and research has led her to speak globally at events and she was even invited by the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture to speak at the G20 Summit this year before it was canceled due to the novel coronavirus.
Arvind’s work is focused on higher yield of better plants while decreasing maintenance costs, crop losses, and the carbon footprint through technology. She earned a doctorate in horticultural science and plant physiology from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology in India and was recognized as Young Scientist (Agriculture) by the Uttarakhand Council of Science and Technology during that doctoral program. She earned an undergraduate degree from the same university and a master’s in fruit science at the University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot.
Carrie Meadows | Editor-in-Chief, LEDs Magazine
Carrie Meadows has more than 20 years of experience in the publishing and media industry. She worked with the PennWell Technology Group for more than 17 years, having been part of the editorial staff at Solid State Technology, Microlithography World, Lightwave, Portable Design, CleanRooms, Laser Focus World, and Vision Systems Design before the group was acquired by current parent company Endeavor Business Media.
Meadows has received finalist recognition for LEDs Magazine in the FOLIO Eddie Awards, and has volunteered as a judge on several B2B editorial awards committees. She received a BA in English literature from Saint Anselm College, and earned thesis honors in the college's Geisel Library. Without the patience to sit down and write a book of her own, she has gladly undertaken the role of editor for the writings of friends and family.
Meadows enjoys living in the beautiful but sometimes unpredictable four seasons of the New England region, volunteering with an animal shelter, reading (of course), and walking with friends and extended "dog family" in her spare time.
Maury Wright | Editor in Chief
Maury Wright is an electronics engineer turned technology journalist, who has focused specifically on the LED & Lighting industry for the past decade. Wright first wrote for LEDs Magazine as a contractor in 2010, and took over as Editor-in-Chief in 2012. He has broad experience in technology areas ranging from microprocessors to digital media to wireless networks that he gained over 30 years in the trade press. Wright has experience running global editorial operations, such as during his tenure as worldwide editorial director of EDN Magazine, and has been instrumental in launching publication websites going back to the earliest days of the Internet. Wright has won numerous industry awards, including multiple ASBPE national awards for B2B journalism excellence, and has received finalist recognition for LEDs Magazine in the FOLIO Eddie Awards. He received a BS in electrical engineering from Auburn University.
