Leading balanced innovation through the TALiS initiative.
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Mission
The Technologies for Agriculture and Living Systems initiative embodies the commitment of the land-grant university to enable resources, opportunities, and collaborations that will result in leading-edge innovation in agricultural and natural resource sectors across the state, with impacts that extend globally. This initiative will establish a framework to build and implement comprehensive and transformative solutions for healthy living systems, from agricultural production to environmental conservation and human health.
Vision
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences offers a holistic approach—from development through adoption—to emerging and advanced technologies for agriculture and living systems. This approach places Pennsylvania’s diverse agricultural and natural resource industries at the forefront of modern integrated agroecosystems.
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TALiS Leadership
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Agricultural and Biorenewable Systems Management Undergraduate Coordinator
Areas of Expertise
- Specialty crop mechanization and automation
- Precision agriculture applications for specialty crops
- Applications of artificial intelligence to agricultural systems management and control
- Email hzh@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-2633
- Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
- Director of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station
- Email bds313@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-3136
- Director of Research Development and Initiatives
Areas of Expertise
- Provide strategic leadership and consultation for the development and sustainability of interdisciplinary teams
- Provide proposal development and project management services to investigators preparing complex research proposals for submission to external sponsors
- Support faculty and early stage investigators in improving their grantsmanship skills and developing interdisciplinary projects
- Assist faculty members, trainees, and staff in navigating the Penn State research support infrastructure
- Serve as a referral resource for investigators, facilitating access to institutional resources, connecting researchers with appropriate offices and staff, and matching research needs with faculty expertise
- Facilitate conversations across groups to develop strategic directions for growth/development/collaboration in building a research initiative
Director, TALiS
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Email hzh@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-2633
Director, TALiS
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Email hzh@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-2633
