Rinaldo Izzo

An M.S. graduate student in the Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory (completed 2019), Ronnie previously received his Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2013) and Masters in Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles (2017). In his M.S. research, Ronnie worked in collaboration with Professor Jan van Aardt to fuse hyperspectral remote sensing, small unmanned aerial systems, and sound multivariate analysis techniques for the purposes of assessing grapevine water status. His research spanned from data collection in the field to exploration of modern image analysis techniques. Ronnie has also been an engineer in the United States Air Force since 2013, and has previously worked in overseeing the engineering design of new launch vehicles responsible for the delivery of critical defense payloads into orbit.