Lincoln, Neb. —Santosh Pitla, associate professor of advanced machinery systems at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has won the 2021 A. W. Farrall Young Educator Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Pitla, part of the biological systems engineering department at UNL’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, works to research and develop next-generation agricultural robotic machines. Through the classes he teaches, he helps students think critically and broadly about the future of agriculture.
