Jesaelen Moraes (left), Jeanine Arana (middle) and William Patzoldt (right) at Blue River Technology’s main office in Santa Clara, California.
Jeanine Arana from the Meyers’ lab was awarded one out of the five 2023 Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Travel Enrichment Experience (TEE) awards. The TEE allows the selected graduate students to spend a week visiting a weed science host organization anywhere in the United States depending on their interests. The WSSA supports graduate students by granting $2000 for travel expenses.
Jeanine had the opportunity to visit Blue River Technology research site and attend a John Deere field day at Arkansas with the allocated travel grant from August 1 to August 4. Fortunately for Jeanine, Blue River Technology kindly sponsored her to visit their main office and product development site in California from August 7 to August 10. Lauren Lazaro, William Patzoldt and Jesaelen Moraes, all active members of the WSSA, kindly hosted Jeanine throughout these two weeks.
Thanks to them, Jeanine:
- Saw fully autonomous tractors.
- Rode inside a Blue River Technology See&Spray Ultimate sprayer.
- Drove Blue River Technology Agronomy Test Machine (ATM).
- Learned the components of the See&Spray and ATM sprayers and understood their functions.
- Met with all the teams that Blue River Technology has that make possible the development of new technologies.
“This experience was unimaginable; I learned a lot and met incredible people! I saw a part of agriculture that I can’t see daily. I am grateful to be a member of the WSSA, which supports graduate students this way.” – Jeanine Arana
Lauren Lazaro (left), and Jeanine Arana (right) standing in front of an Agronomy Test Machine at Arkansas.
Jeanine Arana standing in front of a See&Spray Ultimate sprayer at John Deere’s field day at Arkansas.