About
Carol Baumbauer started as an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University in 2024. Her research focuses on sensor systems for precision agriculture and environmental monitoring, blending aspects of electrical engineering, materials science, manufacturing, and environmental science. Prior to joining Boise State, she completed her postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked on electrochemical sensors for use in soil. She led an interdisciplinary team developing a low-cost, wireless network of sensors aimed at reducing nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture. She earned her PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 2022. Her doctoral research centered on creating printed biodegradable soil nitrate sensors for precision agriculture.
Carol has developed or optimized a variety of printed sensors, including temperature, humidity, nitrate, and oxygen sensors, and has been involved with sensors for ammonium, pH, soil moisture, and microbial activity. This project would be her first work with methane sensing.
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