Dr Alison McCarthy
Name | Dr Alison McCarthy |
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Email Address | alison.mccarthy@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Senior Research Fellow (Irrigation and Cropping Systems) |
Qualifications | BEng USQ, PhD USQ |
Department | Centre for Agricultural Engineering (Research) |
Affiliations | Centre for Agricultural Engineering (Operations) |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4595-6447 |
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Biography
Dr Alison McCarthy is a mechatronic research engineer in irrigation and cropping systems within the Centre for Agricultural Engineering at the University of Southern Queensland. Her key research activities are developing novel sensor processing algorithms to automate irrigation applied to cotton and pasture, and machine vision systems to reduce labour for in-crop scouting. Alison is a 2024 Australian Future Cotton Leader, received the 2021 International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage WatSave Young Professionals Award and was a co-recipient of the 2018 Cotton Seed Distributors Researcher of the Year Award.
Employment
Position | Organisation | From | To |
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Senior Research Fellow (Irrigation and Cropping Systems) | Centre for Agricultural Engineering, University of Southern Queensland | 2019 | |
Research Fellow (Irrigation) | Centre for Agricultural Engineering, University of Southern Queensland | 2014 | 2018 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Irrigation) | Centre for Agricultural Engineering, University of Southern Queensland | 2010 | 2013 |
Expertise
Agricultural technology, machine vision, variable-rate irrigation
Fields of Research
- 300206. Agricultural spatial analysis and modelling
- 400702. Automation engineering
- 400705. Control engineering
Professional Membership
Professional Membership | Year |
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Association of Australian Cotton Scientists |
BEng
USQ
2006
PhD
USQ
2010
Date | Name | Awarding organisation | Underpinning research |
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2011 | Travel fellowship | Irrigation Australia Limited/National Program for Sustainable Irrigation | |
2014 | Science and Innovation Award for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Cotton and Minister's Awards | Federal Government Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
2015 | Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Award | Australian Institute of Policy and Science | |
2018 | Researcher of the Year Award | Cotton Seed Distributors | |
2021 | WatSave Young Professionals Award | International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage | |
2024 | 2024 Australian Future Cotton Leader | Cotton Australia |