University of Kurdistan
Hiwa Golpira
Dr. Golpira obtained his MSc in the mathematical modeling of the oscillation behavior of olive fruits during mechanical harvesting, and his Ph.D. in the design of a pod harvester for chickpeas. Before joining the University of Kurdistan as a lecturer in 2002, he founded an agricultural equipment manufacturing company. After a six-month visit to the KULeuven in Belgium to study rotary grain combine harvesters in 2008, Hiwa re-joined UOK as an assistant professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering.
Focusing on automation in agriculture provided him with four patents and two awards. He, accompanied by 13 academic experts, participated in the CIGR Next Leader Event, in Germany in 2019 that focused on embodied AI, IoT in food and agricultural systems, and digitization in agriculture. He experienced agricultural robotics in the field during a short visit to UPV, Spain, LfL, and TUM, in Germany in 2019, and 2022.
Teaching responsibilities
Undergraduate
Design of Machine Elements
Design of Harvesting Machinery
Material Science & Engineering
Graduate
Advanced Instrumentation
FEM
Topics in Agriculture
Research interests
Modeling and simulation: Data-driven simulators, mathematical algorithms, and hybrid models are his tools to analyze field data and decision-making in agriculture. Markov process, Fuzzy logic, simulated annealing, and genetic algorithm are soft computing techniques applied in biosystems.
Circular Bioeconomy Systems: Wastes nodulous of nitrogen due to manual harvesting of chickpeas, high harvesting losses of wheat, and social evolution cause unplanted fields and/or unharvested crops in the rotation of rain-fed wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.) which is the popular cropping system in semi-arid arable land of the Middle East. The design of a chickpea harvester, adoption of a drought-resistant wheat cultivar, remerging the cropping system with animal feeding, and translation of precision farming techniques for farmers are the strategies to achieve sustainable agriculture. System of systems of direct feeding, bio-crop, bio-fertilizer, and cover crop were considered to assess food security.
Activities
Collaborating with Agricultural Robotic Laboratory, UPV, Spain, 2019-present
Associate editor for CIGR Journal: Agricultural Engineering International, 2019-present
Secretary of the CIGR Technical Section III: Plant Production, 2022-present
Member of the CIGR working group of Circular Bioeconomy (CBE), 2023-present.
Associate professor
Biosystems Engineering
Education:
Ph.D. Agricultural Engineering, TMU, 2009
M.S. Agricultural Engineering, Shiraz University, 1998
B.S. Agricultural Engineering, Urmia University, 1996
