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Doris Cao

Selected work

Projects

  • Clusters of chardonnay grapes hanging on the vine

    Grape rating

    Jun 2026 — Present

    Developed ordinal regression pipelines for analyzing grape quality and disease rating.

  • Two researchers setting up a field table under a canopy beside a crop row

    Lettuce benchmarking

    Jun 2026 — Present

    Benchmarked how different LLM models perform as nitrogen managers, using pure urea and plasma activated water in a lettuce greenhouse study.

  • A head of romaine lettuce cut in half and photographed for rating

    Lettuce rating

    Jan 2026 — Jun 2026

    Built a React web app for collecting lettuce rating data and fine-tuning cloud VLM models.

  • Doris crouching between rows of maize with a laptop, beside a sensor rig

    SMURF

    Jun 2024 — May 2025

    Programmed SMURF (Sorghum and Maize Under Rotational Force) to quantify maize biomechanics against external forces.

  • CAD render of a green competition robot chassis

    Robotics

    Sep 2021 — May 2025

    Built and programmed FIRST Tech Challenge robots for four seasons.

  • Diagram titled "Key Arguments" linking negative consumer trust to data collection and personalized advertising concerns

    AI in marketing and consumer trust

    Sep 2023 — May 2024

    Conducted a research study on the impact of AI in marketing on consumer trust, through surveys and one-on-one interviews.