UF agricultural and biological engineering (ABE) graduate Dr. Daeun "Dana" Choi was announced as the sole winner of the prestigious Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize in Bologna, Italy on November 10th. The award was given to Dr. Choi for the best Ph.D. dissertation worldwide during 2016 and 2017 related to agricultural machinery or mechanization. Her dissertation on "Development of intelligent vision systems to support precision agriculture practices in Florida citrus production" was conducted under the guidance of ABE professor Daniel Lee. The other finalists for the award were from France, Italy, and Spain. Dr. Choi is now an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University.