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Connecting SOYGEN’s
research network.

Purdue University · Portal design & engineering

We designed and delivered a shared drone-data portal for a ten-university soybean breeding network, with Purdue administering access and an automated path from flight upload to research outputs.

Public soybean breeding research · Supported by NCSRP
Client
Purdue University · SOYGEN
Network
10 universities
Services
Design · Orchestration · Full-stack · Deployment
Product line
PlotIQ
Status
In production · 2026
Sector
Public soybean breeding research

The challenge

Ten universities.
Purdue holds the keys.

The network needed one connected workflow with the right access for every program.

Purdue sees the whole network.
Each program sees its own.

Purdue University

Platform administrator

All university data · invitations · permissions
9 participating universities

Each program sees its own designated data.

The network, people & permissions

  • Purdue University, Administrator
  • Iowa State University
  • University of Illinois
  • University of Nebraska
  • University of Minnesota
  • Ohio State University
  • North Dakota State University
  • University of Missouri
  • Kansas State University
  • Michigan State University

Purdue, Administrator

  • All university data
  • User invitations and permissions
  • Full flight-pipeline oversight

Participating university

  • Own data and trial uploads
  • Stitched imagery, heat maps and reports
  • Notifications for their flights

Dr. Katy RaineyPurdue University · SOYGEN Breeding Collaborative

Ven HemanthPhD Research Associate, Purdue University · Requirements & validation

The approach

We built the connections.

Our work was the orchestration layer: portal design, processing dispatch, product intake and notification of everyone with an interest in a flight.

One place, start to finish.
Built around the researchers’ workflow.

Conceptual model of a drone flight becoming imagery, analysis and shared outputs across a university network
Flight → imagery → research outputs · Conceptual visualization
  1. 01

    Upload intake

    Connected pilot submissions.

  2. 02

    Processing dispatch

    Automated the handoff.

  3. 03

    Output integration

    Attached returned products.

  4. 04

    Stakeholder alerts

    Wired flight notifications.

How we worked

Field seasons don't slip. Wireframes and researcher review came before code.

  1. Wireframes

    Flight Detail and report layouts, drawn first.

  2. Researcher review

    Validated with the people using it.

  3. Blended build

    US engagement team plus a dedicated development team.

  4. Production

    Tested, deployed, handed to the network.

The outcome

Delivered to the network.
Running in production.

The portal brought flight data and research outputs together, with access scoped to each university.

From researcher-reviewed layouts
to a live deployment.

Illustrative agricultural drone data interface
Delivered workflow · Illustrative interface, not a production screenshot
Universities on one platform
10
Pipeline stages, fully automated
4
Manual handoffs between them
0
In production since 2026
Live

The brief, delivered.

SOYGEN requirements and KinetiCloud's delivery
The requirementWhat we delivered
Separate accessPurdue-wide administration; designated data for each participating university.
Connected processingFour automated stages, from pilot upload to stakeholder notification.
Research-ready outputsGeoreferenced imagery, heat maps and reports assembled against each flight.

This delivered portal uses PlotIQ. The wider Plot IQ product remains in development.

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