Agricultural engineering
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Agricultural engineering is the engineering discipline that applies engineering science and technology to agricultural production and processing. Agricultural engineering combines the disciplines of animal biology, plant biology, and mechanical, civil and chemical engineering principles with a knowledge of agricultural principles. [1]
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[edit] Subfields
Some of the specialties of agricultural engineers include: [2] [1]
- the design of agricultural machinery, equipment, and agricultural structures
- crop production, including seeding, tillage, irrigation and the conservation of soil and water
- animal production, including the care and processing of poultry and fish and dairy management
- the processing of food and other agricultural and biorenewable products, and food engineering.
[edit] History
The first curriculum in Agricultural Engineering was established at Iowa State University by J. B. Davidson in 1905. The American Society of Agricultural Engineers, now known as the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, was founded in 1907. [3]
[edit] Agricultural engineers
Agricultural Engineers may perform tasks as planning, supervising and managing the building of dairy effluent schemes, irrigation, drainage, flood and water control systems, perform environmental impact assessments, agricultural product processing and interpret research results and implement relevant practices. A large percentage of agricultural engineers work in academia or for government agencies such as the United States Department of Agriculture or state agricultural extension services. Many are employed by manufacturers of agricultural machinery, equipment and agricultural product processing. Agricultural engineers work in production, sales, management, research and development, or applied science.
[edit] See also
Farmers' inventions: In the first ever Farmers' Science Congress conducted by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kannur under Kerala Agricultural University there were several inventions by the farmer scientists under the agricultural engineering category
[edit] References
- ^ a b Hills, David. (2004). "Agricultural engineering." in The Engineering Handbook (2nd ed). CRC Press. ISBN 0849315867. pp. 190-1 - 190-9.
- ^ "Agricultural engineering." (2002). in The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 9th ed. McGraw Hill: New York. ISBN 0079136656. p.212-213.
- ^ ASABE website. Accessed May 15, 2009.
[edit] Further reading
- Brown, R.H. (ed). (1988). CRC handbook of engineering in agriculture. Boca Raton, FL.: CRC Press. ISBN 0849338603.
- Field, H. L., Solie, J. B., & Roth, L. O. (2007). Introduction to agricultural engineering technology: a problem solving approach. New York: Springer. ISBN 0387369139.
- Stewart, R. E. (1997). Seven decades that changed America. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASAE. ISBN 09161501718.
- DeForest, S. S. (2007). The vision that cut drugery from farming forever. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASAE. ISBN 1892769611.
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- Canadian Society for Bioengineering
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Official Site
- International Academic Programs in Agricultural, Food,or Biological Engineering
- International Commission of Agricultural Engineering Official Site
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