Agricultural And Biosystems Engineering Specialization

Hello everyone, I just wanna share with you of what are the specializations of my course and give some ideas on what we actually do. Enjoy!

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering is a new course offered to alligned in the international standards. It is usually called a foreign course by those people who are unamiliar with it. This course wasn't getting such attention as other courses had hence, some people label it as an under rated course. Little did they know that this course might be the next in-demand work in the industry.

 So what is Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering?

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering  refers to the application of engineering science and designs to the processes and systems involved in the sustainable production, post production and processing of safe food, feed, fiber, timber and other agricultural and biological materials and the efficient utilization, conservation, and management of natural and renewable resources in order to enhance human health in harmony with the environment. Agricultural and biosystems consist of crops, forestry and other plants, poultry, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture resources and other animals, wildlife and other living things.

In line with this definition, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering has specialization in different fields. Each specialization gives more information on what an ABE is all about. Its specialization shall include, but not limited to, the following:

(a) Agricultural and Biosystems Power and Machinery - the field of Farm Power and Machinery involves the application of mechanical, physical, biological and electronic principles to the solution of real-life problems or issues in crop/fruit/vegetable production and processing. Among others, the coursework includes the study of theories of soil failure, traction, compaction, and floatation on agricultural soils; dynamics of seeding and transplanting, soil-seed and seedling—machine interactions; principles of digital and analogue measurements and control of temperature, humidity, strain, moisture content, pressure and fluid flow in engineering process; methods of testing and inspection of engineering materials, strain measurement, brittle-coating, and related instrumentation; and design of energy systems using conventional, non-conventional, renewable and other alternative power sources. ;

(b) Irrigation and Drainage Engineering - it is the analysis and design of systems that optimallysupply the right amount of water to the soil at the right time to meet the needs of the plant system. it is also the analysis and design of systems that remove watr or salt from the soil in order to maintain as close to an optimal plant growth environment as possible;

(c) Soil and Water Conservation Engineering - It includes the classification of the water erosion, and the agronomical and engineering measures adopted for erosion control; (d) Agricultural and Biosystems Buildings and Structures - refers to the profession requiring the application of the fundamental and known principles of engineering to the peculiar condition and requirements of agriculture as an industry and as a field of science;

(e) Agricultural and Bio-process Engineering - Bioprocess Engineering deals with the methods used to prepare biological materials for commercial use. It is a hybrid of Chemical and Agricultural Engineering, with focus on the use of bio-technologies;

(f) Food Engineering - is a multidisciplinary field which combines microbiology, applied physical sciences, chemistry and engineering for food and related industries;

(g) Renewable/Bio-Energy and Farm Electrification;

(h) Agricultural and Biological Waste Management - the primary focus of agricultural waste management is on the obvious problems of odor control and feedlot runoff;

(i) Aquacultural Engineering - is concerned with the design and development of effective aquacultural systems for marine and freshwater facilities;

(j) Forest Engineering - is the application of engineering principles and techniques to the management of forest lands;

(k) Agricultural and Biosystems Automation and Instrumentation - refers to the use and application of, but not limited to sensors, computer models, robotics, pneumatic systems, hydraulic systems, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition), models for control, automation, monitoring and management for agricultural and bioystems including fishery, agricultural/farm operation where the direct control of machines are challenging, difficult or impossible; precision farming systems, agricultural safety and controlled-environment agriculture; and the development and application of metrology equipment such as moisture meters, weighing scale and other metrology equipment;

(l) Agricultural and Bio-Information System - refers to utilization of information systems, database, and other information management tools for agricultural use, biological systems modeling to understand the mutual response between life and the environment; and application of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology for inventory, analysis, and management of agricultural and biological resources, and remote sensing technology for observation and examination of the landscape and its. local forms and agricultural activities; ;

(m) Agrometeorology - the study of weather and use of weather and climate information to enhance or expand agricultural crops and/or to increase crop production. Agrometeorology mainly involves the interaction of meteorological and hydrological factors, on one hand and agriculture, which encompasses horticulture, animal husbandry, and forestry. ; and

(n) Agricultural and Biological Resource Conservation and Management - refers to measures of conservation and proper management of agricultural and biological resources such as, but is not limited to, area development for agriculture, settlement and recreation; parks and plant nurseries; beneficial ecosystem of life and environment; study and analysis of agricultural system as an integrated component of landscape; monitoring and conservation of natural resources; rehabilitation of forest, lakes, rivers and idle lands; and the sustainable development, management, and exploitation of the agricultural ecosystem.

Agricultural and Biosystem Engineering is not just a replacement course that students should take up because they don't have any choice. I'm not the one to talk about this actually but as soon as I enter this course, I started to learn more from it. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering is a course that is necessary especially here in the Philippines where we are known to be as an agricultural country. As an Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering student I am encouraging everyone to be more familiar in agriculture as it might be a solution to give life to our dying economy. And I belive that agriculture itself can heal and lift the dying economy of a country if and only if the government will give attention to it.

References:

RA NO. 10915. Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering. Retrieved from https://www.senate.gov.ph/republic_acts/ra%2010915.pdf

Specialization. Ariculture and Biosystem Engineering. Retrieved from http://www.psae.org.ph/?page=ra10915

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