不断变革中的 美国农业工程师学会

1. 不断变革中的美国农业工程师学会 张乃迁堪萨斯州立大学

2. Topics • Brief introduction to ASABE • Recent changes within ASABE • What triggered the changes? • ASABE - CSAE relation • AOC will help

3. ASABE – A largely volunteer-based organization • The Board of Trustees manages the affair of the Society • Councils coordinate and manage the services to the Society • Meeting Council • Membership Development Council • Publication Council • Standards Council

4. ASABE – A largely volunteer-based organization • Committees within Divisions manage technical activities • Biological Engineering Division (BE) • Ergonomics, Safety, and Health Division (ESH) • Food and Process Engineering Division (FPE) • Information and Electrical Technologies Division (IET) • Power and Machinery Division (PM) • Soil and Water Division (SW) • Structures and Environment Division (SE)

5. ASABE – A largely volunteer-based organization • Geographic Sections conduct local activities

6. ASABE – A largely volunteer-based organization • Membership Total membership (2005): 8,793

7. ASABE – A largely volunteer-based organization • Membership Total membership (2005): 8,793

8. Mission - Finding Solutions for Life on a Small Planet • 40% projected increase in world population by 2030 will add 2 billion people to the planet • Growing world population requires more food, water, energy, goods • Limited resources demand we do more with less, without degrading our natural world

9. Mission – Ensuring Growing Population Has the Necessities for Life • Safe and abundant food and water • Timber and fiber for shelter and clothing • Plentiful and renewable energy resources • Clean air

10. Power Systems & Machinery Design Improving efficiency and conservation in agricultural, food, and biological systems • Agricultural tractors, combines, implements, and transportation equipment • Turf and landscape equipment • Equipment for special crops • Irrigation equipment • Farmstead equipment • Food processing equipment

11. Natural Resources Improving conservation by understanding the complex mechanics of soil and water • Wetlands protection • Water control structures: dams, reservoirs, floodways • Drainage • Erosion control • Pesticide and nutrient runoff • Crop water requirements • Water treatment systems • Irrigation

12. Structures & Environment Engineering a healthy environment for living things • Animal housing • Grain storage • Waste storage, recovery, reuse, transport • Climate, ventilation, disease control systems

13. Biological Engineering Applying engineering practice to problems and opportunities presented by living things and the environment • Pest control • Hazardous waste treatment • Environmental protection • Bioinstrumentation • Bioimaging • Medical implants and devices • Plant-based pharmaceuticals and packaging materials

14. Information & Electrical Technologies Perhaps the most versatile specialty area, it’s applied to virtually all others • Sensor development applied to all fields of biological and agricultural engineering • Sensors • Spectroscopy • hyper-spectral and multi-spectral imaging • Sensor development applied to all fields of biological and agricultural engineering • remote sensing • mathematical modeling • decision-support and optimization • data communication and networking • wireless sensor network • automation and robotics • GIS • Instrumentation • electromagnetism

15. Food and Process Engineering Using microbiological processes to develop useful products, treat municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastes, and improve food safety • Packaging, storage, transportation of perishable products • Pasteurization, sterilization, irradiation techniques • Food processing techniques & technologies • Biomass fuels • Nutraceuticals, phamaceuticals • Biodegradable packaging materials

16. Energy Developing renewable energy sources, devising energy conservation strategies to reduce costs and protect the environment • Devising new ways of meeting the energy needs of agriculture • Meeting the energy needs of the general population by using agricultural products and by-products • Biomass, methane, vegetable oils • Wind and solar energy

17. Aquacultural Engineering Preserving our natural fish populations and habitats through improved aquacultural practices. • System design for fish farms • Water quality, machinery, feeding, ventilation • Pollution reduction and water conservation • Ecological reuse or disposal of waste • Product harvesting, sorting and processing

18. Nursery & Greenhouse Engineering A microcosm of large-scale production agriculture, with similar needs • Irrigation, mechanization • Disease and pest control • Temperature, humidity, ventilation control • Plant biology: tissue culture, seedling propagation, hydroponics

19. Forestry Applying engineering principles to forestry management and conservation • Machine-soil interaction and erosion control • Operations analysis and improvement • Equipment design • Wood product design • Access systems design and construction

20. Safety, Health and Ergonomics Making agriculture safer, more efficient, and more economical • Compile and analyze health and injury data • Standardize equipment for component compatibility • Encourage safe use of machinery, equipment, and materials through better design and better communication

21. Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century -by National Academy of Engineering 1.Electrification 2.Automobile 3.Airplane 4.Water Supply and Distribution 5.Electronics 6.Radio and Television 7.Agricultural Mechanization 8.Computers 9.Telephone 10.Air Conditioning and Refrigeration 11.Highways 12.Spacecraft 13.Internet 14.Imaging 15.Household Appliances 16.Health Technologies 17.Petroleum and Petrochemical Technologies 18.Laser and Fiber Optics 19.Nuclear Technologies 20.High-performance Materials

22. Topics • Brief introduction to ASABE • Recent changes within ASABE • What triggered the changes? • ASABE - CSAE relation • AOC will help

23. Change 1 - Name change • ASAE → ASABE: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers • “an acknowledgement of how the profession has evolved and expanded over the last almost 100 years” • “Our engineering skills deal with the entire food and fiber chain and all agricultural and biological systems”

24. Name Changes of Departments Names of educational departments in the U.S. and Canada: • Biological and Agricultural Engineering: 9 • Agricultural and Biological Engineering: 8 • Bioresources Engineering: 5 • Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering: 4 • Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering: 4 • Biological Systems Engineering: 4 • Biosystems Engineering: 3 • Biological Engineering: 2 • Biological Resources Engineering: 1 • Bioengineering: 1 • Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering: 1 • Natural Resources Management and Engineering: 1 • Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering: 1 • Biological and Environmental Engineering: 1 • Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering: 1

25. Name Changes of Departments Keywords: • Biological • Agricultural • Bioresources • Biosystems 4

26. Identity crisis - Public awareness • Preprofessionals and young professionals working to promote the profession through activities such as high school visits. • developing plans for 100th Anniversary in 2007 that focus on programs and activities that will promote the profession and the contributions ASAE has made over the last century. • Developing PowerPoint presentation to explain the depth and breadth of what we do and the importance of our efforts to everyday life.

27. “Element Words” President of ASABE is calling the members to generate "elemental words" that would help describe who we are and differentiate us in terms of (1) the science/methods/technologies we are developing, (2) the products that our employers produce, and (3) our core values

28. Change 2 – Education emphasis Over the last 10 years, the number of undergraduate and graduate students majoring greatly increased. • Student competitions within ASABE: • ¼-scale tractor design competition • AGCO student design competition • Environmental design competition (Fountain Wars) • Engineering-humanities award • Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) competition • Student paper award competition • Undergraduate project poster competition • Graduate student research award competition

29. Student competitions Paper competition winners “Fountain Wars” ¼-scale tractor competition

30. New Education Division • “coordinate efforts and work on all aspects of education related to food, agricultural, and biological engineering; • engineering technology and management programs through, not only formal degrees, but also training; • outreach/extension programs; • lifelong learning.”

31. Change 3 – Downsizing of P&M education programs • The P&M Division has decreased only slightly in recent years, but still is the largest division. • The number of departments teaching traditional power and machinery has decreased. • Some departments merged with other engineering departments.

32. Division Membership Shifting Slight decrease in the Power and Machinery Division Slight increase in the Biological Engineering Division

33. Solutions? • Tie in the biological side to machine design, thus redefining P&M to something similar but more unique. An example is the design of machines that fully incorporate biosensors as related in part to precision farming • Develop a shared identity that clearly conveys to others who we are and why we as a profession are relevant and essential to meeting societal needs.

34. Change 4 - Focus on Industry • Alternately electing ASABE President from industry and education every year • developing an Industry Advisory Board • offering more issue and panel sessions at the annual meetings to increase the value of the meeting to industry attendees. • working with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) to consolidate standards activities • offering “Design Topics” in journals – applications oriented material of special interest to industry engineers. • working on a mentoring program and providing support for the new • Young Professionals Group.

35. Change 5 - Internationalization • international membership is steadily increasing to over 20 percent representing well over 100 countries. • development of standards is a very important part of what ASABE contributes to the international community. • Our profession needs a major presence throughout the world to increase the strength of what we do which is so important to the world. - Otto Loewer, ASABE President, December 16, 2005

36. Topics • Brief introduction to ASABE • Recent changes within ASABE • What triggered the changes? • ASABE - CSAE relation • AOC will help

37. Fundamental changes in society • Reduction in rural populations in general and farm populations in particular • Traditional pool of students that had gone into agricultural engineering was too small to maintain the programs • Significant drop in students enrolled in traditional agricultural engineering programs over the 1980's and early 1990's • Rapid growth of biological and information sciences • Relative stabilization of farm machinery industry

38. Topics • Brief introduction to ASABE • Recent changes within ASABE • What triggered the changes? • ASABE - CSAE relation • AOC will help

39. Congratulations from ASABE President “On behalf of ASABE's 9000 members worldwide, I offer you congratulations and best wishes at the first-ever annual meeting of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineers. I also extend greetings from Ms. Melissa Moore, ASABE Executive Director at ASABE Headquarters in St. Joseph, Michigan. I know this is an exciting time for you, and I also know that China needs agricultural engineering professionals to address its needs in mechanization of agriculture, processing of biological materials and in restoring and maintaining a healthy environment. Please consider ASABE as a potential partner as you move forward, and I wish you a happy and prosperous future.” December 16, 2005

40. China Relation - ASABE “I'm delighted to see the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering moving forward and hope others do so as well. China needs CSAE at so many different levels, and I certainly believe that CSAE's future is bright. Hopefully, ASABE can always be a partner and not a competitor in matters related to our profession. I'm sure that our Executive Director Melissa Moore would be delighted to visit with CSAE to identify particular areas where ASABE might be of help, especially in getting CSAE started. Of course, ASABE would always welcome members who belong to more than one professional society, even within our profession itself.” - Otto Loewer, ASABE President, December 16, 2005

41. Topics • Brief introduction of ASABE • Recent changes within ASABE • The cause – change of our profession • ASABE - CSAE relation • AOC will help

42. China Relation - AOC The mission of AOC: 1-Establishing mutually benefiting cooperation and working relationship between the Association and related professional societies in China and other countries. 2-Encouraging joint research projects, sabbatical leaves, visiting scholarship, mutual delegation visits between Association members and agricultural, biological, and food related societies in China or other countries. 3-Sponsoring or holding scientific symposia or conferences to provide forums for presenting and discussing issues on education, research, and development related to Chinese culture

43. China Relation - AOC • Various activities • Annual meetings with Chinese guests • Four consecutive”China Exchange” sessions • Two “East Asia Forum on Bioproduction • Quarterly newsletter “Impact” • Frequent mutual visits • Delegation to Yangling in 2002 • Active student committee • …

44. Various activities Inauguration of AOC in 2001

45. Various activities

46. Impact – www.aoc-web.org

47. China Relation - AOC http://www.aoc-web.org/