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Collection Summary
Identifier
UA 8.8
Title
Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Records
Creator
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, South Dakota State University
Dates
1954-1999
Extent
0.21 linear feet (1 small document case)
Language
English
Repository
South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.
Access note
This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. The materials in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.
Preferred Citation
Name of item . Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Records. UA 8.8. South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.
Abstract
The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering focuses on preparing students to positively affect and improve the world’s food chain and available natural resources. The collection is composed of brochures, newsletters, and programs.
Historical Note
Courses related to agricultural engineering and the application of engineering principles to farming have always been taught at South Dakota State University. The first formal department to teach such courses was called the Department of Architectural and Agricultural Engineering. This department effectively combined civil and agricultural engineering course work, and the name was subsequently changed to the Department of Civil and Agricultural Engineering in 1902. In 1925, a separate Department of Agricultural Engineering was established in the Division of Agriculture, but students were required to take some basic courses through the Division (now College) of Engineering. Today the department is administered through both the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences and the College of Engineering. In 1999, the South Dakota Board of Regents approved the addition of "Biosystems Engineering" to the department name Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering.
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering is the science of engineering applied to the facilities and processes of agriculture and related industries. The curriculum includes foundation courses in mathematics, physics and chemistry with engineering emphasis in a wide variety of technical areas. These technical areas include natural resource management, irrigation and drainage, water resources development, machine dynamics and design, machine vision, agricultural power, electrical power utilization, properties and processing of biological materials, environmental control for livestock, control and disposal of agricultural wastes, agricultural structures, computers, and instrumentation. Courses are also offered in the fields of meteorology, climatology, and microclimatology to interested engineers and students in other colleges.
Agricultural Systems Technology is another aspect of the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. It is designed to give broad training in the agricultural sciences and the technologies appropriate to agriculture and its associated industries.
Contents Note
This collection is composed of brochures, newsletters, and programs pertaining to Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at South Dakota State University. Also included are product brochures for electric agricultural equipment developed at South Dakota State University, and a pamphlet titled "Model Farm A.D. 2076" that was created as part of the American Revolution Bicentennial Horizons '76 Project.
Key Words
- Agricultural machinery -- Electric equipment
- Irrigation
- South Dakota State University. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering.
- Tractors
Container List
Box | Folder | Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Agricultural Engineering (brochures, fact sheet) | 1995, undated |
1 | 2 | Agricultural Engineering newsletter | 1990-1991, 1998 |
1 | 3 | Agricultural Systems Technology (brochures, fact sheet) | 1994, 1999 |
1 | 4 | Chore-tric: Battery-powered loader (product brochure) | 1999 |
1 | 5 | Electric Choremaster - developed at SDSU (product brochure) | undated |
1 | 6 | Fall banquet (program) | 1999 |
1 | 7 | Food and Bio-Materials Engineering (brochure) | 1993 |
1 | 8 | Model Farm AD 2076 (pamphlet) | 1976 |
1 | 9 | Sprinkler Irrigation Clinic (program) | 1954 |