Engineering Solutions for a Changing World
A growing world needs innovative solutions for feeding communities and managing vital resources. The BioResource and Agricultural Engineering major prepares you to design and improve the systems that support agriculture, water, energy and the environment through hands-on engineering and applied science.
What You’ll Study
You’ll combine engineering, science and mathematics through hands-on study of mechanical design, structures, controls, water, energy and resource systems while learning to design, test and improve real-world solutions.
What You’ll Take Away
You’ll graduate with the technical expertise, problem-solving skills and hands-on experience to design innovative solutions, collaborate across disciplines and lead engineering projects that improve agriculture, natural resources and communities.
Engineer Your Path
Discover how engineering, technology and design come together across specialized areas that shape the future of agriculture and natural resources.
Agricultural Engineering
You’ll apply mechanics, mathematics and material science to understand how systems perform and design solutions for agricultural and bioresource applications.
Bioresource Engineering
You’ll learn to use engineering and biological science to develop processes that manage waste, recover resources and create more sustainable agricultural and environmental systems.
Ethics and Decision-Making
Learn to balance ethical, economic and technical considerations while using analytical tools to make responsible decisions and solve complex engineering challenges.
Coursework Highlights
Explore courses that put engineering principles into practice as you design, build, test and improve technologies and systems for agriculture and natural resources.
Classes and Labs
Turn ideas into technical designs through hands-on experience with sketching, computer-aided design and 3D modeling. You’ll create drawings and models used to visualize, communicate and solve real-world engineering challenges.
Gain hands-on experience using professional surveying technologies, including robotic stations, RTK positioning and GIS. You’ll collect and analyze field data to create maps and support building layout, road design and other real-world projects.
You’ll explore how forces, loads and materials affect agricultural structures and equipment. Applying engineering mechanics you’ll analyze stress, strain and structural performance while solving real-world design challenges.
Study how robotics, machine vision and automated controls are transforming agriculture. You’ll apply engineering and data analysis to design and evaluate technologies that automate real-world production and processing challenges.
Discover how sensors, programmable controls and hydraulic systems work together to power and automate agricultural equipment. You’ll apply control technology to monitor, test and improve the performance of mechanical systems.
Build advanced field and digital mapping skills using surveying, GIS and CAD technologies. You’ll collect and analyze spatial data, create detailed surface models and explore how land boundaries influence real-world engineering and resource decisions.
Explore how engineering protects water quality and food safety across agricultural production and processing. You’ll design treatment systems and processes that clean and manage water used from harvest through food processing.
Design and evaluate modern irrigation systems while exploring water delivery, flow measurement, reservoirs and automated controls. You’ll apply engineering solutions to improve the efficiency, reliability and performance of real-world irrigation projects.
Experience BioResource and Agricultural Engineering
Build your community and your career through student organizations, industry experiences and hands-on learning that connects you with the people and technologies moving agriculture forward.
Find Your People
Connect with classmates who share your interests, build lasting friendships and develop leadership skills through student clubs, teams and shared experiences.
Compete with the Tractor Pull Team or Precision Agriculture and Automation Club, work with alternative energies in the Future Fuels Club, or join the Agricultural Engineering Society.
Industry Experience and Connections
From agricultural technology to food processing, career opportunities in Agricultural Systems Management are diverse and far-reaching.
Hands-on projects, internships and industry connections prepare you to manage people, technology and processes while building a career in modern agriculture.
Living Laboratories
You’ll learn in living laboratories, from agricultural fields and irrigation systems to processing facilities and specialized labs, where you can test ideas, solve real-world problems and improve the systems that power modern agriculture.
Explore BioResource and Agricultural Engineering
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