American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
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| American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers | |
|---|---|
| Name | American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers |
| Abbreviation | ASABE |
| Formation | 1907 |
| Type | Professional association |
| Headquarters | St. Joseph, Michigan |
| Region served | United States; International |
| Membership | Engineers, researchers, educators, industry professionals |
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers serves as a professional association connecting practitioners in agricultural and biological engineering with peers across United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, China, India, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, South Africa, New Zealand, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Iceland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Malta, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Israel, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and collaborators at institutions such as United States Department of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Smithsonian Institution, National Institutes of Health, United Nations, World Bank, World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Monetary Fund, European Commission, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Agency for International Development, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Geological Survey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund.
History
Founded in 1907 from antecedent organizations tied to land-grant colleges such as Iowa State University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Pennsylvania State University, Cornell University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, the society evolved through interactions with agencies like United States Department of Agriculture and networks including American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers International, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Soil Science Society of America, Ecological Society of America, Crop Science Society of America. Milestones intersected with events such as Dust Bowl, Green Revolution, World War I, World War II, Great Depression, Cold War, Space Race and collaborations with universities including Michigan State University, Iowa State University, Texas A&M University, University of Minnesota, Kansas State University, Oregon State University and corporations like John Deere, Caterpillar Inc., AGCO Corporation, Case IH, Kubota, Monsanto, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont.
Mission and Governance
The society’s mission aligns professional practice with standards and intersects with organizations such as American National Standards Institute, International Organization for Standardization, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association, American Society for Testing and Materials, National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States Patent and Trademark Office, World Trade Organization, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development while influencing policy discussions involving United States Congress, White House, Department of State, European Parliament, United Nations General Assembly. Governance structures mirror nonprofit boards seen at American Red Cross, Smithsonian Institution, Council on Foreign Relations and include volunteer officers, elected directors and standing committees collaborating with academic advisory groups from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University.
Membership and Membership Divisions
Membership encompasses professionals affiliated with institutions such as National Academy of Engineering, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Academy of Engineering, Canadian Society for Bioengineering and corporate members including Deere & Company, AGCO, CNH Industrial; student chapters operate at University of California, Davis, University of Florida, Purdue University, North Carolina State University and others. Divisions reflect topical domains connected to entities like American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers’s peer groups and relate to specialties recognized by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, International Federation of Agricultural Machines and professional licensure frameworks in states such as California, Texas, New York.
Technical Divisions and Publications
Technical divisions collaborate with journals and publishers including Elsevier, Springer Science+Business Media, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press to produce peer-reviewed outlets akin to Journal of Biological Engineering, Transactions of the ASABE, Biosystems Engineering, and proceedings that parallel meetings like Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. The society’s technical scope connects to topics studied at Battelle Memorial Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and integrates methods from standards bodies such as American Society for Testing and Materials and International Electrotechnical Commission.
Conferences, Education, and Professional Development
Annual conferences and symposia convene scholars and practitioners who also attend events like American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics conferences, International Federation for Information Processing, World Congress on Engineering, fostering partnerships with educational programs at Cornell University College of Engineering, Rutgers University, Virginia Tech, University of Georgia, Auburn University. Continuing education programs align with licensure renewal requirements of boards such as National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying and collaboration with certification organizations including Project Management Institute, Institute of Professional Engineers.
Awards and Recognition
Awards mirror honors given by institutions like National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Royal Society, Royal Society of Edinburgh, IEEE Medal of Honor, MacArthur Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize in structure and prestige, recognizing members affiliated with centers such as Smithsonian Institution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and honoring contributions affecting programs at Food and Agriculture Organization and initiatives supported by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.