Overview
Exposes the reader to a wide array of engineering principles and their application to agriculture
Presents an array of independent topics to facilitate daily assessments or quizzes
Enhances the students' problem solving ability
New chapter on precision agriculture
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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About this book
Introduction to Agricultural Engineering Technology: A problem Solving Approach is an invaluable text for agriculture students at the introductory level. The fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and reorganized to meet the current units and standards of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).
The book aims to:
- Familiarize students with a wide range of applications of engineering principles to agriculture
- Discuss a selection of independent but related topics
- Advance students' problem solving abilities
Each chapter lists education objects, introductory material, and example problems where appropriate. In addition problems using ISO (metric) units, are now included. The authors have added a new chapter on precision agriculture.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Harry L. Field is an Emeritus Associate Professor of Agricultural Mechanics in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at Oklahoma State University.
John Long is an Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at Oklahoma State University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Agricultural Engineering Technology
Book Subtitle: A Problem Solving Approach
Authors: Harry L. Field, John M. Long
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69679-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69678-2Published: 06 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69679-9Published: 27 June 2018
Edition Number: 4
Number of Pages: XVII, 456
Number of Illustrations: 192 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Food Science, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology