Students power and machinery systems engineering, one of the most popular areas, will learn to apply the latest technologies to the design and development of mechanical systems that promote efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly agricultural production. These will include GPS/GIS, precision agriculture, computerized controls, lasers, digital imaging and robotics.
Students also learn and practice the fundamental concepts of engineering design for mechanical systems found in all aspects of agricultural production, materials handling and transport. Graduates of this option are in high demand by agricultural equipment companies in Ohio and nationwide, by lawncare equipment companies, and by many other non-agricultural industries where machine design is involved.
Courses include:
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Math and Physics
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Fundamental engineering principles of
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solid mechanics
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fluid mechanics
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heat transfer
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system dynamics
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instrumentation
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engineering economics
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Engineering design of
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machines
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structures
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water management systems
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Instructors in the power and machinery specialty teach students basic operating principles, and the selection, calibration, performance evaluation, power requirements and economics of various agricultural machinery systems.
Other topics include hydraulic and
electronic systems found on agricultural equipment and recent advances in
the developing area of precision agriculture. Graduates with an interest
in power and machinery are hired by farming enterprises, large
agricultural conglomerates, farm equipment companies, seed companies,
chemical companies, agricultural cooperatives and more. A wide variety of
opportunities exists for ASM graduates interested in power and machinery.
Contact
Information:
Beverly Barrick
590 Woody Hayes Drive
Ag Engineering Bldg.
Room 213
Phone: (614) 247-6735
Fax:
(614) 292-9448
Email: barrick.3@osu.edu