Biosystems Engineering Degree Program was developed mainly in the United States of America and began to provide training. In addition, Biosystems Engineering comes forward in countries such as Canada and Australia whose educational systems close to USA. The transition to Biosystems Engineering program is a more recent in Europe. Despite this, a few universities in some European Countries such as Ireland (Dublin), Belgium (Leuven), Spain (Barcelona-Catalunya) and Slovenia (Maribor) teach under the name of Biosystems and similar engineering. In our country, the relevant departments in Uludag University (Bursa), Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University (Kahramanmaras) and Gaziosmanpasa University (Tokat) established first Biosystems Engineering Departments in 2009 and they began admitting students in the academic year 2009-2010.
The aim of the education program of the department is to produce agricultural engineers, who possess highly developed skills with contemporary knowledge for dealing with the problems related to Plant Protection in Agricultural production, ability to access any scientific information in the discipline and to make advance synthesis, have responsive personality to the environment and human health, awareness of professional ethics and responsibility and ability to do leadership in the discipline. The department also offers Research and Development activities in the area of Plant Protection and aims at developing new technologies and methods for diagnosis and management of plant pests, weeds and diseases, implementing them in an innovative perspective and provide positive contribution to local, regional, national and global crop production processes and to the literature as well.
To be a department that offers a modern and high quality education program in the field of Biosystems Engineering and is able to make guidelines for the national agricultural sectors, produces graduates who are highly preferred by private and state sectors and leader in their own discipline, is capable of generating projects by using contemporary information and technology to find solutions to the problems regarding as its own area, is able to lead the environmentally friendly Biosystems Engineering practices, has accademic affairs with the national and international scientific community
Biosystems Engineering is a field of engineering which integrates engineering science and design with applied biological, environmental and agricultural sciences. It represents an evolution of the Agricultural Engineering discipline applied to all living organisms.
| No | Program Requirements |
|---|---|
| 1 | Utilizes (or Applies) knowledge of natural sciences and mathematics in developing various processes in their field. |
| 2 | Demonstrates adherence (or behaves) to ethical and deontological principles in decision-making and implementation processes. |
| 3 | Utilizes (or Applies) scientific and technological developments in the applications within their field. |
| 4 | Integrates (or Combines) fundamental engineering knowledge with technical tools to solve engineering problems in their field using an analytical approach. |
| 5 | Designs all technical systems, system components, and production processes relevant to their field. |
| 6 | Implements (or Applies) plant and animal production processes in accordance with scientific and technical principles. |
| 7 | Utilizes (or Employs) data-driven core technologies in agricultural production processes. |
| 8 | Applies (or Implements) sustainability principles and approaches to agricultural processes. |
| 9 | Utilizes (or Applies) managerial and institutional knowledge related to agriculture, while considering (or observing) global and local developments. |
| 10 | Manages soil and water resources and agricultural waste sustainably by integrating scientifically based irrigation, drainage, and soil conservation systems with precision agriculture and digital water management technologies. |
| 11 | Designs agricultural machinery and equipment for agricultural production and post-harvest processes, evaluates their performance, and enhances their efficiency through automation. |
| 12 | Develops functional and environmentally sensitive (or sustainable) solutions in the design of agricultural structures (such as greenhouses, barns, and pens) by utilizing modern engineering and construction technologies. |
| 13 | Analyzes energy efficiency for agriculture and develops effective systems by integrating biofuel production and other sustainable energy sources |
| 14 | Analyzes precision agriculture data (such as satellite imagery, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and handheld radiometers) to develop and implement systems that optimize resource management. |
| 15 | Executes entrepreneurial projects developed based on legal and ethical boundaries by following current developments, manages them through interdisciplinary collaboration, and transfers the acquired knowledge to stakeholders. |
Undergraduate student will graduate from Biosystems Engineering which includes Agricultural Structures and Irrigation and Agricultural Machinery sub-programs under the Agricultural Engineering Program. Therefore, undergraduate students will benefit from Duties and Authorizations acc. to Fields of Expertise (Irrigation and Drainage, Agricultural Structures, Agricultural Equipment and Machinery) in the third part of the Codes of Agricultural Engineers Duties and Authorizations. Accordingly, Biosystems Engineers will be authorized to design irrigation facilities which have irrigation water requirement up to 500 liters per second, dams/reservoirs to supply irrigation water for crops and drinking water for animal, facilities of drainage, soil and water conservation structures against soil erosion, do research, surveying, planning, project implementation and control services related to agricultural structures; to do feasibility, planning, design, implementation and control of land leveling related to use of water in agriculture for irrigation facilities, field irrigation channels, field group paths, on-farm irrigation and drainage facilities, land reclamation, land consolidation and distribution, and soil and water development projects, surveys of soil-water-plant relationships; to do design, prepare and sign of agricultural equipments and machinery projects, and to do investigation, experiment and analysis related to the documenting and/or licensing procedures necessary for manufacturing, marketing, import and export of agricultural equipments and machinery. Students who graduated from Biosystems Engineering program will be employed in public institutions (Provincial Administration, Food, Agriculture and Livestock Ministry, Environment and Urban Development Ministry, Forestry and Hydraulic Works Ministry, Municipalities, State Hydraulic Works, The Institution of Agriculture and Rural Development Support etc.), Land Consolidation Construction Companies, Universities, Agricultural Machinery Industry, Tractor Industry, Agricultural Consultancy Organizations, Agricultural Cooperatives, Public and Private Banks, Irrigation Associations, Irrigation and Drainage Construction Companies, Private Engineering and Consultancy Bureau, Technology Development Zones, Agricultural Construction Companies, Agriculture-based International Companies, Animal Agriculture-based Machinery Industry, Food Machinery Industry, Large Agricultural Operations.
Graduate students of this programme may apply to study in graduate programmes.
The purpose is to train engineers who is able to use computer and information technologies related to the Biosystems Engineering and able to make independent research depending on the recent developments and requirements, group work prone, able to think analytical, have designing knowledge and experience, able to define problems, develop possible solutions according to the principles of various information, able to obtain knowledge of certain subjects, compile that knowledge and have the ability to present compiled information in front of a community, able to service both domestically and abroad. To graduate from the Department of Biosystems Engineering, the amount of ECTS credits is determined as 240 for graduate from the program (for each semester 30 credits). The training period is 4 years for the Biosystems Engineering Department.
