Engineering, Agricultural Concentration

Engineering, Agricultural Concentration

Bachelor of Science

An agricultural engineering concentration is oriented towards the use of GPS, sensors and robotics technology known as precision farming. With this focus on agricultural automation, our program is unlike most ag engineering programs in the nation, which are predominately biologically oriented and is the only one available in Christian higher education.

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  • Graduates from NNU's engineering program have a high FE exam pass rate and job placement rate
  • Student to faculty ratio of 15:1
  • Faculty have years of industry experience to draw on in mentoring you

Agricultural Engineering Concentration

NNU’s Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering is an ABET-accredited, multidisciplinary degree dedicating two years to broad engineering fundamentals and two years to your concentration.
The agricultural engineering concentration is oriented towards the use of GPS, sensors, and robotics technology known as precision farming. With this focus on agricultural automation, our program is unlike most agricultural engineering programs in the nation, which are predominately biologically oriented, and is the only one available in Christian higher education.
Agricultural engineering uses robotic automation for labor-intensive agriculture production such as planting, picking, pruning, irrigating, spraying and food processing. This is important in solving the growing problem of farmworker shortages. Besides making these processes less work intensive, robotic automation is environmentally beneficial by minimizing water use, chemical use and air pollution.
For this degree, you will take courses in the mechanical engineering discipline, geographic information systems (GIS) and agricultural automation as well as complete a senior research project tailored toward this area of study. This coursework complements the ongoing department research projects in agriculture, giving you opportunities to gain hands-on experience innovating agricultural technology.
Besides access to cutting-edge research, you will have professors with years of industry experience to draw on in mentoring you and giving you hands-on training with fabrication and lab equipment. With a 15:1 student-to-faculty ratio, you get to know your professor and your professors really care about you, both in and out of the classroom. At the same time, you benefit from NNU’s broad liberal arts educational, spiritual and residential campus experience.

Program Outcomes

This program prepares you to directly enter the engineering workplace, take the professional engineering licensure exam and attend graduate school. Graduates from our program have a high FE exam pass rate, grad school placement rate and job placement rate.
You will be prepared for careers in:
  • Agricultural equipment design & manufacturing
  • Specialty and row crop production
  • Food processing
  • Robotics and GPS/GIS/UAVs

Further information and basic statistics about our program are available here.

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Bachelor of Science

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The BS Engineering Program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org.

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NNU has given me a great stepping stone to leap into [aerospace] industries, by allowing me to get hands-on experience working with spacecraft through undergraduate research projects, providing a good educational experience through great professors, and by providing connections and guidance in helping me navigate into my dream career.

Ben Campbell
BS Engineering

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