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Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg)
www.engineersaustralia.org.au/seag
The Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg) was officially formed in 1991 and aims to promote and support the application of engineering in agriculture.
As a technical society of Engineers Australia, SEAg was established to provide a national and regional specialist learned capacity for groups and individuals involved with engineering in agricultural and related fields. The society also has the ability to provide expert practice-based opinion and advice for Engineers Australia.
2008-2009 was a busy year for the society with SEAg and Agricultural Engineering featured in the November 2008 issue of Engineers Australia magazine. A major achievement this year was the publication of a special journal issue of the Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering (AJMDE). With the support of Engineers Australia and Engineers Media, selected articles from the 2007 SEAg conference were published. The publication highlighted the vast range of topics and areas of interest encompassed by SEAg members. Additionally in 2009 the society decided to use Engineers Australia to host its website (as above).
The 2009 conference will be held in Brisbane in September. This conference has attracted considerable interest from Australia and overseas. Major sponsors for the conference include: Engineers Australia, CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural Engineering or Commission Internationale du Genie Rural), National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture at USQ and the GRDC (Grains Research & Development Corporation). It is expected around 100 delegates will attend the conference.
In the coming year, SEAg will continue to initiate and implement a number of new projects, including the possible publication of another special journal issue of the Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering (AJMDE) based on selected articles from the SEAg 2009 Conference.
An issue for the society’s AGM to be held in September is the slight modification to the name. It is proposed to add Australian in front of the SEAg, to give the society the international recognition and stature that is has begun to develop in the past few years.
Dr Thomas Banhazi
Chair
