Centre for Agricultural Engineering (CAE)
University of Southern Queensland
Formerly known as National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture
The Centre for Agricultural Engineering develops solutions for a sustainable and profitable rural sector with research focusing on sustainable agriculture, energy use, water resources and food security. The Centre undertakes engineering research in agriculture and related environmental areas relevant to improving the profitability, environmental sustainability and socio-economic wellbeing of rural industries and their natural resource base, as well as the manufacturing and service sectors which support them. This research is promoted via relevant extension and training programs and most importantly through commercial interaction with industry. CAE acts as a focus for agricultural engineering Australia-wide via development of joint projects and supports professional development programs.
- Website
- https://agengineering.usq.edu.au/
- Organisation type
- University Research Centre
- Number of research staff
- 20-100 research staff
- Address
- Z2 Block, USQ, Darling Heights QLD 4350
Strengths and capabilities
- Automation and robotics
- Precision irrigation systems
- Precision agriculture
- Controlled|traffic farming
- Decision support tools
- Renewable energy sources
- Image analysis
- Bio energy and waste recovery
- Crop monitoring and soil health
Facilities and major equipment
- Soil and environmental research laboratory
- Agricultural field research station
- Shimadzu Gas Chromatograph Autosampler
- Renewable energy and waste laboratories
- Commercial collaborator irrigation field trial sites
- Radiometer analytical TetraLab Autotitrator
- MeterLab ION 450 pH and EC meter
- Perkin Elmer inductively couple plasma|mass spectrometer
Lead researcher
- Professor Bernard Schroeder—Chairman of the organising committee of Agronomy Section of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ISSCT).
- Associate Professor Bernadette McCabe—Australian national team leader of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Task 37 – Energy from Biogas.
- Professor Jochen Bundschuh—Established the Australian Chapter of the International Medical Geology Association – IMGA.
Achievements of the centre
- Research partnership with John Deere research centre in Iowa USA has resulted in a world first commercialised plant-by-plant (See and Spray) farm equipment
- ACIAR projects in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia collaborating with international partners on soil and water efficiencies
- Linkages and collaboration with international organisations through the International Energy Agency (IEA) on bioenergy issues
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