When I saw that Dr. IIeleji’s description, I was very interested to see that he was in Agricultural Engineering since I plan on going in ABE. I am really interested in food production. I will be interested to see what projects he has worked on in this area. I was also interested in his work in Slovakia. A good portion of my heritage is in Slovakia and so I have always had an interest in this country. At the beginning of the year, I listed it as a country I would want to visit. I will be very interested to here about his experiences and what he has done here. Finally, I will be interested to see what he has done as far as agriculture engineering in Africa. Engineering solutions must be different then they would be in the United States, because situations are completely different. It is a different society, different setting, different resources, different culture, different climate and so on. All these differences do not allow the ease of use of the same engineering solutions. Situations are different and a solution must meet the abilities of the setting. An advantage to Africa is all of their natural resources. These can help when choosing a solution. These resources are very wide in Africa, because of different challenges these are not utilized. Engineers can help to utilize these resources. One thing to keep in mind is not to make generalization, because there are always exceptions.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
African Engineering
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I think one of the biggest differences between agricultural engineering in Africa, and agricultural engineering in the U.S is the climate. Because of the differences in climate, the crops that farmers grow would be different, so farmers couldn't use the same seeds or machinery that U.S. farmers would use. Agricultural engineers would have to engineer solutions specifically for African crops. I think if Agricultural engineers can design solutions to the current agricultural problems in Africa, they could enable Africa to develop into an advanced and strong continent economically. (ENGR 103)
ReplyDeleteThe climate aspect is definitely a key factor to agricultural engineering. I really find the differences between the different continents to be incredibly interesting. I am really interested in the habits of other cultures and how they have to adapt. They have to work differently because environment requires them to. Everything can be different when working in other countries. I would love the chance to have experiences like this. You are right. If agricultural engineers could adapt to the different situations, then they would be able to solve many problems and Africa may grow and flourish. I think it is a matter of how well the engineers are engineers, how well they can take the situation as its own and look at it in an out of the box way (ENGR 103)
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