A Conceptual Framework of How the Next 100 Years Will Impact the World and the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Profession

摘要

The next 100 years will be defined by three separate periods characterized primarily by chaos, reallocation and finally peace and stability. This paper presents a conceptual framework of one person's opinion about how and why the interactions among technology, economics and societal values will create these periods. Furthermore, predictions are made about the critical role that agricultural and biological engineering will play by providing the engineering for life-sustaining necessities associated with human consumables, process productivity and environmental health.The intent of this paper is to generate discussion among the members of our profession in the hope of creating a shared vision of the important role we can play in shaping the next 100 years.