Biological & Agricultural Engineering Centennial Celebration - October 9 & 10

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On October 9th and 10th, 2015 the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department will officially celebrate its 100 year birthday with a two-day long celebration commemorating the department's past, its present and its future. Please join the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering in celebrating this historic milestone and help kick off the next 100 years!

BAEN Centennial Open House and Technology Fair
Scoates Hall | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Friday) | 9:00 am to Noon (Saturday)

Highlights include:

  • Pictures with Reveille IX @ 2pm on October 9th
  • Aggie Wranglers @ 1:15pm on October 9th
  • Valley Junction Bluegrass Band @ 3:30pm until 5pm on October 9th
  • Thirteen antique and new tractors on display outside Scoates Hall (October 9th and 10th)
  • Lab Demonstrations in Scoates Hall (October 9th and 10th)
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) display
  • Hay Maze and Pumpkin Patch

Looking for more information? Visit our BAEN Centennial website for details at http://baen.tamu.edu/centennial/celebration/.



On July 6, 1915, the Agricultural Engineering Department was established as an autonomous department within the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Agricultural Engineering related courses had been taught under the Agronomy and Civil Engineering Departments for several years, but in 1915, the discipline was recognized as distinct and worthy to be a separate department.

Agricultural Engineering began with just one faculty member, Elmer Gee; today, 100 years later, the department has 37 faculty members, 310 undergraduate and 100 graduate students, extensive research projects, and contributes to a variety of fields including water resources, renewable energy, food processing and food safety, environmental quality, and precision agriculture.

In 2001, the name was changed to Biological and Agricultural Engineering to more fully recognize the changing curriculum taught within one of Texas A&M Universities oldest educational departments. Degrees are offered in Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Agricultural Systems Management.

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For anybody that spent class time in the big lecture hall with the mural in Scoates this is a wonderful opportunity to go in and see the renovated building. The lecture hall has been restored and keeping the mural was important during the renovation.
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The restored lecture hall looks amazing! There are still fundraising efforts to finish the restoration of the lecture hall murals painted in the early 1930s and also the foyer area. The chandelier in the lecture hall turned out great.

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