# 2025-2026 General Catalog

**Source**: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/departments-programs-degrees/biological-agricultural-engineering/agricultural-environmental-technology/
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The technological transformation of agriculture that began more than a century ago continues with recent advances made in sensing, data management, information processing, communications, control, modeling and simulation, gene manipulation, automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics that can radically alter resource demand and improve environmental, social and economic sustainability when appropriately implemented.

The Agricultural & Environmental Technology (AET) major aims to bridge the disciplines of agriculture, management, technology, and applied engineering, and to train students in integrating technology, leadership and design in solving complex problems in the agricultural and environmental sciences.

A key aspect of the major is to help students develop an understanding of how the next generation of technologies (including cyber‐physical and knowledge‐based) interact with animals, plants, and their environments, and technologies for the production and management of bio‐based products and sustainable food, feed, fiber, and energy.

## The Program

Learn how to integrate the next generation of technologies such as big data, robotics, digital technology, AI and machine learning for more advanced, efficient and sustainable food, fiber and energy production.

Students specialize within the major through selection of a track. Tracks are regularly reviewed and updated by program faculty to ensure relevancy to current societal needs. We offer tracks in **Digital Agriculture**, **Bioproducts and Wearable Technologies**, **Energy and Environment****.** Students choose one of the three tracks, and in the **Digital Agriculture** track, they also choose an area of emphasis.

As a new major, courses are still in the process of being approved. These are notated as "Pending" in the requirements. Please contact the staff advisor for more information.

### Career Alternatives

Graduates of the AET major will gain technical skills and experience in technology systems management, bio‐based product innovation, environmental quality, energy efficiency, power systems, the next generation of smart agricultural machinery, GIS/GPS remote sensing and geo‐informatics‐based control, irrigation and water control, precision agriculture and other features of the diverse developing technologies in agriculture.

Opportunities for employment include **managers and entrepreneurs** to bridge between science, engineering and application, **skilled operators** to interface with smart machines and smart technologies, and **scholars and educators** to help train others.

Graduate study for the AET student may lead to M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in agricultural technology, data science, agriculture and life sciences, and related fields such as bioproducts, plant science, environmental science and policy, agricultural chemistry, and biochemistry.

### Advising

**Staff Advisor:**[Janette Gonzalez](https://www.bftv.ucdavis.edu/people/janette-gonzalez) \
**Lead Faculty Advisor:**[Ali Moghimi, Ph.D.](https://bae.ucdavis.edu/people/ali-moghimi)

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