ASABE - Rain Bird Engineering Concept of the Year Award

Organization: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

Honors and recognizes an engineer or engineering team for a unique contribution to developing or advancing a new engineering concept. A "concept" is defined as "a thought or opinion that has been clearly defined and has resulted in either some form of hardware, standard of practice, trend in design, educational practice, or has otherwise manifested itself in some practical usable scheme or plan related to agricultural engineering or the industries it serves." It may represent an entirely new invention or concept or it may represent a major reevaluation or an important innovation of a known concept.