Ballot Results Announced
Congratulations to the newly elected officers of the Society. Voted to the Society Board are President-elect Travis S. Tsunemori and Trustees Paula Steiner, Jeremiah D. Davis, and Anthony Doss. Find complete summary of ballot results here.
A very hearty thanks to all voters and candidates alike for contributing to a successful election and affirming the importance of the work of ASABE and of Society volunteers.
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Cedric Calhoun Named New Executive Director
 We are pleased to announce the appointment of Cedric Calhoun, FASAE, CAE, as the Society's new executive director.
Calhoun has more than 20 years of association leadership experience, in both executive and consulting roles. As president and CEO of Eclipse Business Strategies, he has led consulting engagements for associations and corporations, driving financial sustainability, organizational alignment, and strategic execution. His most recent day-to-day management role was with the Door & Hardware Institute and Door Security and Safety Foundation. He also spent eight years as executive director of the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals, a position that provided experience partnering with engineers.
“We’re very pleased to welcome Cedric to the ASABE family,” says ASABE President Doug Otto. “His expertise in organizational development and stakeholder engagement positions him perfectly to guide our Society through the evolving challenges and opportunities in the years ahead. We are confident that under his leadership, ASABE will strengthen its role as a premier global organization supporting professionals who are dedicated to sustainable solutions for food, water, fiber, energy, and the environment.”
“I am incredibly honored and excited to join ASABE as its new executive director,” says Calhoun. “The opportunity to lead an organization dedicated to advancing sustainable solutions for some of humanity's most critical challenges is truly inspiring. I extend my sincere gratitude to the search committee and President Otto for their thorough process and for placing their trust in me. I look forward to working alongside the talented ASABE members and staff to build upon the strong foundation laid by Darrin Drollinger and to drive the organization forward, leveraging my experience to strengthen our impact and expand our reach.”
Calhoun will officially begin his role May 1, 2025. He succeeds Darrin Drollinger, who has led the Society since 2010 and announced his retirement in July 2024. |
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Meet Cedric
Mark your calendar for Wednesday, April 30, and plan to join us for a virtual townhall, You'll have the opportunity to meet our new executive director, hear his perspectives, and ask questions.
Watch for registration details to come.
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Davidson Prize Winners Announced
 Earlier this month ASABE and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers presented the annual Davidson Prize to three top innovative agricultural technologies, at the 2025 Commodity Classic.
The Davidson Prize was designed to celebrate breakthrough innovations in areas of agricultural, food, and biological systems engineering. Winners are selected from the current AE50 honorees and thus represent the very highest achievements among the past year's new products.
This year's Davidson Prizes were awarded to:
- E.D.I. (Electronic Data Interchange) Driveshaft, Bondioli & Pavesi, Inc.
- OutRun, PTx Trimble
- New Holland IntelliSense™ Bale Automation & Case IH Large Square Baler Automation, CNH America
The Davidson Prize is named for J.B. Davidson, the father of modern agricultural engineering. It gives a nod to the storied past of agricultural engineering and pays homage to those engineers, like J.B. Davidson, who aspire to find a better way. Winners were selected from the 2025 AE50 honorees, recognized at the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in February in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Zita Holland in the "Changemaker" Spotlight
ASABE member Zita Holland, of John Deere, was the featured guest on a recent installment of DiscoverE's "Chats with Changemakers." The series provides an opportunity for precollege students and educators to meet engineers, hear their stories, and ask questions.
The episode took place March 20 and was recorded. Enjoy the conversation and share with others!
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ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEETING
July 13 –16, 2025
Toronto, Ontario
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Toronto is this summer's destination for #ASABE25, and you can start building your AIM schedule with tours and activities now!
Registration now includes the full lineup of optional tours, social events, and CPDs, as well as the Foundation Dinner. Don't wait to register: many will require reservations before mid-May to prevent cancelation. Check out all your options on the agenda page of the AIM website.
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Not sure if you need a visa? Find out what traveling to Canada will require. Prepare early, it can take several months for passport or visa approvals.
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Sponsorship options and exhibitor tables are available. This is a great way to support ASABE and members, showcase your company, and also attend the meeting.
Contact Liz Metts for details.
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January 11-17, 2026
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
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The Global Symposium on Sustainable Microirrigation Advances: Drop to Boom abstract portal is still open—the deadline has been extended until March 31! This will be held January 12-16, 2026, at the Punta Borinquen Resort in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, USA.
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Share your expertise at this specialty conference by submitting an abstract before the deadline of March 31, 2025.
The Symposium invites research on these themes:
- Challenges to Sustaining Microirrigation into the Future
- Technological Advancements in Microirrigation Systems
- Role of Microirrigation Systems in Land, Water, Energy, & Food Security
- Stakeholder & Community Engagement & Education
- Microirrigation Design, Innovations, and New Techniques for Increased Crop Productivity
- Challenges and Opportunities for Management across Irrigation Systems
The expanded list of themes you should align your abstract to is available in the symposium brochure. Bookmark the symposium website where updates will be posted for full schedule details, registration, sponsorship options, and more.
This symposium is supported by ASABE Initiative Funds.
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ASABE JOURNALS
Submit Your Annual Meeting Paper by May 1
Presenting at the ASABE 2025 Annual International Meeting? Be sure to use the 2025 paper template and read the FAQ for instructions. If your paper is not submitted by May 1 (midnight eastern time), it will not be added to our Online Technical Library until after the meeting.
Email AIMpapers@asabe.org with questions.
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RESOURCE MAGAZINE
New Issue of Resource Now Online
 Check out the March/April issue of Resource, now available online. Among the highlights: James Kim looks at satellite remote sensing of crop fields, and ASABE Fellow Brahm Verma's Last Word makes the case that “We Are BioSystems Engineers.”
Read the issue
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QC Section Names Award Winners
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Craig Murray
Matt Haas
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ASABE's Quad City section recently held its annual awards ceremony, recognizing contributions to the section and technical achievement.
Craig Murray, of CNH, was named 2025 Member of the Year. A 24-year member of ASABE, he has been with CNH since 1999 and currently is chief engineer for Case IH Midrange combines. During his time with CNH, he has received more than fifty patents. He has served as the Quad City section chair-elect, chair for two years and past chair.
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Matthew (Matt) Haas, EIT, is the section's 2025 Young Member of the Year. Haas joined CNH in 2023, after graduating from Iowa State University with a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering. At CNH he is design engineer for Midrange Rotary Combine Functional Product Development and has three patents pending. A member of ASABE since 2019, he held leadership roles on the Cyclone Power Pullers 1/4-scale team. He is the current chair of the Quad City section and has been an ASABE member since 2019.
The 2025 Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award was presented to the John Deere Seeding engineering team members associated with the development of the C series air carts. The C850 trailing cart (photo below) is the largest of the C series, with an 850 bushel tank.
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YOUR MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Did You Know. . .
Did you know that as an ASABE member, you can sign up for a variety of types of insurance? This includes life insurance, dental and medical insurance, and long term care insurance ? Our partner AMBA offers complete details for ASABE members.
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COMING UP
Member Events
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Did you miss our webinar with CBSI leaders?
No problem! We recorded it for you.
Watch it at your convenience on our YouTube channel. |
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Fellows Nominations Due April 15
Here's a final reminder that nomination materials for the 2026 Class of Fellows must be submitted by April 15. Entry information and nomination instructions are available on the Fellows webpage.
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Student Scholarship & Competition Deadlines
Visit the ASABE Student Awards and Competitions webpage for more details and entry instructions for each of these opportunities listed below.
April 15
Bioprocess Startup Competition
G.B. Gunlogson Environmental Fountain Wars Design Competition
April 20
Student Honor Award
May 15
K.K. Barnes Student Paper Competition
AGCO National Student Design Competition
G.B. Gunlogson Environmental “Open” Design Competition
June 1
ASABE Robotics Student Design Competition
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Student Honor Award Nominations Due April 20
Each student engineering branch and student mechanization branch may elect one student branch member to receive the Student Honor Award. This award recognizes scholarship, activity in student branch affairs, extracurricular and national student activities and the importance of maintaining the good will and respect of associates. Score sheet and winning student names must be received at ASABE headquarters by April 20.
Details here
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Looking for Precision Ag Volunteers
Are you a precision agriculture technician?
To assist the U.S. Department of Labor, we’re seeking volunteers with at least five combined years of experience practicing, teaching, training, and or supervising others who work as precision agriculture technicians. Volunteers may be chosen to complete a set of questionnaires about their field to help update the occupational information maintained by the department.
If you want to volunteer your expertise, please email to Sarah Rodriguez by April 18.
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In Memoriam
Bernard E. Romig
 Bernard E. Romig, 88, of Illinois City, Illinois, died March 20, 2025. Born in Grant, Iowa, Romig graduated from high school in 1955 and received his bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering from Iowa State University in 1959. He then proudly served in the United States Army until he was honorably discharged in 1961, remaining in the CE Reserve. Serving in the Army ROTC at Iowa State led to a commission in the army, which he followed by earning his master’s and doctoral degrees in agricultural engineering from Cornell University. He graduated first of his class at each school he attended.
Romig worked as a principal engineer at John Deere for more than 51 years until his retirement in 2017. Out of 75,000 employees, he had the achievement of being 1 in 30 to be named a John Deere Fellow. He received that honor in 2016, for his expertise in motion dynamics, vehicle electrification, and technology solutions. During his career, he’d been awarded for 20 patents with John Deere, the most notable being for the John Deere Sprayers. He was co-recipient, in 2008, of ASABE's Quad City section's Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award for work on tractor power hop, and he was the 2014 Quad City Engineering and Science Council’s Senior Engineer of the Year.
Romig was a 66-year member of ASABE.
Full obituary
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