St.Joseph, Michigan—ASABE has officially launched Ask ABE, the first dedicated artificial intelligence knowledge platform designed to make more than a century of trusted agricultural and biological engineering knowledge more accessible to professionals, researchers, educators, students, policymakers, and allied disciplines working to solve global challenges.
Built upon more than 100 years of trusted ASABE publications, engineering standards, technical resources, and professional expertise, Ask ABE transforms decades of authoritative knowledge into an accessible, conversational experience, helping users quickly find reliable answers, discover relevant resources, and apply trusted information to real-world challenges.
The platform was developed to help agricultural and biological engineers, researchers, educators, students, agronomists, environmental engineers, soil scientists, technology specialists, international development professionals, policymakers, and other allied disciplines spend less time searching for trusted information and more time applying it to solve real-world challenges involving food systems, water resources, renewable energy, environmental stewardship, infrastructure, and sustainable agriculture.
"ASABE is incredibly proud to be the first professional agricultural and biological engineering society to bring a dedicated, domain-specific AI knowledge agent to market," says ASABE Executive Director Cedric Calhoun. "Ask ABE isn't just a technical tool; it is a global bridge. By unlocking decades of foundational and cutting-edge research in agricultural and biological engineering, we are placing actionable, peer-reviewed solutions into the hands of practitioners, researchers, and policymakers worldwide, accelerating innovation where it is needed most."
At its core, Ask ABE is about access. For more than 100 years, ASABE has built one of the world's most trusted collections of agricultural and biological engineering knowledge. Until now, discovering that knowledge often required searching across multiple resources. Ask ABE brings those trusted resources together in one intelligent, conversational experience—making it easier to discover, understand, and apply trusted information while helping people spend less time searching and more time advancing research, education, innovation, and sustainable solutions.
Unlike general-purpose artificial intelligence tools, Ask ABE is built upon ASABE's trusted body of technical knowledge and carefully curated resources from vetted partner organizations, providing users with reliable, authoritative information grounded in peer-reviewed publications, engineering standards, and educational resources.
Agricultural and biological engineers play a critical role in addressing many of today's most pressing global challenges, including food security, water conservation, renewable energy, environmental sustainability, and resilient infrastructure. Ask ABE helps make the profession's collective knowledge more accessible to those working to solve these challenges every day.
The platform reflects ASABE's ongoing commitment to advancing engineering excellence while embracing technologies that strengthen the Society's mission of serving its members and the global community.
"With the launch of Ask ABE," says Calhoun, "ASABE is pioneering a new era for professional technical societies. We have taken a massive, disparate wealth of global engineering knowledge and transformed it into a dynamic, living resource. Being first-to-market with this technology allows us to drive the conversation on global sustainability, elevate the public's understanding of our profession, and provide a blueprint for how advanced technology can be deployed responsibly to safeguard our natural world."
Ask ABE officially debuted during the 2026 ASABE Annual International Meeting (AIM), where agricultural and biological engineers, researchers, educators, students, and industry leaders from around the world gathered to explore the future of agricultural and biological engineering.
Ask ABE is now available to users through asabe.org/ask-abe.
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing engineering applicable to agricultural, food, biological, and ecological systems. Since 1907, ASABE has developed engineering standards, published peer-reviewed research, fostered professional development, and connected engineers worldwide who are working to improve the sustainability, safety, and efficiency of food, fiber, water, energy, and environmental systems.