Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World articles from January 2002

Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World archives from January 2002

Micro Mist Lubricators. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Micro Mist Lubricators offer proportional oil delivery over a range of airflows. The precision needle valve ensures repeatable oil delivery and provides simple delivery rate adjustment. The lubricators generate oil droplets of 5 microns or...

Origin[R] version 7.0. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Origin (R) version 7.0, a leading Windows (R)-based scientific graphing and data analysis software combines presentation-quality graphics, the C language and elements of the Numerical Algorithms Group Inc. library in one package. Origin's new...

Temposonics[R] R Series. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Temposonics (R) R Series AQB quadrature interface position sensor with user programmable fixed pulse frequency and resolution offers a range of applicability for a given stroke range. The AQB interface can sense the slowest speed information at...

New scrubber technology. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... New scrubber technology overcomes cost and efficiency shortcomings of other emissions-reduction technologies. It captures NOx and SOx, selectively or simultaneously. Applications include natural gas-fired or coal-fired power plants where it can...

Temposonics R Series and L Series. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Temposonics R Series and L Series rod-style sensors are for use in hazardous environments. Applications for the explosive-proof sensors include power generation, chemical processing, grain handling and mining industries.

Shaped Electromagnetic Field (SEF). (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Shaped Electromagnetic Field (SEF) technology is an alternative to resistive float and arm devices. SEF-based sensors offer flawless operation and absolute measurement. It can be shaped to linearize the volume output in tanks with non-uniform,...

Series GT Spirit-Filled Glass Thermometers. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Series GT Spirit-Filled Glass Thermometers offer readings to NIST tolerances without mercury contamination or disposal. Each thermometer is calibrated over the entire scale and is individually sterilized for applications that require only...

Model UT1264 Ultrasonic Level Transmitter. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Model UT 1264 Ultrasonic Level Transmitter is for level applications where chemical corrosion and elevated temperatures exist. It uses small sensor technology to allow the unit to fit into applications where previous ultrasonic noncontact...

D1FW and D3FW. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... D1FW and D3FW proportional directional control valves use improved coil technology to enhance performance. The maximum flow capability has been increased. Close tolerance spools and bodies ensure high performance. Each spool is produced on...

Tapflo Aluminum Series. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Tapflo Aluminum Series air-operated double diaphragm pumps are suited for a range of media including paint and coatings handling, waste plant chemical dosing and many other pH neutral fluid pumping applications. The pumps are available in five...

Series GCF Gas Mass Flow Controller. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Series GCF Gas Mass Flow Controller features a built-in electromagnetic valve that maintains continuous control of flow rates and withstands pressures up to 500 psi. It operates with clean gases compatible with the 316 stainless steel wetted...

Congress at your Fingertips. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Congress at Your Fingertips is a publication for those who preter a spiral directory organized alphabetically by member of U.S. Congress. Information in this directory includes room, phone and fax numbers, email addresses, key staff members,...

Mighty-Meter Clamp Tester. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Mighty-Meter Clamp Tester compact-size, multi-functional meter measures voltage, current and resistance. This meter offers innovation in a small package and features solid-state design, data-hold function and auto power off. The data-hold...

HOBO[R] Weather Station Data Logger. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... HOBO[R] Weather Station Data Logger with plug-in smart sensors records research-grade measurements of temperature, relative humidity, dew point, rainfall, photosynthetic light, wind speed and barometric pressure. The sensors plug into the data...

Series 676 Duct Pressure Transmitter. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Series 676 Duct Pressure Transmitter with built-in pressure sensor and static tip eliminates the need for costly control panels and reduces installation time. This model offers a temperature range of 0[degrees]F to 175[degrees]F and has a...

EM Series. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... EM Series round-hole mounted meters are splash proof with an optional rubber seal. The 3.5-digit volt meter, two-wire meter, thermometer, hour meter and analog-style gauge can be used in harsh environments. The rubber seal is available at no...

Model TC20. (From the manufacturers).
January 1, 2002... Model TC20 dual input thermocouple thermometer accepts type J or K thermocouples and simultaneously displays temperature measurements on either or both on a 3.5-inch multifunctional LCD. Applications include food and beverage, steel and HVAC...

Science friction: Lubricants for minuscule machines. (January/2002).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... People say that water and oil do not mix. They can, however, co-exist as two separate molecules on the same surface. Therein lie opportunities and challenges for National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers who are...

Corn yields another useful product. (January/2002).(polypropylene glycol)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... An industrial chemical found in antifreeze, deicing fluids and liquid detergents could soon join animal feeds, sweeteners and cooking oil as a commercial product made from corn. Randy Cortright and James Dumesic, chemical engineers at the...

Grass hedges to curb soil runoff. (January/2002).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Switchgrass, a sturdy rangeland grass being considered for livestock feed and for fuel alcohol production, may also prove useful in stiff-grass hedge plantings that help curb soil erosion. Agricultural Research Service scientists are...

Gene silencing produces disease resistance in plants. (January/2002).(research)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... A technique known as "gene silencing" has produced resistance to a bacterial disease in crop plants, researchers at the University of California (UC), Davis say. The technique holds promise for creating genetically engineered trees and...

Engineers and PBS television series - ZOOM - combine forces to teach engineering concepts. (January/2002).(teaching children)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Tell a six-year-old that elasticity relies on a key principle of engineering and expect eyes to glaze over. However, let that child make a minibungee jump by putting an egg in the toe of a nylon stocking to test how far it can drop before...

Robot "babies" go where rescue workers and dogs cannot. (January/2002).(rescue work, September 11th, 2001)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Graduate students and the experimental robots they helped to develop were among the early responders who joined the search and rescue efforts shortly after the Sept. 11 collapse of the New York City World Trade Center (WTC) towers. ...

Skinny peach trees good for home and commercial growers. (January/2002).(United States, Department of Agriculture research)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Skinny peach trees under evaluation in experimental orchards across the United States and three other countries could give homeowners two for the price of one -- an attractive, space-saving tree plus sweet and juicy, full-size peaches. ...

Device could aid production of electricity. (January/2002).(semiconductor technology)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientist and his colleague have invented a semiconductor technology that could allow efficient, affordable production of electricity from a variety of energy sources without a turbine or similar...

Clean Control: Water hydraulic systems more eco-friendly than oil.(research)
January 1, 2002... ********** With increased focus on the environmental impact of oil-based hydraulic systems, industry is seeking new technologies to provide cleaner power transmission sources. Researchers at Purdue University are responding to this...

Live and Learn: U.S. and Mexican students share cultural diversity.(foreign exchange studies)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... ********** "When I visited TAMU the first time, I knew very little English. After my first participation in the exchange program, I realized the importance of communication skills in other languages and I worked hard to learn English. I...

Never Say Never: AgrAbility Program keeps disabled farmers, families active.(United States)
January 1, 2002... ********** At 56, dairy farmer Richard Maurer of Newport, Penn., suffered two strokes that affected his right side and reduced his mobility. After 45 years of milking cows, he had no intention of giving up his occupation or retiring....

Bacteria-Resistant Parts: Plastics with antimicrobial properties make food processing safer.(AgION Technologies)
January 1, 2002... ********** In recent years, industry has used chemical additives or topical coatings to control health-threatening or nuisance bacteria growth in manufactured products. This method has been used to produce everything from...

ADM shuts down plant, blames economy. (Business Briefs).(Archer Daniels Midland Co.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... ADM Milling, owned by Archer Daniels Midland Co., plans to close its flour mill in Destrehan, La. Closing this mill is part of an ongoing business evaluation of company-wide assets, ADM leaders say. Because of excess industry capacity and...

Corn growers refute ethanol report. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and the New York Corn Growers Association (NYCGA) recently met with legislators, agencies, academia and consumers in New York to discuss a controversial report by Cornell University professor David...

Deere honored for standards leadership. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Deere & Company this fall received the Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award from the American National Standards Institute. "Standards play a critical role in the success of all new John Deere products, as well as our environmental...

Ag product companies named best by Forbes. (Business Briefs).(Embrex and Neogen ranked among top small businesses)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Embrex Inc. and Neogen Corp. have for the second consecutive year been ranked by Forbes Magazine in the 200 Best Small Companies in America. Embrex, an international agricultural biotechnology company specializing in poultry industry...

Cranberry bog gets fishy assignment. (Business Briefs).(switch to aquaculture)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... A government-funded project in Massachusetts aims to raise fish on non-producing cranberry bogs. The goal is to help struggling cranberry growers diversify operations to compensate for low cranberry prices due to over production. The...

Consumers ready to accept irradiated meat. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Recent concerns about the the U.S. food supply's safety have increased public support for using irradiation to kill pathogens in food. A November 2001 survey by Porter Novelli, an international communications consulting group, involved...

Company turns waste into profit. (Business Briefs).(Royal Dutch Shell to sell carbon dioxide emissions)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Royal Dutch Shell Group plans to sell some carbon dioxide emissions from its Scotford plant in Alberta, Canada, to neighboring company Air Liquide, which processes carbon dioxide for use in carbonated soft drinks. The partnership will...

Well owners say ground water is safe. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... People who drink ground water from private wells are confident in their water supply and say consumers should be allowed to choose their drinking water supply system. These observations come from a recent survey conducted in fall 2001 by...

Chemical Security--www.epa.gpv./swercepp/p-small.htm#alerts. (New on the Net).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... In response to recent terrorist threats to the United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing security recommendations for people who sell, transport or use agricultural chemicals such as pesticides.

Past weather data for East Texas http://etweather.tamu.edu. (New on the Net).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... This site lists daily weather data for rainfall, maximum temperature, minimum temperature, average temperature and total monthly rainfall back to January 1995, and monthly rainfall totals back to 1968.

OSU humor page http://biosystems.okstate.edu/Fun. (New on the Net).
January 1, 2002... The biosystems engineering department at Oklahoma State University has developed this page with jokes related to engineering.

FAO recommends more organic farming. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations reports that the organic fruit and vegetable market offers potential for countries to increase export earnings and diversify their agricultural base. The report, titled...

Marketing organic food. (Business Briefs).(top six countries by sales)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Countries that top the list for total organic food sales for 2000: * United States -- $8 billion * Germany -- $2.1 billion * United Kingdom -- $1 billion * Italy -- $1 billion * France -- $850 million * Switzerland --...

Abbott helps EPA search for new power. (Business Briefs).(Abbott Laboratories, Environmental Protection Agency and heat recovery)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Abbott Laboratories has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Combined Heat and Power Partnership to provide efficient, clean alternatives to conventional electricity generation. Abbott is the only health care company of...

U.S. seed producers fear "unfair" competition. (Business Briefs).(low soybean prices)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The inability to enforce intellectual property rights in Argentina has given soybean producers in that nation an advantage over U.S. producers, a University of Illinois Extension agribusiness management specialist says. Argentine producers...

Alberta projects focus on riparian conservation. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Alberta, Canada's Community Riparian Program (CRP) is offering a province-wide strategy aimed to maintain and protect riparian areas characterized by wetland vegetation and wet soils along streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and springs. The...

Say cheese. (Business Briefs).(Davisco Foods International plans mozzarella cheese plant)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Davisco Foods International plans to build a S40 million mozzarella cheese plant adjacent to its food ingredient plant in Lake Norden, S.D. The facility will have 60 employees and is expected to increase the market for milk produced by area...

Shrimp farming gets boost from partnership. (Business Briefs).(PIC USA Inc., the Oceanic Institute, Zeigler Bros. Inc. and Kahuku Shrimp Company Inc. joint venture receives Department of Commerce research award)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced an $8.2 million research award to a joint venture composed of PIC USA Inc., The Oceanic Institute, Zeigler Bros. Inc. and Kahuku Shrimp Co. Inc. The federal funds will be matched by these partners...

Forestry co-ops get government cooperation. (Business Briefs).(U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee approves forestry cooperatives funding)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee has approved funding to develop forestry cooperatives to enhance rural income and improve private forest management practices. The Sustainable Forestry Cooperative program provides $2 million annually...

Cat donates engine technology to MACC. (Business Briefs).(Caterpillar Inc. dionates compact compression ignition technology to Mid-America Commercialization Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Caterpillar Inc. recently donated its compact compression ignition (CCI) engine technology portfolio to the Mid-America Commercialization Corp. (MACC). The portfolio includes 23 patents, three pending patent applications and related...

Grain Aeration Dedicated at Two Sites. (Inside ASAE).(American Society of Agricultural Engineers)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The Agricultural Museum in Stuttgart, Ark, and Kansas State University (K-State) recently held dedication ceremonies for historic landmark sites for grain aeration. In 2001, grain aeration became the 39th achievement to be named by ASAE as an...

AETC 2002. (Professional Development).(Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference 2002)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The Power and Machinery Division of ASAE is sponsoring the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC) 2002 to be held in Kansas City, Mo., from Feb. 20 to 23. Engineers, managers, researchers and other professionals in the...

Pacific Northwest. (Section News).(American Society of Agricultural Engineers conference)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The 56th annual regional conference of the Pacific Northwest Section of ASAE and CSAE/SCGR, held in September, featured approximately 100 agricultural engineers and specialists meeting in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Sustainable livestock...

Minnesota. (Section News).(tour of Dennis and Marsha Haubenschild's dairy farm near Princeton)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... In November, the Minnesota Section toured the farm of Dennis and Marsha Haubenschild near Princeton, Minn. This state-of-the-art dairy operation produces 3,100 kilowatt-hours per day, or about 4.2 kilowatt-hours per cow per day, by...

Standards -- Opportunity for Growth in ASAE. (A word from the President).(American Society of Association Executives)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The development, publication and application of standards, engineering practices and data have been important ASAE activities over our entire history. Robert E. Stewart described ASAE's early standards work in his book, 7 Decades that Changed...

ASAE Fellow Nominations Due: Deadline April 15, 2002. (Inside ASAE).(American Society of Agricultural Engineers)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... "A Fellow shall be an engineer of unusual professional distinction, with outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in the field of agricultural engineering." Does the above description sound like someone you know? If so,...

Leadership Citation Nominations Due. (Inside ASAE).
January 1, 2002... Nominations for 2002 are due at ASAE headquarters by April 2 for M- 102 Award Coordinating Committee approval. The Leadership Citation recognizes service to ASAE by those who would not otherwise receive recognition. This citation is for...

Tanksley NSF Awardee. (Inside ASAE).(Koli Ann Tanksley, National Science Foundation)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Koli Ann Tanksley was recently awarded a National Science Foundation pre-doctoral fellowship for graduate study in agricultural and biological engineering. This prestigious award was only given to approximately 250 engineering graduate students...

Clarification.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2002... An article in the November Resource incorrectly stated that the University of Kentucky (UK) was the only department of biosystems and agricultural engineering in the United States to receive this honor in 2001. The UK biosystems and...

Foundation. (Inside ASAE).(American Society of Association Executives)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... ASAE Foundation Board of Trustees There are 24 ASAE members who serve as trustees of the ASAE Foundation. Their responsibilities include exercising due diligence over the assets and financial transactions of the Foundation. They also have...

Member News. (Inside ASAE).(includes multiple articles)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... ASAE Fellow, James A. DeShazer, PE., retired in November as department head of the biological and agricultural engineering department at the University of Idaho, a position he held for 10 years. He received his doctorate degree from North...

In Memoriam. (Inside ASAE).(Walter Monroe Carleton)(Obituary)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... ASAE Fellow, Walter Monroe Carleton, RE., 88, a retired agricultural engineer with the USDA, died October 2001 in Frederick, Md. Carleton's career began in the 1930s as a rural advisor with Kansas Light and Power Co. His academic work began...

Check it out. (ASAE Online).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... For some fun reading, go to www.asae.org/resource/ae5001win.html. This page is home to the AE50 award winners lists from 1996 to 2001. Engineering innovations often go unnoticed by the public. The AE50 awards program aims to change all that...

History trail. (ASAE Online).(American Society of Association Executives)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... At www.asae.org/awards/index.html click the Historic Landmarks link to learn about 38 places to visit that house agriculture-related accomplishments throughout U.S. history. This site lists the places, people and inventions that have influenced...

Global outlook. (ASAE Online).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... The world is getting smaller and sharing information between countries can help nations improve their people's standard of living. At www.asae.org/membership/international.html find contact information for more than 100 agricultural/biological...

ASAE Technical Library. (ASAE Online).(American Society of Agricultural Engineers)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2002... Check out the latest additions to the ASAE Technical Library: * Transactions of the ASAE, Vol. 44, Issue 5. * More 2001 ASAE Annual International Meeting papers. Foundation Legacy Materials Project Q. What are the benefits to a...

Fuel for Thought: Bioenergy 2002 sparks innovative technologies. (Last World).(biomass research)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... ********** Biomass sources provide about 3 percent of all energy consumed in the United States -- second only to hydropower as a renewable energy source. For bioenergy to have a major impact on energy supplies, it is important to...