Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World articles from May 2004

Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World archives from May 2004

Electronic device standards to yield choicer chops.(Update)(standards for meat measuring process)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Choosing the best chops, steaks, or other fresh meat products is a tough job. It's a delicate balancing of leanness, juiciness, taste, marbling, and more. Increasingly, meat processors use electronic devices and equipment--optical probes,...

New UF Center for Organic Agriculture.(Update)(University of Florida)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... In response to the boom in organically grown foods, the University of Florida (UF) is one of the first universities in the nation to start a research and education center for organic agriculture. The new Center for Organic Agriculture,...

Researcher reviews antibiotics in swine.(Update)
May 1, 2004... Antibiotic feed additives have been an important part of swine growth as they help young pigs avoid sickness from bacteria. However, Allen Harper, Virginia Cooperative Extension swine specialist at the Tidewater Agricultural and Research and...

Cattle industry braces for ID system.(Update)
May 1, 2004... It's unclear what type of national animal identification system will be put into place, but "mandatory animal ID is coming," according to U.S. Rep. Tom Osborne of Nebraska who has introduced HR Bill 3691. The bill would require the USDA to...

John Deere acquires historical tractor for permanent display.(Update)
May 1, 2004... Deere & Company has acquired the oldest known John Deere tractor and placed it on permanent display at the John Deere Collectors Center in downtown Moline, Ill. "This tractor is significant, and we believe that everyone interested in the...

Purdue fuels university transportation fleet with soy biodiesel.(Update)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... If it belongs to Purdue University and it runs on diesel fuel, chances are it's now powered by a force friendlier to the environment and farmers. Purdue officials recently announced that the university is using soy biodiesel to fuel the...

'Shocking' research points to ways to protect technology.(Update)(protecting from high-voltage surges)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Toronto's CN Tower acts as a lightning laboratory, teaching scientists how to protect delicate electronic equipment against high-voltage surges, says a new study. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lightning data captured by measurement stations...

Using sewage sludge as fertilizer.(Update)
May 1, 2004... University of Arizona researchers at the National Science Foundation supported Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Water Quality (also known as the Arizona Water Quality Center or WQC) have documented that the use of treated...

Nutrient management: dairy farm manure treatment to make solids and liquids usable.
May 1, 2004... Like the majority of the dairy farm owners with about 1,500 milking cows, the Wagner Brothers west of Madison, Wis., do not have sufficient crop land adjacent to the farm to meet the promulgated limits on the amount of manure that can be...

Portable electronic meter: measuring water content of organic materials.(DMM600 Duff Moisture Meter)
May 1, 2004... The tough, lightweight DMM600 is a portable, battery-powered sensor that provides real-time water content measurements of non-homogenous material. This sensor was originally developed to measure forest floor duff (decomposing organic material)...

Ag engineering at MSU: an update and lessons learned.
May 1, 2004... On Feb. 5, 2003, the dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University (MSU) proposed to eliminate the department of agricultural engineering by redeploying faculty and programs to other departments within...

Protecting your creativity; Part III: intellectual properties basics for college and post-college students.
May 1, 2004... The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a branch of the Commerce Department, issues patents and registers trademarks for the United States. In this final installment of a three-part series, the patent process comes to...

Task force works on name change issue.(News About the Society and its Members)
May 1, 2004... At the last annual business meeting held in Las Vegas, a motion was made to change the name of the Society to the Society for Biological and Agricultural Engineering. The motion was tabled at the meeting, therefore no vote was taken on the...

Highlights from the ASAE Name Change Task Force report.(News About the Society and its Members)
May 1, 2004... The Society Name Change Task Force, established in September of 2003, has sought information that it deemed would be helpful to the membership of the Society in consideration of a name change. The task force has worked to seek input from...

ASAE/CSAE Annual International Meeting: "as I see it".(News About the Society and its Members)(American Society of Agricultural Engineers
May 1, 2004... The ASAE/CSAE Annual International Meeting to be held in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, on Aug. 1-4, 2004, presents an excellent opportunity for delegates to network with ASAE/CSAE members worldwide. In addition, ASAE is partnering with...

ASAE allies with other scientific publishers to increase awareness of nonprofit scientific journals.(News about the Society and Its Members)
May 1, 2004... ASAE and 16 other nonprofit scientific societies and associations have formed the Nonprofit Journals Group to help increase awareness among libraries of valuable nonprofit scientific journals including Transactions of the ASAE, Applied...

ANSI approves ASAE reaccreditation.(News about the Society and Its Members)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... On Feb. 24, 2004, the Executive Standards Council of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved reaccreditation of ASAE with the approval of the revised ASAE Standardization Procedures. The major change in this revision was a...

Proposed revisions.(Proposed New Projects)(American Society of Agricultural Engineers)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... ASAE EP379.2, Control of Manure Odors. This engineering practice needs to be revised because the basic understanding of odor, the compounds that produce offensive odors, and the measurement of odors has drastically increased since the last...

Concern for natural fisheries lures engineer into aquaculture area.(Member Profile)
May 1, 2004... A love for the outdoors and fishing in particular combined to lure Edward D. Aneshansley into the world of aquaculture. A senior systems engineer for Marine Biotech in Beverly, Mass., Aneshansley's interest in aquaculture began when he was...

Social activities within ASAE.(Preprofessionals)
May 1, 2004... Being a member of ASAE has been one of the defining activities of my academic career. This organization has been such a valuable resource to myself and countless other students. By being an involved member of this great Society, students...

Jobhog merges with AgCareers to offer online agricultural jobs.(Preprofessionals)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Two agriculture career services companies have merged to create the single largest online source of jobs and employment/human resources business in agriculture at www.agcareers.com. Jobhog Inc. (www.jobhog.net), with which ASAE has had a...

ASAE Fellow Virendra M. Puri.(Member News)(received the 2003 Alex and Jessie C. Black Award)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... ASAE Fellow Virendra M. Puri, professor of agricultural and biological engineering in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, recently received the 2003 Alex and Jessie C. Black Award. The honor recognizes significant accomplishments in...

Terry L. Feldmann, P.E.(Member News)(appointed by Maurer-Stutz Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Terry L. Feldmann, P.E., formerly a consultant with Feldmann & Associates, will head up a new agricultural engineering group as the result of the merger of Feldmann & Associates with Maurer-Stutz, Inc., an engineering and surveying firm in...

ASAE Fellow Harold D. White Sr., P.E.(In Memoriam)(Obituary)
May 1, 2004... ASAE Fellow Harold D. White Sr., P.E., 93, of Athens, Ga., died Feb. 19, 2004. White received a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Georgia (UGA) in 1934 and earned a master's degree in agricultural...

Charles E. Rice.(In Memoriam)(Obituary)
May 1, 2004... Charles E. Rice, 86, of Watkinsville, Ga., died Jan. 6, 2004. He was emeritus professor of the University of Georgia (UGA) and a 64-year member of ASAE. Rice graduated with a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from the UGA in...

Jerry O. Newman.(In Memoriam)(Obituary)
May 1, 2004... Jerry O. Newman, 67, of Aiken, S.C., died March 24, 2004. Newman was a graduate of West Virginia University, where he earned a master's degree in agricultural engineering. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. He retired from...

NCEES enhances examination security.(In Memoriam)
May 1, 2004... Beginning in April 2004, the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) has begun strictly enforcing materials that are allowed in examination rooms. Calculators with communication or text editing capabilities will be...

Welcome new members.(InsideASAE)
May 1, 2004... ASAE welcomes the following new members who joined the Society, reinstated a lapsed membership, or upgraded to full membership from student/preprofessional membership in March. When available, the member's place of employment has been provided....

Whatever you do, do it well: an interview with featured guest Harmon L. Towne.(Inspiring Success)(Interview)
May 1, 2004... Harmon L. Towne has 40 years of a successful professional career in agricultural industrial sectors related to controlled environment of livestock, vegetable, and grain storage and conditioning equipment design and maintenance. He has served in...

Events Calendar.(Calendar)
May 1, 2004... ASAE Conferences and International Meetings To receive more information about ASAE conferences and meetings, contact ASAE at 800-371-2723 or mcknight@asae.org. For the complete list, see www.asae.org/resource/asaevents.html. 2004 ...

Bachelor's Plus: Raise the bar?(Last Word)
May 1, 2004... For the past 10 years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has been formulating and implementing a program to encourage "raising the bar" in engineering education. As a starting point, ASCE adopted Policy Statement 465, which...