Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World articles from May 2008

Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World archives from May 2008

Water.(FROM THE President)(Agricultural Research Service )(Speech)
May 1, 2008... The world faces a formidable challenge: How can water be provided to meet the world's ecological and human needs? One-sixth of the world's population has inadequate access to safe drinking water and many have inadequate water for food...

Events.(Calendar)
May 1, 2008... ASABE CONFERENCES AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS To receive more information about ASABE conferences and meetings, call ASABE at (800) 371 2723 or e-mail mcknight@asabe.org 2008 June 27-28 Food Processing Automation Conference....

Addressing the world water crisis: ASABE members lead in the challenge.
May 1, 2008... More than a billion people lack access to safe drinking water. Two and a half billion people live without access to adequate sanitation systems necessary to reduce exposure to water-related diseases. The failure of the international aid...

Water scarcity: can we live with it?
May 1, 2008... Fresh water resources are finite. For millions of years, the quantity of fresh water has remained almost constant, about 35 million [km.sup.3] (8.4 million cubic miles). Of this amount, about 24.0 million [km.sup.3] (5.7 million cubic miles)...

Taking control with smart controllers.
May 1, 2008... High-value crops, such as vegetables, are nearly always irrigated to ensure optimum yield, and in many areas of the United States, urban landscapes are irrigated as well. In Florida, vegetable production accounts for 89,000 ha (219,000 acres),...

Afghan "ambassador": professor advises war-torn country on water resources.
May 1, 2008... It was December 2005. As I boarded a plane at Dullus, headed for Kabul with a diplomatic passport in hand, I felt a little overwhelmed. I had just spent a week in Washington, DC, in meetings at the U.S. Department of State (State) and the...

Afghan journal.(Excerpt)
May 1, 2008... ASABE member Guy Fipps, a Texas A&M University Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering professor, spent nine months in Afghanistan as senior advisor for Water of the Afghan Reconstruction Group. The following is an excerpt from...

Addressing U.S. water shortage problems: ASABE members make major contributions.
May 1, 2008... Irrigated agriculture produces nearly half of the value of crops in the United States on 16 percent of the harvested land. In some cases, nearly all of the production of crops, such as processing tomatoes, almonds, and some vegetables, comes...

Conservation/minimum tillage in California.
May 1, 2008... Conservation tillage has not been a widely used practice in California agriculture. In 2004, estimates indicated that only 0.3 percent of agricultural land in California used conservation tillage. If minimum tillage is added, the percentage...

It's the system for saving water!
May 1, 2008... The drought in the southeastern United States over the past two years has made national news. In some areas of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, surface and ground water sources are still stressed, and farmers are being asked to cut their usage of...

Are existing large-scale simulations of water dynamics wrong?(UPDATE May 2008)
May 1, 2008... In the February issue of Vadose Zone Journal, researchers find that a much smaller spatial resolution should be used for modeling soil water. Soils are complicated porous media that are highly relevant for the sustainable use of water...

New technologies to protect natural resources.(UPDATE May 2008)(Object-Modeling System)
May 1, 2008... New tools created by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in collaboration with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will help keep the environment healthy by streamlining the process of developing computer...

"Drafting your words: good writing is not just for English majors.(LAST WORD)
May 1, 2008... Engineers often receive the stereotype of being number crunchers and problem solvers, not report writers and strong communicators. But the truth is that in the professional engineering world, strong communication skills are essential,...