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ENGINEERING ETHICS – SAME AS ENGINEERING PAST,
PRESENT, FUTURE
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 9:00AM-12:00PM
Location: 101A
Sponsored
by: ED-412 Ethics
Instructor(s): Daniel L. Thomas
Level
of Difficulty: Intermediate
Target
Audience: Those interested in engineering ethics, consultants, engineers, academics.
Objectives: 1) Understanding
your own personal moral and ethical standards as they relate to the NCEES code
of engineering ethics,. 2) Providing the participant
with the appropriate tools and approaches to determine, understand and address
ethical dilemmas, and 3) Practicing the principles
learned through case study analysis of ethical dilemmas, including possibly the
levee system around
Benefits: As society changes,
"grey" areas become larger due to personal, peer, organizational,
environmental, and economic pressures. The responsibilities of engineers,
however, do not change. The approach and potential ramifications must be better
understood to reduce the potential negative impacts of dealing with ethical
dilemmas.
COST: $90 per person
(minimum 10)
CE
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INTRODUCTION TO DIELECTRIC
SPECTROSCOPY
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 9:00AM-12:00PM; 1:00PM-4:00PM
Location: 101-B
Sponsored
by: IET-348
Instructor(s): David Funk
Target Audience: Academics and Industrial researchers who
are contemplating or are involved in research using dielectric or impedance
spectroscopy.
Objectives: Understand the
theoretical basics, the practical consideration and the instrumentation involved
in dielection and impedance spectroscopy.
Benefits: Gain a deeper
understanding of the dielective spectroscopy method
to be more effective in applying the technology in research and development.
COST: $130 per person
(minimum 10)
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HYDROLOGIC ANALYSES OF
FIELDS AND PONDS WITH THE SPAW MODEL
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 9:00AM-12:00PM; 1:00PM-4:00PM
Location: 101-C
Instructor(s): Keith Saxton, PE
Patrick (Pat)
Willey, PE
Target
Audience: This workshop will be of benefit to conservationists, engineers or others who design, manage or analyze agricultural field,
pond or wetland hydrology. Basic knowledge of agricultural hydrology, soil
science, and computer screen entries will be beneficial.
Objectives: Participants will
learn the theory, applications and interpretations of the Soil-Plant-Air-Water
(SPAW) model as applied to field hydrology, irrigation scheduling, wetland
hydrology, and lagoon and reservoir designs. Emphasis will be on developing
input data, on-screen entries and result analyses. Each attendee is encouraged
to bring a portable computer for no-cost program installation and on-site
example analyses.
Benefits: Attendees will gain
insight and confidence to apply the SPAW model to water budgeting analyses for
a wide variety of hydrologic applications and interpretations. Additional
details about the SPAW model and applications can be found by downloading from
http://hydrolab.arsusda.gov/SPAW/I/index.htm or contacting the authors
COST: $181 per person
(minimum 10)
CE
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WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 9:00AM-12:00PM; 1:00PM-4:00PM
Location: 101-D
Sponsored
by: Crossbow Company
Instructor(s): Mark Pe
Target
Audience: Bio and Ag Engineers in all areas who are interested in wireless
sensor and sensor network
Objectives: 1) An overview of
hardware and software of wireless sensors and sensor networks, 2) introduction
to potential applications of wireless sensors and sensor networks in
agricultural and food industry
Benefits: Greatly promote
applications of wireless sensor technology
COST: $74 per person
(minimum 20)
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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 12:30PM-4:30PM
Location: 101-A
Sponsored
by: YPC
Instructor(s): Lee DeLorme,
Consultant
Randall C.
Reeder,
Level
of Difficulty: Intermediate
Target Audience: Anyone in need of refreshers on how to
communicate your ideas effectively.
Objectives: Presentation Skills:
Participants will learn keys to organizing, preparing and presenting
information. This includes visual aids, do’s and
don'ts and speaking skills. Speaking the Language:
Participants will learn how to make an effective technical presentation to
other technical people. A Different Language: Participants will learn
how to make an effective presentation to non-technical people.
Benefits: Employers of engineers
nearly always identify the same concern about their engineers: lack of good
communication skills. Attendees will learn speaking tips and techniques they
can implement immediately, and other suggestions for things to practice and work
on as they develop more effective technical communication skills. Four
continuing education units are credited for this course.
COST: $75 per person
(minimum 18)
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PE EXAM REVIEW SESSION
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 12:30PM-5:30PM
Location: 101-E
Sponsored
by: Professional Engineers
Instructor(s): Russell Persyn
(Several Instructors)
Level
of Difficulty: Intermediate
Level
of Difficulty: Intermediate
Target
Audience: Engineering interns preparing to take the PE examination for
licensure as an agricultural engineer.
Objectives: 1) Understand the
licensure process, 2) Learn the makeup of the agricultural engineering PE exam,
and 3) Acquire test taking tips to better prepare for the PE exam.
Benefits: Preparation for taking
the PE exam.
COST: $60 per person (minimum
5)
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OFFERING A BIOMASS AND
BIOREFINERY CURRICULUM TO UNDERGRADUATE SENIORS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 1:00PM-4:00PM
Location: 101-F
Sponsored
by:
Instructor(s): Brian He, Kerry Huber, Armando
McDonald,
Gulhan Unlu, Shulin
Chen, Bernard Van Wie
Level
of Difficulty: Intermediate
Target
Audience: Faculty members/instructors in biomass, bioprocessing
and biorefinery
Objectives: 1) Learning the
project findings and current activities, 2)
Sharing experiences and discussing developing biomass and biorefinery
curriculums
Benefits: Sharing of the
curriculum materials resulting from the project, presentations on use of the
course modules, and experience of the trial course offered to undergraduate
seniors and graduate students
COST: $30 per person
(minimum 10)
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BIOMASS FOR GEARHEADS
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 1:00PM-5:00PM
Location: 101-G
Instructor(s): Kevin Shinners,
Participants
will learn about the technologies and processes required to produce and convert
lignicellulosic biomass into energy and chemicals. By
understanding the operations and challenges involved in biological and thermochemical conversion to energy, engineers will be
better able to develop appropriate design criteria and effective solutions for
steps in the process. Integration of machine systems with biological and
chemical technologies is essential for efficient transformation of biomass from
the field all the way through to fuel.
The biomass energy industry is
in the early stages of rapid growth. The
US Department of Energy projects up to 1.3 billion tons of biomass will be used
for energy production annually by 2030.
Much of the technology to accomplish that task is yet to be developed,
and offers huge opportunities for both small and large equipment
manufacturers.
COST: $185 per person
(minimum 15)
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OPEN PATH MONITORING AND
BLS MODELING
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 1:00PM-5:00PM
Location: 101-H
Sponsored
by: SE-305, SE-412
Instructor(s): Ron E Sheffield
Target
Audience: Consultants, Preprofessionals
Objectives: Improve
understanding of open path UV & FTIR technologies coupled with backward langrargin stocastic models for
calculating emission rates
Benefits: Hands on applications
of new monitoring technology
COST: $92 per person
(minimum 15)
CPD
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TRANSITIONING FROM
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
TO WORKING ENGINEER
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 1:45PM-3:00PM
Location: 101-J
Sponsoring
Committee: International Preprofessional Council
(IPC)
Instructor(s):
Sherry Hunt, Brian Huenink, Terry Howell, April
Lovelady
Target
Audience: Pre-professionals
Objectives: Provide advice and
insight to undergraduates about what working in the “real world” as an engineer
is like through an interactive panel of young engineers.
Benefits: Multiple technical
areas within ASABE are represented, networking opportunity.
COST: No charge
CE
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DIESEL ENGINE EMISSION
CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
MONDAY, JUNE 18 9:30AM-12:30PM
Location: 101-A
Sponsored
by:
Instructor(s): Xinlei Wang
Alan C. Hansen
Target
Audience: Engineers, researchers, students, technical and project managers,
interested in learning about the latest technologies for reducing emission of
pollutants from diesel engines
Objectives: 1) Explain the
fundamentals of diesel engine operation and emissions formation processes in
diesel engines, 2) Identify and compare the latest diesel emission control
technologies and their applications.
Benefits: They will learn about
the mechanisms of emission formation in diesel engines. They will gain
knowledge about the latest worldwide emissions regulations and emission
reduction approaches, including diesel exhaust aftertreatment
systems. This seminar will provide them with the background and overview of
cutting-edge diesel emission control technologies.
COST: $211 per person
(minimum 10)