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Over the years, ASABE has profiled biological and agricultural college students and engineers who are making marked improvements in the lives of people, animals and the sustainability of our earth’s natural resources. Here are some of their stories. To learn more about their work or to arrange interviews, contact:

Dolores Landeck
Director of Public Affairs
ASABE
2950 Niles Road
St Joseph, MI 49085-9659

Helping Amputees “Walk Free”

A heart-changing trip to an orphanage in China inspired Chelan Pedrow to use her biological systems engineering major to design an award-winning prosthetic leg that would grow as the child grew. That design experience has shaped her goal to work with U.S. military personnel and Middle East civilians whose lives and limbs have been changed by war. Full story

Greening Antarctica

A crop of fresh vegetables grows on a continent locked in darkness six months of the year. Outdoor temperatures are a bitter -100 o F. The unlikely garden means the 64 people at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station eat fresh salad daily. But this isn’t just a story of survival in one of Earth’s harshest environments; it’s the makings of ecological life-support systems that one day may be used on the moon or Mars. Full story

Preventing Catastrophes

Hovering over a grain elevator dust explosion in a helicopter, Jerry Wille must determine how much of the concrete structure can be salvaged. He’s also analyzing how to prevent future explosions. In his life’s work, Wille designs agricultural structures and safety is always at the forefront of his mind. Full story

Making Smaller Footprints in the Woods

Raised on a small hobby farm in Minnesota, Nicholas Johnson had dreamed of being an engineer since seventh grade. Today he’s designing monster machines used by the logging industry. His challenge, design them to reduce the environmental impact … not an easy feat when they weigh in at 40,000 to 80,000 pounds. Full story

Seeing More than Meets the “Eye”

Open a bag of Frito Lay® potato chips and the first thing you think of isn’t computer chips. Yet they play an important role in the “can’t eat just one” potato chip story. Keith Tinsey uses his background in agricultural and biological engineering, as well as electrical and computer engineering, to store potatoes in good quality for as long as nine months before they’re shipped to Frito Lay® Full story