RESOURCE

Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World

New Level of Seat Performance ... 7
A core engineering group/design dream-team incorporated innovative applications of existing technologies and has a cushy solution to long, wearying days of field work. Providing a new level of suspension performance, the John Deere Active Seat™ offers operator comfort in large agricultural tractors as well as an increase in field operating speeds.

Iowa Energy Center's BECON ... 9
Just three years old, the Iowa Energy Center's Biomass Energy Conversion (BECON) facility spotlights new ways to promote development of the bioeconomy and exposure of biomass research. BECON, an apt acronym, lights the way for connecting laboratory research and commercial industry.

Drainage Pipe Detector ... 11
The frustrations of locating buried agricultural drainage pipes ­ especially with record-less systems installed decades ago ­ could be deceased if not abated with application of a conventional geophysical method: ground penetrating radar. Currently used by environmental and construction engineers, land improvement contractors and farmers may stand to benefit as well. Here's how it works.

Sediment Movement from Forest Road Systems ... 13
Roads are chief among the factors contributing to erosion and stream sedimentation on forested land. New approaches to control sediment transport may be paramount to reducing the impact of forest road systems on downslope streams.

INSIDE ASAE

Candidates for ASAE's 2003 Election ... 15
ASAE's Nominating Committee has put together a platform of highly qualified individuals for ASAE's 2003 election. This issue provides candidates' position statements and other background information.

Candidates for Board of Trustees ... 16
David Friederick, Bill Hughes, Sonia Maassel Jacobsen, John Reid, Adel Shirmohammadi, Barrie Smith, Daniel L. Wambeke, Ronald E. Yoder

Candidates for Nominating Committee ... 17
BE -- K. C. Das
Cady Engler

FPE -- Shahab Sokhansanj
Juming Tang

IET -- Paul H. Heinemann
Douglas J. Reinemann

PM -- Raymond L. Huhnke
Scott A. Shearer

SW -- Saied Mostaghimi
Walter J. Rawls

District 2 -- Billy J. Barfield
Lalit R. Verma

District 4 -- Henry A. Affeldt

Nominations Sought ... 20

Professional Development ... 21
AETC and ICCHP Joint Conference Offers Unique Opportunity

Preprofessionals ... 22
A Student's Road Map for Continued Success, Apply Now for Student Engineer of the Year Scholarship

Section News ... 23
Iowa Section Holds Annual Steak Fry

New Online Member Benefits ... 23

Foundation ... 24
Need Another Tax Deduction This Year?, Thank You

Cooperative Standards Program ... 24
New Standards Projects

Departments

Update ... 3

Personnel Service ... 25

Advertisers Index ... 27

Professional Listings ... 28

Last Word (reader opinion) -- Increasing Food Production and Protecting Resources ... 29
Moving into the third millennium, two major issues surface in agriculture: can we produce sufficient food in the future to feed ourselves? -- and how can we prevent and reverse environmental degradation?

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