RESOURCE

Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World

Tackling Terrorism ... 7
Agricultural and biological engineers are playing a behind-the-scenes role in protecting rescue and cleanup crews sent into hazardous areas. Testing respiratory protection equipment is one way they can help ensure worker safety and maximize performance.

Sliced Peanut Butter ... 9
Researchers at the Food and Agricultural Products Research and Technology Center at Oklahoma State University say they have developed the ideal package for peanut butter -- a slice.

Lifetime of Lessons ... 11
Agricultural engineer L. Eugene Smith lived a life filled with successes and failures. He died last year leaving his controversial ideas on farming to be analyzed by the media and experts in his profession.

Powder Problems ... 13
Material flow problems are common in agricultural production and food processing plants that handle materials in particulate form. But a new test device designed and patented by the department of agricultural and biological engineering at Penn State University can help keep powders flowing.

INSIDE ASAE

Department Heads Named at Iowa State and Texas A&M ... 19
ASAE members Ramesh S. Kanwar of Iowa State University and Gerald L. Riskowski of Texas A&M University have been appointed department heads at their universities.

A Word from the President ... 20
ASAE Sections

North American Section Contacts ... 21

AMC Highlights Power of Agriculture ... 21

Why do Meetings Cost so Much? ... 22

Preprofessionals ... 23
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Member News ... 24
Larry W. Turner, Albert V. Krewatch

In Memoriam ... 24
Arthur J. Immesoete,Bobby L. Bledsoe

Welcome New Members ... 25

Departments

Update ... 3

Business Briefs ... 15

ASAE Online ... 27

From the Manufacturers ... 28

Personnel Service ... 29

Professional Listings ... 32

Last Word (reader opinion) - Energy Experience ... 33
While we concentrate on importing fossil fuels, we have been slow in developing renewable sources proven so viable in some regions of the United States and other countries. Clean air and water are two of our most important goals. Ethanol, a viable alternative for Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, is a biodegradable and environmentally and economically important fuel that will serve our nation well pending development of fuel cells during this decade.

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