RESOURCE

Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World

A Two-for-One Harvest ... 7
A new grain-harvesting system, the McLeod Harvest, offers farmers opportunities to diversify their operations. The system captures the grain and the chaff, which has a high-nutritional value. The chaff can then be milled and left in a pile for livestock to eat.

Rethink, Redesign, Reengineer ... 8
Transitioning to sustainable communities means reengineering our supply for raw materials and energy from biobased sources. The challenge is to think of and design ways to meet society's material needs, integrating engineering and science with an emphasis on ecological and socioeconomic issues.

Stop the Abuse of Application Efficiency ... 11
Irrigation engineers! Industry professionals! What numbers do you use to calculate applicationefficiency for an irrigation event or system type? The call is for caution when using this easily manipulated equation.

Drought in the Southeastern States ... 13
From season to season, the typical weather patterns of the Southeast definitely produce some dry times. But combined with some adverse events, this region has crept into its fifth consecutive year of drought conditions.

INSIDE ASAE

Université Laval Wins Quarter-Scale Competition ... 15
Université Laval broke a three-year Quarter-Scale Competition winning streak. Laval beat 29 other teams from the United States, Canada and Malaysia in the contest held May 31 through June 2 in East Moline, Ill.

Quarter-Scale Competition ... 16
Quarter-Scale Web Design Competition a Great Success, Quarter-Scale Receives Publicity

Standards ... 17
World Standards Day 2002, ANSI Reaccredits ASAE Procedures

Nominations Needed Now for all ASAE Awards ... 17

Changes to the ASAE Constitution and Bylaws Enacted ... 18

Foundation ... 19

On Location Program at ASAE ... 19

CSAE/SCGR 2002 Award Winners ... 20
Ernest M. Barber, James B. McQuitty, Richard P. Atkins, Robert D. Borg, Trever G. Crowe, Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy, Harold Steppuhn

Member News ... 21
James A. Lindley, Donald G. Colliver, Dennis Shuman, Digvir Jayas

In Memoriam ... 21
Harold B. Goolsby

Welcome New Members ... 22

Departments

Update ... 3

ASAE Online ... 24

From the Manufacturers ... 25

Personnel Service ... 27

Professional Listings ... 28

Last Word (reader opinion) - Our Global Food System ... 29
It's now an enterprise of worldwide dimensions where ASAE can take the lead. Linking our technical talents with social, ethical and policy issues -- can and will -- effectively impact food quality and safety.

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