RESOURCE

Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World

FOCUS ON BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Update

Field oven used to cook up alternative to cotton defoliation ... 3
Baking plants with heat cooks the leaves

Pigs like it hot, but not too hot ... 3
A new ventilation system provides equal climate

Fiber optic sensor detects glutamate ... 4
Enzyme reaction produces a fluorescent molecule

Exploring chicken eating habits for enhanced well-being ... 4
Feeding behaviors of poultry evaluated

Beer flavor monitored by biosensor technology ... 5
Biosensors measure diacetyl during beer fermentation

New products made from microwave-treated wood ... 5
Microwave modification maintains natural appearance

Optical imaging for early cancer detection ... 6
Near-infrared laser performs optical biopsies

Soy heating oil possible alternative ... 6
Soybean oil has potential for heating fuel

FOCUS ON BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Features

Re-engineering the Milk Value Chain Using Bio-sensors ... 7
Bio-sensing milk components

Constructing Wetlands to Replace Rural Septic Systems ... 7
Utilizing subsurface waste water flow

Bringing the Sun Underground ... 8
Biopharmaceutical crops in mines

Plant Population vs. Plant Average ... 9
New paradigm of crop simulation modeling

Development of Cell-based Biosensors ... 10
Measuring effects of particulate matter

Sustained Release of Porcine Somatotropin (pST) Gene ... 10
Protein from biocompatible and biodegradable polymeric nanospheres

Autonomous Robotic Vehicles ... 11
Agricultural and environmental applications

Simulation Game for Improving Fresh Produce Retailing ... 12
Minimizing inventory without depleting stock

Designing Bioreactors ... 13
Thinking in and out of a box

Complete Recycling Systems for "Waste" ... 14
Local recycling with large compost heaps

Multiple Air Pollutant Removal in a Biological Filter ... 14
Engineering parameters and microbial ecology

Managing Aquatic Ecosystem Processes at the Watershed Level ... 15
An ecological engineering approach

The Path to Healthier Potato Chips ... 15
Engineering mechanics of the deep-frying process

Automated Monitoring System Tends the Flock ... 16
Utilizing surgically implanted telemetry devices

Phytoremediation ... 16
Cleaning water and soils with "green" plant systems

Multi-spectral Image Technology ... 17
The future of site-specific crop management

Engineering the Optical Control of Biology ... 18
Light-activated DNA

INSIDE ASAE

Meetings Council Update ... 19
Learn more about the activities of the Meetings Council. Find out the council's responsibilities, annual meeting and conference updates, and how to initiate a conference.

Standards ... 20
PM Committee Structure Proposed to Become Globally Focused

2003 Election Results of ASAE Officers ... 21

Nominations Sought for 2004 ASAE Election ... 21

Cooperative Standards Program ... 21

Section News ... 22
Minnesota Section

Members to Receive Disability Income Plan Premium Credit ... 22

Looking for Engineers to Highlight in Discover Issue ... 22

Author's Style Guide Updated ... 22

In Memoriam ... 23
Roger R. Castenson, Glenn O. Schwab

ASAE Technical Library ... 23

Member News ... 24
William E. Splinter, Thomas Glanville, D. Brad Keleher, Harmon L. Towne

Welcome New Members ... 24

Events Calendar ... 26

Departments

Reader Forum ... 2

Personnel Service ... 27

Professional Listings ... 29

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