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Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World

FEATURES

Nutrient Management ... 7
Eliseo Paul Taiganides and co-authors offer a "how to" for dairy farms: how to make solids and liquids usable through manure treatment. A nutrient management system, as described, can reduce smell level, control flies, and improve sanitation to remain in good standing with neighbors and local environmental officials.

Portable Electronic Meter ... 9
Providing real-time water content measurements of non-homogenous material is easy with a DMM600 ­ a portable, battery-powered sensor. Originally developed to measure forest floor duff moisture content to aid in the timing of prescribed fires, the DMM600 has been found useful with other organic materials as well, says Pete Robichaud, feature author and research engineer.

Agricultural Engineering at MSU ... 11
"Disbanding the department would end agricultural engineering at MSU and perhaps elsewhere as well," says Ajit Srivastava. "As food and agriculture systems become more complex ... agricultural/biosystems/biological engineering will continue to play a very crucial role in keeping American agriculture economically and environmentally sustainable."

Protecting Your Creativity ... 13
In the last installment of a three-part series, Martin Lo and colleagues address the final issues pertinent to patents and trademarks: application format, filing procedures, examiner response, and infringement. All are deemed "basic" for college and post-college students who wish to protect intellectual properties for themselves as well as their future employers and co-workers.

INSIDE ASAE

Task Force Works on Name Change Issue ... 15
At the last annual business meeting held in Las Vegas, a motion was made to change the name of the Society to the Society for Biological and Agricultural Engineering. ASAE President Robert J. Gustafson, chair of the task force appointed to work on the issue, gives an overview on the information collected.

Highlights from the ASAE Name Change Executive Summary ... 16

ASAE/CSAE Annual International Meeting ... 18
As I See It"

ASAE Allies with Other Scientific Publishers to Increase Awareness of Nonprofit Scientific Journals ... 19

Standards ... 19
ANSI Approves ASAE Reaccreditation, Cooperative Standards Program

Member Profile ... 20
Edward D. Aneshansley

Preprofessionals ... 21
Social Activities Within ASAE

Jobhog Merges with AgCareers to Offer Online Agricultural Jobs ... 21

Member News ... 22
Virenda M. Puri, Terry L. Feldmann

In Memoriam ... 22
Harold D. White Sr., Charles E. Rice, Jerry O. Newman

NCEES Enhances Examination Security ... 22

Welcome New Members ... 23

DEPARTMENTS

Update ... 4

Sharing Success ... 24

Events Calendar ... 25

Personnel Service ... 25

Professional Listings ... 28

Last Word (reader opinion) - Bachelor's Plus ... 29

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